Police were summoned to the docks along Fischerstrasse early last evening to investigate what appeared to be foul play but turned out to be nothing worse than a sleepy hausfrau.
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Frau Bhalti rests on the canal after an
evening of stargazing.
(Photo by Lav Lavender) |
Aviator and Airship Captain Lav Lavender was operating an aeroplane over the city and over a period of several hours noticed what appeared to be a woman lying still and alone in a small boat in the canal along Fischerstrasse. Concerned, he returned to the aerodrome and immediately notified the police. Upon investigation, a woman - who turned out to be Frau Michal Bhalti of Dorotheenstrasse #6 - was found laying motionless in one of the boats with what appeared to be the hilt of a sword protruding from her lower abdomen. "I saw her from the air," said Herr Hauptmann Lavender. "Then I went there to see if she was ok. The officer and I arrived there almost at the same time. She looked pretty dead to me."
The investigating officer, Wachtmeister Pinden, soon determined that nothing foul was afoot. Frau Bhalti was awakened from a sound sleep and seen safely home. "Oh I was just asleep," she said later at her home, "waiting for Karl (Bhalti). I just go for a walk and saw this boat so I sit down and look at the stars...and fall asleep." And the sword? Apparently just a long fishing knife left stuck in the seat of the boat. From ashore, or from the air, it certainly did look like something more sinister.
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