| abstract | - After Selbert escaped from a mental institution and murdered Angus, Mrs. DePool hid Selbert in her home. She pretended to cooperate with Dick Tracy and the other members of the police force who were investigating her husband's murder, but was actually working to conceal Selbert's involvement. To this end, she destroyed Selbert's mongrammed sweater which he had left at the crime scene, thus eliminating a piece of evidence against her nephew. Mrs. DePool claimed to be grateful to Selbert for killing Angus, who she described as cruel, manipulative and greedy. When the police came to her home for additional questioning, she hid Selbert under the false bottom of a cistern in her basement and denied any knowledge of his whereabouts.
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