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The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C„ Jnne Z, 1>34 THE WEDMNG MARCH MURDER v Monte Barrett Ccprrlcht. lilt, by Bobba-Marrtll Ok WHU SerrtM. SYNOPSIS Waltlnc In the minister** study, Jim Fran kiln, about to be married to Doris Carmody, is stabbed to death. Peter Cardigan, with Sergeant Kllday, begins the Investigation. Franklin, while waiting, had visitors, among them his mistress, **Choo Choo N Train; his In tended wife’s brother, Rylle; Daniel BulUs, politician, and a woman In a blue frock. Rylle Carmody admits try ing to stop the wedding, after being Informed by Webster Spears that Franklin was still friendly with Choo Choo, despite his approaching mar riage. Kilday secures the dead man’s keys. From Callis Shipley, on* of the bridesmaids, Rylle’s friend, the Inves tigators learn nothing. An Interview with Bulits Is fruitless. Webster Spears admits Informing Rylle Carmody of Franklin’s relations with Choo Choo. An Interview with Milo Dunbar. Frank, tin's law partner, and search of the dead man’s office, reveals nothing of Importance. Choo Choo admits her de lations with Franklin were to continue after hi*, marriage. Six of the seven keys Franklin carried are traced. Kll day decides to arrest Webster Spears and have Rylle Carmody shadowed. Callis Shipley vainly tries to convince Cardigan of the Innocence of Rylle Carmody and Speara She and Rylle plan to leave the city, evidlhg KyneT ■hsdower. Rylle goes to do his part, and Callis reaches an appointed rendes- vous, but Rylle does not coma Frank lin’s apartment Is ransacked. Neither Speara nor Rylle Carmody could have done it, and Cardigan senses the hand of the murderer. CHAPTER X—Continued “No, wait,” Peter cautioned. “We can't afford to overlook a single bet. Perhape we know what the murderer was looking for here? Didn’t we com* here ourselves. In search of some clue that would Identify the mysterious woman In blue for us? Didn’t you at tempt to Identify those keys In the hope that, sooner or later, one of them might help In the Identification of that woman? BulUs told us she was In love with Franklin. He overheard her conversation with Franklin Just before the murder, “What’s to prevent the murderer from having the same bunch that we bad? If It was that woman, say, and she knew Franklin possessed letters, or pictures which might Identify her, wouldn’t It be reasonable to expect her to make some attempt to get them? Of course It WQOldL If that evldence- exists. Its destruction removes our last hope of solving the mystery of Frank- lin’s death." “Oh, yeahr KIIdayY smile waa~ d*- rislve. “I thought you were convinced that a woman couldn’t have delivered that blow?" “I’m coming to that,” Peter hurried on Impatiently. “Suppose, as we be lieve, that crime was committed by a man. That still doesn't eliminate this woman In blue as a possible motive for the crime. She might have been the daughter, sister or wife of the slayer. Wouldn't he still be Interested In removing this evidence of her Iden tity which might possibly Identify him with the crime? M We have a peculiar case, Sergeant ‘The knife with which the crime was committed; the curtain upon which It was wiped; the revolver bearing the slain man's thumb-print, and pos sibly that key-ring found In Franklin’s pocket are the only real clues we have found. There has been an abundance of evidence, provided by the activities of Sight or nine persons, most of whom had motives which might have actu ated the murder. Theoretically, the theory upon which we are holding Webster Spears Is sound. But since his arrest, this apartment has been . rifled and we cannot afford to overlook the significance of this.” Peter paused In his restless pacing of the room to face his friend. “Sup- ~ pose you were the man who murdered Jim Franklin, and you had committed the crime because of this woman In blu& What would you be doing now? What would you be thinking? Put yourself In the criminal’s place.” *Td be trying to keep from getting caught,” was the sergeant's succinct reply. “Of course,” Peter agreed. “But how? Now I”—he glanced at the con fusion about him which marked the apartment had been ransacked—“if 1 had bean the murderer, I would be try ing to remove nny poecihle evidence that would connect me or the woman In bloa with the crime. Am tor myoelf. Pd probably fool safa enough. But that woman would worry ma. She I Fraaklln. Probably {n had tat- a picture whioh might ultimately reveal Mr Identity to the police. And if they found Mr. It would M easy to And ma. because tbs girl Is some one la whom the murderer Is vitally Interested—his sweetheart sister or wife. That's how I would M figuring. Why lent that tbo an swer to th« search tbat has Men made of this apartment? This murderer Is iMkiug his calculations In vary much the sumo way. “But wo wore bare before him," die pointed out “Of coune we didn't take things apart quite as thoroughly, but we looked In every Jlece It was reasonable to Mllero Franklin might have kept papers or pictures which could Mr# Identified his woman. We are moderately safa n assuming that M found nothing tere. That being true, what would M his next move? "The evidence he feared might be tray him Is still missing. He has tbe same reason to fear discovery that M isd when he searched this place. Will he stop now? I don’t think so. We've struck a warm trail, Sergeant" ’“Tod think he*ll attempt to Bnd and dbstroy this evidence somewhere else?? Than whit r would do. if I »er* in his shoes,”, declared the novelist “I feel pretty sure I would condtade (hat the evidence was In the only other placs it coold be—his office. That’s where Pd look next” “We’ve looked there," the detective objected. “We didn’t find anything.” “We didn’t go all through his flies,” Peter was emphatic. “We looked, but there are dozens of places such evi dence might have been concealed. But that Isn't the point The murderer doesn’t know we*vs looked, does he? I maintain that the man who was so anxious to find something hers will probably look there next Unless he’s already been there. . It’s worth try ing. Let’s go there and see. Tou have Franklin’s keys. We can set a trap for him.” Kilday. still wedded to his theory that Webster Speara was the murderer, was nevertheless impressed. “It would probably be a wild goose chase, but I’d do It if I hadn’t sent word to Bullls to be at my office. I’m going to con front him with CalUa Shipley and see If he can or will identify her as the woman he saw quarreling with Frank lin In that study. They’re both prob ably waiting for me by now.” “Then let me have the keys," urged Peter. “PH go alone. It’s worth try ing, anyway." Sefgeant Kilday had not abandoned his previous theory. “Spears is my man, but Just the same Pm not over looking any possibilities.' he declared on the way back to hla office for Franklin's keys.— ' ~~ “If yon don’t have a revolver, you’d better take this one.” He thrust a blue automatic Into his friend's hand as they parted. “Not," he added, “that I think you’ll need it” Peter laughed. “It’s always tbs un loaded gun that goes off.” he retorted, “and the hunch that looks like a flivver sometimes brings home the bacon.” The offlcee of Franklin and Dunbar were on tbe second floor of tbe Greer building. Peter was familiar with the general floor plan as a result of his previous visit there with Dunbar and Kllday. In the taxi, be formulated a plan. Franklin’s key* would admit him without difficulty. Ones Inside, he decided, he would wait tn Franklin's private office. In darkness, la order that his presence might not be de tected and frighten off tbe Intruder, should he come. —It wss- Just eight o’clock, but the building was nearly deserted. Only two elevators were In operation, and ’ neither was waiting as h* sntersd tl lobby, so Peter decided to walk up the •ingle flight of etalra, hla footfalls echoing In the deserted corridors, In spite of Ms caution. TTs panned at the landing and removed hla shoes. It would not do to advertise hla pres ence. With the, exception of one globe, burning In front of the elevator, and • red bulb at the end of the corridor, marking a fire exit, the floor was tn darkness. Most of tbe doors were paneled with glass, so that • light within would betray their occupancy, but this was not true of the suite occu pied by Franklin and Dunbar. A num ber of offices had been thrown Into one large suite for this firm, and here a walnut paneled facade, with a solid door, barred the corridor. Peter had not expected that He hesitated In front of the door, keys In hand. What If the unknown visitor he was expecting were already here? Would he not be stepping Into a trap of his own making? He frowned at the panels In search of some telltale gleam of light which would betray the presence of some one within, but Tf there were a light beyond that facade, he could not detect It. He tried peer ing through the key-hole, but It was s blind lock, with s key hole only on the outer Side, and defied the trick. shared this room with him had turned off the lights, Peter gripped his revolver tighter He was convinced that M was stand ing within s few feet of Jim Franklin's murderer. - CHAPTER XI la the Dark The room was la darkness—a Sty gian blackness that was impenetrable Peter concluded that the blinds Md been drawn against observing eyas, be cause almost no light filtered through the windows. He closed his eyes, to accustom them to the leek of light Swiftly he out- He must roach to prevent sur- en, hugging When be opened them again, he could decry two rectangles, lighter than the gloom about him. The" windows They were to his lined a plan of the well to the righ prise from the rear, the well, he could move slowly forward until his foe was silhouetted against the faint glow of the wtndo' With his thumb he released the safety on his revolver. The slight me tallic noise of It sounded loud a | the hushed background of tbe The faint tang of tobacco was In th sir. Where was that wall? Peter wished fervently that he had not ad vanced so far Into the room. He did not dare raise his feet Any col lision with unseen furniture—any noise, no matter how slight—would be tray hla exact whereabouts to his quarry. From beyond the door, the gates of tbe elevator clashed open and shut again. Even from this distance, the noise seemed unbelievably loud. Be low In the street, a car changed gears. Queer, how outside noises drifted inte this stillness here. He could even hear hie own breathing. -Peter stopped then, holding his breath. Perhaps he was close enough to hear tbe telltale whisper of the other fellow’s breath- toff- :— i SILVER PURCHASE BILL INTRODUCED Early Passage Is Expected Despite Opposition. * r - ■ - • 5 'Washington.—A bill to suthorlxe a silver purchase program that would form the base for the Issuance of more money backed by sliver, trailed a Presidential message into the sen ate with-food prospects of early sage. —The messnre. rontslns Inflationary Dowers, which some senators said might mean the Issuance of more than $2,000,000,000 in new currency. Treas ury estimates put the figure much lower, however. Dissatisfaction with the bill was expressed almost Immediately by Sen ators Thomas, Oklahoma Democrat, and Borah, Idaho Republican. Thomas complatne*. that the pro posal did not change the “status’* of the metal. But the majority of the senate silver oloc seemed satisfied and went ahead to get the measure through at this ion dent Roosevelt In his message to N»ngress said this country had tounoed out other nations on the pos- siblUtyNof a monetary agreement af fecting both gold and silver. Ha also reviewed briefly the reasons for his request Herald: “I therefore\recommend legislation at the present session declaring It to be the policy of\thc United States to Increase tbe amohpt of silver In our monetary stocks witnVthe ultimate ob jective of having and maintaining one- fourth of their monet^v value In silver and three-fourths liKfold.” These are the principal provisions of the bill Introduced by SenaW Pitt man, Nevada Democrat a leader of FROCK THAT MAKBS PARTICULAR APPEAL TO HOUSBKSXPKRS PATTHM For smart bonsek* tlvatlng frock that win give yaw a Mat and attractive appearance dar ing your busy daytime Mam And as far making It—chase's Jast noth ing difficult shoot It at a& The front and bade yokes are economical ly cot In one,,the semt-MKed waist- rr PAID BEST " The school teacher was giving her class a talk aa the sayings ot the wise. “Now, here Is a very good exam ple of what I mean,” she said. “ It Is mdrs blessed to give than t# re ceive.'" “Teacher," piped ap little Bertie, “my father says he always sticks to that motto In his business.” “How nobis of him!” said tits teacher. *Tm sure he must be ■ very fine man. By tbs way, Bertie, what is your father’s profession?” “Oh, he’s a boxer,” replied the ooy proudly. — ^ The Tammy Letter* The primary teacher was helping | the children to toll the difference be tween the letters “d” and “b.” “Johnnie, bow can ws tell these! letters apart?” aaked tbe Instructor. “Well,” answered the lad, "one has I Its stomach In tbe front and the other | has li In the back.” There was no sound here—only the muffled distant noises from outside. Once more he moved cautiously for ward. Again he stopped. This time It was the ticking of his own watch which disturbed him. If M could bear It, perhaps tbs other fallow could, too. Ha crouched, unbuckling the wrist band. and slid the offending timepiece along the floor, several feet behind him. never once relinquishing his grip •on the revolver. Once more he peered about him, bis eyes straining to pierce the blackness. Except for tbe barely discernible out lines of the windows, there was noth ing by which ha could get his bear ings. Hs searched hla mind for some memory of the room, some character istic'which might M of value to him now. He could think of nothing. StlU, he could not M far from the wall op posite the windows. It was not an unusually large room. Once there, his chance of finding (he other man, with out himself being found, was much better. He resumed bis cautious ad vance. Hla foot struck something His grip on the revolver tightened. Hs explored with his free hand. It of cmsrwr-iiSCTr *a«»c«0 ■“J": ' ,1' ‘ U>- hotiao committee on ludlcl.r,. And thM ho foond «..w.. W«h* I B , , n „ np , rt , m „ n,n„t „f 15 to fcount of rollof. ho boekod ««lMtlt, , recom- fnelng tb« f-o®> K • ’V mend Jndite Woodward', remoTiri from ' W !n d .^! tb * *“.*■ - th. federal bench. Then, .till teklnf .a«7 P-~«"tlo. ; ^ ab>ent •nrtmnnd.tuekml.bttmtr.r ( Repnhllcna voted for Impeach. hU wherM bouts, h. .Idled .ton* th. _. -... . the iUVtir bide: The secretary of the treasury "authorized and directed” to buj silver both in the United States and abroad to acquire the 25 per cent re serve. The President Is given permissive power to nationalize or take over at a price not to exceed 50 cents an ounce domestic stocks of silver. This does not mean the government will call In silver coins ss it did gold. A tax of 50 per cent of the prof- tli on private holdings of domestic stocks after May 15 was provided, but this was later taken from tbe senate bUL The secretary of the treasury Is "authorized and directed” to Issue silver certificates against the pur chases. The President is given full power to acquire the silver on his own terms. Last Prophets First Roman (at a Christian aaere)—We’ve gat a capacity erswd, but still we’re lostaf money. The! upkeep on the Uons must M pretty heavy, , Second Roman—?Yea, sir. Hons sura do eat up the prophetai Question AU Right At a college examination a profee- i>r asked: “Does the question em- yooT iot at all, sir,” replied the stn- denk\ "It Is quite dear; It’s the an swer \hat bothers me.”—Toronto I Globe. Ilastavplaca "Which of ypur works of fiction do yon consider \the best, Mr. Pi wrlght r “My last incomV tax return.’ Proof Eohugh “Marjorie is very clqver.' “She only makes people think she u" “Well, Isn’t that deverl Woodward Impeachment Voted by House Group Washington.—Impeachment action against Federal Judge Charles B.. Son—Father, Is the sebra a animal with white stripes, or a animal with black stripes? N\bsey pockets are Indispensable. A tub- bable cotton print with either self or contrasting ruffling would M nice, Tbe Instructor—Illustrated sewing lesson—will help yon pot the frock together step by step. Pattern 1625 Is available In stuss 14,16,18, 20, 32, 84, M, fifi, 40, 42 and 44. Bias 16 takes 3(4 yards 36-lack fabric. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) la coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Writs plainly, name, ad- dreas and style somber. BE SUES TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Sewing dixie Pattern Department, 248 Wont Seven teenth Street, New York City. NOT TAKING CHANCES ’ r hree members Eleven Democrats and ment Of the five casting their ballots against Impeachment four were Re publicans, one was a Democrat. Nepotism of an exaggerated nature is the major charge lodged against Judge Woodward In the resolution of impeachment drawn by a special Judi ciary subcommittee. wall, bis eyes exploring tbe room with slightly more success, now that hs Md the room silhouetted between himself and the windows His straining eyas could Identify a table, In vague relief against the window squares Near by. a wide leather chair, whose blurred outline he was slow In classifying. Peter sspved on slowly. ! His back struck a picture on the Confesses Sending “> ? and moved more quickly. If the fel- ■ low were tempted to shoot at the sound. It would be Jnst as well not to be there , Next he encountered s table against the wall Hla progress here was blocked. He would have to move around It, once more exposing his rear to attack. Again he paused to listen. He was tempted to believe that his nerves had deceived him—that there was no one else in this room, after all. . tou-ll have to send for said tbe one wM Md Mm after a glance at tbe patient, so 111 as that?” gasped the suffererN are,” replied the man of medicine? “bat I knowVyoa'rs the lawyer wba cross-exam I ned\ me when I appeared as an expert witness. My conscience won’t let roe kllkyou, and PH M hanged If I want to cure you. Oaod day.”—Border OtleaNfitar. Well, ft was a risk he IMd to take. He shifted the keys to bts left band and drew the revolver Kilday had loaned him. If his quarry were al ready here, Peter did not Intend to be eanght napping. Even as hs took tht precantion. the novelist chuckled at himself. ’Tm going, in for melo drama.” M told himself. "There’s no one here.” Tbe first key he cantRrasly tried did not fit He withdrew it and selected another whose Irregularity seemed to conform with the outline of the slot la the lock. Tills tiase It fitted. There was only a slight click ss M thrust tbs My boms, but It sounded startling ly loud In tho stillness of that corri dor. How had tbe key mads such a sound? Than he smllod at his nervous ness again- "Don’t get Jumpy,” he cautioned himself, ss M turned tbs key. creak and Peter stepped into the dark office, hla eyas straining to pierce tbe thickness of tM gloom. Hla fingers groped for the light twitch. It should M somewhere near the door. Then M stopped, rigid. Were .. hla nerves playing tricks again? Or was there some one else In this room? Ho remembered that slight click that had startled Mm. outside. It hadn’t been nerves, than. Hs recognised the sound now. It Md Man tbs throwing of an electric switch. Waned by tho rattle sf kis hay la the look. Whoever Uklah, Calif.—The police announce that Arthur J. Cleu, Oakland printer, has confessed he sent poisoned liquor through the malls to seven members of a fraternal organization because of a feud. Inspectors James Goodnight and L. M. Jewell of Oakland say (heu admits sending the liquor after quarreling with Joe Levy, member of the Fruit- vale Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West Tt- HU Daal Some Hollywood sc cussing loneliness when onAs noted egomaniac, remarked: “I coot being en a desert Island wli one I love.” “Wouldn't you rather have one with you?” quickly asked snot er of the party.—Boston Transcript^ And yet he could not forget that dick of the light switch, before he opened Kills Her Brothcr-in-Law; the door. Nor the odor of. tobacco. «• ow ng*t * it And then there ware the drawn blinds. WAIKS Z5 Miles, VslYeS Up Why should tbs shades of an office be Whltesburg, Ky.—Miss Lenora In- drawn in this wiy? No, there was car- gram, twenty, Llnefork, walked from talnly some one here. Peter thought of the picture be had nearly knocked from the wall. It Md almost betrayed him. His fingers ex plored the table top. Tbe incident bad suggested a new strategy. If M could, by some means, cause the other man to betray hta whereabouts, tbs rest should be simple. Hs found a calen dar pad. Still gripping tbs revolver, 4% tossed tbe pad across the room with, bis left hand. It struck something, a chair probably, and slid to the floor with a noise that seemed uncanny in tM unnatural stillness. Hla eyas ached with tbs effort to penetrate tbe black ness. Nothing happened. His oaomj was too canny to M taken la like that It irkM him, and yet M yielded the man a grudging admiration. It ax- nod why the follow Mdn’t attacked as be camo throngb the door. He was taking os cMnce of the struggle beiflg overheard tn the corridor. Ik that event, M might M in one of tM other roome by now. There might M an exit by way of a fl re-escape. Or one of tM other offices might have aa entrance opening on tM corridor. The fellow bed had ample time te familiar lee himself with tbe entire suite. The thought hasten He meat capture tM bad opportunity te am 4*0 v her home 25 miles and' surrendered'| to officers, admitting she had shot and killed James Halcomb, fifty, herbrotb-\j er-ln-law. Halcomb is said to have whipped his wife. Pending trial she was placed tn JslL Shifting the BUsm “Did yon ever dodge any taxesT* “No, sir,” answered Mr. Dostla I Stax. “I can’t figure out my tax re turns for myself and I can’t help it if I happen to employ a special ex pert who has his own ideas.” Marble Croes, Toe? She—How dare you say my fsther la a wretch 1 \ " He—Well, I told him I could not live without you and ha said ha would willingly pay the funeral ex penses !—Frankfurter Illustrlerte. Starts Roosevelt Family Portrait in Oval Room Washington.—TM beginning of a Roosevelt family portrait la the Oval room, the President’s study, has been made, with President and Mrs. Roose velt posing. The rest of the Roose velt family will M painted as they appear at the White House. Thai artist Is John C. Johansen. New Marital Rift “Mrs. Gaydog is getting a divorce on modern lines.” “How’s that?” “Incompatibility eg poBtical aenti- menta. She believes la inflation off the dollar and ha doesn’t” Mutual Precaution Her Father (belligerently) man, are yovr Her Lover (heffitatthgly)—i , yours?—Brooklyn Jmttj The Dalles, Ore., Repevtr “Acute Shortage of Labor” TM Dalles, Ora—The Dalles and Hood river report “an acuta shortage ot labor.* With the pea and cherry harvests coming at virtually tha same time, tha Mortage of orchard and field workers la serious. 1 Three Children Prawned Springfield, Mhasi—Three members of one family, war while playing la a homemade rowboe* ea Five-Mile pend. WRIflfij