DETECTIVE THRILLER!
THE BLACK PIGEON.
By Anne Austin.
CHAPTER XXXIV
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BANK & YEO TRIAL,
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not fathom, would he not have written out three cheques in or- dor? But if the cheque forms had been used for the purpose of forgery, was it not highly probable that many would fail to come up
Jumped About. In that case he would not have three in succession. The three disputed cheques did not bear suc cessive numbers--they jumped
about all over the pace.
viction, because there could be no dofoned unless. by some chance ho could persuade the judge and jury that his natural writing was a forgery.
With regard to the cheque counsel submit- book covers, ted that if Teang was in the swindle he would have boon fool not to destroy them. Counsel on the other side, had suggested
discovered.
Did the jury think he expected to be in Hongkong when it was dis- covered?
Was C.I.D. Bluffed7 Counsel went on to refer to Tsang's arrest and to the fact that he was detained for thirty
days. Could the jury say that the
"You've hit it again, though 1 Calbertson and Fritz, Sassoon House to the forger's idea of what was that he kept them so as to afford didn't think anything of it at the "Nothing's the matter!" Jack time," Jack admitted. "Before she Shanghai, who are not responsible a good forgery and consequently defence when the swindle was Hayward denied, with pocul- loft, with her hands full of insur- for cable inntilations. These quota-be destroyed? far emphasis. "What were you go-ance literature, she stepped to the tions are subject to confirmation: ing to say about the woman with window and looked out, perhaps
Previous Latest the contraltò voice?"
towards Borden's office, maybe at
Price: Price, "You started and blushed--and Borden himself. I thought she Anaconda Copper
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mon) jealously. I'm sure my descrip- which were circling about made Chrysler Corp. (Com tion reminded you of someone you oma remark to her about them,
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Why were 60 cheques stolen? His Lordship had supplied the ans-chief of the Criminal Investigation wer in one of his questions that Department was so easily bluffed it would be inevitable that a for-that he allowed Tsang to go ger would spoil some. Was it not course, it might be said that it simple, asked counsel. Did it not was done to eloak up some Trea- all fit in with the Government's sury scandal. There had been.
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about Treasury scandals but had shown that counsel said he the Government had concealed absolutely nothing.
"What about this woman with the
"What was she like-beside her voice Jack evaded, reaching for the poker, so that Ruth could not voice?" Ruth asked eagerly. "Tall and very slender, big, fine dark see his bycs.
The girl stared at him; bewil-eyes-sad eyes," fack answered so dered and hurt, then answered unhesitatingly that another pang steadily, a little coldly: "You were of jealousy shot through the girl's present this morning when I told heart. "About 35, I imagine. A Mr. McMann about a telephone call good deal of makeup, but a skill for Mr. Borden at 10 o'clock Satur-ful, artistic job. Good clothes, day morning. I was familiar with but just a little shabby, an elegant the voice calling then, for the sort of shabbiness." woman had telephoned several "She evidently made, a great times during the four months impression on you," Ruth could worked for Mr. Borden. He always not help remarking. "1 suppose refused to talk with her, though you remember her name, too?" she, never gave me her name. `
"You're delicious when you're "Saturday morning Mr. Borden angry or jealang," Jack laughed, came in a minute or two atter had hung up the receiver, and when and kissed the tips of her fingers "She did make a deep impression 1. told him that the woman with the beautiful contralto volee hail called me, because I thought she had may sound the most tragie face Pu ever seen. he said: "That voice
That's why I hesitated to say a word which might involve her in This nasty business. No man would want to add another bitter PLANTER MURDERED). taken by putting an "A" in front of
beautiful to you, but believe me, I'd rather Baten to a riveting ma- chine, or words to that effect."
"Not enough to hang her on,' Jack commented drily, still poking needlessly at the fire.
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"He submitted that if Tsang was in the swindle there was no need for him to steal cheques. He had merely to fill them in and put them before Mr. Messer and Mr. Black. When the cheques were would never have mentioned the signed the thing was finished. The shortage of cheques if he had He mention- theft of cheques" would be only been in the swindle.
Trang was ed it two weeks bofore the first 60 inviting discovery.
his own master. He could write cheque was presented. "Forsooth, There saya the other side he is preparing 42
cheques any time he liked,
You could not .130 was no answer to it at all except another defence.
65 that it was forgery. It would be see him for dust, if I may use the folly to steal the cheques. The phrase, if he had got away with risk was run of the numbers being $260,000," added Mr. Patter
fact It was nonsense to suggest this. duplicated as they were in duplicated when Teang found that I would not hold water. He was the cheques were missing. And not preparing a defence. The last why was a chance of discovery thing he would have done if he. had heen, would be to mention that the number? If Tsang was in it the cheques were short. If Mr. there was no need to steal che-Messer or Mr. Black had looked at ques, on need for the number to the hook it would have exploded be duplicated and no need for the the whole swindle. The facts did with TBang leller "A" in front of the number.
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With regard to the alterations "You cannot make it Git" com- on the covers of the cheque books; Mr. James William Futcher, themented counsel. Continuing he British manager of a
it had been suggested that Tsang Chinese said the jury was asked to decide must have noticed the alteration. owned rubber and pineapplewhat was in Tsang's mind at a estate in the island of Rhio, Dutch certain time. Whether he had East Indies, has been brutally criminal intent, whether he had murdered by a crowd of Chinese. guilty knowledge and amed with Malay sheath knives. he knew as a fact that the cheques Eight arrests have been had been fraudulentis extracted effected.-Reuter.
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"Pine,” Jack smiled mirthlessly, except for one or two minor de- tails. Why should she take the gun with which he had tried to kill her? Why close the win- dow?"
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"Miss or Mrs?" Ruth persisted. "Of course not, dear," Ruth an swered reasonably, though her "She didn't say, but I addressed i volee trembled slightly. "But the her as Miss Manning until she story Minnie Cassidy told definitely made quiries about a trust! brings the woman with the con-fund's being made of the insur- she took it out, in favour tralto voice into the puzzle. While ance, Minnie was cleaning in our offices of her six-year-old son. Then I shortly after half-past one Str. Bor-called her Mrs. Manning and she den left his office for a minute or did not correct me."
Ruth considered, her eyes grow two, asking Minnie to stay until he returned, since he had no key and ing wider and wider. Then, slow didn't want her to go away and jy: "Miss Manning, Jack, and the leave the door unlocked for him. Boy was Harry Borden's illegitim- While he was gone the phone rang, inte son. I feel absolutely sure of Miunie answered, told the woman that.
. What WAB her ad- to hold the wire. When Mr. Borden dress?" she added suddenly.
In order to ascertain his men- returned, he asked her to descibe
"Some little hotel-let me think
tality they had to consider what the volce of the woman calling, and
Oh Yes, the
Acropolis
he did, and what he ought to Minnie did so, saying the woman Hotel. I wrote her, asking if she
have done if he had been in the had a lovely, sweet volce, like an had made up her mind as to the
swindle. After referring to his No Aftempt to Disguise. atta singer, as she puts it. At first kind of insurance she wanted to
education and subsequent 14 yeura Mr. Borden told her curtly to hang take out, and she did not reply
The Mow Fung and the C.S.P. up the receiver, then considered a She did come in again, however,
of unblemished service with the cheques had been quoted as show- "But Rita Dubois insist that Government, counsel went on toing that Tsang was trying to dis directed her to tell moment, and call gain in 16 or and told me that it was quite use the window was still open when say that any man might be tempt cover whether disguised hand-
leas for her to consider any kind she was there between two-len and ed.
writing would pass Mr. Mosser. 20 minutes."
of insurance on her life that she two-thirty. Ruth pointed out, It was said that every man had If that was no surely it was re- "Well?" Jack said impatiently, had been to her own physician and
"And Rita also insists that Bor: his price. But would anyone markable that no attempt was he had told her she was in an ad- den was alive," Jack reminded as Ruth paused.
to male to disguise his writing on expect a hardened criminal o Minnie says,vanced stage of tuberculosis. And her. If Rita is telling the truth, rave acted as Tsang was supposed the three cheques. He did not "The woman, gave her this message for Mr. Bargain-she stood at my window our whole case against poor Mar to have act,d according to the carry out the idea when it came to
I felt dammed tha Manning topples, unless we defence? den: "Tell Mr. Borden that if he is looking out ...
Could they believe the three cheques. wiw, he will talk to me when sorry for her" Jack added, in a conclude that Borden told Miss that the demeanour of the man Mr. Potter anid that for the first call again."
flow voice.
Manning not to come until half- who had spent daya in the wit-time on Wednesday he appreciated Jack shrugged. "Not nearly so "Frank Ashe felt sorry for her, definite a threat as I made against too," Ruth and slowly. And then past two or even later-realizingness box at two trials, who had that Cheung was going to be call- as he did, that she had already been subject to cross examination |ed a conspirator as well. Cheung the man. Then, as Ruth stared at she told him, briefly, the story that made him miss his train, and that by Mr. Jenkin was that of a man had not been called as a witness, him with wide, hurt blue eyes: "If Borden's manservant had told De he would have to deal with Rita, who was not only a guilty party because all Teang said to him was you're thinking that the woman tertive Sergeant McMann-how
between train time-2:15-and | but as far as could be seen from that there were 30 cheques short. with the voice made her final tele- the woman with the boautiful con- 2:40. But if that's the case, the defence was actually in the If that had been challenged, captai (fuļie poid v5) .......... Y. 185,900,000 Special work phone call
over my phone, I'm tralto volve had come to Borden's where was Martha Manning after swindle?
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she
concluded her telephone
Tanng's Ordeals,
If he, counsel, had appreciated the minules after Minnie's ever-watching her chance, and had quarrel with Borden at 2:10, and If Tsang was in it, it was charge he would have put Cheung tion with the lady of the velce, I been knocked half senselen either til half-past two? In my office difficult to see why Yea in the box. He was only interest- was in my offer myself."
hy Borden himself or by Jake Bai- all that time? So far as I know,brought into the fraud at ul. ed in just that incident and it Amandria "I hadn't reached that conclusion ley, his bodyguard. yet," Ruth said slowly, coldly. "But "Motive!" Jack commented, but one has told of seeing a stran Counsel submitted that Tsang seemed to the Government entire-Belavia
ger on the seventh floor all after would have given way in somely unnecessary to call him and add an Ayr your reasoning strikes me as a little without triumph. Now as to ophoon, and neither Otto Pilager nor shape or form under two ordeals to the evidence.
Dealing with the trick theory, Changchun odd. The woman could not have portunity. Let us suppose, she Micky Moran said anything about of the kind he had undergone, known that Mr. Borden had a train came to the Starbridge Building bringing such a woman to the Taking his demeanour alone it Mr. Potter said that the answers Dairen (Delay) NanerA
Newchwang to make hence may have delayed Saturday afternoon, before callingseventh floor."
Jenkin were Innumerable. Mr.
(Makdan) New York was impossible to believe he was
Osaka little until she reached the Star-Borden on the telephone as he had
in the awindle,
had said he did not know what the Hamberg
Hankow
Paking brige Building. Jack! Look at asked her to, through Minnie. But
"She could, have walked up, of
It had been charged that Tsang trick was, but, if there was one o me!" she commanded with sudden why come to my office to make the course-part of the way, at least."
man, an astute
A man man in the world who ought to Hongkong the probably urgency. "You're
clumsiest deceiver. It's call, even if she did remember that Ruth offered tentatively. "But possessed of great mental agility know, it was Mr. Jenkin. It was world's
it was directly opposite Borden's Letty went into your offices for according to Mr. Jenkin, a far Mr. Jenkin who defended Yeo, written all over your face that you and that she could see his face, as the second time to clean them at seeing, hard headed criminal, and who admitted he was a swindler know something about this woman.
half-past two. I'm sure she would a man with an, iron nerve. What but said in his defence that the Is this any time to conceal that she talked to him?" knowledge from me? It's for your) "Maybe she realized that you have told Mr. McMann if she had was he supposed to have done? signatures were genuine but were to be obtained on application,
obtained by a trick. He could: seen anyone coming out of your He took the three cheques, Jack shrugged, then laughed rue. were interested in her, would go
and told Mr. Jenkin what that fully. "I'll never be able to get out of your way to do her a good or in the corridor. But, Jack, stolen forms, and wrote the dies easily have leaned over the dock
was in Borden's disguised handwriting..
trick was. away with anything, with a wife turn. Perhaps she intended to ap- there's no getting around it: some of them in his own natural un
Ingenious Counsel. Saturday-besides Rita, offices I have appeal to you to help her plead her like you! And may
Did that display great mental kfas to make up for all I'm going case with Borden. Ruth suggest Mrs. Borden. Minnie and myself, agility? If the bodies of the to suffer at your hands in the fused hesitatingly, "She found your mean, for, as McMann puts it, cheues had been in anyone dre's ture?... Umim!... Now, darling, door unlocked, thought you were she left her calling card on the writing the bank would have imitate that voice for me as per-in, and entered. Once inside, reglass panel in the door between cashed them. What was the re have put up, he would have put Authorised Capital $11,000,004 EPECIALLY AUTHORISED ST PRESIDEN. fectly as you can. I know you're look the liberty of using your the private office and the outer sult of his writing the bodies of it up. There is no more ingeni- Pald-Up Fand ous counsel at the Bar in this Reserve Fond a good mimic. I've heard you take phone, although you
the three cheques in his. "The only fingerprints on the handwriting, if they followed out Colony, and if he could have de- off Burden, Benny, old Minnie Cas-there, quarrelled with Borden-andfee-three clear fingerprints,
vised a trick that would hold water window the sugrestion of what he aldy, and poor, timid Letty Miller. shot him through your window."
with the Special Jury trying, this "But how did she know I had Iglass panel, which the Go to It, aweet!"
washer had cleaned late Friday supposed to have done? Ruth laughed, happy again, then pistol?" Jack objected.
Arrest Inevitable.,
ease, he would have done it."
After reminding the jury ske enunclated in a throaty, con- "You've just said you gave her afternoon. Maybe she had a key trailo: "Thank you so much, my a lot of insurance literature," o Mr. Barden's office-but no, dear Mr. Hayward! You are too Ruth pointed out eagerly, "You that's impossible, for Mr. Borden in any of Teang's books, And Yea's activities in opening three it was done not in the hope that only four Was it not obvious that the rann kind!" Then, triumphantly, in her keep stacks of it in the bottom had the lock changed after I start the cheques were on stolen forms, banking accounts, Mr. Potter said
your desk. Why ed to work for him own voice again. "There! You drawer started and blushed again! You couldn't she have seen the pistol month ago, and all that time he who would be arrested when the Mr. Messer and Mr. Black would the cheques und can't deny you've heard that voice while you were searching for the hus refused even to talk over the windle was discovered would be tricked, but because he was before or the one I Imitated." printed matter you wanted to give phone with the woman of the con- be Tsang? Did the jury believe
make use of them for the purpose of forgery. "You're right, of course,". Jack her?"
Dealing with the telephonic "Possible, but not highly proba-ed anddenly, and slumped in a was in the swindle that his arrest admitted reluctantly. "I do know the woman-slightly. She came to ble," Jack conceded, "But--if she pathetic little heup. "I'm so ghast- was inevitable.
Why did he atay, in Hongkong communication between Mr. Gray- my office about two months ago, to killed him from my office, how can ly tired I can't think."
"You're going to bed, darling," The gwindle had been successful burn and Mr. Messer, which was inquire about Insurance."
and the cheques had been cashed deposed to by the latter and denied "Just picked you out blindly You Recount for the disappearance
your gun? Misa Manning Jack commanded, contrition
as Mr. Jenkin had not disputed Ruth naked sceptically. "Or had could hardly have entered the compassion in his voice and eyes, and there was a sum of $260,000 by the former, counsel said that someone given her your name?" dead man's locked office, would "I could do with a little sleep my available. Not a penny had been Mr. Messer's honesty, he would
ecif, and it's a shame to keep hy traced, to Trang Would not "She didn't way, and of course have had no reason to do so, in the poor 'shadow' standing out there in Tsang, if he had been the prime say that if a man could work himself into the mental attitude I didn't ask," Jack answered, frst place--"
a telephone Tittle stiffy. "I asked her into my
"Then maybe she induced Bor. the cold so long. He'll be all the mover in the swindle, have gone of believing he had-
better for taking his 'dog' for away at the same time as his
conversation of that kind, hu private office and gave her a lot of den, by threats of some sort, to
ought not to be in the Treasury. information about various types of grant her an appointment, told walk on the leash. You're going co-conspirator Carvalho Yeo?
It would be abaurd to suggest Such a man "may not be danger- policies straight life, 20-year en-him she was in the building and to the scene of the crime to-mor
that he hoped to put the ous but I think someone ought to dowment, etc. I didn't think, at the would be flight up, then armed row morning, I suppose?"
"Me?" Ruth laughed sharply swindle through and still stay keep an eye on him, because he time, that she seemed particularly herself with your gun,, went to interested, though she had asked his office, was admitted because Why, I'm going to take charge of in Hongkong. Could anyone do is not quite accountable for his for the information-
he was expecting her, found he the investigation!-after I've done ing it had remained in Hongkong setions."
Counsel urged that the jury must "I imagine," Ruth interrupted was armed too, and shot him just one errand--with my own 'shallow without being captured?
No, I won't tell jury was naked to believe that belleve Mr. Messer had said his suddenly, "that she was more inter- as he was about to shoot her, Bor- trailing me
Tanng wrote the cheques and signature was a forgery to Mr. ested in the occupant of the office den's bullet going wild-out of you what I intend to do.
(To Be Continued.) › atayed here waiting for arrest | Grayburn, over the telephone. M
with the prospect of certain con- The case is proceeding,
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H. MORI,
Ilozgkong. 11th March, 1928.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED,
ESTABLISUED 1932. Head Office:-Hongkong,
RANCHES
8,844,204
Canton, absaghal, Hankow, Bwatow Bangkok, New York and San Fran.
LONDON DANKERS :--
The Lloyd's Bank, Edmibed. Correspondents in all Principal cities of the
Bata Deposit Boxes (various sings) at a yearly rental af from 13 to 146.
LOOK POOND KHAN, word description transacted.
Chief Manager, Kengkons, 18th February, 1897,
MRS. SEKAI MASSAGE
6, Wyndham Street, lat floor, Hongkong.
London:-Midland Bank Ltd " New York:-American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Commercials Italiana.
Ban Franciao-Bank of Italy, Every description of banking sad Exchange business transacted. Corres- pondents throughout the world...
L. Bernis, Manager. Hongkong, Brd August, 1029.
THE BANK OF CHINA.
TIAL MANDATH OF THE REPUBLIC OF .
CHINA ON THE LIND OF NOVEMBER, 191%.
********** $45,000,000.45 Authorland Capital Faid-Up Capital jiten 11,271,568.25 Emperva Fonda sonjazzedi
1,829,423.54 HEAD OFFICE: FERING., HONGKONG, MRAKCIL,
4. Quatu'l-Koid Central. Branches and Sub-branches all over China and Gorterpundenta to Burays, Amarion and other parts of the world.
LONDON BANKERS:~/TDƏ National Pre- vincial and Undera Bank of Barland, Ith
The Guaranty Tract Company of New York. NEW YORK BRANCHES(--Tha Zevian Man Bonai Bark.
The Equitable Trust Compaar of New York. Interest allowed on Odzreni Ascousta and Fixed Deposits. Terms es Application.
Every description of Basking' buatmen transacted.
Loans granted ob approved ˇ securitím. Epecial facilities for Home Bushangw
BRON J. CHAM,
SATISFACTION! THE HO HONG BANK LTD,
(Metab?ched 19E)
CAIITAL
Authorised Capital, ....................... $20,808,000-
YOU WILL GET IT FULLY AT THE
Isaned
PALL-UP
FORSTYR
holders
Surplus
****
FIAT GARAGE
L200,244
LAEMI
1.210.000
HEAD OFFICE 1–BINUAPOREK,
Branches, Agroalan sad Gorrupcodenta is
67, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C 4821 use transacted.
all the principal elilag of the world.
Every description of Bankers und Erland
·TAN WHÙ HOOK.
Hoogkor. Avril 17th, 1924.
Xabaron.