THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1934.
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the reat was easy. You can see it must have taken time. He didn't think it all out at once. Finally ho made up his mind there was noth- Ing clso to do.
CHAPTER XLVI
ing as Melvina said, asking for money, having to be satisfied with Bannister glanced over his shoul-what she gave him. Yes, I think he er and saw that the table next to killed his sister, but that's not all thom was deserted. The walter I beileve he shot Tracy Kinį.“ hnd disappeared. There was no one Coleman's eyes wore on Bannia-
"He couldn't shoot hòr as he had to overhear what he said. He tor's face. He was listening intent-King. That would be too obvious. went on rapidly.
ly but he did not speak.
| 8o he strangled her. He's the only "Matthew Hollster isn't doing
"It's only a hunch," Bannister any grieving over his sister's admitted. "I won't pretend I've person in the world who could have done it so eastly. You remember death. He's planning a trip to Ha-ingured it all out. But he could the hotel clerk said he'd seen Hol vann, going around all dressed up, have done it, couldn't he? No one's lister leave the building but he talking about spending money and checked up his alibi for that night.didn't know at what time. Nobody having a lively time. I've found He was alone in the apartment also could check Hollister's abili. out that while his sister was alive He told the police he was playing le had killed her, of course, before Matthew hadn't a cent except what the radio. Probably he was. He he went out for his walk. Oh, he'd she gave him and that wasn't could have turned on the radio and thought it all out carefully much. Now he's got $150,000. then alipped upstairs. No one would need to see him. He could have done It easily enough.'
"Molvipa was a crank, bossing and scolding him. It looks to me as though Matthew decided ho'd afood that about na long nahe wanted to. Either that or Melving finally went too far-
"You mean," Coleman interrupt- ed, "that you think Hollister killed his sister?"
"But why would he want to kill Tracy King 7"
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"You're on time," he said to Coleman.
Rasured AIR.
Kennebec's apartment and the one on the left to Matthow Hollister's. It was before the door on the left that Bannister paused and took a key from his pocket,
"Where'd you get that?" Cole- man asked in Burprise,
"Never mind about that. Let's got thouga with this judi" ban- inster,gmuved about, and saw there│Į was no one else in the corridor. Tu key, Bulpped into tao laten, turned, and the door, opened.
"In it going to be all right?" "Everything's o. k," Bannister down the street five minutes ago.
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"How'd you fix that?"
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make an appointment with him.nister red it.
"I asked a fellow on the Post to a sonings, was just ad It's all right, but we'd botter get was the chur started. No use wasting time." ment hotel. As they neared the
They walked toward the apart entrance Coleman halted. this door?" he asked.
"Think its all right to go in at
That case you're making out Coleman interrupted, frowning. wouldn't stand in any courtroom.
"Sure, Why not?". There are a thousand holes in it.” "Well, I didn't suppose you
"There won't be," Bannister as-wanted anyone to know sured him, "when I'm through with it!"
"I don't." Bannister said shortly, "and they won't. We'll attract less "But It's all theory. You haven't attention going in here than we the faintest bit of proof for any-would prowling around trying to
find the servants' entrance." thing you've suld."
"I'll get the proof. And you can help me if you want to."
They entered the hotel and walked toward the elevators.
"Mrs. Kennebec in?" Bannister
"I told you I haven't figured It nl out. It's just coming to mo, little by little. Look-suppose Hol- fister shoots King and then goes downstairs to his own apartment. "It's happened before, hasn't it His sister comes in. She told the There's every motive in the world.police It was 9:30 when she got All this time the police have been there but it might have been
"What are you going to do?” running around looking for sus earlier. Maybe she came in and
"There's just one thing," Ban-asked casually. pects, arresting people and trying found her brother gone. She must to make them confess while Mat- have known what had happened Ifalater told him. "We've got to find thew Hollister's been there and no- she did that. She must have the gun Hollister used to kill Tracy
King." body bothered about him. Nobody known what Matthew had done. even thought of him. He tried to direct suspicion to his sister after Tracy King died but that didn't work. He was panic-stricken and hystorical after Melvina's death. Why? Because he knew what he'd done.
you, the whole thing "1. tell checks! He's so certain no one aus- pects him that ho fan't afraid to go around in new clothes, talking about a trip to Cuba. He's pro- bably getting things arranged so
"But she didn't say anything to the police. I was there when Mc- Neal talked to her. He couldn't got a word out of her. There was that story about her having a row with King niter his cat killed her canary. Nobody paid any atten- tion to her brother. Nobody oven thought about him."
"But I still don't see Coleman began.
Apparently Bannister did not he won't have to come home for hear him. "The day I met Hol- A year if he doesn't want to." lister downtown," he went on, "he "But Matthew Hollister!" Cole- was beginning to get acarati. man sald slowly. "On the level, I│Afrald something was going to get can't believe it. He seems like such a harmlesa old duck!"
cut. It must have worked on his mind, that one person knew what "He seems that way, but what do he had done. Maybe he had some you know about him? What does crazy idea the police could pin anyone know about him? Not a something on Melvina. If he did thing. They told me at the Shelby he must have got over it, decided Arms that he scarcely ever spoke there was nothing to do but put to anyone. Just came and went. her out of the way. So long as Besides there's such a thing as re- | Melvina was there she was a threat pression. For years he's been do to him. With her out of the way, i
"You think that will be casy 7" "Maybe not. But I've an Idea it's not na difficult as it seems."
"How're you going to do it?" "Well, I'll tell you"
It was four o'clock the following afternoon. David Bannister step- ped out of a delicatessen shop a Ulock from the Shelby Arma as a ong gray roadster pulled up to the
.
The clerk nodded, "Let's see she's on the second floor, isn't she?"
A second nad answered that. There was a pause and then. the elevator `appeared. The two men rode to the second floor and stopped into the corridor,
"It's down this way." Bannister said, turning to the left,
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There were two doors, one on either side of the passage way. The one, on the right led to Mrs.
RETURN OF THE GOOD
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Bannister and Coleman stood still Some Waere in the for an instant. utance they heard the low monot- vuvus. sounú of a vacuum cœnner, therwise the place was sent.
Gingerly Lolcinun steppoa - for- ward, starting toward a goor.
"Not there?' Bannister suid in a husned voice. "That's Malvina's Bedroom,"
He led the way into a narrow hull with a halt-open door at the sud.
Is this Hollister's room?" Cole- man asked.
"Yes."
"We'll have to have some light.” "Pull down the shades first," Bannister Instructed. A moment ater the shades wore lowered and the room was aglow with light. Then, methodically, the two men set to work.
(To be Continued).
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