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SERIAL STORY
Tho
Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:
B" CARLETON KENDRAKE
DEGIN HERE TO-DAY' When:DAN BLEEKER, Junker publisher of The Blade, fearns that CHARLES MOGDEN, police reperier, has beợn mysteriously killest he determines in apply SIDNEY GRIP
famosi criminologiei, ses solve the murder,
Morden hart been haufaned to learn sil-he
could about PRANK D. CATHAY, wealth Thy Binde has the the newspaper reported Cathay had an arrested. Later it was proven that Aha man arrested, giving the name of Cathay and accompanied by a girl
and prominket who had threatened to sue
called MARY BRIGGS, wetion Imposter
The Baile pubikhed a retraction,
Then Morden la found Sand and a few hours later comes news that Crding promily unisoned.
dead
Buner Cirt undertaken the case. He calls on Catley's physiciane And thes se un CHARLES FIHIER, Cathay's feland and lower Fisher suks drift who is employing 1.
CHAPTER XII
Griff did not answer the lawyer but· continued smiling smile that told nothing...
"Was it perhaps," Fisher asked. "that is, if it's a fair question, the district attorney of the county or someone connected with the police foren who employed you?"
"The question,” said Griff, "In fair chough."
There was a moment of silence. "The answer?" Fisher purred in his
mast suave volca,
wald that the symptoms were similarį terms · of the settlement. · } may tó v
asure you, however, that they were in every way satisfactory to Mr. together and shook his head. He came to Inte
Charles Fisher clamped, hig lips] Cathay. However, the notllement
Amiled tolerantly at the criminologist. "I'm afraid, Mr. Griff," he said, "you'll be drawing me out before know it. I think, perhaps, you're rather an adroit cross-examiner."
Griff laughed,
draw him cut
"Wint do you mean?"
"I mean that the shock had proa- trated Cathay. He was a very nick man from the moment the slander ous attack upon bla character was made by the newspaper."
"When was the settlement made?"
Griff anko
Cooper this morning, but I couldn't "Well," he said, "I talked with Dr.
"On Thursday afternoon." any." "Dr. Cooper," And Fisher grimly, "Why was it made?" Grill asked. will probably find himself called be fore the medical board to explain kia rather
"Because, Fisher said with feeling, ticnlarly in view of the fact that he the verge of a complete collapse. I strange statements. Par- "I could see that my client was on
ade those statements in the presence; took Mrs. Cathay with me.
We went of a newspaper reporter."
to the Palace Hotel in the city and got Griff neemed completely uninter- in touch with the paper's publisher. ested in the futuro of Dr. Cooper, We reached an anileable settlement "I would," he said, "like to sea Mrs. of the entire matter upon terms which Cathay."
were gallo satisfactory to all con- imposable," "Sho's prostrated. She isn't teeing port to Mr. Cathay.
Fisher aatd. cerned. I returned to make a re It was too Inte. anyone. She talked with me over the He was unconscious, He never FO- telephone and her voice was so choked gained consciousness until he died. and woken I could hardly understand lle died without knowing that his what she said."
good, name had been vindicated and the newspaper had published a re traction."
"He was then," said Grift, "plck when you left for the city!"
"Certainly. That's what I am tell ing you."
"That," naked Griff, "is the baly way you knew she was prostrated?”
Fisher's eyes grew Lard. He said. "Don't misunderstand me. I'm her attorney. I'm also her friend. I was her husband's friend. Her husband's generosity was responsible for my "And that was one of the reasons "Oh, the answer," Griff said. "That, I worked for Frank Cathay you made such a hurried trip 1
when he was in South Africn.
Then would be manifestly unfair, It's per- he sold out his intereats and came admitting that was one of the reasons "Yes," Fisher said, "I don't mind fectly fair for you, representing your here. He sent for me to join him. for rushing the matter 10 ellents to ask a question, but, you Ife put up the money which put me clusion, rather than going through the understand we all of us have our pro through law school. He loaned me formality of Aling suit and negotiat fessional obligations, counsellor."
low practice. I would cheerfully have તા.
the money which established me in my ing a compromise afterwards." died for him.. I'd do anything for his expediting matters?" Grif asked.
"Was there any other reason for widow, I any she's prostrated and I know
Fisher toyed with the lead pencil. talking about. I eyes turned away from the
I'm what
con-
"I see, I sec." Fisher remarked. toying with a pencil on his desk ner vously. "That Dr. Cooper should be prosecuted for criminal malfeasance. le disregarded his professional duties Cathay's death was entirely due to criminologist's face and sought the and obligations and made an errone-natural causes. Those causes were sun-swept street, which ous dingnosis, which was subsequent brought about by a dastardly libel through the open window. y made public."
which was perpetrated by a metro- Griff asked
politan newspaper."
"What was the diagnosis he made?"
"I would prefer not to discuss it in riew of my connections with the family," Fisher said. firmly,
tretion," Griff said,
"The newspaper published ሥነ
appeared
"I don't know," he said slowly, "as there is any reason why I should tell re- you. I take it that you might, how- ever, get the Information from the newspaper if I didn't give it to you" "I don't want you to betray any professional confidence," Griff said.
Fisher whirled to face him.
"I see," Griff told him. "Thera "In a way it was retraction," Fisher) isn't any chance that his dingnosis admitted. It was akilfully worded, was right, is there?"
It wasn't an apology—not by a long "Not one chance in a million. Not ways. The newspaper admitted the
"That damnabla newspaper," he one chance in ten millon," Fisher mistake of the previous story, how said, "as soon as it learned that its said emphatically. "Ifia diagnosis is ever, but it did it under the guise of slanderous attack upon my client a shining example of just how much publishing an additional itent of news, would probably furnish the basis for a horn, a doctor can do when he shoots Whatever retraction, there was, was illel suit, sent a reporter to this city. off his face. It's an insult to Airs, merely incidental and by way of back-reporter who made no secret of the Cathay."
ground for a new story."
fact that was about to engage in
paper. However, the matter had been
A
"Indeed," said Griff,,, "How is Mr. his eyes fastened intently upon the tain facts which would be embarrass "Will you," asked the criminologist, most extended investigation to ascer Cathay affected by it?"
"Wall," Fisher said, "I'm not going lawyer's lips, "claim that it did noting to my client. Facts which would to discuss it, but you can use your constitute a retraction?"
be sufficiently embarrassing to blacken Imagination, Mr. Griff. Naturally, if "Certainly not," Fisher said. "In Mr. Cathay's reputation if they were a man is poisoned, one naturally the first place, I believe that the brought out in court and skilfully suspects the young widow who will, bo netlon died when Cathay ich wie sneering insinuations which could be presented with all of the inuendo and beneficiary under the estate, to the of course, was a break for the newestmanded by some clever attorney." tune of several million dollars. That is, you understand, I'm simply amicably adjusted prior to Cathay's "Did that fact have a tendency to commenting new upon the popular
death.
I handled the adjustment, expedite the settlement?" Griff asked. trend of thought, the idle street car, personally."
"It had a tendency to put my ellent gossip, the wide-spread comments of Grif raised his eyebrows in inter-on his death bed," Fisher snapped. newing circles."
rogation.
(To Be Continued.) "And Dr. Cooper has now aban- doned that diagnosin?" Griff asked.
"Oh, certainly. In fact, be rever) "Unfortunately," said Fisher, "I am
Detective Racine appears OR made any such diagnosis: He simply¦ not in n ̈position" to disclose the exact scène-in-the-next-instalment.”
"Can you tell me about that?" he naked.
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