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THE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

KANAKY" MUKDEK CASE

by S. VAN DINE AUTHOR OF THE BENSON MURDER CASE

CHARACTERS

PHILO VANCE

JOHN F.-X. MARKHAM, District Attorney of New York County

ODELL MARGARET

"CANARY")

(THE

during the remainder of the day; and Vanco and I went with him. We had a belated luncheon in the empty grill,

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1928.

"ARE PARENTS

PEOPLE?"

TO-DAY'S PICTURE AT

STAR THEATRE.

"Are Parents People?", the Paramount picture featuring Adolphe Menjou, Betty Bronson, the "Péter Pan" girl and Florence! happened to see the name Tony Vidor, which will be screened at Skeel in the headlines of a 'special' the Star Theatro to-day and to- tonight and read he had been morrow is an entertaining story of strangled.

love and filial duty. The centrali an only This Skeel episode rather knocks

"I remember you asked me re-figure in the story is the foundation front under every garding such a man in connexion daughter whose parents quarrel thing," Markham sald dispiritedly, with Misa Odell, and I wondered if, about the smallest things. "Betty à man-as our collee was served.

be any chance, there could be any is at her wit's end to know what "Oh, no-not, that," Vance an connexion between the two mur- to do with them. She scolds them, aswered. "Rather, let us say that it ders, and if I was, after all, to be tries to shame them and then de- SPOTSWOODE;

has added a new column to the edi-drawn into the affair."

cides to give them a "mutuhl "No, I think not," said Markham, worry," which she does by pretend, fico of my giddy theory."

Your theory-yes. It's about "There seemed

a possibility that ing to fall in love with a long- Markham the two crimes were related; and, haired movie "shelk." The working all that's left to go on." bur-sighed. "It has certainly received as a matter of routing, the police aut of the daugher's ingenious substantiation this morning.....questioned all the close friends of scheme provides many effective Remarkable how you called the Miss Odell in the hope of turning situations with a surprise climax. turn when Skeel foiled to show up." up something suggestive. You may Again Vauce contradicted him.dismiss the matter from you mind. "You over-estimate my little fut-I trust," he added, "the oflleer was ter in forensics, Markham dear, not unpleasantly importunate."

CHARLES CLEAVER,

about-town

manufacturer

KENNETH

LOUIS MANNIX, an importer DR. AMBROISE LINDQUIST, a

fashionable neurologist,

TONY SKEEL, & professional

klar

WILLIAM ELMER JESSUP, tele-

phone operator HARRY SPIVELY, telephone op-

erstor

ERNEST HEATH, Sergeant of the

Homleide Bureau

Gold valued at £30,312 from You see, I assumed that the lady's "Not at all." Spotswonde's look West Africa was landed at lly- mouth, from the Elder Dempster strangler knew of Skeet's offer to of anxiety disappeared. "He warmer Adda recently. you. That oller was probably a extremely courteous but a bit my threat of some kind on Skeel's part; sterlous-Who Was Chig min otherwise be wouldn't have set the Skeel?" appointment a day ahead. He no doubt hoped the victim of his threat would become amenable in

THE STORY THUS FAR Skeel's Anger prints were found In the apartment of the murdered Margaret Odell, but Vanco does not believe him guilty. It is proved Inter that three other possible the meantime.

"And that money hidden in the suspects had been lying about their whereabouts the night of the mur-curtain-rod leads me to think he der. The truth comes out that was blackmailing the Canary's mur Mannix had been calling adjoining derer, and had been refused the "Canary's"; that Cleaver had further donation just before he been in the building around mid-phoned you yesterday. That would hight and that Dr. Lindquist know-account, too, for his having kept ing Spotwoode was calling on is guilty knowledge to himself all Margaret Odell, had planned in this time." jealous fit to kill him when he came out. But this plan was frustrated when Spotswoode jumped into a cab.. Skeel telephones that he will come to the district attorney's office and tell who committed the murder. They wall for him. He does not appear, and when they su to his room they find him dead-strap Margaret Odell had gled just as been.

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CHAPTER XLI The investigation into Skeela death was pushed with great vigor by the authorities. Doctor Dore- mua, the medical examiner, arrive promptly and declared that the crime had taken place between ten o'clock and midnight,

"You may be right. But now we're, worse off than ever, for we haven't even Skeel to guide us."

"At least we've forced our elu- second sive culprit to commit a crime to cover up his first, don't y know. And when we have learned wit the Canary's various amorists | were doing last night between ten and twelve, we may have something! suggestive on which to work.-By the bye, when may we expect this thrilling information?"

It depends upon what luck Heath's men have, Tonight some time, if everything" goes well."

"A half-world character and ex-creen star, Loufe Wolheim, th

on original "Captain Flagg" of the burglar. He had some hold Miss Odell, and, I believe, extorted stage play," "What Price Glory?". money from her."

and Mary Astor, leading lady for Douglas Fairbanks in "Don Q and for John Barrymore in "Beau Brummel."

A cloud of angry diaguat passed over Spotswoode's face.

1

"A creature like that deserves the fate that overtook him,"

We chatted on various matters until ten o'clock, when Vance rose and gave Markham a reproachfui look.

"I'm going to try to recover some I'm temperamentally lost sleep. unfitted for a policeman's life."

(To bo Continued.)

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"Two Arabian Knights," which has delighted audiences at the World Theatre since Sunday, is being screened for the last time "It was, in fact, about half past to-day. The story deals with the eight when Heath. telephoned the amusing and exciting escapades, of reports. But here again Markham two soldiers who escape from a war seemed to have drawn a blank. A prison camp and after many ad- account could | ventures, ultimately arrive in less atisfactory

Arabin, where they meet with Immediately Vance insisted that scarcely be imagined.

Doctor Lindquist had suffered a further comical trouble when they all the men who were known to have been intimately acquainted with the "nervous stroke" the preceding fall in love with the beautiful Lindquist, afternoon, and had been taken to daughter of an Emir. The leading Odell girl-Mannix, Cleaver, and Spotswapde--he Inter- the Episcopal Hospital. He was players are William Boyd, popular viewed at once and made to explain still there under the care of two where they were during these two eminent physicians whose word it hours, Barkham agreed without was impossible to doubt; and it hesitation, and gave the order to would be a week at least, before he Heath, who at once put four of his would be able to resume his work. men on the task.

Mallory, the 'detective who had shadowed Skeel the previous night, was questioned regarding possible viitors; but inasmuch as the house

Skeel where

lived modated

twenty Over who were constantly

could be

through that channel.

ncem-

This report was the only definite me of the four, and it completely exonerated the doctor from any

rticipation in the previous night's

crime.

By a curious coincidence neither roomers Mannix, nor Cleaver, nor Spots- com-woude coull furnish a satisfactory ing and going at all hours, no alibi. All three of them, accord- gained ing to their statements, had re- Information

mained at home the night before. All that Mallory could say deh-The weather had been inclement; nitely was that Skeel had returned and though Mannix and Spotswoode home at about ten o'clock, and had admitted to having been out earlier in the evening, they stated that not come out again. The landlady, they had returned home before ten sobered and subdued by the trage dy, repudiated all knowledge of the

Mannix lived in an apartinent. affair. She explained that she had been "i" in her room from dinner-hotel, and, as it was Saturday night,. time until we had disturbed her recuperation the next morning.

o'clock.

the lobby was crowded, so that no one would have been likely to see him come in..

his

The front door, it sused, was

Cleaver lived in a small private never locked, since her tenants - fected to such an unnecessary in-apartment-house without a door- man or hallboys to observe his convenience. The tenants them-

movements. selves were questioned, but without

Spotswoode wan staying at the result: they were not of a, eluss likely to give information to the Stuyvesant Club, and since

rooms were on the third floor, he police, even had they possessed a rarely used the elevator. More- over, there had been a political re- The finger-print experts made a careful examination of the room, ception and dance at the club the but failed to find any marks except previous night, and he might have Skeel's own. A thorough search walked in and out at random a through the murdered man's of dozen times without being noticed. "Not what you'd call illuminat fects occupied several hours; but

nothing was discovered that gaven," said Vance, when Markham any hint of the murderer's identity, had given him this information.

A.38 Colt nutomutip fully load- "It eliminates Lindquist, at any ed, was found under one of the pil-rate.".

"Quite. And, automatically, it 'lowa on the bed; and eleven hun-

dred dollars, in bills of large de eliminates him as an object of sus- nomination, was taken from a hol-picion in the Canary's death also; low brass curtain-rod. Also, under for these two crimes are part of a a Joose board in the hall, the miss whole-integers of the same pro- ing steel chisel, with the fissure Inblem. They complement each other. the blade, was found.

The latter was conceived in relation

outgrowth of it."

But these items were of no value to the first-was, in fact, a logical In solving the mystery of Skeel's death; and at four o'clock in the afternoon the room was closed with

Markham nodded.

"That's reasonable enough. Any- an emergency padlock and put un-way, I've passed the combative 'der guard.

stage. I think I'll drift for a while Markham and Vanco and I had on the stream of your theory and remained several hours after our see what happens."

"What irks me is the disquletin' discovery of the body, Markham

had taken immediate charge of the feeling that positively nothing will case, and had conducted the in-happen unless we force the tague. The Ind who manoeuvred those two terrogation of the tenants.

Vance had watched the routine obits had real brun in him." activities of the police with un- As he spoke Spotswoode entered wonted Intentness, and had even the room and looked about as if taken part in the search. He had searching for some one. Catching seemed particularly interested in sight of Markham, he came briskly Skeel's evening clothes, and had forward, with a look of inquisitive examined them garment by garperplexity.

ment, Heath had looked at him Forgive me for Intruding, sir," from time to time, but there had he apologized, nodding pleasantly been neither contempt nor amuso- to Vance and me, "but a police of ment in the sergeant's glances. ficer was here this afternoon In- At half past two Markham de- quiring as to my whereabouts Inst parted, after informing Heath that night. It, struck me as strange, he would be at the Stuyvesant Club but I thought little of it until I

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