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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1934.

SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

DEGIN WERE TO-DAY

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

The

CHARLES MORDEN sorted for Blade, phones bis newspaper an exclusive story about FRANK . CATHAY of liver. view, wealthy and prominant, brought to police headquarters on auspicion of driving while intoxicated and seentapanied by a pretty. who call here MANY young woman BRIGA, bitch-hiker.

Next day in tourned that the mat was a impoter. The tea Cathay demande. Zamages and in referetion, DAN BLEEKEN, Jackor publisher of The Mlade, convinced that Pomething in flaby," ownels Marden to tiver. view to learn alt he can about Cathy.

MIH. CATHAY rell on Booker and taken him to the Palace hotel for a conference with her hundreds towyer, CHARLES FISHEIL Fisher any Cathey will forget bis erlevance at The de grabiliates a retraction. nurren to do th%,

Blocker

Bver the teleptione next day KENNEY, ely editur, learns that Murden has been murdered.

"1" said Bicsker, "ont that boy to his death."

CHAPTER VII

There was no answer from Becker, publisher of The Blade, but an abrupt, negative nad of the head. Kenney, the city editor, pressed the receiver qupport down into place, then raised

it ngabi,

ness

to

Ktory

"The police have found a body. They think it's that of Charles

Morden."

the murder

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of him about a man by the mane of verify it. Hiness is something that Thomas Decker, Decker was a wit can be faked very easily. We can't of the physician, of Edward even he curtain Skillingby, a private detective. Philip Cathay is a prominent man but we Laingson-the gangster they clean probably find out something from Cincinnati Reds held under arrest. the nurses. Beckley is working The

Kos thut Becker WAN it."

"You think Cathny and Morden had frightened because he was a witness.

conference somewhere?" Akril He went to first and Griff has hurled a him somewhere. flu says he'll praluce Kenney. Decker at the time of trial, but that's "I'm not thinking anything just "Mins West," he went on, "this is all he'll say. There's a story in it 18 yet," Bleeker told him. I'm getting Carts, 1 have an appointment for Dick Kenney. Will you get me thit we could get Griff to talk." "He won't," Blecker said.

8,30 to-night with Sidney Griff. What Osborn on the line right away?7

you found out from hend- Yes, I'll hold the tine hello. H. There's no harm in trying." Kenney have this is Kenney. Nixon has just tee-insisted. "If you work on ins Morden quarters? Anything?"

"It's Morden all right," Kenney said phoned in from bendquarters. Ito's case with him you'll get chummy with

The porke hlm. Remember to ask him about rimly. "They can't tell the exact picked up a radio cali. have found body out on the out weker. In the meantime I'm going line of death yet, but it was some skirts of town. Sanborne and 1v2d to work and dig out some more fiets.time yesterday afternoon, probably the streets. It's a subdivision that's gone, sour. There are only a few houses out there. The police think the body is that of Charles Morden.

"Take Sam Lane with

St.

Le eft the room with quick, im-early part of the afternoon. He was daniped out in the abandoned muli. muent strides,

division during the night, probably faround 3 or 4 o'clock this morning. No one knows anything about how he got three."

ris, the crazing-

Dan Bleeker; xented at his desk, Kot Go

Ears west on the serpone un rau,

me Sidkey Jogist. Tell han that i want to see

upon a matter of major import

probaoy won't aive a. the Ance.

The telephone on Kenney's desk shrilled into sound. Kenney frowned and pulled the receiver to his ear.

down to headquarters and get on the Jah. Contact the homicide squad. Tell them that Morden was working un an important matter and that we're

"Kenney speaking," he said me going to move heaven and earth. to get the thing cleaned up. You can es erasury to milte a presentation chanically, then added to Blecker. puts the word around that The Blace the ens une atter donner to-nignt. It's for you," he said. You find 44ke to see him this evening.!!

Blecker took the receiver, sald then 1s going to expect restita. out all the feels and then

Bleeker al perrectly motionless."Hello, this is Bleeker," and report line on the itis bony seemed remaxed. fis aided to Kenney. back, and I'll give you

You tue might have been misinken for This is long distance." he said. stuff Morden was working on. pick up Fredi Nixon and the three of the at chim meditation upon some "tiverview calling, They're coming you drop everything else to get this peacesul subject. thing cleaned up.

Understand?"

He nodded his head and dropped' the receiver back into place, turned n sei, grim taco toward Bleeker.

"Poor devil," he said. Bleeker made a fist, pounded

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see you at 8.30 to-night if that is It makes a good story for you at conventent."

that end anyway. Huh

...yes. i "Munte, Bleeker anid, "New get we'll run something on it down here. the editor of The Riverview Telephone us a complete report. I "1" he said slowly, "Bont that boy Chromele, In Riverview, Rush the presume there'll be quite a scandal in Riverview. All right, if you'll send! 10 his death. I didn't know it, and eat."

He dropped the receiver back into us in the story we'll give it a good he didn't know it, but that's what it Amounted to. Poor devil! Just a position but hold his hand on it and play. Get all the facts and telephone newspaper man working on a case, when, within a matter of a minute in ne soon as you get them.. Within He found out something and they and a half, the telephone rang, he an hour if possible. You can get us snapped the receiver to his car with a the facts and we'll put a rewrite man rubbed him out."

on it." "Can we get any clues from what quick motion.

"Hello," he said, "is this Beckley He handed the telephone, back to he was working on?" Kenney asked. "The body was

found 20 minutes of The Riverview Chronicle? This Kenney Kenney replaced tho

Romo

Bleeker listened for a short time,

head.

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Dan Blerker visits Sidney Griff, the next instalment.

ago. He'd been dead 24 hours. The is Dan Bleeker, of The Blade. We celver, dropped the telephone into your position or the desk, and raised hin back of his head was smashed. He'd sent a man up to look over

clippings ou Frank R. Cuthay. A eyebrows at Biçeker. leen taken out there and dumped."

"What did you find out?" he asked. "He telephoned yesterday," Bleekor chap named Morden. Did you give

(To Be Continued.."" said, "that he was working on a live him any information?" lead. He had to play around with

woman to cultivate it. He then nodded didn't mention names. You go ahead. "Now," he said, "I want you to famous criminologist, in the and handle this thing, Kenney. Put do something for me. There may be as many men on the job as aro noces a big story in it. I want you to find sary. Morden was one of our boys, out for me whore Frank B. Cathay yesterday afternoon. In the He was bumped off. We're going to was avenge his murder. More than that, morning if possible, but in the after- it's an insult to the paper. We're noon for certain. I want to know going to clean this thing up, if we every move he made. You can go to hava to move heaven and earth. I'm any necessary expense and send the going to see Sidney Griff, the crimino. bill to me. He's what... Are you foglat.

•

Kenney whistled. "There's more to this case," Blecker went on, "than appears on the sur-

face."

certain ..7 Check that, will you? Find out about the doctor. See if you can approach the nurse. They prob ably have two or three. Get all the information you can and telephone it In Just as quickly as you can. That

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AFTER 15 YEARS' AGONY Quick relief from even the most dis- 1 "Of course there is," Kenney said. may be a matter of major importance, tressing stomach trouble will be yours "You know what it is and so do I. I'm calling on you because I know if you follow the advice of Mrk of Chatham. Read her Morden was getting dope on Frank where you stand on the city election. Edwards,

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"A sufferer for 15 years with "But," Bleeker pointed out, "we courtesy which we have extended you!

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"You call me back just as soon as remedies without avait until I took libel suit was called off."

"That doesn't mean that Morden you find out. If I'm not here you can! Bisurated' Magnesia, and after the had to forget what he'd found out,, leave any information with Ethel, first dose I felt a new womah, able to enjoy all the luxury of life. After does it?" Kenney asked impatient West, my secretary."

16 years of agony i am completely ly. "Morden found out something; Cathay killed him to keep it quiet."

Blocker dropped the receiver back cured." Bleeker shook his

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