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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

CHAPTER XL

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

Griff tuned 10 Bleeker. "You." he said; "have got your work cut out for you, You have gut to get

Griff said, "is relatively simple and investigation and reported to the yet quite important."

He took a pleture from his packel, placed It on

.ch to locale Frank Blins, the the reading lamp,” directly under

"You're interested professionally she asked.

bank ??!

"Yea."

"What did he report?"

"He reported that apparently, her money came to her as the re- "sult of Investments which she had inade from her,savings-very for- lunate investments in certain stocks."

President

Liners

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TO THE

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chauffeur for Mrs. Cathay. Your men must take Bliss in custody. If he will accompany them of his own

"Very much so,” he caid. free will they should hold him some-

"I hope," he told him, "you can where where he is safe, where no do something about it. The police rival reporters can get to him. If are getting ready to turn Lampson he rofures .to accompany

£12 FIRST CLASS. them, loose. There was only one witness Shillinghy was doing when he wan then they must make some chargo a man named Decker and Lamp-killed. He was getting information against him and have him taken nun bribed Decker to fall down on about Lampson 7" at once to polce headquarters. It the identification. think you repre-

is going to be something in the na-sented Decker, didn't you Ta ture of a responsibility. You will have to stand back of the charge."

"You think it necessary he should be apprehended1" Bleeker asked.

"I consider it very necessary," "In clearing up Morden's der?"

mur-

"In clearing up Morden's

mur

der."

Then," said Blecker grimly, will be apprehended."

happened

"Just one more polat," Griff said, and that is about the work that

"Yes,"

"He was getting it for some other gangster 7"

"Let's pass that for the moment," Griff said.. "Tell me precisely what

"I didn't think so at the time. but that seems to have been the please." She

stared steadily at him

for Chae," ↑ moment, then said: “Mr. Shilling-

take it, it seema to be the by was employed to get some in came," Griff said, "because the ellent formation concerning Lampson. He who employed Shillingby to shodow shadowed Lampson. On the night Lampson gave a fictitious name and of the murder a ray Cadillac car address. When you tried to get in with the left rear fender dented touch with him, following Shilling- drove up to the sidewalk and parked. by's death, you found that the name A gangster got out, approached he had given you was fictitious, that He left the criminologiat and strode into his body, jumped in the car and you were unable to get in touch with Mr. Shillingby, fired several shots the address was fictitious, and that

drove away."

he

to the telephone booths,

While Bleeker was telephoning i Griff paced slowly and meditatively up and down the space between the hotel desk and the row of telephone

booths. His manner was that of one who makes a final check of va- rious and sundry - bita of informa Lion before proceeding 59 action.

Anal

care of," the pub "That's taken lisher announced, emerging from the telephone booth.

he

Grift walked to the hotel exit with the man. "It remains,” seld, "to Investigate the discovery which led to Morden's death."

He balled a taxi at the door, "Monenock building on Ninth and Central," he said.

"And the witness--Decker?" Grift) asked.

or no

at

be

him."

Abruptly her free lit up. "Now," she said. “I remember where I saw that photograph you showed me.”

"The photograph of the Morden?" he asked,

"Yes," she said.

Decker," she said. "He was waik- "You should know all about ing along the stroot a hundred yards behind Mr. Shillingby. The

"Tell us about It," Griff invited. man in the gray Cadillac thought

first Decker

"Ho was the man

was in here," she said, "

two after Mr. Shillingby's wanted. He slowed the

and day or poked out a gun. Then he realised death. He was very much interest- his mistake and drove on."

ed in the identity of the man who "He didn't get out

had employed Mr. Shillingby. Ilo: ching 1"

wanted me to describe the man te "No."

him.

car

of the

mi

ma-

An

"And you described him?" asked Griff. "Did you see him 7"

"Oh, yen," she said, "I saw him and

describe him. He V

little time here."

"Perhaps," he said, “I con gave a

"But he did get out of the ching when he killed Mr. Shilling by 1

"Yes, I believe that's right." "Then," Grid said slowly, "the man who did the killing was some As they entered the cab, Grifone Shillingby knew and in whom ho

He took another photograph from Jooked at his watch. It lacks 20 had confidence."

"Why do you may

his minutes to 5 o'clock," he said. "We

pocket and lid it across the that?" she naked. will probably be able to

desk under the bright rays of light: the party we want at the office,"

"Because," he said, "Mr. Shilling which came from the desk lamp.

"Is that," be thought by knew that he was in a position

asked, "the person Bleeker regarded him fully, "Ninth and Central," he said. of danger. Yet, when

who employed Mr. Shillingby?" this man That's where Morden went in the approached Mir. Shillingby, Stilling- Who Is It? Tell me, can we get in stopped the car by the curb and

Good

heavena, yes?' ahe ex- claimed. "How did you know 7" сай"

"Exactly," Griff agreed, "and it by made no effort whatever to draw touch with him 7" was that fourney which brought about his gun or to protect himself." his death

"Yes" she said slowly, "guces down at the photograph, and then Bleekers crowded forward, to stare that's right, although that hadn't gave a sudden exclamation: 1.occurred to me before."

"Why 7 Bleeker naked,

"I am. not making any guesses," Griff said, "but I would not be sur prised if we found that the trail of Mrs. Blanche Malone led directly to the office of Edward Shillingly, à private detective.'

The photograph was that of Frank

"Now then," Griff said, "can you B. Cathay. tell me about a Mrs. Blanche Ma. lone?"

(To Be Continued.).

"Follow that cab,” Griff instructs from behind the desk the taxi driver in the next instalment, murderedi" moved to a card index, opened

"The man who was Bleeker exclaimed.

"Exactly," Griff commented, "and Now I want to think. Please don't talk,"

He settled back into the cushions and wrapped a cloak of silence about him, a silence which he did not break until the pair stood in the corridor en the fifth floor the Monadnock-building in front-of an office marked "Edward Shillingby -Investigationa.”

of

It was then that the criminologist said, almost casually but with a note of 'calm authority in his voice, nevertheless, "You will, Blecker, please leave the talking to me,"

Griff opened the door and entered the room.

A young wornan, some 23 years of age, with alert brown eyes and quick, nervous' mannerisins, looked up from a book of accounts which lay open on a secretarial desk.y

"Mr. Shillingby ?" Griff asked. "Mr. Shillingby in dead. I am his secretary. am winding up affairs, trying to collect some of his back necpunts."

i

i

She arose

a drawer, looked through several A moment later there is the flash of cards, crossed to a correspondenco gunfire. file, opened the correspondence file, looked at several letters, then returni ed to the desk.

"A client wished a report upda that woman," she said.

"Did Mr. Shillingby make it?" "Yes."

"Can you tell us the name of the client 1"

"It was a bank.” .

"And, I take it, it was a bank in some distant city."

"Yes," she said, "it was."

"Would you object to giving us the name of the bank? I can sa sure you that it is important, Miss Brenton."

"It was," she said, "the Second Security Trust of El Paso, Texas.”

"And just what did they want?" he naked.

cer-

They said that Mrs. Malone was connected with an embezzler. They wanted to make certain that btain moneys which she had re- ceived did not come from an em- bezzler. She had been employed as n

scrub women for many Years, trying desperately to make both ends mee Then, suddenly, alo seemed to have some money. The bank had been keeping In touch

Griff nodded. "Permit ma," he said, "to introduce myself. I am Shiney C. Griff, a criminologist,“ "I've heard of you," he said. "Your name?" he asked. "Fay Bronson," she told him. " with her. Naturally, the bank was was Mr. Shillingby's secretary."

"The information that I

suspicious."

want."

"And, Mr.

Every girl wants a ring even

If it's only a phony.

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