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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH ? I Only by beginning where they were when I heard from them last or waiting until they give me their post offices , next month. j , What Influenced Mr. Turner to make this will? was silent a moment These men had injured him unforgivably, he said as If he were conIt wouldnt insidering his words. terest anyone very much. As to the actualities of It he never talked much, although he was seldom reticent. At first I was unable to believe that he was serious in this arrangement When I was forced to know that he was I represented the case of his son as strongly as I could. He was persuaded that his son was amply provided for. I was inclned to be angry and might have broken our friendship, but I have been generally delinquent in the moral grace which should have compelled me to Interfere in other peoples lives and purposes. In the end I did not take a firm stand. Tom Turner had been almost mortally injured. This Idea of justice pleased him. Whatever I should have done, I didn't, and whatever conscience I should have, I 4 g IMmH Eflaums Oaosil By CLIFFORD RAYMOND Copyright, The (WNU Service.) you no doubt know. FROM THE BEGINNING J. During1 J aholdup at the Dutch Mill, Chicago night club, a patron, Dunn Clayton, Is killed. Lieutenant of Police Stanton questions a club visitor, Buck" In Claytons pocket Trembly. Stanton found a note signed "Malsie," making an appointment with the dead man at the Dutch, Mill. Stanton Is inclined to pect Trembly of the murder. At a Wisconsin winter camp a boisterous crowd includes Preston Brown. An apparent stranger arrives. Later, two men, driving, come on the scene. The stranger leaves in his car, and the two men follow, passing him. A viaduct is out, and one of the two men removes the danger signals. The stranger, in his car, goes over the embankment. He is dead when found. Brown is dead. In his papers Clayton's name is found and Stanton connects the dfttths. He goes to Wisconsin, and finds the dead man is Trembly. Trembly had caused Browns death, apparently an accident. A Vermont lawyer, John Whittle-sereading of the case, recalls the names in connection with an odd will made by a man named Turner. Turner had bequeathed the Interest on $6, 000,000 to six men, Blair, Ashley, Roberts, Brown, Trembly, and Clayton. The Income, at the death of each x, beneficiary, is to be divided Turners son, among the rest. on the deaths of the six beneficiaries, is to Inherit all. Turner dies shortly after making the will. Whittlesex suspects foul play In the three deaths, and writes to the Chicago police. Stanton interviews Asa Darling, one of the executors of the will. CHAPTER V Continued, Well, Lieutenant, as Pompey came with the tray, heres our treat. At least its mine. Youre young. Im old. I try to like being old, but it Isnt natural to do so. It requires a philosophy, If you have It. Your health. Lieutenant. A lieutenant of the Chicago police! Do you know, that would give any man a thrill. You run us ragged on that here in the East, Mr. Darling. Im completely out of comebacks. A Patagonian can do no more. Im sincere, Lieutenant. To a man who mostly sits here and finds his world in books, and in Pompey, a Chi- cago lieutenant is a man from the s Danube, the German forests or wall, a Roman centurion. I assure you, Mr. Darling, that its a great joke. Aside from knowing some hoodlums and knowing of some more I get my wild life by reading about it. I refuse to believe you, said Mr. I have more intuiDarling smiling. tive confidence in you. You are from our glowing, medieval. animated, Gothic Chicago. I Approve of it all. Pompey, put that Napoleon bottle down, after youve taken it out and poured another for yourself. Well, Lieutenant, you had some other mission than that of treating an old New York gentleman to the sight of an actual Chicago lieutenant of police, of a centurion in Lonrinium, of an Angle long swordsman in Byzantium, of a Viking chief in Sardinia. I presume its the Turner will. Youre right, of course, Mr. DarHad-trlan- ling. been, in a way, expecting the but thought Id have a New York call. In fafct, Lieutenant, Ive even considered that I might be arrested as an accessory, an experience which would brighten up any reasonable old age. What do you want to know, Lieutenant Stanton? You know that three beneficiaries of Mr. Turners will are dead. Our chief point of concern seems to point to the surviving three. You may be able to tell me where they are. In a fashion. Id have to say yes and no. Twice a year I must know where they are, to send them their checks. I couldnt enable you to lay your hands on them at once. You have a copy of the will? I have just come from the probate office in' White Plains. I hear from them prior to August 1 and December L Those were the dates of payment. I could tell you where they were last August. Pompey I Please get me the address book. But that was some eleven or twelve weeks ago, and three of them will not Bend me addresses any more unless I am to believe Sir Oliver Lodge and Conan Doyle, which I dont. The old colored man brought him a Ive police, leather-boun- d book. Here we are, he said, opening the book. Clayton was In Chicago, as Preston Brown was at Little Butte des Mortes, Lac Vieux Desert, Wis. Arthur Trembly was in Nova Scotia. He would get his mail at Halifax August 10. Blair and Ashley were in England and would be In London to receive mail by August 15. Ronald Roberts seems to have been traveling. His letter was Genoa and gave Ms call for mall as Paris, also about the middle of August" j The three who wese on this side of the water are dead, said Stanton. The other three are alive, for what that may be worth for speculation. Those are unbalanced dates for payments, Mr. Darling. Arent they, Lieutenant! You will notice they are so fixed in the will. I forebore to question my friend, Turner, on this point. He seemed to relish it. My conscience suggested thdl it might be easier if it bad nothing more definite than my own imagination. I think I follow you, Professor," said Stanton. "I was sure you would, said Mr. Darling. . You mustnt kid a policeman. Pm probably wrong, but Id guess the gentlemen were easy spenders. From December 1 to August 1 would seem a long time unless the spender was careful with his budget" It might make him restless, Mr. As I said, my Darling suggested. friend. Turner, seemed to relish this point I refrained from questioning him. Between us, Lieutenant, I think it occurred to him that thirty thousand a year might tend toward contentment. His real conviction, I am sure, was otherwise, but he took this precaution. The lieutenant looked at Mr. DarThere isnt any doubt in your ling. mind, then," he said. If Im certain of what you mean, there isnt. Jd prefer to concede that to you in an Informal, say confidential, manner, as It were. My friend, Turner, is dead. Mr. Clayton, Mr. Brown and Mr. Trembly have passed on to their reward. There seems to be no evidence seriously and directly involving anyone living in what might be called a series of crimes. My associates in this trust truthfully may say that their duties and connections with it have been perfunctory, but what would you say of me as an accessory to murder, Lieutenant?" I hadnt thought of it, Mr. DarYou might make a case out ling. against yourself. I dont think it ' would stand in court. I might, indeed, and I can see a prosecuting attorney looking askance at me. I usually keep a certain reserve in my meditations on this will, but Ill speculate with you if you wish. The answer unquestionably is that Tom Turner wanted these men to have a reason for killing one another. As a trustee of his will I must think that the suggestion is grotesque and slanderous. As a friend of Turner I might protest that it is fantastic, but I must say that I think It is true. I should tell you, said the lieuten-ane- , that we had a letter from an attorney in Dorset, Vt., which gave us the Turner will as a key. I know of Mr. Whittlesex. Turner spoke of him. He liked him. He thought he was delightfully conscienpost-mark- ed twice-a-ye- ar tious. Turner asked if Whittlesex ever had been an accessory to murder before the fact and told him he was going to be. "No doubt. On occasion Tom would bellow out that he Intended to kill six rascals in a most enjoyable way. He must have had some idea that he would be ballooning around somewhere above to see it. Tom was an incorrigible sentimentalist, romanticist and idealist He should have corrected himself." Nothing happened for nearly two years, Stanton suggested. What, do you imagine, broke the peace? Tom Turner was shrewd where men were concerned, said Mr. DarHe was more than shrewd. He ling. was Intelligent Thats a tall thing to say of anyone, but he was. He knew these men, and they knew one another. They would see from the first why the bequest had been made. Tom laid it on thick with terms they couldnt misunderstand as to loyalty and fidelity. Their first Instinct, you see, Lieutenant, would be to smile and resolve to defeat him. They had each an income of, say thirty thousand a year, and what could be more reasonable than to shake hands with one Co. Bobba-Uerrt- U another on it and laugh at Tom Turner? They would do this. Turner knew they would, but he also knew them deeper than that. He knew they couldnt trust one another, They were justified in not trusting one another. They were of varying degrees of courage, but none was afraid of direct action. Distrust is a bad thing to have in your mind. It puts an enemy behind you in the dark. It was bound to become intolerable for these men to be wondering which one would break the truce. The temptation was always there. They had feared Turner himself for a long time. He knew they did, and that gave him so much satisfaction that he was content to wait for this. Gradually they convinced themselves that they were out of danger from him. They knew they were when he died, until they learned of the will. You will see how completely he had The lieutenant waited for what more Mr. Darling might say of Turners will. When it was apparent that he would not of his own desire go further the lieutenant forebore to press the question. Mr. Turners son," he said after a pause, lives here in Newburgh, I believe. "Yes, the boy Is recently married. He will get his education without college. I have encouraged him in that. He is a young fellow of the most engaging seriousness. I hope to live to see what comes in the way of learning to a ydung fellow who cuts loose from our delightful American college life. Then I probably could see him tomorrow? Oh, surely. Just go north, say, a e from the Palatine and Inquire." May I call on you again, Mr. Darling? Therell be more questions, If you dont mind. I shouldnt like It if I werent to see you again, Lieutenant. Pompey came into the room. Hes always just around the corner, said Mr. Darling. Pompey looked critically at the brandy bottle. I'm glad you remind me of hosLieutenpitality, said Mr. Darling. ant Stanton and I will have a stirrup cup. Pompey, you are in the presence of a lieutenant of Chicago police. This gentleman has been a centurion where Dion OBannion, Tim Murphy, Lombardo, Bugs Moran,' A1 Capone and twenty others lived or still live. Dont kid us so much, Mr, Darling. We do the best we can. And good night to you. them. It did none of them any good to try to withdraw from participation. One might have done so. He might have renounced his rights and have denounced his patron, but nevertheless if he died of pneumonia or a bad appendix or from having a car run him down the shares of his associates Increased. If men did not have confidence in one another these conditions would be unpleasant. You will have read in the will that Turner said money was what the man who had it ' was. Our gentlemen evidently have tried believing they could trust one another. They also strengthened their confidence by keeping as far apart from one another as they could. My records show them widely scattered about the world. All except Blair and Ashley, Who seem to have chummed it. "All that satisfied me as to motive, said the lieutenant. Its fantastic as you observed, Mr. Darling, but theres cause and theres continuity in the case of Clayton, Brown and Trembly. By the way, do you know of a woman named Maisie? I mean in connection with any of these men. Mr. Darling shook his head. She was used as a decoy for ClayShe ton, the lieutenant continued. hasnt been found. Thats a side issue. Our continuity breaks at the red lanterns at the Wisconsin bridge if the three other men of these six are In Europe. They can be almost anywhere, said Mr. Darling. They can be in the United States. They can have been here all of September. Until its proved that they havent been, said the lieutenant, one of them picked up the lanterns in my story, and I stick to it. My guess is that at least one of them will be found here, or if he skips to Europe, has been here. Now, Mr. Darling, I know Im imposing on your evening time and probably am quite out of order. By no means. Far from it I am a man of late habits. I hope you will live long enough to know that some people In old age love the night Old age is congenial to the dusk and the end of day. Externals are fading out We are subjective people. May my old age be as yours, Mr. Darling, but it wont be. IU probably be a night watchman in a warehouse, although I would like to retire with a couple of bees to a clover country. Just a few more questions. Can you suggest a way of picking up the whereabouts of Blair, Ashley or Rob, erts?' r In walking to the Turner boys house the following morning Stanton made some xhind pictures of Thomas Turners son, and the boy he thus prepared himself to find proved to be that boy. It w&s fairly conclusive that if a hard fighter of repressible conscience, of an elastic moral code and of a world easily adjustable to his desires had alienated so much of his fortune from his son it was because his son was unlike him. The difference might be at one side or the other of the elders character. Such a boy might be much of the worst of his father or largely the best of him. The house was a New England remove into the Hudson valley, the type which was framed, raised and painted white, and which generally contained the question whether the coffin of an adult could come out the front door or must it be ldt out of a window? In the old days of infant mortality (see the diary of Samuel Sewall, for instance, godly man of serious and prayerful life, a Salem witchcraft judge in the, court of Oyer and Terminer. He begat in December and buried in September), the little coffins came easily and often out of the front door which had to the right an entrance to the living room, to the left s an entrance to a spare bedroom and directly ahead, up stairs steep In pitch and narrow in step, access to the dormitory. The hall space for this movement in these three directions might be three feet by four or less. 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