| Show re e ram M ste Serial Sena MUrder By dy Carroll John Daly a new mystery se serial ial copl complete te in six j days Jays weekly in The T Telegram 0 I Five FIre your olDIe atria far Ur J abed to In k Tork under I of 01 l eff The IZie be all al t q z am OD oa FridA Friday In Ina card ai ck the the a Co bod I 6 1181 bun l bJ r a released lIol hoiden n. n c anal tal who bo lied bAd a i rt rt I 1 th a knit e. e known al a. alti d lie he e mil WI and ti i lie Ile e I. I peeking I and ad pollee mw re 1 II a tr lot tie who willi tor Dart D rt n of 01 the nu f 1 t. t that Hoi Itol- H He theorizes that t tin rn Uj t II t iDt u in e out a ieri cede b u throwing ir iu sox He Tram from liol fir u that t lad Jack k left t their borne 5 at an ad L taW fSr F and ud W iii hJ W y Br sestet tor of cf the tory tory ItOl Iden Iden- J AtM Si d are led W by It to Hubert Herbert B an lion In In In- JUl itar Her lIer telephone number iii d the e. e ad row Now go 10 on wJ Mth I CHAPTER APTER ER THREE bouse house was uptown and had hadit Mt bit it of t gro ground d. d We Ve couldn't small bet be- be fn Into o the yard iff t the high stone wall aro around nd we turned back home homes homesy y aid id t bt t settles eWe it Mack There j garden wit nut t H I asked has a garden gardent t to do with it 1 I II I j great mat deal I think Freddy r The first murder was comin corn corn- Una in fn a garden That bothered The murderer put himself acre IBOr sore danger by climbing the theand and killing the girl Since you see he has not sought a victim but let the victim to him Any Any- young girl I his purpose Of course the i he took on that first murm mur- mur sass m not too great No mad was ns at large No cards with the the Rip Ripper r upon them were bing the sleep of ot parents he be mutt must have had a reason murdering first in a 8 garden any ony reason that occurred to was seas that his murder motive-murder j to take place in a a. garden and did not wish it to stand out outa it a striking reversal of form l But why the murder motive in fud firden n 1 I 1 have tried said Freddy tor to r ride inside the murderers murderer's mind id we see at him planning these mur- mur Now witness ithe tall tan apart- apart t houses which surround the udolph dolph home Cant Can't you pic- pic ire our our killer observing from one thOM thole windows a young girl the I who has been marked for forath forth ath th th walking at night in her herden heren den en And since he had al- al killed once In a garden there be nothing odd about him again under similar cir cir- cir cir- CU ces Above all he does ish to place any significance i hii I I. I AFTER FTER dinner that evening Willowby Wil Wil- came up to see its us s. s It e wore won a black fedora a dark toe ue Ile sass with a dark overcoat ad d hid hii a cigar in the side side- of his cuth t t. t mutt must be apparent Freddy lid do 4 to everyone who sees you youat at rOU you are a detective jOnly to clients Willowby the cigar from his mouth it carefully on the tray and ted ked up one of Freddys Freddy's special nd d of from the onyx en on to the table When people 14 a detective they expect him Jock look like what they think a nhe U e should look like Ive I've the books and gone to the then theBO n BO so I give them what they When Im I'm on the job then M I different I look like anything a detective He shook his When I used to pull that boy boy look on clients they t t like it it iti a alth i that stomach Freddy Ipat I aI S shouldn't t wonder rt t was wu some years back awby y said Mid with some dignity den taking a small book out POCket ket folded back some tI e Mrs biro Herbert Randolph 4 She married Randolph in 19 and divorced him in 1935 kg for Block Block the decorating firm But I Ie Ie e on a commission as she t t how thaw there up too often otten maIden name was Margaret Jet ell and she was born in I I ter The family had a little 8 e. e but It was her brother who what to do with it He HeTto ed It Tto into a f fortune died short- short his ma wife and left a little Sheila Devers I haven't got of exact figure but the court is her plenty and the aunt 11 Herbert erbert Randolph does right Oil on tt It I There were servants all that but now the they live lust Wit the aunt and the girl eta the court would give ghe them for the the servants secants but they t get fet the servants You dont don't ow what the girl looks fl W e snapped d Freddy If I I do Rs HEs a red headed d knockout of And It if her a aunt nt is a n. vixen nt t make life any more d doea able ble or for the girl than the fo for her Mrs Herbert lph starts the thc rows It he ahe ap- ap thinks Ute the girl spends l' l much and x the girl Irl thinks that l aunt is putting money away l here ere did you get all this neIghbors elg w. w A cook who used k for them but now works OIle cu of the apartment t houses rya re a 8 11 little the baker down the thc rho Nho tipped us of off on the St t to Well knOW what what- else do you youN N abut About how b Who much muc money th the e hu has gets it lt lf it she dies Id the Power to wm will it Where i 18 the aunt on ony on y J stopped ith Your dough want nOW ow about you p oy M her money WilCa Wil- Wil Ca reproachfully lenty a S 'S SS S coming to her in about six months montha when she's 21 This Js' Js Is s local gossip understand and they t talk Ik of millions I h had d a a. m man n down in the surrogates surrogate's court but the will was probated d up In Westchester Westchester Westchester West- West chester county where her fath father r lived ived Jived at the time of ot his death Ill I'll have a copy of the thc will from White Plains lain in the morning ing But the hc gossip is that the aunt Is holding holding hold- hold ing ng out on her banking what what hc ca can The kids kid's got a 8 car and arid andall all that Sh She doesn't do any n night- night clubbing Y You ou could fix that eh ch 1 And when Freddy did not smile or speak Crumpet Huntington Rice are the lawyers for the estate But didn't I stick my nose nOe in n there Am I to know any any- anything thing I- I N 0 O. s Feddy shook his head a and d this time h he smiled pleasantly Im I m might want to meet the girl through some mutual acquaint acquaint- ance Tush tush Willowby pushed I I I his lis hat far back on his head Ie d and lighted another of Freddys Freddy's ciga- ciga So now we come to It Im I'm m working on her love life now Theres There's no scandal about her nor her aunt just this family bickering bickering bicker bicker- ing ng which goes on indoors If It she goes joes out Ill I'll have a man with her The aunt now now she's she's not hard to look ook at I understand Will I have I-have havea a tall taU put on her too Yes Freddy said sale Yes And Andon on- on n Well VeIl watch her closely And Willowby have your man armed Oh she's not that desperate for or a man Willowby smiled at leaving Ill have the will for you ou tomorrow the girls girl's courses at t college too and what she's most interested in And with witha a wink Later maybe shell she'll be becoming becoming coming oming to me to find out what you youre are re most interested in He was gone then and Freddy stood tood looking at the door She must be a powerful woman I observed thinking of the N NOT OT necessarily Mack The spinal pinal cord is not difficult to sever ever if one knows an anatomy tomy It uIt doesn't seem like a womans woman's work murder like that I thought poison polson oison or a gun but cold old with a knife There is said Freddy slowly no no sex in murder I thought of a aman aman aman man as committing these foul acts just as you and everyone else has It t would be a shock to find out differently Still there is is is' isone one thing ling that makes m me doubt that thatus this us Mrs Herbert Randolph hasHe has has- has He stopped then said suddenly I 1 have ave often though of having our apartment redecorated Mack And when my mouth hung open There is no finer firm to give us usie the ie benefit of their experience than Block Hock Block And surely Mrs Herbert Randolph has been recommended recommended recommended mended to us most highly You are going to talk with her She he wont won't suspect 1 My ny dear Mack why should she he 1 If It she does it will simply be e that of my desiring to me meet t her charming harming niece And wont won't she consider as small compensation if she he thinks of it at all having carte blanche lanche to spend what she wants of f my money 1 M RS RS' Herbert Randolph was a small mall bleached blonde We met her herat herat hert at t 11 o'clock the next morning Anson Block senior member of the firm received us In his private office Freddy sort of stammered through what he thought he would like Ike done to the apartment He talked in that inane way of ot his when he wanted to impress that impress that is s impress everything but his real self elf He told of our having rented the he apartment when we were In college ollege together Just a two-room two affair Then we had taken the thc whole floor and knocked through walls here and doors there I dont don't recall who did the deco deco- rating He shook his head The management attended to everything everything every- every thing hing for me I was satisfied with It t at the time Hang it Mrs Randolph landolph I know Im I'm a frightful bore I know what I want and I dont don't know what I want Suppose we have tea up at your place this afternoon Mack has always wanted to meet your niece any any- way Sort to kill two birds with one stone And yes get a youthful viewpoint And suddenly at her surprised and doubtful look You know I have a good mind to go away for a bit and find my apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment furniture and all completely changed when I return You do select furnishings and all that too dont don't you 1 Certainly certainly Mr Block was rubbing his hands now If you prefer that several of our select staff a 8 consultant whom whom- I 1 prefer Freddy cut in stiffly that Mrs Randolph attend to everything To T 0 BE sure To be sure BUre Anson Block must have bit half halt a dozen words words off and swallowed them Say at five then Mrs Randolph at your house I am sure your charming niece will be glad to be there Mrs Randolph wasn't so BO sure But we retired to let her find out from Anson Block that she was Mrs H Her Herbert b c r e r t Randolph Freddy said when we had reached our apartment is much like a great many women of ot her age She is flighty In fear of ot growing old Hopes consciously to hook a I man Unlike most women whose subconscious warns them that t time mc I See Pare Page r e 7 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I retting short and so lIO makes them themI I Jf kittenish she has a man In edit JL I 1 think thin s she's es e's in love Ma Mack t Ith li he cap capable of murder I 14 yda track then mur- mur murk t people oPIe f Ie are capable of mur- mur cold- cold lj k c you mean planned boded murder You wish to know tie she has killed all these young j. j I dont don't know of course Sev- Sev things suggested she didn didn't oman Pomari is d different ferent than man in int Int t t she is Impatient She wishes gs s to happen quickly be over These murders as they are place are a tedious affair d we have Willowby's re- re and a copy of at the will Cery y she has been holding out on r niece But we must ask oure our- our e ei why shy this form of petty lary lar- lar un y if she expects to inherit wealth through her nieces niece's death dose Goa to one million dollars r Then Inen you dont don't think she's sho's back backlit backof lit of these murders 1 SM HE His' profits by her her nieces niece's Freddy s IS said aid a i d sharply PJ A ni m the th beginning my case has hason hason on the profit murder-for-profit 1 t Iti vt And nd our investigation directly at this young young- girl t U J eCe as as the motive maUve He wm went over the notes I had side see on Willowby's report The gil wu vu in her ber senior year at Co- Co a university She did did- not jo go out much socially But she J west mt frequently to art galleries z and the M eum of Natural His- His toy tort She was ns seldom out of the IJ house bOte at night F 1 Its Iti remarkable what Willowby I can WI collect colled in so short a 0 time j Freddy observed But it is his I business and I suppose simple tontine mUne to him Let us Jook ook at the Till again He folded the paper bide bade and studied it it There is no noether I ether other beneficiary under the will of wr her father except through the girls girl's death Besides Mrs Randolph one other beneficiary is named named- a I distant cousin Ella May Longworth Longworth Longworth Long- Long worth now a schoolteacher In a I Ismall small town to in Georgia Her chances of obtaining the money are slim Let me see This niece Sheila Shella Devers receives the principal principal prin prin- cipal sum at her coming of ot age with the right to will it after her birthday If she reached 21 that lets the aunt and this smalltown smalltown small small- town schoolteacher out cut of the running running running run run- ning entirely If Sheila Devers dies before 21 then her aunt receives the the- entire sum which this time lets the Georgia schoolteacher out of the running So the only way this schoolteacher r ca can collect isby isby is la laby by the aunts aunt's death first followed by that of the niece before she comes of age In plain words Mack this schoolteacher would have to murder both of at them within the the next six months Being sure of course course that the aunt died first Well We'll have to look into the schoolteacher Im I'm afraid But that is fetched far-fetched isn't it L IZZIE Borden a spinster of simple and spiritual ways murdered murdered murdered mur mur- dered her father and stepmother with an ax A retiring kindly woman in the southern mountains poisoned 11 relatives because she Bite liked the excitement and I dare daresay daresay daresay say the re refreshments at the fu fu- We cant can't just set aside this schoolteacher Mack We must find out if she is still in Georgia and how she spends her week ends especially her Friday day mornings Willowby has been able to give us the Information that Mrs Herbert Randolph is la always out late Thursday nights In fact tact well into the early hours of Friday mornings mornings morn morn- ings But give Willowby a ring and tell him I must know everything about this schoolteacher Ella May Longworth Willowby whistled i into 1 n t to o the phone Farrington going to do Mack endow that family Or adopt them It'll cost money to find out all he wants by morning Its a small town I told him She s a schoolteacher The clerk at the drugstore will tell you everything if it you buy a banana split Willowby laughed and hung up Continued Tomorrow |
