Show S TJ BLACK GI 1929 y lEA Service Inc Y ANNE AUSTIN TillS hAS 5 U Hand Harry I promoter or oC dubious siok Is 13 hot ahot between be- be tweeD tween I and 4 o'clock after after- noon ILls secretary nuth Lester Leater finds his hla bed bod Monlay 1 be neath the of ilia hia of o. o detectIve q tl e te u ec nuth fluth Laster 11 Sirs Elizabeth floden len Do deni en wife snI mH mother er or of his ilia two children who bo admits calling on bun Saturday but who 0 she he heI I. I le him alive Rita Dubol night club dancer who MYa B she Iet o on Dorden Saturday te n nB to get the e eo t rn l lat or at a HOO bill he promis d t her Jack Hayward Ruth WhOSe office is I. across the narrow from Bordens BoreSen Bor- Bor dens eSen Hayward explains his hi return to the seventh floor by bir saying he left Idt his sad aud matinee mAUnee tickets ticket on his bla Ik belief that Jack Jilek is I guilty Is I. strengthened by bythe bythe the testimony ot of Sticky f ky oran and Otto Olto elevator bo bors and or of huh Cowan Jacks Jack friend she ho tills tells ot of having having- heard hear Jilek eck threaten Borden for for- den dena life when hen Jack uv Dorden ur lIa day mornIng lIn with Ull Ruth nuth inthe In the opposite office Detectives are ent for Cleo Oilman Bordens Borden's discarded mt and Benny Denny Smith Dorden office boy Benny ad ad- adI I to the office Saturday to get J a rex gun n target ln vr but says the gun wa a already J gone one Ashe Dorden Bordens tells teUs cIAnn ot of I a woman with a. a beautiful voice olce ot of Borden lived JIved In tear says saye she emptied Bordens Borden's baskets at 1 30 and and while he wa was out for a a. minute answered his It was wall wasa a woman speaking with a a. beautiful contralto contralto con con- voice saks aska Minnie what the woman said Mill ler Borden re- re fused to talk tn In her but asked that she he call again In fifteen minutes OW oly GO OX ON WITH Thu STORY STORE Let Iet me see now Minnie Cassidy Cas- Cas sidy aldy considered leisurely immensely immense immense- ly Jy enjoying the fact that TommY Ic fann who had once been a cop with her husband and who was vas now a detective sergeant was as hangIng hang on her words what did t the e voiced sweet lady say SeeIng as how she was on the telephone telephone tele- tele phone and nd not here to kill rian I reckon it wont won't do her no harm for me to tell ye what she said Tommy l She sald Tell Mr Borden that If he Is visO le he will talk to me when I call ThEn site she hung hung- up the receiver and andI I told Mr Ir Borden what shed she'd said and then I took my mr things things- Just n a. mInute l I Minnie nnie interrupted What did Borden hay ay wh b you Ou gave ave him that threaten threaten- ng message lie He didn't say nothing just grunted and slammed the the door door behind behl be- be hl hind d him when he hc went back Into his private office An And I the thelast last sight I ever had of of- the poor so so help me Godl an- an 1 fervently As you left Dorden's Bordens offices did you oli see anyone anone getting off the elevator ole ole- vator or knocking at Bordens Borden's outer door That I didn't Minnie l answered l I took toole my thIngs down the balland hall ball halland and left them just outside the dou doo ot of office till I could go to the supply room where us cleaning women keep our palls pails and brooms and rags and suchlike My Iy lottle ot of furniture polish wa was emp Y Yand I and Mr Feldblum is mighty particular particular par par- about i des desk 80 so- so Could you ou have heard beard a shot fired in this office while 1 you were lit in the supply supply room room Mc de- de That I couldn't Tommy Me- Me and Mann I didn't Minnie Cas- Cas lily leI answered answered- lr If 1 id I Wouldn't have hac paid no Hun ii Id have sal said to m myself I wl uld another of them dratted automobiles like a a. Itol shot Which is y what oU did say to yourself between a to two ad nd Mc Iann triumphantly When was It ft Cassidy Remember that TIm Casidy gave his life lICe In the service of Jaw dW arnt I now or er that Im I'm In that service C C S SId Id tell teU ye 9 It I kne nev Tommy Mc- Mc Mann l Cassidy spiritedly nut But It if such a anoIse anoise noIse I heard I have no collection re-collection ot of It now and thumb screws and hot Irons couldn't make me say I had All AU right Iann c shrugged frowning at the notes on the case wl which he was shuffling through hIs big hands Suddenly a a. memo in hl hi Own handwriting caught hIS eye c hen llen you ou were coming out Mrs of offices you saW Borden leaving That's right isn't it Sites Site's already told me a scrub scrub- woman saw her I 1 did s abe e a alady come out Mm- Mm rile acknowledged but I didn't know it was Mrs Irs Dor Borden en till I saw h her pictures in the papers One of the cleaning ladles ladies had all the pa- pa Pert Jers and I 1 poInted to Mrs Bordens Borden's picture and told her Id i'd seen lInt hel leaving Mr MI Bordens Borden's office when I 1 Iwas was coming out of Mr reception room down the hall Ruth Huth suddenly leaned towa Minnie Cassidy forestalling Me- Me Manns Mann's next question with one or of her own 4 Was ras there thEro some reason wh why YOu noticed Mrs Borden Dorden particularly MInnie l l Iann leaned back in Ills his chair tacitly giving his consent to que question ques- ques tion and answer Minnie hedged With Of so few afternoon afternoon after after- cumin and goin on noon why shouldn't I n notice her Arid And I dont don't believe for a minute that t the poor lady would shoot the father ot of her two little children children- Vas IVas Mrs Borden Dorden crying Minnie Min Mm- ale nie Mcl Iann suddenly interrupt interrupt- ed I must have the truth truth- Well Vell she was then Mn- Mn me ftc admitted bellIgerentlY And why shouldn't she be Separated from roi-n her husband and nd still lovin him like the papers sa say Not talin on oil at her ber eyes with hur hol handkerchief then it hard against her mouth Cold logic however prevent l Ruth nuth from taking any joy In this confirmation of her theory that th tho interview between I Harry arry r rand and his wife had not gone 50 o smooth smoothly h so amicably as the widow had testified I If Mrs Borden Dorden had shot her husband bus hus- band between 20 minutes ot of two and 10 mInutes or two how could Dill Bill Cowan have heard Harry Bordens Borden's Bor- Bor dens den's voice bellowing in rage at 10 s past two when he-Cowan he had called Jack Haywards Hayward's telephone tele- tele phone number and been cut in on ona ona a busy line Unless of course Cowan had been mistaken as to th the voice But he had been positive that Borden had referred to hint hint- self by Who name are you to tell Harry Borden what he can do But what it if Mrs Borden had l'- l' turned Was Vas it not wholly pos sible that tile the ld d wise sub sub- at that Inter i interview w to God only knew what further at the hands ot of her hus husband had brooded over oer her wrongs wrong r ra- ra the pistol In the bott bottom m ot of tb secretary's s desk and returnee to kill him walking up the st irs so 0 that her second visit be unknown to the elevator ele I S S S I I Apparently Detective Sergeant lanns lann's logical brain tad had reached the thc same conclusion for he strodd to the tho door and directed in the outer office to send end for Mrs Borden Dorden who was being down the hall b by Detective Covey While awaiting the tho arrival ot of th the newly m wido widow the ser sergeant resumed hIs questioning ot of Minnie Cn Now think hard Minnie l he directed dl- dl reet ed with brusque kindliness Pid you t O see an anyone one else at all enter or leave these offices On Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon Do ye e think I I had to do 10 but watch Mr r. r Bordens Borden's offices Tommy leIann Minnie demanded demand demand- I ed indignantly L I had mo me work to do- do Answer the the question pleasE Minnie l It lann interrupted hn- hn patiently I it fl Minnie was curiously truculent Did you ou see the dancer whose picture is In the papers too Mc- Mc Mann trIed a new method Rita bois Dubols her name Is She's admitted admitted admit admit- ted she was as here so you ou needn't be afraid of getting her ter into trouble ho added with somewhat weary sarcasm Tho reluctance tance to give any information which would incriminate another was Undoubtedly undoubtedly un- un wearing his patience thin That I didn't Minnie retorted emphatically When I finished Mv Me ms m's offices s I went around into the other wing oJ of the t building and was busy there until about half half- past 2 then I went to the supply room agaIn to rest a bit though ye needn't be tellin Mr Coghlan I aid that Ho He thinks us girls Is all horses wheel I 1 shant shan't tell on oft yoU oU Minnie Mc- Mc Ic- Ic Mann chuckled Oh all right Birdwell ShoW Mrs Borden Dorden il Sorry to bother bothel you again Mrs Borden he apologized brusquely as as' as tile the pale faced widow slipped into the room but this morning I neglected to ask you how you rou spent the rest ot of Saturday at- at from the time you left your husband I mean About 10 minutes ot of 2 that was I believe Mrs Borden answered in a quIet voice As I told you OU sir I had left my children at the Chester hotel while I. I camo to see seemy my my-my my my husband I ha had left them in the ladles Indies parlor in charge chargo of tile the maid on duty She had told me e she would be on duty until 2 o'clock when she idle would bo be relieved ye- ye by another maid I promised to tobe be back b by 2 and I was for she was still there though she left immediately fin im- mediately after aftel I had tipped herfor her herfor for her I took charge of tile the children myself then and was with them continuously until they went to bed In the evening The three ot of us attended a motion picture pie pie- ture downtown downtown-a war picture that my little son was isas eager to see I see 1 commented non non- Then in rapid sion he fired half haU a a. dozen questions designed to pick a flaw in the widows widow's wid- wid ow's alibi his flying pencil making notes of the detailed information she gave him as to the name of the theatre the time she and her children chil- chil dren had arrived there even the musical and nun ers r o othe 0 the prolog which had introduced the feature picture Ruth knew as the detective left the private office for a conference with Birdwell in the outer room that every detail of that alibi would be carefully checked that even Harry Harry Har- Har ry Bordens Borden's children would be pitilessly pit piti- lessly examined cross but she had little hope that Mrs Bordens Borden's alibI would be shaken and lookIng at atthe attile tile the sad faced bereaved woman Ruth could not but be glad C S S returned sat again faced the widow who was standing wIth one hand clenched tightly upon the back ot of the the chair chair In whIch Minnie 1 Cassidy sat She had refused a a. chair for herself Mrs Borden Minnie 1 Cassidy here has corroborated what yot said about your seeing her when YOU left your husbands husband's office about 10 minutes min mm- utes to 2 on Saturday she But also says that she saw you wIping tears from your eyes Is that true The pale once beautiful face quivered but the brown leaf eyes eyes were steady fIt It Is true I dont don't think I ever left ray my husbands husband's pres- pres after ence-after our without separation tears in my eyes I loved him and I grieved that lie he would not return to tome me and our children The detective looked at hex her steadily stead stead- ily for tor a long minute then then- said abruptly all Mrs 1 Borden You may go home to your children but ot of course you are not to leave town and are to hold yourself available avail avail- able for further questIoning at any time Thank you Mrs Borden said Ina in ina a low voice as as- she turned toward the door Please Mr 11 Ruth begged beg urgently may I as asIc Mrs Irs Borden just one question Tile The detective nodded frowning slightly and Ruth turned eagerly toward the murdered mans man's wIdow Mrs Bordel Borde I know it ft is painful for you i to have to think ot of such things now I but wont won't you please tell Mr 1 Mc- Mc Manil l Mr to Borden your our knowledge knew a woman with a peculiarly beautiful contralto voice 1 Color flamed suddenly in the tho pale aristocratic face ot of Harr harry Dorden's Bordens wIdow She drew in her breath sharply and ana her eyelids fluttered she answered almost haughtily I 1 am aid afraid I 1 can give you little help along those lines liss l Lester Naturally Mr Ir Bordens Borden's Bordens Borden's Bor- Bor dens den's intimate w wOmen men id friends were not I known to inc me She opened tile the door passed into tile the outer office closed tile the door bc bc hind herRuth her Ruth shrank in her chair n nit if the wJ widows widow's ow's words hind had been een in her iter lace face But But beneath the throb of humiliation two things for the recognition fact act that l Mis s Borden had not really answered her question and the suspicion amounting amount amount- bIg ing to a a. certainty r that the wIdow had known only too well tile the answel an- an to that question Hut But wh why should she try to shield b by concealing her name one me ot of the women who wilo had undoubtedly possessed pos pea Harry harry- Bordens Borden's love tern at least after hIs wife had lost it Ruth suddenly felt too tired and to bear anymore any I more but she l- l raised her head his lIs- I wearily earBy as concluded his Interview with itt Minnie CassIdy I aU all Minnie 1 was saying Hows the bab baby by the way Ivay I remember Tim was always bragging about his girl child child- Baby Minnie cackled Ye should see her now up on me she did Id Tommy l Twenty come June and as pretty a lass Jass as hope to see Aint that right Miss Ruth 0 Rose is a little beauty Ruth admitted as heartily as weariness and discouragement would permit a good girl too She helps Minnie here with her work when the rheumatism is bad A good girl Minnie repeated tears springing into her watery old eyes Ill tell Rose ye was askin for her Tommy Its It's been hard with Tim rim gone and all aU but Ive I've tried to do everything for the children that Tim done And Im I'm sure you have rc Mc- Mann agreed absently his eyes on his notes again tile the name of the woman who cleans HayWards HayWard's Haywards Hayward's Hay Hay- wards ward's of offices ices Letty Miller Miller- that's right Send her In to me me Wont Won't you Minnie Suddenly Ruth remembered some some- something thing which h might be beof ot of vital importance to Jack Jaek Hay Hay- ward Her wearIness routed by hope she eagerly awaited the arrival ax ar- rival ot of Letty Miller l To be continued The parade of possible suspects continues Has the murderer been questioned yet or has further fur fur- ther to seek |