Show I I Q JJ-Q l L A Service Inc ANNE AUSTIN TillS JUS ED Harr Harry Borden Dorden Is shot between between be be- tween 1 and 4 o'clock after aeter- noon Ruth Bath Lester his secretary find his bOd body Monday morning Sprawled be beneath be- be neath the window ot oC his private private vate office detective sergeant questions question the following suspects hits Borden Dorden Bordens Borden's estranged wife VUe and o ohis of his two children Rita Dubois nIght club dancer with whom was infatuated and Jack Hayward Ruths Ruth's lance fiance whose is b across the narrow from Bordens belief in Jacks Jack's guilt I b strengthened by Jacks Jack's admission that tha he returned to the seventh floor tur Sl ds afternoon by the 0 of Sticky Moran and Otto elevator boys Dill Cowan Jades Jade's friend unwillIngly un- un willIngly admits 1111 having ving heard Jac Jack threaten Bordens Borden's life liCe Saturday morning mornIn morn morn- ing In V n Questions Denn Benny Smith ilor dens den's office boy his manservant Minnie Cassidy Cassid an and 1 Letty Miller seventh sev sev- floor sCrubwomen Cleo CIco Oilman Gilman orden's discarded mistress and Jake Jak Bailey Balle his bodyguard Martha Is brought Into the thi case by Ruth Lester Iester She swears she shi last saw Borden on night but bul doca admit phoning him three times time Saturday afternoon She challenges Me Mc- Man to bring forward anyone anone who can sav Ruth decides de de- her In the building Saturday V ides to cheek up on Marthas Martha's story etory am and makes a a. mysterious trip trl from the office of lee After Arter her return ann calls her Into the private office olee and discusses Dorden's Dor- Dor dens ien's will Ste He says It contains the clause claus ever written into a last will and testament tio GO OX ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER V Ruths Ruth's attention was wholly dl- dl rented now from her oWn secret schemes and hopes The strangest strang- strang est st lause ever ver written into a last vill and testament 1 she repeated her er voice rising on an incredulous V questioning note The newspapers will eat thi up ip Mc grinned this Well Sl Si the clause shorn ot of the fancY egal trimmings that Walters alters is so crazy razy about In the event ot of his death leath by foul play murder manslaughter man man- slaughter daughter or Ol homicide as ashe the he case may Henry be-Henry P. P Borden Donlen the sum ot of to the in person Jerson or persons instrumental ringing bringing his murderer to justice V Now what do you think of that hat What Ruth thought was tempo tempo- beyond the power of words to but the detective seemed content with her amaze amaze- ment No sir I 1 never heard o ot a man manso so 0 ob with the idea that he was tas going g to be bumped off that he took ook care of the reward in his wip till commented Then hen Im beginning to like that hat man I can use five grand g The b en deviling me to make a aown down own payment on a house in Fairlow FairvIew Fair Fair- vIew low lowI r I asked him ot of course course Me- Me Man assur d her but the yer la saS ays je named no names jUt just made madea a great point or of getting that clause In a exactly right light I asked him ife if he e thought Borden had the Uie Maning Man Man- Manning ning ing woman in mind but he said saidi he i frankly didn't that know Boren Bor- Bor en hag had told him him of receiving receiving- a number of death threat letters from suckers who'd lost their life IlCe say say- in his get getrich rich quIck schemes and ad had even put a number of the these e r in his hands for him to dear deal with It seems that Walters alters re- re l from taking any an of the letters let let- rs to the police knowing that his client would have simply been ticking his head into the lions lion's mouth Now that Bordens Borden's dead can freely admit that his precious client ought to have haye been in 1 jail years ears ago i S I S B Be the way Ruth began casally casually cas- cas ally have you ou found any trace hale ot f the old man who came to see Mr r. r Borden Bordon Saturday morning The lie poor old thing thing- who muttered mutter d hed he'd ed set get even with Mr l Borden for having ruined him The Th detective started and flushed So o that's what youve you've been gloat gloat- ins ig about Is It Where did you pick ick up p hIs trail 1 innocently 1 11 Ruth repeated Im en not a detective Mr I just wondered all Well VeIl as a matter of fact we haven't avent spent much time on the Id confessed Ve had ad n nothing thins to go on but your our meager eager description and theres there's no evidence at all ll that he be came back Saturday afternoon The elevator operators are sure ot of that much I 1 just JUS thought Id I'd ask Ruth apologized meekly Then she changed the subject I 1 suppose l r. r Walters alters knew all about Maria Mar Mar- tha ia Manning and her son son-Bor- dens den's ens en's son Naturally l agreed she's ev even n called on Walters aUers to tont nt et him to use hl his influence with |