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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI. UTAH How ! Broke Into i j The Movies 5 ? fEfl Ceeyrtifat by HtJ Mil T Rankin grunted in accord ; according to Ted Stanton, It was In October that the physician had written the Phila- delphia chapter about young Jordan. After pause, he abruptly focused his Inquiry on another subject. What caused Stuart to change schools this year? Had be any spe-clreason for wishing to leave Aberdeen at the end of his sophomore yearf -- None that I know of," the banker replied, "beyond an understandable preference to go to a school with a more complete college life. I'robably, too, be figured on more freedom farther from home," he finished with an austere effort at lightness. "In the beginning, I opposed the idea of shifting, but finally I agreed to let him have his way." "Was Stuart ever guilty of serious misconduct?" Rankin queried. "Anything gross or unprincipled enough to Justify the exercise of your authority to deprive him of his inheritance?" "No, he never caused me the least difficulty even allowing for youthful follies. He had good training and, If not Impeccable, he was decent and honorable." "Still appearances are often deceptive," Rankin pursued. "You see, Mr. Merrick, I made a peculiar discovery yesterday, while searching his rooms at the dormitories. I found certain stubs of his check books Indicating that he was paying regularly to some unknown person, the sum of four hundred dollars a month. Do you know Of anything that might explain them?" Unless Mr, Merrick was a skillful i actor, his startled, puzzled expression betokened his Ignorance. "Four hundred dollars a month? And there Is no record of whnt these expenditures were for?" "It almost looks as though there was some secret In his life," Mr. Warwick contributed gravely. "Some Incident he wanted concealed. And he was paying someone to keep quiet about it" The guardian shook his head solemnly. "These expenditures are a total mystery to me," he confessed. "As I said, Stuart's income was ninety-fiv- e hundred a year, more than enough to meet even this great drain. So that he never had occasion to approach me for additional funds." "What about an entanglement with a woman?" At the suggestion, Mr. Merrick's features grew dark and his eyes flinty. "If he was, it never reached my ears. And If he had, it would sustain any measures I chose to take under his father's will." A harsh note crept Into his voice. "Stuart was well aware that sexual Impropriety was the one misstep I would not countenance." "Do you know of any reason why anyone might have had animosity against him?" But here again, the banker responded negatively. He could .not conceive of how his nephew could have excited a hatred so virulent as to be a motive for murder. The name of Buckley was familiar to Mr. Merrick, only because people of that name resided In Vandalla; but he was not acquainted with the family or Ralph. All he could tell of them was that they were middle-clasfolks, small merchants In the outskirts. He could not say whether the boy had ever displayed Interest In any particular girl at school or In the town. On concluding his Inquiries about Jordan's past, the detective ended the Interview. Though disappointed at his meager Information on a few points, he was satisfied he had covered all the important ground. Before Mr. Warwick and the banker departed, Rankin also questioned the supervisor about the feasibility of Buckley's having gained admission to the university by the fraud Walter Randall had outlined. He did not, however, name the boy about whom he inquired. Mr. Warwick, looking perturbed, conceded that the imposition v was possible. Rankin did not consider he was being unduly distrustful In suspecttn? Howard Merrick. The situation created by Mr. Jordan's will was too sig nlflcant to be disregarded, the tempta tion It produced perhaps too strong for the guardian's probity. In the cold light of reason, it furnished an motive for the boy's murder. For all the detective was aware, Merrick had some urgent desperate need for the estate. And under these equivocal circumstances, the nephew had actually died less than two months before his birthday. Immediately, however, Rankin was confronted by the problem of Mr. Mer rick's opportunity to commit the crime. Each suspect In turn, who was not a member of Mu Beta Sigma, present ed the same problem. If, as Merrick claimed, ne nao left vandaiia at eleven o'clock the previous morning to come east, he could not have been in Philadelphia the Tuesday night of the murder or be personally responsible for the crime. And an accomplice among those who attended the Inltla tion was improbable. Clearly, Rankin mast have Mr. Merrick's Journey and s STRANGE as It may VCSV Servleo seem to hit in fandom, "Doug" Jump into the movies with one of thou g hurdles over a ten foot hair-raisin- Milton Prop per CHAPTER V Continued T DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Bjl MILTON PIIOPPE OoprrltUL C wall hi movements the past forty-eighours investigated. This was his conclusion w hen Simpson entered Captain Thomas' office to announce to hiiu another visitor, asking for the officer in charge of the university case. "Well, bring him In here. Simpson." Rankin Instructed, "aud let's hear what his business is." Ushered Into his presence, the newcomer was obviously a college muu. but slightly older than the average Perhaps twenty-six- , undergraduate. thin featured aud Intelligent, his slenadded sevder mustache and pince-ne- i eral more years to his age. "I am handling this unfortunate affair," the detective Introduced himself. "My name is Rankin. What can I do for you, Mr. ?" "Heyward, Kenneth fleyward," the stranger Informed him. "I am a graduate student In the department of chemistry at the college." "You have some information about this fraternity house murder?" Rankin Inquired. "Were you acquainted with Jordan, Mr. Heyward?" "No, I was not. But my reason for coming may have some bearing on the crime, though I hope not The newspapers all say the poison used to kill him was conlne, the juice of hemlock. Conine Is not easy to obtain and it was one of the alkaloids with which I am working. This morning, I measured my supply at the laboratory and discovered that some of it, and some atropine, as well, were missing." The detective nodded, gratified that the publicity given the name of the poison In the papers had brought the results he hoped It would. "You kept it in the chemistry laboratory at the university?" he asked. "Yes, for my specific experiments," Heyward replied. "I see. And for your experiments, you have in your workroom a quantity of alkaloids, including conine?" "Just a little at once. They are seldom used and the department orders them, only when required, a few ounces at a time." "Could conlne be procured from any In the college, other departments where the handling of chemicals Is part of the curriculum?" "I doubt It. Mr. Rankin," Heyward answered. "That was how I knew anything was wrong In the first place. I compared my stock this morning with my chart of what remained ; and ascertained I was shy two grains of atropine and over six drops of the hemlock alkaloid." "More than sufficient to cause a great deal of damage," Rankin commented grimly. He leaned across Captain Thomas' desk. "From your last check-up- , Mr. Heyward, have you any Idea what day they disappeared? When did anyone have the opportunity to remove them?" "I am almost positive I lost them day before yesterday. On Tuesday, T happened to be experimenting with both poisons and I weighed them In the morning before starting. None was missing then; and I made no mistake about the amounts I measured out for my tests. The fact Is that during the afternoon, I left the laboratory several times for maybe twenty minutes or more." The definiteness of the probable date was pleasing; the Tuesday he mentioned was that of the tragedy. "Couldn't the theft have occurred Just as well yesterdny, during your absence?" "No, because the place Is always under lock and key," Heyward replied. "Short of breaking In and there Is no sign of that it Is Impossible to enter." "You have the only key to the room in the department?" the detective Inquired. "Oh, no, my adviser. Professor Harris, also owns one," the young man returned quickly. "Rut he assured me this morning that he lent It to no one and that it was not out of his possession either Tuesday or Wednesday." Rankin's voice held the grave note which usually accompanied an im portant Inquiry. Have you aiy suspicion of the Identity of the culprit? Any reason to believe he was some particular per of my efforts; he is in the medical whtKiL . . . And yes, so does Ned Patterson," he added. Rankin remained casual. "You didn't observe Mr. Patterson near your workroom on Tuesday afternoon?" Beginning a negative nod, Heyward's eyes suddenly widened, as at an unexpected recollection. "Yes, I did!" he exclaimed in evident excitement "In fact, I remember he was actually in the laboratory Itself while I was out, though I didn't think anything of it About three o'clock. I went downstairs to consult professor Harris, and stayed with him twenty minutes. When I returned, he was In my room standing by the shelves of chemicals . . . almost as If he had been meddling with them!" "What excuse did he make for his presence?" Raukln asked, still unmoved. "He said he had merely stopped in to learn how my research was progressing. And not finding me in, he had been waiting." Rankin rose to his feet He was confident he had learned all Heyward could tell bim; and he did not wish to raise the train of speculation and suspicion In his visitor's mind that had already begun in his. "Well, whoever was guilty of the theft," he concluded the interview, "may have left some clue In the laboratory. Perhaps his finger-printyou might not have destroyed them In handling the bottles he also touched. Anyhow, I would like to have our She Almost Snatched at the Letter, but Mr. Thome Held it Beyond Her Grasp. t expert accompany you back to the university and make an examination of your laboratory." Heyward also rose. "That's all right," he agreed. "I don't know whether he'll have any success; but he's welcome to investigate as far as he likes." "Then I'll speak to Mr. Johnson at once," the detective said, "and send him along with you. And thank you for coming with this Information." He did not add that one of his first tasks, after the two men had gone, would be to obtain a specimen of Ned finger-prin- s at the fraPatterson's ternity house, without his cognizance. Should the search be productive, they would be ready for purposes of comfinger-print- parison. Until he had unmistakably established that the sponsor stole the conlne, It would be premature to suspect him of the crime. In his case, however, there was no doubt of his opportunity to commit It By his own statement he had entered the initiation chamber at eight-thirthaving relinquished his position beside Jordan on the excuse of being 111. From the seated line of brothers behind the pledgees, he could approach his Intended victim more safely to untie his wrists. Particularly was the substitution suspicious In view of his disquiet and anxiety while being Interrogated after the tragedy. He had easy access to Jordan's quarters. He could therefore have marked all of his shoes. Rankin was certain that if Patterson killed the boy, he had acted for himson?" self and not to aid Buckley, against whom he had voted as a candidate Heyward shrugged his shoulders "I'm afraid not, Mr. Ranand whom he obviously disliked. Were carelessly. kin. But almost anyone could have they in cahoots, Buckley would not sneaked Into the laboratory Tuesday have needed to enter the house at all. afternoon and taken the poison." The real obstacle in making out n case against Patterson was that of "Who, for Instance, was aware you were dealing with a variety of poisons? For ostensibly, he was Jordan's I Just want a general notion of how friend; up till Tuesday Itself, he apwidespread the fact was." peared to favor the boy, recommend "Well, Professor Harris of course, Ing him to membership and guiding and the assistant professor in organic him. Otherwise, unless he deliberatechemistry, Mr. Nichols." The visitor ly masked a enmity, he reflected a moment "Then outside would have prevented Stuart from bethe department, my roommate In the coming a pledgee. It followed then graduate dorms, Frank Powell, knows that the cause for hatred. If any ex mo-tir- long-standin- g isted, was of extremely recent origia But what could have happened in the past few days to turn esteem abruptly into murderous fear or hostility? Groping for an answer, Rankin recalled the scene be had overheard at the Mortou club, when the sponsor explained why he could not pay Carl Walton his gambling debt. Something, he said, had prevented him from obtaining th money both on Tuesday and Wednesday. Was that something the student's murder or. In some fashion, connected with the motive behind it? Whether or not this supposition was the Incident at least revealed Patterson's desperate need of money. And the coincidence of events was remarkable ; his need, the theft of the poison and the murder were all developments of the same day, Tuesday. So significant was this sequence that Rankin felt It Justified further steps against the sponsor. Besides securing he ought to search his finger-printhis room and belongings at the fraternity; possibly he might discover some trace of the missing chemicals. For the present, too, he resolved to have Patterson watched and followed. There was always the likelihood that some of his future actions would be incriminating. Kenneth Heyward's visit did not end the unanticipated occurrences of the day. Scarcely had he gone with the finger-prin- t expert, when the phone bell rang. The call came from the dormitory office at the nnlversity; the detective had no difficulty in recognizing over the wire the deep, slightly crackling tones of Mr. Thome, the attendant at the college post office. He had phoned to apprise Rankin that he was In possession of a letter for Stuart Jordan. "I found It Just now, on sorting the batch of noon mall," he stated. "I'm holding it for you, sir; and I didn't waste a minute In ringing you." "That's very good of you, Mr Thorne," the detective returned. "I'll be out for It this afternoon. Can you tell whether It Is a personal letter or not?" "Well, It looks private, If that's what "It you mean," Mr. Thorne replied. was mailed early yesterday. . . . And. Mr. Rankin . . ." he paused, "I think T ought to tell you there was a lady here today, asking for his mall, too; whether anything had come for him." Rankin's voice held a note of wonder. "A lady to find out about his letters? What was she like?" "Quite young, sir hardly more than and very attractive," was twenty-fiv- e the response. "And precisely when did she stop in to make this Inquiry?" the detective queried. "At about ten, after I'd distributed the first mall which arrived at nine o'clock. She asked kind of anxiously If a letter had come this morning for Mr. Stuart Jordan. And when I said none had, she looked disappointed and worried, as If she was expecting one. She wanted to know what time this next mail would be sorted; then she thanked me nervously and left In a hurry without another word." "You have no idea. I suppose," Ran kin demanded eagerly, "who she was?" Mr. Thorne was positive. "No, she didn't say why she was Interested In Mr. Jordan's mail. To tell the truth. I was so surprised by her questions that I gave her the Information she was after and she went', before I had a chance to think it over. Then the only thing I could do was get In touch with you ; only I wasn't able to get around to it until this letter arrived." "I've decided to call for It at once," Rankin announced abruptly. "This requires Immediate Investigation. Expect me In about ten minutes, Mr. Thorne." Hurriedly, he rang off and hastened from headquarters Into the city hall courtyard below, where his machine was parked. There was ample cause for his growing excitement, In Mr. Thome's recital, which the postmaster could not appreciate. It was the first indication In the case that a woman had had some contact with the dead boy. Thus far, all the evidence negatived the existence of any girl In his life: the absence of feminine letters, the Ignorance of members of the fra ternity snd Mr. Merrick's testimony. And now suddenly out of nowhere, this woman appeared, mysteriously Interested In the student and, in all prob ability, being at least Indirectly concerned In his death. Otherwise, she would have come forward openly and offered her assistance, rather than hide and surreptitiously attempt to learn about his mall Twelve minutes after leaving head quarters, he parked his car behind a long, low gray limousine, outside the university dormitories. As he turned Into the Gothic arch within which, on the right, was the post office, THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING taUIloB b, Mu Bel. Sim fraternity. Stuart Jordan, university die almost Instantly. Tommy Rankin, PhO. hwo.ttaMo. An Injection of poiso I shown to havestudent, been the cause of Jordan', death. Rankin And. all n wri"d w,t kunbtacWfc Hu only known relative i. hi. Howard Merrick. St Lotil. banker, also his guardian. "" Pwson. not member of the fraternity, was present at theuncle, P?:1'' Initiation. Two student, from the vicinity of Vandaiia. lnveetl.rlon. A prominent lawyer, Edward Fletcher, present at the a?"?; .! "V"? Wah" R"vU11' i,L..!rL! ? Wtaf 400 month to Mm unknown person. A student, Larry ! I JLZaZj. e.!. rrat-- nlt, bou.. .toWn from him. Ralph Buckley ZuZU FobnSi ,,t,tta, " th Vty llTZL!Zl2'Jl'fl!tJ - uptvW. of hi. conduct until he was twty-tw- . wkT. ,I!rtM',Tic,, W s St. Levi, year. .14. th. boy a.,. physkUn, Dr. Arnold Prince, is brou.ht Into the '.d''ecVl. I. J" 7l. ? tW 'J" "" rZZ?ZZi; "". tion. he found Mr. Thorne standing outside. was waiting to meet him. And he his agitation; the amazed to observe his intertwieed nervously postmaster relieved seemed hands and genuinely at the advent of the detective. "Thank goodness you're here, Mr. Rankin!" he blurted out. "The same lady has come again for Mr. Jordan's letters. Just three minutes ago; she's Inside now waiting for me to look in the last mail for a letter." Rankin could scarcely credit his "She's back? You good fortune. haven't told her you are holding one for me?" "I've said nothing., sir." The postmaster was breathless. "I was hoping to delay her until you got here; so I pretended I still had to open one bag of mail before I could be sure whether Jordan had any letters. Then I sneaked from the office by the back door, through the dorm behind and ran out to stop you. But I'm afraid she'll get frightened and leave If she has to stay much longer." The detective's decision was instantaneous. "Here is what I want you to do, Mr. Thorne," he instructed. "Return and Inform her of the letter; you can even describe it for her. If this is the one she's Interested in, her reactions to finding it might explain her motives. Meanwhile, I'll follow you in the front and watch her until But I consider I ought to Interfere. whatever happens," he paused for emphasis, "do not permit her to get hold of the letter under any circumstances. You understand? And Mr. Thorne," Rankin finished, "behave as naturally as you have up to now. We stand a better chance of learning her game If we don't rouse her suspicions." He allowed the postmaster a minute to enter the office from the rear before he used the front door. A woman leaned over the counter, beautiful In spite of her obvious anxiety, but closer Lackto thirty years than twenty-five- . ing a fresh and unspoiled quality, her charm seemed to Rankin unpleasantly diluted by sophistication. Callousness was apparent In her full sensuous Hps and Invitation, though without sincere emotional warmth, in her piercing black eyes. A wedding ring glittered on her left hand. Both her poise and her decorative costume proclaimed her wealth and position. But even the contrasted colors of her dress seemed coarse to the detective, and the earrings she wore, ostentatious. As though hunting for a particular mail box, Rankin moved within hearing distance. The postmaster, holding an envelope in his hand, was saying, ". . . this letter from Gladwyne Is for Mr. Jordan. But that's the only one." "Never mind ; that's the one I want," the woman Interrupted; she tried unsuccessfully to dissemble her eagerness and relief. "The one I sent him. I'm so glad you were able to find it You see, I made such a stupid mistake; I mailed out a check to aid a charity I support and a birthday card to Mr. Jordan at the same time. And I foolishly mixed the two up and put the check in his envelope." She talked quickly, to make her story convincing. "I was so worried I wouldn't be able to stop it before it was delivered. But It's all right now ; so if you'll just let me have It . . ." She almost snatched at the letter, but Mr. Thorne held It beyond her grasp. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I don't see how I can do that," he said regretfully. "It's addressed to Mr. Jordan; and I suppose you've heard of his death. That being the case, I've got to turn all his mall over to the police. I'm sure I'd like to oblige you, ma'am, but It isn't possible. My orders were to keep everything he received for the headquarters man." For a moment, the woman bit her lip iD perturbation; when she spoke, It was with a new Insistence. "Maybe I shouldn't make such a fuss over this check, but It is for such a large amount that I don't want to run the risk of losing it As I said, It can't possibly concern the police; and if it Isn't returned at once, might cause me a great deal of trouble." She became Increasingly urgent, fingering her pocketbook on the counter, suggestively. "It would be worth something to me to be spared that trouble say fifty dollars." Rankin Judged It to be the moment for him to Interfere. He stepped to the window. "Is there anything the matter, Mr. Thorne?" he Inquired. "I came, after getting your call, as soon as I could get away. You have a letter, I believe, for Mr. Jordan?" The postmaster promptly comprehended his cue. "That's right, Mr. Rankin, here it Is." He relinquished It gladly. "Only this lady claims it belongs to her; she says she accidentally sent Mr. Jordan a check that was meant for a charity." "Yes, I heard that, Mr. Thorne." The detective faced her. "There isn't the slightest danger, madam," he declared, "If this letter contains what you describe, that It won't be returned to you. Still, under the circumstance, I will have to examine It first; but rest assured I will be careful with it" And stranger still, he actually tered the picture game as a stage star and not as an athlete. His athletic proclivities came to th surface somewhat later and only after causing the picture producers som. sleepless nights. They had plenty of visions of thousands of feet of fila going to waste because he "moved too rapidly for the "movies" and to see nothing but streaks acfl blurs on the screen. However, an earlier career whlci ran the gamut of law. stocks ana bonds, hardware and other adventures Including a Job as valet to several hundred cows on a cattle boat bound for Europe kept being Interrupted every so often by stage appearances. Some were good and some not so good. AIL however, were diligent, and this diligence brought experience and eventually "Broadway Stardom through association with William A, Brady. George M. Cohan and Cohan and Harris. About this time D. W. Griffith was standing the theatrical world on iti head with his picture, 'The Birth of a Nation." Previously the theater looked down on the movies as rather pesky poor relations. Then came a rush of legitimate I -- r I 1 I 1 LE F Use aasMlaajr.JU' Lf; ri-..- . we Douglas Fairbanks. d (TO BE CONTINUED.) Maw ca or as actors to the screen but "Doug" d My elded that he who leaps, like he who year laughs, must leap last to leap best tables So he did. feci In the summer of 1914 he went to olive work for D. W. Griffith at $2,000 I that r week for ten weeks and he made i the ot picture called "The Lamb" which wupeppei an immediate success. Triangle, oftdded ai which Griffith was the head, came contract aniineal ward with a three-yea- r from then on Fairbanks was "In" the the wi Ihould movies for keeps. He also had a habit of going toiiara l given point by the shortest route mi f in his earlier pictures he would somr' f times leap over a fence or hedge anJ ; j once negotiated the other side of j s house by going over It Here the producers and technics! experts gave vent to grave mlsgi.lnp as to the camera's ability to record Everythloi such rapid movement heretofore had been done very slowly J in pictures and all gestures were liberate like the old melodramatic; the poses. However, in spite of all then waved howls of protest, Griffith aside and waited to see what would show up on the film. The result brought forth an from the press about the acrfr batlc ability of "Doug" Fairbanks n before long all his stories were belnf written with new and more difficult !'Tm leaps. The astonished public viewed a lonsmart g series of pictures including "PohK.;"You'i wll Trouble," "Manhattan Madness." Good Bad Man," "The Half Breed," lilctatlor Wool? I Again Out Again," "Wild and "Man From Painted Post" and arnos ft others, a screen version of his Smiling." Comes "He Up stage play, to r -"By this time." Doug said, "I nourished desire to do other thins beside leap and smile started the ur to produce my own pictures. VTh! ever success I may have gained In $ direction is most apparent In suchpfj ductlon as 'The Mark of Zorro,' Three Musketeers,' 'The Black Ilrt 'Robin Hood,' 'The Thief of Ragda' 'Don Q,' 'The Gaucho,' and 'The W Mask.' "What Is the secret of screen cess? Well now, I refuse to plaJ f part of preacher or one of those men, but my scr observation Is that the way to ot success is the same as In any line of endeavor. "It takes enthusiasm, Intel Hi and courage. Enthusiasm to Plvt s best to anything you attempt;"1, llgence to direct the enthitiism the courage to carry through In of all obstacles." de--f 5 WNC Service a C.rcn ... rrom c Following a noted Broadway career during which she npp,r! r- Ga many play hits, Marjorie in 10.11 made her screen debut in loved Bachelor." Then follnJ ( rapid succession Important , "Husband's Holiday." "False M"u na," Street of Women," "Society GeJJpn ion Pac and "Oay Amertea." fcndltur iroval 0 ent for |