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Show PBQVp SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY,- NOVEMBER 13, 1927. ? Me'wa. i - s ; - .J Vaaw tM A :BENS;MiMRm' THIS r Leaoeck Up From the Dead By tortm BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES f AM W oh! GMAt tSTti is f!IIIC r;its t aUlM. f Htb OMCf - tea tt twMM.it i W 8. S. iisVAN DINE HAS HAPPENED to Ou 4t hat Vmm ex pox the coafes-tea m a lie tm shWa Mtw St CUlr. the mystTim promises to solve a eertala aat. He has Markery kas produce the alibis of all the seopts saspected, and the phones Aldenuw Moriarty In order to check p oa the alibi of Colonel Ostnndcr. KOW BEG IX THE 8T0BT Ul f Fifteen CHAPTER minutes later Mr. Mori-art- y arrived. Ha was a serious, youth in bis lata twenties not at all my well-dress- rood-lookin- and he spoke Idea of an alderman clear and precise English with almost no trace of the Bronx accent Markham Introduced him, and briefly explained why he had been requested, to calL r "On of the men front the homicide bureau," answered Moriarty "was asking me about the matter only yesterday." "Wt have the report." said Vance, "but it's a bit too general. Will you tall us exactly what you did that nlfht after you met Colonel Ostrander?" "The Colonel had Invited me b dinner and the Follies. I met him t the Marseilles at. 10. We had dinner there, and went to!th eadllly a HtUe before 13 where we , remained until about 2:30. "I walked to the Colonel's apart-jnewith him, had a drink and a chat, and Jthen took the subway home about I: SO." TYou told the detective yesterday you sat is a box at Che theatre." CHARACTERS OF THE STORY PHTLO VANCE. F.-MARKHAM . . District Attorney AIATCN H. BENSON JOHN ' X iTrrrrrrrr; who was J Wall Street broker and home. In his murdered mysteriously MAJOR ANTHONY BENSON. . , .Brother of the murdered man MRS. ANNA PLATZ... ...Housekeeper for AJvln Benson MURIEL ST. CtAIR ........A young singer .Mlat St Clair's f lanes CAPTAIN PHUOP LEACOCK ".77777.'... Intimate of Alvin Benson's LEANDER PFYFB MRS. PAULA BANNING ..............A friend of Pfyfes ELSIE HOFFMAN . .SecreUry of the firm of Benson and Benson COLONEL BiGSB Y pSTRANDElt , S . . , .A retired army officer Well-know- r. n Mi . WILLIAM GEORGE O. STCTT .... Of the firm of Stitt and McCoy, public, accountants , MAURICE DINWIDDLE ......Assistant District Attorney ERNEST HEATH Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau BURKE, SWTKIN, EMERY. , .Detectives of the Homicide Bureau Commanding officer of detectives to district attorney's office BEN HANLON PHELPS, TRACY, SPRINGER, HIGGINBOTHAM Detectives assigned to District Attorney's office ...... Firarmi expert CAPTAIN CARL HAGEDORN . .... . ..Medical axamlner DR. DOREMU3 . ... FRANK SWACKER .Secretary to District Attorney Vance's valet CURRIE 8. S. VAN DINE 7.... ,.Tb Barrator ...7..T..,......,... past twelve as the apropltlous hour; although originally he may have Intended to wait until much later; before sneaking out say. 1:33 or of the theater. "Being an army officer, he would have had a Oolt jIS; and he was "That's .correct "Did you and the Colonel remain probably a good ihot He was most In the box throughout the perform- anxious to have you- arrest someone he didn't seem to care who; ance?" even 'phoned - you to in, ;No. After the first act a friend and he of mine came to the box, and the quire about it "He was one of the very few perColonel excused himself and went to' the wash room. After the second sons In the world whom Benson e would have admitted, attired as he act, the Colonel and I stepped and had a was. He'd known Benson Int'mate-l-y Into the alley-wa- y for 15 years, and Mrs. Plats one . smoke," "What time, would you say, was saw Benson take of his toupee and show it to him. Moreover, he the first act over?" would have ' known all about the or thereabouts." , "Twelve-thirt- y domestic arrangements of tlw i, "And where is this alley-wa- y situated ?" asked Vance.' "As I re- house: he no doubt had slept thcrs call, It runs along the side of the many a time when showing his old pal the wonders of New York's theater to the street" How does all that , X night life "Tou're right" "And .iant there aa'exlf,- - door appeal to you?" Markham had risen, and was pacvery near the boxes," which leads ing the floor, his eyes almost closed. Into the alley way?" "So that was why you were to in v "There is. We used it that night" "How long was the Colonel gone, terested in the Colonel asking peo. ple If they knew him. and Inviting after the first act?" "A few' minutes I couldn't say him to lunch?... ...What gavo you T exactly. "'' j -- ) tnc mea. m the first piaai, that he "Had he returned' when the gumyT" "Guilty!" exclaimed Vance. Tret tain went up cn the second act?" " priceless old dunderheaJ guiltv! s Moriarty reflected. Mr don't believe he had. I think ) Really, Marfclsara, the natiroiVpre he ceine back a few minutes after ; P "u Im sure he went t the " that night to comb his the act began." j wash-rooI yeDrow Bnd arrange his tie., Slt- "Ten minutes?" aa he was, In a box, the gels "I couldn't say. Certainly no ; nK. on the. stage could see him, y' more.".r.. w::. know." , "Then, allowing for- - a Markham halted abrip'v. An Intermission, the Colonel might ugly color crept into his cheeks,. have been away 20 minutes?" and bis eyes blazetu But before he "Yes It's possible." This ended the interview; and could speak Vanes want on, with when Moriarty had gone. Vance lay serene Indifference t his linger. "And I played In the most aston-ishlback in his chair and smoked r luck. Still, he's JuBt the kind thoughtfully. ancient popinjay, who'd go to tha "Surprisin' luck!" he commented. of and dandify himself, I The Piccadilly . Theater, y know, wash-roois practically round the corner from rather counted on that, don't y' Benson's house. You grasp the know........ my word! were maae amazin progress possibilities of the situation, what? this morning, despite your injured . .'. . . .The Colonel invites an alderman to the Midnight Follies, and feelings. You now have five differgets box seats near an exit giving ent people, any one of whom yon on an alley. At a little before halt can, with a little legal ingatwtty, of the crime, In any event, jast twelve he leaves the box, convict sneaks out via the alley, goes to you can get indictments against Benson's taps, and is admitted, cm. He leaned his head back medl shoots his man, and hurries back to the theatre. Twenty mlcutes tatively. would have been ample." "First, there's Miss St Clair. You Markham straightened up, but wer quite pos'tlve she did the aeea. and you told the Major you made no comment "Ana now," continued Vance "lets were au ready .to ..arrest her. J t,W. look at the Indicat'ry clrcumst'nces or....the murmy uemonsirauon derer's height could be thrown out and the conflrmat'ry facts Miss St Clair told us the Colonel on the grounds that it was Intelli had lost heavily In a pool of Ben- gent and conclusive, and therefore son's manipulation, and had ac- naa no place In a court of law. I'm cused him of crookedness. the judge would concur. Ho sure -hadn't spoken to Benson for a secondly, I elve vou CantAin week; so it's plain there was bad Leacock. I actu'lly had to use phys- blood between 'em. He saw Miss au lorce 10 seep you from jailing St Clair at the Marseilles with Ben- the chap. You had a beautiful ea son; and, knowing she always went against him to say nothing of his home at midnight, he chose half delightful confession. And If you "., - out-pid- c, m - -- n' The latest photogn P. K. Faweett, British explorer, believed to have been lost two years ago In the Interior of Brazil, who was encountered In the jungle nine months ago by Roger Courtevtlle, Braxilliaa engineer, while. i on a motor Journey across the South American continent Courtevtlle, who has just arrived at Lima, is or ganising a rescue expedition. e. apartment-hous- ........... .................... nt - ' Bzzzxzixxzzzzizsrxzzzai oftf ew York Monty ' Up. met with any diffcultles, he'd help you out: he'd adore having you convict him. , submit Leander the "Thirdly, Lovely. You had a better ease against him than against almost any oni of the others perfect wealth of clrcumst'ntlal evidence an embarras de richesse, in fact And any jury would delight lit con victing him, I would, myself, if only for the way he dresses. Fourthly, I point with pride to Mrs. Plats. Another perfect clrcum- case, fairly bulging with clues and Inferences and legal what nots. ., Fifthly-- ! present the ColoneL I have just rehearsed your case against him; and I could elab'rate it touchln'ly, given a litUe more time." He paused, end gave Markham a smile of cynical affability. "Observe, please, that each mem ber of this quintette meets all the demands of presumptive guilt; each one fulfills the legal requirements to time, place, opportunity, means, motive, and conduct The only drawback, d' ye see, is that all five are quite Innocent A most but there you dlscomposln' fact are...... Now, if all the people against whom there's the .slightest suspicion, are innocent what's to be done?.,; .77. .AnnoylnV ain't it?" He picked up the alibi reports. "There's pos'tively nothing to be done but to go on checking up these - : aimis. 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