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Show T "YAM DINE tWartrTt Si ti He Beet htm with the murder. see ma to meet the specification aa ta height; aad we musta't overlook the fact that Benson was shot with Just such a gum as Leaeock would be likely ta posaeaa. He was engaged to the girl, and, a motive might be found la Benson's atten ut tions ta her." . .. ,.j - "And ever sines the big scrap, upplementad Heath,, "these army boy don't think anything of shooting people. They got used to blood on the other side." , , "The onlF hitch," resumed Mark ham. "la that Phelps, who had the Job of checking up on the captain, reported ta me that be was home that night from o'clock on. Of course, there may be a loop-hol- e somewhere, and I was going to sug gest that you have one of your men go Inte the matter thoroughly and see Just what the situation Is. "Phelps got his Information from one of the and I. think it might be weU to get hold of the boy again and apply a little pressure. If it was found that Leaeock waa not at home at 13:30 that night,, we might have "-the lead 1 . you've been looking for "Ill attend to it myself," said Heath. "I'll go round there tonight and if this boy knows anything, before I'm through he'll apUl ; with him." We had talked but a few minutes longer when a uniformed attendant bowed deferentially at the district attorney's elbow . and announced that Mr. Pfyfe'wM calling. Markham requested that his visitor be shown Into ths lounge-rooand then added to Heath. "You'd better remain, and hear what he has to Bay." Leander Pfyfe was an Immaculate and exquisite personage. approached us with a mincing gait of self approbation. His legs, which were very long ,. and thin, jwith knees that seemed to bend' slight)? inward, sunoorted ahort bulirlfrlr torso; ana. his chest-- curved , out-- 1 ward n , a" generour arc, like that of a' His face was rotund, and his Jowls hung In two loops ever a col lar too tight for "comfort His blond sparse hair was brushed back sleekly ; and .'the ends- of his narrow, silken mustache were waxed .; Into He was- dressed In light-gra- y summer flannels, and wore, a pale rUirquoise-gree- n silk shirt,- a Vivid foulard tie ,and gray suede oxfords. A strong odor of oriental perfum-- i was given off by the carefully arranged bastite handkerchief in his 0i CHACUS SteTT fHILLO YAM'S JOHN F.X alABKIUM District Attorney i.1LVLN IL of New Tor Oonty-- j WeU- BKVSOJJ know WU Street broker and ma aboot towa. wba ' tertoonly murdered ta bin borne MAJOR ANTUOXT BENSON ....Brother of tbe murdered sna - MRS. ANNA I'LATZ " ' .. Housekeeper for Alvin Benioo til .... UTBIEL BT. ........... ' C AIT A IX ;;.vi'.. CXAIB:! .". A Young Rinfff LEAODCK .. THILIP St Clair'e Mis. Leandeb mm '. . . .. .Intimate of ...... ...... 'I j ; ' - Callow as rowing coach veriity of Wa&bingtoa. was burn and reared at Rowing: Coach BY - . f ! ; : tf fat I'nJ-t'Uriit.a Settle. I , PENCIL " 4 f I: ( ! ' f t r 4 ' ' ' ' 5 ...... ........ -- r:n "t I UIOGINBOTUAM. vDetwtlTea assigned to District Attorney't office CAPTAIN, CABL HAGEDOBN . Fire-ariexpert t)R. aledlort examiner Bee-' FBANK .8WACKER retary to tbe District Attorney Vance's valet rL'RHIE fc S. VAN DINK Tbe . barrator pouter-pigeon.-o-- w a." , ' - -- thctat j ;-- . THIS HAS HAPPENED "lis sont dans les vlgncs lea Suspicion falls on Miss St Clair . when (loves an:! a handbag found molneaux.". at tbe scene of the murder are June Is; afternoon) (Sunday, was ch traced to ber. Vance lashta to Thafollowlng Markham thai she Is Innocent and Sunday, we lunched with Markham by means of measurements demon- at the Stuyvesant Club. Vance had strates ' that the murderer mnjt suggested the appointment the evehare been six feet tall or thor-- v ning befqre; for, as he explained abouta. Mrs. Platp, after repeated to me,: he wished to be present In denials,' admits that Benson had a case Leandcr Pfyfe should arrivo woman caller the afternoon pre- from Long Island. .. ceding the murder. She also nays ; "It amuses me tremendously," he that ana had seen a box of Jewelry bad 'said, "the wav human beings a the table which has since dis delib'rately complicate the most appeared. Issues. They have a downordin'ry NOW BEGIN THE STOUT horror of anything simple right ., CHAPTER XXIII and direct ' Vance walked Indifferently to modern commercial whole "The the' window and looked out "I am system 4s nothing but a colojsal happy to learn that you are eap- - mechanism for doing things in tho ble of accepting audi evidence as the human mind could not possioly most Involved and roundabout way. If one makes a purchase at '.. feny". . , a a department noticed; la complete history of the transacthese two men.-tha- t whenever either made a remirk, tion is written out in triplicate, that bordered on generosity, the checked by a dozen other answered In a mennor which and clerks, signed and countersignended alt- outward show of teuti-me- ed, entered Into Innum'rable ledgwith various colored inks, and It was aa If thy winl.rl to ers then elab'rately secreted in steel this more intlmMe Hid keep -And nof content their mutuat regard Waiton from filingcabtncts. with this superfluous chlnoiserie, the, world. there r ora Ugnorrid our business rnen Jhaye jreated a Markbam large and expensive army of effi"Vance's thrust ciency experts whose sole duty Is g , "Have you perhaps any wl to to complicate and befuddle this auggeations, other than the system still further., to offer aa to Itenn-n'same with everything else In modmbrdererT" he asked. ern life. Regard that Insup'rable Rather!" said Vance. "No end mania called golf. It consists mere- r- f --Suggestion.'1 ' "Could ' you spare me a good ly of knocking a ball into a hole But the- devotees-- of oner-- ' ; Markham imitated the witha-sticl- uthis pastime have ' developed a other's playful tone. " unique and distinctive livery In Vance appeared to reflect , "Well, I should advise that, aa a which to play it They concentrate 20 years on the correct angula beginning; you look for a rather for tall man, familiar w';th tion of their feet ,and the" proper a good shot and fairly metnoa or entwining their fingwell known to the deceased a Man ers about the stick. Moreover, in order to discuss the who was aware that Benson was es sof thia-ldio- tic going to dinner with Miss St. Clair, or who had reason to suspect the sport, they've invented an outstand-is- h vocabulary" which is unintelr ,tact" Markham looked ' narrowly at ligible even toVaa English scholar.". "He pointed disgustedly at a pile Vance for several moments-- "I think--- ! understands .Not of Sunday newspapers. ."Then here's this Benson murder a bad theory, either. Tou know, I'r simple and Incons'quential af-Rolng to suggest immediately to ei the entire maffiTnerTToT Heath that Jie investigate more the law is going at high pressure thoroughly Captain Leacock's r.c- - and blowing off Jets of steam all Uvlties on the night, of the murover the community when the matder." , ter could be settled quietly in five "ObTby lall means, said Vance minutes with a bit of intelligent rarelesaly, going to the piano. Markham watched him with an thinking." rxpresslon of puHled interrojv i m. He was, about to jBpeak whn Vance began playing a rollicking French cafe song which opens I ' - " ? - day,-whi- in it v j . - i day evening. Mother and babv are At lunch, however, he. did hot "doing nicely. ? ; refer to the crime; and, as if by tacit agreement the subject was Mr. and Mrs. JWUl Knight, Mrs. avoided. Markham had merely R. E. Alien andtMra. W. L.. Man-gumentioned casually .to us as we were conference visitors in went into: the dining-roothat he Mrs. M. L Bushman and Mrs. was expecting Heath a little later. Alex Mortensen were Salt Lake Salt Lake over the week end. The sergeant was .waiting for us visitors last week, the guests of when we retired to the lounge-rooand friends. relatives for nnr irnnli, And hv hta fnrnreil- y slon it was evident he was not I c"1 Bishop Albert Mabey was a congreeted Markham with" viscid ference visitor in Salt Lake last pleased with the way things were urbanl ty, and acknowledged hia in- - week. " going. ua w,th Patronia- "I told you, Mr. Markham he troductloa said, when we had drawn up our Ing bow. After posing himself in a Mrs. Stanley Dunford visited the attendant placed for him, friends and attended conference in chairs, "that this; .case was going chair to be a tough one Could you he began polishing a Salt .Lake oyer the week end,. he wore on a rlb- -. '"t any kind of a lead from the bon, 'and which fixed Markham with a Tonight and Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. John. Pullen are ,' St Clair woman?" melancholy gaze.; to announce the arrival of shook his head. Markham happy I' " "She's out of It" And he re 5 "A very sad occasion, this." he a nine pound baby daughter, born at the Crane Maternity home Sun- counted briefly the happenings at sighed. "Realizing your friendship for """on's house the preceding after- Mr. Benson," said Markham, "I def of you, by the way, to come to the noon. tfelUifou're-satisfie- d appeaUng to- tlty "Starring (To Be Continued) Heath's aomewhat dubious com- - you l wl l,m- - wa very good : Krankie Dar'ro mcnt, "that's good enough for me. But what about this Captain Virginia ValU ' . nt , had-aJwa- floor-walke- rs nt f NEWS m - m vki. .. ' t r , - ' ; YOUR ; 4 . ( ; , IN A REAL AND RARE ROMANCE jvr CITY V At Regular Prices Of the Screen! Vni-ftT'o-f needle-points- ...V . "The Romeo and Juliet" - believe, with ... TOMORROW Fidel Ia Bsrliaj frj welgbt tbampion of the world, actually will bang itiured bis last fight the wvvmdly up his gloves and. Quite-thtrotmced Johnny BoMrdaa)e only 'men who ever got a tie1 boolcs" tinder bis. arm he lilji), iUtofi preijurt'if to" jnd oow.'Ylth mntimiui m 111m ruici chmuj iMti i uMerHiiv, wuere lie wllr KTIKIV business and financial courses in, preparation fo'r a career in the broker- i'upe business. ' f i vV - 1 ! feeWM8tiMyw :. . . , ;' i ' ; l. TRACTF:ttK1X&BK. . v ' " v--- It ........ .......... " Al VlbrIfkson,""on of the country's greatest strokes, sneceeds "Busty" ' " . . ..... 'I La Carba to Hans Up His Gloves hall-boy- s; Fiance Alvlu Benson's UKS. PAL'LA BANNING A Friend of Pftrfe's tLSIB UOFniA..Hetretar.r of tbe flnn of Benson and Benson COI BIG8BI OKTBANDER ... ..........A Retired Arm Officer WILLIAM II. MOUIAKT5C An Alderman i. GEORGE 0. STITT ,r.;.i)t the Firm of Stitt ' and McCoy, Public Accountant UAL BICE DINWIDDIE ". Assistant Wstrlct Attorney Ber- ERNEST HEATH roant of the Homicide Bureau BUBKE, 8XITKIN, EMEUT Detective! of Homicide Bureau Command- BEN HANLON Officer ,ef LVtertlres sskIko-e- d . ln to District Attorney'! offl rilELPS. :.,:f PROVO EVENING HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1927. FA.C2SXX ! I ,;-'jiil-- .FAVORITES in ine -greatest ROMANCE of their screen careers ;irV; ; GE M gold-rimm- eye-gla- "THE JUDGMENT OF THE HILLS" " mm . Lea-cock- ?" "That's what I asked you here to talk about" Markham toldshlm. "There's no direct evidence against him, but there are several suspicious circumstances that tend to con- - Strand TODAY . A from the mountains. 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