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Show SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 18,1D20. Tt WHICH? 8T0RY TUI 3 t.fal danjhwr to YIl Ibft OU hm hrro Ruftoifta f Ttl H ounet In f. hturi M1 il.ivitot) fom br hrtf L K n,t r h'WTiu'n uft ft bubnl Hush SoCiO. pnrw ho con erl ,i on i.f Ir ifn D m hrt-t- Haror. L but 1 m:ir hM, d.u-:i- r hu's 1 ( n & htmi. not st ke nviur;. llr" ln kl aim 1 and has shewn an csr lnlcr-- l in lhaa (now Baron MUi J.hn Jlunh aa H fnnd o t I a ranllai'al. riapi.iTd aa aaraiar, la llamaoo Manly, Mina blur alaru aa lnyauauon of hr own. S1 o haa appaarad iW inrminx to And out why Hardy and lirvfdy sflccisd by tta nawn of thr muidar. rroaa aha . Vlus rdlb.lan ot vhs llttla hunt la Iran, tha slfniSismv of bcion n ihft cloftel door In tUft Ift Bifoo Ka txMtrft rant. Thi rroftft. 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Hub h fluanarra mploy ftitd dovote bimarlf lo quit inY bjm Inulinf Merer, th brad wftlter After b rente (ntrr ft bou on ft siri fttrorl mtth Dirts ovrrlftnbo lb ft room in ft nftrbr buiMinr Much - mttnou reiirnu m nurht e.cil wblh bi aurpn. ao ftr Ann otit M on malP jnllli th aide th buiMmr In ft rouro tbr Merer aad Det. with Uehr. eitftiodtan of lb other fttid VftuJU. aim erfti truftl company Hardy takiny what ftiHr to U ft uremoniftl oatb of death. Anno ftnd Rush or rftxTrd and thrown bound ftnd faffed into ft r)or In fh houa of mrviery. only to b confronted with further th Meyer, untord Ttliain. blp p!jnty when Th lb bous mxl day Rush tbrm escape. com out. bmilb lo ut Huyb t jut (ibm to coniey tbs boy was sent to his mt As the bey arrived at Mr. Hardy's door a ; oung woman was Just coming out. Phc was Miss Anne Blair, a permanent guest in the hotel, with whom, the hotel people said. Mr. Hardy was soqugited. 8ha seemed greatly sxcited and cried out to the bell boy that Mr, lUidy had been murdered. To the hotel management and to the police when they arrived the explained that Mr. Hardy had Incited her to go motoring with him at 2 o'clock that afternoon. Shortly after 1 she found that It would be Impossible for her to keep her engagement with him and bad tried- to communicate the fact to him oer the telephone. Enable to get ar.y answer to her calls, she had decided toj-udown to his apartment and tell him in person, (jetting no answer to her ring and to repeated knock-Ir.ga- , she had noticed that the door waa unlatched and had walked ln, feering he might have been taken auddenly ill or that there was something wrong. 8ht had found him lying dead on the floor, subbed through the lay William Johnston credulously, his dubious glancs Uklng ln the court plastered cut on the young mao' fore-beaand the bruise on his cheeks. . In answer he presented bis card and wA grudgingly admitted. Just In time to avoid the rush of reporter who had sprung forward sa they heard the policeman pronounce his name. Aa the doo- - dosed behind him he looked curiously about. Evidently some aort of an inquiry was going on. Inspactor Alexander and two or threa of hla detectives from beaJquarters were there, but matters seemed to be ln charge of a shrewd looking man In the early 40. w horn from newspaper picture he had seen of him he recognised aa Ran- - d decline to anew or that question." Moving catlike across tbe room, Hugh Smith stepped up to Mr. (Hidden and held whispered conference with him, whi'e the policemen and detectives present eyed Anne ominously aa aha stood there waiting, a suggestion of a smile playing about her Upa. Do you know John Rush?" came tbe next question, evidently Inspired by Smith. '' Very well. Indeed." "He Is or was Mr. Hardy's private secretary, was he not?" Tee " Did Mr. Rush recently have any quarrel with his employer that you know of 7" 1 - hrsrt Mias Blair's sutement had been partly .cor- - -- pnr ELEVENTH INSTAIX.MENT. The End of lluth Smith. wu Smith doln here? Had WHAT tnveatigationa of tho crlma for Hardy put him on to Meyer'o ai It had Ruah himieif, to thii den of coneplracy? Smith, ho observed with gratification, waa paying little attention to parser by. He did not eten look in Hush's direction. His face, ordinarily stern, told, ascetic, now wore an expression utterly new and strange. Ordinarily masklike ln so far as betraying any emotion, if now seemed to reflect black rage. His sinister gray ejei mere flashing ominously, but his forehead was wrinkled as if ln deep perplexity. There was something, too, Rush decided, of dejection and disappointment In Smith's marner. Perbsps he had come thither expecting to find the conspirators assembled and bad found the house deserted. Rush, taking bis eyes off the man's face for the first time, suddenly observed what he was cirrj ing. It was a handbag, a black handbag. A burst of wrath encompassed him. There was no question ln his mind that this was the Identical bag ln which Sir. Hardy had placed the funds he bad Intrusted to Olga C'rdinoff. It was the one definite, contlrting bit of evidence that was lacking. By rights he and Anne ln virtu of the skillful Investigation they had conducted should have discovered It. And here was Hugh Smith walking off w ith it right under hie noee. It would be Hugh Smith who would get all the credit ef sol ' ing the mystery, the credit to which Anne Blair was Justly entitled. Eut what was there that he could do about It? He would have liked to wTest the bag away from Smith and walk ofT with It, but what good would that do? It probably would only lead to his arrest and would accomplish nothing. He wondered If tbe bag still contained the funds Mr. Hardy had secreted in it He contented himself with watching Smith until he was out of sight and J.hen hastened to a nearby barber shop. He must see Anne at once. That was the ' wisest thing for him to do. Her alert, logicsl , brain could make better use of the new facts he had learned than could his. She undoubtedly would be able to account for Smith's having learned wherq Meyer and his associates were ln the habit of meeting. There was just a possibility that she herself might have given the Information to Mr. Hardy. A half an hour later as Rush, looking mors like his handsome self, in spits of his old clothes, emerged from the barber shop a newsboy passed crying an extra, and he bought a copy. As be glanced mechanically at It he exclaimed aloud. " Hamson Hardy murdered,' read the flaring headlines. Hailing a passing taxi, he jumped ln, promising the man double fare to get him to his hotel as quickly ss possible. He must change his clothes and get to the RUsmore at once. As the taxi dashed through the streets he hurriedly scanned the paper for detail of the tragedy. Mr. Hardy, It appeared, had not gone downtown to buslnees. As was his custom, he had appeared ln the hotel dining room for breakfast. Returning to his rooms, be apparently had been aione there all morning, for the hotel records showed no evidence of any callers having been announced. Shortly after 12 he had ordered luncheon cent to his rooms. Apparently it had been his Intention to go motoring at !, tor his chauffeur had been Instructed the night before to bring around tbe car at that hour. 'When th hotel desk had tried ti notify Mr. Hardy of his chauffeur's' arrival there had been no response ts the telephoned message. After repeated efforts had been made without success a bell trail and led him, , t low that It wee almost a whisper, yet with Investments In Russia With other financier such Intensity that her word carried to to send there he had mad arrangement " eyery corner of Lie room, "but, CapL Hugo, two million dollars ln easily ln American your story wont do," revolution. counter e banknotes, to finance At th unfamiliar name by which ahe ealleS He selected aa hie messenger, to carry thU him he gave a convulsive start and bitur a RussUa money to Russia, a young woman, blackness came Into hla eyee. It was bate, by birth. Olga Ordlnoff." colored j undying. Indescribable bat, that A buz of amazement swept through the them so strangely. room. Except for Rush end Anne, and Mr. " Captain, your time baa ootne," ahe went Dean, and possibly Meyer, th new that th Remembor your oath, your on. calmly multi mllllonaira had been associated with oath of death." Miss Ordlnoff waa a revelation. Cndr her steadfast gaze the man seamed " Miss Ordinoff. th day before she waa to ' U at once to crumple up and break. Hla to Mr. hotel meet IhU to sail, came here face turned a ghastly whit and hla Umbo Hardy. He turned over tha funds to her. were trembling even though hi eyea atlfl The money was hidden in the false bottom blazed with vindictiveness. H teemed to b of e black handbag. What happened? Within come. trying to utter word that would not one hour after Olga Ordlnoff had received her of a Uk that With a harsh, choking cry, final Instructions and the- - money, she was realised on before wild any beast, trapped killed, right here ln thie hotel, and the money hla Intent, he sprang at th slander girl behad vanished. Naturally Mr, Hardy was fore him. making every effort to discover th murderer Quick aa had been hie movements, quicker or murderer end to recover hls.mlaalng mistill had been John Rush shaking off hla 1 him waa working for end with him. llion. captors. In a flash he had interposed himAe w came closer smd closer pn the track of self between Anne end th man who bad d the clever person who had skillfully planned her. Aa Smith had sprung Rush had this atrocious crime,, when this person's ar-the glint of a dagger. anC. realizing caught rest was a matter of only a few hours away, hi purpose wee to kill th girl before eh was killed also." what happened? Mr. Hardy could expose him, fought as he never bad Every one In thp room, even Anne and , fought before. Back and forth they atrug-gledRush, was brtathlcaaly listening now. Hugh as and Rush, deftly breathing heavily, Smith appeared to be leading up to a climax. tripping the detective, waa about to hurl Familiar as Anne Blair and Ruah had become him to th floor. Fmlth, with a defiant cry, with many of th circumstances Smith had plunged bis dagger Into hla own heart and related, and much as they knew about th collapsed, dying almost instantly. conspirator In the Second avenue house, As the watcher looked shudderlngly on waa he what to were unable decipher they Anne turned to Mr. Glidden. driving at. Whom, Rush waa wondering, " There," ahe said, lies th real murderer, would Smith denounce as the murderer? x man who planned Olga Ordlnoff death, the Who killed Mr. Hardy? Smith put th man who stole Mr. Hardy millions, th the question, and after a dramatic pause, conman who planned score of other crime, tinued: the man wrho killed Harrison Hardy, th "The person who stole the money hadby moet dangerous criminal in all the cleverest, prearrangement obtained a room on th world Capt. Hugo Schmidt, once one of old same corridor where Mias OrdinofTe room Germany's most competent and dangerous waa located. This person was ln wait there spies." ln accordof fool a waiter, and when the poor " Eut his comrades," cried Rush, we must ance with his Instructions, killed the girl, not let them get away. We must put the pohe handed over the satchel containing th lice on their track at once. Theyve already It Is needless to say It waa this money. fled from th Second aenue house, but I same person who killed Mr, Hardy. This know three of them. Theres Dicta and old ' person, furthermore, knew Mr. Hardy well, Lleber and snd on several occasions had visited his Here," said Meyer, the head waiter, steproom If additional proof was needed that forward. " la the complete list of all of ping this person is the murderer, here it la them with their homes. Thera are nine of He stooped quickly and from behind a desk them altogether. produced a black handbag, the same one. Death, self inflicted. Is always a confession, Rush was confusedly thinking, that he had sometimes of mere mental or physical weakseen Smith carry as he left the Second aveness, sometime of lack of courage or desire nue house, hardly an hour ago. Dramaticalto combat with unfortultoua circumstance, ly Smith jerked open the bag and with a but perhaps most often it Is an admission of sudden twist revealed Its false bottom. discovered guilt Had the viper, trapped, still Here," he said. is the very bag in which endeavored to sink his fangs into his assaiMr. Hardy's money was packed.- The money lant had Hugh Smith endeavored to confute itself has been eecreted eleewhere, but the the charge Anne Blair had made, her words bag itself not twenty minutes ago was found have been heard with Incredulity or might manby me ln th:s hotel and Mr. Edgar, the doubt, but Hugh Smith, lying self slain on ager. was with me when I found It in the the floor, bore mute witness that she had " apartment of spoken the truth. He paused. A deed silence fell on all presAs Rush, momentarily stunned by th fat ent as they waited breathlessly for the deof the man with whom he bad been battling nouement. The bag. harmless enough looking stood looking in bewilderment at his body, in itself, suddenly bad become a thing of evil, the two detectives, who but a moment before of mystery, a piece of Incriminating evidence, had been prepared to arrest the girl, drew indisputably a menace to tha safety of the back respectfully, and Assistant .District Atperson in Whose apartment it bad been torney Glidden advanced with hand outfound. But who waa it? To whom did Hugh stretched. Smith refer? TVTio was the murderer? Misj Blair, he said warmly, I congratGo on," directed Mr. Glidden. ulate you most heartily. For a moment th ' t found It. he said slowly, one of hla plausible scoundrel almost had me convinced long fingers shooting out accusingly, "in that you were the ret! criminal. I was al- the apartment of Anne Blair. most on the point of ordering your arrest. An Incoherent cry arose from the little I should never have permitted It, sir," group, a cry that might have meant relief. said Meyer, speaking with confident assurIncredulity, amazement anything. ance, yet with as much suavity as If he had Rush, though taken utterly by surprise, been merely seating a dinner guest. "I know who this man's confederates were, dessprang angrily forward, his fists clinched and his eyes flashing. Stunned as he was by perate rascals, all of them. Here la a comSmith's Incredible accusation, murder was plete st . in his heart. He wanted to seize, to choke, At the head waiters speech Rush had ' to crush this cold, vile snake who had dared turned on him amazedly, to charge that Anne Blair his Anne had "Tou Meyer he exclaimed. Then been guilty of such a base crime. If two you're not one of them? " of the policemen present had not grabbed His theories were all being shattered. He him and with experienced grip forced him had been so positive of the head waiters back against the wall, it would bas gone guilt that he could not comprehend this new hard with Smith. As he stood there lm posituation and was puzzled at finding Meyer tently struggling with his captors his eyes apparently ready and willing to aid In roundwere fixed on Anne. ing up the band. To his amazement he saw that she seemed "O no, sir, not at all, sir, said Meyer, to be taking the preposterous accusation seemingly surprised that he should have been against her lightly. Her face had not even suspected. IVhy, sir, I was doing my utflushed. With a sarcastic little smile on her most to round up the gang. " Here, Inspector Alexander, said Mr. Glidlips she was standing there facing her denouncer, apparently unmindful of the fact den, who had been hastily perusing the list that two of the detectives at a nod from Meyer had handed him, youd better take the inspector had stepped up close behind this and get after these men at once. The her ready to take her into custody. minute they learn that their leader haa killed " Wait, wait, cried Meyer, the head himself they are all apt to decamp." " Do tell us all about It, Meyer," cried Anne, waiter, rushing Impulsively up to Glidden; " wait. I know something. as the inspector and his men hastily deSmith glared at him, but he stared hack parted. " How did you get that list? " " Quite by accident, as It were. Miss defiantly, at the same time continuing to Blair," he to the assistant district let explained, implore though in a way I may say attorney It was part of my business." him speak. "Tour business?" she questioned Stop, Meyer," commanded Anne, and there was in her tone a surprising note of author"Tea, miss. Tou see, for some years I have ity. In amazement the head Walter turned been a detective. A head waiters work after to look in her direction. a period becomes largely a matter of routine. The very air of the room seemed surI employed my spare time reading stories of charged all at once with an Intensity that crime and decided that In my spare hours reacted on th nerves of all present. They t would find the work ot.as investigator sensed that a great crisis was Imminent. "Was Anne about to confess? What was it? interesting. I offered my services to on Tensely they waited to see what was going t of the large private agencies snd for a while drew a salary aa an operative, but to happen. With insolent aggressiveness Hugh Smiths cold gray eyes tored Into Anne's as they asked things of me that I felt Were inif he waa trying to read there what was compatible with my duties here, and since then It has been only a sort of pastime going on ln her mind, as if he was trying to with me." drive home to her the seriousness of her O. bother your explanations, cried Rush plight, but if he hoped by hts steady stare to unnerve her he failed most dismally. She impatiently, " tell us how you learned about Smith and his gang. stood, her eyes fixed steadfastly on his face, To be concluded. a mocking smile still playing about her Ups. (Coprrtsht; 1820: By WUlua Johnston. Clever, very clever," eh said, speaking so " This man Kush is not ths murJsrsr, hut merely a silly Japs. Ho boon maJo tho tool of somsono far mere tlovoror than ha is rohbrated by the telephone girl, who told of her repeated efforts to reach Mr. Hardy's apartment by telephone. Th article went on to point out the curious parallel between the manner of Mr. Hardy's death and that of a young Russian woman ln the same hotel less thqn two weeks before. Both of them had been stabbed through the heart, and in .each Instance the crime had taken place ln their own apartment Just after a meal had been served there. In the Ordlnoff case, the newspaper said, the motive had been robbery and the slayer had been a waiter who had killed lilmsetf, leaving a confession of guilt, just as the police were about to arrest him. Reaching his hotel. Rush left ths article unfinished and scrambled into his customary' clothes. He must get to Anne's side at once. The appalling horror of this new crime had shocked him far more than had the death of Olga Ordinoff. This time the slayer's hand had reached some one he knew intimately. All the dlsgruatlement and wrath he had teen feeling toward his former employer had vanished with the news of hla untimely end. His only feeling now was one of pity for him. pity and grief, the natural grief that came from the taking away of one with whom he had so long been pleasantly associated. But who could have killed Mr. Hardy? There was no doubt In Rush's mind that it was the work of the band with whom he had battled tbe night before. He well knew that they were desperate men. Perhaps. Indeed.' It might have been their discovery that their rendexvous had been located and that they were being closely watched that was responsible tor Mr. Hardy's death. More than likely Meyer snd Diet and old Lleber would attribute to him th circumstance that he and Anne had been on their trail. The safety of their own sklna demanded his instant removal. With Harrison Hardy out of the way they probably had reasoned that the pursuit of them might be abandoned, or at least slackened. It had been Hardy's t!wo millions they had gotten away with, and surely It waa he who would be most Interested ln rounding them up. , Meyer, Ruah decided, certainly must have had a hand ln this murder. All his former suspicions of the head waiter returned with new and Increasing force. Who else could have had such opportunities for planning and executing a crime like this ln the hotel? Meyer could go anywhere ln th Ritsmore without attracting attention or arousing suspicion, No matter what Anne thought about it, he made up his mind to tip off the police to keep a vigilant watch on the head waiter. His hasty toilet completed, he started almost on the run for the Ritsmore, snatching up the paper on his way to the elevator. As he waited for a descending car he quickly scanned the article to Its end. As he read ths last two lines he gave a little gasp of surprise and then laughed aloud. They read: "The police are searching for John Rush, until recently Mr. Hardye private secretary and constant companion. He disappeared after a quarrel with his employer several days ago." Making his way unrecognized through a throng of reporters and curious spectators gathered in the corridor just outside the Hardy apartment, Rush approached the door. " Nobody allowed In," said a policeman on guard, roughly pushing him back as he started to enter. " I'm Mr. Rush, Mr. Hardy private secretary." he whispered, not caring just yet to proclaim his Identity to the waiting press. "Not John Hushr the officer exclaimed In-- hms doiph Gild den, an assistant to the district at- torney. Rush's heart leaped Joyfully as he espied Anne seated near Mr. Glidden, listening interestedly to all that was going on. Ehs caught his eye as he entered and gave him a quick glance which he interpreted to mean that she wanted him to stay ln the background for the present, so he took his stand behind the bulky form of a policeman, where he remained unobserved save by the girl. In the group gathered ln the room were Dean of the trust company, Hugh Smith, two or three representatives of the hotel management and several of tbe hotel's employ. Meyer, the head waiter, waa being questioned as Rush was admitted. He seemed cool and as unruffled as ever. " When did you last see Mr. Hardy alive? This morning at breakfast.' " Did you notice anything unusual ln his manner? No, sir; not at all, sir. " He did not come down to luncheon?" " No, sir. Shortly after 12 he ordered lunch-eoserved ln his apartment air. Luncheon for one? ' Certainty, sir. Luncheon for one." , Who served It? These two men. said Meyr with a wav of his hand, indicating a waiter and a bus bov Both of them, to serve one luncheon?" "Tea, sir. We always send two together, sir, since He hesitated and turned toward Mr. Edgar deprecatlngly. Since the Ordlnoff murder." Interrupted the hotel manager, finishing the aentence for ' him. Waiter and bus boy, next questioned, had little more to offer. They had carried up Mr, Hardys luncheon before 12.30. At 1 they had l eturned and removed the dishes. Mr. Hardy was alone, seated at his desk. Apparently that fixes the time of the murder between 1 oclock, when these men left him, .and 2 o'clock, when bis chauffeur arrived," said the assistant district attorney. Is the telephone girl here? " She cannot come until her relief arrives. I have sent for her," explained the hotel manager. " Never mind," aald Mr. Glidden, turning to Anne. " Miss Blair. he said courteously, " I understand you were the first to discover that Mr. Hardy had been murdered- - Will you tell ua the exact circumstances? Briefly Anne described her visit to th apartment, practically as it had been told ln the bulletins in the afternoon papers. How long had you known Mr. Hardy?" " By sight I had known him for a long time. We had been personally acquainted only a few days. " Tet you went to his rooms unchaperoned?" In those few days we had seen much of He had asked me to marry him." At the girl's calm announcement Rush's heart Jumped. If she had cared in the least for Hardy she hardly would have spoken in this casual way of his proposal. " began Mr. So you went to hie room him. Glidden. "I went," she Interrupted, "because I feared for hla safety. I had reason to believe that an attempt might be made on hit life at any time." " By whom?" " I am not prepared yet to say." you aware of any enemioa Mr. Hardy had mads?" "Are i O, "Ses," aha answered quickly, as her questioner exchanged a glance with the police Inspector. "I know they had a bitter quarrel the night Mr. Rush went away. Tou knew then that Mr. Ruah had quit sir. Hardy's employ and had disappeared?" "I knew he had gone, but" she cast a quick glance in Rush's direction but I would hardly say he had disappeared, as I have been in touch with him every day since, and besides he is here ln the room right now." Ail eyes were quickly turned on Rush as he stepped forward and faced the examiner. Are you John Rush? asked Mr. Glidden, plainly somewhat perturbed by his unanticipated arrival. ' I am.". When did you last see Mr. Hardy?" Three dsys ego." "Tou admit having had a quarrel with tim?" " Tea. "About what did you quarrel? Annee eyes flashed a warning and he answered: I decline to say. Mr. Rush. said Mr. Glidden Impressively, I think you realize that appearances are very much against you. It Is evident that Mr. Hardy must have been attacked by some - one whom he Vnew well, some one who could easily gsin accela to his apartments, some one of w hom he had no suspicion. Appar- ently he was struck down while he wae talking with his murderer. There Is no evidence of a struggle, so manifestly he was taken wholly by surprise. It is known that you recently left his employ after a serious quarrel. Tour whereabout for several days have been a mystery. Tou bear on your face the marks of having recently been engaged In a fight. It is my duty ,to warn you that anything you may say here may be used against you. But If you are Innocent of the death of Mr. Hardy, you have nothing to gain by refusing to answer my questions." " I understand that fully," said Rush confiI dently. Once more Hugh Smith whispered something In Glidden'a ear. and he renewed his questioning. Have you In your possession a key that will permit you to enter this apartment?" " I have, said Rush calmly, even though lie realized that to the mind of the questioner and to the waiting police this was paramount to a confession of guilt. His own knowledge of his utter innocence madet him reckless of consequences. Mr. Glidden it was Hugh Smith's voice that Interrupted, cold and Incisive as always why go on with this farce? I have been for many months conducting secret Investigations for Mr. Hardy. I know who killed him. If you permit me, I will tell you about the crime and who It was that committed It." Once more the gaze of the spectators shifted. This time it waa Hugh Smith that became ai once the center of attraction. The excitement hla announcement had caused seemed to be without effect on him. He began to speak In a direct, dominant almost Insolent manner, uttering his words with an impressive cocksurenews. but always with that curious inflection Rush had noted the first time he heard him speak. For a long time," he went on aa Glidden nodded his assent, I have enjoyed Mr. lardys entire confidence. This man Rush he Indicated him with a contemptuous wave "of thsThand " la not th rpat eiwvinal, the murderer, but merely a silly dup. He has been made the tool of some one far cleverer than he 1s, some one who made use of him because of his relation to Mr. Hardy's affairs. Rush listened bewildered. TVhat on earth waa the man talking about? Wag hmith meaning to Imply that he. John Rush, was In any way implicated that some ona had made a dupe of him? " Mr. Hardy," Smith continued, had Urge i . , puz-zledl- y. -- i |