Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-08
The Tell-Tale Glove
AN ADVENTURE OF PETER CREWE-"THE MAN
WITH THE CAMERA EYES"
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| be turned over TO the executors. AND
now, if your lawyer is at hand, I
should like to go through the form of
! inspecting the dead mans papers,"
"Of course, of course" said Randall,
little nervously, as I thought. eve
can do no more good here; let us re-
turn to the New Hague hotel"
! My purpose was merely to discover
whether the dead man had paid his
| premiums regularly; the remainder of
| his affairs did not concern me. I found
! the insurance papers in good order,
and that the policy had been made out
Ito estate" Randall, as the executor,
would, therefore, receive the S25O,O0O.
Did Sir Moresby have a photo
| graph" asked Crewe, as We sat in the
! millionaire's rooms and looked through
his belongings.
HE did not bring any to this coun-
! there are the newspaper snapshots"
he added, 'if you want one"
, While we talked l perceived that
Crewe was wandering, a little restless
ly, around the room. Once or twice he
! halted and seemed to be inspecting
some of the personal belongings of Sir
Moresby closely. Upon a small table
| lay an old pair of gloves Of thin kid,
and unlincd. What was my astonish-
ment TO see Crewe slip one of these
into his pocket while Randall's back
| was turned.
Ttere seemed no more to be done.
went away and reported to the general
manager of the Salamander that pay
!, ment ought to be made, subject to the
two weeks of delay that the policy pro-
vided for There seemed to be no mys.
I! terry in the case at all.
l was therefore considerably sur
prised when Crewe telephoned me that
afternoon to come over at once, but
first to telephone the Salamander peo-
pie to postpone payment for a couple
Of weeks. AS this was to be done in
any event did not find it necessary to
take up the subject with the general
manager again, but went straight to
Crewe's apartments. which were stu
ated in a modest block upon Twenty
second street. found him at the door,
his hands dripping with purple dye.
What on earth have you been do
ing?" I asked.
Then I perceived that a great bowl
of the dye stood in the center Of his
table, in which floated Sir Moresbys
glove turned inside out and of an in
tense purple hue.
'Langton," he said, eve must have
Randall watched ceaselessly until the
moment of his departure for Arizona"
How do you know he is going 10
Arizona?" l asked.
Because Sir Moresby cannot 60
now" said Crewe;-the jest appeared
a little out of place to me. "Can you
have your con- pany make out check
to him for the full amount and immedi.
ately telephone to the bank suspending
payment"
at could be DONE" said. "But ur-
less there were urgent reason for such
a course of action it would lead to most
unpleasant complications"
Nevertheless it is the only way,
said Crewe. Randall will loaf around
New York until he gets the money. He
won't disclose his hand until the ulti-
mate moment All our detective work
must be done in the interval between
the reception of the check and the pre-
sentation of it for payment He will not
!; wait an unnecessary moment after the
, check has been received"
do you mean to suggest that he
murdered Sir Moresby for the insur-
ance?" queried.
'In a way-yes," said Crewe. eve
must have detectives upon his trail
every moment henceforward.'
THE police"
"Emphatically not" said Crewe. "a
private agency, who will not be tempt
ed to play up the sensational possibili-
ties and will know enough to keep
their mouths shut. 1t Is essential that
Randall shall suspect nothing. And /
think that, on the day of payment, we
shall arrest the gang Of conspirators. !"
That was all could get him to say.
That same evening couple of detec.
with instructions to shadow him wher-
ever he went. Meanwhile arranged
with the Salamander company to pay
the check upon the fourteenth day, and
Immediately suspend payment.
HE will not get into touch with his
confederates until the check has been
actually received" said Crewe. "Nev.
ertheless, if there is anything to be
learned, it will be as well to have him
shadowed."
But as we expected, nothing came OF
the shadowing. Randall attended the
funeral of the dead man on the third
day afterward, attired In deepest black
and wearing an air of intense dejece
ton. He gave up his apartments at the
New Hague hotel and took cheaper
lodging further uptown. Promptly
every day at eleven he entered the
gorgeous new suite of Offices, where
the clerks worked at the mahogany ia
bles. The death of the millionaire had
apparently not affected public conf
dence in the Arizona development
scheme, for advertisements In heavy
type continued to appear in the news
papers and subscriptions flowed in. !
Upon the fourteenth day it was my
duty to appear at the Offices in person
with the check for the insurance