The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-21
An A Absolutely NEW Type
= e of Detective Story z r

"oh. she cried As have never
seen . woman cry before. Tia
was dead by that time, OF course.
Mr.. Bruce and l saw her down In the
elevator TO her car. In fact. the doctor,
who had arrived. said that the sooner
she was taken homo the better she
would be. She was quite hystertcai."
nd she say anything that you re-
MEMBER
Downey hesitatsd.
"ous With II. Downsy." sad the In.
spector. what did she cay a. che wAs
going down In the eisvasor3"
Tell w. TN arrest you u you Aoat."
Nothing about the murder. on my
honor" protested Downey.
Kennedy leaned over suddenly and
shot . rensark at him. Then II was
about the note"
Downsy was sNprased, but not quickly
enough. stin he seemed 20 be consider
ing merhing. and IN . moment ne said :
II don't know whst u IVES about. but
I feel Il 10 my duty. after all. TO tell
you. heard her cay I wonder az he
know"
"Nothins siss7'
Nothing eiss."
what happened after you came
back?"
I'VE entered the ladies' department
No ona was there. A woman's auto
mobile coat was thrown over . chair
In . heap. Mr.. Bruce picked II No.
IT'S Mrs. rarksr's.' he said. He
wrapped II up hastily. and rang for
messenger"
"where ala ne ssnd ~"
ITO Mrs. Parker. I suppose. ! didn't
hear the address"
We next went over the whole suite of
Offices, conducted by Mr.. Downey.
noted how carefully Kennedy looked
into the directors room through the
open door from the ladies' depart.
ment He stood at such an anglo that
scarcely have been seen except by
those sitting Immediately next to Mr..
Parker at the directors table. The
street windows were directly In front
Of him. and back Of him was the chair
On which the motor coat had been
found.
In Parker's own once We spent some
time. as well as In Bruce's. Kennedy
made q search for tho note. but, fnding
nothing in either once. turned out the
contents OF Bruce's scrap basket There
didn't seem to be anything In II to In
terest him. however. even after he had
pteCou uoNeroi tOTu Ditb OF scThpo to'
grthsr with much dinlculty. and he was
about to turn the papers back again
when he noticed something sticking ia
the side Of the basket. II looked likr
. mass OF wet paper. and that was pre-
ciseiy what II was.
That's queer" said Kennedy, pick.
Ing II loose. Then he wrapped II ~
carefully and put II In his pocket
Inspector. can you lend mo one OF
your men for . couple Of daysr hs
asked. a. We were preparing to leave
~ shall want to send him out Of town
tonight, and shall probably need his
services when he gets back"
VERY we'll. Riley will be Just the
fellow. Well 30 back to headquarters.
and III put him under your orders"
1t was not until late In the following
day that I saw Kennedy again. It had
been a busy day on the star. We hat
gone to work that morning expecting
to see the very financial heavens fall
But just abbut five minutes to ten,
before the Stock Exchange opened. the
news came In over the wire from our
financial man on Broad street: 9Th,
System has forced James Bruce. part
ner OF Kerr Parker. the dead banker,
Der holdings to II. On this condition II
kst."
Forced" muttered the managing
editor as he waited on tho once phone
to get the composing.room. 20 as to
hurry up the few lines In red Ink On
the hrst page and beat our rivals on
the streets with the hrst extras. why.