The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-06
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You see" shrugged Schl"s~. g. r:-%%
one will say II must haN" -" "i>N q
by one VIII" :insw the c"'nhlit'f i'l'. ,ut
am the only one. | have n.v"; w:!t;"H II
dCkyn or told any ore, n"t even M0'.vs:
Itu understand what | am H2 a@>t'H:'~f
These ones were unSet: !esL'ni'I
Craig.
Mostly. not all
You would recognize some "t them
ii you saw Them?
Yes. indeed sons could b" changed
only by recruiting. Zen som" o: t:"Se
that were set were II: odd cut and Si%.--
some from diamond NECKLACE "n.SA
belonged TO "a
There was something peculiar in both
his tone and manner as he CT; short the
words.
To whom asked Kennedy casually
"Oh. once 10 well-known woman IN
society" he said carefully. 1t IS mine
though. now--tt least 1t was NM
should prefer 20 mention no. names
will give a description OF the stones.
Mrs. Lynn Moulton. ior instance.
suggested Craig quietly.
alarm had sounded under his very ears.
How did you know" IsSHhut II was 4
secret. l made larZs i"aa on II. ana
the time has expired
why did she need money SO badly
How Should know" demanded
SchlosS.
Carefully Craig was going over the o.
flee. Outside OF the safe. there had a2-
parently been nothing OF Waite. Y glass
door. around the bend OF Il partition.
opened from the hallway into the office
and had apparently been designed WIN
the object of making visible tn'- SAL
so; tina any one passing might 81" wh.th-
er an intruder was iam:-rtt;e with Il.
Kennedy had examined tn door. per-
haps in the expectation OK iindinS nm
ger prints there. and WAS pa>$ir- or I"
other things. when Il change IN ms posi-
ton caused his eye to eaten 4 larE" oval
smudSe on the glass. which was TlSlh!"
when the light struck II a. he riSl,t
angle. Quickly H. busted Il DER WIN
the powder, and brought 0Ut thH G"'atl
more clearly. AS l examined y. Will"
Craig made preparations IN cut nGt re
glass to preserve Z. IL $40 MEG I" coz
ain a number o: minute points ami &''v-
-eral more or less broken PARALLEL Inns.
Outside. we ran iDto city detective
Lieutenant Winters. the ottn,sr VII" WAS
stationed at the Maiden Lane post.
guarding that famous section OF t:f
Byrnes at Fulton Street, below which
no crook was supposed 10 dare even 70
be seen Winters had been detailed on
Winters seemed 70 be quite as skepti-
cal as Schloss had in;imated the public
would be.
Winters shrugged his shoulders. I've
been interested IN SchloSs, for sone
time" ne said enigmatically."
On the way TO the subway. We paused
again TO see SlcLear.
All most, extraordinary" rfmir?te;dl
Craig And the Guserest teatUt: OF all
mond necklace that belonged once -
Mrs Antoinette AIoultnn.*
McLear appeared s"m"wt;st nH:&.Ha'
Her husband is one q! Our Oh sHh.
on Wall Street and quite gem ""ii"c-.
tor. Last night his safe. was tamp"r"d
with. but this morning he reports no
loss"
ed the instrument to Craig.
Yes. this is Professor k"nn"dy. an
severed Craig. oh TOO had ynuvH hHH
to try all over to get RE. I've been 60
clews and have made good progress. con-
sideriug I've hardly started. Why
what's the natter Really?,'
An interval followed. during which
Mclean left TO answer personal call
AS Kennedy hung up the receiver. his
face wore q peculiar look. II was Mrs.
Noulton." he blurted OUT. She thinks
necklace IS paste
The paste replica is gone from her
wall safe.in the Luluxr, 49,.
Twenty minutes later found us in tho
office Of Lynn Mnulton. tho famous cor
poration lawyer in Wall street.
Moulton was a handsome man of past
fifty with a youthful face against his
iron gray hair and mustache. well dress
cd genial. a man who seemed k""nl% IN
love with the good things of lifH.
1T Is rumored." began hcnr"%E. that
an attempt was made on your safe h"rH
at the office last night"
Yes" he admitted. taking off mis-
glasses and polishing them carefully.
You lost nothing:
Kennedy in The face frankly.