The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-15

advised. You're a corpse. you know
Only" he leaned forward and shook
finger reprovlngly-"you should re-
member when you're dealing with un-
scientific folk like Scotland Yard to
burn your dentists bills"
Mike stared blankly. Then shrugged
his shoulders resignedy. "Oh, all
right, Paxton" he said. You'll see
thisll be as big frost as the case Just
finished"
Il dom, understand" said Lourne.
NO" said Paxton. yet It's simple
enough. Mr. Michael Brean, who has
| just been carted away is Mr.. Mordaunt
Peck, who was burned TO death a,
Frenhurst and for whose murder Mrs.
Peck-whom by the way we know a,
Khaki Annie-is under arrest"
When its ajar, muttered Lourne.
was burned?" y
mo, its not a riddle. It's as simple
as A, B, {. is you'll listen We'd been
looking for Brean-Hungry Mike-ior
months on another case, but we lost all
trace OF him. In point OF fact he wa.
down at Frenhurst with Annie LAYING
for your people He was Peck. He
didn't show up where we were likley to
notice him till after the fire, and then
some hundreds OF miles from Frenhurst.
We hurried up TO the place and grabbed
him quiok-see3
We'll, II so happened that up at the
Yard they recognized the photograph OF
Mrs, Peck as Khaki Annie, who was
known as pal of Breans. That was
how ! happened to be pulled into the
Job
Now. Mike had me cold on this
other thing knew he was guilty. but
proving II was an entirely different
matter And what's more he knew tha,
we could do nothing Yet before he
knew exactly what we were after he
made an attempt 10 escape-a fact
which he wasn't so sure tha, we could
not get him
When they told me about this in
surance business az the yard, il was
as clear as MONDAY that he had had a
finger in IT. And there was matter
which hadn't anything to do with the
other case. bu, it CHANGED to put me
on the trail here Among some old pa
pers he'd torn up and thrown away at
Harrowtown was a dentists bill for
two sets OF false teeth, one item dated
three months back and the other i'm
mediately before the fire. ! suppose
that some people do have accidents to
their teeth, but II set me thinking, and
little conversation had with Mike in
his cell led me to feel pretty sure tha,
there had been no murder at all
Il sent man down to the dentist
and put other inquiries aioot and wen,
down TO FrenhurSt to have look
around Among other things, 20,
hold OF rib OF the late lamen,ed Peek
and sent II up TO town to be examined
by one OF the biggest surgeons we could
lay our hands on. He was able 10
point out that it was a bone from A
prepared skeleton built up by an ana,.
omist probably for the purpose, OF
demonstration.
Lourne opened his eyes Wild, "You
don't mean"
u do. OF course, had London ran
sacked until we found the place where
, it was bought. That was only a mat.
ter OF pushing inquiries And we found
the establishment The false teeth had
been a delicate touch Of Mikes. He,
like that He manage, thinY
. well, and " YOU people had leh inclined
|, to raise any question OF identity ,her,
were the teeth--hed carefully been tt
, some local dentis, TO make some tfiva
alteration to tbem--to confuse you
, Another thing was that down in IN,
! depths OF the country Mike had no
considered II necessary TO disguise him