Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-05-21
CHAPTER VII-continued.

AN lAC uuIuDer Sue CdlleO up
the private number-did you find out
about that?"
Sure, that was easy. It's one of
the apartments in the Granddeck-
Henry Kent's. Who's ha?
II never heard of him. I'll try to
find out, though"
Il would, but be careful how you
go asking questions around the place.
The Moore woman may have q pal.
They generally work in palrs."
The ease and celerity with which
German had learned all these things
about the girl impressed ne greatly,
and I said as much. He received my
compliments with a deprecating wave
of the hand.
Nothing to it, boy, when you know
the ropes. But last night you told
me you had taken the girl out to try
70 pump something out Of Ter. What
vas it? What's doing?"
From beginning to end [ told him
he whole story in all of its perplex-
2lg details, starting with the day that
AANN A(NNANOu AAS 1NuluS
note that had led to the chance meet
ing with Miss Bradford, bringing in
my discharge and the disappearance
of the CASTOR pearls, and explaining
what made me think these facts were
in some way involved with the at
tempt to blackmail the BraGfords.
what do you make Of it?" 1 asked
as / ended my narrative. "Who do
you think is at he bottom of it?"
Il don't think" he retortcd. "In our
business it does not pay to think too
quick. You're apt to convict the wrong
party"
But you must think something"
protested
81 think" he said slowly and medi.
tatively, "that there's a lot of crooked
work going on-Fll say that much
And you and Miss Bradford's pretty
close to being the center Of it."
"What can we do about it?"
There's a way I learned from 6
lawyer that amt bad. He'd take his
client and put him in the center of 6
big circle with lines running in all di
rections = alibi, insanity, mistaken
identity, no proof of guilt, lack Of
Jurisdiction, escape on legal technical
ity-he'd mark out every possible de
fense. Then he'd follow each line ou
and see where it led and what pla1
the opposing lawyers would be likel.
to spring on him. Generally he go
his man Off"
81 don't quite see how that applies.
"You don't, eh?"
He traced an imaginary circle witt
his forefinger on the table in the littl
back room where we were sitting.
Here's you and Miss Bradford il
the center, surrounded by a lot of mys
terious deviltry. Well make two cir
cles. This inside one is the thing
that have happened to both of you
the wall safes opened, the paper
stolen, the pearls gone, the anonymou
notes, the blackmail threats, the los
of your job, the voices you've heard
Now on this outer circle We'll mar
down all the people wh0 might b
mixed up il these things-mind ye,
say only might be. First, there
Lefty Moore's woman-we know She
crook. Then who do we know tina
knows her? There's at least two
Mr.. Wick, the superintendent tha
hired her, and this Mr.. Henry Ken
whose apartment she telephoned tt
Then there's all the rest Of the help
the house. Any one of them might b
her pal. Then there's the fight
Bradford girl"
"You don't suspect her, do your"
cried, Mortified at the prospect of hi
investigation taking this turn.
"Be easy" he retorted. I'm nc
suspecting anyone. I'm only putin
them down. There's the Bradfor
girl and her ex-husband. He's a bi,
amist and that makes him a crool
Those two men you saw in the parl
one of them with a scar on his face
we'll run them down. You know
rafe the scar-faced man goes to, s
that's a start. There's the man WI
! shadowed you-would you know hi
: again if you saw him?"
I / shook my head doubtfully.
q I'm afraid not" 1 admitted, "yc
e see"
b "Don't bother to explain. You eith
d would or wouldn't, and that's all v
need to know now. There's old M
CASTOR and his wife. It's queer abo
their ducking out so suddenly al
t. leaving no address, but maybe they
le only scared. Let's see who else
D. there-the Bradford servants and Il
old mans, the old washerwoman-
and the families who live in the hous
We've got the circle pretty we'll CO
u cred, haven't wei"
ID More and more had begun to a
preciate how valuable the services
an experienced detective would
likely to be in helping to solve t
O. mystery.
g Look here, Gorman," 1 said, "w
can't yoa take charge of this case