Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-09
&C o n t i n u e d.


but few days, and although hardly a
word of love had passed between us.
knew that her feeling for me already
was something greater than friendship.
] knew that she trusted me and that
she would remain faithful in her af-
lection for me. no matter what &C
cusatiops were brought against me.
had been madly In love with her from
almost the first time saw her. What.
ever happened. I must keep her out
of II. l must find some means OF
warning her to say nothing to any one.
l knew that her first impulse as soon
as she heard of my arrest would be
TO come to my rescue, regardless OF
the fact that In establishing an alibi
for me she would he blasting her own
reputation. Under no circumstances,
even II ] was convicted. must she be
permitted TO speak. No explanation
can account for the presence OF
a young girl alone In mans rooms
at eleven O'Clock at night. even
though she and ! both knew how ut
terly undeserving of censure her
presence there was and how important
had been her motive In coming there.
Mention of Barbara's name In any
way In connection with a murder case
would he certain TO wreck her sisters
matrimonial plans. II would mean
the ruin of her mothers ambitions and
the unmasking of the parlous condi'
ton Of their finances. II would mean
that the reproaches of her mother and
sister would he heaped on my Bar
bara's poor head.
was still unsatisfied In my own
mind as to just what part Claire Brad
ford was playing In the web Of mys-
terry about us. She was emotional and
Eighty. given to doing rash things.
felt that there was a strong POSSIBLE
ity that relations with her ex-husband
had been In some way re-established.
I felt Mt times that she was being used
as tool by the cOnspirators In the
Granddeck mysteries II Claire was
involved In any way, II behooved the
to move carefully lest she should be
betrayed In my efforts to clear my
self
There was nothing for me to do but
to sit tight and take my plight as
philosophically as could until / could
get in touch with German. AS soon
as II was morning. bribed a jail at
tendant TO bring me a morning news
paper. On the first page I found an
account of the murder under glar-
IL
tense interest. my conviction growing
with each line that l read that the
police case against me was far better
backed up than / ever imagined II
could be.
Then and there ! made up my mind
purely circumstantial evidence. No
one knew better than l how utterly
innocent was of that crime, how up
right my conduct in New York had
been, and how honest my motives for
all my recent actions had been, yet
this Is what I read In the newspaper
BURGLAR MURDERS WELL
KNOWN ACTRESS
Miss Daisy Lutan Found Mysteriously
Shot In her Luxurious Apart
ment In the Granddeck.
Marks on Throat Where
Murderer Had Clicked Her
Police Arrest John s. Nelson, a Clerk
Out of Work, In Whose Rooms
They Found a Revolver.
Daisy Lutan, an actress, whose mat
rimonial affairs recently brought her
much notoriety. was found last night
murdered In her apartment In the
Granddeck. She had been instantly
killed by q bullet wound through the
heart, and there were marks on her
throat where her assailant had tried
to choke her. John s. Nelson, a clerk
out of work, who had been acting as
csretaker for one of the tenants ir
the building. was arrested.
There was blood on his coat wher
Detectives Cullen and Edwards took
him prisoner, and they found In his
room a revolver with one chamber
empty hidden under a pile of shirts
In the dresser.
The apartment Nelson Is occupying
Is directly above that of Miss Lutan
The police theory Is that Nelson lei
himself into the apartment by swing
ing down from his window. and tha
Miss Lutan. returning Unexpectedly
found him ransacking her rooms.
The crime was discovered by James
Wick, superintendent Of the apart
ment house, who was In the elevator
when he heard screams followed by
shot. Getting out of the elevator Il
investigate he found Nelson at tn
door Of the Lutan apartment.
Nelson glibly explained that he ha,
heard a shot and was trying to SCI
where It had come from. Mr.. Wick
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