Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-04-23

He Had Built a Secret Passageway.
and his pass-key would unlock every
door there was. And In addition to
all this
HE HAD BUILT A SECRET PAS
SAGEWAY.
We found 1t that night and ex-
plored it, familiarizing ourselves with
all its exits, greatly to the amazement
and confounding of German. Con-
Meeting with the service elevator by
masked opening, it ran along the hall
Of each apartment, with entrances
concealed in wall panels. 1t enabled
Granders to wander at will through
the apartments at night, leaving mys-
terious notes to terrify his tenants,
prying into the secrets hidden In their
wall safes, listening when he chose to
their most private conversations, ex-
aiming the contents of their pockets.
AS he had planned from the begin
ming, he gained In this way much in
formation that he was able to utilize
to his financial profit without arous-
ing suspicion. He had discovered,
Mrs. Moore said, secret stock market
movements one Of his tenants was
planning and had made small for
tune out of the advance information.
Several injudicious women he had
successfully blackmailed, turning over
to agents who never came near the
Granddeck the secrets he learned from
letters he opened and telephone con-
versations he had listened to.
In the case of Rufus CASTOR, he had
plotted to steal the CASTOR pearls
Mrs. Moore explained, first terrifying
the old couple into leaving the apart
ment, the whispers that had been
heard coming of course from the Sc
cret passageway.
But ! can't understand" / said
"why, after he had once got hold Of
the pearls In Mr.. Gaston's absence, he
should have restored them to their
hiding place"
HE had a duplicate made Of phony
pearls" explained. Mrs. Moore. at
was part of his plan not to have any
of the tenants discover the thefts for
a long time after they occurred"
"If he was so cautious" said the
district attorney, 81 am puzzled as to
why he killed Miss Lutan and Mr.
CASTOR. He must have realized that
both murders would be thoroughly In
vestigated."
Both were accidents, so to speak,"
the girl explained. Each of them
surprised him In their apartment, and
he had to kill them to make his get
away. | suppose he had been roaming
around so much he had got careless"
"How about the revolver" asked
German. "How did he come to plant
II in Nelson's roomT'
"He was puzzled by Mr.. Nelson but
ting in on the Bradford case, and II
made him sore. l heard him and Wick
talking about it one day, and he said
that he'd teach Mr.. Nelson not to In
terfere. 'HowT asked Wick. TIL
frame him for the goat II anything
happens.
"And was Il ne who had me dis
charged from my officer" I asked, Gag
erly.
"Sure It was. He wrote note on
Mr.. Gaston's stationery saying that
you had forged check after he had
befriended you. He wrote In the let
ter that he was not going to prosecute
you because Of your mother, but that
he felt that you were unworthy Of en-
ployment anywhere"
II believe" said the district attor-
ney. that that clears everything up.
except for one thing-why, Mrs.
Moore, did you aid him and Wick In
all these crimesT
"He promised that II l would help
him he would get Eddie out" she
cried. II was desperate. I'd do any
thing to get my husband back"
German and the district attorney
exchanged meaning glances. While
nothing more was said, / felt sure as
they departed that both were thinking
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