Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-06-10

I'm AFRAID there 49, | explained
II took her out to dinner last night. to
the White Room. The house detective
while she was off telephoning, prnc.
tically ordered me out of the place be.
I vas with her. She's notorious,
Her husband is Lefty Moore, u well,
known burglar. He's in Sing Sing
now. Detective German arrested him
He ought to know"
"Oh. the poor girl" exclaimed Miss
Bradford, tears yelling up in her eyes
In so sorry for her"
But think of your sister. Think
what they are trying to do with Miss
Kelly's aid"
But how do you know she's aiding
them?"
II don't know 1t. But l do know that
nobody could pull Off all the things
that have been happening In the
Granddeck without some one there
helping them. We've found sOmeOne
used to helping c%riminals-a criminals
wife. Isn't that enough? All we need
" wv INV &c W Ntttb Hti NipSCiy
and fasten the thing on her"
"How are you going to do that?"
"Thnt's why / insisted on your com
ing here today. l am to meet Detective
German Mt three. l feel that he could
aid us, and l think we ought to tell
him everything"
Tell the policew Her face grew
white at the thought. wouldn't that
meal a scandal-the newspapers and
oil that sort Of thIngT"
l shook my head decisivcly.
"GOrman's not with the police now.
He Is employed as n hotel detective.
But ne is Just the man we need to help
us. He knows all about criminals and
how to track them. With his aid we
can quickly clear the whole thing up
Evil you have to tell him every
thing-about Claire's marriage?"
We've either got to tell him every.
thing or nothing"
ooh, how l wish we did not have to.
The more people there are who know
about things the more likely they are
to become public"
yet you trusted me with your sis,
ter's secret"
She gave me a quick glance of con-
fdence.
You're different"
I'm afraid most people would not
agree with you. They would regard
me as q worthless, discradited young
fellow out of Il job"
but it's not your fault"
1.-THE point is" | went on, that we
have reached a place where we need
expert ndvi"e. German has fortuitous-
ly turned up to give it. The only way
Is to tell him everything"
For Il moment she debated the mat
ter silently, her pretty forehead puck
cred in thought.
Eyes" she said at last, 81 n
1t Is the only way. But won't he want
a lot of money for his se~rvices?"
I'll attend TO that" answered.
I'll make my great-uncle reward him
handsomely for recovering the CASTOR
Jewels"
"If he does"
"He must. We've got to get them
back"
From her handbag She produced
the anonymous letters she had re-
ccived and handed them T., me.
"Will you want to show the detective
thescT"
"Ies, l think l had better. The
whole tale sounds so prcpGsterOus that
l need every bit of cOrrOborative evi.
dence we can muster"
For half an hour we fingered Over
the table, discussing all the aspects Of
the case. Eventually I think | per-
suaded Miss Bradford that the evil
dence pointed most damningly to the
telephone girl as one of the %conspira-
tors or ut least one of their aides. She
was eager to know what plan of action
German would advise and as we part
ed we arranged to be at our adjoining
windows at ten that evening in order
that We might have another chat.
l found German waiting for me at
the place he had mentioned.
II told you that girl was a bad one"
was his greeting.
"What do you mean?" I cried.
"What have you learned about herr"
Nothing except that the address
she gave you last night was phony.
The number she gave is the hospital
grounds'--he pronounced it "hors-
pital."
"Where does she live, them"
"She's keeping that under cover.
She shook the taxi at Fifty-ninth and
Third"
"And the number she called up
the private number-did you find out
about thatf".
"Sure, that was easy. It's one Of
the apartments in the Granddeck-
Henry Kent's. Who's he?"
II heard of him. I'll try to
find out, though"
81 would, bur be careful how you
go asking questions around the place.
The Moore ora may have a pal.
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