The Arizona copper camp., 1920-07-10
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THE STRANGE CASE Of CAVENDISH
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manded FarrlSS. "CaVendiSh, sup
pose?'
The two nodded Their eyes were
alight with enthusiasm.
'In the first place." said the girl,
with grave emphasis, 'Frederick
Cavendish did not die intestate as sup.
posed. He left a Will"
Farriss bIinked. "Thafs interesting.
There was no evidence of that before. y
81 got that from the servants of the
College club" Willis interposed.
The will was drawn the night before
the murder. And the man that drew
it was Patrick Enright, of Enright and
Dougherty. Cavendish took away a
copy of it in his pocket. And, Mr..
Farriss, 1 got something else, too
Enright and young John Cavendish
are in communication further. / saw
him leaving Y'nright'S Office all excited.
Following my hunch, cultivated Miss
Healy, Enrignt's stenographer and
learned that the two had an alterca-
ton and that it was evidently over
soma document"
Stella Donovan began speaking now !:
Celeste La Rue, the blonde of the
Revue, has got some kind of hold on
John Cavendish. It isn't love, either
it's something stronger. He jumps
when she holds the hoop"
LA Rue's mixed up in this deeply,
tOo," Willis cut in. "While she was
playing with young Cavendish and
seeing him almost daily, the lovely
Celeste was also in communication
with-guess who!''
''Enright?" Farriss ventured.
Exactly -Enright," he concluded
lighting his half-smoked cigarette
WELL" the city editor tapped his
desk; ''you two have done pretty WELL
SO far. You've got considerable dope
Now, what do you make of itY'
"It may be a dream" Willis said
smiling, "but here is the way I stack
it up. The night after ne quarreled
with John, Frederick Cavendish called
in Enright and made a will, presum-
ably cutting John off with practically
nothing.
Immediately after Frederick's de-
parture, Enright calls Cartons cafe
and talks to John Cayendish. who had
been dining there with. Celeste La Rue.
1t is reasonable to suppose that he
told him of the will. Less than five
hours afterward Frederick Cavendfsh
is found dead in his apartments.
Again it is reasonable to suppose that
he was croaked by John Cavendish,
who wanted to destroy the will SO that
he could claim the estate.
'"The dead man is buried, and John
starts spending money like water.
One month later he receives a letter
asking him to call at Enright's office.
what happened there is probably
this: Young Cavendish was informed
of the existence of the will, and it was
T, offered to him at a price which he
couldn't refuse to pay-just then.
perhaps he was frightened into
signing a promise ito pay as soon as
he came into the estate-tricked by
Enright. John Cavendish may be in
nocent, or he may be guilty, but one
thing is certain-he's being badgered
to death by two people, from what
little we know. One of them is the
La Rue woman; the other is Enright." +"
Farriss sat refiecting deeply, chew
ing the stem of his dead pipe.
There's one thing that conflicts
with your hypothesis. Valois' state
ment that he was almost positive that
the dead man was not Cavendish."
81 now believe Valois is mistaken,
in view of developments" said Willis
with finality. $50 does SteIla-Miss
Donovan, I meano Remember the
body was charred across the face
and chest-and VaIois was excited"
Farriss was silent moment.
''Stick to it while longer" he rap
ped out; land get La Rue and Caven-
dish together at their meeting place. if
you can discover it."
"We can!" interjected Willis. "It's
Steinway's cafe, the place where the
police picked up Frisco Danny and