Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-05

i CODltfUNts
THIS STARTS THE STORY
rrauk Spargo, London newspaper
.nr. returning home from 'oork secs
s'u"' .'oo men peering into corner OF an
sneyoaV III and finds there q murdered
aUS, Sn In his pocket is found the
c mm, "Ronah Breton, Barrister,
W;mo's Walk, Temple, London"
Pm nis;ou savs he does not knop the
Al his hotel he registered as
Mg"b mgnbu Warburv." He received one
..:,;toy a ,ceU- dressed man toith
pS "v heard. A man sitting neGt to
i WWosyburV ,chilo lobbying in the House
w lannon's tells of his ercitcment on
" onneurance of a ,1eu dressed man
mv I'M var q oroV .beard-Stephen AUlmore,
1T Wp Then left the House together.
nj. bofct Keeper erhibifs piece of
d,ooe dno N n diamond found in his room,
S.v uJ Inc matter testifes 10 horing seen
a.mber of such stones on mar
%,rw,s table tohile Aylmore tods piSt-
:"n 1m' him. Aylmore is risitcd and
Wy yn;is bapipg knonn the dead man.
Iu Ih"Jnore's daughter is engaged TO
nS, .,oyrv Breton, the adopted sou OF
H. Elnhick. Spdrgo receives Vislt
h.o,n The secretary TO a safe deposit
Tmrouu from ,ohom MdrbnrU rented
o'" "afc and deposited IN IL small
Latter bor, Official erdmindtiom IS
.oade of the bor, but IL is found 70 DC
"moiy AvImore is placed on trial.
Snaroo matches him keenlB for ne
ppdi Sad IDEAS about the ui!ness ,chich he
.,os most anxious to develop.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
u,uE folk who expected something i'm
1 mediately sensational in Mr.. Ayl-
,,oro,e evidence were disappointed. Ayl-
nore. having been sworn, and asked
snost;on or two by the coroner, requested
aaOrmssion to tell, in his own way,
rp"hat hc knew of the dead man and or
,biS @ sad affair; and having received that
nornission. he went on in a calm, un-
;n,nassioned manner to repeat precisely
what what he had told Spargo. 1t sounded
very plain, ordinary story. lie had
Known Nlarbury many years ago. lie
boI lost sight Of him for-oh, quite
! twenty years. He had met him acci-
dontailv in one of the vestibulcs of the
House of Commons on the evening pre-
eoGnp tbe murder. Marbury had asked
his advice, Having no particular duty.
and willing to do an old acquaintance
good turn, he had gone back to the
Anglo. Orient Hotel with Marbury,
bpd remained awhile with him in his
room @ examining his Australian dia-
monds. and had afterward gone out
with him. He had given him the ad-
vice he wanted; they had strolled across
waterloo Bridge; shortly afterward
they had parted. That was all he
Ane"' ~, ,,,;a s,,or,,o oror,,
ihe court tne puU''ti nPain ai,d,, 7.
oody tnere' hHsH nao,. o., v".a % t;n hoojl;,s
nad peeI III t.in., unu ,,,'.s s hod nnS,
tn,d ~ 'if Il ogoin having told II. he seemed
IN considcr that his next step was to
lOave tho boy and the court, and after
no-f,,nctorv oucstion or two from the
roroner and the foreman of the Jury
bo made n motion as if to step down.
p,,. e Aisuo suor"o AU n,ho had hoon aware since
tho herinnine of the inuuiry of the
nresenre Of n certain eminent counse!
p,bo ranresented thp Treasury. cocked
bis owe in that rentleman's direction,
and wos NOT surprised 10 see him rise
in his W we'll known, apparently indilfcr-
~ ~. Us fo-L;o,, g. liz n,nnnolo IN he ,.;rb,
eve eve and glance M at the TAU figure in tn the
.SFhe fun is going to begin" nut,
The Treasury representative looked
fror, A yImoro ~ tbo coroner and wadn
a ierliv how. from tbe coroner to AyI-
more and straightened himself.
Ue looked like n man who is going to
ask Indifferent oues tions abont the
s.;f o.a.' VI 'he "ta.nct, or INV "it''Lm e L /"
or H # ~h stockS ,S's sre s TtcIv 70 r;so or fai
But Spargo had heard this man before.
and he knew many giens of his in voice
and manner and glance.