The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-10
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WILLIAM
JOHNSTON
UopyI1eht By Little, Drown = ca.
CHAPTER XlV-Contjnued,

/ "OAluClCu ~ what IL Lulkut DC uuCs
Was It because she feared the conse-
quences Of the revelation as to her
identity, or was 1t that she feared she
might be trapped by his questions?
"Now tell me, Mrs. Moore" he shot
at her expiosively. "who really muir
dered Daisy Lutan?'
Henry Kent" she answered quick
iy, before the district attorney had
time to stop her.
whats this?" exclaimed the Judge.
what did you sayy
Object! object!" vociferated the
district attorney, striving in vain to
catch the attention of the Judge pre-
siding. McGregor. apparently we'll
satisfied with the results of his ques-
ton, stood there, smiling assurance
at ne.
"Ysung woman" directed the Judge,
will you kindly repeat your last
statement--louder. Who did you say
killed Daisy Lutan?"
The girl turned to face the Judge.
Her lips were set rs IL she had deter
mined to carry out some fixed plan,
cost what 1t might.
Daisy Lutan," she repeated, twas
murdered by Henry Kent, who owns
the Granddeck. He's really Orville
Granders, the bank president who got
away with eight hundred thousand
dollars and vas sent up for seventeen
years."
There was a cOmmotion in the rear
Of the courtroom. A dapper little old
gentleman with neatly trimmed white
whiskers rose hastily and made a
dash for the door. German, who had
beer sitting behind him. sprang after
him and pinioned him by the arms:
Nothing doing, Granders. I've got
YOU
Wick. sitting up near the counsel
table, at the same time showed evil
dence that he, too, was contemplating
hasS flight, but a husky chap whom
suspected OF being one of Germans
aides, seized him. too.
"YOur honor" cried my counsel, 81
demand the issuance OF warrants at
once for Orvilie Granders. alias Henry
Kent, and his confederate, James VIII
son, alias James Wick and 'Stuffy
jim On the charge Of having muir
dsfed Daisy Lutan and Rufus CASTOR.
l further urge the immediate release
OF my client, Mr.. Spalding Nelson, In
my custody. Testimony that we al
ready have obtained will establish
that he was an innocent victim OF the
d~Astardly plots Of these two ex-con-
v3ets."
The reaction that came from this
sudden clearing Of my name left me
IN a puzzled daze from which / hard
II recovered until late that evening.
when. once more free, l found myself
In the CASTOR apartment. Granders,
his tool, Wick, and practically every
employee Of the Granddeck were un-
der arrest. and warrants were out for
other members Of the band whose
identity had been revealed by the for
mer~teiephone girl.
And there in the apartment with me
were my mother, German, McGregor-
and to my surprise and delight, Bar
bara Bradford. After her sisters
wedding. It appeared. Barbara's moth
er had gone away for q brief rest.
leaving her alone in the apartment
with the servants. She had welcomed
the opportunity to work undisturbed
on the mystery that had landed me be-
hind the bars. Thinking that at Rufus
GastoA's funeral she might pick up
some clue that would be Of service in
unraveling the tangled skein that held
her and me together, she had gone
thither, and seeing my mother there,
and suspecting at ono who she might
be. had introduced herself. Quickly
they had become Good friends and she
1t was who had informed my mother
Of my plight.
Present also with Us. despite the
iateness Of the hour. was the district
attorney and two Of his aides, and
Nellie Kelly, or u she much preferred
10 be called, ArA Moore. The girl was
techaicaily . prisoner. but her services
In bringing the real criminals to book
had been "a exceptional that she had
been released on her own recogniz-
ance Hither shc had been brought
that TIE district attorney might check
Up WITH her the marvellous tale Of
criminal conspiracy that she had m
folded 20 my counsel In the brief re-
cess Of the court that day.
Orvf1le Granders. Il appeared. had
been the master-nind that had direct
"a ~ the plotting. A scose OF years
before be had been president Of one
q the metrop0lis' biggest hanks. He
had beea discovered to have embeE
sied nearly ! million dollars. He had
been tried and sentenced to seventeen
yeorg if~apTfssumeDt. but no one ever
had been able to and what he had
done With tho mensy. 70 safely had he
1ll1dea n saway.
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ss1ne dnliy Win crimiaals o. the worm
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