The Washington herald., 1921-02-01

nation CLEANED from any one girl
would not be worth little. that
which all of them had picked up.
II properly pieced together, prob
ably would give a fairly intimate
picture Of the inside workings of
Ramborne's business over the en-
tire period of ten months.
Harvey Hunt made the rounds of
the typewriter agencies and. schools
and inspected their records to get
the names of the girls thev had
sent to Ramborne & Co. He argued
that the girls themselves would be
very likely to bear a grudge against
Ramborne for discharging them
without apparent cause, and so they
would be willing to talk.
1t happened as he expected. 1t
took a long time to trace them all.
Some had left the city. But in the
end, piecing all their observations
OF RambOrne together he got a
splendid description of the man and
his mannerisms and habits, and
learned that he had sent registered
letters about which he used to be
much concerned to a certain ad-
dress in Wichita
Relatives of Ramborne were
found at this address They were
watched, and through them Ram
borne eventually was trailed to his
hiding place.
Names Without Owners.
Tell me, Hunt, do you know
anything about Solly Bernbein?"
exploded Dan Harrison, of the at
torney generals office, bursting in
on the private investigator.
Il know him by sight and some
thing of his record" admitted
Harvey Hunt. "Why?"
IF you can find that gang of girls
that's stealing silk for him I'm your
friend for life. You know ne,
Hunt. don't often have to call for
help, but this things got me stump
ed. Here's guy who's got at least
thirty-nine or forty girls circulat-
ing around pulling off silk thefts.
I've got the names of all of them,
and I'll be everlasting slambanged
if We can locate one of them"
suppose you tell me more about
it, Dan" suggested the investigator.
How did you get the list?'
Copies of kilograms" Harrison
elucidated. Here's one" He hand
ed over a yellow slip on which Hunt
read:
See If Flora Murphy has any
habutRis- Need two bolts"
That telegram was sent by Sony
to his wife in Cincinnati It's Just
like all the rest, except the others
mention the names of different
girls, and different kinds of amounts
of merchandise For instance,
here's one he sent Bertha-that's
his wife, you know-asking her 70
drop off at Columbus on her way
East and see how Molly King is
"hXed on georgettes." But I give
you my word, Hunt, we had Bertha
Bernbein trailed, and she didn't do
a darn thing but get off the train
at Columbus, check her trunk, buy
her lunch and get on the next train
East There was a man within if
teen feet of her the whole time,
and she didn't talk to a soul or
call up anybody on the phone. It's
the same way every city she stops
in. Doesn't talk to a soul. Checks
her trunk in and out, goes to her
hotel, eats her meals and travels
on to another city"
Pretty interesting" commented
Harvey Hunt.
VIII you Work with me on the
Case?' asked Harrison.
Hunt unused a moment.
Il don't think it will be neces-
sary, Dan," he said. You're Just
wasting your time trying to trail
a bunch of girls when there aren't
any ginls. Now here's a tip for you,
See il this isn't the way they're
covering up their tracks. II it is
you can manage getting the rest of
the evidence together yourself"
And Harvey Hunt explained to
Dan Harrison how Solly and Bertha
Bernbein were acting as receivers
Of stolen goods and keeping these
goods concealed while they juggled
them around the country.
Do you know how they did it'll
The answer viii appear tomorrow.
(cs2yrixht. 1891, By Public LeaxAs cs.O