Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-07

becu ccH kn0rn 10 "m ,,
govs--tlut Of an undcrslSod, ndtroW
suy sssuaywcd man rho disdppcnren ,m'o
.oiaiidl residence, bnt me suspec. to
vrUs instantly aud in m"Gh ps,lmroa
% lion. when pullcd aP og 1,cs m0.",s oas
me m"" ,Lnt he had "nothing TO DO
srearS S.tors ,"% in dcrcr' Clancy, tho
NitG ,o,;ceman on The beat. appears Gt
fsq, p"rctvre aud demands ",ohdts
ms ""'' "T're been trying TO get
oo,"V hin, what he did do " there,
oM y Oi,"c;Griv. "WeH take him along
10y sag6 6nS nd ont, Clancy declared briefly.
w" AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
. r1ER some search they located a
Ia ,asL toIcphone on the writing table
oeicd oid beneath bell shaped bronze
onCsunt md the policeman called ur
krnaui krnauoninct station house aud had the
s Pot;on of knowing that the message
a.isircI,d rOIayed to the borough headquar-
ersi sI,,s too big entirely for them to
ii. ." declared McCarty contempt
U,,. snS,u' when the other had hung up the
;Tsr louI;H "Ill put call through my
.W % general headquarters and tip
sn,, sm " of Maybe my old friend, In,
,or nen ~ Druet, might be there and could
.unen along up here before the gum :
pls from the bushes have a chance
IVA bSl, nm the game. It's highly irregu-
but I'm only private citizen now,
,ho grace of my unclc-may God rest
ki, soTl-and I'm free to do as ]
.blease." :.
tn Inspector Druct. seated at his
iesk In the homicide bureau. there pres
pntly came over the wire we'll known
voice. husky with ill-suppressed excite =
nent to-.
rlsimed In affectionatc banter. where
have you been keeping yourself, and
what are YOU doing this time of nightT'
"I'm mixing in high society, sir. y
kicCarty's tones were cautious.
"I'm in a grand private. house up on
the avenue, facing the park. just above
be third side entrance-of the park.
mean, sir-and there'll be quite n
little party here soon, I'm thinking.
Maybe you'd like to get in a little
ahead-'
"What is it? Where are you?' The
inspectors own tones had crisped.
MAC, have you tumbled headforemost
Into an0tner-!
"'Tis the house of Mr.. Eugene
Creveling sir; him they used to call
Million q month. jim Clancy is here
with me and a young crook we copied
BY the way but none Of the family
seems to be at home except himself
pnd We found him with bullet in his
heart from an army gun"
"l'll be with you," the inspector
said briefly and the two receivers
clicked in unison.
ut would never have been known
until heaven knows when IL you hadn I
nsbbed this bird here" Clancy spoke
with reluctant but irrcpressible hon :
esty. "By the keys Of Saint Peter,
Mac. you've pulled off more stunts since
you left the force than when you were
on It First that girl who was flung
put the window Of the Glamorgan and
then the other one that was strangled
In the crime museum--'
"Twas Terhune, the great scientific
detective, that got at the truth in the
irst case and the inspector himself who
did the work in the other" McCarty
Remarked with dignity. II just poked
around like the old has been am,
But there comes the bus from the Dor :
ough headquarters, and you'll be doing
me favor, Clancy, IL you'll just forget
I'm here until you're asked to tell what
you know of it oil. I'd like to snoop
around bit on my own account till
the inspector gets here"
How do we know it isn't suicide.
anyway demanded Clancy, as the
platter OF the police gong grew louder
ch tne air and his companion made for
Because there are no powder marks
mat | saw" McCarty replied sue
cnctly. IF he'd held that cannon
against his breast and fired it tho
powder would have been sprinklcd all
over the front Of him."
AS the automobile from the borouyh
headQuarters drew up before the door
McCarty lodged into the room next n
lne study, II proved to be a breakfast ST
room and tho -roundsman wbistIod
toltly to himself as he cautiously closed
.he do9r after finding and turning on
,ue val switch. which made the single
ow Ight over the table burst into n
golden glow. '''o "
me table was laid for two and tho
emalhS OF n supper were spread unon
while an empty quart champopno
ou.t'e stood upon the floor and second
ta ne repoSrd IN the cooler. in the bot :
s,iii n OF which n small quantity of ice
e"t remained unmelted.
Mclarty's brows knit at the sight of
w. Snu u" pulled out his watch.
quarter to 81 he muttered tho,
sauHeu sa,, his attention to the table II.
tonoh h9e food upon one plate was scarcely
to.OI tUucned' but bread crumbs wore scar,
seneu all about it and the vino glass
soaon "S Empty, On the other bond tho
frSond frSo Plate had been cleaned snvo for
tbas half Il roll Law beside II and
ra.n s'aSS was half full of dead cham =
cost"i. N"ar at hand was an osh trnv
sro,bn'hs the stub of n cigarette onJ
y'ner sv in nhSmoked but broken in two
Mnn1rn,me ,me center Of the table,
nos, iuItE was turning away whom oI-
rno v'' I'm inmorddcd in the heavy pilo Of tbo
3cI"so' Just beneath the end of tho clotE
tbjna I" o0 tn% champagne bucket soma c' :
Inn % ,uuEht mis- eye. It was n brokcn
|Cigoro,tnaI Jumper from the mouthpiccc of a n
|sbNmoIooer,i inoIder, He picked il IN and
Tbo tIIhN .,,hN put 1t in his pocket.
ftor cana n"'.u'I purring Of second mo
&brsakfos, 10 ms ears and he left Tho
the rotmrda o"om and, hurrying across
IpsroCctton,n 'Cto,oa, flung open tho house door "T'
steps. N WIS descending the
super9m",,in rGMr in' sir," McCarty urged
borough 6r'"S,E, ScodoIho Iho men are here from
hoIdi6r . "rndluarters and they aro
where NIr u grand r session in the room
|was Mr. Groy rryeIing was killcd-if if
lie IaJ t., ,F"VcIing himself" "
brcakfoY, "h former superior into the
table. room and pointed to tho
of the famiIrr firr n IN" servants and the rest
people hod nd, .,m, nnve got to, there was two
can see, sir Pt,r n h"r" tonight, as you
botSea saSea and pleased. too OWN intora Mns con
TIner SooT much with his wjno "'Ihr"s'cd h"s to
.TUtod sVO1 meal, though som"tbinm % Omt ate ate
EIp'eo him before hn fniaii'g inter