Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-17


He knows who Crawford was ali
right. though he won't admit it. nor
mat he had the least suspicion the en-
eralds were the same the papers were
making such holler about when the
glri was held for trial and jumped her
bail. 1t seems that swell who gave
the name of Foster had sold him a
pearl necklace and some other Junk and
When crawford came he said Foster
hhd recommended him there. Crcvcling
had only meant to borrow those emer-
aIds from his wife, not steal them. for
ne arranged with Kosakoff to hold
them for three months and agree TO sell
them back to him for thirty thousand ::
ne must have been in tight suueeze
for he only got two thirds of what thqy
were worth. and then dug down for ten
thousand for Ilsas bail when his wife
was determined to send her up"
well, why wouldn't she be?'' Den
mis- asked. Did Hills wife make
sheep,s eyes at you that you can sec
only her side of it? 1t was tough luck,
or course, her being innocent and nil,
Dut Mrs. Creveling didn't know that
and you cant blame her for wanting
the thief punished.
McCarty shook his head.
III hot So sure, Denny. that twas
a matter OF principle with her so much
as projection. I've got an idea that
aI,Sr she started the rumpus about the
ROBBERY ana called in the police she got
more tnah suspicion of the truth; but
twas TOO late to back down from the
Stand she had taken and lisa was the
goat. Mrs. Creveling is n hard woman
with the hardness that comes only 70
W
them suffer and they don't take il RIGHT
There's some that tribulation mnkos
gentle and forbearing and some that if
turns to stone and she's tho last SORT
m thinking her husband broke her
heart and IL it hadn't been for her pridc
she'd have kicked him out long aro
iis not love for him now that's made
her so set on finding his murderer. but
other women have been the cause of her
suffering and she suspects some woman
IS at the bottom of his being shot. As
long as all this notoriety and scandal
nave been brought down on her any
way. she's going to find that other
woman and make her suffer. too. or |
miss my guess"
And she had never n word Of rc-
gret for all the harm she'd done lisa
when you told her the truth?
On, ycs.' McCarthy's lip curlcd.
1t her own lawyers that'll help duash
the indictment, and her own influence
through old Alexander that'n smooth
out the little matter of bail iumping
and handsome settlement she'll make
on both Hill and lisa. | took the sat
isfaction of warning her that the mat =
ter OF settlement might be decided by
the courtS~ff lisa brought action against
her and | limited that the both of them
more than suspected the truth. She'll
move heaven and earth to keep il from
coming out. of course. and | shouldn' t
wonder II them two was fixed for life. -
Twas grand bluff YOU handed her
about finding the man that made the
iakH emernldS. and thut he could prove
Crevellng brought the real ones to
him - Dennis remarked.
here did you get mold Of the fakes,
anywayT
II was not bluffing." McCarty re-
tortei with dignity. Where do you
suppose I've been the dav. after seeing
koSakoif of for the station house?
started to hunt up all the makers of
imitation junk in town and the fourth
one struck remembered the fine paste
cmeraIds de made and put in the orig
mai settings for u customer named Ed =
ward &. CrawfOrd--he did not show
much imagination in thinking up an
alias for himself did he? pulled out
4 picture Of Crcvclng that I'd cut
from the newspaper, but with tho name
torn off. and he said it was the same
man all right. kOSakoff. under pres
sure, had identified the same picture. "
but the fake emcralds?" persisted
Dennis. "Gou'd think after stealing
them away from his wife he would have
Lid them good until he was able 10
have them replaced by the real ones. -
'llc did, Denny. and that's why
twas easy enough to trace them" Me-
Carly rhuckl"A. "Of course ned not
leave them around the house or try to
hide them from AlcXandrrs : prying old
eyes in one of the Office safes and I
Gldn I size him up as the fellow Ia
trust ANYBODY much. especially in II case
lik" this. lie seemed to like the name
Crawford SIM" he'd used il twic nj e
ready. 50 ] got list of all the little
cut Of -thc-wny branch banks and trust
companies Whcrr they rented safety dc
poHit boxes and started out to look for
rnC that had been hired by Edward e.,
Crawford matter of two months ago.
Welt ! knew he wouldn't dare tackle
Hny OF th' big. prominent places. for
Eugene CrcvCliug' : face must be pretty
well known in banking circles. | sent
Martin to BrnOklyn and Yo,t to the
Bronx and checked ufr al the places
whcr" Crcvcling or his father %" .N!vl-
"ndcr had kept accounts. which mar
rOwed IN" search down. lot. In,urr-
tor Druct lent me one OF the i 'nam =
mrnt's cars and twas well he did. for
Where do YOU think | found what I wui
after? Over on Starca Island, no les.
at branch Of the Trndcsman'S and
Artisans Bank"
"Nou'vC the luck" declared Dem 5.
'i'ut who wnS this guy 'Fostr"' thnt
CrrVrling said had recommended him IL
thiS kosnkoff The one that sold II
pearl n1ckIarc|'
"Thcro'S no knowing. Eur it may
turn ont to be one Of the suckers whc
"ot cleaned Out ut Cutters poker table
"md sold some stuff b"langing to som,
woman of his family 10 cover his losses.
! figure out that he must huvc told
tr"N"Iing and that put the brilliant idea
int" his head. for he wasn't the kind tC
nix it un all by himself. "
welt, ll' say yOu worked Uu,ck."
commented Dennis, "A matte" OF
| twenty four hours and YOU We rIrnrrd
up what the best fellows in t'o drtcr
tive bureau haven't been able to do in
! two months, but you're no nearer vet
tC the man who killed Grey" ="
denny. for the love Of the saints.
will you put IN new record :" Me-
| Carty exclaimed in CXaSuCrarion Tncu
! he glanced at his watch aud rhurk1rd
onrc more. "Aud put on your rrguul
| clothCS wtlil" You Ur" about II. for It's
! a., a - /