Evening star., 1921-08-17

that he'd followed your instructions,
but no trace OF the woman was found.
Martins watching the fat and I'll
see that both he and Yost are re-
lieved in the morning by the most
reliable men connected with the bu-
reau. Wen wait bit to see II the
woman tries to communicate with
Hill and then gather him in"
On charge of murder, sir?" Nc
Carty's tone was respectfully inquir-
ing. but there was a skeptical quality
in it that made the inspector raise
his eyebrows.
"of course! We've got the motive
now. l thought before that it might
nave had something to do with black
mail. but it's revenge. He's infatu-
ated with the girl and whether she's
! term In prison. for the evidence
against her together with the fact
| That she jumped her bail would make
any jury in the country convict her
without leaving the box. Remember,
ilt was Creyeling's testimony before
the magistrate which was most dam
aging to her. proving it to have been
virtually impossible for any one
else to have taken the jewels. 1 sup
pose she and Hill both held it against
Creveling and we can't tell the de-
! tails yet Of what happened last night,
but they must have had violent
quarrel for the man to have shot his
employer"
Wait one second, sir" McCarty in
terposed quietly. II didn't start work
! ing on this case tonight when 1 first
teiephoned to you. but from the min
ute you took me on, and there's q
lot you haven't heard yet. Some of
II would seem to point to Hill being
! guilty. but there's more that he
couldn't have had a hand in. and
us beyond reason that all those So
cletE folk would put themselves out
! Shield him." repeated the in
| Inspector. with a frown. What do
you mean? What society folk, Mac?"
The whole kit and Doodle of them
McCarty waved his hand expressively.
o.p az the Creveiings' friends except the
or trying to hide something and hold
! out on us, or I'm q Dutchman, But
| there's one thing: Hill was in the
house long before he showed himselr
at the door of the breakfast room,
, and when you and me were going
through the rooms upstairs and YOU
/ laughed at me, sir, for seeing and
| hearing things. ] was. If I'm not
mistaken. twas Hill heard down IN
| Crevelins's room when We were up
In the servants quarters and Hill q
SHADOW l saw on the stairs"
| He told in detail of his second and
solitary search Of the rooms upstairs
ana the discovery that the desks in
| Creveling's room and that Of the
housekeeper had been tampered with
spector Druet nodded emphatically.
That only makes it more certain.
Mac. We won't have much trouble in
sending Hill to the chair"'
Maybe not. sir McCarty acqui-
esced. noncommittally.
| Did you find that pair Of gloves on
him that asked you to look for when
you got him down here?"
| They were taken from his coat
pocket at the station house and that's
another strong bit of evidence against
! him. for they are stained and reeking
with oil-oil from the pistol that kill
| ed Creveling!"
Perhaps the same kind Of oil that
| was used to clean the gun if it was
Creveling's own. sir. and the can left
gested. THE oil might have been used
| on those desk locks. Anyway, wha,
has the girl lisa and the jewels to do
| with playing card?'
! He produced the bloodstained nine
! Of diamonds and laid it before his
Where the devil did you get this,
Macr'
"Under theedse of the strip of cover
| on the table right beside where the
1
planned the circumstances and added:
III Hill fired that shot. whatever
| would he be doing with that lone
! card. and why would George Alexan-
! der be in league with him? Didn't you
see the looks that passed between
away for q quiet word together? The
old man wants to keep something
dark. and tits not to save Hill from
punishment for numbering his own
partner and meal ticket"
mo. 1t was to prevent notoriety. il
anything" the inspector remarked
you must have noticed how ready he
was to accept the suicide theory which
i he had first rejected. when he saw
to what lengths his niece was pre-
pared to go to learn the truth: II ne
doesn't actually know of any scandal
in Creveling's immediate past he mus,
suspect it, and rather than have il
| unearthed, as it was bound to be II
we hadn't SO promptly discovered the
identity of the murderer. he preferred
to let sleeping dogs lie"
$50 do the rest of them, it seems
Wait. sir. till you hear"
McCarty gave the gist of his inter
Views with Douglas Waverly. Mrs
Kip, Miss Frost. the Fords and Mich
olas Cutter. but when he had con-
cluded the inspector shook his head.
Whatever reasons they may have
for holding out on you as you sus-
lpect, Mac, it isn't because Of guilty
knowledge Of the murder. By your
own showing the Fords. Cutter and
Waverlys have established alibi:
which no possible circumstantial evil
dence could shake. and you haven't 9
thing to connect Mrs. Kip with the
affair. You can take what that ex-
chaperone of hers said about her with
a grain Of salt: the old woman wal
mad enough at being sent packing te
have sworn Mrs. Kips life away. III
Iwaeer, and at that she could tel
nothing discriminating. You'll find
that Mrs Kip's little mystery, what.
ever it may be. is her own affair"
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