Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-04

thisf In who did tho job. 1t might have
been . one man job. but + could have besn
done more easily by two I,sople. the money
and the jewels passed on to Z confederate
who would take care Of the money and dis-
pose Of the jewels
The Brant-Oiwin theft made q great stir.
but. except for the questioning to which
MrA Dunbarton-Kent and Haslett subjected
svery ono in Kent House, the Kent House
theft has been kept dead quiet. Tho family
couldn't afford to advertise the thing. and
tho servants were frightened stin for fear
they might get mixed up In It.
It's been an abominabls situation. the
family knowing who had committed the
thefts. and at the Same time detectives hired
to protect Breck. to protect the family nams.
and the servants with no idea Of who did It.
but In deadly terror that they might be
accused.
Mrs. BrantOlwin has detectives search
ing for her jewels. and Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent
u doing her best to keep suspicion from
being directed to Breck. She's afraid to send
him away from Kent House for fear he may
bring suspicion upon himself. and at the
same time she loathes the sight Of him
she's not the kind who enjoys shielding .
criminal. Only clever thief would plan for
tust such situation. to rob his family and
at the game time be protected by them.
Only patient naa7 could wait quietly until
the thing blows oveS and he can leave Kent
House with nothing proved against him and
sum of money laid by to tide him over
until he can lay claim to several miliona
Breck's both clever and patient. Mrs. Dun
barton-Kent accused Breck of having stolen
her hundred thousand. and he denied 1t ~
cody as could be. She and Haslett talked
to him again when the Brant-Olwin theft
was known, and he took 1t calmly, denied It
In the same way. Nobody else In Kent
House has said a word to him about 1t; evan
West left tho matter TO MrA Dunbarton-
Kent and Haslett
But the whole family feel ~ Il thay
ware on tho edge Of = precipice: expecting
any minute that Breck will do something
which will bring suspicion on himself; that
he viii be arrested for t. Brant-Olwtn
theft: that the theft Of the hunesed thousand
win leak; that their shielding 4 criminal um
come out. Your coming to Kant House sawa
them q scare. MrA Dunbarton-Kent ~
afraid not to keep you. for they rero certain
that Mrs. Brant-Ofrdn or some S1tectfve Of
hers had sent you.
"Haslett had two theories: first, that you
might be an Innocent looking detective in
Mrs- Rrant-Olwtn's employ or that you might
be connected In some way with Breck. GER
tainly that you were mixed up In the thing
IN some way. Haslett had you looked up,
and meantime there wasn't minute when
you weren't watched by the detectives she
has about the place. They gave Breck op-
portunides to talk to you, and he wouldn't
take them. Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent stuck to
1t that you were Just what you said you
were. and 30 did West West insisted that
some one who looks Ike Mrs. BrantOfwin,
some friend OF MrA Dunbarton-Kent's. was
tickled at the idea Of your proposing to drive
huge thing Ike krA Dunbartoh-Ken
about, and sent you to hef ~ 3oke. But
Haslstt looked you mp thoroughly. and. since
the Smith incident. he grants that he was
overly suspicious West believed IN yuu