Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02

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On tho bed was the missing man,
Iforikawa
OF this thing. Cunningham's encm,e.
couidn.t be his enemies, too, do you
More likely he knew too much an
mad to be got out Of the road"
Yes, but Sanborn stopped.
trowning. while he worked out what
after yore uncle. Where was he willie
tho police were hunting for him every =
where, II he knew somethin' why
didn he come to bat with it? What
was hc wnitin' for? An II the folks
that finally bumped him off knew he
didh aim to tell what he knew. whyfor
did, ala n, they figure they had to get rid Of
II cant answer your questions right
on the reel. Cole. Mebbe I could guess
at one or two answers, but they likely
wouldn't { be right. F'r instance. I could
guess that he was here in this room
from the time my uncle was killed till
he met his own death"
In til is room?"
,'"S''' NhaI !iOTe, eouc
s,,rr,,;as on" KneW ne was here an kept him
"Who?'
'lf !! could tell you that ! could tell
you who killed him." answered Kirby
with a grim, mirthless smile.
"How do you know all that?"
Lane told him of the mute testimony
OF tho newspapers in the living room.
some one brought those papers to him
every day, he added.
And then killed him. Does that
look reasonable to you?"
we uoi Know tne CIRCUMSTANCES.
SaE' 10 MAKE iong Shot, mat the Jap
n.t ndu oc",l hir"u 10 XIII my uhclc py TINS
INV. w % n,an. ,., nn" snf nc was peg,nnih
~ sH. us'H hla make tnrcatS. or say
uL,Aam" ,n"In a', h,an" mpnut thc klllin OF my
unric an was n,red Dy inc other man
=" n..p MMa!. Ih'h nc lehrhs from tnc
pnr|pS anr,aSs '1a' ia nc suspected, an ne gets
ah",ous 10 60 10 rue police with what
enough thcn ,o xiii him Tho ntbor n,on
would have TO do il 70 sovc bimee,f T,mee f""n !"
.I ;,
rr.Non. n, Cols harkg1 PACK 10
:. .i, H,eccuins suggestion. ihe revenge
cF'UfS of vcvo won i hG,u wafer. Al some friend
ii b;,S S'tc ahe;c e;c,, Ate" n.y.. ,ne Jap had killed
,,.n,,,5,t ".m ny siGh .he law on MIN. lie
,;,. Mou',n H. pun OH any private execution
'iNE ,.h .his' AT. ,,-
rhnrn'.S nIu.p.eu ; tnIs. -, mat true.
Iann e..;' unother possipllty. we've
NV Drcii I ,oIse.Iln LIN inc TWO thousand dollars
hc' h"' .. "ntE ,;,isJ M.J" rom tne pahk the day
w was hliIed. ~ horikawa an some
~, .hn .hat. ar. Eu'ilS o! inc murder an
ator n,.ar .t tn'n nisn' nave quarreied
.omn,;no @ E. sou ,ne haIne.. nInG. icrnaps the ac-
pahe .bn ,,.he, saM y =. ctiuhce TO set away with
,a,ro ";i''' - u II os se'''n rid OF horl-
49, "",,
in"le was big, two -tisted scrapper. It
vas two man job to handle him. This
,vbo, o"P never ever IN h the world did It alone
,rnh,Iv IN e 81" :. oa,H 10 IS Ihat ne was
on ' h;s - ~ mordnn, r -, "m n inasr ior some rea-
..Ws,I p"a' ma!h hattan stn'tu ~, MN. \,
,olicc m, iot tho,, tIiepnone I Ior inc
'orrS!h
Kirby stepped into the living room.
ollowed by his friend. He was about
o reach for the receiver when an ex-
lamatlon stopped him. Sanborn was
tanding before small writing desk.
7 which he had just let down the top.
lie had lifted idly piece of blotting
aper 'ape. aniu ,., was gazing down at sheet Of
"nJr Miah wiring on r.,
II h'bnS tbrs, mere; n,r;,oi hIrDy.' he called,
IN 'hrec strlaes Lane was beside him.
n,H n,,r SStS, 100, fastened on the sheet and
punu mere tne pothooks we have
,n,meu anans 10 associate with Chinese and
"hu !.Shn ehhlr,G,stuphE.
avs oA'WS =, nc peeh maxim himself Mt
o1"o, Tore tne niotan CHAMPION rough rider said.
i."ne plcked up the paper. There
NIrbt be OF 'nete 1etfsr rhtets Of the writing
~ I.snu nen 49,, iils sentence tiickered out.
,;s "do 20, .nimhlhs. lf.Ls reckon I'll take
tod e "'Tf Cni. "''n 'ne an nave it trans
9 had folded them. "You never ran
a.. / might as we'll know what this t
orlkawa was thinkin' about first off 7
the police. There g lust an off cbonoo |
, might "a seen Rose that night an !
us about it here" }
a moment later he was telcphoning ,,
the City Hall for the police, !
ltrr door. 1t opened. ond tho ;,n,tnn r NV, v
the Paradox stood in the doorway. :
hat you 40 here:' asked the lit