Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13


YES. sir. II f.es ringing. FINALLY
the wife said to answer i. rr.s.nnia I
wss- Cunaiughaa. We vas Aada
Sors uncle had said be Va, expectin
some folks
What did you do"
II took up the receiver IN fisssnei.
TAeu said, '-Islio.' Fellow AZ sae
cther end said. Tits ypg. Cneic
Janes?' Kinda g-uS'iks. I said, .I..'
Then. james talkin'..' be sai6- 'Wer-
o. o1r way over ncr.'
II was struck all ef q heap. rSt
known what TO say. so cal--i back,
'Wher He cane back with. Phyllis
an l. I hung up"
And then?''
I've talked ie over. the wife al ne.
We iida't know how close James. n
be called himself. was when ne was
,akiu'. He might be ct the drug store
on the next co-ns. for al we knew We
vere in one nell cs hole. an il
didn't look Gxs there was any war o-t-
We decided 20 beat it right :asn. That's
what wc did
You left the apa-.Rsssr'
Yes. SIR"
with ny uccle stili "..sd -er',,
. HuN nodded. We goc parichy A.
( cut our stick
! did anybody see yo1 Sct''
. The Jap Jaaito- vas IN ths haIi
fztn one Of ths windows tha: was
stuck
..n:d he s- a-ythirs!-'
! MOT then"
"Attsrvact:"
He couls 70 ne after tie Esrdec
was discoverst-aeIt day. I reckon il
was. in tie afternoon. Just before the
iuquest-aci said could lend him
500: Wei. I knsv rishs away it va;
Z ho,d-vp. tC: COULDN'T do 4 thing. |
t1x up the money and le. hin have
is-'
Has he bothered you sincer
Hall dssitatei. .'WeIi-no.''
.'Meani,' that be has:''
Hull dew the usual Tag % distress. 3
rel barGsnna loPpinS 4 perpirins.
apopi4c,ic face. lie kinda limited ne
vsRtei Eore money
Did rou give il 20 him.
II didn't have it rizn. HANDY. l
stalled
That's The trouble with q tlaek-
got you in his power. Kirby said.
The thing to do is 10 tell bin, right
OF the rel 20 60 70 Halifax"
IF fellow can afford to-" Osou
ru. in significantly. When you've jus.
got through q little private murder o.
yore own. you amt exactly free to tel
one Of the witnesses against you to 50
very far
.TsI you didn's kill Cunningham. -
Hull rstnrtcd sullenly. Some one elss
must a come in an did that after
Left
sounds reasonable" Olsen muc.
--i-' tea--
Was the hall tt when ycu came OF:
ct ny uncls's rccms?" Kirby ssSe'i sud!
Yes. told you shibo was work;n
az one ot the windows
SO Shibo saw YOU sad Mrs Hull
plainly"
u ain. denyin' he saw U.s." Hull
replied testify.
NO. you don. deny ANYTHING We
can prove, on yoa." the Dry Valley
And Ss;5o didp'. l.. Up on you. BE
kept arnoyin' YOU afrerward. the cat.
t.eman persisted.
-ea asoaabie now" Hull said uneasiiy.
WHY now: what's changed his
v:ews:''
The ia, man looked again a. this
brown faced younsSter with the single
track mind who never Qui. till he got
what be wanted. Why was he shaking
the bones Of Shibo's blackna;lius: Did
ne know more than he had told: II
was on the tip Of Hull.s tongue to ts.!
against himself Bu: be stopped n
time. He was n deep enough water
already. He couli not afford TO tel!
the dynamic cat;leman anything rhs:
would make an enemv Of him.
Well. l reckon he can'S get blood
from q turnip. as the old say!n' is,
the land agent returned.
!. Kirby knew that Hull was conceal. .
ing something material. but he saw be
could not az the present moment wiring
i, from him. He had not. in po:n, o:
fact, the iaintess idea Of what it WAS,
. lever with which to pry il loose. He
,. hsrked back to another point.
, DO you know that my cousin and
Miss Hartman came to see my uncle
that night? l mean do you know q!
, your own eyes:ght thst they eve.
, reached his apartment -
, Well, we know they reached the
; Paradox an went up in the elevate.
.. Ne an the wife watched at the window
Yore cousin James wasn't with Mis-,
; Hartman. TIE dude one was with
, her"
Jack exclaimed Kirby. aston
, ished.
.. Yep"
How do you know: How did you
, recognize then!:'
Saw EN- as they passed under tn.
4 street light about twenty fee, from GU,
: window. We couldn't a been mistool
as 10 the dude fellow. OF course W,
don't know Miss Hartman. but tn,
, woman walkin' beside the young fel.
, low surely looked like the one tha
: tainted at the inquest when you wa,
n testifyin' how YOU found yore uncl,
. dead In the chair. reckon when you
said il she got to seein' q picture o.
e one Of the young fellows gunnin' thsi,
uncle.
, One Of them, You jset said Jane.
n wasn't with her"
i NO, he como first. Maybe three.
- four minutes before the others"
. What time did be reach the Para,
dox:"
1T might u been ten or maybe onl,
+ fye minutes after We left yore uncle,
! room. The wife an ne was talkin' /
Q over whether l hadn't ought TO sliI
A back upstairs and unite yore uncle be,
! fore they got here. Then he come an
y. that settled it. ! couldn't co."
< "Can you give me the exact time h'
d reached the apartment house,"
"wcu, TN say Il was quarter Il
tAa.''
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