Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-03-16
His
Guilty Conscience
BY EDWARD LEVINE
20. 1922. Western Newspaper union.l

"teen hau huruereu MulVaney, ana
ne hau 10 stay IN me town q little
WINE untli suspicion uled down Derore
making MS getaway
MOI tnat ne relr suspicion was likely
70 attach ltseIt 70 hlm. The two Aen
were not known TO have been hnytllng
more than acqu lhtahces. But II had
Oeeh long'stan ing fend' " tact h
hau dated PACK u the tihe "heA sl'ey
were Dotll clerks ogethei IN tne panE
IN bay Snty, ant Greer hau @olen
twenty thousand uohalN - plus
de mad maze his getWPy tlen' as
ne expected 10 uf 40" Les years
elapsed Defore Muif ~ A't Nreen IN
hiverville, and reeogu ze0 M.
Muivaney was eopl 20 a whole
sale ciothing Holae sac 0nd q poor
1oD as an unnerpa'l aere- lie was
quite beneath the hQAee OF Green,
VINO was president OF the local Dank-
ne had stuck to the same Inc Oh Dusi-
ness. Green had three cars--not hiv-
vers, and house, fine building IN
extensive grounds outside the town.
Mulvaney knew Green's house very
well. de began by calling there. He
made Green, middle-aged bachelor,
teke him up socially. Then he began
demanding money. Green found him
self living on the brink Of precipice.
he found Mulvaney could not be
bought Otto stay on. Mulvaney be-
lieved that he could work Green to the
limit, and he had grudge against him
because he had done what he, Null
vaney, had wanted to do and had not
dared to do.
Green had to kill Mulvaney or dis
appear. He decided that killing Null
vaney would be easier. He felt con-
fident that he could get away with It,
On some pretext he decoyed Mulva-
ney to q nelghborIng town, met him
there, as II by accident, and offered
him q ride home at night. He shot
Mulvaney In q lonely part of the road
and threw the body over a bluff. No.
body knew that Green had been away
from Riverville. He lived alone, his
housekeeper left early, and he had
cleaned his car after returning, and
let his chauffeur see IL when he came
To work next morning.
There seemed no motive for Null
yaney's murder. He had no enemies,
so fur as was known, and no one
guessed at the mast relations between
Mulyaney and Green. Green felt Sc
cure. Nevertheless he meant to make
his getaway when the hue and cry
died down.
He had planned to give out that he
was going on months shooting trip.
At the end Of the month he would be
in Europe, far out OF reach of possible
discovery. He had all his plans made
and he had sold his securities.
That morning an Inspector had been
questioning him, and II worried Green.
Towles and he had been at logger
heads over a matter Of fire protection
for the bank, and Towles bore Green
no goodwill. Still, Towles plainly did
not suspect him.
1t was late afternoon. Suddenly
Green perceived Towles' car stop at
his door TOwles called to policeman
and pointed toward the house.
Just so men were caught at the last
moment UnreasohlhB pahlc seizeu
Green. He darted through the mousse
into MS garage
by the t'lhe MS oia nouseNeepeI
opened the ooor- oiu "onian was
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