Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-05-16
SYNOPSIS
lnstration by Irwin Myers


CHAPTER Francis Ledsam defends
oliver Hilditch, powerful business man,
in a murder case and succeeds in get
ting him off, only to be told by a young.
prepossessing woman, who says that
she Is oliver Hilditchs wife, that Hill
ditch is an arch criminal and that Led
sam has turned loose a dangerous man
to resume his preying upon society.
CHAPTER II-Ledsam. dining with
his best friend, Andrew Wilmore. meets
Hilditch and his wife and is invited to
dine with them at their home.
CHAPTER III-At dinner with the
Hilditches. oliver shows Ledsam how
he killed his victim and says his own
death the same way would make his
wife supremely happy. Returning
home, Ledsam receives a phone call
from Margaret. saying Oliver has been
murdered.
CHAPTER IV-Ledsam gets the COR
oner to set divers death down as
suicide. Later on he admits to WILL
more that he has developed keen in
terest in Margaret. He meets her ia
ther. Sir Timothy Brast. the evil shep-
herd, who tells him q crime will be
CHAPTER v-The crime is COM
mitted and Shopland. a Scotland Yard
detective, asks Ledsam to interview the
girl in the case.
CHAPTER VI-Daisy tells Ledsam
nothing much, except that her COM
panion had led q pretty fast life and
was trying to break away from his old
evil companions.
CHAPTER VII-By chance Francis
meets Margaret and asks for permis-
sion to call, which she refuses. He
tells her he will ask her fathers per-
mission and Margaret begs him to have
nothing to do with Sir Timothy, al
though she admits he Is everything
that Is kind to her.
CHAPTER vIII--Just as Sir Timothy
appears to bo the murderer in the sec
ond affair, another man suicides, ad-
mitting his guilt.
~Francis,' he said, when he had fin
ished them, do you know that this is
the first word we've heard Of him for
three days?"
"Great heavens!" Francis ex-
claimed. HE was living with his
mother, wasn't he?"
Down at Kensington, but he hasn't
been there since Monday" Andrew re-
piled. His mother is in a terrible
state. And now this, don't under
stand it at ALL"
"Was the boy hard up?
"Not more than most young fellows
are" was the puzzled reply. His al
lowance was due in a few days, too.
He had money In the bank, I feel
car"
Haven't l seen him once or twice
at restaurants lately" Francis in
quired. "Soto's, for instance"
"Very likely" his brother assented.
why not? He's fond of dancing,
and we none of us ever encouraged
him to be a stay-at-home."
"Any particular girl he was inter
ested in?"
"Not that we know of. Like most
young fellows Of his age, he was
rather keen on young women with
some connection with the stage, but
don't believe there was any one in
particular. Reggie was too fond OF
games to waste much time that way
He's at the gymnasium three evenings
q week"
"I wish I'd been at the Office few
minutes earlier this morning" Francis
observed. II tell you what, Andrew.
have some pals down at Scotland Yard
and I'll go down and see them this
afternoon. They'll want photo
graph, and to ask a few questions,
dare say, but l shouldn't talk about
the matter too much"
you're very kind, Francis" his
friend replied. "but it isn't so easy tt
sit tight. I was going to the police
myself this afternoon"
"Take my advice and leave 1t t.
me-" Francis begged. "I have a par
ticular pal down at Scotland Yart
who 7 know will be interested, and
want him to take up the case"
"You haven't any theory. sup
poser" Wilmore asked. a little wist
fully.
Francis shook his head.
"Not the ghost of one," he admitted
1.-THE reason am advising you to keeE
as quiet as possible, though. Is just
this. II you create a lot of interest i1