Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-09-26
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SIR DUDLEY GLEN1STER
is suspected Of the murder Of his
cousin, James Glenister. when a
crow drops a skeleton finger on
the estate. and
KATHLEEN G LE " 1 STER,
sister of the dead man. in her at.
tempt to prove Sir Dudley guilty.
calls upon Mrs. Simon Trickey>
While there Mrs. Trickey's hus.
band dies suddenly, but before
James Wragge. detective. can In
7estiGate-
DIR. WILSON issues a straight
death certificate but Wragge gets
possession of a small book.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
On his second arrival at the min
ing camp Trickey had discovered
that George Glenister had disap-
peared from Lone Wolf City some
TWO months after his first visit.
There was a little cemetery. mostly
containing the nameless graves OF
gold.seekers who had died with their
boots on" Bar.room affrays were a
nightly occurrence and 1t had been
easy in that careless community to
identify from hearsay ono Of th."~
fallen adventures with the missing
heir to the Glenister baronetcy.
Trickey had put up wooden
eros. bearing the name of George
Glenister and had paid the editor of
the local news.sheet five dollars ,:r
inserting belated paragraph record.
ing the death Of the English pr"s-
pector after a general shindy at the
Coyote saloon.
Doubtless the obituary notice had
been planted on the family solicitors,
whose representative would hare
been readily gulled by the inscription
on the grave.
But here was where the illumina.
tive powers of the diary fell short
Of the lightning. 1t contained no
proof that George Glenister was
dead-to say nothing of his having
met a violent end in America or IN
England. The only link connecting
him with the corpse found in the
chalk pit at Beechwood was the ring
on the skeleton finger.
Wragge had read the pages de-
voted to Trickey's fist mission care
iessly and he now turned back ana
read them over again. One item had
escaped his notice, nor had it been
included in Kathleen's account Of the
information Trickey had impaired to
her. The entry consisted of only
few words, but the keeper of the
diary had underlined them:
1T is rumored ir Lone Wolf City
that G.. G. has struck a gold mine
but that he Is hung up for want OF
capital"
The detective closed the book, lit
his trusty briar and leaned back in
his chair.
Mrs. Coningsbys antec e dents
would have to be looked up. The
lady of the purple aigrette! What
was her interest in the diary and
how did she happen TO be there at
the time of the ex-clerk's death? Was
she there, on behalf of Sir Dudley
Glenister. and if so was ner motive
in serving the baronet financial or
amatory?
The inspector admitted to himself
as he would have admitted TO no one
else, that he was in a f1g, though
there were several threads to be fol-
lowed up. So far as he could see
they none of them led with any Ger.
tainty to a conviction for murder
against Sir Dudley Gienister. They
could probably get him on a charge
Of fraud and procuring false evil
dence. but that-Wragge frowned at
the refiection-wouid not hang the
baronet of Beechwood Grange.
Ard that was the task that had
besa demanded of him by two peo.
pie, one of whom he could afford to
disregard. Miss Kathleen Glenister's