The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-29
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MAYNARD. cabaret singer.
Jimmy meets and fails In love
with MARY LOWELL. Later he
encounters Olga. she fxints At
hearing police want her for muir.
der. Mary. out withx SAMUEL.
CHURCH. , wealthy lawyer, sees
Jimmy lift Olga into q taxi and
misunderstands.
Olga tells police the stuh
might have come into possessiou
| Of man who picked her IN"
two nights before the murder.
Jimmy and Olga, out one
night, get . swift glimpse Of the
man she says got the stub. Later
they identify him BY his pOlicc
photo as IKE JENSEN.
Mary Lowell promises to marry
Church, hut later breaks the en-
gagemcnt.
Jimmy gets a phone call from
Olga, saying she has found Jen.
sen. Jimmy rushes 10 her apart.
ment to find her gone. Her dis
appearance Ia . Newspaper sen.
sation for days.
Later Jimmy accidentally secs
KID D1VlS. known intimate
Of Jensen, and trails him to q
lonely house where Divis and
Jensen are holding Olga.
Jimmy sneaks in the house.
When Jensen goes upstairs to
answer the phone. he hits Divis
with broken andiron and PUSHES
after Jensen.
In the fight that follows nc ia
being overpOwered when the
stair rail gives way and Jensen
crashes through, breaking his
neck.
Al police headquarters LIEU.
TENANT O'DAY shows Jimmy
an important telegram, and
Jimmy 10 next shown in sam
Church's house, accusing the
latter of the murder of Henry
Rand.
NOW GO ON WITH THE sTOR,
CHAPTER LII
The echoes of the shot slowly roll
ed away, small puff Of blue smok,
assembled to the high ceiling. broke
and hung there, and on the room fla,
silence fell once more,
Rand sat in his chair, leaning for.
ward. his face expressionles save
for the hard glitter in his eyes. AND
church. recoiling from the sudden
shock OF sound and something fin,
more ominous in Jimmy's words. was
limp and haggard and white of face
His hands clenched the arms Of his
chair desperately. as if seeking sup
port.
-Four minutes, Church." Jimmy's
nh lou
explosively loud in that tcnscly still
room.
And Church, with stark fear in his
ayes. writhed in his terror. "Rand,
you're crazy, I tell you"
Don't lie. might as well tell
'ou that know beyond doubt that
vou did it. | merely want you to tell
nc why.
do you know where I've come
rom Church? l'vc just come from
lonely house in the country where
Jensen and Kid Divis have been
Seeping Olga Maynard. That sur
,rises you, doesn't il! And Jensen
confessed to me that he killed nv
'ather--killed him in that hotel room
n Grafton with black jack and then
urncd on the gas. to make it look
ike suicide.
1--WE known for some time.
'hurch. that Ike Jensen was the
murderer. But not until today did
know that you were the man who
Tired him to 10 it,"
"Dont!" almost screamed Church.
You lie!"
Jensen" went on Jimmy impcr-
4 n n hi ~ Il
leld now by police" he lied. "Church,
I you don't tell me why you killed
Henry Rand, I'll tell you why my
elf, and then I'll shoot you. I'm
irving you chance. That's more
han you gave my father"
The other mans head fell forward
m his breast. His knuckles were red
pots where they clutchcd the arms
# his chair.
Jimmy continued: II ought to
till you right now. Church. Right
where you sit" He glanced at his
watch. There are Just three min
ties more. That will give me time
o tell you Of what l learned from
Mexico City and still leave time for
'ou to confess
At the words Mexico City" Church
'aiscd his head sharply. but Rand
vent on.
Church, several years ago a man
Inown as Thomas Rolfe died down
n Mexico City. He was wealthy
1ery wealthy. He had made some
hing more than q million dollars
tut Of mining venture.
when he died he made q very
TRANCE will. 1t seemed that he had
J son. but he didn't know whether
he son was alive or dead. or whether
lie had any heirs or not. So when
&c drew up the will he told his law
,ers that his name was not really
'homas Rolfe, but Thaddeus Rand.
"Thaddeus Rand, as you know,
,hurch, was my grandfather. And
'haddeus said that years ago SON
+ his, Henry Rand, had run away
rom home as the result of cruel
reatment. Thaddeus had spent
ears trying to locate Henry Rand,
ut had never succeeded. He died
heartbroken man, with the feeling
hat perhaps his son still lived
omewhere, to curse his memory.
Nov, that wasn't like Henry
land--to curse the memory Of his
ather, but Thaddeus was remorse-
III. Anyway, when he drew up his
ill he left all of his estate to Henry.
But his lawyers said. suppose we
ant find Henry Rand? Who gets
he estate them
'Charity,S said Thaddeus, some
ONE somewhere for orphan boys.'
nd left them with that. And then
ater he came back and said that
here were other relatives who ought
. be remembered. There was q sis
n Of his who married a widower
18th a son. He told his lawyers to
'cate the sister, and they went to
rork.
1.-THE sister was dead. Church, and
0 was her husband, but her SON
as living. His name was Samuel
hurch and he, was lawyer. They
ound you, and you went down to-
[exico City. to find my grandfather
n his deathbed. You explained to
i'm that inasnauch as you were nm ]
ttorney and y relative ut least by
larriage Il not by blood--he would !
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