Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

II ward Schofield. high commits
sioner Of International police
! Il L for the port and city Of
Shanghai. China. touched {,
button on his desk. a sergeant OF his
, staff appeared and received Il S.uT
commands:
Give my compliments to Constable
No. 1872 and convey my desire that
the constable report to me at once.
The staff sergeant. q tall. turbaned
Sikh from Turkestan. saluted and
went smartly out the door. The high
commissioner returned his attention to
sheaf of documents, slips Of yellow
paper. which lay before him. die stud
led the yellow slips. all of which We're
headed: Reports Official; Assassina-
ton.
The first one disclosed the details OF
the mysterious staying of Arthur Bod
dy, Briton, bankers agent. i'll the
house at No. 10 Shantung road, in the
native section OF Shanghai. Boldly.
who had come to Shanghai to open Il
branch of n great London bank. had
been found dead in his bed. without
marks of violence. lie had been kill
ed during the night. Boldly had been,
in a way. an important parsonage.
The second yellow sheet described
1 the discovery of the body of l.. G.
Goodrich. one night later, in his quar-
tiers at 100 Avenue Edward VII. In
the foreign section Of the city. Also
there were no marks of violence. lie
had died while his wife slept next to
him. And there We're no clues. Good
rich was an American, from Chicago.
and the representative OF packing
company. A great deal Of money
was in a dresser drawer. brought from
the bank TO pay household bills dur
ing the New Year season, when resi-
80
the previous six months. This money
had not been touched.
One after the other. each yellow
slip marked at the top "Assass!na-
ton" revealed and described MUIR
der Each victim was a foreigner who
had been of Importance. either social
~ or commercially. In no case had
a motive. And there were no clues.
: Z i =
A MONG the documents there were
4 cabiegrams from governmental
departments Of both England and
America. some making sharp inqui-
ries which were embarrassing to the
! international police department OF
shanghai. People at home were
F; wanting to know why the slayer, or
| slayers, had not been caught and pun
ished.
And, more diScOMtOrtlng, an Anlerl-
| can representative of the Department
of Justice. usually known as the Sc
| cret Service" had arrived In Shanghai
with instructions 10 look into the
matter Of the unsolved deaths of the
three Americans included among the
yellow reports. This. Secret Service
agent, J. G. Markham, now sat close
| to the window at the end of the big
room. silently watching the high com
missioner run the documents through
| his fingers.
The turbanned sergeant appeared
at the door and announced Constable
No. 1872 The American started lie
| had expected some alert looking. bust
| ness-like detective. of almost any Ma
| tionality. Instead he saw rather
| quiet young woman. olive-skinned
| with the black eyes of Asia but the
manner Of Europe. The girl seemed
to be somewhat shy in her approach TO
| the commissioners table.
Have you orders for me, SIR she
| asked.
The commissioner replied in his
gruff, jerky way:
Yes. / am told that you made a
signed by your inspector to the cases
| that are bothering the whole depart
ment, the deaths Of Boldly, Goodrich
and the others. You said. 1 believe.
you thought you could pick up clue
| the rest of us have missed. You were
| refused. of course 1 have decided
now, however. to assign YOU to the
case, if you still wish TO take it up
The girls face lighted. She said,
| however. only. Thank YOU, sir
! The commissioner turned TO the