The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-10
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mol" cried Jimmy, leaping from
his chair. II don't believe thet,
Lieutenant. She might be covering
somebody up. but"
"Sit down. Rand" ODay waved
him aside. Didn't your" he contin-
ued. turning to Olga Maynard.
mo, ] didn't, tell you," she said
ficrcely. Il never even heard of
him."
Listen, sister," said O'Day. .rve
been trying 70 place you and it comes
to me all Of sudden. Seems to me
you we're one Of those who got =
ride in the wagon the time we raided
the Studio Club. How about it,"
She turned away from O'Day's
steady look-bit her lip. "What of
it :" she asked.
Nothing except it wasn't very
nice company. Not for lady"
She flushed holly. "AA right,
maybe it wasn't. But you can't hang
me for that"
1--WE can come pretty near hang.
ing you for something else. Come.
now. tell us who was this guy H. A.
Jones who registered for the room :"
II wasn't with anybody in Graf
ton"
"All right, what's the jury going TO
say when we show 'em you were in
Grafton the day Of the murder and
your theater ticket was found in the
room?"
She smiled sarcastically. "They
wouldn't convict me on circumstan.
tial evidence, Lieutenant. Pretty thin
evidence. at that"
nsno,, cAcA:nA L. Al~~~-l A-1A
shut eyes. THAT aint ALL he said
softly. THAT amt all. You still
say you didn't 60 near the Garfield
Hotel -
II still say it,"
"All right. Then how did this get
in the room where the murder was
committed?"
He produced the handkerchief and
confronted her with it. "Comc on,
answer me-" She was staring, white
faced. at the handkerchief, speech
less with surprise.
Tiff ] wanted to lie," she said
slowly. "rd say that wasn't my
handkerchief. There's no initial or
anything on it."
"The perfume Is the same as you've
got on the one in your hand,". O'Day
cut in. ~
"Just the same. you couldn't prove
II was mine, Lieutenant. This is d
common enough brand of perfume,
and SO is the handkerchief. But
won't lie. It's my handkerchief. DO
you mean to say they found II in the
room with--with- ="
"They found it in the room with
Henry Rand. yes. The handkerchief
.kn t:nl,r L.
admit you were in the roor?"
I'm still telling you the truth,
Lieutenant" She looked appealing
" at Jimmy. "I'll swear I am, Mr..
Rand. I'm telling the truth. No,
know how the handkerchief got
there. But ! think ] begin to see
somebody up that [ didn't intend to
me an idea. Lieutenant, l lost that
handkerchief Monday night. / had
it when |. left the Paragon Theater,
hut didn't have it when I went
home, and didn't have it. when
went to Grafton.
"Do you sec this :" She held up her
beaded bag. "When l went in the
theater l put the ticket stub in here
with my handkerchief. Well. after
the. .theatcr / went to place to eat
and dance. You know, Mr.. Rand
the Madrid. where you saw me the
other night
This might sound like a weak
alibi to you, Lieutenant. You might
think I'm lying, but I'll swear I'm
not"
"Go ahead" said O'Day.
"I'm trying to think" She passed
her hand uncertainty over her fore
head. II gave that bag to the man
was dancing with, to hold for me.
He put it in his coat pocket, and
afterward he gave it back.
"My handkerchief was still in the
bag, and so was the ticket stub,
guess. l remember asking him for
my handkerchief after one dance
| it was warm. / told him 1T was in
my bag. He opened the bag without
taking it out of his pocket and
brought out the handkerchief. ! re-
| member he said, What kind of Q
pickpocket do you think Id make ?
He did it real cleverly."
"All right--what did you do with
the handkerchief then :" asked O'Day.
"The music started for another
dance, and gave it back to him.
He just stuck it in his pocket-didn't
put it back in the bag"
"You mean he kept it," Jimmy
asked.
''Let me finish. We quarreled and
| went home and left HIM there. Be-
fore l left asked him for my bag.
My money was in it. He kidded me
for minute or two-tried to make
me think he was going to keep it,
but I threatened to call the manager.
"He gave me back the bag, and it
was still unfastened where he had
| taken the handkerchief out. I'd for
gotten about the handkerchief. but
he must have kept it. not knowing
he had it. The next day, as / told
you. missed it, but didn't try
to think what I had done with it.
1t was Just q cheap handkerchief.
II think that when he pulled my
handkerchief out of the bag. he also
pulled out the ticket stub. and they
were both in his pocket when he
gave the bag back"
"And you think he's = man who
left the handkerchief and the stub
in the Garfield ,Hotel?" asked O'Day.
| That's the only explanation I can
think Of"
"All right-who was the man?"
Ito Be Continued)
money at dinner and breakfast. Now
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