The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16

John F..x. MARKHAM District
,A!ttcrasS, q New York Count
ALVIN b. BENSON. ...... Well
known Wall Se5oet beoter and
man.about.toWn, Who Wes mys-
teriouoly murdered q HE home
2AJOR ANTHONY BENSON ;.
Brother q The murdered M,
MRS. ANNA PkATZ ..........
aeusekssper co. Alvin 6snssl
Au1lEL Sc. CLAIR ..........
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.......... 1iee 6 Caigs fiano
LEAMDDR PrYFE -. .....,...
..... .Iptiuate q Alvin bensou,
MRS PAULA BANNING ......
|............ A lsieod q PSyfsi
ELSIE HOFFMAN escsstasy AZ
The firm q 0e1sen aad benso,
COLONEL Dl0SAY 0oTRANDER
wiiiiiixi.. Il x icduie sr' . o.'e''
.,::::::..::.:..::::::. An aldssma,
GEORGE G. STl1T ............
....... o. the firm Of Suit
and 9eCey. ee6lle Aeeountantl
MURlCE 0lNWlDDlE ........
.:;;;;::.SA ss!et..t Dhtsist Attens.
geent q tie Homieids 1uTsa,
Burke, SNrTfIN. EliERY
Oeeeetiveo 81 4onieide Durenl
BEN aANlON :.:.: Command
@1 0dieef q Detsstivse q.
e!ened % OistEiet Attorney'e ofdel
P9Ekpa, TRACY. SPRN0ER
alcCNDoTHA1 ........,...
.............. Detectives %.
dGsed - Distzise Attssney's .ffiel
CAPTAIN CARL HA0EDORN
pK. D ;o;iI;iiiiuii;':. .1'..n' ..p'''
vixNx swxc;xr1s' e'e.' :. .11 sss.
Ista!Z 70 he District Attorney
& s. VAN DINE -. ISs Ns.,sss,
THIS HAS HAPPENED
After preventing the arrest oI
several suspected persons. Vanc,
promtsey to solve the mystery OF
q certain date. He works up kypo
thetical cases against Mrs. Plat,
and Col. Ostrander and then tear
them to shreds-t0 prepare Mark
ham to accept his case against til,
real murderer. He takes MARKHAM
to Major Benson's apartment wher,
he finds Colt As, the type of gu,
with which Alvin Benson had beef
shot.
NOW BEGIN THE STORY
CHAPTER Lv
He extracted the magazine, ant
poured the cartridges onto tn.
Negotiable, where they lay in ,
neat row before US. There wer,
seven-the full number for tha'
style of gun.
again, Markham, I present yoe
with one Of your revered clues. Car
tridges that remain in q magazine
for long time become slight,
furnished, for the catch-plate is no
air-tight. But q fresh box Of car
fridge: j. we'll sealed, and its con
tents retain their lustre mucl
longer"
He pointed to the first cartridg,
that had rolled out of the magazine
"Observe that this one cartridg,
the last to be inserted into tn,
magazines a bit brighter than it.
fellows. The inf'rences, " know
that it is q newer cartridge, an.
was placed + the magazine rather
recently"
He looked straight into Mark
hams eyes.
ut was placed there to take tn.
place of the one which Captain
Hagedorn is keeping"
Markham lifted his head jerkily
as if shaking himself out Of an en-
croaching spell of hypnosis. HI
smiled. but with an effort.
II still think your case against
Mrs. Platz is your masterpiece.
my picture Of the Major !!
merely blocked in" answered Vance
1.-THE revealin' touches are to come
But first, q brief catechism:
How did the Major know that broth
er Alvin would be home at 12:3(
on The night Of the thirteenth p
He heard Alvin invite Mss St
Clair to dinner-remember Mis-
Hoffm.n's story Of his eavesdrop
ping land he also heard her sa,
she'd unfailingly leave at midnight
"When said yesterday. after w
had left Miss st. Clair, that some
thing she told US would help con
vict the guilty person, referred
to her statement that midnight wa
her invariable hour Of departure
The Major therefore knew Alvil
would be home about half pas
twelve, and he was pretty sure tina
no one el.o would be there. In an,
event, he could have waited TO
him, what?
"Could he have secured m i'm
mediate audience with his brothe
en- deshabille Yes. He tapped O.
the window: his voice was recoe
nized beyond ny shadow Of doubt
and he was admitted instanter.
calvin had no ssrtorial MODESTO
in front Of his brother, and woul
have thought nothing Of receiving
FIN without his teeth and toupet
IT,. Is the Major the right height
HE il. ! purposelv stood besid
hi. In your office the other day
and hs Is almost exactly five fee
ten and . half"
Markham SGT staring silently q
the disemboweled pistol. Vance ha
been .,eak'' :. in . voice quite did
ferent from that he had used whe
construct'v = his hvnothe+;c.l ~.se
against the others; and MARKHAM
had sensed the change.
I'VE now come to the Jewels,
Vance was saying. II once express