The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-31

| and passed down tho hall to the
Odell apartment from seven o'clock.
on: and no one had passed out
that way,
The janitor reiterated stubborn.
ly that no had boltcd tho sido door
4 little after six and no amount OF
wheedling or aggression could
shake his logged certainty on that
point. Amy Gibson. the maid. could
add nothing to her former testi.
mony. Markham's intensive exam.
ination OF her produced only repe.
titiors OF what she had already told
him.
Not ono new possibility-not one
now suggestion--was brought out.
In fact. the two hours interlocu.
tory proceedings resulted only In
closing up every loopholc In . seem.
ingly incredible situation. When.
at half past four. Markham sat
back in his chair with q weary sigh.
tho chance OF uncarthing . prom.
Using means Of approach to the a.
tonishing problem seemed more re-
mote than ever.
Vance closed his treatise on ar.
son. and threw away his cigaret.
II tell you, Markham, old chap"
he grinned. this case requires con.
temptation. not routine. Why not
call in an Egyptian seeress with
a fair for crystal-gazing?"
III this sort OF thing goes on
much longer" returned Markham.
dispiritedly. I'LL be tempted to take
your advice"
Just then Swackcr looked in
through the door TO say that In.
spector Bremen was on the wire.
Markham picked up tho telephone
receiver, and as no listened he
jotted down some notes on a pad.
When the call had ended. he turned
to Vance.
"You seemed disturbed over the
condition Of tho steel jewcl.case we
found In tho bedroom. Well. tho
expert on burglar tools Just called
up: and no yeriiles his opinion OF
this morning. Tho case was pried
open with specially made cold
chisel such as only professional
burglar would carry or would know
how to use. 1t had an inch-and-
three.elghths beveled bit and q
one.inch fiat handle. It was an
old Observation-Disclosures was q pecul.
lar nick in tho blade-and Is tho .
same one that was used in sue.
cessful house-break on upper Park
Avenue early last summer.
Does that highly exciting informa-
ton ameliorate your anxiety"
Cant say that it Docs" Vance
had again become serious and per.
picked. In fact 1t makes the sit
uation still moro fantastic. ..
l could SEQ glimmer OF light
ceric and unearthly. perhaps, but
still a perceptible illumination-in
all this murkiness il 1t wasn't for
that jcwel-casc and the steel chisel."
Markham was about To answer
Wueu ONdChSI dS0lu 1UOhcu Al duO
informed him that Sergeant Heath
had arrived and wanted to sec him.
Heath's manner was far less de-
pressed than when VIC had taken
leave of him that morning. He &C.
copied the cigar Markham offered
him. and seating himself at the
conference tablo In front OF the
district attorneys desk. drew out
battered notebook.
"We've had little good luck"
.ho began. Burke and Emery
two Of the men put on the case
got limo ON Odell at the first
place they mado inquiries. From
what they learned. she didn't run
around with many men-limited
herself to q few live wires. and
played tho game with what you'd
call fncssc. Tho principal
one-the man who's been seen most
with her-is Charles Cleayer."
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