The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-30

ward over the treetops Of Madison
Square.
Shortly after We had given oul
order a uniformed attendant en-
tered and. bowling deferentially ~
tho district attorneys elbow. held
ont an unaddressed communication
sealed In one OF the clubs envelopes
Markham read It With an expires
sion Of growing curiosity. and a.
be studied the signature . look
OF mild surprise came ilto his eyes
At length he looked up and nodded
to the waiting attendant Then,
excusing himself. he left Us abrupt
~. 1t was fully twenty minutes
before ho returned.
| Funny thing" he said. THAT
note was from the man who took
tho Odell woman to dinner and the
theater last night. A small
world" be unused. "He's stayins
here at the club-he's . non.rest
dent member and makes It his head
quarters when he's In town."
"You know him?" Vance put the
question disintcrestedly.
1--WE met him several times
chap named Spotswoode." Mark
ham seemed perplexed. "He's :
man Of family. lives in q country
house on Long Island. and IS re-
gardcd generally a. \ highly 70
spectacle member OF society-one
OF tho last persons I'd suspect OF
being mixed up with the Odell girl.
But. according to his own comics.
sion, no played around q good deal
with her during his visits to New
York-'sowing few belatcd wild
oats as no expressed it-and last
night took her to Trancelle'B for
dinner and to the Winter Garden
afterwards"
"Not my idea OF an intellectual.
or even edifyin'. evening"" COM
mented Vance. "Anl he selected
deuced unlucky day for It. -.
I say, imagine opening the morning
paper and learning that your petite
dame of the preceding evening had
been strangled! Disconcertin',
what?"
"Hc's certainly disconnected"
said Markham. "Thc early after.
noon papers were out about an hour
ago. and he'd been phoning my
Office every ten minutes. when !
suddenly walked In here. He's
afraid his connection with the girl
will leak out and disgrace him."
"And won't it,"
II hardly see the necessity. No
one knows who her escort was last
evening: and since he obviously
had nothing tc do with the crime.
what's to be gained by dragging
him into it? He told me the whole
story. and offered to stay in the
city as long as I wanted him to-"
Il infer. from the cloud OF dis.
appointment that enveloped you
when You returned just now that
his story held nothing hopeful for
you in the way Of clues"
NO. Markham admitted. THE
girl apparently never spoke to him
Of her intimate affairs: and he
couldn't give me single helpful
suggestion. His account OF what
happened last night agreed per.
fectly with Jessup's. He called for
the girl at seven. brought her home
at about eleven. stayed with her
half an hour or SO. and then left
her.
when he heard her call for
help he was frightened. but on being
assured by her there was nothing
wrong. he concluded she had do1ed
OF into a nightmare. and thought
no more about it.
HE drove direct to the club here.
arriving about ten minutes to
twelve. Judge Redfern. who saw
him descend from the taxi. insisted
on his coming upstairs and play.
Ing poker with some men who were
waiting in the judges rooms Tor
him. They played until three
o'clock this morning."
! (TO BE CONTlNUED)