The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-15

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left there, and not several hours later
as he pretended: he left for the Ogder
house at once; saw q light in the Og.
den library and a sense Of danger sent
him there instead Of to the front
door: he overhead Andrew telling
Jerry the story Of his Torridity days
without. however, disclosing to him
Dillon's present identity. MacNail
realized If he would preserve his own
life and liberty he must make away
with Andrew as soon as Jerry had
gone. There was no moon and he
easily stood on the little railed-i bal
cony without being seen.
MY evidence of this Is flimsy. Mac
Nair was having q stucco sunroom
built on to his bungalow. I found
traces of p~lasterer's cement on his
shoes and q deposit of It on the bal
cony.
Item three-my den was entered
before dawn the next morning. I am
not ure why Macfvair wanted the
pistol I had bought from Hyde and
which he had overheard Jerry and
Andrew talking about. Perhaps the
idea of q message suggested itself. AS
it happened. I went in and caught
MacNair. We struggled. Lucy and
Mrs. Moffit came rs I was about done
for. McNair took himself off, pre-
tended to collide with some one out.
side, fired a couple Of shots through
his hat, and returned. And then Mac
Nair made another mistake. He said
he was In the Ogden grounds and that
he heard me call out.
II did not call out. MacNair and I
fought In silence.
item four-Polyandria followed me
into the den. Somehow. she got
tangled up between us. I heard her
yowl and I was sure she dashed out
with a paw. After the struggle I
found a tiny drop of blood CONCEAL
ing on one of her claws. She hadn't
scratched me, so she must have drawn
blood on my opponent.
There was q scratch on MacNair's
right wrist. He at onc pulled up his
sleeve and showed 1t to me-obviously
to diSarm suspicion.
Item five-MacNair examined the
cartridges before I did. A few min
utes later. when I called his attention
to the hicks on the one that contained
the note. he pretended he had not
seen them. That was nonsense. He
couldn't have helped seeing them.
held up the little red notebook.
item Six-SOme of my conclusions
are written here. When MacNair
and I were in my den Saturday night,
I put the notebook down on my desk
and left the room for q minute or two.
When I returned I found the book
had been disturbed-as I had ex-
pected. I wanted MacNair to know I
believed him guilty.
item seven-Sunday morning Mac
Nair stopped his al at my house and
told me he was going to Los Angeles.
I purposely glanced at his speed
ometer. It registered 6,825 miles. Last
night. after the q was supposed to
have covered a distance of $50 miles,
/ 1t registered TOTO miles-an increase
Of only 185 miles. MacNair went to
Torridity to plant, .Jerry's flannels.
Items eight and nine-last night I
telephoned IN old colleague of mine
in Los Angeles and asked him to get
information I wanted. He called me
back this morning. He told me, first:
THAT MacNair was involved in the
Phalean oil swindle and that he had
to return 100000 before the end of
this week or face q criminal court &C
ton. He demanded $4,000 0 Of An
drew.
Second: That MacNair was dis
charged by the Flinkerton Detective
agency 80 years ago for accepting q
bride of 100000"
Copyright. 1929. VIM. Morrow Co..