The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-27
THIS HAS HAPPENED
The body of "HANDSOME

THIS HAS HAPPENED
The body Of HANDSOME
HARRY" BORDEN, promoter
and ladies' man. murdered Sat.
urday afternoon. is found be.
meath the closed airshaft win
dow Of his private office Mon
day by his secretary, RUTH
LESTER.
DETECTIVE McMANN
learns Of five people who had
opportunity and possible motive
for. the murder: MRS. ELIZA.
BETH Dor d E N. estranged
wife; Ruth Lester, who admits
ownership of = pistol. now miss.
ing from her desk; JACK HAY
WARD, insurance broker, with
offices directly across the air.
shaft; and RITA DUBOIS, Bor.
denis sweetheart.
Suspicion falls most heavily
on Hayward, Ruth's fiance, be.
cause of overheard threats
again Borden. his presence in
the building Saturday, the loca.
ton Of his office. and the dis.
appearance OF his own pistol
from his desk.
Bloody footprints of q pigeon
inside and outside the airshaft
window indicate the window was
omen until after Borden's death.
Benny Smith, who has not re-
ported for work, is sent for, as
are MINNIE CASSIDY and
LEFTY MILLER. scrubwomen.
BILL COWAN strengthens
suspicion against Hayward by
telling of a telephone call to
Hayward's offices Saturday ut
2:1O. when he was put on = busy
wire and heard Borden's voice in
anger, presumably against Hay.
ward.
Ruth tells McMann about
CLEO GILMAN. recently dis.
carded mistress of Borden. She
is sought. Rita Dubois arrives,
admits she had planned = week
end trip with Borden. but had
telephoned him from the station
when he had failed to meet her.
Rita says she went to the office
but his door was locked.
Ruth tells McMann of Bor-
den's having given the dancer
the torn half of . yellow backed
bill. B0rden's half is missing
from the body. as well rs $500
more in smaller bills. Rita ad.
mits, under grilling, that she
saw Borden, that he gave her
the other half of q $500 bill,
but insists that he was alive
when she left him at 2:30, prom.
Using to meet him later. Dor.
den's m n er want, FRANK
ASHE, is sent for by police for
questioning.
'OW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
Cali right, Birdwell," McManl
odded to his subordinate. Il toll,
[rs. Borden to come back at tw'
clock. How's her sick child?
etter? That's good!" and oddly
nth Lester thought, the stern de
,ctive seemed. to be genuinel,
leased. 1--WE won't keep her from
le kid longer. than necessary Sick
l right. talked to the doctor my
If. Tell Ferber to come in. Hol,
she out there till I'm ready fol
i'm. And send around for Mr.. Hay
ard. He's in his own office"
Ruth's eyes dilated with fear. Wa,
'cMann going to arrest Jack now
as she was sure the de
ctive was, that Hayward had sho
AIRY Borden through the open win
Tvs facing each other across tn,
rshaft, and that Rita, arriving
Try soon afterwards, had robbed hi,
,dy? If so, how was McMann &C
to himself for the disap
Of her pistol? or did h,
ill stubbornly hold to his belle.
lat she, Ruth, fearing trouble be
veen the two men-Hayward ant
orden-had taken the too-handy
eapon away with her on Saturday
Ferber, the fingerprint expert
as entering the private office, .
rgA portfolio under his arm, whel
cMahn shot another question a
tia Dubois:
"Was that window open or CLOSED
hen you were in this office Satur
~ afternoon?" And he pointed t,
le window looking out upon tn,
rshaft.
Rita's terror-stricken black eye.
emit blank. window? !. I dom
low. -. Yes, ! do! It was open