The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15
Urges Criminal Identification Bureau on Prior Crime Records
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TENDED to my busine' and that wa
Irunnin' my elevator"
"And right now, young man, you
usiness is to answer my question.
NJ Mann retorted. II may not Civ
you tip to keep your mouth shut
,as Mr.. Hayward evidently did, but
can give you free pass to the jail i
|y.u don't open up and spill wha
Iyou know"
"Mr. Hayward didn't give me n,
Tip Saturday-naw, nor this mornin
neither! He tips us boys regular tn,
first of the month, like most of tn,
other tenants do. Aw, all right
I'm tellin' you, If you'll let me! I
was about 10 minutes after l tool
him up before I took him dowl
again, guess, because / sent my kie
brother, what was hangin' around il
the lobby, over to the drug store
across the street to get me a cup Of
coffee, right after I'd took Mr.. Hay.
ward up, and I'd drunk it before he
rung for me to take him down."
McMann grinned crookedly as he
made rapid notes of the boys story
i"You didn't have any other passen.
ger during those 10 minutes. Otto?'
"Naw."
"And when Mr.. Hayward left, did
you notice anything peculiar about
his BEHAVIOR" McMann suggested.
! Otto glowered. shawl"
Ruth could have kissed the sullen
young towhead for his failure to
mention a fact which might yet AS.
sumo vast importance-that Jack
Hayward had returned to his office
empty-handed and left it with q
heavy briefcase.
"Who else rode in your car be.
tween two and four o'clock Satur.
day." McMann prodded the unwill.
ing witness.
II amt been taking no memory
course" Otto Pfluger shrugged. "But
far as l remember, l didn't take
down no passengers from the seventh
floor after Mr.. Hayward left"
McMann scowled, then turned up
on Micky Moran, who grinned cheer
fully. "How about you, Moran? Who
were your passengers for the seventh
floor after Miss Testers and Mr..
Hayward's second trip?"
Micky scratched his thatch of red
hair. First l brought up Benny
Smith, the kid that works here"
"Benny!" Ruth exclaimed. "Why,
he left for the day at exactly one
o 'clock!"
"Well, he come back" Micky
grinned. "Said he'd forgot some
thing. took him back down three
or four minutes later. And say.
I guess at lets Miss Lester out, all
o. K! If the kid had found his boss
dead he wouldn't a-rode back down
whistling, would he -" =
Ruth smiled gratefully at the boy
who was so obviously anxious to lift
suspicion from her.
IF the boy came back for some
thing he'd forgotten it was undoubt-
eddy in the outer office" .McMann
pointed out. "And the door was
closed between the two offices after
Borden was killed, according to Miss
Testers own story Of her discovery
of the body. But you stick to your
own story, Moran, and let the office
boy tell his when he comes inf he
ever gets here" McMann added curt
ly. "Who else came to the seventh
floor Saturday afternoon?"
''That lady I heard you call Mrs.
Borden" Micky answered sullenly.
"Gees! / didn't know the sheik was
married." he added, Frightening. HE
sure didn't let it cramp his style
none."
McMann frowned. keep your
opinions to yourself until they're
called for, Moran! When did you
bring Mrs. Borden up?"
X X X
Micky stuck out his lower jaw
pugnaciously and seemed about to 20
into stubborn silence. Then, II dun
no! Pretty soon after took Benny
down. I guess. After half-past one,
''Did you notice her manner? Any
thing unusual?" McMann raped
out.
Il didn't pay no attention to her.
She didn't mean nothing in my young
life," Micky retorted. "She just got
in the elevator and l took her up
that's ALL"
"And when she came DOWN." Nc
Mann was having hard work to re-
strain his anger and impatience.