New Britain herald., 1929-06-29

he was taking, does it? When did he give her the ring, Miss Belton ?"
 "Oh, call me Alice" she urged. ] fluttcridg her mascaraed lasheS at l Morgan. "Weu, she showed it to us on Saturday-let's see: that musta been the fifth of November. Yeah, 1 the fifth That was after he'd stolen more than half of all that money wasn't it?-the cheap skate. If l was Gladys"
 Exactly" Morgan smiled. But tell us Alice. if Gladys said any thing to you girls about Nlr. Craw- ford or MT. Bland. in connection with this cas-. I mean" he added hastily, in an effort to stem her ir- relevant disclosures.
 Well. on Thursday morning. the night after Roy Bland left for Chi cago. or when he was supposed to have left for Chicago" Alice began impressively. "I found Gladys cry ing her eyes out in the rest room. and I said. Good grief. Why the ocean of tears? Your sweeties only gone to Chicago. you poor nut. and Gladys howled: Chicago! I wish il was Chicago! Bert Craw- lords ribbed him up 10 go to South America, and I'll probably never see him again. He'll die of fever or be eaten by wild animals or something. Then she made me promise that I'd never breathe a word of what she'd said. She said she'd promised Roy on her sacred word of honor not tell a soul. and that Bert had made him prom se-''
 Well. for Pete's sake " Craw- ford expelled a gusty sigh. Can you imagine little wart like Bland having the nerve and the imagination to frame me like that? Of course he knew this Payne girl would spill the beans: Tried to make it look like To had him draw those checks, had taken the money. and then sent him 10 South America to get him out Of the way. Well, I'll be-
 Morgan looked at him keenly. 'Iou've stated the case for the prosecution with remarkable clarity. Bert! l doubt if Brainerd can do il better when he sums up. And I'm afraid, with this Payn" girls story to back him up. that Branord is going 10 sound pretty plausible. No. keep your shirt on. Bert. I've warned you before that We have to look at this thing from the prosccution's standpoint oftencr than from our own. We've got to anticipate every move in their game. and it will be fatal to mini miZe their strength. Now: Alice, dia she tell you anything more? A lot depends on what you can tell us, child'
 Alice Was lnivering with excite ment and trinmph. Gladys was terribly sore at Bert. She said it was all his fault. that Roy NO ildn': have had the money to go train- EiiiN o'l tc -' 'N lol '7t'-tiilSIi tl'd>- ure in the Andes mountains if Bert hadn't give It 10 him. She said Roy had been bugs on the subject eNer since he'd been in south America three or four years ago. and that he'd write her nearly every day and come back AS soon as he found the Spanish so'd--''
 Judas Priest " Bert Crawford nIaculat"d Why. good Lord. I al ways laughed at his crazy story and helped him get good jobs like this on" just 10 crowd that non sense out Of his cracked brain. Honestl@, jack. that bird ought 10 get out of this business cn tha grounds Of iusanity.'
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