New Britain herald., 1929-03-21
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 On Monday morning Ruth Lester secretary. finds body of her employ CT. Handsome Harry" Borden sprawled beneath the airshaft win dow Of his private office.
 McMann. detective sergeant. ques- tions the following suspects: Mrs Borden. Borden's estranged wife and mother of his two children: Rita Dubois, night club dancer. with whom Borden was infatuated: and Jack Hayward. Ruth's fiance. whose office is across the narrow airshafl from Bordep's.
 Jacks guilt seems emphasized by his admission that he returned to the seventh floor Saturday afIer- noon. and by the testimony of Micky Moran and Otto Pluger. elevator boys. Bill Cowan. Jacks friend unwillingly tells of having heard Jack threaten Borden's life Satur- day morning.
 McMann questions Benny Smith Borden's office boy; Ashe, his man.
 
 Miller. seventh floor scrubwomen Cleo Gilman. Borden's discarded mistress. and Jake Bailey. his body guard. Martha Manning is brought into the case by Ruth's clever de. tcctive work She swears she last saw Borden on Friday night but ad- mits phoning lim three times Sat urday afternoon.
 When McMann pointblank accuses her of the murder she challenges saw her in the building Saturday While Ruth and Jack are out for lunch. Ruth determines 10 check up on Marthas story. The memory of Martha's nervous. twisting hands stirs some decp-buried impression in Ruth's subconScious.
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 CHAPTER NLIN
 "Ycs-old subconscious working at last. darling." Ruth answered, when the elevator had discharged them at the seventh floor. Her eyes were shining like blue diamonds. but even if she had wanted 10 confia1 in her sweetheart, the inevitable group of reporters clustered about Eorden's door would have prevented her.
 Throwing Jack Hayward a bril- liant smile by way of farewell-a smile destined 10 grace the front page Of an extra a few hours later - Ruth slipped into her office. or rather the office which had been hers until her employer had been murdered
 She found Detective Birdwell with his feet on Benny Smiths desk. his black derby tilted low over his perpetually weary eyes. At the girls entrance. down came the feet and off came the derby, but the expression of bored gloom on the detectives face deepened.
 Has anything happened?" Ruth asked. as she hung up hat and coat. and fluffed her golden curls before the washstand mirror.
 "Oh. nothing much" Birdwell drawled wearily. Nothing except that Commissioner Weeks has been here handing out nice, hot little samples of hell. You'd think, to hear that guy talk. that nobody hadn't done nothing but twiddle their thumbs or play tiddly-winks since you stumbled over Borden body yesterday morning. As the chief says 10 him" - and BirdweIl jerked his head toward Borden's private office. where McMann was presumably hard at work-"he says, Give us time. commissioner We ain't been on this job 30 hours yet, he says. and the Big Noise comes back at him with this kinda proposition: If you can't make an arrest by five o'clock today. Me Mann he says. 'Tll assign the case 10 Lieutenant Pryor Huh, l know Pryor, Hell clap everybody In sight in jail. and then say 'Eenie meenle miney mo to see