The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-14
THIS HAS HAPPENED

NO II Les EN-, secretary,
finds the dead body of her en-
ployer. "HANDSOME HARRY"
BORDEN, promoter of dubious
stock companies. sprawled on
the floor Of his office. Ruth is
engaged to JACK HAYWARD,
whose office is Just across the
narrow airshaft from Borden's.
Fortified with fear, Ruth re.
calls that Saturday morning
Jack had threatened Borden.
Ruth runs to Jacks office and,
finding him out, searches for his
pistol which he had purchased ut
the same time he had bought an
identical weapo for her to keep
in her desk. His gun is gone!
When Jack returns. he accom-.
panies her to Borden's suite, and
while he phones for the police
Ruth. fearing Jack shot Borden
across the airshaft, goes to close
B0rden's window. It is already
closed!
Ruth tells CHIEF Of DE-
TECTIVES McMANN of Bof-
den's two Saturday morning
visitors: RITA DUBOIS, night
club dancer, and MRS. BOR.
DEN, his wife and mother Of his
two children, who called for her
monthly alimony check. Mrs.
/, Borden comes in during the
questioning. McMann accuses
her Of the murder, but she stout
~ denies it. Ruth tells McMann
of the pistol in her desk but
when he looks for it, 1t, too, is
gone! McMann finds the tiny.
footprints of a pigeon in dried
blood on the window ledge and
on the floor near the body,
which indicates the window was
open when Borden was shot.
Ruth's fear for Jack increases.
McMann questions MORAN. the
elevator boy, who is afraid
Ruth killed her employer.
X X X
NOW GO ON WITH THE STOR'
CHAPTER XIV
"She come right back up. hear
her tell Mr.. Hayward she'd forge
her bank book, and aw, gees, bos
didn't mean nothing by what
said" Micky Moran protested unhal
PLY. Honest, she couldn't a-kille
him! Why, boss, you only gotta tax
one look at Miss Ruth to see sh
wouldn't hurt a fly"
"Stick to your story, Moran!" Nj
Mann barked. "Miss Lester cam
right back up to her office, you sa,
Mr.. Hayward with herr"
"Naw, she told him to wait for he
IN the lobby, and he did. / took he
up and was gonna hold the car fo
ner, but got a signal from the fit
floor and had to shoot down again
Mr.. Hayward was walking up an
down in the lobby nervous-like, an
looked awful worried when he saw
hadn't brought Miss Lester dow
with me. Pretty soon"
"How long?" s'-. =
"Oh, four or five minutes, | guess
maybe six or seven. Dunno" Mick
protested miserably. "Honest, / dur
no! Mr.. Hayward kept draggin' OF
ris watch and lookin' at it, the
finally he rushed into my car an
old me to shoot up to the sevent
Floor. We was nearly there when tn
seventh floor signal flashed on, an
here Miss Lester was, breathil
hard, like she'd been. runnin' an
tears in her eyes"
"Tears!" McMann interrupted
you're sure of that, Moran?"
"Sure!" the boy affirmed eagerl,
Shed banged her head against tn
loor and hurt her lip. She was hole
in her handkerchief up to it, an
when Mr.. Hayward pulled her han
down I could see her lip was swellil
up and gettin' red. Mr.. Haywar
thought Handsome Harry done
and was raisin' an awful roughhous'
but"
"Just what did Mr.. Hayward sa,
McMann interrupted.
"Gees, l dunno! Somepin abo,
KILN Borden for hurtin' her-jus
ike any guy'd say if he thought
"Stick to your story, Moran!" M,
Mann commanded CURLY. "Tell m
what happened. What Ha,
ward. said, what Miss Lester sal
what they did"
Micky stuck out his lower lip su
emily. "Gees, Pm tryin' to, amt 1
Mr.. Hayward started toward Boz
lens office and Miss Ruth swun
,nto him and held him back. Sh