New Britain herald., 1929-03-19
THIS HAS HAPPENED

 employer, Handsome Harry Bor- den. spraNled beneath the airshaJt window Of his private office
 McMann, detective sergeant, ques- tions the following suspects. Mrs, Borden, Boraen's ostranged wife and mother of his two children; Rita Dubois, night club dancer, with whom Borden nas lutatuated; and Jack Hayward, Eurh's fIance. whose office is across thc narrow airsha.t from Ecraeu's.
 Jacks guilt seems emphasized hy MrMann's discovery that Jacks pl>- tol is missing from lis desk; hT Jacks admission that hc returned to the sc>luth floor Saturday attcr- noon, and by the testimony or Mickv Moran and Ot;o pHzer eIr- Nator boys. Bill ,oWan. Jacks trjluJ unwlilingly admits hurn- hud Jack threaten Borden's Jite Sat3f, day morning.
 McNann questions Benny SMtth, Borden's office hoy; Asile, lis ua0- servant, Minnie Cassidy and city Miller. seventh floor segua& omen and Cleo Gilman Bordnu's dls-ar1td mistress, Martha Naming. rotHcr of Bordan's iIlegjuiaatr s7t. .- .f g'-- toned. She says >h" jast >a8 L9r- den Friday night in his oftic. a%tr his bodyguard, Jake Iutay ha3 .@.t him, and that her 5a%rlHHn4ttH- fineerprints were made latu.
 Martha says she did not call ~7-- urday afternoon hut t5typhonrJ Nor den. MoMann point1itl4k aneHses hrr Of the murder anl Martha caH- lenges him 10 buuZ forward auEQn" who saw her m tha h#.i5vG Satur- day. Benny Saith bursts 5n upon them crying. -lN4 con@o io ztt~ n.y. self up I shot Mr. Gorien.T
 NOW GO ON WITH TIE SrQIY
 CHAPTER ALU
 Ruth Lester was lriser1 tIy a9E409- ct latar to remember that ..r first emotion upon hearing Benny >rath say he had shot Borden Was one Of relief. Jack Hayward "as aas-] But that emotion w5 almost u~ u'N submerged III pity, Aui Sha "as glad later to rerueg9'er that Shs Has conscious Of no horrified s0rIuNu- as she ran to rat har urus u'o0t the unsteadlly s"aH]ag boy who had just confessed to murier.
 Here. Let me help." McMann sruffIy cornmand~4 the glrl. and with as much ease as if he were 4Et D lifted the boy Tn his arms and car ricd him to the lis, oyerstufted leather chair from which the mur- dered man h4d manipulated his ruinous schemes and which for two days had served the detective in charge of the investigation into his murder as vantage point from which to hecke, harass, bully and confound suspects.
 When the boy was lying back weakly in the hi~ char, NJ Mann nhirled one of the stralght-Nackoj visitors chairs to the desk and comnan,leered Ruth I.cster's scr vices as stenogra pher, 10 take down the confession. Her eyes were now so blinded with tears that sh" could hardly find i1"r notebook and pencils-pancis upon which Benny himself had put such fine hraNe edg- just last Saturday,
 Ready, Miss Lester' All right, Benny. Tell us all about fl now" the detective commanded, al- most gently A glass Of cold water from the tap ir the outer office had been fetched by the detective him. self and stood beside Benny's right hand.
 Well, sir" Benny began, after q strange, Wistful look at Ruth Les ter. who waited with poised pencil T lied yesterday when sslia didn't come hack. l did come back but nobody didn't sec lnc, cause walked up
 "Wny did yoH walk up, Benny" McMann interrupted
 "'Cause l was sore al MT. BOr- den, n II wanted 10 have il out with him" B"nny answered, his adolescent voice going suddenly soprano On the last word.
 What were you sore ahout?'
 "'Cause he-he uawled me out Benny cried, rolling his head from side to side against the brown Ieath, CT back of the chair.
 Isn't # true that Hou We're 'aor- sore at him because he'd got fresh with Mss Lester Saturday HofD- ing 7" the detec'Ile suggested.
 "You keep Euth's name outa this:" Benny protested sArily. 'I tell yoH-I was sore at Mr. Border cause he was always piclljn' or mc F Saturday he talked 10 ioa like s