New Britain herald., 1930-10-13

1 bill folder and bent closer.
 Did you run across Dr. Kane while you were in Boston," | Again Thorne shook his head Never even heard of him. Have you made any inquiries about Kane lnspector?'
 Sure. Kane was divorce; they don't know what became of his wife, her name was Sara Holcombe No children, apparently" He stopped and cleared his throat While Kane has always been Hooked upon as first-class ortho- pedic surgeon, his practice of late years has fallen off, for no appar- ent reasons that the Boston police could find out"
 That's interesting" commented 1 Thorne quickly I'd follow it up Inspector"
 Mitchell nodded. "They added he'd been short of funds lately with creditors pressing him for money; his bank admitted he'd made unfortunate investments.
 More and more interesting ex- claimed Thorne. Inspector, you're on the right track
 Mitchell looked gratified. Glad you think so," he said. Now, lis- ten here. Thorne, you've seen this bill folder before?'
 Thorne looked more closely at the leather bill folder.
 Tt was lying on the chest of drawers in Kane's bedroom the morning after his murder" He stopped speaking as Mitchell opened the bill folder and spread it's contents on the desk all were there as Thorne remembered them the three matches, visiting cards drivers permit and registration five hundred dollars in bills ol varying denominations. 1 He wasn't killed with robbery as the motive" remarked Mitchell separating the money. See here, i and he produced a small, soileC piece of paper, stuck between two ten- dollar bills. Read that memo randum."
 Hastily Thorne scanned the pen ell lines: y. w. paid s1,O00; stil due $9,o00; int. ' per cent"
 Tt was written by Kane" he an nounced quickly; Boston sent down specimens of his handwrit- ing"
 Interesting, very. What do you make of it, Inspector?'
 "A clinching piece of evidence Thorne, and against young Jack Inspector Mitchell spoke with in. creasing rapidity as his excite. ment mounted Figure it out fol yourself, man; here's Jack, who probably borrowed heavily at on, time or another from Kane while ha was in college. Kane doesn't need the money until his invest, nents go fluey; then he tried tc collect: got a thousand out of him and came down to get the rest"
 But any debt contracted while Jack was at Harvard would be out lawed by this time,' objected Thorne.
 Mitchell thrust out his jaw obsti nately. Possibly he knew some thing discreditable to Jack som; college scrape," he pointed out.
 well, admitting that, what then?"
 We know Jack had no money for he was overdraWn at his bank he may have been even deeper ir debt" he pointed out; perhaps ht vas desperate and, resorting tc desperate remedies, plotted to xii Kane with the use of this deadl, gas which. as you know, is prac. tically odorless and leaves nc trace. If it hadn't been for Dr. Nc Lanes cleverness in noting tn; condition of the body, the crim' would never have been detected for if the body had once been em balmed no trace of the poiso1 would have been found"
 Your theory presupposes on thing" Thorne argued slowly that Jack had previous knowledg ot kane's visit
 But he did know ii," trium phantly Lambert told me he tool the telegram announcing Kane arrival over the telephone tw oays before
 In silence Thorne sat back in hi chair and contemplated Mitchell he wanted time to think. Takin up his neglected pipe, he drew ou a box of matches and struck one it went out promptly and as h again held the match box up { strike another, he noticed the re tips with blue tops on the matches swiftly his eye travelled to tn three matches lying in kane's bi folder-they were identical in sig, as these in the match box whic Elsa Chase had taken cut of he bag and given him the night befor;
 Chapter 1a , MONEY TALKS ; The weather had moderated an after watching the mellow sunshn ' from the windows of her bedroor throughout the morning hours, Els Chase could stand it indoors n longer, and. regardless of Mis Kline's remonstrances, insisted upo