The Coolidge examiner., 1932-02-05


Roberts," said Mr.. Darling.
How 60 you do" said Roberts.
I'm told you're interesting yourself
iE this thing"
Anyone might be interested. !
was assigned to it."
The lieutenant will have a
great deal so do with it, Mr.. Rob
erts," said Mr.. Darling, land maybe
it would be the simplest start if you
would tell him as yOn told me
why you made this visit"
I've just learned of the death of
Clayton and Brown and Trembly," ,"
said Roberts. i've been abroad.
When 1 arrived in New York read
of it, and yesterday l saw in the
World that a Chicago detective was
in White Plains examining the Tur-
ner will"
THAT was my genial little friend,
the probate clerk" said Stanton.
''He wished me luck and then gave
the boys the story. And why not,
at that? Let's see, when did you
read this?"
Yesterday morning"
That's right for what | seem
to have asked you. but when did
you read of the death Of your
friends?"
"A week or ten days ago"
'If the story interested you, you
might have cut it out. Sometimes
people do"
Roberts took a clipping from his
pocket.
That's right" said Stanton,
glancing at it and returning it.
You are familiar then with the
principal known facts, but that
story was printed October IL. This
is October %. What caused you to
come to Newburgh tOday?"
rs this a police examinations"
"Yes. The beginning of one"
I'm not sure I'm prepared to sub
nit to one"
Don't give that dilemma
thought. Just answer questions.
Why did you come here today?"
I've been perplexed and con-
cerned. 1t suddenly occurred to me
that Mr.. Darling was the one for
me to see"
We'll, Mr.. Roberts," said the lieu
tenant, you observe that your in
come has been increased, whether
the method perplexed you or not"
"What do you mean by that?
The divide is only three ways
instead of six, as l understand it."
said the lieutenant. Even if the
news of the death of your friends
was a shock there was that consola-
ton"
Friends" he exclaimed and
laughed sharply. "What | want to
know is what's it all about? Who is
killing these men and why? You can't
explain it by coincidence. That's too
fshy"
What do you make of it? You
don't imagine that it is all among
friends, reducing the overhead to
increase the dividends?" the lieu
tenant asked.
what else can | think?" Roberts
made gesture of impatience which
suggested dismay.
why should you think so? You
three who are alive were supposed
to be in Europe. We find you here.
Are we to conclude that you were
the one who took the red lights
away from the bridge approach?"
Cd, no, man." Roberts almost
yelled it.
well, then" Stanton persisted,
"the whole theory breaks down.
Even if Turner-will benefciaries
did start cracking one another out
for increased returns there must
have been a character not in the
plot on that Wisconsin road. You
are here but innocent. The other
two are abroad"
1t was at this point that Roberts
nervousness became quite apparent
as fright.
There's where you're crazy" he
said. They're both here. H,
man! They're here. Wasn't Ash
ley on the boat with me? Blair
probably was, too"
"Probably?" the lieutenant asked.
Couldn't you know?"
Frankly, l kept to my cabin
after | saw Ashley. l assumed Blair
was with him. / didn't trust them.
If | wanted to commit murder a
ships the place to choose"
You'd be an awful fool if you
did," said the lieutenant. But why
did murder occur to you? You
didn't know anything of Clayton,
Brown and Trembly then"
I'll refer you to the Turner will"
said Roberts. land then to anyone
who has had a chance to know
Blair and Ashley. The whole thing
was only a question of who and
when. Turner wrote that plot. Eu-
rope wasn't big enough for the
three of US. That's why l was COM
ing back. Blair was with Ashley on
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