The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

! MT. Darllng smiling. j nave more
intuitive confidence in you. You are
from our glowing, animated, medic
val, Gothic Chicago. l approve of
it all. POmpey, put that Napoleon
bottle down, after you've taken it
out and poured another for your
self. Well, Lieutenant, you had
some other mission than that Of
treating an old New York gentle
man to the sight of an actual Chi
cago lieutenant of police, a cen
turion in Lonrinium, of an Angle
long swOrdsman in Byzantium, Of
a Viking chief in Sardinia. l pre-
ume it's the Turner will"
You're right, of course, Mr..
Darling"
I've been, in a way, expecting
the police, but thought I'd have
New York call. In fact, Lieutenant,
I've even considered that l might
be arrested as an accessory, an ex-
perience which would brighten up
any reasonable old age. What do
! you want to know, Lieutenant STAN
TOM"
you know that three benef-
cfaries Of Mr.. Turner's will are
dead. Our chief point Of concern
seems to point to the surviving
three. You may be able to tell me
where they are"
| HIp 60 bouo
yes and no. Twice a year | must
know where they are, to send them
their checks. | couldn't enable you
to lay your hands on them at once.
You have a copy of the will?"
II have just come from the pro-
bate office in White Plains"
Il hear from them prior to Au-
gust l and December l. These
were the dates of payment. IcOuld
tell you where they were last Au-
gust. Pompey Please get me
the address book. But that was
some eleven or twelve weeks ago,
and three of them will not send me
addresses any more unless | am
to believe Sir Oliver Lodge and
Conan Doyle, which l don't"
The old colored man brought him
leather-bound book.
Here we are" he said, opening
the book. Clayton was in Chicago.
as you no doubt know. Preston
Brown was at Little Butte des
Mortes, Lac Vieux Desert, Wis.
Arthur Trembly was in Nova SEQ
tia. He would get his mail at Hal
flax August 10. Blair and Ashley
were in England and would be in
London to receive mail by August
10. Ronald Roberts seems to have
been travelling. His letter was
post-marked Genoa and gave his
call for mail at Paris, also about
the middle of August"
THE three who were on this side
of the water are dead" said Stan
ton. The other three are alive,
for what that may be worth for
speculation. Those are unbalanced
dates for twice-a-year payments,
Mr.. Darling"
Aren't they, Lieutenant! You
will notice they are so fixed In the
will. / forebore to question my
friend, Turner, on this point. HI
seemed to relish 1t. My conscience
suggested that it might be easier
if it had nothing more definite
than my own imagination"
81 think | follow you, Professor"
said Stanton.
Il was sure you would" said Mr..
Darling.
You mustn't kid a policeman.
I'm probably wrong. but I'd guess
the gentlemen were easy spenders.
From December l to August !
would seem long time unless the
spender was careful with his
budget"
1T might make him restless" Mr..
Darling suggested. LAS l said, my
lIlSuu, uIucl, ScGulcO " IeIlSu Iul9
point | refrained from questioning
him. Between us, Lieutenant. ]
think ii occurred to him that thirty
thousand year might tend toward
conteptment. His real conviction,
| am sure, was otherwise. but he
took this precaution."
The lieutenant looked at Mr.. Oar
ling. There isn't any doubt in your
mind, then," he said.
IF I'm certain of what you mean.
there isn't. I'd prefer to concede
that to you in any informal, say
confidential, manner, as it were.
My friend, Turner, is dead. Mr..
Clayton, Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Trem'
bly, have passed on to their reward.
There seems to be no evidence Sc
riously and directly involving any
one living in what might be called
a series Of crimes. My associates
! in this trust truthfully may say
that their duties and connections
with it have been perfunctory, but
what would you say of me as an
accessory to murder, Lieutenant"