Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-19
THE STORY

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THE STORY
WARTnN L-StPickea during Until.
- into the Mu Beta Sigma frater-
ties simo aUrd imn.S nn.;s.' p Ssy
- Rsakin, Ph.ladslphia detective.
me@es charge Of the investigation.
CHATTER H-An injection Of co.
- 10 shown to have been the cause
Sordan's death. Rankin dads ali
JSseoSnrs shoes are marked with
ns uncle. Howard Merriek. st.
c9ls banker. also his guardian. and
CHAPTER 1L-Two students from
- vicinity Of vandalia, M. Jordan's
49, tSwn, Ralph Buckley ana Walter
K: n fsss .Aa II IN; 81 inEEs ca: 1sy
@saslbie for Jordan's admission into
awsrd TisteS.r. present. S a. he 'i initia.
-. also engages Rankin's attention.
CIAPTnR IVA significant fact
Aalmer.. Mu Beta. sigma member. was
lB9ggsd ~ Ralph. Buckley. on the
H.Ent Of the initiation. and bis Keys.
aesasa fFotn him
CHAPTER v.-Jordan has been pay
- ~ check. 5000 q month 70 some
e14sks are not among hls Effects. How:
- Merriek. ~ Jordan's guardian had
e1Dervision Of his conduct untii pc
RTs large fsrtuns became kis owH.
Sasea lssiuiins eonins. 10 stsisa frcn
- 1Riv.rsity laboratory, 4 student.
Aalag- Il A 9ystsrioIs woman seeks
- Hrdelivered letter - Jordan. but
'Who composed the party that drove
Stuart out of the city" Rankin in
CURED.
Wallace Lloyd spoke up again. IT
Aid for one. We went In George Pat
tens car-he. George Drummon and
myself. The other PLEDGES beside
Stuart were Roy Martin and Alex Pike
both freshmen in the business
school,"
Then you should be able to locate
tie exact spot where you finally de-
,eerted him. How far out was it and
~ what route did you reach it?
A Lloyd described the complicated
course followed three nights before,
Rankin jotted It down in his notebook.
AT the same time. he asked questions
shat would more definitely Ak the lone
~ site Of Jordan's desertlon. Not
until he fully understood the students
nxpianation did he ask:
asx1nxv L. "a Sr,oa q r.,hnn rn,,
mis- place. Mr.. Lloyd. and left Stuart
% shift for hlmself1"
"Nearly eleven-thlrty, SIR" the re-
eorder replied.
"And how long did 1t take him to get
hack to the fraternity Have you any
,idea Of what time Of the night he
turned up here for his clothes2"
But Of this. Lloyd was ignorant; he
lad retired Immediately upon return
ia2g to the house. Nor could any other
;hFothers enlighten Rankin on this
point Jordan had told no one how
ne had Jared the night before.
AZ length convinced that he had
learned AL he could about the Fletch-
JaR incident, Rankin shifted to his sec
ssnA mission at the fraternity That was
- gain private access to Ned Patter-
sons bedroom. Accordingly, as a sub.
'eerfuge. he requested to speak again
iAs Larry Paimsr. whose chamber ad-
Jsaned the sponsors: Palmer. after
AstHg questioned among Others, had
wcoe upstairs to It. Az for Patterson
himself. he had been absent all after
noon, % that the detective knew he
could safely make the attempt
IN call Larry down for you. Mp.
Rankin" Stanton volunteered. II sup
pose he Is still upstairs; he said he
Aaa some studying to do before sup
per"
Rankin was equally quick to refuse
eAe offer. "Never mind bothering
AIM" he halted Stanton. "pll Just run
up for q few minutes" He waved
Lloyd and the president aside an they
started to accompany him. 'No." he
declared. Il want to speak to Mr.. Pal
naer alone. I know which room he
occupies"
DoAOIO Iuey COulU LOAOWy Nc mas
tened from the chamber and ascended
the stairs to the third floor. But In
the long rear hallway. instead Of en-
tering Palmer's door. he paused out
side the closed one adjoining. the
third from the right. he turned Pat
terson's door-knob soundlessly. slipped
inte the room unobserved and closed
the door ~ silently behind him.
The most promising place Of con-
eealment for the poisons stolen from
the chemistry laboratory was the desk.
Rankin tackled this first. But q
careful II hurried scrutiny Of many OBJ
aJects, books and the weller Of themes,
pictures and miscellaneous items that
i1lled the drawers and plgeonholes
proved unproductive. Nor at arst
glance did his exploration Of the bu.
reau seem to Justify his thorough
search. In a corner of the bottom
container. beneath a soiled smoking
jacket, he uncovered an oilskln tobac,
co pouch. He inspected this with the
rest; on the verge Of replacing II as
being barren. his sensitive fingers felt
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