Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-26

and then slipped into II In the hallway
Of the fraternity; It doesn't take a
second"
Gilmore went on. II put 1t back in
the drawer. because there was a
makers label In the collar-Kings-
toms. the fancy c0stumers on Walnut
street. Hts testimony would estab
llsh its ownership: Buckley had either
purchased Il there or ordered It spe,
cially made. finished my search and
quit the apartment"
Rankin detained the sergeant with a
gesture as he rose to leave the office.
"Just a moment. Dan, I've another
bit Of work for you. If you're willing
to take 1t on. want you to visit the
university hospital. and look up
graduate nurse named Florence Dial
ton. If she isn't there. try her adj
dress; it's 1920 Harmon street. I in
tended interviewing her, myself, but
I'm not sure can get around to 1t
today. Find out whether one of the
Ooys from the fraternity, Ben Craw-
ford, phoned her shortly after ten
o'clock, on Tuesday night; and then
called on her about half past. That's
his story Of what he did later, the eve
ming of the initiation. He claims he
stayed with her until morning and
only went in time for class. merely
want to check it up"
"All right, you'll have your report
on it," Gilmore promised.
Immediately after his departure.
Rankin received the findings Of the
city chemist and Of the finger-print
expert. With regard to young Hey
wards chemistry laboratory, from
which the poisons were stolen, John
son had searched painstakingly for
marks Of the thief. And he had dis
covered two alien prints close to where
Patterson stood when the graduate
student Unexpectedly caught him at
his workshelf. One, smudged, but OF
some value, was on the bottle con-
tanning Heyward's supply of atropine;
the other, more distinct, came from
the shelf itself. Compared with the
imprints on the razor blade and the
two walls Rankin had removed from
the sponsors bedroom, they proved
Identical, line for line and whorl for
whorl.
As to the contents of the walls, it re-
CURED very little analysis to ascer-
tain their nature. Both Mr.. Sykes,
the chemist, and Hayward, when asked
for an opinion earlier that morning,
identified the powder as the missing
atropine and the liquid as CONNIE;
and the first tests confirmed their
diagnosis. Thus, Patterson's guilt as
the pilferer whose theft must have
been in connection with the murder,
was doubly established. And even
mere suspicious. the two grains Of
atropine taken from the laboratory
were still intact; but Of the six alb
stracted drops Of the liquid, barely
three remained In the vial.
There was still third report dr. .
the detective that morning, which he
heard after studying these stat want.
It came from jerks, who hs,a heer doc.
utilized to shadow Pattersear t.hres
thirty. the preceding afternoon n.
stationed himself on Iocrs+ .t-a.s
where he could oh,ssAerve his comings
ton.
But his vigil was proftless, until
ratterson walked out of the fraternity
a' snsn' O'clock that evening.
Aou followed him, of course,
'enns well, where did he lead your"
DOWNTOWN by trolley to a pawn
snip on Tenth street, near Race-the
Finance Aid society,"" jerks replied.
"You probably know it, Tommy; it's
run BY Greek, Peter Savoulos, whom
we suspect 10 fence for less valuable
stolen goods. At least, he isn't par
ticular about the property he lends
money on. Missing STUFF has been
found in his shop several times; only
1t has been difficult to prove he hadn't
received It innocently."
Eyes, ! remember him. What did
Patterson do?"
"Pawned some article, though I
couldn't tell what It was from across
the street. didn't want to attract
attention by standing near the door
or show window. They argued some
time before Savoulos agreed to a
price and paid him. 1t seemed De
culiar Patterson dealt with a chap like
Savoulos, when there are places much
nearer the campus That decided me
to question the Greek at once. had
to threaten him with a run-in at
headquarters before he agreed to show
me what Patterson left with him." He
paused and reached into his pocket
Here 1t is, Tommy" he said.
Dramatically, he placed on Thomas
desk plain but expensive watch. Ex.
quisite In workmanship, 1t was of
white gold. fourteen carats fine and
contained twenty-one jewels; il had n
silver dial with raised gold figures
Il warning II over. Rankin saw the
n ~ Is "B. c." chased on the back.
"A iously, they were not the spon-
any more than the watch itself;
PlnA'ckly, he reviewed the names Of
fraternity brothers for one
1t it, There was only Ben