Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-06-29
VI-Continued

He meant It; yes- But / knew
ned never do It. ! WAN merely trying
to Gnap him out OF his deSpondency.
All his liEhfneSs and brightness we're
disappearing But there WIS nothing
l could do about IT.
And her
NO one in the world could have
needed o. wanted money more than
Mar Vernon thought he did Remem-
Der thAtl The last time / saw him
Was Apff. t~wenty-eight when he
begged me for 4 loan-and / again re-
fused.
-On May first. 1 little after two
o'clock. this hank was robbed OF more
than one hundred thousand dollars I
am terribly afraid that Max Vernon
wns implicated tn that hoidup."
because you recognized his carr"
That La only the beginning. Han
vey- When | remembered after the
excitement died down that the car had
looked Ike vernon's. / paid mighty
HttIe attention Then / recalled the
man 1t the wheel-and 1t seemed to
ne that even In the brief glimpse, Ii
WIS Vernon"
You couldn't swear 1t. thought"
Certainly not But / investigated,
and now. Harvey. comes the rotten
part of my chain Of evidence That
night Max Vernon did not return to
H. 80 - thn pzs Tsau That. hn~rn
He did not eome back until late res
Eerday afternoon"
Yes
Ffske frnwned. then locked MP at
Hanvey's expressionIess face. @rm
trying to be fair to the boy-and to
you He went to his room MT the fra
ternIfy house. But Harvey. there was
something else that | didn't hear until
this morning"
~What7~
He didn't eome back iii the car he
WIS using day before yesterday /"
Jim blInked slowly. lighted a fresh
dgnr and blew a cloud of the rancid
smoke across the table
Nor he asked with depressing lack
OF interest What did he come inT"
"A new car said Efske. "A brand
new and very expensive ONE
-Hmm- Harvey pulled
thouEhIfuIly. but said nothing. TO the
banker 1t seemed that he was not even
botherinE to think Just 4 great hn-
man bulk occupying space. Fiske was
considerably irritated-
Il don't want to be misunderstood,
Hanvey.- he said. with ! hint of
acid In hEx tones Tim fond OF that
boy. l don't believe there's anything
radically wrong with him I've told
you everything. hoping that I've over
looked some point which may prove
10 be In his favor
Maybe suggested Hanvey softly,
maybe ron have
Il hope . o | don't want To see Max
Vernon get into trouble
Gosh !" Harvey increased HIS legs
with considerable difficulty. 1T seems
Ike what you've told me indicates
that he's in trouble enough. Every
thing links him up with d bank rob
herv.~
i realize that Randolph Ffske
spoke In a Low, strained voice. -And
perhaps I'm doing him 4 favor
-HgW7"
Because explained the banker,
I'D rather see Vernon convicted of
completely In ! holdup than electro
euted for murder"
Harvey scratched his head -Tm
MI up In the mir. Mr.. Ffske. You're
talking about murder, and I don't
know anything about any murder.
Who got bumped Oh. and what has
Vernon got to do with itr
IT happened at the colIege-Mar-
Ind aniverxity-just before this bank
WINS robbed day before yesterday. Max
vexn0n Vas arrested for the killing
II minute he returned to the campus
yesterday evening"
Il Who arrested him7"
~The local police
MuW10t Iuey 1uTG are III oh
akin afrestA Cues they feel they've
~ to keep In practice. Whose mur-
1er was Vernon arrested f0r7r
a named Thayer-Paterson
Ihayer- They call him Pat
college audent7-
Yea guess you'd call him that
H came to Mariand two years aEo
and entered the Junior class. He
would have graduated next month
Ugly rumoxs followed him here They
lid h. had BEEN invited to leave the
twe n0wfAern colleges which he had
ettenAeA He was = picturesque AZ