Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-09-28
THE STORY

THE STORY
eWAPTHR L-Dtricksn during initi-
Melon into the Nu Beta Sigma frater-
s i Ssuart Jordan: Snivsrsity stu-
E9Man declares he was poisoned. Tom
ANkss charge Of the invsstigation.
CHAPTER u.-An injection Of CO.
snlne IL shown 10 have been the cause
- Jordan's death. Rankin nnds all
. students shoes are marked with
sHhtacks. His only known relatiys
ents Banker. also his guardian. and
CHAPTER II.-Two students from
sns town, Ralph af Sucni.y and IV Waitsr
enA.il. agure In the inyestigation.
sss a..tn;A r2Oid Prince, was ch;say re, re.
xreternity. A prominent lawyer.
Inward Fletcher, present at the initia-
Wen, also engages Rankin's attention.
CHAPTER IVA significant fact
4l.eovered p that = student Larry
'zFngTsd by Ralph Buckley on the
81 :hs kew y tSo .S s
sstsisn from him.
CHAPTER v.--Jordan has been pay.
AnQ. By check, t4oo . month 70 some
c6ssSs az. not among 81 Sis q, stsscts. How
Afd 1errtck, as JordAn's guardian. had
'@npsrvision Of his conduct untfl be
80 tEsnty-tws ysaFs OLD, when the
[oisen Including eonine, 10 stolsn from
~. university laboratory. 4 student.
NH1 Patterson. IL suspected Of pur-
- ppdsiivsrsd letter TO Jordan. but
1Anktn secures It.
"Blackball boxT" Rankin asked curl
ously. "Then you wouldn't know who
a. responsible for the adverse votes.
where PLEDGES are concernedr
+; "That's right, the balloting Is secret.
Up to initiation, any brother can call
FOR the box at any meeting, to recon
slider any one of them. Each brother
deposits a ball in the box, white II
favorable and black II not; no one
watches him. The count-up decides
the fate of the candidate in question"
do you know" Rankin asked Of
Palmer, whether Buckley had any
idea that it was Patterson who reject
Cd him9"
/ The boy hesitated. II guess
II told him." he admitted apologetically,
and Stanton frowned. after the
pledges were 'sewed up mentioned
Ito Ralph how disappointed l was he
hadn't got bid, and then asked why
Med held grudge against him. When
he said he didn't even know Patter-
son, ! was darned puzzled"
"And was he aware that Mr.. Patter.
con acted as Jordan's sponsor, Mr..
sRalmerr'
II think told him that, too. Be
cause the next thing he wanted to
know was whether we had offered
Stuart pin. answered that we had
end spoke of Ned as having backed
aim up"
It was what the detective had ex
pected to hear. "Then Buckley must
have seen Stuart at that first smoker
since both were present" he said.
"very likely, sir" Palmer agreed
But II they met, didn't notice thins
10 suggest they were ever acquainted
before; and was with Ralph most oil
the evening. In fact, his question
about Jordan was the first time hi
showed any interest In him. And the
last rs well, that l remember"
How did Buckley react when yov
Informed him of Mr.. Patterson's asso
citation with Jordan2" Rankin inquired
ibid he make any comment about itr
mot a word, sir. Come to think o.
II, 1t made him change the subjec
right away, and he didn't raise 4
again."
HE never spoke detrimentally O
the dead boy or tried to influence you
vote against him as a pledgeer TIL,
query echoed the detectives per
plexity.
Again Palmer's reply was in tn,
negative, which failed to accord will
his conjectures. He was at a los
TO comprehend Buckley's forbearance
when he should have been vengeful
until he realized that the young man.
position forced him to be silent. H,
dared not SANDER his rival, lest 1
reach Jordan's ears and rebound OF
him. For the dead boy could set tn,
university authorities to examine hi
previous record in school and thus dis
cover the deception by which he ha,
gained admission to Philadelphia. /
was also probably this fear Of dis
closure that prompted him to avoi,
Jordan, II he encountered him at tn,
fraternity smoker. Pondering tn
problem. the detective nodded in salts
acd understanding.
"To return to your movements. las
night" he continued his interrogation
"Where did you and Buckley go 70
your drinks"
Larry Palmer ran his hand through
his hair. "Well. II isn't all very clea
10 me-" he said uncertainty. "But a
far as / can remember. we only Wis
iited one place-a kind Of speak
easy on Spring Garden street ! DON
now exactly where II was; an Ordi
mary house somewhere between TWEEN
ty-nfth q and Twenty-sixth oStrest
near. :"