The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-09

admit the name of Cathay. Yet, as was shown by subsequent develop ments, he had only to proclaim himself as Cathay to bring about his immediate release.
 However, we're wasting valu- able time talking over clews while there's work to be done, so let's get to work"
 "But look here," Blocker de- manded, "you don't have any doubt that Kenneth Boone and the girl, between them, were the. ones who killed Morden, do you?"
 "As to that, Griff said, i've are going to make some interesting and I think some rather startling discoveries. Come, let's see if We can't get to 922 East Elm street before the conference breaks up. It may be a conference that is worthy of our careful attention"
 
 Much puzzled, Blocker followed the criminologist to Q taxicab. Remember" he said, when the cab was swaying through the streets, making speed toward the destination where the detective and the widow of the Riveryiew financier had been located, that I'm running a newspaper. I'm a man of action. don't go in for o lot of refined theories; go in for action. The faster the action, the better I like it. I'm inclined to go ahead and do what I want to first and check up on the mistakes aft erwards. I find that I can get to a destination quicker by moving around and doing things than ] can by sitting down and waiting for things to happen. Morden was newspaper man. He was a good one. He had a knowledge of crime and of criminals which he had ob- tained by first-hand observation. He was murdered. l want to prosecute those murderers. You've got the newspaper standlng squarely behind you."
 Griff nodded thoughtfully. "I understand all that" he said, "and further, understand that Morden was a good reporter. He knew his criminals-knew them very well, indeed"
 "Not quite we'll enough" Bleek- CT said grimly.
 IClOl Woo too weIl," he said. They rode for minute or two in silence and then Griff said sadly, 'It will be one of my greatest re- grets that in solving this case there is one thing which we shall prob- ably never discover"
 "What is that?" Blocker in- quired.
 "That is whether Morden mere ly blundered upon the discovery which led to his death, or wheth- CT he figured it out by a process of reasoning that was at least brll- liant"
 "He was not brilliant man, Blocker. said. ''He was a daring man and he was resourceful, but he was not brilliant"
 Griff closed his eyes, Slowly he shook his head from side to side.
 "I am not certain," he said. At times I feel that he must have been brilliant. It is. perhaps, we shall never discov- er."
 What are you referring. to?" Bleeker asked. "The location of Esther Ordway?"
 Not that,' Griff said.
 DO you think that he knew she was Cathay's daughter?"
 ''As to that, we cannot say, but I am inclined to think he did not Griff said. "The evidence all points to the fact that he was trailing Cathay, trying to find what Cathay was doing on that Monday night. He had no luck with the hotels or, perhaps, he simply disregarded the hotels and concentrated his search upon the garages. It is good point, one that I shall remember"
 "How," asked Blocker, did you know that she was Cathay's 
 "I didn't know," Griff said. Il watched her lips when'she spoke. I knew that she was nervous and that she was lying. I knew, also, that her lies were not the swift lies of one who has been unexpectedly cornerei, but that they had been carefully They were lies which were not lmpreGnable, but they had been given to her to use Tor the purpose of delaying investiga-- ton until a certain thing could be accomplished"
 And that certain thing?" asked Blocker. ,+.
 Griff shrugged his shoulders. "ft may already have been accom-. plished," he said. "Who can tcll?"
 Don't you think you're all wet on that business?" Blocker insist ed. "Morden wasn't such a bralny man. He was resourceful. He thought of trying to trace Cathay through his car. He found the ga rage. In some way, from the garage, he got a lead to the apart ment house and someone in the houses gave him the in formation that he wanted. He, thought this young wo- man was merely a woman in the case, a person whose name might be linked with that of Cathay.
 "de went to see her; she was out. He rode around, investigat- ing other clews for an hour or so, and then returned. She was in. He talked with her. Kenneth Boone came in. Boone has a jealous disposition. He is hot headed and impulsive. We know he carries a weapon. Probably ne tried to throw Morden out. Nor den would have taken a great deal of throwing out. There was struggle. Boone lost his head and hit Morden over the head with the gun. That's all there was to it.
 Griff did not argue the point. "Perhaps," he said in tone that was almost dreamy. "but let's not make the mistake of reconstruc'. ing our crime until we have all of the facts. Here's 922 East Elm street. We're going to get some thing here"
 (TO Be Continucd)
 Grifr and Blocker invade d con- ference in the next installmcnt-- and face an angry woman.