Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-04-04

pressionlessly. with that much to
go on, | felt confident that | knew
how we had been duped. We were
puzzled because we couldn't nnd
any clue to the woman in blue
among Franklin's personal effects.
This was now explained. You had
removed those clues when you
searched Franklin's apartment the
evening before, to verify your sus-
plcions regarding him and your
wife. Afterward 1t occurred to you
that this broken drawer might In
crimlnate you II we discovered 1t.
So you transferred the remainder
of his effects to your own drawer.
leaving your key In Franklln's desk.
The broken drawer you appropri-
ated for your own use. And that"
declared Peter with finality, ~is
what / wrote Kilday a few min
utes ago. He ID on his way to your
office to check up on those two
drawers In your safe. Unless / am
mistaken, he will discover that the
key on Franklin's ring fits the
broken compartment which you are
nov using.
Simple. when you think about 1t,
isn't it?"
"You make 1t sound simple" the
attorney replied.
"The only thing that puzzled me
Is why you returned to your ONCE
that night" Peter continued. you
had already destroyed the evidence
In Franklin's compartment"
II was afraid there might be
some evidence elsewhere that ] had
overlooked. and / wasn't expecting
you to hunt the murderer there
The attorney was making no effort
to maintain d p~retense Of limo
cence. II couldn't very well &c
through the place In the daytime
without exciting comment from the
! employees. / felt perfectly safe In
making the search at night. how
ever. UNTIL" he shrugged, "you ap
peared on the scene. None Of mi
employees had an excuse to be there
ut that hour. and / knew that tn,
janItor's force did not come OF
duty until ten o'clock, 70 naturall,
/ was alarmed when | heard you
key In the lock. | didn't realize
or have time to consider that yos
might be coming there to trap some
one else. / lost my head. ! guess
At any rate. / determined not to b.
trapped there, 20 / turned out tn
lights and waited for you in th'
dark. You know what happened.
Peter glanced at the locked door
whats the ideay' he asked. "Yo'
can't hope to escape By this tim
Kiiday has verified the manner II
which you switched boxes witt
Franklin"
"Oh, yes. There's always on
method Of escape. But don't b
alarmed. That was only q precau
ton against interruption"
From his pocket he took a smal
vial. Removing the cork. he smelle
of the contents. Then he smiled.
Poison" he explained. "I've bee
carrying II about with me for se'
eral days. Even before I kille
Franklin, I made up my mind tbs
I would never be taken alive"
Dunbar raised the bottle gravel.
Before / co." he said, Il want |
say I'm sorry you went thrcuE
the window. / had nothing agsini
you. I only wanted to get out {
there, undetected-"
The momentary delay gave Pets
the opportunity for which he wal
ed. With all his strength
hurled his pillow At the bott
poised In Dunbar's hand. hoping
knock 1t from his grasp.
His aim was true, but the bolt
did not fall. The fingers whis
clutched 1t were too sure Of the
grip.
There was reproach In the alto
ney's glance. After making tn
the only escape possible" hs sske
would you rob me of itf~
He raised the bottle slowly.
don't blame you for anything b
that pillow he declared gravel
: You're quite . detective. Cardiga
: I should be an authority on the su
ject."
! Milo Dunbar took his only meaI
9 Of escape.