The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-01
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er for The Blade, is found dead
Dan Blocker, publisher, employs
Sidney Griff, famous criminolo.
gist, to solve the murder.
I Morden had been investigator
fthe affairs of Frank B. Cathay,
wealthy ard prominent, following
the arrest of an impostor claiming
ito be Cathay and accompanied by
q girl called Mary Briggs.
The day following Morden's
death Csthay dies of poisoning.
Griff learns that Morden had
visited the, apartment of Alice Lor-
ton who has reported to police the
disappearance of her roommate
Esther Ordway.
Griff accuses Alice of being in
volved in Mordcn's murder but
does not succeed in breaking down
her story. He learns Cathay broke
an appointment with Harry Fan
cher, inventor, the night Of the ar
rest, and goes to sec Faneher who
tells him he saw Cathay leave
the Hillcrest hotel with a young
woman.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
While Blocker was telephoning
Sidney Griff paced restlessly up
and down the apartment. His
head was thrust forward. His
eyes were squinted in thought
He seemed utterly oblivious of
Dan Blocker and of the telephon-
ed instructions Blocker was Civ
ing to his newspaper. When Blee-
ker had hung up the telephone
and returned to his chair Griff
suddenly whirled on him. g.
Glow about putting them on
that Elite apartment to shadow
whoever came out? Did you do
it,"
Blocker looked crestfallen.
81 did it," he said, "but I'm
afraid l did it too late. l didn't
consider it was of prime import
ance. | sent men out there. At
ter all, you know, we're running
a newspaper and while I'm going
to move heaven and earth to get
this thing cleared up, we haven't
got men to scatter around the
city, just on the hope something
may turn up"
$780," said Griff softly and
with an ominous calm, "you let
her get away from you. Is that
right?"
'Not Esther Ordway," said
Blocker. "She'd gone already
There was no use watching the
place after she'd left, except to
get a line on someone who might
come there and | couldn't see
how we could find out just who
was going to her apartment and
I who was going to the apartment
of some other person. At any
rate, the apartment is still there
and the man is watching. It's
Alice Lorton who has left. My
men report q there's no one in
the apartment"
Sidney Griff made a snorting,
explosive sound.
"Welb" he said, "we'll let it
pass. I'll tell you more about
that after a while. What else
have you got?" ...
"The mall" Blocker said. 81
can't understand it,"
"What about it,"
eve made a wonderful catch"
he said. "I'm afraid we're going
to have trouble about it. There's
going to be trouble with the pos
tai authorities"
That's all a matter of history
now. It's been, DONE" Griff said
impatiently, "What did you get?"
owe. got Esther ., Ordway's
banking statement with the can
celed checks. 1t had been mailed
to her by her bank, apparently
in response to request she had
telephoned in"
"Ah," said Sidney Griff, and
his tone contained the purrlng
satisfaction of some huge cat
that has just been given dish
of raw liver. "Ah-h-h-h," he said
again, and rubbed his hands to-
gether.
X
Blocker pulled a long envelope
from his pocket. took from it the
stiff yellow paper statement of
a bank balance, with machine
stamped figures on the margin.
Griff reached forward, took
the checks and the folded state
ment from Bleeker's hands
crossed to a table, sat down and
spread out the checks. His face
lit with satisfaction.
"Ah," he said, "a young wo-
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