The Coolidge examiner., 1934-01-12
The Student
Fraternity
Murder
BY MILTON ROPER
Copyright. 1872. by Milton Proper
wNU Service
by MILTON PROPER
CHAPTER xIV-Continued

ticuiar teachers Bui no one was
The wiser when she just didn't show
up either in October for a few
weeks or again. in February and
par; OF this month"
Yes. that is true of the college
department" the supervisor nod
ded where Randall that is,
she registered. Other departments
DO give each instructor the names
of his students. Gymnastics of
some sort, for instance. are re-
quired OF every boy twice a week; I;
bow did she evade that?"
-She might have been excused by
easily obtaining certificate of III
health from Doctor Prince" Ran
kin reminded him. Instead. for two
reasons, she TOOK up military train
ing. which is allowed as a substi-
tute. She never needed to dress
or disrobe In the gymnasium locker
room. which would be necessary for
track. swimming or other exercise I;
she could don her uniform In the
dorm and then join the training
corps. And II was an additional dis
guise In itself. increasing the mas
culinity OF her appearance and car
riage. The hat especially concealed
her hair Even so. she cut the class
as often as possible. In the first
place. IL did not begin this year un-
Ill November. after she left; and
when she returned and Joined II in
February, she expected to leave
again. the murder committed. by
the end Of initiation season. SO she
stayed away practically all the time,
these last six weeks"
But the one thing she had to
undergo. Rankin. was a physical ex-
animation. Every student entering
the university must; even when he
brings an acceptable health record
from another school. he has TO
stand fresh inspection"
Il realize that" Rankin admit
ted slowly. land II puzzled me for
a while. But | believe | have fig
ured IL out When a student pre-
sents himself for the examination,
only his own word, Identifies him; (;
he does not bring along a verifying
picture. Anyone. therefore, would
have been accepted by Doctor
Thompson as Walter Randall. II
seems probable that Mrs. Jordan
merely hired some youth from the
streets preseniable enough to pass
as a college man to take the test
for her. AS boy. she could give
any plausible excuse: lots of fair
ly respectable looking men In need
would be willing TO earn a few dol
lars for such n trifling task"
Mr.. Warwick's broad brow
wrinkled in obvious dismay and be-
wilderment.
THAT could be done. | suppose"
he agreed. with a penetrating. in
quiring glance at Rankin. docs
that mean, though. that RandalPs
entire record at Aberdeen was
faxed? That no such person ever
existed. and she adopted the name
TO a forged account OF a scholastic
career. just to enter Philadelphia p
"Oh. no. you were bound to COM
municate with Aberdeen and uncov-
er any such complete fraud. Wal
ter Randall was genuine-a Chicago
boy who attended Aberdeen last
year, but quit school for good at
the end OF the term. Through the
Chicago police. learned Yesterday
he is now at home working. What
happened is simple II was last
May that Stuart discovered his
wife's infidelity and later the same
month that he notified her he would
get away to Philadelphia and event
ually divorce her. Immediately, she
and Doctor Prince schemed to fol-
low him there and murder him, IL
he refused TO relent And Randall
fitted their needs exactly-for some
university student. successful in his
studies. who intended to drop out
of school in June. either because
of financial stress or i'll health. He
would have no further use for his
scholastic record; they proposed to
pay him several hundred dollars to
apply for admission to PHILADELPHIA
and then allow some one else to en-
ter in his place on his application
and standing out west. he would
never know. of course. the purpose
of the deception.
II imagine II was Doctor Prince
who sought for such a student in
those in the vicinity of ST. Louis !;
as a former college man himself, be
could do so better than she have
no idea how he finally located RAN
dali. but when he did. the boy
agreed to 20 through the formali-
ties of entering Philadelphia for
him."
Wasn't that running the grave
risk" the supervisor Queried, that
you might inquire at Randall's
home about him. much earlier than
this? And easily hear that the real
one was in Chicago all the time.
instead?''
Rankin nodded negatively. "As