The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-20

that he cares to do; that he has fully performed his part in the scheme of things and is now ready to vanish ?"
 q think" Fisher said, "he al- ready has vanished"
 "Your plan?" asked Griff. T think" Fisher said, i've should .all upon Mrs Blanche Malone" Blocker started to say something but Griff checked him with pres sure of thumb and forefinger on the publishers elbow.
 Do you," asked the criminol- ogist, "know anything about an Esther Ordway or Alice Lorton, as the case may be?"
 Fisher scowled.
 "No," he said. "Why?"
 "Only," Griff told him, because she is mixed into the case in some way. That is, the woman is mixed in the Morden murder case. She and a male companion by the name of Kenneth Boone were taken into custody to-day by the police and are now being interrogated. It is possible that she has already made some statements"
 "You consider the murder of Morden connected with the plan of this Peter Malone?' the lawyer in- quired.
 T think" Griff said, "there can- not be the slightest doubt about it. Morden found out something. He was murdered because it was vital that this information Morden had acquired be suppressed and the conspirators decided to silence Mordens lips before he could con- vey that information to his news paper"
 'I think you're right" the at- torney said, "but do not care, at the present time, to allow myself to get side-tracked on the matter of this Morden murder. After all, you must admit it may have been due to other causes. In other words it may be one of those coincidences which happen in real life and which are so baffling to an inves- tigator. For instance, it is very possible that this woman, Esther Ordway, actually had no connec- ton with the Cathay case whatever but that Morden thought she had of value, or Morden may have
 
 with her in a social way. Her male companion may have been exceed- ingly jealous. He may have mur- deredr Morden in a fit of jealousy, and because Morden was investi- gating this Cathay case, we would naturally jump to the conclusion that he lost his life because of the case he was Investigating. "No gentlemen, while think that theory is, perhaps, sound, l must refuse to be misled by it. l prefer to keep the main trail." But" Blocker said, Eve have evidence that Cathay left his car near the apartment house where this women lived: that he spent some time in her apartment
 "That is what am conceding," !" Fisher said, ''that the woman either had some contact with Ca thay, or that Morden thought she had some contact with Cathay. It makes little difference which. My point remains unshaken, that Nor den's death may have nothing whatever to do with the conspiracy that I am investigating" Griff nodded. 'I see your point"
  | clined to agree with it"
 ''Whether you agree with it or not" Fisher said, you must admit | the logic of refusing to be drawn | from a hot trail. We are now in a position to run down the con- | spiracy against Cathay. We have | brought home to Frank Bliss a grave suspicion of having been | implicated in the murder of Frank Cathay."
 "You think it was a murder? ?" | Griff asked.
 "Beyond any doubt" "Go on," Griff said. I've have" the lawyer went on, "secured the address of Blanche f Malone and I say to you gentle ment that 1t Is by no means improb- able Mrs Malone is the one who is to profit by the years of prep aration which have been made by | Peter Malone; that 1t is not incon- | ceivable that Malone was prepared to make 1t appear that he and l Cathay were one and the same per. son, and that Mrs Malone. her marriage once having been estab- iished. is, in fact. the surviving wife of Frank cathay."
 Blceker's eyes spnrkled with sudden understanding.
 Good heavens!" he said, "that must bo itl But can it hold up in view ef the testimony Of this young wOmhnf"
 "That," Fisher said. "romains to be seen. But Of course. that is the thing [ nm trying Co do--to thwart thln o0nNplrucy | think, gon4los meni. lt VIII be better if 70 Co sec