The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-01
SYNOPSIS

 dead DAN BLEEKER, publish reporter for The Blade, is found CT, employs SIDNEY GRIEF, famous criminologfst, to solve the murder.
 Morden had been investigating the affairs of FRANK B. CA THAY, wealthy and prominent, following the arrest of an im- postor claiming to be Cathay and accompanied by a girl called Mary Briggs.
 The day following Nforden's death Cathay dies of poisoning.
 Griff learns that Morden had visited the apartment of ALICE HORTON who has reported to police the disappearance of her roommate, ESTHER ORDWAY.
 Griff accuses Alice of being in- vOlved in MOrden's murder but does not succeed in breaking down her story. He instructs de- tectives to shadow her. He
 instructs detectives to shadow her. He learns Cathay had an ap- pOintment with HARRY FAN CHER, inventor, the night of the arrest and goes to see Fancher.
 CHAPTER XXIII
 Griff read the letter slowly. Then he said, That's Cathay's signature all right. At any rate it loks like it.'
 Certainly" Fancher replied. '"The letter came through the mail in response to one I sent to Mir Cathay." Have you the envelope?" Griff asked.
 The inventor handed him the en- vedope. Griff regarded it thought fully.
 q wonder" he said, Eff I might keep this letter and the envelope for a few days-just long enough to have photographs made? I'll re- turn them to you."
 Fancher's face showed surprise. Perhaps" Griff told him, you haven't heard but MT Cathay died late Friday afternoon"
 Good heavens!" Fancher ex- claimed.
 Griff nodded. "Now," he went on, would you mind telling me ex- actly what happened? You can see that it's important"
 Why, there was nothing hap pened," Ranches said, except that Mir Cathay didn't keep his appoint ment. I was very much put out about it.''
 Did you," asked Griff, "tele- phone him about it or get in touch with him in any way?'
 Certainly not" Fancher re- marked. "The appointment was definite enough. When MT Cathay didn't keep it and didn't make any effort to communicate with me. I considered that had been insulted enough. I returned to my place here in Millvale and decided that MT Cathay. for all of his money, wasn't a particularly good business man. I think good business man keeps his appointments, don't you?"
 He was registered in the hotel" saw him earlier in the evening""
 Griff snapped to attention. "Oh, you did?" he asked.
 "Yes," I saw him and there was a young woman with him. They were they were drinking"
 Where dil you see them ?" Griff asked.
 "In the dining room of the hotel"
 Did you speak to MT Cathay?"
 How did you know who he was?"
 ''I saw that he was registered in the hotel and I asked one of the bell boys if he knew MT Cathay. He said that he had taken him to his room and that he thought MT Cathay was in the dining room. He pointed him out to me-"
 And you watched him for some little time?"
 "Oh, for several minutes. wanted to size him up a little and find out what sort of man was doing business with" Could you describe his appear ance?" "He was a big man, about AZ. guess, and the girl with him was more than 20 years younger. She was brunei" Gan you describe Cathay any better than that?"
 "Why, no. That's the best de- scription I can give you of him. IP Pd know him probably if I saw
 
 That was the first time you've seen him?''
 l "Yes."
 But you made no effort tc speak with him?"
 Certainly not. My appointment wasn't until 10 o'clock. I didn1 wish to intrude. gathered that MT Cathay had other business" l "I sec So you continued tO wait in the lobby?"
 "Yes. I had room there at the hotel and waited in the lobby. Al I10 o'clock MT Cathay didn't ap; pear. I called his room. He didni ansyer. had him paged. There was no answer. I had him paged at intervals for more than an hour until almost midnight guess Then got disgusted."