Evening star., 1936-01-12
January II, 1896

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protection, and Richmond planted
him in Frink's place to get Frink's
gun. He got it and gave it to Rich
mond."
Good heavens" klay exclaimed
jubilantly. that's all we need"
Don't fool YOURSELF" Gregg said
gloomily; that was his story. There
weren't any witnesses. l was alone in
the cell with him. l went out to get a
stenographer to take it down in writ
ing. When came back. Needham was
gone"
'Gone?" Klay exclaimed.
Eyes, gone"
But how did he get out?'
Some friends showed up with a
writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge
Durane. ordering that he be released
on bail Of two thousand dollars pend
ing the habeas corpus. They put up
the two thousand dollar cash ball.
But he'll have to show up for the
habeas corpus hearing" Klay said.
you don't know the men you're
dealing with" Gregg said. The next
you know -" He broke off to
cock his head on one side, listening.
Someone comingr'
Klay heard the sound of quick, ner-
vous steps in the corridor. His heart
gave wild pound. as for moment.
he thought Bernice Durane was re-
turning. He heard the door of his
outer Office open. the sound of steps
crossing the Office and then Rose
Tobin burst into the room.
Great heavensr' she exclaimed,
do you know what s happenedl A car
skidded to a stop in front of the gaso-
line pumps. They pitched something
out. l was up in the bedroom BY the
time got down, the car was gone, but
the thing they'd pitched out was lying
on the ground. 1t was -"
Don't tell me what it was," Gregg
interrupted. Il know. 1t was the body
of Billy Needham. wasn't it,"
She nodded. "Riddled with bullets"
Gregg got to his feet. ''They've got
me on spot. They've got you. Klay.
where they can frame you for mur-
der rap and now they'll do it. They'll
let Frink of in order to concentrate on
you. We've probably got few hours
start. I'm going to o."
His hand slid back to his hip as the
doorknob of the outer Office clicked
open. A second later Charles Under
wood stood on the threshold and said,
Am intrudingr"
Come in," Klay said. "and get an
earful."
Klay didn't waste time on intro
ductions. Underwood sat down in a
chair and said. I'm listening" Klay
began at the beginning. told him every
detail of what had happened, pro-
duced the missing appointment book.
The book is going to be valuable
evidence" Underwood remarked.
Let's find out what was on that torn
out page"
Sounds simple" Gregg said Bit
terly. but you might as well say you
we're going to bring Billy Needham
back to life. We've tried. You can't see
anything but faint lines"
Underwood shook his head de-
cisively. I'VE can read this very easily.
Remember that where there are inden-
tations on the surface of the paper,
there are corresponding changes in the
density. frequently ridges on the back
of the paper. Well put the paper in
fixed position. Well use ultraviolet
light. Well shut out all other light and
throw the light transversely across the
paper. Well take dozen films with
the paper in the same position but
with different lightings. Well develop
those films and superimpose them.
The print will enable US to read what
was written on the missing page.
This is a laboratory job. You
folks 60 some place where you can
keep under cover and wait until you
f.