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mo^. active hos^tr ^ reeulUaL «t •eJir 5NTH iNWAuaaerr !milt6n >PEI >••• 6 Hi • BROT1 KY ttefe was Uie tac^ptKai Mfl Oamtt iMd only ' traction ot^-the stolen said tbe nurse who had the fotmer Mrs. KetO. ^«tnr she was here six nronths, reallxs^ I sympathised with ad tmea permitted herselt to ,.g.in I Is la aa. When"! asked hew sot late this tronble, she 4Hn^ trt to jastlfyv herselt, hot sfirily Oarrett. He wasn’t aatnral^ If bad. sh^ dalmed, and she did ftbr lisatffo stop him from golag yroas- ^Bnt he admired hla Whhka*s smartness and his infln- asae. and the temptation of easy wsaey was too mnch for him. tell she clearly feared and AmqMsed the fellow.” Mbtokln spoke eagerly. “Did As tan you anything about who femwas and what became of him?” ••She could hardly know what bawoned to him after her arrest.’’ Ttm matron shook her head. “But Aa saemUoned the name by which As knew him; more than likely It ssSa an alias. If I’m not mis' he traTeled as Fred Den- Bat the matron had no Idea of bar charge’s history, once she pnsed beyond the walls of the psalteaUary. She bad never heard from her. Nor could she ss9ply any further details about Bred Dennis, or bis description, wUeh Rankin particularly desir ed. And she was ignorant of how Baien Trent met her lover or 'Aere. In court, she had been TUacaented by a Mr. Nathan Lew- iai a Fort Wayne lawyer, In all gwnhahility appointed by the ladgn to defend her. because she had no money. Kmte that afternoon. Tommy BaakVn presented himself by ap- VcdaLiuent made over the tele- Asrna. nt the office of Mr. Kathan Lewis. Evidently the lawyw had prospered since the Ay. rii years before, when he mas appointed by the court, an ineoaspieuous young lawyar, . to detead KUen^Pronl.** • :^Jllr.''l-awlt%ttndied 'HanklVh card and motloaad him to a deop amchair. "‘•Ytm, Mr, Eanklh*" he Inqulr- ed poHtely, bnt with guiet reserve. “Toa’re t*om the Philadelphia paUee bunou, 1 see. Hpw can I ha of aerrloe to yoaT” “I called you to make sure you wouldn’t leave the office before I arriTod,” the detective replied. •‘It's sbont a yonng woman whose mysterious murder I am investigating in the east. Her name is Barbara Keith and she was once your client, charged with concealing and disposing of stolen goods. You knew her as Ellen Trent.” The lawyer looked genuinely shocked, and shook his head sol emnly. “I’m sorry to hear that,” he murmured. "Of course, I recall the case quite well. Exactly what happened.to her?” Briefly Rankin related enough of the tragedy to enlist Mr. Lew is’ co-operation. The latter lis tened attentively. “I have reason to believe,” Rankin concluded, “that this affair in Fort Wayne — her arrest and imprisonment—has a bearing on her death. She was being blackmailed by some one familiar with her past. And you can probably tell me more about It, from her angle, than anyone else.’’ Mr. Lewis pondered. “Under these circumstances. I suppose I am justified in revealing whatever I can to help you. To me, it has always seemed a most distressing situation, for which the girl was not to blame at all. Her mis fortune was to love a ne’er-do- well. Yet, there were the goods, the evidence that she knew of the robberies, and her obvious relations with one of the men. I considered it most wise that she plead guilty and trusted to the court’s leniency for a minimum MOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SAUB OF REAL ESTATE KakQk Carolina,'Wilkes County. Tfae Federal Land Bank of Colum- lia ws. Ada V. Burch and hus band Elmer W. Burch, T. J. Mc- Seil, D. H. Morrison, J. B. CtaBRb, William Bullard. John Mnten, Tyre Felts,, Sam Par- Ae. 3. A. Porter, Cecil Bum- Sxzwer and the First Carolinas Slock Land Bank of Co- Chatham and others to said Mc Neill, as shown by deed dated May 27, 1920, and recorded in Book 124, page 97, in the office of the register of deeds for Wilkes county, and said tract includes 1 acre sold by said McNeill and wife to Rufus Baldwin as shown by deed dated January 28, 1922, and recorded in Book 158, page 568, in the office of the register of deed^ for Wilkes county; also one tract for 12 2-10 acres conveyed by said McNeill and wife to J. H. Master Pusuant to a consent judgment by deed dated April 21. 1924, and imtered m the above entitled civil i-ecorded January 17, 1931. in the mcAa, CD the 16th day of August, office of the re^ster of deeds for J9SC, in the superior court of Wilkes county in Book 148, page WAcs county, before Honorable 570; also some small tracts claim F. D. Phillips, judge presiding, 11 ed by J. A. Porter, Sam Pardue wtBI, cvj Monday, the 30th day of! and Tyre Felts, out of said Mc- SqAmber, 1935, at 10 o’clock a. [ Neill’s 105-acre tract, the deeds m., at the courthouse door in said j to which do not appear of record. ooBBty. sell at public auction, to j Second—A tract of 65 acres the l^hest bidder therefor, the j sold by J. F. Allen and wife to following described lands situated D H. Morr'.son, by deed October ia Wilkes county, North Carolina, 25. 1919, recorded .July 23, 1929, IB Edwards township, comprising I in Book 116, page 153, in the of- wia acres, more or less, and boon- f £ice of the register of deeds for Ad and described as follows; | Wilkes county. AB Hiat certain piece, parcel or | Third—A tract of 56 86-160 oi land, containing 310 acres, j acres conveyed by W. L. Bullard XM»e or less, situate, lying and faciag on the Yadkin River, about coe znlie east from the village of Boaring River, in Edwards town- Wilkes county. North Caro- •Km- and having such shapes, wetes, courses and distances as mat more fully appear by referr —r«» to a plat thereof, made by W. A. Gwyn, surveyor,-sometime mt March, 1912, and being bound- wd on the north by the lands of C. Partes, on the east by the tends of S. J. Greenwood, on the mmSb hj the Yadkin River, and mB the west .by the lands of L. J. SahnoRS. This being the same ODiweyed to the said Ada Vi and wife to J. B. Church by deed dated August 10, 1923, and re corded August 30, 1923, in Book J.33. page 40, in the office of the register of deeds for Wilkes county. Fourth—A tract of 16 acres claimed by the First Carolinas Joint Stock Bank of Columbia, S. C.» Fifth—Also the balance of the W. L. Bullard tract, amounting to 6114 acres after deducting 56 86-160 acres conveyed by Bul- ’ard to J. B- Church as shown in third tract above, the said 118 acres being originally conveyed to W. L. Bullard by A. Chat^m. Jr.. by S. J. Greenwood -and [and others, by deed datedIWay 11, , ,, n. p. Greenwood, on May t,i920, and recorded in Book 116. Mk 1»12, and recorded in the of- j p^gg ^73^ register of deeds office «f the register of deeds for fpj. wilkes county. WilkuB jcounty in Book 91, at page , The terms of sale are cash on amfiEmation of the sale by the T)f the superior court, but me ted ^11 l>e accepted or re- perted by the commissioner unless maker of said bid shall depM- it -with the clerk of the superior coort. at the close of the bidding, !• per cent of his bid in cash or «^ed check, as evidence of xoDd faith; the said sum to M awSed ua the hid should there be M conipliairce with same, Anted the successful bidder fMl !• make such deposit immediat^ If upon the acceptance of hiS Ar the entire tract, then the said manperty shall at once be resold lu .m vAdle at sndi highest bidders »i«v, on the same day; and should -thi said successful bidder make teos'lt and thereafter fail to tconmly with said bid without just A»o»t shall be forf«^ ^ de- IMuiad to the plaintiff-»d re- ■ it aa liqoMa^ • -J the premises shall advertitod and the same terms and ^satei purchaser’s nak, ob Burat day, to he deergaated , eonuniaaiooer. . -The eommianoner at saw _ I to* offer the tracto off toed in to ntm « ma Mt owt^fto'd ^ I' Should the above named tracts or any part of same at said sale fail to bring, a sufficient amount to discharge the plaintifUs judg ment, including principal, interest and costs of this action and costs of advertising; then the said com missioner shall ’at once offer for sale to the highest bidder the en tire tract of 310 acres mortgaged to the plaintiff by the defendants. Ada V. Burch and husband, E. W. Burch, on the 3rd day of July, 1918. and recorded July 24, 1918, in Book 105, page 50, in the of fice of the register of deeds for Wilkes county. All bids will be received subject to rejection or confirmation by the clerk of_ the superior court, and no bid will be accepted or reported unless its maker shall deposit at the close of said bidding the sum of 10 per cent of his bid with the said clerk, as a guarantee of his com pliance with his bid, the same to be credited on his ted when ac-’ cepted. Notice is now given that the said lands will be resold at the same place and uixm the' aame terms at 2 o’clock p. m. of the same day. unless said deposit !s sooner made. Every dwosit not forfeited or aoeepled will be promptly return ed to to maker. This Ay of August, 1936. senteaoe.’'. "That’s one of the details-?-.J want,” the datet^iTe. cat In quloldy- "It’s keen suggested to rne.idmm other soureee. that she was retely gulte Jnnocent.” convteeed of tot,” Mr. Lewis dvilarad. “At oar first Interview In the city Jail, she as sured me she was ignorant'- of Garrett’s dishonesty until after they'bad lived>, here for ' six months. At times she wondered why he stayed out so late at night. She found ant about him eventually when he returned at dawn, after a narrow escape dur ing an attempted robbery. He had been separated from Dennis and brought back some of the loot; then she realised bis occu pation and taxed him with it.” “And what’s youi opinion of Garrett? Did you gather he was vicious or Just weak?” ’The lawyer spread his hands. “Miss ’Trent insisted it was en tirely Dennis’ fault; without his persuasion and the enticement of easy money, Garrett would never have have gone wrong. She loved him so, it was. almost pitiful how she deluded herself about his worthiness.” “Have you any Idea, Mr. Lew is,” he asked, “how and where she met Garrett In the first place?” After some cogitation, the at torney recalled thtt the girl had mentioned that they became ac quainted In' Akron, Ohio, late in 1925. She worked as a wrapper in a large department store there and met the young man at a dance hall. Mr. Lewis was not better Informed than Mortimer Keith had been. She had no rela tives, he believed. The lawyer told how her sweet heart became acquainted with Fred Dennis. It was at the In dianapolis race track, where Gar rett began to hang about when he failed to obtain work. In hope of acquiring some loose change. But the girl could not name, Mr. Lewis explained as Rankin probed more thoroughly, any of Dennis’ other associates. “No wonder she detested Den nis so!” Rankin exclaimed. “He threatened her happiness, endan gered the man she loved and brought her endless worry and anxiety tor his welfare.’’ “Exactly,” Mr. Lewis agreed. “That’s the reason, when Garrett was killed, she considered him his murderer. I have a vivid picture of her in prison, crushed and numbed by his death; she didn’t care what happened to her with out him. But she had one inter est—a grim determination that Fred Dennis should suffer for it.” The detective uodded. “I sup pose he realized her opposition and enmity.” “He could hardly help it, the way she always tried to persuade Oarrett to break away. It was a continual struggle for ascenden cy over him; she told me that when she’d almost win him away, Dennis could filing him back to heel with a word.’’ “But the police didn’t catch him. even with her information?” Rankin vouchsafed. Mr. Lewis toyed with a pen on his desk and pushed back his chair as he replied. “No, he escaped again,’’ he related, “by the skin of iiis teeth, just before they broke in.” “And nothing was heard of him afterward? No trace of his whereabouts?’’ The lawyer shook his head. “No, he dropped completely out of the picture.” “But at least you have Miss Trent’s description of him,” the detective put in. ‘"The police could give you that,” Mr. I|ewis replied. “It was their job to bunt him. And I believe they still hold such of Dennis’ possessions as didn’t have other rightful owners.” “In that case. I’ll want to see them at once.” Abruptly, Rankin rose and extended his hand. But instead of shaking hands, Mr. Lewis glanced at his watch and also rose. "If you don’t mind, Mr. Ran kin,” he said, "I’d like to go along with you ‘o headquarters. Recalling how favorably the girl Impressed me, I’m interested in the case and wish to learn, what develops. In fact, if Dennis is responsible for her murder, 1 feel almost involved in it myself.” “■Why, certainly, Mr. Lewis,” the detective returned pleasantly. “Ycn’re quite welcpme to join me and follow it up" The lawyer had put Into words the possibility to which his In vestigations and all tke informa tion he obtained on this Jonrney pointed. Certainly, Fred Dennis had ample reason lor harboring malice against Ellen Trent and deairing her death. From the beglnalng, her opposition to hii control oyer hqr sweetheart, Gar ' retC condtantly threatefied to caiainltoasty fo?%lmS She mafia tttgitiTO from~aattoiO It was hardly likely that a man of hla eharaetw, Tielous and re- reSglftu^j yet astute and Artng, would hteitete.to commit murder In re^tatlon.' Ha fna familiar 1|^ Baihara past and in a position to disclose it; and as part of his rarenge, he could blackmail hoT' by anonymoMly calling hof bited’a attention to tom,/ ha would 'retablish her relations 'with Qftrarett and her prisoaiioanteBaa «l A thtef. Ha might erco hara be^ awan of to eaimetad baby. To ’aHenca hiittt .hlni,.Xaft& would undoubtedlyvhATo been willing to pay deai^. ‘ Why, than, had he cboaen,^to chloroform her daring the' di^- Torce hearing? And how had ho reached her there?, To these ob stacles to hts theory'of Dennis’ guilt, Rankin had to produce a solution. So long as Mrs. Keith continued to pay him, he would hesitate to kill the goose that laid such golden eggs; and- she had given him a check as recent ly as June first. But there was a limit to the bleeding' process. If driven to the wall by bis .^da- mands, she might have turned on him finally, threatening both - to ^ FRANK D. HACEETT, », - ■ Conalateoaer.ftortipt hla~ plau^aad MAngfir to iteSM to hand. that to day b»- f^ she died shwAafi hrogchefi a’ snbjei^ the fiteteatemaa aad Im- whitens her nerrons- nam and alarm attreteA sopportr ed thlB^Bttpposltion.jQ^ltetead of wishing to speak of a divorce, as Mri Keith suppotad, she may Are {^intended to eonfesa.i^’Though she lost her nem in the crisis, yet and honnded, sba con stated a fresh menace to Den nis,. . And always,*BO,, long as she ilfied, her knowledge of hts ci-lm- Inal career, which .she could pass on to the anthorities, eaAngerad hfs freedom,;'- '^'5^ SK; Mr. Lewis drove the direct to beadqUarten. rlt-. Sa his prosonee rathat, than RaO' kip’s ofUolal card;7.that; gatotet then a "prompt^ aadlenee..ii,wt^ Lieutenant Becker. - .,He was to otlioer who had ar- reated Elies' Trent^siz yean be fore, and led the anbseqnent^toid on Dennis’’ flat Bv«i now ■ he was sensitive about tAtfiasco and mention of it brought a wry frown to his features. Rankin briefly related the story of Ban- bara Keith’s mur Ar and the trail that led to Fort Wayne. When he explained its connection with Fred Dennis and his' desire to oliteln Information about him, Lienten- ntii to Ae ' al a He aummonyd a policeman Jtrom ;tA record room. Within ton min- utse tA ofd^ returned with A- Avs, repdrto and seiVBral suit cases. f(Continaed nait week) ^ ■ O — Doaghtow Fears Citiseas May Raly Too Mach Oa Covraaiint iag'o£:to; pesdonoe bo urgfed upbaihyng. lianeg mingied witA awd sAqusto mpport of' »«*®***’” ^ - - —- BalisbniY, Sept 8.—Tho na- toi’e gsMteet dmtger now'itto* ultifieDS moy oouse to rely too upon to OOngreseman B. Ifc Dooglitoa to ;iteBoetetied Masfier Barbers ol J Cssotiiia M toir eighth «v> Dual eonmmttoo here toAy. ^ ... DooflAto, ohMniM oi to | Awm snqpB and nwaim OommSttoe, reviewed oomgiess' aicts to retou to nafikm^ie strained eeotiMnic «t- Atou He praised to aoefad 80- mritp,not M tbe moot faT^teato ton tfi American history. 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