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FINAL INSTALMENT "Still, that was only a possibil ity. Unless I could connect Hen derson with sufficient knowledge of drugs to warrant the assup tion that he had administered something to Miss Lane which had caused unconsciousness, and something to Fitz, after the shooting, to keep the semblance of life in him ,for hours, with a bullet through his heart, I had nothing tangible to go on. "After I left you gentlemen and had got Archie bedded down for the night I called up a pri vate detective agency and had them station four men to watch this building and Henderson. I hoped that his suspicions would not be aroused before we were ready to act, and I did not want to plant a suspicion of him in your mind. Dan, until I had more information. That would have possibly been doing him a tremen dous injustice, but I felt respon sible if he should attempt flight. "Thei. I telephoned to my friend Joe Everett, the lawyer in Pasa dena of whom you heard me speak to Henderson last night, and I asked him to get a full report by wire at the earliest possible mo ment. "Then I called two eminent medical men out of their com fortable beds, greatly to their dis gust. One of them assured me lhat I was correct in my recol lection of the efficacy of adre nalin in a case of gunshot wound in the heart; a strong hypoder mic injection of it had been known to keep a man alive five hours. The other eminent medico told me that any one of several drugs, including hyoscin, could be ad ministered hypodermically or by the mouth to produce a state bor daring on hyponotism, in which the patient would be to all intents and purposes unconscious, but would suffer no permanent harm and have no recollection after wards of what had occurred. "I formed no conclusion then as to how or when a drug had been administered to Miss Lane, as we did not know then about the pin which, as she supposed, had punctured her leg. And it was only guesswork that Fritz had been given a hypodermic of ad renalin. "Adele Marceau's story about the pin, the medical examiner's report of finding the mark of the needle in Fitz's leg, the telephone company's report of no calls from that 'phone until Archie called you, Dan, all tended to confirm my suspicions. Then came this telegram from Joe Everett. I won't bother to read it all—it's unnecessary now—but he reports in brief, that Elmer Henderson iormerly practiced medicine there, specializing in diseases of women and particularly in the use of the so-called 'twilight sleep' in child birth. He was convicted of crim inal malpractice, served a year in prison, and his license to prac tice was revoked. Then he turned to electrical invention and pro duced a new method of recording sound on films. "I knew, even before we heard Miss Lane's story in the hospital just now, that Henderson was the murderer. I felt that I had enough evidence on which to con vict him. I am neither a police man or a prosecutor, but there was no way to extricate my client Archie Doane, from the suspicion, not the direct accusation of mur der, unless I could prove that some one else did this crime. "I had hoped to confront Hen derson here with the evidence I had accumulated and to see him arrested and punished for his deed but he had forestalled us. He was keen enough to note the presence of my private detectives, too, and to guesss what they meant. So he chose the gambler's way out. He had lost and he paid. "Am I right, Henderson?" The man across the table was sagging in his chair, his head drooping, as Michaelis finished. He roused himself and turned his face toward the lawyer. "Abso lutely right in every detail," he said in a voice which had lost its resonance and tone. "May I ask one question, then?" Henderson nodded assent. "Mere curiosity, but did you lure Fitz to Miss Lane's by the same device that later called Do ane there?" Again the nod of assent. "You placed a pin in her dress in the taxi, to account to her for the prick of the hypodermic nee dle? You knew she would be un conscious within a few minutes after you had left her at her rooms and called Fitzgerald to her apartment with her filmed voice, over your own telephone? You then hurried back to Miss Lane's apartment, met Fitzgerald there, perhaps pretended that you. too. had received the same summons? And you shot him while he was about to call for medical halp for the unconscious girl? And then you shot Miss Lane through the arm, to give color to the theory of an attem pted double murder? Then you threw the gun down the chim ney?" The sagging head nodded again. "You planned it from the be ginning to lure Archie Doane to the apartment and let him be discovered there, with no other explanation of the crime than that he had done it. You wanted Lydia Lane yourself, and you thought to get your two rivals out of the way by having one exe cuted for the murder of the oth er. You made sure that he had reached his rooms by ringing up and asking for a fictitous person." The drooping figure across the table raised his head again. "And a keener mind than mine frustrated a perfect crime," said Elmer Henderson, as his chin dropped on his chest and his body seemed to relax and slip down ward. "Say the omniscent mind of God rather," said Max Michaelis, as the others eased the lifeless body ot the floor just as the ambulance surgeon's ring sounded at the doorway. "But for the evidence of the snow it would have been a perfect crime—the evidence sup plied from above which proved that Archie Doane could not have done it. A "A perfect crime. Not a detail overlooked —except the snow. "I was brought up, gentleman, to believe in a just and avenging Deity. The events we have just witnessed confirm my belief that the hand of God does sometimes intervene to save the innocent and punish the guilty." "The end of a game little crook," said Dan Flaherty, not without an infection of pity in his voice, as the ambulance sur geon rose from his examination of what had been Elmer Hender son. and shook his head. "If he had not suggested the chimney, we might never have looked there," said Martin Fra zier. "That would have made no dif ference to his plans," said Max Michaelis. "Sooner or later the weapon would have been found. Meantime Archie would have been under suspicion, and the finding of the gun would have sent him to the chair—except for the snow." He glanced at the two docu ments they had witnessed. "Brief but complete," he said as he passed one of the documents to Inspector Flaherty. "This con fession belongs in your records, Dan." > He cast his eyes over the other paper. "Equally brief and equally com plete," he said. "Henderson's will leaves everything to Lydia Lane. He was a game one." "How did you know he was go ing to confess?" asked the In spector, as he turned toward the telephone to summon the medi cal examiner. "I didn't, until he held us at the t Expert Repairing Watohes, Clocks, Jewelry We Now Haye Equipment to Make Any Kind of Duplicate Keys. W. M. Wall, Jeweler Phone 56 Elbin, N. C. AUCTION SALE&IB 254 ACRES J. E. BOLES FARM ON SWAN CREEK ROAD FRONTING TWO MAIN ROADS-FOUR DWELLINGS TO BE CUT INTO LOTS AND SMALL FARMS AND SOLD 5 TOBACCO BARNS-TWO PACK HOUSES-NEW AT YOUR PRICE! FIRST CLASS FARM LANDS. AS FEED BARN. GOOD WHEAT LAND. GOOD TOBACCO LAND AS YADKIN COUNTY HAS! # Electric Power Already There! You Can Have AH City Conveniences CAROUNA AUCTION AND REALTY CO. Selling Agents—For Information, Parks Real Estate Co., Elkin, N. C. > " J . •S' '-MM THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA door. I suspected then that he was administering poison to himself; I was sure of it when he mention ed the men I had posted around the building. It was the way a gambler lives. Henderson would take —the easiest way the game was up." THE END. NO MATTER how far in ad vance your subscription may be paid, you can renew now and ob tain a beautiful pen and pencil set absolutely free. Saturday, Oc tcber 16th is the final date of the offer. The comic of today lives in channels that are very narrow, says Phil Baker. 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Spencer, dated February 28, 1925, and filed for registration on the 2nd day of March, 1925, in the office of Register of Deeds, Cfun ty of Surry, State of North Caro lina. Recorded in Book 98, page 150. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding and unpaid taxes and other assessments, If any. This sale is to be made on ac count of default In the payment of the indebtedness secured by the aforesaid deed of trust, and is made pursuant to demand made upon the undersigned by the hold er of said indebtedness. This 9th day of September, 1937. KESWICK CORPORATION, 10-7 Substituted Trustee. The melancholy days have come —especially to those who have to rafce up the leaves over the yard. EXECUTRIX NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA SURRY COUNTY. Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of John Wilmoth, deceased, late of Surry County, North Carolina, this Is to notify all persons having claims against |7 A f* I 17 don ' t BUY Li i\ uLL iron BEDS - MmA X SPRINGS LINOLEUM RUGS ni7V7I7DC HEATERS OR r ILKd RADIOS B4U CHECK OUR RARE PRICES Furniture ' Bargains Our quarterly inventory reveals that we * have a number of suites and odd pieces that were purchased before recent price Tadvances and as long as they last we * 1 are going to sell them at far less than today's prices. The items listed are only a few of these rare bargains we will offer at ridiculous prices for cash, but - convenient terms may be arranged at our regular prices. Tapestry Living Room $30.00 Velour Living Room C>l7 AA Suite • s**l .VV Extra Large Mohair _ SBO.OO 3 Piece Bed Room Suite CQA AA Worth $45.00 «PJV.VU Extra Large Bed Room PCO AA Suite SOS.UU $39.50 Kitchen Cabinet S3O {K) $69.50 Beautiful Range $55 00 9 Piece Dining Room 7C AH Suite .... $ I D.UU And Many Other Real Bargains for Friday and Saturday MAY WE SUGGEST YOU HURRY? \ THE EAGLE SELLS FOR LESS Thursday, October 7, 19gg —- ■ the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at the 9th day of September. 1938, or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 9th day of September, 1937. ETTA WILMOTH, Executrix of John Wil -10-21 moth, Dec'd.'
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