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^4. V X^nTOH PRQPPtft” FOURTEENTH INSTALMENT SYNOPSIS Barbara Keith, wife of a promin ent Philadelphia business man, is fnordered as she waits alone in a Side room to testify in the divorce ease of Rowland vs. Rowland. . . She was to have testified for the hus band, a friend, who was defendant in the action. . . Detective Tommy Rankin is assigned to the case from police headquarters. . . His prelim inary investigation disclosed that both Mr. and Mrs. Rowland had ga thered evidence against the other of infidelity. . . The will of Mrs. Row land’s first husband directed her lawyer brother, Mr. Willard, to han dle the estate until she remarried ' when the new husband was to come into control. Detective Rankin finds motives and the evidence of guilt for the murder of Mrs. Keith, leading to the doors of virtually all of the principals involved. These princi pals are, the two Rowlands, Mr. Wil lard, Mr. Keith, husband of the mur dered woman, Hugh Campbell, para mour of Mrs. Rowland, and his un derworld confederates. . . NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY “Well, there was the fact that Ellen and Garrett had only a small fraction of the stolen goods,” said the nurse who had attended the former Mrs. Keith. “After she was here six months, Ellen realized I sym pathized with her and once per mitted herself to confide in me. When I asked how she got into this trouble, she didn’t try to justify herself, but only Gar rett. He wasn’t naturally bad, she claimed, and she did her best to stop him from going wrong. But. he admired his friend’s smartness and his in fluence, and the temptation of easy money was too much for him. I could tell she clearly feared and despised the fel low.” Rankin spoke eagerly. “Did Bhe tell you anything about who he was and what became of him?” “She could hardly know what happened to him after her ar , rest.” The matron shook her head. “But she mentioned the name by which she knew him; * more than likely it was an ali as. If I’m not mistaken, he ’ra veled as Fred Dennis.” But the matron had no idea of her charge’s history, once she passed beyond the walls of the penitentiary. She had nev er heard from her. Nor could she supply any further details about Fred Dennis, or his deT scription, which Rankin parti cularly desired. And she was ignorant of how Ellen Trent met her lover or where. In court, she had been represent ed by a Mr. Nathan Lewis, a Fort Wayne lawyer, in all pro babality appointed by the judge to defend her, because she had no mnnev. Late that afternoon, Tommy Rankin presented himself by appointment made over the tel ephone, at the law office of Mr, Nathan Lewis. Evidently the , lawyer had prospered since the day, six years before, when he was appointed by the court, an impecunious young lawyer, to defend Ellen Trent. Mr. Lewis studied Rankin’s card and motioned him to a deep armchair. “Yes, Mr. Rankin?” he in quired politely, but with quiet reserve. “You’re from the Phil adelphia Police Bureau, I see. How can I be of service to you ? “I called you to make sure you wouldn’t leave the office be fore I arrived,” the detective replied. “It’s about a young woman whose mysterious mur der 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 solemnly. “Fm sorry to hear that,” he murmured. "Of course, I recall the case quite well. Exactly what happened to her?” Briefly Rankin related en ough of the tragedy to enlist Mr. Lewis’ cooperation. The latter listened attentively. “I have reason to believe,” Rankin concluded, “that this affair in Fort Wayne—her ar rest 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 inost distressing situation, for which the girl was not to blame at all. Her misfortune was to love a ne-er-do-well. Yet, there' were the: goods, the evidence that she knew of the robbeifieq, and her obvious relations with one of the men. I considered it most wise that she plead guil ty and trusted to the court’s leniency for a minimum sen tence.” “That’s one of the details I want,” thedetective cut in very quickly. “It’s been suggested to me, from other sources, that she was really quite innocent.” “I’m firmly convinced of that,” Mr. Lewis declared. "At our first interview in the city jail, she assured me she was ignorant of Garrett’s dishon esty until after they had lived here for six months. At times she wondered why he stayed out so late at night. She found out about him eventually when he returned at dawn, after a narrow escape during an at tempted robbery. He had been separated from Dennis and brought back some of the. loot; then she realized his occupation and taxed him with it.” “And what’s your 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 entice ment of easy money, Garrett would never have gone wrong. She loved him so, it was almost pitiful how she deluded her self about his worthiness.” “Have you any idea, Mr. Lewis,” he asked, “how and where she met Garrett in the first place?” After some cogitation, the at torney recalled that the girl had mentioned that they be came acquainted in Akron, Ohio, lateT925. *She work ed as a wrapper in a large de partment store there and met the young man at a dance hall. Mr. Lewis was not better in formed than Mortimer Keith had been. She had no relatives left, he believed. The lawyer told how her sweet-heart became acquainted with Fred Dennis. It was at the Indianapolis race track, where Garrett 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 ex plained as Rankin probed more thoroughly, any of Dennis’ other associates. “No wonder she detested Dennis so!” Rankin exclaimed. “He threatened her happiness, endangered the man she loved and brought her endless wor ry.” “Exactly,” Mr. Lewis agreed. “That’s the reason, when Gar rett was killed, she consider ed 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 without him. But she had one interest—a grim determination that Fred Dennis should suffer for it.” The detective nodded. “I suppose he realized her oppo sition and enmity.” “He could hardly help it, the way she always tried to per suade Garrett to break away. It was a continual struggle for ascendency over him; she told me that when she’d almost win him away, Dennis could bring him back to heel with a word.” “But the police didn’t catch him, even with her informa tion”? 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 his 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. Lewis replied'. “If was their job to hunt him. And I believe they sfill hold stick of Dennis' possessions as didnH 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 to Headquar ters- Recalling how favorably the girl impressed me, I’m in terested in the case and wish to learn what develops. In fact if Dennis is responsible for her murder, I feel almost in volved in it myself.” "Why, certainly, Mr. Lewis,” the detective returned pleasant ly, “You’re quite welcome to join me and follow it up.” The lawyer had put into words the possibility to which his investigations and all the information he /Obtained on this journey pointed. Certain ly, Fred Dennis had ample rea son for harboring malice ag ainst Ellen Trent and desiring her death. From the begin ning, her opposition to his con trol over her sweetheart, Gar rett, constantly threatened to disrupt his plans and endanger his criminal enterprises. Then, with Dave Garrett’s death, her more active hostility resulted calamitiously for him. She made him a fugitive from jus tice. It was hardly likely that a man of his character, vicious and revengeful, yet astute and daring, would hesitate to com mit murder in retaliation. He was familiar with Bar bara Keith's past and in a posi tion to disclose it; and as part of his revenge, he could black mail her by anonymously call ing her husband’s attention to them, he would establish her relations with Garrett and her prison sentence as a thief. He might even have been aware of the expected baby. To silence him, Mrs. Keith would un doubtedly have been wilding to pay dearly. Why, then, had he chosen to chloroform her during the di vorce hearing? And how had he reached her there? To these obstacles to his theory of Den nis’ guilt, Rankin had to pro duce a solution. So long as Mrs. Keith continued to pay him, he would hesitate to kill the goose that laid such gold en eggs; and she had given him a check as recently as June first. But there was a limit to the bleeding process. If driven to the wall by his demands, she might have turned on himj finally, threatening both to be tray him to the authorities and to admit the truth to her hus band. The fact that the day before she died she had broach ed a subject, the delicateness and importance of which her nervousness and alarm attest ed, supported this supposition. Instead of wishing to speak of a divorce, as Mr. Keith sup posed, she may have intended to confess. Though she lost her nerve in the crisis, yet des perate and hounded, she con stituted a fresh menace to Den nis. And always, so long as she lived, her knowledge of his criminal career, which she could pass on to the authori ties, endangered his freedom. Mr. Lewis drove the detective direct to Headquarters. It was his presence rather than Ran kin’s official card that gained them a prompt audience with Lieutenant Becker. He was the officer who had arrested Ellen Trent six years before, and led the subsequent raid on Dennis’ flat. Even now he was sensitive about the fi asco and mention of it brought a wry frown to his. features. Rankin briefly related the sto ry of Barbara Keith’s murder and the trail that I6d to Fort WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING - ENGRAVING Diamonds - Watches - Jewelry A.J. CAVENAUGH WALLACE, N. C Wayne. When he explained its connection with Fred Dennis and his desire to obtain infor mation about him, Lieutenant Becker nodded. “Of course, we still have all the things from his apart ment,” he reclared, “that is, his personal things. I'll have them here in a jiffy.” He summoned a policeman from the record room. Within; ten minutes the officer return- j ed with papers, reports and several suitcases. (Continued Next Week) WHITEVILLE GETS HAL THURSTON FOR DANCE Hal Thurston and his famous North Carolinians will play for( a dance in Whiteville on Fri-j day night. Those promoting the dance, which is called the “Golden Jubilee IJall", an nounce there will be plenty of fun, thrills, and favors for all those attending. A score of the most socially prominent and popular girls of North Carolina have been in vited as sponsors for the ball and it is expected that crowds from all over this section will attend. Hal Thurston, a native of Rocky Mount, has been the leader of his orchestra for sev eral years. In early childhood he started taking music lessons, and today is recognized as one of the foremost of the younger band leaders i nthe country. Hal and his boys have played in several of the principal col leges in the South, the Univer sity of North Carolina in par ticular, and at many of the more popular night spots and resorts in the East. At the Tantilla Gardens in Richmond and at the famous Wagon Wheels night club in Nashville, Tenn., the boys broke all ex isting attendance records. 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This most recent evidence of growing stress on servicee is iSisisiaiSEiaiafaisMansMajEiMaaa^Maii in line with Chevrolet's recog nition of the vital importance of the subject — a recognition which inspired Mr. Holler to coin the now famous slogan: “Never Forget a Customer, Never Let Him Forget You.” Rumors of dissension in the Administration family keep up alert for the appearance of the fascinating headline, “Eccles Irks Ickes.”—Detroit News. NOTICE OF LAND SALE BY TRUSTEE Under and by virtue of au thority contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed by Ma rie C. Colwell and husband, J. H. Colwell to J. T. Gresham, Jr., Trustee dated the 8th day of October, 1932, and record ed in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds of Duplin County in Book 344, page 250; Default having been made in the pay ment of the indebtedness there by secured, I will sell at public auction for cash, to the highest bidder at the court house door in Kenansville, N. 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