New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1927, Page 24

2 AEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRID.»\l‘.', Sk TEMBER 16, 1927, CHEERS FOR DANES - GIVEN BY LOOMIS, TIACLLS B[IY Chasission and Black Ba well to Wife | - BRITISH ACES WING [PEFAWATOR Atk WAY Tfl NEW YURK ' GIVIC ARTS ASSOGIATION "1 NEW NAME SUGGESTED JUDGE T0 SETTLE | . WRONG BABY CASE . Blood Test May Be Tried as - r. | Last Resml [5,000 Inspect Chapel On Railroad Tracks N MANS 85 000 SUIT minick Grogen { Trosky With Making Stat Damaging His Reputatios ritain Burns Up o Leftover War Flags 1. 1 BENSQI MURDER CASE W VAN DINE o cue THE MASTER SLEUTH Althought the homicide department of the New York police force was credited with hav- ing solved the Benson murder mystery, the man who actually found the solution was District At- tomey Markham’s intimate friend, Philo Vance. Vance 1s the central character of the Herald's new serial novel, “The Benson Murder Case,” by S. S. Van Dine; and rarely has there been in the entire history of detective fiction so fascinat- ing an investigator as this unique, leamed, aloof and snobbish young gentleman. His methods dif- fer radically from those of all the other sleuths of fiction. He discards all the ordinary clews and evidence as worthless. He solves the Benson mur- der by fitting the personality of the murderer to the crime---because, as he says, the murderer can- not help but leave the impnnt of his character on his work. When the Benson murder occurred it created a sensation in New York. Benson, who was very well known, had many enemies; several persons had sufficient motive to kill him; several had the op- portunity. Despite all the complications and side issues, Vance clung unswerv- ing]y to his belief that he knew who had shot Alvan Benson. Fiven when an- other man confessed to the crime, Vance was unshaken; and in the end he demonstrated that his theory, despite the. lack of legal evidence in support of it, was the only sound one. “The Benson Murder Case™ begins in the Herald, Monday, September 19. When you read it you will meet, in Philo Vance, the most interesting character in all detective fiction.