New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1929, Page 11

THIS HAS HAPPENED “Handsome Harry” Borden is shot between one and four o'clock Sat- urday afternoon. Ruth Lester, his secretary, finds his body Monday moming sprawled beneath the air- shaft window of his private office. McMann, detective sergeant, ques- tious the following suspects; Mrs. Borden, Borden's estranged wife and mother of his twe children; Rita Dubois, night club dancer, with whom Borden was infatuated; and Jack Hayward, Ruth's fiance, whose Office is across the narrow airshaft trom Borden's. McMann's belief in Jack’s guilt is strengthened by Jacs's admission that he returned to the seventh floor Baturday afternoon, and by the testimony of elevator bhoys Micky Moran angd Otto Pluger. Bill Cowan, Jack's friend, unwillingly tells Mc- Mann he heard Jack threaten Bor- den's life Saturday morning. McMann questions Benny Smith, office boy; Ashe, his man- Minnie Cassidy and Letty venth floor scrubwomen; Cleo Gilman, Borden's discarded mistress, and Jake Bailey, his body- guard. Martha Manning, mother of Bor- den's fllegitimate son, is brought into the case by Ruth Lester and ques- tioned, but allowed to go when Mec- Mann cannot take up her challenge to bring forward anyone who saw her in the building Saturday. Ruth knows that McMann is be- Ing pushed to make an arrest and ahe fears Jack may be thrown into jail at any moment. McMann gives his permission for her to leave his office on a strange mission. When whe returns jubilant, she finds Rita's husband, Ramon Romero, with Mc- Mann. McMann tries to force a con- feasion from Rita and Ramon but without success. 'rom behind Ruth's chair comes a wail of terror as a fuinting body falls heavily to the floor. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLVII “Get me some water—quick!"” Ruth, first on her feet and first to reach the side of the wunconscious acrubwoman, commanded Jack Hay. ward, who had stepped into Bor:. den's office just as that terrible acream had broken on its ultimate high note of horror. “What's happened Letty?" Jack asked, 0 obey. And to the amazcd everyone in the room, lied the tender voice by giving a sudden, hard jerk at the dank gray hair that hung in wisps about the ashen-pale face ' of the woman on the floor. “Rath!” Jack Hayward cried out ‘angrily. The girl did not appear to have heard. Her small hand gave an- other tug at the gray hair, so sharp that the woman's scalp seemed to have beerl torn off. Ruth cast the thing from her and immediately after 1t t the cheap, steel- rimmed spectacles that had shield- ed eyes now closed in merciful un. conaciousness. “My God! Martha Manning!" It was MeMann who voiced the fdentification, his flinty gray eves wide open at last and staring in- credulously at the small, aristo- eratic head, wrapped tightly with amooth bands of fine, black hair, *¥en, Martha Manning! Didn’t you know?" Ruth answered, but to poor old as he sprang we there was no triumph in her voice | —only infinite pity. “Give me the whter. Jack. . Tha Her poor head is hurt. . There's a great lump swelling, . “But — how did you know?" Mec- Mann demand:d, with angry be- wilderment, tuth did not answer until her eompassionate fingers had dipped into the glass and dahbled cold wa- ter upon the death-like face now pillowed against her arm. Then, with her free hand, she reached into the pocket of her amart little brown elveteen frock and drew out the tightly folded sheets upon which she had written what Bird- well had called her “serial story’ earlier that afternoo The detective took them, shook out the folds. The first sentence was enough to mottle his heavy face with the dark red of chagrin, “Rita! Will you get me some whiskey, please? You know where Mr. Borden kept it,” Iiuth dirceted, her intercst wholly with the un- conscious woman, upon whom the €old water had had no effect. The dancer, who had been tak- Ing in the e with stupefied be- wilderment, ran to obey, but when she returned from Borden's private office the pint flask was at her own b and she was drinking deep. sawd! 1 needed that!™ breathed, as she passed the re mainder of the liquor to Ruth Les- ter. “So Raby-face beat you your own game, did she, Big Bo; “It—looks it mitted. and vegan to read aloud from the first of the four sheets of typing that he held in his not quite ateady hand: Martha Manning, in the guise of Letty Miller. a cleaning woman, killed Henry P. Borden. My rea- sons for this conclusion are: “1. The hands of ‘Letty Miller® and Martha Manning are ‘dentical When Letty Miller was telling Mr. McMann her story, 1 observed a yellow stain upon the nail and first Joint of the index finger of her right hand. When Martha Man- ning was being interviewed by Mr McMann, T observed the same stain. and knew that it had heen made by nicotine. In all ¢ § r respects also the hands of the twe appar- ently different women were tical. = ‘Letty Miller' wears glasses Babitually. Martha Manning was not wearing glamses today or when she called twice upon Mr. Hay- ward, and appacently had no need for them when Mr. Hayward gave her insurance literature to read in his presence. Yet across the base of Martha Manning's nose was n small indentation, such as is made by the wearing of spectacles. | “3. Martha Manning was un- doubtedly in this building on ¥ri- | day evening, when Jake Bailey = horror of | the girl be- | compassion in her | she | McMann ad- | iden- | here with Mr. Borden, leaving a few minutes after nine through the main entrance. Yet, according to Mrs. Pellow, in charge of the clean- ing women, only cleaning women passed through the lobby of the Starbridge Building between nine and 9:25 Friday night. There- fore, Martha Manning must have been a cleaming woman. Being a cleaning woman, she possessed a passkey, which permitted her free access to all offices, but only Letty Miller, since she cleans Mr. Hay- ward's offices, could have been fa- miliar with his offices and known of the automatic in his desk. And only a cleaning woman employed on thia floor could have entered and left offices on this floor on Sat- urday, without having been noticed and asked on Monday to give an- account of her movements. Re- the floor Saturday afternoon and of eclevator operators have failed to give any evidence of visitors in this corridor or in Mr. Hayward's corridor, not already questioned by the police. “4. According to the manager of the Acropolis Hotel and other em- ployes whom I questioned today, Martha Manning, during the last three weeks, has been absent from the hotel on week days, except Sat- urday, from half-past three in the afternoons until half-past nine at night. On Saturda; he has not been in the hotel between a quarter to 12 and half-past four. Three weeks ago — the Monday following Christmas day, ‘Letty Miller' be. gan her work as a cleaning woman in the B8tarbridge Building. Her hours are four to nine each mve- ning, except Saturday, when they are from 12 to four. The detective paused to shift the sheetg in his hand so that the sec- ond page of single-spaced typing should be uppermost, but Ruth Lester interrupted: The rest is just a connected story of the entire case, but pleasc | dont read any more now. She' coming to.” | I guess T've read enough.” Me- | Mann admitted heavily. “So yon win the $5.000, Miss Lester! Well . my hat's off to you! ‘I told you I'd give you half" Ruth reminded him. “But, oh, let's not talk of moncy now. 7 ty! Letty!” she called softl lips almost brushing the pale face agains thin, lined face that had only necd- ed a complete lack of the brilliant make-up that Martha Mannin feeted to be remarkably well guised.” | The dark-fringed cyelids flut- | tered, opined wide at lust to reveal a pair of great, tragic brown eyes | that were content to rest for a nio- | ment upon the sweetness and heau- |ty of Ruth Lester's face. Then | partial comprehension came, for { those tragic eyes hecame filled with | terror, volled ~ wildly from one {to another in the circle [ hemmied her in, | But with comprehension cam cunninz. for it was not Marth: | Manniug's lovely throaty contralto fuce that ous, timid voice “l— of ‘Letty Mill mn sorry. 1 must have faint- ed. 1 n't heen very well lately. ‘fhe—black pigeon startled me, fluttering up just as I came in- to the room. . . . But you—wanted to see me, sir And Martha thought khe was let” o Detactive Mann and al! those at her %o compass gled to risc., Between them, Ruth and Hayward assisted, the thin, ¢ clad figur: to a comfortable Manning, still “Letty Mil- Sergeant Me- others looking | ionatel Jack lico- posi- office. “Lecling better? How about more of the whiskey?” M- asked gruffry, but not un- when he had scated him- the erstwhile scrub- { little | Mann | Kindly, self opposite shook her head of those lctraying hands to her hair. When her weakly trembling fingers encoun- tered the smooth bands of her own dark hair, instead of the lank stranks of gray which they expects ed, her eyes went blank for a mo- ment, then widened and widened until they were enormous with ter- rified comprehension, as their gaze clung to the detective's face. | that hard-boiled third-degree artist could lo@g en- dure the ordcal of mecting those eyes. His own dropped. and what Ruth Lester Kknew was rea Kindness, he answered the ques. tion which Martha Manning's ter- rible cyes were asking by slowly puiling the gray wig from his pock- «t and laying 1t on the tabie before the woman. “80 — you | lips hardly per. | McMann clearcd his throat loud- {1y. Ruth's hand wavered out, was (takcn in a strong grip by Jack Hayw~rd's. Slowly, portentously, | the detective spoke: | “Martha Manning. 1 arrest you | for the murder of Henry P. Dor | den, and It is my duty to warn you | that anything you say may be uscd | against you!" As those words were being spoken, Martha Manning's thin | body straightencd slowly, stiffened against the chair back, but before { the detective had completed his of- ficial warning to his prisoner, her | breast rose high on a great breath of what Ruth was oddly sure was y Miller” and lifted one But not even Know 7 The ashen stirred with the whis- Martha stead- voice Manning spoke then, almost ily. in the lovely contralto times during the investigation. “Miss Lester—" McMann began, and hesitated. “I thought 80." The pale lips al- most smiled, but without malice. “8he was the only one 1 feared— | because she was fighting for the man she loves. . And they & love is blind 1t sometimes- and the tragic eyrs glanced toward the spot wher peated questionings of tenants on | that spoke, but the flat, monoton- l who . strug- | tion in one of the chairs about the | big table in the center of the outer | with | which had been described so many | Harry Borden had fallen and died. McMann shifted in his chair, either embarrassed or impatient. “If you'd like to make a confes- sion, Miss Manning — though 1 don’t mind telling you the case is pretty complete without it—I'll take you now to the district attor- ney's office. Otherwise—remand you te jail—preliminary hearing— await action of the grand jury— “The district attorney's office?” The lovely voice quivered with dis- may, and the great eyes sought Ruth's, appealing. *“I'm willing to make a full confession—oh, not just willing! 1 want to tell—for the peace of my soul, but can't I— make my statement here? Miss Lester is an expert stenographer. I want it to be over quickly, among my—friends.” And those tragic eyes flashed a glance of gratitude and affection toward Jack Hayward. who stood heside her, his arm | about Ruth Lester's shoulders. | “We—ell, if you won't try to re- | pudiate it later—" McMann con- ceded. “1 shall not 1 tell you now, repudiate anything for it will be the whole truth,” Martha Manning as- sured him quictly. *But—if you ydon’t mind, I'd rather—this girl—' | and her eyes flicked their first mal- | ice at Rita Dubois. | | The dancer sprang to her fect. “0. | K. with me, Miss Manning! But “say, don’t get any hatc on me! 1 | didn’'t want your man! . How | about it, Big Boy?" and she whirled | excitedly toward the detective. | “Miss Dubois had nothing to do | | with Harry’s — death,” Miss Man. | ning informed the detective. “He | was alive when she came, he gave her the torn half of a bill, and she | left him—still aliv “All right, Rit McMann de- cided, after a frowning silence. “You can rush out to get a lawyer | | for your husband. He'll nced it. Miss ~ Manning's story can’t help him I “Fhanks a million times, Miss Manning! You're a peich—I don't care what you did!” And Rita paused at the door long cnough to waft a fingertip kiss to the mur | deress, who had turncd in her | chair and was gravely watching | |the departurc of the last woman | |Who had won the love of “Hand- | some Harry” Lord “Willing to act n officiud capacity MeMann the door had neer. “Yes Ruth 1 slipped out of the sweetheart's arm ind pencil Please n may 1 go buck my niy Miss Les- asked Ruth, closed upon when the znswered, ' and wi-cirele of hey to get notehook 1o the relationship Porden?" the contralto red, when Ruth was pencil pois (TO ¥ to myself, Leg { with voice ready, = H quiv- witi CONCLUDED) Harry is How was The answ chapter of orden Killed ? in the concluding | 'he Black Pigeon.” » . | Eugenics Body Favors National Origins Plan New Haven, March 5 (UpP)— Adoption of the national origins principle of the immigration law of 1624 regarded as a ubstantial advance in stabilizing the control of 'mmigration along lines which will | tend to conserve the sential racial cteristics of the American peo- by the American Eugenics so- ceording to a resolution viss- ed by its board of directors and made public here today. The resolution urged senate not to further postpone the applica- tion of the principie, which. wcc ord- | ing to present echednle, will yeplace auotas based on the 1540 ¢ensus July 1, | The board of directors of the Amer Eugenics society includes Dr. €. C. Little, president of the | University of Mic Professor Irving Fisher of university; ’rofessor Edwin Conklin of | Princeton university; br. | Pratt Fairchild of sity: P'rofessor Ro: | of the Universi of Pittsburgh; Dr. | { Charles B. Davenport of the Car- | egie institute, Washington: Madison Grant, author and histori Dr. Harry H. Laughlin of 11 lugenics record office of the Carncgie institute and Judge Harry Olson of Chicago | | municipal court. 1 ‘ Smart daytime frocks increase | | their use of collars and cuffs of | {white georgette, organdie or batiste, | Dressy afternoon gowns often have | |a my lace ending in a Jabot. en strictly | Buits are making use of | touches at collar and cuft on their | chic satin blouse. the | . 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After the rescue of the Antinoe crew The Associated Press present. ! me with a fine watch for giving the organization the story of that In addition I was made By CAPT. GEORGE FRIED an honorary member of The Asso- (Copyright, 1929, Associated Press) | ciated Press staff. 8o ever after CHAPTER XXIV | when § met ship news neen T sort Shortly after I set out to the as. | of felt that fraternal spirit that all sistance of the Florida, messages | members of that profession seems literally poured into our radio |to possess. room asking for stories and pho-| Now when my ship comes into tographs of the rescue. The news- New York Harbor and one or more papers, news and photographic of the newspapermen — these out- agencies secms to be more certain posts of American journalism—do of the outcome than we were on not come aboard to say hello, T the ship. None of us knew whether | miss them. Their greeting is just we would make it and furthermore. | as important to me as entering the When a disasfer occurs at sea the tescuing ship is bombarded by wire- less for details of the event. As soon | as he could do so Captain Kried pre- pared a graphic account of the res- cue of the Florida and dispatched it to The Associated Press. He was acting in nis capacity as honorary member of The Associated Press staif, an appointment won because of his aid in telling the world of | other news cvents. “It was Miss Earhart and 1 flas hied it (o The Associated Press” in no position to leave er the Wawera ip at the Custom many | Not that 1 might h that 1 can just have them. They are a clev natured lot and 1 e listening to their interesting experiences in meeting people of promir from L parts of the world. Some of I internation- to interview A from | House, it scems. I vws but a chat with er, good- 1es to . ¢ ra ne E through- send when w would in- en delivered oy Editors out Unit of newspapers the States were fuiled quire it Then in des pral 1ot comm nee ey known ability 1 for n their on any subject, they are the first to greet quarantine and the last to at the pier. would ap- are Being in vess " 1yone the pil vou suy g0od-hy | My reportorial carecr, however. not been solely devoted to res- There have been other I have been able transnut information of news value to The Associated Press. 1 was two days out of Queenstown when Colonel made his memorabie fligh we missed seein, hun as his plane passed somne miles o the north of us. We were on the watch for Nunges- ser and Coli, who were Jost, and when the German fliers started on weir first trip we did not know turned back. I hours we maintained a waich, but all we saw was what actudlly turned out to be | the planet Ve lly n it v . however Was con- rious work of as well onur fined to the r to do. and ef tors to give scue - sending out de- we were trying the newspaper their readers the first details and cannot bla them but I hope ¥ can appreciate my position and will forgive us for oy disrezard of thelr and photographs rescue was effected | radiogram fo the United St Lines for transmit- 1al to th With our work completed, most of us being on the | point of exhaustion, we turned in I had been on the bridge without tuking time to a meal, from 4 a. m. on J to mid- night of January or 44 altogether. T was wet fo the the rain netrated my heavy ich 1 did not cha want to take ion of 1 forts of ceiate cue storics. edi- accasions when to th herg tpparent but for storic When th sent a 1s pross, t cven hours kit were rewarded when, off the conts of Ircland, 1 spotted a plane coming toward the Americ When it soared over the | y 1 could read the nane “Friend- | That gave me a thrill for 1| it wus Miss Jarhart and her| | compaunions. 1 felt that they were | lost. I could see an acrial wire h: g from the plane and en- deavored to reach her by radio but | was <ful, afterward learn- | ing that their radio equipment was out of order. As they flew over lour =hip ond time they dropped a note hut the wind car- ried it into the &ea. Immediately I thought of printing our position with whitewash on the hoat deck but be this could be accom- plished they sped off in the direc- vigils having 1 did o 0 for not “hi} ship.” knew timg After work on a fow hours sleep T hegan detailed account of I conferred with Captain Favaloro of the Florida ulted my notes in the log book and had a talk with Mr. Manning so that I could prepare an o story. A3 1 got the picces together 1 fully 4 handicaps under which the newspaperman works ory 1 ordered sceut to the Unitea States Lines so that it could be turned over to the &hip news men I also forwarded a copy to Th Associated Press dire ifilling a rescie, 4 uns accurs This tion of Liverpool. 1 sent a flash to The Amsociated Press, letting the world know that | the trio was still aloft and headed in the direction of land and prob. The effects come mainly from a inew type of reficctor, designed by Dr. Walter D'Arcy Ryan, dircctor of |the illuminating liboratary of the General Electric company. 1 School Superintendents To Convene at Danbury Hurtford, March Py — A school superintendent’s | three- | headlight is helping state police in Although the reflector resembles | conference will be held at the Ktate |the conventional shape somewhat, | Normal school Danbury, April 1 io | carrying the bulb in the middle of [#, the state board of education an- the concave, it is modified 8o that |nounced today. . |the maximum rays for the longest Speakers will include Br. B. | range do not come out of the center | Merediih commissioner on ed- |as in ordinary practice. Instead all | Ucation, and Maurice S. Sheggan of them are projected from the top, Hariford newspaper editor. coming from under the brows of the housing. This effect is obtained from 14 ourves in ihe surface of the reflector no two alike, and each accurate to within one thousandth of an inch. Illuminating engineers, Dr. R: says, can save a definite proportion of the 25,000 lives lost annually in automobile accidents by teaching the public headlight consciousne: He says there are two headlight fuc- | tions, one favoring a dual system and the other, like himself. advocat- ing “a single beam having all the advantages of a long range beam for | gistance and a short range beam for spread, without the disadvanta either as applied to the dual able safety. Later 1 was gratified | to learn that the Friendship landed with the first woman ever to make a trans-Atlantic flight. (Tomorrow: When I Retire) HEADLIGHT ENEWY OF RUN RUNNERS New Auto Device Spots Heavily Loaded Liquor Trucks Schenectady, N. 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