New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 11

THIS HAS HAPPENED Mildred Lawrence meets Stephen Armitage when he rescues her fox fur from a thief. Their friendship grows until Pamela Judson, daugh- ter of Mildred's émployer, tries to lure him away from her. Huck Con- nor hecomes infatuated with Pa- mels and she plays both men. Her brother, Harold, is in love with Mil- dred, who tries to keep him from gambling with Huck’'s crowd. Whi¢n Stephen contindes secing Mildred, Pamela has her discharged and also turns Stephen dgainst her by saying that she is trying to marry Harold for his money. Bitter at Mildred. Stephen permits Pamela to announce their engagement when she tells him that is the only way she can break with Huck. Huck commaads Harold to pre- vent Pamela’s marriage under fear of exposure concerning a forged check. Harold says he can't force Pamela, so Huck plans to dispos2 of Stephen. He has one of his gang frame him for stealing a firm car, and the deatective arrests him after finding & roll of bills, a gun, and the auto keys which have been planted in hid room. Pamela refuses to see Stephen and breaks her engagement to a “jail- bird.” But Mildred goes to him and promises help. 8he begs Harold to expose Huck and help her free Ste- phen, after he confesses Huck has threatened both of them. RBut he evades telling her the truth and she works on alone. Finally, she gets a threat over the phone to “lay off™ and realizes it is the voice of a sangster. Mildred phones Harold to come over to “er, but while he is dreasing in his room Huck enters and telis him to stay away from her, under penalty of being exposed. Maddened, Haroid defies him and they fight. Suddenly Harold realizes his danger and tries to call help. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXII As Harold opened his mouth to yelt for help Huck viciously clapped a hand to his lips. The boy fought desperately but ineffectively. 1t was tco late to save himaelf now. The rest of Huck Connor's mur- derous act was quickly carried out. Holding and silencing Harold with one hand, Huck dealt him a stun- ning blow with the other. There was not even a cry as the hurtling body left the window and crashed through space to death be- low. Then, almost instantly, Huck set himself to follow the dictates of his 1apidly working brain. He flicked out his handkerchief and ran it over the woodwork of the window to remove any finger- prints he may have left on it. A quick survey of the room assured him that little was amiss. A chair overturned, He righted it in onz swift movemen, His glance then fell upon the ta- ble that held the ash tray with the butt of the cigaret he had amoked. Huck was too wise to smoke a spe- cial brand by which he could be traced, but he knew that Harold did. Quickly he spread his handker- chief on the table, took up the tray with a corner of it and emptied the contents on the linen. He ran his coatsleeve over the table, and then. satisfied that he had destroyed all clews, turned to leave the room. At the door he stood listening for a few seconds while he held it slightly ajar and wiped off his fin- gerprints. Hearing nothing, he opened it wider and peered into the hall. There was no one in sight. Then, as silently and smoothly as a shadow, Huck stepped out and made his way to his own rooms. Harold's body was discovered soon afterward. A guest on a lower floos had glimpsed a falling object as it pussed his window and instantly called the office to report his be- lief that it was a body. Mr. Dazel himaelf rushed to the roof of the adjoining building after 4 glance from the nearest window. But first he stopped to send word to the house physician. The assistant manager and sev- eral other hotel attaches followed. They found the body lying far> downward. But enough of the fea- tures showed to make its identity recognizable. “My God! It's Harold Judson!" Mr. Daszel cried and went down on his knees beside the body. He reached out his hands. Someone touched him on the shoulder. “Have to leave it as it is for the medical examiner, sir. He's done for.” Mr. Dazel sprang to his feet. “Call the police,” he ordered his assistant. “And you, Cummings. fetch some blankets."” That was all they could do. The house physician arrived on the scene shortly afterward and pronounced’ the boy dead. It was dark. a glorious sapphire darkness, before the medical exam- iner gave permission for the body to be moved. It was taken to a funeral director's establishment and Pamela was not allowed to view it. Up in Harold's room the hotel detective and the police had been making their investigations. Noth- ing aroused their suspicions that it was more thin a suicide case or an accident until they came to their scrutinv of the window. Rather perfunctorily they went over the floor, the baseboard. the window sill and the frames. Then, suddenly, when they had finished inspecting the woodwork their su- perficial air vanished. They looked at cach other gravely—there were three of them—and axpressed a single opinion in a single word. “Queer.” How could Harold have thrown himself or fallen, from the window without leaving a finger mark there? In falling he would have clutched at something. The curtains, had he caught them, would have been torn. And had his fingers slipped from the woodwork the marks would remain. “That just about settles the acci- dent theory,” the house detective said. One of the men regarded the window speculatively. Then he stepped forward, threw it up, and climbed to the sill where he crouched as though preparing to throw himself out. When he let himself down again they all agreed that Harold could bardly have jumped from the win- dow without fouching the wood- work with his hands. “IU's a safe guess he didn't slip,’ the third man remarked, looking at the thick carpet under the window. “And it's just as safe to bet that he didn't go out of that window on his own power,” he man who had climbed to the sill declared emphat- ically. “Looks ilke murder. hoys." Their task became grim from that moment, The room was scarched again but nothing to sup- port their theory was found except the fact that in going over the win. cow a second time they could ree that the woodwork had been re- ceptly wiped. The second window in the room, which was closed showed a slight accumulation of coal dust on the sill. It wus ohvious that an open win- dow would have collected a greater amount of dust had it not heen re- moved. And the removal was too thorough to have been done by the dead boy's clothing as he was sped to his death. “How about the do one of the officers asked of the hotel detective. “Did Flannigan find it locked when he was put on guard?" “No,” the hotel man said, “but that doesn’t mean much. to warn the boy and his sister time and again about leaving their doors unlocked.” “Well we 't do anything more here,” the officer stated. “Come on, Bill, we'll make our report.” . ‘When the report was filed it es- tablished a theory of the case that was in direct disagreement with the popular belief that Harold Judson A guest's cyes are critical eyes What do Visitors think of your RUGS The rug on your floor is noticed by e?body. Let its cheer and charm draw interested com- ment. We clean rugs and carpets with a skill that shows itself in the clearness of the pattern, the bright- ness of colors and the thorough, sanitary clean- liness of the pile, Domestics 4c .. 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To avoid working on a misleading clew the police obtained thumb- prints of all yersons who might have touched 1t%e belt after the tragedy. None corresponded with the print on the belt. “The man who left that thumb- print was the iast man to see young Judson alive, Inspector Markeson said in assigning me from the homicide squad to the case. *“It looks like a tough joh. boys, but 1 want you to tlear it up. Good luck to you.” The investigation immediately centered in and around the Judson Hotel. It was not long before Huck knew that the hotel servants and employes were being questioned in regard to Harold's habits and asso- ciates, Word was brought to him by one of his own henchmen, the wait who was on duty tor room service during what he called the “milk wagon watch.” The information was more casual than it would have been had the man known what the police be- lieved. His orders from Huck had been to see that as little was known of Harold's attendance at his poker parties in the hotel as possible. “Thought you'd want to know that a couple of John Laws are pussy footin’ around for dope on the kid, sir,” he said trained by Huck not to forget lhall he was a waiter serving a guest. Huck asked a tew questions and convinced himself that the police were still on a false trail. With eryone saying the boy had killed himself it was but natural the po- lice should seex for a motive. Huck was not worried. But he kuew that Mr. Dazel had received a cable from Amos Jud- son, eaying he was flying from London to Charbourg 1o catch the first boat sailing from that port to New York. This was common knowledg: about the hotel. Huck had no diffi culty in learning of it. It served m‘ heighten his determination to carry | out his pluns as quickly as possible | He sent urg:nt messages to Pa- mela, asking to sse her. 8he did not answer. For the time being Huck was as entirely outside her world as though he'd never known hey. Even the flowers he showered upon her brought no word of acknowledgment Apparently she was plunged into . grief but Huck knew that a num- ber of her friends had been ad- | mitted to her rooms, which she had not left simce the tragedy. and he suspected that she was not so crushed as her seclusion would in- dicate. His failure to reach pelled him 10 notify of a delay in ths plans they had | made on his recent visit to the man’s * poultry farm.” Poberlin's wife complained over ! the letter. She sald she'd been to a lot of trouble carrying out Huck's instructions. She damned him up one side and down the other for hic “swell” ideas. Pamela, beautifully, recumben’ , upon her lacy pillows, where sh: ' wept fitfully and pitied herself fo: having lost her only brother, woul have heen amused at the result o Rose Poberlin's attempt to creat an atmosphere fit to receive her. Her amusement would have heen shortlived, however, if Huck's de- | termination to introduce her to th. | Poberlins had been known té her. | Knowing her com- Ras Poberlin nothing of cither Rose Poberlin or Huzk's plans, she bu ied herself with sclecting becoming | mourning garb. Ied in his cfforts for the time being, Huck set himself to devise some way of breaking down tme | Larrier she had erected between | them. He was still unsuccessfu! when he reccived a message thai sent him in haste to see Duke Broggan. (TO BE CONTINUED) Why not buy your (oal when your other expenses are lowest? ++ o and, at the same time, buy it at Spring prices ETWEEN now and cold weather, every prudent householder will put in his Winter's supply of Anthracite. Spring and early Summer offer decided ad- vantages as a time for buying coal. 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