Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], January 18, 1922, FINAL EDITION, Page 5, Image 5

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BEGIN HERB: TODAY
The report of a revolver, followed
i hurrying footsteps on the stairs,
i errupts the social evening which
jjtective Barry had planned to
: end with his friend, Professor
i omyonov, in the latter’s room on
fifth floor of a New York apart
i nt house. Barry and the Pro
. -or rush down stairs and discover
«• that beautiful Miriam Vane, society
i »; trait painter, has been murdered
i i her studio* apartment on the third
ji\ Gordon I.add, a young artist
i the second floor, and Henry Gris
■' a d. an irascible bachelor from the
rth, enter the studio after being
i Id of the murder.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
Sergeant Barry shrugged.
“When a case of this sort occurs,
1 > lessor, there’s little time for
i plomacy. We’ve got to get the
•. ipe and get it quick. So you, too,
heard that step on the stairs Ui
i ctly after the shot was tired?”
Professor Semyonov laid a quick
hand on his arm.
“We will discuss that later, my
1 iend.” His keen eyes beneath their
: baggy brows rested for a moment
«n t lie crabbed face of Henry Gris
' j’d and then drifted to Gordon
l add, who had once more dropped
his head in his hands. “Let us have
a little talk together In my rooms,
; . soon as the official formalities
! ..’vo been complied with, which
\ ill grant us temporary privacy.”
Policeman Boyle descended with
. it expected haste.
“That’s one of those nutty artistic
« mes up there, with hair like a sky
i -rrier and the nerve of a mouse!"
! a confided in a quick undertone to
J any.
in the shabby, comfortable living
i mi once more, the professor lovv
i < d the light and raised the win
dow shades with a sigh of relief,
i i it turned to his younge • com
l a .lion.
vvnat cio you maKo oi it an, aer
• ant? Who do you think killed the
. ue woman, and why?”
Harry shrugged.
-,rhe last part, of jour question
0. \ 'Id explain much, professor, and
bably answer the first part as
11. l haven’t had time to draw
; definite conclusions as yet, have
: i?”
.'rofessor Semyonov sank once
I » a into his own chair and mo*
1. aed to the one opposite.
Only some very obvious minor
« ho responded. “She was shot
• no stranger, but by someone
' bose presence in her studio at the
i /ment was known to her. Kt
i ember she was standing or sitting
• rectly before her easel and evi
r ntly painting or starting to paint
\ 1. n the end came. No intruder
< U1 have got so close to her, or
1 actically between her and I he
• sol in order to fire directly Into
1 r heart without her knowledge.
I is possible that she turned to
tuak to this person and thus un
\ ttingly gave opportunity for an
vnimpeded aim. 1 think it is fairly
< rtuin that she did not anticipate
v hat was coming.”
Harry nodded.
“That seems clear. But about
(l use footsteps that we both heard
frofng down the stairs when we
»>pened your door here just after
Hie shot startled us?”—
“Going up, my friend, not down,”
1 ho professor interrupted.
“Up?” repeated Barry. “Why
we passed nobody on the stairs, and
there are only two other apartments
- Griswold’s below you, and the
woman above in the attic! Accord
ing to Officer Boyle the woman went
into hysterics when she heard the
news and you Know yoursel? how
you had to pound upon Griswold's
door to arouse him and how leisure
1 v and reluctantly he came down
finally to investigate! There did not
to anywhere in the hallway,
ClJbjidly lighted as it was, where any
one could have hidden himself.
Professor Semyonov smiled and
his white whiskers lifted slightly.
“t am not thinking of the wom
an;” he said. “Nor do I imagine
that we passed anyone unobserved
in our descent, hurried as it was.
“Who was Miriam Vane? From
w he lice did she come? If the ex
cellent organization of which you
are a part should in the next few
days learn anything of Mrs. Vane’s
antecedents or previous history and
associa* 3 which is not given out
generally to the press, would it be
t"o great a breech of professional
• liquet to put me into strictly con
fidential possession of it?”
‘‘By no means, professor. In view
not only of your standing but of
tile splendid services you have ren
dered voluntarily to the homicide
bureau in the past,” Barry re
sponded.
"I shall be grateful,” the professor
declared. “I know nothing, abso
lutely nothing more than you and
yet I have formed a theory which I
should like to test and which I
think only Mrs. Vane's past will
prove or disprove.”
Sergeant Barry smiled to him
self, though not a muscle of his
countenance betrayed his inward
amusement. He thought that he
knew what that theory, engendered
ly an almost childish personal anl
1 tosity, consisted of and he was glad
to humor the foibles of this old man.
r-j great in his own line.
‘dust what is generally known
: out Mrs. Vane, beyond the proml
• uce her odd style of portraiture
hr ; brought her lately?” he asked.
"I know only what I have seen
c ually in the papers about her
i - I what Mrs. McGrath, entirely
' thout encouragement, has volun
l red,” replied the professor. “Mrs.
ne arrived last October from
■■nice I believe. It was some two
i nth3 later that her vogue began
; 1 spread like wildfire, so that by
ing she was quite famous.”
' There can be no doubt of her
ange, whimsical talent," IJarry re
ked. “That unfinished portrait
ore which she lies dead, for in
ice; it is as unmistakably recog
, nizable as a photograph. I fancy
Mr. Theodore V • n sit tart would give
something to have his wife’s picture!
removed before the notoriety of to-1
morrow.”
Professor Semyonov nodded slow
ly.
“You observed the most promi
nent thing in the portrait, did you
not?” he asked. “The Vansittai t
emerald? It has figured in more
than one unsavory episode in the
traditions of its history, yet it is
the pride of the family. Perhaps
that is the reason why Mrs. Vane
has, one mignt say, maliciously em
5 ha sized it. The portrait was to
I have been that of a jewel, not a
lady.”
“And the critics will fall upon;
! that fact like dogs upon a bone! ’ i
! Harry laughed and then his face!
! sobered, “flow long have the otin r ,
| tenants been in the house. Professor
1 .Semyonov?’’
! ‘The th’ii, little creature in the
attic studio was here when I came,
j two years ago nex. October, ami
i heavens knows bow long before
1 that,” he responded. “The young
I man. Mr. I add, moved In only three
j months ago, on the first of May, and
| my morose neighbor, just below,
i took possession a year before that
I after I myself had been here six or
j seven months. The janitor, or sup
• erintendent, looks as though ho
might have been Mie furnace man for
the origins householders and his
name I believe t<"* be Hedge.”
As he spi ke there came a respect- i
fill but authoritative knock upon his
door and he arose with a sigh and
waddled over to admit a long-arnud,
wiry youn°- man whose blue eyes
were as keen as Barry’s own.
“Hello, Craig!” 1he latter cried be
fore either of tiio others could speak.
“Did the ihief send you over from
headquarters to take charge of the
case? Mr. Semyonov, this is Ser
geant. Craig, from the homicide
bureau.”
••One of those nutty artistic (lames
with the nerve of a mouse.”
"I guess we ail know what Pro
fessor Semyonov has done for us in
times past. ’ The newcomer laughed
as lie shook hands, then turned
frankly to Barry. ”1 don't know
wiiy the chief assigned me to this
job when you wero already on the
ground. Joi n, but orders are orders
and I'll bo thankful for a little un
official co-operation."
"I’ve got to Intervleyv the other
tenants of the house,” said Craig.
“Are there any pointers you could
give me first?”
•'You haven’t seen them?"
"No. X read the statements they
made to the precinct dicks and then
came straight for you. They’re each
ill their own apuitments yvith a
guard oil each landing and two on
(lie street nelow, one. at the entrance
door and cn i yvhtre the lire escape
comes down outside the studios, by
that, vacant strip ox land. There's no
other way any of them can get out
for Boyle and the other two yvent
over the 10 'f thoroughly," Craig re
plied. “It looks like an inside job
all rig.it, for Boyle was right out
side the house when lie heard the
shot fired and nobody could have
come out of the door or down the
lire escape without his seeing them."
“What did the medical examiner
say '” Barrv asked after a pause, in
a cautious undertone.
"Not niucn; you Know nc s a/vays
like a clam untl he gets his report
In at headquarters and he has still
the autopsy to make,” the other re
sponded. ”Jt was a bullet from a
small pistol that killed her, though,
and it was iirrd from a considerable
distance for there were no powder
marks on the body nor anywhere
else that we could find. Come down
to the stud'o where the murder was
committed yourself and have an
other look around; the tenants can
wait.”
Barry agreed with a nod and to
gether they descended past Gris
wold’s door where a grinning police
man saluted them and from behind
which came a defiant series of
snoies. On the landing below an
other officer stood on guard, but the
door swung idly on its hinges, the
body had been removed and the
lurid, counterfeit daylight had been
extinguished, leaving only the soft,
opalescent glow of the lamps In the
luxurious, deserted living room.
"Did you notice after you smashed
in that this is a spring lock?” Craig
had paused at the entrance. “Any
one could have run out after firing
that shot and pulled the door shut
behind him and it would have locked
of itself. It's the only one of its
kind in the house, too; the janitor'll
have to explain that, and if he don't
come back by morning we'll get the
dragnet out after him.”
(Continued Tomorrow)
Copyright, 1922, N. E. A.
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PUBLIC OPINION
j LIKES BIBLE THOUGHTS
'editor EVENING NEWS:
Will you accept my congratula
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] J regarding Bible reading. It is cer
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same to the public.
I I hope I may yet see it on the
front page.
I am
Tours very truly.
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