Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1928 — Page 12

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CHARACTERS r-ULO VANCE. JOHN F.-X MARKHAM. District Attorney of New York County. MARGARET ODELL (THE •‘CANARY”). CHARLES CLEAVER, a man-about-town. KENNETH SPOTSWOODE, a manufacturer. LOUIS MANNIX. an importer. I R. AMBROSE LINDQUIST, a fashionable neurologist. TONT SHELL, a professional burglar. II fLLIAM ELMER JESSUP, telephone operator. HARRY SPTVELY, telephone operator. ERNEST HEATH, sergeant of the homicide bureau. tt tt tt ' THE STORT THUS FAR Vance, a student of psychology and of crime, has his own theories about iaw courts and police procedure, and *>e tells them to Markham. The latter is considerably worried over the outbreak of crime in Nw York. Then the newspapers announce the murder of Margaret Odell, known as the “Canary,” a former “Follies” girl and reigning Broadway beauty. CHAPTER 11. (Tuesday, Sept. 11, 8:50 a. m.) IT was barely lialf-past eight on that momentus morning of September the Uth when Markham brought word to us of the event. I was living temporarily with Vance at his home in E. ThirtyEighth St.—a large remodeled apartment occupying the two top floors cf a beautiful mansion. For several years I had been Vance's personal legal representative and adviser, having resigned from my father’s law firm of Van Dine, Davis and Van Dine to devote myself to his needs and interests. His affairs were by no means voluminous, but his personal finances, together w’ith numerous purchases of paintings and objects d’art, occupied my full time without burdening me. This monetary and legal stewardship was eminently congenial to my tastes; and my friendship with Vance, which had dated from our undergraduate days at harvard, supplied the social and human element in an arrangement which otherwise might have degenerated into one of mere drab routine. On this particular morning I had risen early and was working in the library when Currie, Vance’s valet and majordomo, announced Markham’s presence in the living room. I W'as considerably astonished at this early morning visit, for Markham well knew that Vance, who rarely rose before noon, resented any intrusion upon his matutinal slumbers. And hi that moment I re-

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ceived the curious impression that something unusual and portentous was toward. I found Markham pacing restlessly up and down, his hat and gloves thrown carelessly on the centertable. As I entered he halted and looked at me with harassed eyes. He was a moderately tall man, clean-shaven, gray-haired, and firmly set up. His appearance was distinguished, and liis manner courteous and kindly. But beneath his gracious exterior there was an aggressive sternness, an indomitable, grim strength, that gave one the sense of dogged efficiency and untiring capability. “Good morning, Van,” he greeted me, with impatient perfunctoriness. “There’s .been another half-world murder—the worst and ugliest thus far. .. .” He hesitated, and regarded me “You recall aiy chat with Vance at the cri> the other night? “There was something damned prophetic in his remarks. And you remember I half promised to take him along on the next important case. Well, the case has broken—with a vengeance. “Margaret Odell, whom they called the Canary, has been strangled in her apartment; and from what I just got over the phone, it looks like another night-club affair. I’m head'ed for the Odell apartment now. . . . What about rousing out the sybarite?” “By all means,” I agreed, with an alacrity which, I fear, was in large measure prompted by purely selfish motives. The Canary! If one had sought the city over for a victim whose murder would stir up excitement, there could have been but few selections better calcultaed to produce this result. Hastening to the door, I summoned Currie, and told him to call Vance at once. “I’m afraid, sir—” began, Currie, politely hesitant. “Calm your fears,” cut in Markham. “I’ll take all responsibility for waking him at this indecent hour.” Currie sensed an emergency and departed. A minute or two later Vance, in an elaborately embroidered silk kimono and sandals, appeared at the living-room door. “My word!” he greeted us, In mild astonishment, glancing at the clock. “Haven’t you chaps gone to bed yet?”

Glimpses of tinsel hung trees. And where was her husband? Celebrating, no doubt, with his amberscented lady.. . . Her spirits, low at best the past few days, touched the depths. There seemed to be nothing real in the way of happiness except the things that were outside her grasp. But as she reached the steps of her apartment building, she met

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He strolled to the mantel, and selected a gold-tipped Regie cigaret from a small Florentine humidor. Markham’s eyes narrowed; he was in no mood for levity. “The Canary has been murdered,” I blurted out. Vance held his wax vesta poised, and gave me the look of indolent inquisitiveness. “Whose canary?” “Margaret Odell was found strangled this morning,” amended Markham brusquely. “Even you, wrapped in your scented cottonwool, have heard of her. "And you can realize the significance of the crime. I’m personally going to look for those footprints in the snow; and if you want to come

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along, as you intimated the other night, you’ll have to get a move on.” Vance crushed out his cigaret. “Margaret Odell, eh? . . . Most distressin’!” Despite his offhand manner, I could see he was deeply interested. “The base enemies of law and order are determined to chivvy you most horribly, aren’t they, old dear? Deuced inconsiderate of ’em! . . . Excuse me while I seek habilaments suitable to the occasion.” He disappeared from his bedroom, while Markham took out a large cigar and resolutely prepared it for smoking, and I returned to the library to put away the papers on which I had been working. In less than ten minutes Vance

tmas present.” Arthur said halfembarrassed and blushing a little. “I left yours at your rooms,” Diana replied. “Diana, really? Did you remember me?” She nodded, smilingly, but her eyes were beginning to fill with tears. “Oh, Arthur,” she sobbed, “you win. If I have to chose between my home aand a career I’ll choose my home!”

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reappeared, dressed for the street. We rode up-town along Madison Ave., turned into Central Park, and came out by the West 72d St. entrance. Margaret Odell’s apartment was at 184 W. 71st St., near Broadway; and as we drew up to the curb, it was necessary for the patrolman on duty to make a passage for us through the crowd that had already gathered as a result of the arrival of the police. Feathergill, an assistant district attorney, was waiting in the main hall for his chief's arrival. “It’s too bad, sir,” he lamented. “A rotten show all round. And just at this time!..." He shrugged his shoulders discouragingly. “It may collapse quickly,” said Markham, shaking the other’s hand. “How are things going? Sergeant Heath phoned me right after you called, and said that, at first glance, the case looked a bit stubborn.” “Stubborn?” repeated Feathergill lugubriously. “It’s downright impervious. Heath is spinning round like a turbine. He was called off the Boyle case, by the way, to devote his talents to this new shocker. Inspector Moran arrived ten jninutes ago.” “Well Heath’s a good man,” declared Markham. “We’ll work it out Which is the apartment?” Feathergill led the way to a door at the rear of the main hall. “Here you are, sir,” he announced. “I’ll be running along now. I need sleep. Good luck!” And he was gone. It will be necessary to give a brief description of the house and its interior arrangement, for the somewhat peeculiar structure of the building played a vital part in the seemingly insoluble problem posed by the murder. The house, which was a fourstory stone structure originally built as a residence, had been remodeled, both inside and outside, to meet the requirements of an exclusive individual apartment dwelling. / There were, I believe, three or four separate suites on each floor; but the quarters upstairs need not concern us. The main floor was the Titene of the crime, and here there were three apartments and a dentist's office. The main entrance to the building was directly on the street, and extending straight back from the front door was a wide hallway. Directly at the rear of this hallway, and facing the entrance, was the door to the Odell apartment, which bore the numeral “3.”

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“I’ve been thinking it over, too,” Arthur replied slowly. He seemed to have regained his self confidence. "And since it means so much to you ” Diana realized that he was making the supreme sacrifice. She knew how strongly he felt on the subject of her career. She put her arms tightly around his neck. Hungrily “Darling,” she said, “I have to on with ‘Mona Vanna .” “I know, dear. It’s all right, little one.” “But after that,” she added smilingly. Well, perhaps, fate will decide ” As he drew her to him she knew with a deep, instinctive certainty that this time she was choosing wisely.... THE END.

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About half-way down the front hall, on the right-hand side, was the stairway leading to the floors above; and directly beyond the stairway, also on the right, was a small reception room with a wide archway instead of a door. Directly opposite to the stairway, in a small recess, stood the telephone switchboard. There was no elevator in the house. Another important feature of this ground-floor plan was a small passageway at the rear of the main hall and at right angles to it, which led past the front avails of the Odell apartment to a door opening on a court at the west side of the building. This court was connected with the street by an alley four feet wide. In the accompanying diagram this arrangement of the ground floor can be easily visualized, and I suggest that the reader fix it in his mind; for I doubt if ever before so simple and obvious an architectural design played such an important part in a criminal mystery. By its very simplicity and almost conventional familiarity—indeed, by its total lack of any puzzling compli-

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