Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 130, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1931 — Page 24

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iGinmups *7 LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR (Continued) "Then he asked me to go have a sundae. I knew I shouldn’t, but I was lonesome and disappointed because Alice hadn't come. Well— I went with him. As soon as we were in the place, I thought there was something queer. Before I could think of any excuse to get away a policeman came and said I was arrested! "I hadn't any idea where I was or what had happened until they took me to that terrible jail. The matron told me. Oh—it was horrible! I'll never forget that night or the next morning !” Norma hid her face. It was several moments before she could continue. "I—l was sitting waiting my turn before the judge and crying when Mr. Stone saw me. He wanted to know What was the matter, and I tried to tell him. "Then he said nc'd be my lawyer and try to help me. He got the case delayed. I didn't have any money and I had to stay in that horrible jail cell. When the trial came a week later I found out that the man who had seemed so polite and nice was a stool pigeon. "Mr. Stone had my landlady and some people from the business school an witnesses, but it didn’t do any good. It was ’’ "Just a minute!’’ Flynn interrupted. "Do you suppose you would recognize that man's face if you saw a picture of him—the one who invited you to have the sundae?” "I can see him now!” the girl said. Fly opened his desk drawer and drew out three photographs. He handed them to Norma. "One of those?” he asked. With a little cry, the girl nodded. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE THE cries of the newsboys rose loud and shrill above the noonday traffic. "Wuxtra! Wuxtra; Allabouta Vice Charges! Wuxtra! Pretty Victim Tells of Framing ” They barked the raucous, unintelligible words and waved newspapers with headlines in three-inch type. Screaming black banner lines that repeated the words the boys were shouting. "Pretty Victim Declares Charges Framed,” "Beauty Tells Own Story,” "Girl Asserts Conviction Was Frameup!” It was the second day after Norma's story had “broken” in the news. Lafayette Flynn, with the dramatic instinct which had played so large a part in his political success, had staged events carefully. He had arranged the interviews. He had seen to it that Norma said! just enough and not too much that! first day. Flynn had come out with' a denunciation of the "system” that ! permitted such evils. Two newspapers treated the story cautiously the first day. Two others spread it across their front pages. Op the following day Norma Travers had became a headline heroine. It was learned that she was Mark Tr; "ers’ former wife. Photographs filed away since the honeymoon trip to Blue Springs reappeared. Besides the running story of the interview there were “pea i pictures” of Norma written by s ,ar j feature writers. Lafayette Flynn issued a second j and stronger attack on the “sys-j tern.” Members of the opposing political organization came back with vitriolic counter attacks. U tt | *t NORMA did not go to the office. She stayed in the apartment, believing herself secure there because none of the newspapers had been given her address. By 10 a. m. she learned her mistake. Tie telephone rang constantly. Reporters were at the front door and at the rear of the house. Two f them got inside and before she knew it Norma found herself facing a battery of questions. She answered some of them, felt ! panic-stricken a moment later and ; fled. At the window of her apartment she discovered a man across the street was making her photograph. Norma pulled down the shades and locked the door.

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She was overwhelmed with regret. What possible good could come of all this notoriety? There were evening newspapers on the floor before the davenport* Norma caught a glimpse of her own name in the headlines, turned away and buried her face in a pillow. Weeping relieved the hysteria which had enveloped her. She tried to sew. thinking that if her hands were ousy she would feel better. It was a blue ihngham romper suit she had been making for Mark that she took from the sewing basket. Sight of the garment brought back all her misery. "Oh Mark!” Norma cried. "Where are you? Darling, I want you so! I want you!” ’ B O tt BY evening when Chris Saunders arrived. Norma was in such a state that the elder girl was worried. "You can't stay here alone like this.” she announced. "It's enough to give any one the willies.” “But I have to! I won’t go out and talk to those reporters! I won’t go out and have them taking pictures of me. I wouldn’t mind, Chris, if.it was going to do any good, but how can it? How can it get Mark back to me? I'm afraid it's going to make it harder” "Bob doesn’t think so. There's an editorial in the Press tonight. Did you see it?” “No.” Chris rummaged through the newspaper, folding the pages back. "Here it is. At the top of the column. The heading is ‘Sensational Charges’ and below it says, ‘The sensational charge of Miss Norma Travers that she was convicted of a vice charge on evidence deliberately manufactured by police investigators is one of the most serious that has faced the city administration. , “Coupled with District Attorney Flynn's announcement that he can produce names of half a dozen other young women similarly convicted and the district attorney’s dark hints at corruption in the municipal courts the matter calls for thorough and immediate investigation. If the district attorney has this information it is his duty to present it— ’ ” There was more and Chris read the entire column. "Bob says there's going to be an investigation,” she said as she put the news- 1 paper down. "He says Flynn’s sure of it..’ “But, Chris, I don't care about all that. I—l want Mark” "Os course you do, darling. You're going to get him back.” “Has Bob heard any more? Where did you see him?” “He dropped in at the office a little before closing time. He's been at the welfare department office a couple of times and told them he's your lawyer. "All he could get out of them was that the investigation has to be conducted carefully and that the final report hasn't been made yet.” ‘‘l can't stand it, Chris! I can’t stand it much longer!” t a a tt THE older girl was so worried that a little latrr she slipped downstairs and made a telephone call. Next morning she announced she was not going to the office. ‘‘lt’s all right,” she assured Norma. "They aren't expecting me. Besides if I stay away a few days, they’ll appreciate me more when I'm there. You and I are going out >f town for the week-end.” "Chris—!” "Now don't say anything! You might just as well spare yourself the breath. We’re going to take a run down to Rosebriar over the week-end. Honestly, I need the rest. Norma, and 1 won't go without you.” Norma said steadily, "You can’t fool me. You’re doing this because 3f me—” “Well, what if I am? I'm doing it for myself, too. Don’t you w'ant to get away for a couple of days 3f peace and quiet? Don’t you want to get away from those reporters? "You’ve given your story and there’s nothing more for you to tell

them. Anyhow. I called Mr. Flynn last night and he said we should go.” "But it will be expensive.” "I've got the money. Now snap into it, Norma! Let's see if we can catch the 9:30 train—” a a a week-end at Rosebriar ■J- proved a blessed interlude. It was a small place, popular as a rej sort because it was on a lake and because there were two excellent ! hotels. Out of season the rates were not high. There were few guests at the Rosebriar Inn the two girls stopped. i Norma and Chris slept late, took ! long walks and spent two lazy afterj noons doing nothing but gazing out at the dazzling blue of the water. They did not even read the Sunday newspapers. “ They took the last train back to Marlboro and’arrived at the apartment a little after 8 p m. Fastened in the door were several memorandums to call Bob Farrell. Norma telephoned and Bob’s voice came back to her. “I’ll be right over. Lots of things to tell you.” He was there within half an hour. Bob congratulated Norma on her rested and improved appearance and then launched the big news. “There’s been plenty of excitement the last few days,” Farrell said. "Did you see the papers? No? Well, then, there's a lot for you to hear. "Things have been happening! There's going to be an investiga-tion—-that's the main thing. Yes, the governor got busy and put on the pressure. Wellington’s been named to take charge. Oh, he's square! Wonderful lawyer. "There's been about a dozen more cases in the newspapers too. A lot of girls now at Mount Florence are demanding new hearings—lawyers on the, job, of course. The big thing though happened today. Flynn got ‘Whitney' Black, the stool pigeon, to spill everything! “He’s accused a dozen members of the vice squad of framing girls and told how he had part in it himself. Black is the fellow whose picture you say in Flynn’s offiffice. Remember, Norma? Some of these fee-splitting lawyers are going to get it next. “Say, but the w r ay Flynn lined this thing up is marvelous! He’s known about Black for months. Been collecting material, getting it together and just holding back until the psychological time to break it. Black hasn’t told half of all hq knows yet—!” "But, Bob,” Norma put in. What’s it all going to lead to? How is it going to help me to get Mark back?” a a a "V\7'HY, don’t you see? No court 7 ~ in ithe world would have the nerve to hold those old charges against you in the face of all this uproar! Landers —he’s the juvenile court judge and he’ll hold the hearing—wouldn’t dare do it. “Unless I’m mistaken, the public welfare department is going to scramble to keep its . own skirts clean. They’ll never 'undertake to get Mark away from you permanently now. Never! Os course you’ll have to testify when the investigation opens.” “Testify? You mean at a trial? You mean I’ll have to tell everything what happened? Oh. but I couldn’t !” "You said you’d do it, Norma. Don’t you remember that I warned you? I told you it wasn’t going to be easy, but you said you’d go through with it.” "But I didn’t know it would be like that! I thought it was just talking to 'Mr. Flynn. I didn’t know you meant everybody!” "Mr. Flynn will be' there all right. And it won’t be any harder talking before Judge Wellington than it ■was to Flynn. Why, Norma, you can’t back down now! You’ve got to go through with it!”

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