Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 247, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1934 — Page 39

FEB. 23, 1934

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CHAPTER FORY-EIGHT *Continued) "That fttvd in with the blackmail idea but, as for the murder, I hadn't am thing at all to go on except my hunch. I couldn't prove Parker Coleman killed Tracy Kin* because he'd been blackmailing? him. I couldn t even prove he had blackmailed him.' "I kept thinking about the gun Coleman used—if he had used It—and what he could have done with It. What Juliet had said about a window box kept sticking in my head. It seemed silly but I couldh’t forget it. And then when I met Matthew HolllsteT on the street yesterday the whole thing came to me like a flash. ‘ I figured If I could convince Coleman we had enough on Hollister to pm the two crimes on him, except for the missing gun, Coleman would supply that. Oh, I gave him every chance I knew that if I was right about it he'd bring the gun with him when we went to search the apartment and then hide it. "McNeal had the two policemen waiting, ready to come in with Hollister after we’d been in the apartment half an hour. There wa.s one thing I hadn’t figured on. I thought I'd find the revolver in the most obvious place—a desk drawer or something like that. If f came across it too soon I was going to stall. As it wa.s. I’d barely picked the thing up before the policemen got there." "But whv,” Juliet France asked, “did Parker Coleman—?” "Because King had been blackmailing him. just as I had suspected. Coleman wrote out a full confession and signed it. I read it just before I came home. The man in the old wedding picture was Parker Coleman’s father. King had the picture and some papers to prove Coleman's father had gone through a bigamous marriage with King's mother. Oh. it, was all long ago. I guess it was true all right—or at least Coleman thought it v.as. King showed him the papers, told him that if he'd come across with the money he wouldn’t make trouble. Otherwise he'd go into court to fight for it. Coleman paid to keep him quiet. "That was all right but when Parker Coleman came back to Tremont two weeks ago and learned that King was going to marry Denise Lang, it was too much. He went to see Denise to find out if the engagement was really true. Then he went to find King.” a a a AGAIN Bannister looked at Juliet. “It must have been a few minutes after you left,” he said. The girl shook her head. “No," she said. “I’ll tell you what really happened that night. I went to Tracy King's apartment to get the letters you know about. They weren’t letters Id written. My sister wrote them. Tracy King had threatened to show them to her husband if she didn’t pay him $5,000. Helen was nearly wild about it and asked me what she could do. “I told her I'd get the letters back. I came to Tremont, telephoned to Tracy King, and he came to the hotel to talk to me. I made him think I had the money and he said if I'd come to his apartment that night, he’d give the letters to me. I went —but I took a revolver. “I hadn't been in the apartment more than a few minutes before the telephone rang. Coleman must have been hiding in there. I heard the shot and ran to see what had happened. Tracy King was lying on the floor and there was blood on his face. “I was so frightened I forgot the letters and everything eise. I ran out into the hall and shut the door. Then I went downstairs and out of the hotel. Yoy know'," she said, looking at • Bannister, “what happened after that." He nodded. “That’s the way it was." he agreed. "In Colomhn’s confession he said he was hiding in

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the bedroom when King came home. He hadn't made up his mind exactly what to do when you got there. He was listening to what you were saying wnen the telephone rang and before he could hide again King appeared in the doorway. "Coleman shot him and hid in the clothes closet. He saw you come to the doorway and then turn and leave. He took his time after that, went through King's desk and found the papers about his father. He found those letters signed "Helen,” too and took them with him. Afterward he burned them. "He wiped everything he had touched, to be sure there were no fingerprints. He was careful about everything—but one person saw him. Melvina Hollister! He may or may not have known it then, but I was fool enough to tell him! I’ll always have that on my conscience. “I actually asked him to talk to Melvina and see if he could find out whether she knew something that she was keeping from tne police. The fear that Melvina had seen him worked on Coleman's mind until he decided he'd have to get her out of the way. too. So he went back and strangled her.” ana JULIET raised her cup and then set it down. “Well,” she said, “now that it’s all settled and the murderer has confessed I guess I’d better be getting back to my parents.” “I’d love to have you stay longer." Kate Hewlett told her. “That's sweet of you,” the girl said, smiling, "but you’ve been too good to me already. If there’s an afternoon train I think I’ll take it.” “Well, if you really feel you must I suppose we can’t keep you. David will find out about the trains for you. Have another cup of coffee, David?" He said, “No, I think I’ll go upstairs now and turn in." But he didn’t do that. He went into the dining room and lingered, looking out the window. Dawm w r as only an hour or so away, but it was still dark outside. Dark as night. Presently Juliet appeared. "Oh,” she said in a surprised voice. "I thought you'd gone!” "Come here, Juliet." She crossed the room, looked up at him wonderingly. "Why didn’t you tell me your sister wrote those letters?” “I couldn’t tell any one—then.” “I wish I’d known it. I—l’ve been a fool but I hope you can forgive me. I should have known you couldn’t have had anything to do with a cheap crook like Tracy King! I should have known it without your telling me.” Warm color came into the girl's cheeks. “Now that you do know it,” she said softly, “I’m glad. I wanted you to understand—” He interrupted harshly. “Juliet, you can't get away so soon! There’s so much I want to talk to you about, places I want to take you. Whv, we've had so little time together!” “But I’m afraid I’ll have to go.” “Not right aw'ay,” he urged. “I want* you to stay. Aunt Kate w'ants you, too. Everything is going to be so different now, Juliet. Everything—” “Different?” the girl repeated. Bannister’s eyes held hers. The flush in the girl’s cheeks deepened and suddenly his arms were around her. He w f as holding her close. “Yes.” Bannister went on, “everything’s going to he different from now' on. Everything except just one. I love you, Juliet. Didn’t you know' that? Haven’t you guessed it? Oh, you’re such a darling! I love you and I’ll always keep on loving you. For ever and ever! Juliet—?” It w'as not a question, and yet it was. The girl raised her head. “For ever and ever?” she whispered. "If you’ll let me.” Her answ r er w r as completely convincing. THE END.

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Here he could remain and watch or, if necessary, make a hasty retreat. He saw Romero and Colt reach the summit and look quickly about them, but as they saw no enemy in sight, they passed back word to the ascending company that all was safe.

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