Walkerton Independent, Volume 58, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 November 1933 — Page 7

The Student Fraternity Murder

-ByMILTON PROPPER Copyright. 1932. by Milton Propper WNU Service CHAPTER Vll—Continued —ll —— Rankin now realized that the stran ger had been Mr. Fletcher and not the guardian at alt He had represented himself as Jordan’s uncle, merely as a subterfuge to gain the woman’s confidence and access to his rooms. And he must have sought the boy’s apartment immediately after re gaining his roadster at the Shawnee garage. But what was his motive for entering 315 Croft hall In Jordan's absence, unless to tamper with the shoes he had left there? •‘Well, was that all Mrs. Hogan had to tell?” Rankin asked. “She didn’t, by any chance, see what this man did in Jordan’s room?’ “As a matter of fact,” Gordon related. “she looked in once after he had been inside alone for ten minutes. She said he was standing in the boy’s study by his desk; he had one drawer open. Her entrance startled nim and he closed it quickly Then he explained he had changed his mind about waiting for his nephew and would get in touch with him instead She followed him out a few minutes later. Jordan never heard of rhe incident. because he was dead before she saw him again.” “Besides that, the apartment hadn’t been disturbed in any way. Gordon?” Rankin’s assistant smiled quizzically. *1 was coming to tnat. Tommy.’’ he returned. “Before she left It. Mrs. Hogan had swept it carefully and put everything in place. And it was still just as tidy, except for this very peculiar difference. Three pairs of .Jordan’s shoes lay about in the vestibule between his study and bedroom.” “She was positive she hadn’t left them there when she finished her work?” Rankin asked, pleased at this immediate confirmation of his theories. “Yes, of course: and it puzzled her how they got there and what the boy's visitor wanted with them.” Gordon’s answer terminated his report. Scarcely had he gone when Sergeant Daniel Gilmore dropped in and proceded to detail to the younger man the results of his particular assign ment —the private search of Ralph Buckley’s apartment. His information brought back to his colleague with fresh force how potent the case was he bad so painstakingly constructed against Buckley. Rankin had "been so engrossed the past day in investigating Mr. Fletcher's connection with the crime that, temporarily at least, the evidence implicating thp student had been pushed into the background of his mind. Gilmore’s account began with his preliminary reconnoiter on the Wednes day evening, two days before, when he had agreed to aid the detective. Recognizing the necessity for utmost caution, he had dared leave nothing to chance; he had to familiarize himself in advance with the premises he intended to invade illegally. And having never seen his quarry, he had tn Identify him to know when he quit his quarters long enough to take advantage of his absence. These preparatory measures, Gilmore successfully managed that same evening. The letter boxes in the vestibule listed Buckley’s apartment as 4D. Then, as all apartments had similar locks, he climbed the stairs and examined those on the second floor. When he came again, it would be armed with keys to fit any of them. To get a look at Buckley, he adopted the stratagem of deliberately knocking on his door; and when it was opened, claimed to be a tailor’s em ployee calling for a suit, who had mistaken the address. “He’s a well-built, rather handsome chap. Tommy.” Gilmore said. “He has broad features and a decidedly strong nose. He is older and far more sophisticated than the average student just beginnirig college; I’d say he is already twenty-four or twenty-five.” Rankin nodded. “Given an adequate motive, would you suppose him capable of a serious crime?” The sergeant answered slowly and thoughtfully. “That's a difficult question. Tommy; but he has a decidedly vicious streak in him.” “Well, I shall be able to judge for myself this afternoon.” his colleague returned. “I was only waiting for con firmation of Randall’s story from Aber deen and your report, before I swore out a warrant for him. If he can’t exonerate himself, I intend to execute it. So finish your story.” On the following morning, Thursday, before eight-thirty. Gilmore continued, he had returned to the Harrowgale apartments, ready for the actual entry. He waited across the street in an In conspicuous position until, at eight fifty, Buckley left for the university; then he hastened into the building and up-stairs. No one witnessed his burglarious intrusion, and in a few moments one of his keys opened the door of 4D. Beginning his examination with the desk, for almost an hour he hunted leisurely through the desk and then In turn, the closets and bureau in the bedroom, careful to replace every article he moved as he found it. He found many questionable possessions—loaded dice, marked cards, liquor and | a revolver; but no sign of any poison or the syringe with which the crime i was committed. “Just the same. Tommy,” the sergeant pursued, and paused to puff at his pipe, “it wasn't altogether a wash out. In fact, 1 found one thing every bit as important as those we were looking for. It was neatly tucked away in the bottom drawer of Buck ley’s bureau—a long, plain yellow gown, resembling those worn in mon astic orders.” “A yellow gown?” Rankan repeat- : ed quickly. "You mean a robe like al) i the brothers at the initiation wore, ex cept the officers and pledgees. Dan?’ ; “From your description, practically ’ ■o difference. 1 thought you'd con ■lder it significant.” “Os course it is.” the younger man | agreed. "Buckley would certainly ,

need such a robe to get into the chapter chamber disguised as a mem ber. And he’d have to look like the majority to join the line ot those wno i were to untie the pledgees. "He must have gone by taxi from the Morton club to his apartment to call for if and then slipped into ii in the hallway of the fraternity; it doesn't take a second.” Gilmore went on. “I put it back in ’ the drawer, because there whs a maker’s label in the collar— Kings- , ton’s, the fancy costumers on Walnut street. His testimony would estab , lish its ownership; Buckley had either purchased it there or ordered it spe cially made. 1 finished my search and quit the apartment.” Rankin detained the sergeant with a gesture as he rose to leave the office. “Just a moment. Dan. I’ve another bit of work tor you. it you re willing to take it on. I want you to visit the university hospital, and look up a graduate nurse named Florence Dal ton. If she isn’t there, try tier ad dress; it’s 4020 Harmon street. | in tended interviewing her. myseit, but I’m not sure I can get around to it today. Find out whether one ot the boys from the fraternity. Ben Craw ford, phoned her shortly after ten o clock, on Tuesday night ; and then called on her about naif past. That’s his story of what he did later, rhe eve ning of the initiation. He claims he stayed with her until morning and only went in rime tor class. I merely want to cheek it up.” “All right, you'll have your report on it,” Gilmore promised. Immediately after his departure, Rankin received the findings of the city chemist and ot the finger-print expert. With regard to young Heyward’s chemistry laboratory, from which the poisons were stolen. John son had searched painstakingly for marks of the thief. And he had discovered two alien prints close to where Patterson stood when the graduate student unexpectedly caught him at his workshelf. One. smudged, hut of some value, was on the bottle containing Heyward’s supply of atropine; the other, more distinct, came from the shelf itself. Compared with the Imprints on the razor blade and the two vials Rankin had removed from the sponsor’s bedroom, they proved identical, line for line and whorl for whorl. As to the contents of the vials, it required very little analysis to ascertain their nature. Both Mr. Sykes, the chemist, and Heyward, when asked for an opinion earlier that morning, identified the powder as the missing atropine and the liquid as conine; and the first tests confirmed their diagnosis. Thus. Patterson’s guilt as the pilferer whose theft must have been in connection with the murder, was doubly established. And even

THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING Stricken during initiation into Mu Beta Sigma fraternity, Stuart Jordan, university student, dies almost instantly. Tommy Rankin, Philadelphia detective, takes charge of the investigation. An injection of conine was the cause of Jordan’s death. His only relative is his uncle, Howard Merrick, St. Louis banker, a.so his guardian. Two students from the vicinity of Vandalia, 111., Jordan’s home town, Ralph Buckley and Walter Randall, figure in the investigation. A prominent lawyer, Edward Fletcher, present at the initiation, engages Rankin's attention. Check stubs show Jordan had been paying '4OO a month to some unknown person. A student, Larry Palmer, Mu Beta Sigma member, was drugged on the night of the initiation and the key of the fraternity house stolen from him. Ralph Buckley had been Palmer's companion of the evening. Howard Merrick, as Jordan's guardian, had supervision of his conduct until he was twenty-two years old. when the boy’s large fortune became his O"n. A St. Louis physician. Dr. Arnold Prince, is brought into the investigation. Conine is stolen from the university laboratory. A student. Ned Patterson, is suspected of purloining it. A woman seeks an undelivered letter to Jordan, but Rankin secures it. The letter is from Edward Fletcher's young wife, and reveals that Fletcher has been suspicious of Jordan’s attention to ber. On the night before the initiation the pledgees were taken to an isolated spot, and abandoned, to get home as best they could. The stolen poison is found in Patterson's room. Rankin finds that on the night before Jordan's death, on his abandonment, he telephoned from a farmhouse to Mrs. Fletcher, who came for him in an auto. In Fletcher’s roadster Rankin finds a hypodermic needle.

more suspicious, the two grains of atropine taken from the laboratory were still intact; but of the six abstracted drops of the liquid, barely three remained in the vial. There was still a third report due the detective that morning, which he heard after studying these statements. It came from Jenks, who had been deputized to shadow Patterson. At threethirty, the preceding afternoon, he stationed himself on Locust street, where he could observe his comings and goings without attracting attention. But his vigil was profitless, until Patterson walked out of the fraternity at eight o’clock that evening. “You followed him, of course. Jenks; well, where did he lead you?” “Down-town by trolley to a pawnshop on Tenth street, near Race—the Finance Aid society.” Jenks replied. “You probably know it. Tommy; It’s run by a Greek. Peter Savoulos. whom we suspect is a fence for less valuable stolen goods. “Yes. I remember him. What did Patterson do?” "Pawned some article, though 1 couldn’t tell what it was from across the street. I didn’t want to attract attention by standing near the door or show window. They argued some time before Savoulos agreed to a price and paid him. It seemed peculiar Patterson dealt with a chap like Savoulos, when there are places much nearer the campus. That decided me to question the Greek at once. I had to threaten him with a run in at headquarters before he agreed to show me what Patterson left with him.” He paused and reached into his pocket. “Here it is. Tommy,” he said. Dramatically, he placed on Thomas’ desk a plain hut expensive watch. Exquisite in workmanship, it was of white gold, fourteen carats fine and contained twenty-one jewels; it had a silver dial with raised gold figures. Turning it over, Rankin saw the initials “B. C.” chased on the back. Obviously, they were not the sponsors, any more than the watch itself; and quickly, he reviewed the names of all the fraternity brothers for one ; they might fit. There was only Ben i Crawford, whose absence from the initiation to keep a date at which his | female companion failed to appear, still troubled him. His affluence and j sporty taste both suggested he was ' the watch’s proud possessor; but Rankin considered it unlikely that he ; ’ would have parted with it voluntarily, j Jenks was saying. “Savoulos ad ! vanced Patterson sixty on it and he i I has three months to reclaim it. He j | pledged it as Ned Parsons.”

I “1 believe, Jenke. though Cm not sure, that I can identify the owner; obviously, he isn't Patterson. And I’ve also a pretty shrewd notion of what he intends to d<> with the money.” For ten minutes after Jenks was done and had left the office. Rankin silently fingered the timepiece, deep in reflection. Then, reaching a decision, he put through two phone calls in succession to the Mu Beta Sigma house. The first was to Stanton ; fortunately finding the president in though it was barely noon, tie asked him to visit headquarters at once and bring Ben Crawford along. Ten min utes later, he got Ned Patterson on the wire and requested his presence also at city hall. But immediately after ringing off, he summoned Officer Simpson, whom he instructed to keep the sponsor waiting outside rhe office on Uis arrival, until he sent for him. CHAPTER VIII As a Thief in the Night “1 brought you to headquarters about a comparatively simple matter.” Rankin itoormed the two students. “Merely to ask yon about this watch. Have either of you ever seen it be fore?” As he held out the timepiece, Stan ton shook his head negatively, but Ben Crawford recognized it and fairly snatched it from Rankin's hand. “Why. that's mine, sir!” he ex claimed eagerly, with a touch of wonder. "It was stolen from my room on Monday nigfit. after the hazing.” “Stolen—on Monday?” Rankin Inquired sharply. “Are you positive of that? You didn’t lost or misplace it —or give it to someone temporarily to keep for you?” “No. nothing like that,” the student declared. “This isn't the first time things were stolen tn the fraternity house since school began. I told yon yesterday that several of us stayed up very late Monday to wait for the pledgees to get in from the country; we figured on a little more fun with them. But we all retired by two-thirty in the morning and I distinctly remein ber putting my watch on my dresser. The next day it had disappeared; no one knew’ anything about it.” Rankin leaned forward intently. “You say that other things have also been mysteriously missing during the year? Do you mean there has been a series of robberies at the house?” “Three of them, Mr. Rankin, in the last few months,” Crawford declared, “and always at night.” “And no clue to the thief has ever been discovered?" It was Stanton who replied, reluctantly, but clearly perceiving the futility of any attempt to suppress the truth. "No. we haven’t the least idea of the culprit's identity,” he admitted soberly. “You never informed the police of these thefts, did you?” The detective turned bluntly to Stanton. “That would have been the proper action.” The president hesitated at the criticism. “Well, no." he replied at length.

“because we scarcely wanted news of that sort bruited about the campus. It was really our own private business and we were afraid of undesirable scandal. So we decided to keep it secret and not even consult the college authorities.” “Still I should have been told of it after the murder.” Rankin pressed him more severely, “instead of learning quite by accident. Surely it was your duty then, not to conceal from me these serious crimes in the chapter.” “The shock of Stuart’s death drove them from my mind, sir.” Stanton defended himself quickly. “They seemed insignificant beside Tuesday's dreadful affair.” “I'm sorry to inform you, Mr. Stan ton, that the thief,” Rankin paused be fore speaking the name, “is Ned Pat terson.” Os the two students, Ben Crawford was the more astonished. The president’s pallor reflected his concern, as he compressed his lips in grave silence. He shook his head slowly. “I was afraid it might turn out like that,” he said. “But Ned—that’s really awful 1 I can’t believe it.” “Well, there isn’t the slightest doubt of it. You may not be aware of it, but he has been gambling recently for high stakes in questionable establish ments. Mr. Palmer could tell you he is in debt far beyond his means.” With that, Rankin briefly sum marized the scene Larry Palmer and he had witnessed at the Morton club, and the proofs that Patterson pawned the timepiece. And as tie lis tened, Ted Stanton’s expression grew more strained at the new problem that burdened him. But when the detective finished, he had determined his course. “Isn't it possible. Mr Rankin, for the i fraternity to handle this trouble with Ned? After all. that is a side issue to poor Stuart s death; and any action you take won't help your main invest! gation.” < “I appreciate your position,” Ran ■ kin said sympathetically. “Atjd if । they were really isolated events, I’d ' I drop them in a moment. But actually, the two crimes are connected; and it I is Mr. Patterson who supplies the link between. I’ve got to learn the truth 1 about the murder, so I can't afford : |to disregard the lesser offense. 11 1 j I’atterson isn’t Jordans murderer 1 ; himself, then he is surely implicated । in his death as well as the thefts!" “But that’s ridiculous!" Stanton ; cried. “Surely, sir, you aren't seri j ous?” j Rankin shook his head. “It isn’t so 1

hard to believe as it sounds. A small amount of conine, the poison which killed Jordan, was kept in the chemistry laboratory at school, for special research. Mr. Patterson knew this fact; and on Tuesday itself, he stole more than a fatal amount of it. He left finger-prints in the laboratory. Yesterday, I found some of it hidden in his bedroom, the rest missing.” “Rut why?” Stanton protested. "Why should Ned want him out of the way? They never even met before rushing season; then, as his sponsor, they were on the best of terms.” Barely ten minutes before, this problem of motive was as mystifying to Rankin as when he first started to suspect Patterson. On the surface at least, his crime lacked incentive. Now. however. Ben Crawford's information had suggested an answer. "It is my conviction,” he addressed both students, "that his motive developed only last Monday night. Just when your watch was taken. Mr. Crawford. You say that happened between two-thirty in the morning and seven thirty, though probably some time before daylight. When you retired. Jordan had not yet returned to the house for his clothes. But he did get back somewhere around three o’clock; I’ve ascertained from other sources he drove in from Gladwyne at half-past two. Suppose he arrived while Patterson burglarized you. entering so carefully you didn't hear him. Suppose he went up stairs. What more likely than that he either caught Ned in your room or saw him softly sneak out of it it?” "Remember, as Stanton stated, the pledgees were ignorant of the thefts; so the mere sight of Patterson in another boy's room, even so late, would hardly , arouse Jordan's suspicions. But if he became a fraternity brother, he would be entitled to al) the rituals and secrets; naturally, he would hear of the thefts. Then, when he put two and two together, he would realize his sponsor was guilty.” With great reluctance, Stanton conceded the validity of the deductions. After a moment, the detective himself raised their single possible flaw. “My only misgiving," he admitted, “is with regard to your use of the blackball box. Could Patterson have prevented Stuart's initiation through Il £?nance „ IT । “They Argued Some Time Before Savoulos Agreed to a Price and Paid Him.” that—or any other normal measure? If so, he wouldn’t need to resort to murdering him to remove what he dreaded —the danger of exposure.” “No. he couldn’t have stopped him from going through nt the last moment, even by the blackball box. The final vote on the pledgees took place at a special meeting called on Monday afternoon. Tuesday was too late; once hell night Is over, their member ship is assured. Anyhow, it takes three blackballs to remove a pledge pin. So Ned’s change of front would not have helped him but only looked very strange." Rankin’s tone held no pleasure. “You see. that settles it. Mr, Stanton/’ he said. “It all fits in to complete his motive. I’ve sent for him; I want to give him every chance to clear himself. But unless he can’ do that. I shall have to charge him with murder, unpleasant as that may be.” He pressed the buzzer on Captain Thomas’ desk, summoning Simpson. Patterson had just come in. the officer informed him; and he ordered that the student be ushered into the office. Deliberately, he set the watch In full view on the desk top. to note the sponsor's reaction when he saw it. In the door, Patterson hesitated; he glanced from the detective to his schoolmates, a perplexed anxious frown on his swarthy features. Suddenly, his eyes on the timepiece, he stiffened; tell-tale recognition drained the blood from his hollow cheeks. He clenched his fingers and swallowed hard. Then, as if robbed of all power to dissimulate, he dropped into an empty chair by the door and buried his head hopelessly in his outstretched arms. It was a wordless scene, which his two friends watched in silent concern and commiseration. At length Patterson raised a despairing face, its haggard lines accentuating a new wanness. “Well, you've caught the thief at last Ted.” His words were grim and bitter, but without defiance. “What do you intend to do about it? Make an example of me. I suppose.” Stanton spoke roughly, to cloak nis emotions. “Don’t be a d —n fool, Ned!” he replied. “Ot course, we'll see you through this. What good are fraternity brothers it they don't stand by you at a time like this?” The detect ve swiftly took charge of Hie if ion. “The money Mr. Savoulos gave you for the property you stole went to pay your gambling debts at the Morton club." he stated “Isn’t that so. Mr. Patterson?” “Yes, Walton’s debt and others." Wisely the boy tried to conceal nothing “1 settled with him last night for sixty dollars. I have been going there almost twice a week the past year to play poker and blackjack; and J also lost to l.ew Meyer and a chap named Al Kahler. 1 used al) the funds I could scrape together the last few months to square them—even what my folks st nt for tuition and expenses; and I simply had to get hold of more.’’ (TO BE CONTINUED.'

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