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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-04-30, Page 2-- — the Stcp on the Stairs By ISABEL OSTRANDER tIIAP'Fi iIX, Sergeant Batty waited until the tucking, tearless sobs had ceased and then he asked quietly: "What had Miriam Vane to do with your wife, Mt Griswold?" Gi i:,wold raised his head and the detective had the shock of his career. He had thought that the mention of the dog's foolish pet name had ren called the man's dead wife, and that it was genuine grief which had open- ed the crusty financier's long -closed heart, whatever his relation to the other woman and his share in the mys- tery. But it was not resurrected sor. row which met his amazed eyes; Gris- wold's thin, acidulou0 face had been transformed into that of an exultant fiend and personal fear seemed to be wholly forgotten in the sundering of the hold which he had held over him- self. time, es Griswold had said, but Scully nvould surely recall the details of the tragedy which had made tum his part- ner's heir. However, when Sevgeait Barry had run the. gamut of steno- gl'aphers and found himself behind the door mnrlced ''Philip Scully—Pri- vate" he m w confronting hini a well- groomed young ratan who obviously d not reached the age of 30. her elopement with young Venn r had young man rose end extended provided 1011with evidence enough °Ian affable hand. Griswold rose and commenced o pace the floor. "When Venner shpp d through her fingers she remember d that she still had a legal hold on n e and all her calculating shrewdne s hyo come well recommended, but it came to her aid. When she found n c .was to another lir Scully, a law part—ner of the late lila, Venner." Chicago hotel. Men do strange thhtt,s "Indeed! Itake it that you are a "Miriam Vane!" The'repet.ition of the name came with a ra ee:is laugh, "Miriam Vane was my wife, my law- ful wif, to the hour of her death, and she was too clever to give me an op- portunity to free myself from her, tit least without the notoriety that she knew I could not afford. It. took some- one cleverer than she, less cautious than 1, to fire that shot last night, and,because of it I owe a debt for the first time in my life, a debt of grati- tude which even my money can never repay!" Desp o the astounding revelation, harry did not allow his expression to change, and his tones were suavely persuasive as he suggested: "Suppose you tell me the whole my wife story, Mr. Griswold. Our knowledge, pain of and raking uptthat ng erself s whole wretched scandal I had so carefully lived down. "I thought when that young fool "Mr. Barry? What cnn I do for you, sir?„ He paused asllar13 shook his head, "I'm afraid l've made a mistake. in delirium and I must have babbled her name. "Some :fool specialist thought her presence would pull me through the crisis. "\Viten I awoke to consciousness site was in full command and I was too weak to do anything. 1n the eyes of the law I had condoned her offense," The sergeant nodded and Griswold resumed "It was ahem: blackmail. I met her terms; a quarterly allowance on con- dition that 511e change her name and leave the country," 33e halted in his restless pacing and when he spoke again it was with his face averted from the detective. "Last October the janitor brought a note up to me, and I found that she had had the impudence not only to break our agreement by returning to America but had actually domiciled herself beneath the same roof and insisted that it was I who had first broken our ogreenient by stopping her allowance, and I must cone down to her at once for a personal interview. "I went and then began a series of persecutions which did not cease until last night. She not only demanded an outrageous income but forced me to call upon her at regular intervals on of the truth may enable us to prevent 'the notoriety you wish to avoid, How long were you married to the woman Gordon Ladd appeared on the scene who called herself Miriam Vane?"" , it might make a difference but she was "For twenty years, ever since she too infernally clever. Yesterday she demai,ded a further increase in her allowance and it was the last straw. "Early in the evening I went down to tell her that I had reached the end and would do no more but she defied me laughingly. I :eft her :n a rage and as I ascended the stair to my own apartments here I distinctly saw young Ladd mounting from his Understand, Sergeant, I am not try- ing to cast suspicion on him. I ant merely giving you facts and if she has played fast and loose with hini, many other and more reckless men than he appears to be have lost their heads over her in Europe, as my fors nigra agents have kept Me informed, since that old Veneer affair in Cleve. land." "H'ml" Barry exclaimed thought- fully. "Speaking of that case, M4. Griswold, did that misguided young man have any relatives except his father?" "No. When old Veinier died about five years ago be left all his money to his law partner, Scully." "And young Mrs. Yeutter, the one who died insane; who were her people? What was her maiden name?" "I don't know, She had met young Venner while visiting some school friend, but on that point my memory in vague. None of her own people came forward at the time of the elope- ment and when her mind gave way it was old Veneer who had her placed in the sanitarium." "Mr. Griswold," Barry leaned for- ward impressively toward the man who stood before him. "You realize, of course, that any help you may be able to give us will be helping yourself as well. "You load the strongest motive for killing her and the testimony of others show that you had plenty of time after leaving her in a rage to return here for a pistol, climb down the fire escape, rush to that vacant house next door of which you possess the keys, and from one of its windows fire the deadly shot through one of her lighted w'indow's." "Great heavens!" gasped Griswold, "You know I'm innocent, Sergeant, for to give you an opportunity to free if l'd meant to put her out of the way yourself legally without notoriety 1 could have dons so long ago and „which you could not afford. Surely saved thousands upon thousands that she has wrong from me. "That vacant house is out of the question unless someone broke in, for the only keys to it are in my office and my clerk can testify that they have remained undisturbed for months in a strongtcx under his charge, .If S0111113110 hal not cone -Med himself in her •studio itself during her absence r for dinner there remains only the fire escape," "No one could have cone up the fire escape without being seen by Policeman Boyle, who stood just be- low; that has been established." Barry added, still with deliberate intent: "Suppose he had been concealed on the fire escape for some little time be- fore Boyle appeared on his rounds, he must . still after the crime have ascended instead of going down to the etc; p t level and 311015 could he I ]v8 fuMte? tt 'has been proved that the roof offered no means of shelter, 1 can vouch for Professor Seroyonov, and Miss Shaw was in her studio at the time, so there 17001111110 only your apartment" was a girl of sixteen and I a law student of twenty-two down in a little town called Springville, in Dela- ware. I'd given out these many years that I was a widower because of the disgrace of the whole affair, but it is evident that the truth must be known now and you'd find it out sooner or later. "Six years our marriage lasted— six years that brought disillusionment to nue in spite of her beauty. "She was twenty-two, in the full tide of her devilish fascination and knowledge of how to use it when I ac. cepted a clerkship in Cleveland with the law firm of Venner & Scully" -he broke off to add: "Venner had a son, a good looking weakling with a delicate wife who Adored hini The chances are that he would never have amounted to any- thing anyway, but the minute he laid eyes on Miriam it was all up with him." He paused again and his bony hands clenched. Barry ventured: "Do you mean that she broke up their home and yours?" "I mean that they ran away to- gether and his sickly wife went mad! She died in a sanitarium within a year," "But why didn't you divorce her, Air. Griswold?" Barry asked, The other groaned. "Because 1 thought she was out of my life forever, I thought she would drift the way of all such women if the opportunity to rehabilitate herself by marriage with another infatuated fool was denied her, "Ile and she were in 001110 out-of- the-way hole in the smith, leading a cat -and -dog's life, when somehow he learned of his wife's madness and death, and in remorse lie blew his brains out;" So that was the explanation of Hoe empty cartridge shell treasured all these years like the symbol of a ghost that could not be laid! Barry whistled softly and then a sudden question crane a., his mind. "Mr. Griswold, you told me a while ago that Mrs,—Vane was too clever stranger here, Mr. Barry, You are referring to my father, Daniel Scully, but 1>.e gnve up active practice some five years ago, I. took his place—" "There are some things iron which a mot cannot retire," Barry interrupt- ed. "I cone well recornnended—by the district attorney of New York City.'' 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