TRUE DETECTIVE STORY—The Case of the Missing House Boy—BV TERRE M’SHlf

you go home and he ready to relay along , , . "No—hut I can tell votl where various stations the right. The boy stood a moment good!!! that’s fine! , get Prophecy Leads he is." leave (or Wichita in a cruiser route predicted by a police chief in indecision; then he walked a signed statement and hold morning . . . early. night There a loud, collective tomorrow w ho, when began to fall on rapidly toward the green station him till I phone you.” The rest of you Iwtter get some Thursday, April 22, was begin- lights. "Does mean,” , to Capture of gasp. that Kelley was " sleep. That's all.” ning to be a little worried. sergeant "The miirde r e r . Chief "Yeah?” the desk wild with curiosity, "they got Young Killer O'Rourke said deliberately. "I* All day Thursday the chief That same Tnursday night, on looked up sleepily. "What is It?” him?” somewhere between heft* and kept close to a short wave radio the outskirts of Eldorado, Kan., "I’d like to sleep here to- "Yea—and he confessed!” the a W ii lota, han V receiver and telephone. And and only a few short miles from night.” chief answered triumphantly. , 4 cont'ist . . w Wichita, STI'DY in all that day the monotonous a .salesman opened the "With half a door The sergeant reached for tTic dollar and Ida mist v? I read 50 cents on him. And lie'll he over right eye, if arrested hold sir. I’ve got about that lino the street on either Police Station' 50 cents left.” those reports and I don't sen clean. Know what I riean? He'll for Fast St. Louis, lli., police how you could tell side of it . . , that was the old about the have his nails cleaned and his department” went the air hoy swung 4 ’ on The dark haired money he’d have Flannery mansion at hair combed. I'm willing to het, running Yes—and He on hlu and 231 S State every half hour. Periodic tele- onto the hoard and then where he’d head for ..." stroet in Fast St I.'nn* in 19.17. ' O'Rourke lost his smile as he phone calls came in from the turned back: * continued, walk into Confessed!' "You forget that I worked On the afternoon of April 21. "that he'll two detectives who raced across “Say, where could a fellow \ 1 Fy / station he gets that section of the country once a before < police Missouri and into Kansas. get sleep tonight?” The boy’s clean, well-groomed \ F. Filltot. represent at i\ ol a place to a* an actor,” O'Rourke grinned Into Kansas very far and ask to hand tossed a quarter on the the Illinois Light and Power sleep there." "Broke?” hack delightedly, \\ desk “And . . ." pushed ichita Police "I got about half a dollar.” ”1 know liow i/erperfttion through the . .!” to travel MOO \ "But, chief . Late night in O’Rourke’s that white wick** gau, to / "Better save it and go to the office, his miles on less than $5, too!” walked "I know what I’m tampering Keep in Touch the chief broke off Right the with," the chief broke in. "I'm police station. down there conversation with Detective Kel- "But how the devil did you front door. J with station sending radio to all police fPIIF Wichita pt>lic<» kept in a block the green ley to answer the ringing get that Wichita angle?" In b s brief ca*i he had cer- alarms lights." stations hetvv e e n here and A constant communication with phone—- "Kelly,” the chief {su*'!s relating latge answered, tain to the " Wichita. Hood and Hylsky—- the St. Loins force and with the The salesman drove off to the Chief O’Rourke speaking . . . "his mother lives in Wichita!’’ private f *rtunt of aged Mary W right Flannery. SJ wide' of the founder of I’. Flannery A, MRS. MARY FLAW FRY Sons hudders and contractors, (lull'll i .. . ii alt h// \mlnn' struck in which required her signature. I tannery, that's my brother'* goo«| reference*. They both lived Hand Jerked Hack wife, ate with Us, too." here in town. — Mid-Air "She live here ? ' "She lived In Brooklyn and In the hoy said he stayed with his "Yes. There are . . . were four Constipation father, lie said III*mother Relief up of was Get w ide Real Flliof hurried the us. Jerome lived here. "Had any trouble with prowl- some place else ...” steps, over the \eranda and • • • er* lately?" reached for th< old-fa*hM»ncd r»I/M>n and Hylsky examined door hell Everybody Knows * all the doors and windows. His hand irrke>| hai k in mid- Man Is in House Some :>0 minutes later the air his startled eves grew sergeant tried the last of four amazement’ doors on the ground floor, in- r»und in "No. We haven’t been both- the ground* serted last of over 40 loy Living F.lliot dashed down the step* ered. The are well Find New In window latches in the After 35! lighted and everybody know* basement broke through the wicket gate on the first floor there’s a man In the house." and and turned and ran the two short blocks to Hylsky with an annoyed ex- "Did any of you keep any to home of pression on bis face. the Abl>ott Flannery, money or Jewelry ?” around "No forced entrance—not even HhhX. Y AH his aged client s son. we Jm. "Only what had on iiv a scratch!” said Flood. "She’* lying on the floor!” Mother had some Jewelry up- The two men walked slowly "But why didn’t vnu . . .” stair* that she never wore.” to tlie front door when* Hylsky '’There * blood on that floor, I t’l.et's have a look.” a.skill the patrolmen on guard: and tell you,” he rushed on. "I Hylsky Flood followed "Any trace of the house boy?" Hie man and girl up the curved "No, sergeant. We cheeked MW It!” shining staircase to a bedroom everybody around who might right * The two hurried to ihe old on the of th‘* stej>s. have .seen him leave." mmim isr mansion. Abbott Flannery "I haven't been up here "You know,” Flood turned to since , . ." Mopped at the entrance to the llylsky, "my idea Is that it wa* The girl's ended in ''' v ie-ntence one of go RfifW %¦' " ' ’ v >v‘' V butler's pantry "Mother!” a sob. the servants. Let's hack and get a mnster key to Mary Wright Flannery, social "There was money in the dres- these outside doors. We ll cheek leader, first in city's every ser," the girl the offered. the key see "\nd jewelry there's a makers and if there's charitable work mother of five her duplicate drawer." been a made.” sons and one daughter. lay limp secret She touched a portion of the Just in Time and battered on the floor of the uixwl carving on the small wpi>cr house to which Patrick Flannery compartments and a rnnc« a led To Erect Doherty had brought her as a bride. drawer sprang out. 4«yw#iv Flood held up a small roll of As the two men left the bouse HS wkl -HI, Pantry Strewn bills and a huge gold watch. they wire just in time lo greet "Her pocket hook should he 1 >eteciive Tho ma s Doherty, With Wreckage here." the son ventured, turning fingerprint exjjcrt. and Detective over some of the heap on the Fdward Kelley, St. Louis poltee Fven to the two men to whom dressers top. "I guess they get research officer, who were crime was utterly foreign, it that." hurrying into the mansion on a was apparent lhat she had been "Any idea how much was in '•all from Police Chief Michael ?" It asked. . . F lood . murdered! O’Rourke i TTiffß ITT* > WSkv&?- . T*W> The pantry where she lav wa« ( Exchange Michael O'Rourke E*. along hildren '' disordered and strewn with the ith most of the Irish, a little wreckage of the fine china she Startled Looks sly. That, coupled with a calm, *. *< had loved. Face down, her head expressionless face, has been Ilii 'MI i ii 1 W iii : ... . miiiii rested partially in*id»' a shat- “I doubt If there was over *5. used to the discomfiture of many

She a criminal who. unaware of the - ' tered gallon vinegar jai never carried more than iS r.y.5r A In the next instant. Iwih men that nt one time." chief's long stage and theatrical ¦ 'W'V'Z •:v V.-/^>-' career uncanny noticed the heavy black iron "What servants.’’ Hylsky in- and knowledge BBBBKk- V- .mp TW skillet, matted with gray ban. terrupted. "do you keep around of human behavior, has imag- which teetered up against a low- To his astonishment the two ined lus mind to he as slow as exchanged his outward gestures. cupboard door where the killer, Flannery children 5, 4 • - 7 • « HHHH ;,-7 15 or his victim, had dropped it. startled looks. - : v .-:/ -VIV-"¦; .*v-' '’Don’t touch It!” "I forgot!" the son said ex- Abbott Flannery managed to citedly. "There was a woman Chief Looked get to the telephone. w ho’d done time for armed • • I assault or something like that At Him Sharply «••-* j. and when mother f*ntmi 4f not lift* sn'Eram v "AmnrrTT7T-~~' WAS the hoy, FL)LK*tr she let go—that was two **|T h°'ise skv and C’lifTord Flood were her ¦ l.amh," davs ago." Detective Flood of- 1n charge of the initial investi- not tier servant?” fered. "lie's the guy we want.’’ gation in the kitchen an* the "t.ot a "\ house hoy,’ the girl in- "Flood's right!" Kvery rye pa n t r> turned to Chief O'Rourke a« he terrupted . . . Jlylsky shut the kiu-hcn doot "K.lhert l.amh he?" -poke "Libert Lamb I* the mur- on the babbling confusion nl ih< where I* |l|| derer!” S* v ill. Hj\p V E»i l' 'A/'ill/y i!|V l' 'm |if'fV. Villl'A 1" * M |> front rooms and turned to Mai\ "When did you *re him last?" li'i'li 1 iif'ii''l i i ItMi 'ill iJ Sergeant Flood was the one who broke Wright Flannery* daughter and Flood asked the surprised silence with: one of her sons. "This noon when he served "Well, whut're we all waiting "The coroner says It hapiicited lunch. When 1 left lie was busy for then?'' about I:3tt." he pointed out washing the dishes.” "Nothing in particular. We "What time did >nu leave the "What do you know about could send out a si\-st«te alarm, house?" addressing the youn, this woman?” hut it won't Im* necessary." girl "Her name was lila. She had Hylsky* eye* ** widened. Vbout 1,” Mary Flannery an- good references and we liked "You haven't got him here, swered. "I teach in the junior, her until we found out about have you?" high school miml I'd come home her prison sentence. The chief looked at him for lunch «s umiml. Mrs. Jerome "So did the house hoy have sliai ply . A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING if you could only WHATforget constipation worry —if you could have the pep and energy [II which helps you to get things done! But just “any kind” of laxative fiay j NEW lIifATMEM Fill! ItUItKS FIIIINII IjJ not give you the help you really need...particularly if you're 35, 40 or older; Jf and intestinal action is weaker. What you may need today for most effective P| relief is something to help tone-up this sluggish action —thus encouraging IN AlAlilC RESULTS AT PEAIIT HARRIII! more normal and more regular elimination! And that’s exactly what (Jiat Rv JAMES 1.. KIM. U.I.EV in combination acts as transparent Hr**! coating of the «pray ¦ remarkable newer-type product called Serutan is especially designed to fclo! IM'I s»»* 'I«H f (irrf«|Mi(idi|i| vessel c.nient imning th. voi tor Pearl Harbor. I *ec» mber 7 utf.ll methods Well employed. I Halford said that an- important before—you'll get your money back. In the sulfadiazine treatment ottu i advantage of r s morr than 30b burn ease- It f-igjits Infection t tie new treatment is that skin *tor constipation due to sonic organic condition , mii'nlt )oiir ph^soun. grafting may accomplished mortality vs as held to practically he within 1 rern according tc» I»r. h .1. In first ti< gr< e hurri' sulfa- 10 to J days after burn- ing scalding. Jlalfoid director of the burn diazine is sprayed on without or As a result con- cleansing is end .shock" tcart;s o! the Hono- the burned areas. In valescence often shortened ami degree burns, from a matter of months to lulu major disaster council. second third ess,ll \ woks. Kulfadiazine is sprayed on »he however It IS net to treat burned areas with a sterile Run. fh*‘ (Mitlent as a 'Urgit .d case. Medical men in Hawaii fore- In the treatment of Th« burned at. . must he see the |Nissihility of another 1 Honolulu with snap and wat» victims of the Jap a’taf k it was cleansed t dire emergency in this American Must Help Or Money Back used together vs,?h infusions of dried thoroughly, then splayed out (Mist in the Pacific. t iood plasma. with sulfadiazine every hour the first J 4 hours e\er\ two fiouis Seek Blood Plasma Result 'Startling t f,e second - J hnui s , ( nd the ('onscquentlv. laboratory tr*a*rnent gradually lessened - groups an working close oo- There's a fioctor Halford v*kl the n then after. in sul’« were "startling and gratify- o| m iat ion with Honolulu’s burn Cunningham ing.'' He handled I'k« tor Halford -aid that many and «hock teams to determine personally (f manv of the ca v»s paMerits who list to tecoV'Ct ' how much hlo«>d plasma would -< degree Drug Store Another im|e»rtan’ *';*•'t of from cofid and thitd l r» needed in ftie event of an- f!¦ j r Iflfeet |ofl the new treatment i« tor u-c of r.' fil'd fTf.fr otln-i .lap attack Physicians in your - g.»rd adrenal rortex * fluid made l.ut th» new teehnifpjf mn i blood plasma as a great from adrenal elands e,i*i» again«t fa j»ossibtli»\ of ItfcsavcT fhi average burn ease neighborhood Itretor Halford explainer! ’M*’ infeetien Tif.oisf th> ittenrjit'-g rcf|U"< i from one so two rjuaMv pi*-*ma and thi* adnrnaJ cortex pf -/< an < .