Shadow 134 - The Radium Murders 09-15-37, The by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street and Smith
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

JADWAY’S statements were jerky; he was thinking them out while he went along. Thurleigh, annoyed by Jadway’s charge, made the mistake of a sarcastic remark.

“Naturally, you thought I murdered Farradon,” he said. “You found me telephoning the police.”

Jadway’s heavy brows furrowed angrily. He was maddened by Thurleigh’s sarcasm. Fiercely, Jadway queried:

“You think that I have lied? You think that because I came here, I was responsible for Farradon’s death? Perhaps you think that I -“

Jadway stopped short. Thurleigh was moving forward, an eager gleam upon his face. Almost mechanically, the man was uttering the thoughts that had flashed through his brain.

“Murder at the Hotel Moreland!” exclaimed Thurleigh. “Prescott Rune, the dead man who had a visitor! A visitor with bushy eyebrows, the clerk testified - a man with a heavy voice -“

Thurleigh was describing Jadway, and the words made the swindler jittery. Jadway backed away instinctively, despite the fact that he held a gun in his hand. Thurleigh’s voice stopped; madly, the languid man leaped for Jadway.

It was a smart move. Thurleigh caught Jadway off guard. Moreover, he showed a speed that Jadway had not expected. Thurleigh was upon the swindler, too quick for Jadway to take new aim. The two locked in a vicious struggle, Thurleigh jabbing Jadway’s gun arm toward the ceiling.

As they wrestled, Jadway drove the gun muzzle at Thurleigh’s head. Thurleigh dodged; lost his footing. He sprawled to the floor. Leaping away, almost to the center of the room, Jadway aimed toward his sprawled opponent.

A sharp hiss sounded from the side of the room. Looking up before he fired, Jadway saw the rounded mouth of an automatic; above it, burning eyes that viewed him from beneath the brim of a slouch hat.

The swindler was faced by The Shadow. Jadway had heard of that formidable foe. He let his revolver clatter to the floor.

The Shadow stepped forward. His whispered tone was sinister. Jadway shuddered as he raised his arms.

“Speak!” commanded The Shadow. “Tell all you know about James Farradon. State why he was here in New York. Tell where he came from; name the cause of his death.”

“I’ll - I’ll talk!” gulped Jadway. “Only - only, I can’t tell much. I never met Farradon while he was alive. I didn’t -“

Jadway hesitated. Through his brain flashed the very idea that The Shadow had sought to place there. Jadway suddenly believed that The Shadow knew nothing of Professor Dorth and the mansion on the Westchester hill.

Jadway saw sudden advantage through flight. He wanted to bluff The Shadow; to stage a get-away. That was precisely what The Shadow wanted. His intervention had saved Carton Thurleigh; the sooner that Jadway departed, the better. The Shadow was paving the way for Jadway’s flight, even though the crook did not realize it.

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