Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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i Clflffiisfa The Murder of Edwin Entanow By Kieth Seele, june, '16. I. T was just twenty minutes before eleven, when my telephone bell rang vigorously, and taking down the receiver, I took part in the following conversation: 'Is this Mr. Ferris? Yes. 'This is Hotel Leland. Edwin Entanow has just been murdered at the reception. You know he is- All right, I broke in, I'll be there at once. See that nothing is movecff' I at once taxied to the hotel. eager to take up this case. In all my years of detective work, my most interesting cases had been those in which the vicitims had been society people-those who, apparently, had no enemies. Thousands of dollars must have been expended for the decora- tions of the beautiful ballroom of the hotel. The contrasting color scheme of white and gold was effectively brought out by the skillful arrangement of thousands of golden orchids and pure white lilies. These Howers entirely covered the vaulted ceiling of the room and the immense chandeliers and exquisite pieces of alabaster statuary were artistically arranged along the sides of the room-alabaster so pure as to be almost transparent. As I -entered the great room, I noticed that there were two en- trancesf-the grand marble one. in which I was now standing, and another smaller one-also of marble-at the other end. .VX little man in gray stepped up to me. I called you,' he said. Th-en he told me the story of the tragedy. Twenty

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' 1 P 4 i 1. ff ff ,- mn. 14,0-M4 VAN WEAVER-College Preparatory-Credits 40 1-5-It is safe to , say that Van holds the record for credits in E. H. S. In fact, five subjects and music became a tirmly fixed habit with him at the be- ginning of his Sophomore year, only to be broken during the last semester of his Senior year on account of his arduous duties as Editor-in-Chief of The Pennant. Van's activity on The Pennant began in the spring of 1914, when he was made Assistant Business Manager, and through his per- severance and strict attention to business won the admiration of the staff and his classmates. During 1914 and 1915 he has been Editor-in-Chief, and some idea of his good judgment and etiiciency may be gained from the fact that the Class President made him Chairman of the Senior Pennant Committee, with power to choose his own committee. Gig- -- fl.. IIB S4'Mi wmW'l i Sw'i l ll C 1 1 Swv A ilNiH5m5n

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just after a dance the host and hostess, Xlr. and Mrs. Edwin Entanow, had gone to one side of the room, where they sat down on one of the luxurious settees. Only a few moments after they had seated themselves, and as several of their friends were coming to them to extend greetings, Mr. Entanow was seen suddenly to straighten up-a look of pain crossed his face-then he slowly sank back. His fl'1.C'lI!iS, looking rloscr, .saw blood fI0'2L'illg' down thc front of his waistcoat. His wife, feeling the movement of her husband, as he half rose up in his seat, and then slowly sank back, turned her gaze toward him. She -emitted one low cry and then she, too, sank back beside her husband. The little man in gray, as he told me. took charge of affairs, and when he learned upon examination that Mr. Entanow's beautiful wife had only fainted, but that her husband was dead, he had her taken to her apartments. Then he had given orders that Nr. Entanow nmst not be moved and that everyone should be as careful as possible. Then he had called me. lVhen Mrs. Entanow recovered and learned what action had been taken, she seemed to approve. I at once started upstairs to interview her. As I preferred to walk up, I passed through the ballroom leaving it by the smaller entrance. The staircase, located in a large corridor, was situated opposite the door joining' the corridor with the ballroom. As I stepped on the first landing, I was astonished to see that a strip of the ballroom, at the end of which was Mr. Entanow's body. was visible to mel The sig- nificance of this was at once apparent to me, but I never dreamed of the second link, which attached itself to the chain of clues at the next instant. For, as I stepped forward, my foot turned on a small, round object, which proved to be an empty 32-calibre sh-ell! After a further search, which, however, availed nothing, I carried out my original intention of interviewing the victim's wife. At this interview, I learned that Mr. Entanow had only recently removed to New York from Boston: that his business had been the cause of his removal: that, since he was only twenty-four and his wife twenty, he had also desired to enjoy the more exclusive society of the larger city: that he was a millionaire many times over: that he had no enemies, but that his best friend had been his rival for the hand of Madeleine Transby, now Mrs. Entanow. How could I catch a criminal from this meager information? After this interview, I again descend-ed to the first Hoor, where I sought someone, who had seen the stairway at the time of the murder. Twenty-one