Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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J N GN xvlndow and h1d gotten ln and out that VVIX He notified the police but they dldn t haxe muth to go on, and progress on the case xxas xcrx sloxx R1th1rd xx IS 1ll brolxtn up oxtr thrs ht h1d betn countmg so much on the sutttss thlt hrs 1nxtnt1on xxould hlxt brought him He Intended to use the monty thlt ht would hlxt gotttn to put hlm up ln buslntss for hlmself Ht mxdt up hrs mlnd th1t ht xxould tltth tht person thit stolt hrs formulx If lf took tht rtst of his lnfttlmt In tht mtlntlme ht xxorlted on m hrs laboratorx exptrxmentlng xnd huntxng ntxx tltments One of the l1rgc chem1c1l houses of Ntxx York htard of hum 1nd offtred hxm a xerx good posmon At first he thought he xx ould not txlxe the posltlon, but on second thought he dtcxded he would beelust xxhxle vxorlxlnx xxlth thtm he might find some clue to hrs stolen formull Ht h1d bttn xx orlxlng for tht tompxnx thrtt months, 1nd xx IS getting along xtry xxtll Rlthlrd llltl betn promottd to thrtf thtmlst One diy he xxas t1lltd1nto tht presldtnt s OHICL, 1nd xvls told thxt ht was to go to Los Angeles, Callfornm Ht xx'1s to tlke some xery vlluxble ehtm1C1ls to in exptrlmenul pllnt rn Los Angelts A dly or so lfttr ht hld 1rr1xtd thtrt he dttldtd to vnslt another largt m1nuf1ttur1ng pllnt ln 1 ne1r bx town Wl11lt he VV19 golng around through tht plmt ht hlpptntd to plss 1 t1blt xxhtrt 1 mln xxxs working wlth some thtmltlls Ht didnt pxx mx pxrtltulxr ltttntlon to tht ftlloxx, but just btfort he h1d bttn 1tt1tttd Ht xxondertd lf thus ftlloxx could have hwd any thxng to do xxnth tht robberx so ht decided to ll'lNLStlg21IC 1 llttle He 1sked tht suptrlntendent of the pllnt lf he kntxx the fellow, but tht supermtendtnt dxdn t knoxx anx thmg sabout hlm, txtttpt that he had come to xx ork there lbout txxo 1nd 1 h1lf months 120 Thtx h1d h1d 1 place open, and ht xx IS tht hrst to eomt 1long, so thex gut II to hlm Ht glxt hrs nlme as Thom1s Blrton Rlthxrd bought 1 I'TlLlSIlkl1L 1nd hxtd his fltt so xt Wouldn t be rttognuxblt toolx xn 1ssumtd n1mt 1nd tl1e ntxt mornmg he snunttred up to Blrton 1nd btgln to tzllt to hum 1bout tht xxorlQ Blrton xx IS dolng Thtx tnlktd for qultt 1 llttlt xxhllt md Rlthard btgan to thmlx he had gotten on to anothtr fllst tlut xx hen 1ll at onte somethmg that Blrton sud caught hls 1ttent1on Blrton islxtd hlm lf he lxntxx anxthnng about hre CYIIDQUISCFS Rxthlrd sud ht lxntxx xx h1t most of thtm xxtre mldt of th1t xxxs about xll he ltntxx of thtm BIFIOII sud that xx hllt ht Ind bttn xx orklng htrt If tht fattorx ht hld bttn tXPLl'lH1tI'lIlIN1 1nd hld found 1 tompound thlt ht thought xxould mllxt 1 bttttr flrt txtlngulshtr tl11n 1nx on tht marlxtt noxx R1th1rd xx IS xerx muth rnttrtsttd noxx, BIYIOH sud thlt Ill Ilill xx I5 lxttpmg hum from puttnng If on the marktt xx.1s the monex Rlehard asked hlm nf he could see the form ula, as he lxnexx ,1 httlt about chtmrstrx, and 1f he thought nt vxas a s1fe rn xestment, he xxould help hlm B1rton seemed to hesltate at thrs, but finallx he sud for Rlchard to come around to hrs room that exenmg at sexen thnrtx, and thex xxould talk nt oxer That exenmg as Rxchard made readx to x1s1t Barton he slxpped a small plstol Tlllf SICNIT Ii M.XG.'I'I'F 27 Wd 7777 Y I ' I v l - Y 1 Q ,K . 5 V , V, t v 1 t 1 I K . L ' Q s V s , K-' C ' 8 , , , ' , ' V V ' ' . h 7 - Y 'I Y V' 1 I . , . , g D I '- . x - . V L 1 V L v L I x L K . vm 1 5, xi' 3 'L' 3 X Q , 1 1 I X Q N Q Q ' ' ' K Q Q 'tr I A .N x i -il .. ' I , Q ' Q l Q .i Q Q x . i ' ' I t ns he was passing, he caught that faint odor of musk that he had smelt just l v V' s 'V' L- 1 ' ' Vs ' 8 ' . 5 x . V ' x 7 n 3 1 K b A t ' t l Q t Q N Qt Q X x Q Q x VQ. 1 A 1 i Q 7 Y 7. lx . . . I t Vx -. Q - ' - - x 'W ...Q ,V ' t Q 1, ' Q X, Q '.' . K ' K 1 s L ' , V ' sv L ' - QA. ' V 6 I K 1 - I' Y 1 - . K- 1 u Q 1, ' X I D ' I V I' . A A 4 . K .t Q ' X. - X ' 'A ' Y F' I vi l x v Y. t