Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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Prophecy Continued President of the Chamber of Commerce; General Robison, of the United States’ Army; and Herbert Potts, Chief of Police, were ail there to pay their respects to the unfortunate Mr. Finley. I immediately started looking for clues, but it seemed almost like a perfect case. I questioned, the child’s nurse, Madolyn Rosendohl, and found that she had left the room only for a minute to talk to the milk man. When she returned, the baby was gone. All that could be found was a milk cap stamped Douglas Douglas Dairy Company, but this seemed to offer no solution to the crime. I was so perplexed that I called in Ned Stanley, noted criminoligist, to see if he could find any clue. He suggested that I visit the underworld. I followed his suggestion and. visied a cabaret where I found Adrian Phegley playing the piano. Having racked my brain, I decided to go to the Opera to relax and forget my troubles. I stopped at a drug store on the way to get a cigar and found the proprietors to be Arthur Werre and Russel McGuire. I stopped to talk a while and ordered a glass beer (3 per cent). Imagine my astonishment on reading on the label, Bottled by Wittenborn Wittenborn, Brewers. While I w’as enjoying my drink, in came Ann Ruth Backer. Eleanor Hirte and Elinor Beinke. They were all instructors at The Fish Institute for Physical Development. Their spectacles gave them a scholastic air. and I was almost tempted to laugh aloud. They were all on their way to Georgia Mifflin’s Beauty Shoppe to get permanents. As I still had a little time to spare, I thought I should get a hair cut. On entering the barter shop I was greeted by Marie Welfcsn. We talked over the news of the day, especially the kidnapping but she was unable to shed any light upon the matter. It seemed that everywhere I looked I saw some one I knew. Why just across the street was a big sign proclaiming to all the world that Earl Jehling was the greatest of all architects, and on the next corner was a billard parlor managed by Alex Lybarger. Alex was standing by the cash register with his thumbs in his vest looking as if he were sitting on top of the world. I then went to the Opera, and upon glancing down my program for “Lohengrin. I found among the cast Lucille Brooks, Mildred Allison and Sylvia Moeller, all Metropolitan Opera singers. I decided to walk back to the hotei, for the night was wonderful for walking. A very attractive bakery shop made me realize that I hadn’t eaten since morning. This was food for thought. I entered and there found Hilda Mueller using her ar- tistic ability to decorate cakes and pasteries. She told me that Irwin Schucren had won the World Scries that day by pitching a no hit game against the Yanks. This was great news, for Irwin had been the Card's only hope of winning. In the hotel lobby I was greeted by Stanley, who had decided that Robert Finley HI, had been taken to London. I went at once to arrange for my passport, and to my surprise Mildred Schnoeker was selling tickets. I left that night on the ‘ Ruth, the fastest ship on the Atlantic. Captain Kirk was in charge and he really made that ship plow the waters when he found it was Bob’s child that had been kidnapped. We made the trip in less than a day and set a new World's record for ships of that size. On landing I went directly to Scotland Yards. Jessie Conner, the clerk in the office was able to give me no definite clues concerning the case. Wnen I cabled back to New York. Stanley asked me to return immediately. I booked my return passage on a plane that evening. Having a few free hours, I began to wander about the city. One of the first things I saw was a sign Welten and Kuhrtz. Dentists.' I went into the office and was greeted by Lola Cullen, who was the office girl. I talked to these two painless dentists until time for my plane to leave. At the controls of the radio of the plane was Everette Rieck -enberg. He told me that he had heard about Mr. Finley’s loss and asked me to give his regards to his old friend. On landing in New York I saw a large crowd. Upon inquiring I found that the 4-H Club was having a meeting and that the president. Ruth Harris, was going to speak on “Baby Chicks.” A few minutes after I reached the hotel I learned that Mrs. Finley was hysterical. Dr. John Aszman was trying his best to quiet her but she kept repeating, Oh, give me back my little Robert III.” I called up Lucille Mueller, manager of the hotel, and asked her if she had seen any suspicious characters around the hotel. She sent me the night clerk’s report. A sinister looking man had taken the room below Mr. Finley's the very day of the kidnapping I went immediately to that room and there found Edison Fienc playing with the long lost R. O. Finley III. Edison said that he had taken the child only for a lark and that he was returning him the next day. He had climbed up the outside of the building and had kept the child in his room the three days that it had been gone. Robert Finley. Jr. was so glad to get the child back that he would not prosecute but insisted on rewarding Edison. EDDIE MOUNTS AND OTHERS.