Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons - The Photograph Album Murder Case

At 11 o'clock at night, a taxi cab pulls up at a house in one of New York's finer residential districts. A young girl, attractive and well-dressed, gets out of the taxi, She starts towards the house, unaware that someone is waiting in the shadows. She says "My key, it must be here in my handbag". She notices someone and says "Who's there? You, what are you doing? Put down that knife! She screams "No .... No!" The police soon find her body. The next day, Mr. Keen receives a visitor named Larry Benton. He says "Did you read in the morning paper about the murder of a girl named June Reynolds?" Keen says "Yes, I did. It occurred around 11 o'clock last night". Benton says "That's right, Mr. Keen. June was stabbed to death as she was about to enter the house". Mike says "I read about it too. The young lady's handbag was stolen and the police figure some hoodlum robbed her and stabbed her to death when she tried to call for help". Benton says "Only they're wrong, Mr. Clancy, completely wrong. June was deliberately murdered. Her handbag was stolen to throw the police off the track". Keen says "Mr. Benton, just how are you related to the murdered girl and why do you believe robbery was not the motive?" Benton says "June Reynolds was my fiancé. We'd been together ever since she came to New York from a little town in Iowa a year ago. She worked as a stenographer in the same firm where I'm employed as an accountant, only June's real ambition was to become an actress. She belonged to one of those little amateur theater groups in Greenwich Village. About a month ago, she was in a play there and Mrs. Elsa Foster saw her and decided to sponsor her. She said June had great talent and ought to become an actress. Mrs. Foster took June to live with her in her beautiful home. She persuaded June to give up her job and devote all her time to studying for the theater. I begged June not to accept her offer". Mike asks "Why did you object?" Benton says "I had a feeling there was something strange about it. Mrs. Foster seemed to take charge of June completely".