The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 23, 1929, Page 6

76-“\ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. 23, 1929. THE NEXT GLY THAT SNUFFS ouT THIS CANDLE, 6I1TS A FOKE IN THE EYE! NG WAS WITHIN A% \MILE OF |T! N\, / ,/ Bz £, Rew Ae SxW. SYNOPSIS: Tom Grenofen's love for Veronica Seabroke had first entangled him in the imystery of Roger Pell. Now Pell was dead—seven men saw him killed; not one could tell who fired the shot. Inspector | Wayne is dumbfounded by the story—no one had left focked library, none of the spectators carries a pistol. Pell ! was slain as he stooped to un- ! Bolt the door. to reveal a ghost for Parson Marling, the m iitter of his five cnemies in | the room. A startling theory is suggested—murder through the keéyhole. Professor Laxton did not reach the fateful meeting | o give him opinion on arcie- | @logical treasures, which lured | Pell to Blackwater. And Lax- | is found in —is Laxton the slayer? Chapter 11 | THE GHOST OF PFLL | Inspector Wayne was sadly dis appointed by his questioning of Professor Laxton, whom he had selected as the most likely “ghost” to have fired through the keyhole. Laxton's account was quite sim- ple. He had arrived in the morn- ing, walking from Brimpten, where his car had broken down, and learned at the gatehouse that Mr. Fdtherbury was out. He had walked straight to the site of the excavations and had a look around. | Then he had gone to Brimpton, | had lunch there, driven back the| car, now repaired, left it the | ford Nelson and come on to the | abbey. It was a little late when | he arrived | at There seemed to be| nobody at the diggings, so he called | at the house. He v no servant in the hall, but thought he heard; footsteps in a stone corridor, walk-, ed slong it and was passing an| opening in the wall when he struck his head against something and struck it so hard that he was stunned. i Wayne pieced this together with| other facts. The blow which had struck Laxton was a punch on the point of the chin. The footsteps were those of the footman and my- self going to the library. His as- sailant must have pulled the un-| conscious Laxton immediately into | the passage, and both must have idden thére when the footman réturned after showing me the way. After this the man lurked in the dark, watched three people pass the ! éntrance: Seabroke, Pell and Mr.| Fotherbury. jthin the next few minutes he| must have gone to the library door dand removed the key. A view of a &mall section of the library could be got through the keyhole. How or why he fired through it could not be guessed. But when the leap to the door took place and the unbolting began, the gun went off, | and it went off at the precise in-| stant when Pell's head passed down #5 He stooped to the lower bolt. Wayne spent a long time exam- ining the keéyhole through glasses. Btit he had to give up any hope of éstablishing the shot through it by local evidence. The door was two inches thick; the huge lock atiother twa inches. The hole in the wood on the inside was rough anél shapeless. A dozen shots mtghtl bé fired in it without leaving any sign. Wayne did fire a blank through, and the keyhole showed no sign of it. If the murderer was Pell's ghost, he might have shot Pell by acci- dent in the attempt to shoot some- body else. If not Pell's ghost—well, Wdyne had now- handed the thing ovér to Scotland Yark. The hue and ay began for “The Keyhole Mur- The most curious thing in the case for me was the success with which two prevaricators got away it: Laxton, whose yard about his movements, that afternoon was af improvised irvention, and Mar- iifg, who never said a word about hiE previous knowledge of Pel. "80 far as Wayne knew, Roger Pell had no identity but his name. Fotherbury said he knew of him only as a casual stranger. Marling declared that he had no glimmer- fhg of Pell's meaning in those last wild speeches. Seabroke said Pell was undoubtedly mad. Royle and Somerfield knew Pell only through Abbey. the | ONE OF 1S LLING comsm— | his arrival at the inn. Pell was! dead. In the public mind he was| not only dead but quickly forgot-| ten. | For me, however, no sooner had Pell died than he began to live| E: to dog my steps and haunt y thoughts. It began the very night of his. death. We finished the business with the officials about eight o'clock, all of us undertaking to keep the police informed of our movements till after the inquest. I went home alone. My mother met me in the hall. “Your ridiculous meeting’s last- ed a long time,” said she. “Dined? No? Good; I've waited for you. Meanwhile there’s a visitor in the drawing room. Come and speak to her.” My mother was not usually mys- terious, and I wondered why she did not tell me at once who had called However, I followed her into the drawing-room and there was Mrs. Seabroke. “How d've do, Mrs. Seabroke,” “What a lovely day.” dn't keep it up, Mr. aid she. “I know all about it—i all over the place.” “About—? “The terrible affair at Mr. Foth- erbur Commander Seabroke hadn’t returned, so I came along to see if by any chance he was) with you.” " And then I percieved that Mrs. Seabroke was almost at breaking point She clenched her teeth af- ter she had spoken, and her face became bloodless. | “Oh,” I assured her, “I saw the commander talking to Dr. Eastley in the drive. He'll probably be along any minute—" She began, but did not finish a question. Instead she said: fa tough, Mr. Grenofen. If there's anything to tell, you can tell me all about it.” I told her in a few sentences. She listened with horror in her eyes. . Then she looked at me, seeming to hesitate on the point of speech. It came at last. “Veronica says you're an under- standing Mft. Grenofen. T wonder I could trespass on your friendship to break the| news to her?” “Tell her about Pell, you mean?” “Yes—and that Commander Sea- broke is coming home to dinner.” “Of course,” said I. “Delighted Shall T go right on now?” “Oh, I shouldn't be so foolish as o ask you to do that. But Veron- ca’s not home. I wondered if, after you've dined, you would go along the cliff path and meet her. Veronica’s been to Hollam Bay to see a friend and she's walking back along the caost. I expect her EXACTLY A HUNCH THAT THIS AS WE ARE DOUGLAS NEWS panied stant the Alaska Juneau yesterday. S e HIGH OFFICIAL F. O. E. TO VISIT IN Conrad H. Mann, Chief and Managing Organizer of Fraternal Order of Eagles, Superintendent Williams to Valdez on a trip for returned home He expected to leave '[again this morning for the Com- pany’s workings up the Taku River. DOUGLAS Auditor the with headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., will made his first big stride' in the jtract by FHal Roach. 21 years old he played his first starring role for FBO in “The Mo- |Jave Kid,” which received : favor- MAN CHARGED WITH TO THE GRAND JURY Luke Brown, Indian, arrested early this week on charge of mnay- hem, was bound over to the grand jury Wednesday afternoon follow ing a preliminary hearing before Judge Charles Sey, in' the local United States Commissioner’s Court Brown is accused of biting the movies when he was given a con- | 1 When just | \WRANGELL MEN ARE BOUND | MAYHEM BOUND OVER ! life guard at California'beaches. He This is the first mayhem case aris- | WIFE-BEATER SENTENCED in local courts in ma: - e ing y years i OVER TO THE GRAND JURY | John Serabia and Mason Smith, | able comment all over the comntry.|yyangell, have been bound over | Howard was tried before Judge Sey ————|His latest picture, “The Riding {o the Grand Jury by Judge Wil- | Wednesday afternoon in the local BACK FROM WESTWARD Renegade,” is at the Liberty to- jizm G. Thomas, of Wrangell, | United States Commissioner's night. charged with assault with a dan- |Court. Harold McConnell, who accom- weapon. They were taken | — . - iger grand jury APRON SATURDAY NIGHT—A MOOSE By CLIFF STERRETT TO 60-DAY JAIL TERM George Howard, Indian, has been sentenced to serve 60 days in the local Federal jail by Judge Charles Sey on a charge of beating his wife. and get a dollar credit for We don’t care how old and discrepit it may be. same. ELECTRIC FLAT IRONS HOT POINT—WESTINGHOUSE and ROCHESTER Trade in your own flat iron Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Juneau Phone Number 6 Try a HOT "iaMALZ after the show. Juneau Ice Cream: Parlors DANCE JGUST 24 HALL “T'm |33 was destined to become a portray- er of open space roles before he was able to walk. Bradbury, be the guest of honor at a special meeting of Douglas Aerie 117 F. O. E, this evening. The meet- nose of Robert Johnson, Indian, during a brawl in ghe lat ter's cabin last Saturday morning. another Sponsored by Women of Mooseheart Legion ing will be open to members of both the Aerie and Auxiliary, start- ing at 7 o'clock. Mr. Mann, who is one of the two highest officials in the Eagles, will convey an honor seldom ap- proached by Douglas Aerie in its visitors on account of the great distance from the Grand Aerie headquarters, and an interesting evening is anticipated. A large turn-out of members expected — e — FAMILY LEAVES FOR PETERSBURG Mr. and Mrs. Geddes Niles and child left on the Admiral Evans last evening for one of the small towns near Petersburg where Mr. Niles will teach in a Territorial school this winter. R “THE RIDING RENEGADE” AT LIBERTY TONIGHT Bob Stecle, FBO Western star Robert North supervisor of Western preductions for FBO and Bob's father, realized that his son would undoubtedly inherit a desire for the stage or screen, because both his father and mother had been legiti- mate actors of note. So Bradbury decided that the rugged life of a Western star was the best that the screen had to offer. Bob was started on a rigorous course of training when he was barely able to walk. He learned to ride al- most as soon as he could sit on a horse. | For two years Bob Steele was a LIBERTY TONIGHT about ten. If you would—well, if she could know about it before she came in?” It did not need a particularly lively understanding to perceive the peculiarity of Mrs. Seabroke's con- cuct and request. She had been on wires till she learned that her husband was on his way back from Newplace. Then she asked me to meet Veronica at 10 o'clock to tell her that her father would be home to dinner at half past eight. (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) A queer puzzle in Mrs. Sea- broke's request leads to an amazing solution in. tomor- row’s chapter. ——t————— NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS Bids will be received until 6 o'clock P. M., Monday, August 26th, at the office of the City Superin- tendent of Schools, in the High School Building for the delivery of Fuel Oil to the Juneau School Building from the Alaska Juneau fuel tanks for the school year 1929-30. Fifty (50) barrels of fuel oil are to be kept in the fuel tanks at the Juneau Public School Building at all times. 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