The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 17, 1930, Page 6

4 ¥ urder at ide- SYNOPSIS: It's the morning gfter Dan Parados has been shot to death in the library of his island home. Alibis by mem- bers of his fear-inspired house- hold have been plentiful as de- tectives questioned them. Par- ados’ “lucky piece,” a jade phoe- nix, was stolen just before the murder. Later it was found, ly ing across his body. Detect suspect some sort of plot be- tween Miss Jahries, the house- keeper, and Claude Annersley, whom Parados ruined financial- lIy. Anatole Flique, clever French detective and Samuels, deputy attorney, call Annersley aside to quiz him. Chapter 18 MANNING TELLS HER STORY I had come to look upon myself as a sort of Watson to Anatole Flique and I trailed him and Sam- uels and Annersley to the library. “Mr. Annersley, what is there be- tween you and Miss Jahrie: Sam- uels began in his abrupt wa; “I don't unde: nd you.” An- nersley’s cheek bones began to red-| den. “I put it plainly enough. Do you have some hold on her?” “You're going pretty far, aren't you?” “Answer the question!” “I don't know anything about! Miss Jahries!” “No?” Samuels was himself on more. “What was she doing in your room last night, then?” “In my room—" Annersle; ped sharply, clenching his fis “While you were downstairs with the Ferris girl,” Samuels drawled. Annersley recovered himself. “No, I don't knowy what she was doing there.” “Did you know she was there?” “No, I didn't.” o0\ (cnm:m\ f “When?” ‘ “A long time ago, five mont ago.” lt\\':szcd he: on. “I remember it [ because—it was so awful, sir.” “Awful—what do you mean? You kovcrhmrd some ? “I didn't m , sir, but I'd been told to dust the hall walls and—" “You nuels supplied igriml_v “hy u couldn’t help |it. Now te you heard.” | Manning wa assured. | “The door and I could | near just a word nd there at st—you know Manning's inod implied that Samuels had done his share of keyhole evesdropping. “Then all at once Professor Johns |laughed like his heart was break- ing. And he said in a fterrible voice, “That’s one thing you can't do, Parados!” Mr. Parados laughed. His laugh was terrible, too. Mr. Parados shouted, ‘What'll you do about it?” Then I couldn’t hear for a while. All at once Pro- fessor Johns spoke up.” Manning knew we were hanging onto every word. “His voice sounded like a dead man,” she whispered, clasping her hands. “All creepy, sir, as a bell. He said something like this: ‘You've destroyed a good deal |in your life, Dan Parados, but you'll | not do that. I've given 20 years of my life to it. You are not going to pull it down.” Manning stopped and we gave her the applause of silence. s Jahries came into the hall and I didn't hear any the girl went on, “but just as she went away Professor Johns rushed out. His face was all white and twitchy. I hardly knew him. He's always so nice and con- siderate—even if he does frighten me sometimes.” “But, mademoiselle,” Flique ex- “Do you expect me to believe you don't know what she was after?” 4 postulated, “does he not give you the bonbons and stockings of silk! “Is this house full of spies?” Anflmky shouted. “Please yourself. You might ask Miss Jahries.” “That's all,” Samuels sald abrupt- ly. “Sorry to have bothered you.” Annersley’s relief was more ob- vious that he intended it to be and 1 felt sorry for him. He jerked the door open and Manning, who was on the other side of it, her hand on the knob, and, I expect, her ear to the keyhole, pitched into his arms. Annersiey pulled the fright- ened girl to-her feet. “Is this house full of sples?” he shouted and flung himself into the hall. “What were you dolng there, Manning?” Samuels demanded sternly. Manning began to weep. Man- ning in teras was a sad sight. I wondered if silk stockings wouldn't improve her, “You were charged. “I wasn't, sir,” she sobbed. “I was coming to tell you something and I had my hand on the door knob and he jerked me in.” 1 decided that not even silk stock- ings could improve Manning. “Well, what were you coming to tell us?” Manning's Jumpy . face quivered. “I don't like to do it, sir, but with the terrible goings on here it seems like my duty, He's as nice a gen-) tleman as I ever did after. I'm over there on a Friday and when I'm done there's always 50 cents.or a book or a box of candy or a pair of silk stockings for me. Not that Ij read, except my Bible, and candy isn't good for me, but I'm saving, sir, and—" “Mademoiselle is saving the silk stockings?” Flique inquired sorrow-| fully. “Indeed I am, sir. Cotton is plen-! ty good enough for me. If there were less silk stockings—" “What are you talking about?” Samuels shouted. Manning quivered again. “Pro-| fessor Johns, sir.” “well, what about him?” “They had a dreadful quarrel, “Johns had—with whom?” ‘Manning glanced timidly towm;:i sheeted figure on the couch. "‘.:nm. sir,” she whispered, “in o e listening!” Samuels So kindly a patron—how can he frighten you?” “Oh, dear me, what am I saying?” Manning cried. “I don't mean he frightens me. It’s just that he knows so much—about everything. And, oh dear, T just couldn’t refuse the things he gives me. And please don’t tell him I told you. I'm a good girl—-" “It could not be otherwise, made- moiselle,” Flique assured her grave- ly. “He frightens you, but he does not; that is clear. Also he is the kindly patron. You did well.” “Fine!” Samuels agreed. “That's 've got to tell us, is it?” , sir.” “All right. Let us know if you hear anything else.” Manning left us, rejoicing in a sense of duty well done. “There are many such mesde- moiselles in your country, M. 'Anti- quarie?” Flique inquired delicately. “We need our Mannings to set off our.Carolines and Celias,” I in- formed him. Flique bowed politely. “I am re- buked.” Samuels “took up the telephone and pressed one.of the buttons. “Is this Professor Johns? Samuels speakifig. You might step over to the library . . Thanks.” (Copyright, 1930, William - Morrow and Company). Will Johns' alibi hold? He tells of his quarrel with Para- dos in Monday’s chapter. - eee — VIRGINIA LEAVES SUNDAY The Virginia IV, Capt. Matt Nordness, will leave here tomorrow evening for Funter Bay with a cargo of box shooks from the Ju- neau Lumber Mills. - — AUTOMOBILE LICENSES ‘Will be payable June 1st, 1930. Automobiles £ $10.00 Motor Trucks one ton or less. 10.00 |Motor Trucks over one ton capacity ... . 15.00 H. R. SHEPARD, City Clerk. ————— Dean Homer Spencer of the Uni- versity of Chicago's School of Com- merce, walked 130 miles during March, according to his pedometer. —adv. Four or Manning un- but clearl ChurCh Josie Hurst are planning to leave BUT LISTEN. UNK, You DONT '} HYPNOTIZED ELMER| UNDERSTAND X (110 A CAVE-MAN, AN’ HES TROMPIN' ALL OVER HIS BRAT. AN/’ BRIDE! CiAw, HAW, HAW! | DONT BOTHER ME, ASH, I AINT HAD A LAUGH LIKE THIS } SINCE HECTOR WAS that time he was not in the best of health. News of his death was received from Mr. and Mrs. Dave Conkel, also old Douglasitds, now living in Delphos, Ohio. No details DOUGLAS NEWS e EVENING CHURCH SERVICE TO BE ADVANCED ONE HOUR The Community Church will try out Sunday evening the 6:30 o'clock hour for their worship services. On account of most of the men Having ‘ 2 to work during the day this eve- ning hour is an experiment, so | Servlces ithat men can attend and when other engagements come for the same evening, they can be met. Ths Pastor, Rev. Philip E. Bauer, will use for his evening theme, “The Value of Play for Old and Young.” ——e—— Douglas cnarcn column must be received by The Empire| inot later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sarmgp topics. ele Notices ror this “ON WITH THE SHOW” g ; T Douglas Presbyterian Native | AT COLISEUM SUNDAY Mission | - 4] Sunday aiternoon tne Rev. Phil- lip Bauer, Pastor of the Commun- ity Church will conduct the wor- ship services for the Native Church in their school room, 3 p. m. “On With the Show,” Warner r first 100 per cent natural 1 color, talking, singing, dancing Vita- phone picture, opens at the Coli- | seum Sunday night. “On With the Show,” beside the glamour of back stage life—it is a play within a play—combines a ten- der heart story, with the extraya- ganza which a stranded company of players determined to put on, Douglas Catholic Church g2 - i 9:30 a. m.—Conlessions. 10:00 a. m.—Mass. 1:00 p. m—Sunday School. St. Luke's Episcopal Church | |'¢fuses to walk e - vL Gorgeous costumes and settings |are seen in their own brilliant col- and the tintings make the ers all. but living. Beside the great cast, “On With the Show” has a chorus of dazzling beauties, -5 Evening Prayer and Sermon 7:00 o'clock. [ Congregational Communi‘y I i 3 Church - REV. PHILLIP E. BAUER. numbering over one hundred. ' 10:30 a. m.—Sunday School. The cast includes Betty Comp- 6:30 p. m—Sermon by the Pas-|son, Arthur Lake, Sally O'Neil, Joe tor. E. Brown, Louise Fazenda, Ethel| —peroRll iy s i T | HIGH SCHOOL PICN: | Waters,, Willlam Bakewell, Sam| . . . |Hardy, Fairbanks Twins, Wheeler| i ranNEx C!u‘uqoakmmn Lee Moran and Tom O'Brien. Practically the entire high school, several of the teachers and a num- ber of former D. H. S. students took in the annual picnic of the Douglas high school yesterday. The Pheasant was chartered by the picnickers to take them to Annex Creek and the day was spent hik- ing and enjoying the eats provided |by the school. R RRTEE DRIVA BRINGS LOGS The Driva, Capt. Fred Boynton, | arived in port last night with a| boom of logs from the Juneauj Logging Company at Hecata Island. | ———— p CHIEF ARRIVES HERE To work on a contract for log! | SCHOOL SEASON OVER; towing for the Juneau Lumber of Mr. Stucky's passing were given, | DEAR. RUN AHEAD AND OPEN THE WOOD-SHED DOOR FOR MOTHER! B GREAT GUNS! WHY DIDNT Y'TELL ME. FRANCE TO SEND | 50 TRACK STARS T0 °32 OLYMPIC i 1 PARIS, May 17.—France will take 150 athleses to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olympic Games, pay its own way, ask no favor of any one and|S®d: try to win the marathon, by Count Clary, president, and' Frantz-Reichel, general secretary| of the French Olympizc commiLwc.‘m“,,. The official communique issued | . s enable after the general meeting of the| committee said: “France will have| |a worthy representation at Los An-| geles.” The Tardieu Government voted an appropriation of Fres. 1000,000—($280,000) for “Olympics| 5prrpamunn and the expenses of the French Olympic team to Califor- nia.” Frantz-Reichel, the organizer of the Paris Olympic Games in 192%, meters up.” financial to send of Frdance this has been refused. has : {on Sunday, May 18th, and chief of the French Delegation 0@ SUnday May 2 to Amsterdam in 1928, said: X A[jAsKA E “We owe Americans a debt of gy gratitude for their splendid contri- games in 1924. We are mankful[ deb Ang color and we will thon.” Asked concerning any under cover El Ouafis and other Moroccan es a team worthy fo the tri-{corner win the mara-|porium. pire office. Coliseum SUNDAY and MONDAY Talking, Singing, Dancing, Vitaphone Feature VITAPHONE ACTS and | TEACHERS SOON TO LEAVE|Mills, the Chief, Capt. Ernie | Bteers, arrived in port this morn- With the high school picnic, held{ing. SOUND NEWS yesterday, the 1929-30 term of sechool activities in Douglas ended. The members of the faculty are now making preparations to leave for the various places they will spend the summer, as follows, upt. Earl Cathcart expects to leave in the next week or two to at- |tend a summer session, for some special work at one of the colleges in the states, returning here in plenty of time for the opening of the fall term. Mrs. E. E. Engstrom is moving to Juneau where she and Mr, Eng- strom have taken an apartment for the summer. They will move back about September first. Miss Lucile Pepoon intends to leave for her home soon and is planning to make a European tour with a party leaving the U .S. on June 3. No definite plans have been made by Miss Pepoon for the next school term. ;'uyron King leaves early next week for his home in Los Angeles £0 spend the summer. His plans for the fall are indefinite, ' Miss Kathernie Shier and Miss FIRST---A bu fire. about the first of June for an auto tour of California. Neither are certain of their plans for next year. Miss Hazel Johnson expects to go to Carcross about June first to spend the summer. Her plans for next school term are not yet set- tled. E = E £ E E = = = = g % a fire. ———e——— GARDEN PRIZE! to provide an To stimulate interest in better looking yards, by the growing of rdens, the Douglas Island Wom- en’s Club decided at the last meet- ing to offer cash prizes to children under 16 years, who have ralsed the best gardens. ' There are to be three prizes, $3, $2 and $1, which will be awarded some time in the fall. cover e GEORGE STUCKY IS DEAD Word was received Yhere this week of the death last month of George Stuckey, an old pioneer of Doug- las, who was living in Ohio, Mr. Stucky left here about a year ago for & visit to his old home and at Allen = = ] § = = = § b ilding located within a few blocks of the Fire Hall can be completly destroyed by SECOND---When a total loss occurs, a sufficient amount of 1nsurance is necessary to maintain credit for restocking or rebuilding. THIRD---Premiums paid for adequate fire in- surance are very insignificant in comparison with the return in case of loss sustained in such FOURTH---Oni heavy income producing prop- erties, such as the Malony Block was, the own- ‘ers should, in addition to carrying fire insur- ance, have a sufficient amount of rent insurance income while a new building is being constructed. 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