The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1931, Page 6

1 ¢ 1 1 C P HoE e POLLY [THEN YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT GOVERNESS HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOR? SYNOPSIS: When a stone figure, murderously tcppled kills Annabelle Querdling in her Dutch Garden, Jimmic Has- well, amateur detective, recalls that her nicce, Evelyn Blake, had conculted him regarding death threats against the spin- ster. The body was found by Evelyn's sister, Marjorie, soon after she and Dr. Netherton, had talked with her and while, according to Evelyn, she and her fiance, Lionel Duckworth, were singing in the house. Jan- et Raynes, parlormaid, con- firms Evelyn's story and helps to establish an alibi for Green, | the chauffeur, who with Joe Allen, a discharged gardener, is suspected. Major Gresham cxplains to Police Superinten- dent Richmond that his pres- ence near the murder scenc was duc to his unrequited love for Miss Querdling, who frown- | ed on all romance. Constable Roscoe reports having seen a strange car and driver nearby on the night of the tragedy, and Green tells of encountering an empty automobile. Chapter 8 i THE BORROWED HAMMER | Superintendent Richmond's curi- osity regarding the mysterious car Green had seen as he hurried for the doctor, was hardly satisfied by the meagre description the chauf- feur gave. It was, he said, a Mor- ris two-seater, similar to many in the neighborhood. There was no one in the car and the top was up. The superintendent suggested that Green, knowing most of the cars nearby, could say whose it was. “There are lots of Morrises,” sald Green gruffly. “Like Captain Stir- 1ing’s, but two Morrises in the dark, are as much alike as two black cats. T keep saying I don't know.”| He glared at the insistent Rich- mond. “I suppose the lights were on, suggested Jimmie in his friendly way. “Did you notice the number.”| “No, sir, I was running for the| doctor.” ' But Jimmie's further inquiry re- Vealed that when Green had re-| turned the same way the car was gone, Jimmie exchanged significant | glances with Richmond. Granting the story true, it would have been easy for a killer to hide in the shadows of the garden before es- caping in a waiting car. i Then they left him and went to; the gardener's cottage to verify the" story of the hammer. “That's right” Ben Acres told| them. “My 'ammer wor broke. I 'ad borrowed Ted's. He coom along &nd fetched it.” Thus Green’s explanation of his| brief absence from the garage ap-| peared confirmed. He was, it ap- peared, at Ben's when Janet went out to the garage the first time to tell him of Lionel’s singing and had returned in time to meet her on her second call. It was, as Donald said the next morning, “a very queer business,” but Jimmie smiled when he added, “jf Jimmie doesn't clear it up, doubt if anyone will. You believe the chauffeur did it, don't you, Jimmie?” : “I believe he could have done it, but that is a different thing,” was - the reply. “You see, there is really! little to work on—apart from those letters, virtually no clues. When it's poison, you have an immedi-| ate field of inquiry, and in case of shooting or stabbing, the weapon can be traced. But here a mass AND HER PALS YEAH!LTOLD HER I ADORED CARRIE IM- MAKIN' LOVE , mistake at dusk—and the car may |tor's official report with questions. {And well get you a game with SRl oa auous a ala ab ol o of o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1931. ILLHAFTA ADMIT TO MAW THAT I WAS ALL WET ON THE SUBJECT! THIS SAVAGE SAP IS SERIOUS! WAS A KIDDER, ID OF SWALLOWED IT HOOK LINE AN’ SINKER / 4931, o ssasar Patore Servee st B gai et stopped to pick him up and they went straight to the doctor’s house. Dr. Netherton’s abode was a lit- {tle beyond the golf course, on the |side farthest from Merrow Craig and at the beginning of the vil- “Was it planned, or was it a sud-lage. Its situation had suggested den, wicked impulse?” answered|its name of Corner Cottage. It was Jimmie, “A premeditated crinfe ma;’lqufl.c old and its front garden was be well thought out, but there is|a blaze of flowers. often some oversight, some slip,“ The white-haired lady talking that leads to detection. The sudden|with a handsome girl was un- seizing of an opportunity, as this doubtedly the doctor’s mother while may have been, is far harder to|Jimmie, sceing the golf bags she track down.” carried, decided her companion was “I was sorry to hear about Mrs.|Audrey Winford. He was right. Frater, poor girl. Is she rea The old lady explained that her bad?” inquired Nancy, changing the son was in the surgery and would conversation. be out presently. ' “Poor girl?” echoed Jimmie. “I| Audrey was an attractive girl and pictured her as fat, fair and fifty-|Jimmie took to her at orce even five. A typical cook. What is she |before Mrs. Netherton introduced | like?” them. Not softly pretty, she nad) “Not that,” laughed Nancy. “She |honest, open gdray eyes and a hu- might be 27. She is not bad-look- | morous twist to her mouth She/ ing and is really very kind. Her |looked self-reliant and capable. 1 name is really Daphne Frater. Per-| “I must be off,” she addreised haps Daphne is not a suitable name [Mrs. Netherton. “Tell Bill T'll ex- f a cook; Miss Querdling always|pect him tomorrow afternoon.” called her cooks Mrs.. She thought [Their eyes followed her down the it added to their dignity with the [pathway, her graceful walh neith- tradespeople.” er a stride nor a slouch. While Jimmie was adi Netherton's flowers the doctor came | | “A tributary {o mairimony from iring Mrs. an unexpected source. Has Daph- i ne a sweetheart?” out the surgery door. Jimmie ob- “I believe Alf Collett, the butch- [servantly noted his kindly Dblue er's assistant, could enlighten you |€Ves, not, however, mis:ing the touch of obstinacy about the mouflh. Superintendent Richmond soon put his questions as to the medical| |details it would be necessary (c establish at the inquest to be held| on the following Monday. Bill gave | the information required and every- thing seemed in order. Then the police officer said: “You and Miss Blake were talk- ing with the old lady for a few! |minutes, weren't you?” | “Yes. I told her about the cook.” “The cook, I understand,” put in Jimmie, “is a fairly hefty young woman. You left her in bed?” “Yes. Another 24 hours would see her all right.” “Miss Querdling,” went on Rich- mond, “was in her usual spirits— not apprehending trouble?” “Only the usual trouble.” “What do you mean?” “She said when Marjorie married | she would not get a penny.” There was a pause. The super- intendent looked hard at him, and Jimmie had the impression that the doctor regretted his words di- rectly he had said them. (Copyright, 1930, J. B. Lippincott Company) on that point,” smiled Nancy. “Why is it queer?” “Don’t you think so? Miss Querd- ling fighting for general virginity and surrounded by people who will fall in love! There are the letters, probably written ,as Duckworth says, by two people. There is the household on the premises, a po- liceman on the road in front, Ma- jor Gresham on the lawn and Dr. Netherton in the lane. On the unexplained side we have a strange man with his car near the trade entrance seen by the constable; a clcaked woman in the garden, seen by Duckwor and an emply car beside the fence, seen by the chauf- feur. Of course the cloaked wom- an may have come in the car. If 50, who is she? Or the woman may have been a man—not a difficult not exist at all! Richmond thinks Green imagined it.” “The only thing that is clear, Jimmie,” laughed Donald, “is that you are fairly intrigued and you want to see it through.” Jimmie had arranged to meet Superintendent Richmond at Dr. Netherton’s house at ten. There he planned to supplement the doc- Tomorrow: Bill’s silence looks susgpicious. Does his secret mes- sage to Marjorie seek to cover his own trail? TWO REALTY TRADES ARE REVEALED TODAY R. C. Mize, United States Weath- er Observer, last week purchased a house on Dixon Street from H. Imond, passing Fairways in his car,|R. Shepard & Son, the price not being revealed. The Mizes, who| ihuve lived in the building housingf |the Weather Bureau just off Main| | Street near Eighth, have moved to their new home. PnucEss REsulTs IN Mr. and Mrs. Shepard, who have !made their home in the house in- | nls‘l“chvE chFEE volved in the deal, moved to the adjoining residence which is also owned by them. Another realty transaction was; Flavor Such as No Other Coffee Has is Marvelously De- veloped Through Control “A good fellow, Netherton, I sup- answered> Nancy, “and his dear mother. They are arranging some golf for you. Audrey Winford, our best lady player—one of Don's old sweet- | hearts. Wait till you see her!” As it chanced, he was to see her quite soon. Superintendent Rich- also revealed by Mr. Shepard, by which his firm purchased the Mc-| Kenna house on Dixon Street,! which is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. S, Martinson. Beyond a doubt the most revolu- it S RIS MANY FOREIGN STUDENTS tionary event in the history of iof health. FOR MURDER OF KETCHIKANMAN Federal Authorities Believe Have Solution of Kill- ing Last October (Continued from Page One) of the Interior, had but few inti- mate friends but was well-liked by trollers from whom he had pur- chased fish for several years, and enjoyed their confidence to a mark- ed degree, Mr. Stabler said. He was also highly regarded by busi- ness men and others at Ketchikan where he resided. He was found dead on October 22, last, hands bound behind his back and feet tied together. His skull had been fractured by a blow from some kind of instrument. Robbery was the apparent motive as a small safe which he carried aboard his boat, Phoenix VI, and in which he customarily had from $800 to $1,500, had been sawed free from its fastenings and was missing from the vessel. The ship was anchored in a small cove near Point Higgins, about 10% miles northwest of Ket- chikan. Was Apparently Alone Kechikan, apparently alone, short- HA HA HA! MISS SAVAGE JUST SPUN ME A YARN ABOUIT YOU MAKIN' LOVE TO HER, AN’ IF YOUI HADNT WARNED ME THAT SHE. Although she on the Loretta Sayers, young of Larchmont, N. Y. term movie co! bia Pictures. above dazzled the camera and the | Marshall is known to hayve left| film magnates. By CLIFF STERRETT YEAH! HEH, HE! 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American citizenship, twenty-one years of age, bona fide resident; 5 Territory of Alaska for one year,| and the Town of Juneau, Alaska,| "FV:;:;‘OV’:ESE;‘;: continuously for six months im- e stage or'in society girl mediately preceding said date of has a long election are the qualifications re- ntract with Colum- | quired. The smile she wears | H. R. SHEPARD, City Olerk. First publication, Feb. 16, 1931. Last publication, March 28, 1931. ly after the noon hour on October States Coast Guard cutter Cygan, to the effect that the Phoenix was in distress near Point Higgings sent the ship out on a search resulting in the discovery of the crime, The ! absence of the safe was at once noted. It had been firmly anchor- ed to the cabin floor with a heavy iron bolt which was found to have been sawed through with a hack- saw later discovered in the ‘pilot house. Mr. Stabler at once asked the Department of Justice for assist- ance, and Mr. Henry was sent here from Tacoma, his headquart- ers. 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