The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1933, Page 3

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 19335 FF] The White Cockatoo by Mignon G. Eberhart) <,#@%- Bt hat thas meplorne (eteyphed alter te Irst dazea moment fol- old French hotel that has been the . scene of two ghastly murders, Jim | !0Wing my grisly discovery in the Suadesn ang Bus Tally Berres White Salon, 1 realized that if Sue jody, crumpled under the of a huge old piano. Sundean fears | 68d been in danger before, that dan- for, Bue's safety, since he and Da- |ger must now be immeasurably vid Lorn, the detective, believe the tented wrders are connected with an at- | ®' A pps nigh B jokes by ene So in the end Sue and I both went a 's err . fo her father’s iniftions, And there |t call the police and tell them of he what was there in the White Salon. We went together, for I could not bear to let her out of my sight in that menacing place. , had been a ghostly sigh before Sun- dean Ufted the piano lid, I don’t remember that I told her Chapter 34 FATHER ROBART’S END ig WAS quite naturally the priest’s death that brought things to their climax, that was in itself the beginning of that preordained dé nouement. For it was, of course, the body of the erstwhile priest that we found that morning, huddled and crowded in its black robes in the depth of the coffin-like piano. It was the priest, and he had been poisoned, and the poison, said the commis- saire, wiser now, was again nico- tine. ‘There’ was a small puncture in the skin of his right arm, and the ison, it appeared, and Lorn agreed with the police when he told nte of ft, had been administered quickly and deftly with a needle. ft was, added Lorn more dryly than usual, a very quick-action poison. The priest would have had practical ly no time to call for help. It was to be expected, too, that the murder of the priest would sharply deny my previous calcula- tions. Everything, to my mind, bad pointed toward the priest's guilt. But now he himself. was a victim to the insensate plan that reckoned murder, and murder by poison, only & counter. The first murder had been that of an‘ unknown and, till very lately; unfdentifiable man, The second mur- der had been that of a waiter— shocking enough as a crime, true, but still Marcel had been In the eyes of the world a person of littlé Importance. And his death had been considered, and rightly, I thought, to have been induced by. and & result of, the first murder. But the murder of a priest—that was different—even though he might prove t> be only a mas- queraded priest. ft was not only the fact of a thir murder {n a few days that roused the town and the police to a higher pitch of excitement and energy. There: was also the fact that It proved that the murderer had es- somehow she knew. I do remember our calling from the very landing where I had stumbled upon the dead man whose murder had ushered in the dreadful business, to the po- liceman in the court below. And I remember how he sprang to his feet and staved up at us, and how his jaw dropped, and the blank astonishment in his face when he comprehended Sue’s rapid French. And that he had visibly to try several times before he could pucker his open mouth to give the shrill whistle that brought two other policemen tumbling into the court and eventually up the little winding stairway to bring in their wake turmoil and search and in. guiry again. The whole thing couldn't have taken more than four minutes, but it seemed at least ten. UT the thing that stands out sharply in my memory fs the thing that happened on the very second preceding their entrance Into the White Saion. I had left Sue under their eyes on the landing and bad myself turned back into the corridor and then into the room, | suppose | had ap proached the great piano merely tn order to show. them where the body lay, for 1 could hear their hurried feet on the stairway. It was only chance that I stood in such a position near the plano that a wisp of white on the carpet caught my eyes. | bent involuntarily and took in my hand a NM hand kerchief. {t had been concealed from my eyes until then by a massive carved leg of the piano. It was a woman's handkerchtef. but it wag the faint scent clinging to it that brought it upward nearer my face. 1 was @ familiar scent; « faint delicate whiff of a fragrance that swiftly brought Sue to my mind. Then I recognized itpit was faintly like gardenias. ink, tor the steps were at the open door of the White Salon. But I knew that during our moment together in the ghostly room Sue had not been near that end of the plano. And I slipped the thing Into my pocket as three blue-caped figures burst into the room, and the air began to crackle with excitement and furlous questions and ;sputte! ing exclamations, The whole thing was like a re peated nightmare with the results that I have mentioned. It was noon before I had a quiet word i the jounge with Lorn and’ Sue. Lorn had, of course, turned up hot-foot at the first news of the new tragedy. And he felt, as did 1, that the thing of supreme importance was to remove Sue at once from that death-ridden place, And Sue at last agreed. “I can’t stand *: any longer,” said Sue, She was white and frightened and taut-lipped. “It the murders are. as you belleve, actually the result of a scheme to rob me of my fn heritance, let's make an-end to it Heaven knows, I'd rather lose every cent of the money than be even re motely the cause of such—such—" She shuddered and said in a breath less way: “It’s as if I caused it all.” “Nonsense.” { sald brusquely, not liking the look tn her face or the way her little hands twisted them- selves together. “You aren't the cause of this. The cause ts the scoundrel who's back of it. Don't took like that.” “We can’t even know with cer tainty,” interposed Lorn dryly, “that this last murder b: nything to do with your inheritance.” “Don't put me of ike that.” flashed Sue. “You know what you think, no matter what you can prove.” “Yes,” agreed Lorn, tmperturd- ably. “I know what I think. There ts & plot against you. The pecoliarity of the terms of your tdentifying yourself and receiving your money practically invites such » thing. And Tm witling to admit that this—er— priest urreptitions visit to your room Hoks him with you and your five millions.” “Why do you think the priest was killed?” asked Sue. (Comyrteht 923 Mignon @. Bberhart) cover his identity, and that he felt so secure in his safety that he dared another brutal murder under their very noses. If there had been few clues about the first murder and only my own evidence, which was little enough to go on in the case of Marcel's death, there were no clues at all for the third. The priest was dead by polson and ha@ been dead for from seven to elgh| howrs, and that was all they: a The police sent promptly to far. away’ Paris for assistance; from something Lorn sald, I believe there had been in the town one of those subterranean political wars brewing which had previously intervened and determined the commissaire to settle the matter if it was possible without help. uT the third murder proved too much for bis faith in himself and bis wish to inspire his politica) opponents with a sense of his own ability, Or perhaps it was tbe pres- sure of public opinion that grew too great for him. He also temporarily increased his force, so that instead of our being simply clapped into jail we were, to all practical purposes, held pris- ouers the humerous guards which surrounded the hotel and overfio into the courtyard and rambied uneasily through the cor ridors and went to the kitcben. There Paul supplied them with such frequent drinks that there were wera) occasions, I'm sure, when, if ; the murderer had popped up under thelr noses like a rabbit and de Selared bis identity, they might as qreadily have welcomed him as a comrade as have given chase, * It ts perhaps not strange, under the cireumstances, that while this guard might have been supposed to act,as protectors ais well as jailers they were not wholly successful in elther role, as you will see. And by the time the detectives from Paris arrived the thing had already marched to its swift and violent ending. The intervening time seems lonz in retrospect, but was very swift tn experience, for we were so caught In the rapid, dangerous swirl of events that everything beyond our imnie diwte perth was crowded out of our goascioustess, Sim setermines, tomorrow, upon © course of action, nie PLAN INQUIRY FOR: | Senator Mann, Lake Butler, in- troduced a resolution calling for an investigation inte an alleged ex. what lay in that black coffin, but | ‘4 Jablonowski and Jorgens; of the State prison farm at Rai| CHISOX WHIP YANKS; PHILS LOSE TO REDS ST. LOUIS BROWNS SHUT OUT SENATORS; PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS VICTORIOUS IN DOUBLEBILL WITH TIGERS (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May .11.—The Chicago White Sox whipped New York Yankees 10 to 2. This caused the Yanks, leaders in the American League race since the opening day, to drop into a tie with the Cleveland Indians. The 4 to 2. The Indians made only six hits off Lefty Weiland, but took advantage of three errors to win the first game of the series with the Boston outfit. The Cincinnati Reds were suc- cessful in both games of a double- header with the Phillies, taking the first game, 10-7. The seore in.the second was 4-3. Chuck Klein, slugging rightfielder of the Phil- lies, did his best to stave off de- feat, hitting three homers in the two games. The three four-bagers boosted his total for the season to six. The Philadelphia Athletics de- feated the*Detroit Tigers in both games of a double bill. While the Tigers outhit the Athletics 8 to 5 in the opener, the Macks bunched their blows, and Marber- ry added the necessary walks for the decision. Johnson’s homer in the seventh for the Athletics was the high spot of the game. The Senators lost to the St. Louis Brown, having been shut out by a score of 5-0. St. Louis pounded Whitehill for four hits, including two doubles, to score five runs in the eighth inning, and win the game, The summaries: American League First Game At Detroit Philadelphia Detroit Batte: Cain and Cochrane Marberry, Wyatt and Desautels. ; Second Game At Detroit R, H. E. 474 Walberg and Coch- Hay- Detroit Batteries rane; Sorrell, Hogsett and worth. At Chicago New York .. Chicago Batterits 2 10 14 Gomez, MaecFayden, Jones 2 and Berg. At St. Louis Washington St. Louis st Batteries: Whitehill ani Blaeholder and Ruel. At Cleveland Boston .. Cleveland a Batteries: Weiland an Hudlin and Myatt, dd Sewell; E. 8 1 d_ Gooch; National League First Game At Philadelphia Cincinnati Philadelphia Batteri Lombardi and Dav R. H. E. 10 14 0 713 8 Luca: ‘olph and Elliott, Liska, Hansen Second Game At Philadelphia Cincinnati Oe ee ae Philadelphia _3.9 0 Batteries: Johnson and Hems- ley, Lombardi; Moore and Todd, R. H. E. St. Louis-New York, double- header, postponed on account of cold weather, Chieago-Brooklyn, doubleheader, wet grounds. Pittsburgh-Boston, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chub New York Cleveland Washington Ww. L. & x 9 (591 u 13 6 Philadelphia Detroit | St. Louis j Boston 435 300 NATIONAL LEAGUE the | The Florida Legislature has pass-| Cleveland outfit beat the Red Sox | NEW BILL CALLS FOR FLORIDA SHIP CANAL AUTHORITY WOULD OPERATE AND MAIN- TAIN CANAL ACROSS STATE OF CONNECTING ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 10.— ed. a ship canal bill introduced in the Senate by the Commerce and Navigation. committee as Senate Bill No. 459. The measure would }create a corporation to be known as the Florida Ship Canal Author- ity. The purpose of this author- ity is to acquire, operate, and maintain, a ship canal across the state of Florida connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. This canal bill is legislation re- quired by the Reconstruction Fi- 'nanee Corporation, before it will consider financial aid for dredging the canal. It is estimated that the canal would cost $118,000,000 to complete. Under the bill the canal could either be constructed by the State authority to be crea- ted, or by the Federal Government at no cost to the state. The bill provides for a corpora- tion to be operated by a board of five directors to be appointed for four year terms by the governor. The state of Florida, however, as- sumes no financial responsibility for indebtedness except for the salary of a Chariman of the Board of Directors and a genera] mana- ger. The corporation would have the authority to issue bonds, acquire rights of way, collect tolls, ete. The route has not been definitely determined but counties through which it might pass would have the right to provide rights of way. The state would have authority to give land grants of state owned ‘|lands over the right of way and means are provided whereby other lands necessary in the right of way may be procured. Exemption from poration is provided in the bill. The measure passed the senate dorsement of the house was indi- cated by a vote of 67 to 19, HOUSE MEASURE ON CONVENTIONS IMPORTANT ISSUE ING WITH RATIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May House Bill No. 5, introduce Representative W. McL. Ch Duval, providing for the holding of state conventions to be called by the governor for the purpose of ratification or rejection of pro posed amendments to the Consti- tution of the United States, was passed with a vote of 80 to 10. While the measure was intro- duced primarily for consideration of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, its passage would give the state of Florida a definite method of procedure whenever Congress asks for a vote by con- j ventions on any constitutional j amendment. The bill provides that the con. vention have two delegates from each congressicnal district and nine delegates from the seate at jlarge, 17 in all. Delegates would i be elected at special elections cal- led by the governor. The electo- }last preceeding general election land those who qualified since the| law igeneral election. The state would [bear all election expenses. lor more than six months after the }submission of any constitutional amendment by Congress. If this bill is enacted inte the statutes of Florida. it will ne- jcessitate a special election at an learly date to ratify or reject the 450) proposal to repeal the eighteenth) S*#Ue jamendment. Balloting by the -333| people of the state will be a defin-! j ite expression of the real opinion jaf our voters concerning the eight- taxes of the property of the cor-) yi legislature and is scheduled for ,, action this week. rate in sch conventions to con-| : sist of all qualified voters of the tional elective offices. The' legislation has also been enacted. oq bill provides that the election must} BY be calicd not low than two months| ANOTHER LANGUAGE THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FLORIDA DOWNS RELIEF BUNCH ‘ lessneueaats GAME. LAST EVENING RESULTS IN SCORE OF 8-4 Before a large crowd at Bay-| view Park last night, the Florida} team triumphed over she Relief’s} crew in a diamondball game by a | score of 8 to 4. A. Lunn did the twirling for the Relief with Ingraham on the re-| ceiving end. The Florida battery{ was represented by C. Lunn and} Acevedo. The receipts from amounted to $6.48. The score: i the game! R. H. E. Relief 001 001 200— 4:10 5 Florida 002 500 10x— 8 8 2 Batteries: A. Lunn and Ingra- ham; C, Lunn and Acevedo, MANY BILLS OF IMPORTANCE YET IN LEGISLATURE SECOND HALF OF SIXTY-DAY SESSION 1S FACING LARGE NUMBER OF MEASURES FOR CALENDAR CONSIDERATION (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May Beginning the second half of i 60 day session the legislautre i busy with many important meas ures on the calendar for considea- tion. Spurred by the plea of Gover- nor Sholtz in his special message delivered last week, legislators pre- pared for renewed activity toward law enactment much of which was laid aside while the senate and house engaged in a 21-day dead- lock over tax regulation of 3.2 per cent heer, The governor’s debt fund com- mission bill to centralize in the state board of adininistration the power to take over affairs of cit- ies and counties in financial dif- room, Many legislators predict that the committees will return a substitute bill less drastic. The biennial appropriations bill is yet to be passed. The senate appropriation committee has of- ferred a substitute for the admini- stration bill, providing for $200,- 000 more a year than the $6,845,- 845 recommended in the ‘ gover- nor’s bill, ‘and which is claimed would balance the state’s budget with no new revenue sourees. The governor’s educational bill designed to give the state wide powers and greater supervi: over the public schools in kee with the extent state finances are being used to operate and main- tain the schools, likewise failed to meet approval of the senate com- mittees. A substitute bill, less | drastic has been laid before the 10.— | Other important legislation mea sures not yet disposed of include ithe motor license tag bill, home- i stead exempt legislation, and a | workmen's compensation act. | Daring the first half of the Hegislative session, little progress was made other than passage of ithe 3.2 per cent: beer bills | A proposal to change the con jstitution by eliminating the state's }“bone-dry” nineteenth amendment | subject to the approval. of the jelectorate in 1934, was approved. | At the same time voters will set- tle the proposed constituional amendments to abolish the office: lof justice of the peace and con-| ! stable; to combine the office of| county tax collector and assessor,| and to take the offices of county | surveyor, county superintendent lef public instruction and consta- ble out of the class of constitu- } i t 1 The seventh cent gasoline tax was extended another two! Some necessary banking! | years. IS ADDED TO BIBLE (Ry Associated Premed t | -NEW YORK, May .11—Maun- | dang, a dialect used in Africa, ix ithe nine handred and thirty-sixth { in which the Bible or leome part of it has been printed. i The gospel of St. Mark has been translated into and just pub! fished by the British and Forsign! | Bible society, the American Bible! | Late ©o Classify By RUSSELL KAY’ Secretary, Florida Press Association Well, our growers are certain- ly runnin’ true to form in this ar- senic controversy. They are havin’ just about as much success gettin’ together on tais subject as they’ve had all these years in the; matter of marketing. For weeks now we been standin’ around yelling “grapefruit and ar- senic grapefruit and arsenic.” It we keep it up much longer we'll} {have folks associatin’ ’em wit such famed twins as ham and eggs, cheese and crackers or pork and beans. Let the buyin’ public once get! the crazy idea that a Florida grapefruit is a dose of arsenic and we'll have, a marketing problem on our hands that'll make the pres- ent dilemma look like nothin’ at all. We could go ahead and spray our fruit with arsenje, carbolic acid, or any other darn thing, pro- vidin’ we kept our mouths shut about it. When Mrs. Housewife goes into a store to buy apple: or bananas, or other produce she never worries about what kind of bug juice may have been employ- ed to give it that school girl com- plexion. Tell her the fruit was sprayed with Duke’s Mixture or Pratt's preserver and it doesn’t mean a thing in her young life. But when you look out. It don’t make any dif- ference how little is used or how “‘lharmless it may be in that form it’s arsenic right on, In the mind if the layman arsenic is just the same. thing as white lily on your} chest. So for the love of. Mike hurry up and make up our minds. If we’re gonna use arsenic, lets go ahead, but shut up about it, If we're not, let’s forget it and talk about the weather or some other harmless subject. It may be perfectly safe to use arsenic on citrus fruit or it may not. You can’t prove it by me. But I'll bet if we do use the blam- ed stuff and go around bragg' about it, there'll be a lot of folks) who wouldn’t buy a Florida grape- fruit even if their doctor pre- And as for passin’ a law requir- in’ that all fruit‘and vegetables on which arsenic has been used be la- bled “arsenated’” we ought to amend the darn thing to include the use of the word “poison”. and mark the fruit with a red skull and cross-bones. Then if any- body ever sold another grapefruit \ t’s The IN) N) start talkin’ about arsenic, | let's | II PALALELSLLLELLEPBDEALLLL ££ 2 int Cristal Beer PAGE THRER. grove, we could write Mr. Believe-| their pitchers, so quit takin’ up. it-or-not-Ripley about it. - time with fouls. Play the game The big argument in favor of; fast and let's win it and get it” arsenated fruit seems to be that} over with. There's about four we can get it to market sooner,' more innings left to play so there’s but if you ask me, no matter how| 7 reason why we can’t hang up soon we get that kind of fruit to/@ winning score. Let's settle market, we'll still find it ain’t|down and play ball. raga enough. | | Well, Dave took our legislative {team back to the showers and gave *em another talkin’ to, He ‘didn’t razz ’em or bless ’em out, | but just made a plain old fashion- jed common sense talk. He led off by pattin’ °em on the back for what they’d done so far, but called their attention to the fact that you gotta stand up and | swat the ball if you expect to win a ball game. He said this was gne time when the spectators weren’t interested jin any extra-innings. They want | the came wound up in nine, and if} | we could do it in seven so much the better. He reminded the team that be- fore this game started he outlined a number of plays for ’em and was doin’ all he could to help ’em from the dug-out, He said “I want you boys to get in there and play ball. Don’t back away from the plate when those fast ones like the school bill, appropriations, sal- jary, or bond bills come across the pan, Stand up and wham at ’em. | “And another thing, you guys jhave had plenty of time to study AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Chicago, Boston at Cleveland. Washington at St, Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at New York. 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