The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 23, 1936, Page 3

MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936. BOOMERANG LOD SY Acarwa CHristTie- SYNOPSIS: At last Bobby Jones and Frankie Derwent have learned, with the help of their friend Badger, that Roger Bassington- french is the villain of the mysteri- ous murder of Alan Carstairs. And where Moira Nicholson is, and they do not have proof that will convict Roger before a jury. Roger is quiet ly laughing at them from his un- comfortable position on the floor. Chapter 40 MOIRA OBODY had as yet evolved any plans, Bobby rather doubtfully murmured something about police. “Much the best thing to do,” said] Roger cheerfully. “Ring them up and hand me over to them. The charge will be abduction, I suppose. I can’t very well deny that.” He iooked at Frankie. “I shall plead a guilty pas- sion. Frankie reddened. “What about} murder?” she asked. | “My dear, you haven’t any evi- dence. Positively none. Think it over} and you'll see you haven't.” “Badger.” said Bobby, “you'd bet- ter stay here and keep an eye on him. U'll go down and ring up the police.” “You'd better be careful,” said Frankie. “We don’t know how many of them there may be in the house.” “No one but me,” said Roger. “I was’ tatrying this through single hagdedy” ; Bobby bent over and tested the knots, “He's all right,” he said. “Safe as houses. We'd better all go down to- gether. We can lock the door.” “Terribly distrustful, aren’t you, my dear chap?” said Roger. “There’s | a pistol in my pocket if you'd like it. It may make you feel happier, and it’s certainly no good to me in my| present position.” Bobby bent down and extracted! the weapon. | nd of you to mention it,” he! said. “If you want to know, it does make me feel happier.” Bobby took the candle and they} filed out of the attic, leaving Roger lying on the floor. Bobby locked the door and put the key in his pocket. He held the pistol in his hand. “I'll go first,” he said. “We've got to be quite sure and not make a mess of things now. A rather rickety flight of steps led down to the main landing. Every- thing was quiet. Bobby looked over the banisters. The telephone was in the hall below. “We'd better look into these rooms first,” he said. “We don’t want to be taken in the rear.” ‘ Badger flung open each door in turn. Of the four bedrooms, three were empty. In the fourth a slender figure was lying on the bed. “It’s Moira” cried Frankie. The others crowded in. Moira was lying like one dead except that her breast moved up and down ever so slightly. “She's Frankie. She looked round. A hypodermic syringe lay on a jittle enamel tray on a table near the window. “She'll be all right, 1 think,” she said. “But we ought to get a doctor.” “Let’s go down and telephone,” said Bobby. They adjourned to the hall below. They got through to the police sta- tion quite easily, but found a good deal of difficulty in explaining mat- ters. The local police were highly disposed to regard the summons as a} practical joke. drugg I think,” said However, they were convinced at| last, and Bobby replaced the receiver | with a sigh. He had explained that they also wanted a doctor, and the police constablp.promised to bring onealong. ® 3 N minutes later a car arrive ith an inspector, a constable, | and an elderly man who had his pro-} fession stamped all over him. Bobby led the way to the attic— then stood dumbfounded in the door- way. In the middle of the floor was a heap of severed ropes. Underneath the broken skylight a chair had been | placed on the bed ‘which had been dragged out till it was under the sky-| light. | Of Roger Bassington-ffrench there! was no sign. | “He must have had a knife in his | pocket,” said Frankie. | “Even then, how could he get at it? Both hands were bound together} behind his back.” | The inspector coughed. All his for- | mer doubts had returned. He was} more strongly disposed than ever to regard the whole thing as a hoax. The doctor was their salvation. He declared at once that Moira Lad been drugged with morphia or some Preparation of op:um. He did not consider her condition serious and though she would awake naturally in four or five hours’ time. | practical joke, Frankie, for the mo- He suggested taking her off then and there to a good nursing home in the neighborhood. To this Bobby and Frankie agreed, not seeing what else could be done. Having given their own names and addresses to- the inspector, who ap- peared to disbelieve utterly in Frankie’s, they themselves were al- lowed to leave Tudor Cottage, and with the assistance of the inspector succeeded in gaining admission to the “Seven Stars” in the village. Here, still feeling that they were regarded as criminals, they were | only too thankful to go to their | rooms, a double one for Bobby and | Badger, and a very minute single one for Frankie. A few minutes after they had all retired, a knock came on Bobby's door. It was Frankie. “I’ve thought of something,” she said. “If that fool of a police inspec- tor persists in thinking that we made all this up, at any rate I've got evi- dence that I was chloroformed.” “Have you? Where?” “In the coal-bucket,” said Frankie with decision. XHAUSTED by all her adven- tures, Frankie slept late the next morning. It was half-past ten when she came down to the small coffee-room to find Bobby waiting for her. “Hullo, Frankie, here you are at last.” “Don’t be so horribly vigorous, my dear” Frankie subsided onto a chair. “It must be the sandbagging,” said Bobby. “It’s probably broken up ad- hesions in the brain. I feel absolutely full of pep and vim and bright ideas and a longing to dash out and do things.” “Well, why not Frankie languidly. “I have dashed. I’ve been with In. spector Hammond for the last half hour. We'll have to let it go as a dash?” said ment.” “Oh, but, Bobiy “I said for the moment. We've got to get to the bottom of this, Frankie. We're on the rigat spot and all we've got to do is to get down to it. We don’t want Roger Bassington-ffrench for abduction. We want him for murder.” “And we'll get him,” said Frankie with a revival of spirit. {Star Cleaners again faced masterful pitching and this time! PAGE LEGALS IN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S CouRT CLASSIFIED COLUMN WANTED FLORIDA. In Re Estate ETHEL SWE NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Creditors and All Persons Having Claims or Demands Against Said Estate You, and each of you hereby notified and required to present any laims and demands which you. or either of y against the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELEC.| . TION, JUNE 2, 1936 SECOND HAND BOAT PRO- - PELLER, 20-16. Phone 75, or 890-W. | marl} ‘CLEANERS LOST TWO BASEBALL GAMES SUNDAY | ACEVEDO STARS WON FIRST GAME 4 TO 3 AND KEY WEST NINE CAPTURED NIGHTCAP, 4701 The new schedule of _ baseball | games got off to a good start yes- ; terday afternoon at the Navy Ball | Field. In h game, the pitchers iwere in fine shape. In the opener, Casa and Salin. ero pitched very good ball. a |zave up but five hits and Sally | allowed seven. ~The latter struck out seven and Gasa fanned 10. The Acevedo boys, ginched the game in the eighth when they pushed over a lone run. Gabriel, D. Navarre and Juan {Navarro were the leaders at bat, {with two out of four. | In the field, Rued enech for C briel and Casa jor were outstanding. core by innings: Acevedo Stars— 000 001 210—4 White Star Cleaners— 010 100 100—3 Batteries: J. Casa and Gab: | Salinero and Joe Navarro, and Dom- ne n the In the second game the White it was Old Man Sevilla that was too much for them. Sevilla al- lowed but 11 batte Wickers of the Cleaners also hurled well but his teammat “That's more like it,” said Bobby approvingly. “Drink some more tea.” “How’s Moira?” “Pretty bad. She came round in the most awful state of nerves. Scared stiff apparently. She’s gone up to London—to a nursing home place in Queen's Gate. She says she'll feel safe there.” “She never did have much nerve,” said Frankie. “Well, anyone might be scared stiff with a queer cold-blooded mur- derer like Roger Bassington-ffrench loose in the neighborhood.” “He doesn’t want to murder her. We're the ones he’s after.” “He’s probably too busy taking care of himself to worry about us for the moment,” said Bobby. “Now, Frankie, the start of the whole thing must be John Savage's death and will. Either that will was forged or Savage was murdered or something.” “It's quite likely the will was forged if Bassington-ffrench was concerned,” said Frankie thought- may have been forgery and r. We've got to find out.” ankie nodded. “I’ve got the notes | 1 made after looking at the will. The witnesses were Rose Chudleigh, cook, and Albert Mere, gardener. They ought to be quite easy to find. Then there are the lawyers who drew it up—Elford & Leigh—a very respec table firm, as Mr. Spragge said.” “Right, we'll start from there. I think you'd better take the lawyers. | You'll get more out of them than 3 would. I'll hunt up Rose Chudleigh and Albert Mere.” “What about Badger?” “Badger never gets up till lunch time—you needn't worry about him.” “We must get his affairs straight- ened out for him some time,” said Frankie. “After all, he did save my fe. They'll soon get tangled again,” said Bobby. “Oh, by the way, what do you think of this?” He held out a dirty piece of card- board for her inspection. It was a photograph. “Mr. Cayman,” said Frankie im- mediately. “Where did you get it?” “Last night. It had slipped down behind the telephone.” “Then it seems pretty clear who Mr. and Mrs. Templeton were. Wait a minute.” (Coty 36, Agathe Christie) The benevolent consp! a busy day, tomorrow. Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Lrfective December 22nd, 1935. S. S. CUBA Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:30 ing Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays. Leaves St. Petersburg on Sundays at 4:15 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. M. Monday. Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. for Havana. Leaves Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 5 P. M. for Port Tampa, Fla. For further information and rates call Phone 14. J. H. COSTAR, Agent. did not give him support. He gave up only five hits. He also struck out 11 batters . For six innings the Cleaners had the Key West boys whitewash- | ballo; Wickers and I. Rodriguez.} faith to victory in the trial. ” of some six hits and struck out! ° FOLL | C@CCCCeccocCOeeeoeeooeCeS Sanitary Department outfit will {start a three-game series this aft-{ Park. Both! jclubs are ready to battle for first | ial League. The? | winner of these games will be de- \ : ernoon at Bayview j place in the So |clared champion, as the Research | | Departrant has dropped out and! the Ba w Park ; chance inning. The game to- day will be called at 5 p. m. Bat- \teries will be C. Stickney and Salinero for the Health ten and F.} | Stickn nd Rueda for the offic | bi team has no; The two silver loving cups of- fered by the Recreation Depart- ment to the winner of the base- | ball serics during the La S Alegre celebration and the ba: ball series between clubs |Cuba and the locals, ar |were handsomely engraved | shipped to the Cuban N wi club, winner of the si the Tous Acad the cage games na the Homeste ketball team. The P have been practicir set for the game. The . Will have some of the best player: in South Florida. In the opening ed but in the seve two runs on two h rors, Barcelo hit a double triple for the White Stars. Lucio, Ubieta and Sevilla did ll for the winners in the field,’ did Rueda, Wickers and John{ Navarro for the losers. } Score by innings Key West 000 000 21 | White Ste | nth they scored nd four er- and a - 5 2 2—4 24 : Cleaners— | 010 000 000—1 6 4} Batteries: Sevilla and O. Cara-} OWING THROUGH The Administration ten and the game Tuesday night at 7: /TOWN THAT BANNED * evolution, publicized in the Scoy “case in 1925, |,opera house, built in 1886 as one} R. H. E.| estate of deceased late of M Prorida, t FOR RENT ‘ t the Hon. Roge | FURNISHED HOUSE, three bed-| rooms, modern conveniences. Garage. Radio and piano. Rea-! sonable. Apply,\610...White street. mar21-6tx Ramnacind eee Tee: TET Standing of the baseball league: | FIRST AND SECOND aes Club— W. L. Pet.) 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