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* HEALTH NINE VS. ADMINISTRATION - This afternoon cellar-oc the first-plac Today’s Anniversaries 1509—John Calvin, § is Pro- testant reformer, born. Died May 27, 1564. MURDER TONIGHT BY LAURENCE Ww MEYNELL seececccece SOHCOSOSSOSSOOESOOEE SYNOPSIS: Sergeant White « Detective Hylton just hare bey the investigation of Arthw tiv dett’s murder. Burdett was «a » ag well as the Squire of Hope derton. He was a singularly np e- ossessing man and there are at Jeast a half dozen residents of Hope Buderton who are rather ind that he has met his end—how many, ex- actly, nobody knows at the moment Hylton likes White. and White ix impressed with Hylton. although perhaps a trifle mystifie@ as well. he only one I've ever heard of, sir, is young Mr. Shipley; he would be a sort of nephew; well, he is } the son of the dead man’s half- | brother.” | “What about Mr. Shipley?” _ | “A bit of a wild young chap sir. In and out of the pubs a good deal and so forth, but no real harm in him that | know of.” “Was he friendly with old Bur. Chapter Seven | eae ‘a rf “Very seldom went near him as “NIGHT OF THE 18TH—” | tar as Hes N THE night of the eighteenth “What sort of terms were they I was doing a round over Nye-| on? Did you ever hear Shipley talk ton way. | got back here about half; ing about him?” past eight | should think, with noth | “Yes sir, once, in the bar of th ing to report. After about an hour} Hoops.” there was a knock at the door, like| «what did he say?” somebody in a hurry. When lopened|) «4 near as 1 cau remember h it there was Mr. Lumsdale (here the| .aiq that of all the farthing. fumblin | sergeant consulted his note book | o1q fools he'd ever known his Unc! {the firs more exactly) “Come up to the | was the worsi.” | Court quick,’ he said, ‘someone’s}| i ous tis old man in AD to worse. Did Burdett ke: |ernoon and took undisputed pos-j “I put my helmet on and went) any money in the house wit along with him to Enderton Court! him? Was he a real, genuine mis: and there | found the body of the! who gat up at night letting the y: dead man. I—” |Jow gold trickle through his fin “Half a minute, half a minute.| erg?” Cut out the story for a bit and let's! ““figouldn’t say about whit he d get some of the people straightened | at night Inspector: nor for that m= out. Who is the dead man?” | ter about the amount of money “Mr. Arthur Burdett sir he is, or| kept. with him. People used to 94 was perhaps I should say.” ithere. was thousands of, pound j tion, 1723—William Blackstone, Eng- | lish legal writer, born. Died May | ment. 27, 1564. | The a | break 1792—George M. Dallas, Phila- delphia | mayor, senator, Vice | President of the U. S., diplomat, |* iborn in Philadelphia. Died Dec. 131, y864. : i= ‘SANITARY. DEPARTMENT WENT INTO |° | FIRST PLACE YESTERDAY; WON, 5 TO 2 [WATKINS ELECTED | PRESIDENT OF GOLF} CLUB AT MEETING’ ELE DR. KEMP SELECTED AS! ROOMS a VICE-PRESIDENT; SEVERAL) - | 1867—Finley Peter Dunne, {THE MUNRO, 128 N. E. 4thlator of “Mr. Dooley,” NEW MEMBERS ADMITTED| street, Miami, Fiorida. ROOMS: institution of | the the,top-rung in the So- | ingt $3.00 ksi t b in Chi single, 3. week;/ tion, born in Chicago. MOPORGSN IZATION double, $4.00 week.| 25, 1936. Close in, jun29-1mo i Offie CLASSIFIED COLUMN Coo,ee LOST int they have far Opposin, 1792—Frederick Marryat, Ene- ea iss fF i “~S WET WASH 15 pounds for 49c 3c PER POUND FOR ADDITIONAL WEICHT Everything Returned Damp, Ready Fer Shirts Fimished Fer 1Gc Each Extra TRY THIS ECONOMICAL SERVICE '. COLUMBIA LAUNDRY | Subscrioe to The Citizen—20c @ PHONE ee UI OOK ILI LI IL LLL 2 S ahiece |DCWNED COMMODITY ROOM e OUTFIT; HANCOCK, FOR LOSERS, GAVE UP BUT THREE SAFETIES j 5 SSS ane ner GRES) ‘lish sailor-novelist, LOST—Diamond ring, approxi-| Aug. 9, 1848. mately 2 carats, in the Radio Cafe; ring lost last March. 1834—James A. M. Whistler, $100 reward it returned to The! artist, writer and wit, who lived Citizen. No questions asked. | most of his adult life n England. ' jun13-22tx| born at Lowell, Mass. Died in ; London, July 17, 1903. A The Sanitary Department broke lace deadlock with the} aft- Commodity Room yesterday cre- a national past genera Died Ap=il session cial League standing. Although Hancock, a newcomer jon the mound for the Commodity joutfit three \ties, the opposition scored runs because the four hi inmates commited. j tir re Was 5 to 2. Clarence Gates, ‘the victors, wa also in shape, allowing but six hits. | In the fourth inning, ihe Health [boys scored three runs off Han- }eock on one hit, due to miscues iby the Commodity players. Se oer | 1897—John Glibert, movie st born at Logan, Utah. Died Hollywood, Jan. 9, 1936. (By GRAVY) FOR RENT interesting and well-at- of the Key We: *'gelf club held on Wednesday eve- Sam Gold- plans for the coming sea-} gave up only At an tended meeting r T e ‘FIVE-ROOM FURNISHED APARTMENT for rent. Apply 1029 Fleming street. jly3-6t $7 1 sc ning at the home of smith, for goud twirling FOR SALE i son were laid. Election of officers resulted as folows: ' Wm. Dr. dent; Lionel treasurer, A Board of Directors composed {ir YOU WISH ‘YOUR CISTERN] of the offieers and Bascom} pumped out and cleaned free of Grooms and Sam Goldsmith was| charge phone 701. jly7-6t elected. The president appointed FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE— House and lot, 96’ deep and 24° 6” wide. Apply 1116 Mar- garet street. jun8-6tx W. Wm. Watkins, presi P. Kemp, v lent; e-presi- Over-Seas Transportation(e..jnc REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN Key West and Miami NOW MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST — TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS WE FURNISH PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE OFFICE: 813 CAROLINE STREET TELEPHONES 65 AND $2 RUSSELL’ Cigar Store a wonderful Griffin’s line field in that Sweeting made lrunning catch of ive out in left i frame. The Sanita over two more which were m put the came on ice, ‘sults later on disclosed. The losers scored one run in the first inning and added anoth- er in ie sixth. Cc. < out 12 batters and walked six. Hancock whiffed one and passed eight. Villar and Barroso each hit two safely in four trips to the plate. Nodine, Plummer, _ secretary-| MISCELLANEOUS Department put n the sixth canto, re than enough to as the re- a| PRINTING—Quality Printing at greens committee of Chas. H.j the Lowest Prices. The Art Ketchum as chairman with Bob man Press. aug? Spottswood and Melvin Russell as members, Captains for the coming three months will Be Charlie Ketchum} and Samuella® Goldsmith, | Several golf players were ad mitted to membership and will be | eligible to play in the next dinner match, The club was,shown to be in ellent finan@al condition and jhas shown « healthy growth dur- ing the past two rs. It was} mutually hoped the future will be; teven more beneficial. At the close of the _j refreshments were se: REDBIRDS WIN OVER GIANTS CUBS TAKE BOTH GAMES OF | ‘FOLLOWING DOUBLEHEADER FROM | THROUGH ! BROOKLYN NINE DAILY BASEBALL RETURNS BY WIRE OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Two bundles for 5c, The Citizen Of- $ fice, oct16 Come in and get the re- sults of the MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES. PALACE | m Tim McCoy in LION’S DEN Serial and Comedy Matinee: 5-10c; Night: 10-15¢ Artman and Villareal for the la and Gabriel, Lopez and Caraballo ‘or the victors were the stars in the field. Hancock once pitched for Home- stead and claims he shutout the Hollywood state champions, al- lowing only two * Score by innings: Commodity Room— 100 001 000—2 Depa-tme 009 302 000—5 atteries: Hancock and Gates and Gabriel. i “I found the body of the dead man.” “Maybe he still is. Arthur Burdett?” “He was what you may call the squire of the village sir.” “Lived in style?” “No. Lived in misery sir. with just one man servant to do everything for him, and more than half of the big house shut up.” “No money I suppose?” “Plenty from all accounts, Arthur Burdett was a miser.” | “That's interesting. A real gen-) uine miser?” “Pretty genuine sir. He had his two dogs destroyed a few years back because he wouldn’t go on paying the licenses; and he was always the last man in the village to pay his taxes though they daren’t hardly summons him because he was a J. P., though he never sat on the bench.” “Was he popular?” “Very much the reverse sir. Very few people had a good word for! him. He never spent a penny more| than he could help, didn’t drink or smoke and never known to give any- thing away in his life.” “Why are we worrying about the death of this unsavory human?” the Inspector asked. meeting, What about/ there, but somehow I doubt it.” d “Was any stolen?” “We don’t know, sir. There w @ small wall safe open in the roo: where he was murdered, and ther was a considerable sum of monc | in there.” “How much?” “Just over three hundred pounds. “Notes?” “All sorts, sir. Gold, silver notes,” “So whoever did the murder lef that behind anyway.” “Ot course he might have take some and left some as a blind.” “True. Did you find anything a all to give you-any sort of clue?” “Well, sir, to be quite candid didn’t. Not a thing. Maybe I’m slow | witted, and in any case, of cours I'm not used to this sort of thin When | got there I didn’t find thing—as far as I can see it mig! have been anyone. Of course the: i may be some fingerprints—” jting we-l over “Leave fingerprints for fiction. are fieldn 3 Hylton urged, “look for motive. T!. | te ok the nnant dy whitewashing heart gives more people away tha the Vitaleire club, They lost the | the hand,. White, believe me. Wh: second contest but the bacon wa: gets anything out of it? That’s th already in the ice-box, unfailing fingerprint. People seldom ynurder without motive.” uite go, sir.” ‘elk come on, let’s go and view the corpse in its natural surround ings, shall we?” R. Sanitary Cc. and but eco (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, July 10.—The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the | New York Giants, while the Chi-| cago Cubs took both games of aj |doubleheader from tke Brooklyn; Dodgers. The Pittsburgh Pirates triumph- | ed over the Phillies, and the ‘Boston Bees downed the Cincin- | nati Reds. In the American League, the; | Boston Red Sox defcated the Chi- | ;Sox, and the Athletics won from the Junior! the St. Loujg Browns. | has won 10| The Clevéland Indians were vic-1 the, Black | torious over the New Yor each| Kees, while the Detroit Tige the | defeated thé Washington Senato: Wed-| The summaries: was| NATIONAL LEAGUE —For Expert— TYPEWRITER —and— RADIO REPAIRING Protectu Awning Company won! the Miami league flag. Two local} boys are on the champion team,’ ker, who is playing the | position like nobody’s 1 Gopher Gonzalez, Both boys are hit- the .300 mark and} ike big leaguers. The: JOHN C. PARK 328 SIMONTON ST. PLUMBING DURO PUMPS PLUMBING SUPPLIES PHONE 348 | rivhtfielder Bayview Park Diamondball League, ht games ; Hands were in F icontest. Tuesday afternoon “Have you a car sir?” ulate aa tad |Park bors won, 10 to 0. “No. Two long legs. Encase the | “ ee afternoon the score feet in regulation foot gear—by the | Pe<day ; way, are us pepaneces! eS |clorer, 4 to 2, On Thursday aft-| At Pittsbargh R. H. boys Dcact Wits ccd ot jernoon the Bayview again ; Philadelphia, 5 13 somewhat disconcerting visitor. {shutout the Black Hands, 5 to 0. | Pittsburgh 16 16 “Yes, I'm married, sir,” he an- E. C. MALLORY & SON AMES WHITE laughed. “Well, 520 Simonton St. sir, [ don’t know about you,” he answered. “I’m concerned in it be- cause it’s my duty and that’s all.” Kingsley Hylton sighed. “A miser of the old school, loved by none, dis- liked by all, is murdered. Who did it? Is that the problem?’ “That's @bout it sir. “Was Burdett married?” Our Reputation is Wrap- ped in every package of his At Cincitinati “No.” “Nobody else in the house but this one man servant?” “Andrew Lumsdale.” “What sort is Mr. Andrew Lums- dale?” “Rum sort of chap sir. Very re served. Difficult to get to the bottom of him. About forty I should say, and very powerful by the look of him. He’s a foreigner in these parts, comes from Cheshire or some such {| place, and | don’t think people here i have taken too kindly to him.” | “Um. Did Burdett have any rela-| jtives round about?” Today indicates able and jovial person who gains the regards of everyone, but who mey have too great a regard for the luxuries or comforts of life ever to make a great success inj the world. If this be the case, an} effort should be made to hold the} desires in check, and especially | not to take the criticisms of the vorld too seriously. a companion- | ' | swered slowly. “Your wife?” Hylton picked up a photograph from a side table. “That's my wife.” i | This aftern |tackle the Bayview | victories. oon a new club will | Park team in} : {an effort to snap their string of | Cincinnati D. Hernandez and Ern-| Ro i 10 il ! Boston PRINTING DONE BY US a Fe 10 8 ‘est Ogden will be the battery that| At St. Louis iwill attempt to do what no other|New York .. lbattery has done in the last 10) St. Louis games. H LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— WwW: i. New York . 51 24 | Detroit 42 "33 Boston ; 34 Washington \ 36 Clev@land . Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Hylton. studied a picture that might have taken and held any man’s eye—that of a finely-made wo- man, clad in the most abbreviated of bathing costumes, poised on a rock, a streaming mass of hair blown away from her by the wind. | “A fine looking woman if I may | ” he said. | ht, 1936, Laurence W. First Game At Chicago Brokolyn | Chicago } Second Game At Chicago : Brooklyn 560) Chitago Meyaeil) The two officers inspect an cery house, tomorrow, TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at New York. . AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston R. H. Chicago Boston i | 473) .351! -329 At Philadelphia |St. Louis . Philadelphia NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— Ww. L St. Louis - 47 28 Chicago 45 27 Pittsburgh - 42 33 Cincinnati 34 New Yor 35 Boston ........ 41 Philadelphia 47 Brooklyn. . 52 Pet. -627 624 560 528 517 461} At Washington .365 | Detroit .316' Washington .. At Netw York Cleveland . qlew York NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Subscribe to The Citizen. ——THE—— ARTMAN PRESS Citizen Bldg. PHONE 51 Star Amesican Coftee NOW OFFERED IN THREE GRADES: STAR, Ib., 25¢ LARGO, Ib., 18¢ V. & S., Ib., 15 ROASTED IN KEY WEST a “STAR COFFEE MILL 512 Greene Street Phone 256 WATCHMAKER, JEWELER AND ENGRAVER See Him For Your Next Work ALL PRICES REDUCED Hours: 9 to 12—1 to 6 Inspected and passed by De- partment of Agriculture of United States as fit for human food. Ask for and demand— IDEAL DOG FOOD

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