The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1936, Page 3

MURDER BY LAURENCE SYNOPSIS: Inspector Hylton has arrived nowhere in his inveati- gation of the murder of old Arthur Burdett, Hope Enderton's miserly old squire. Sergeant Whi thinks it was a tramp who did the deed Hylton does not feet 80 sure. And now, a3 Hylton ig finishing: lunch at the inn. Captain Reeves burete in and somewhat rudely plunges himself into the affair. He was at Burdett’s house on the afternoon of the murder he declares. Chapter 12 THE CAPTAIN’S TALE [Ac what time were you there, Captain?” “About five, might be ten minutes either way, but thereabouts.” Hylton carefully lit his beloved cigar ang’ nodded... He was rapidly turning @ver in his mind the con versation*he had had that very morning with Doctor Chambers. Chambers had stated that in his opinion death was due partly to the blow on the skull, partly to the shock consequent on the blow. and had taken place certainly two hours before he arrived juSt after ten, pos- sibly four hours before. On being closely questioned by the Inspector on this point he had re affirmed his strong opinion that death had taken place somewhere between six o'clock and eight on the fatal day. And here was somebody professing, indeed pugnaciously pro- fessing. to have seen Burdett alive at five, or even after. ih, Burdett all right when you left him?” he asked. “Sour a = crab apple, but that was his natur “You saw nobody else abcut the house’ “Not a soul. I chose Monday to go up because | knew that ex-convict looking man of his would be away. and | wanted to see Burdett alone.” “You called on a friendly visit I suppose?” Pat Reeves laughed. “! did not,” he said, “and mighty few ever did at that house. If fe want to know | called there for the express purpose of telling Arthur Burdett that he was a filthy-minded old roué and that his soul was as rotten as his beggarly body.” “You had a quarrel with him?” “Ye can call it that if you like; I'll not dignify it with the name.” “What about, Captain Reeves?” “I'll not tell you.” Kingsley Hylton looked steadily at his man and the tall wiry blue eyed lrishman looked as steadily back. Hylton knew the type well— pleasant to work with, but beggars to drive. “You may have to tell us, Captain Reeves,” Hylton said quietly; to which Reeves replied grimly and sardonically, “Make me.” The Inspector let that pass. “You might have told us about this ear- lier,” he said. “And 1 might not have told you + 1,” Reeves pointed out. « would have been very foolish | 1 te. “Maybe. What's between me and old Burdett is my owa affair.” “You're wrong.” Inspector King: sicy Hylton answered with a sud den new quality in his voice, “what was between you and the dead man is now the affair of the Law, and the Law will not be trifled with.” “You're a deal keener on the law here than we are in Ireland, Inspec- tor.” Reeves said. “Arthur Burdett was a dirty, damned old good-for nothing, and the world’s nosworse off because he’s out of it. Ferney House you can find me at, when you want me. Good-day.” EEVES left as abruptly as he had arrived and for a long minute Hylton sat staring at the banged door. ... Burdett was seen alive by Reeves at five and he was murdered say between six and seven—it nar rowed things down a lot. He let his mind play with the spec. ulation as to how much of Captain Reeves’s aggressive honesty was real, how much make believe. Sup pose the Captain's story was true ‘n every particular save one, that just before taking nis teave from ‘nder- ton Court he had picked a heavy club from its nail on the wall and broken his host's skull with it? “... 1 called on the man; we quarreled; 1 left him.” “What did you quarrel about?” “I shan’t tell you, it is too pri- vate.” A cunning move because, as any jury would instantly argue, no guilty man would admit the fact of quarrelling, being under no compul- sion to do so. His speculations were interrupted by a tiny sound on the far side of the second door that led from his lunch- eon room. Hylton had not been through that door yet, indeed he had hardly noticed it, and a double cu- riosity now led him to examine what jlay beyond. The Inspector had ac- TONIGHT MEYNELL ters, and there was something in the nature of the noise which had at- tracted his attention that made him want to investigate it. Quietly he tiptoed across the room and pushed the door open. It led into a well-proportioned, old fashioned billiards-room where a tall, good- looking young man in riding kit stood half way between door and table, ostentatiously chalking a cue. He looked up when Hylton entered and nodded. “Having a game?” the Inspector asked. “I've just been knocking the pills about.” “Lienumber one,” Hylton thought; the click of ivory is curiously pene- trating and unmistakable, and he was prepared to take an oath that no billiard balls had run on that table since he had started his lunch j; in the next room half in an hour be- fore. On the other hand, a young man comes into the billiards room to see if there is a game going; he hears a voice raised in the next room; he de- cides to postpone his solitary game and lays an ‘inquisitive ear against the panel of the door. Hylton won- dered. ... “L'll give you a game if you like, Mr. Shipley,” he said. “Right-O,” Dale answered. you've got my name pat.” “Oh Sergeant White has pointed out everyone in the place to me by now.” “And I suppose we're all suspect?” “More or less. Spot or plain?” I'll take spot. | can tell you a lot of people who didn’t do it.” “I see “Tt no doubt. [f you could only tell me all the people who didn’t do it the process of elimination would be complete. Shall we string for break?” “Right-O. You play much of this game?” “Not enough to keep in good prac- tice. 1 suppose you do?” “I play a pretty descent stick as a rule,” Dale admitted. He was a young man to whom such admis- sions came easily. Nature had made him fairly good at most sports. and imagination had turned him into a master; but there was no imagina- tion about Inspector Hylton’s profi- ciency at the game. It is a curious fact in life that ability at chess and at billiards often run together, and for all his talk about playing “a de- cent stick” Dale Shipley was strug- gling along in the fifties when Hyl- ton ran out with an unfinished twen- ty-seven. Young Shipley did not like being beaten at anything; he was not a good loser and he put his cue away with only a pretense at good grace. “By the way,” Hylton asked casually, “do you agree with Captain Reeves's estimate of Mr. Burdett?” “What, about his being a dirty damned old g—.” Shipley broke off abruptly, he had walked into the trap before he had noticed it. “I heard him shouting out something in the next room,” he concluded awkwardly. “So it seems.” Hylton concurred pleasantly. “1 was just wondering whether you thought the same.” The young man’s awkwardness in creased. “It's nothing to do with me,” he said shortly, and rattling his cue into its place he stalked out of the room. Dale left the Hoops in a bad tem- per—not an uncommon frame of mind with that rather too good- looking young gentleman. He was annoyed at having been so ignomini- | ously bested at billiards, still a ore | annoyed at having walked into the Inspector's child-like booby trap. Easy enough, of course, to make pre- tense that he had innocently and un- intentionally overheard the conver- sation in the next room; but impos- sible, nevertheless, to get rid of the | substratum of uncomfortable knowl- edge. The Inspector knew, and Dale knew that the Inspector knew, that what overhearing there had been was hot accidental. “What the hell does it matter, any- way,” he tried to reassure himself crossly as he swung round the cor- | ner of Fielden Lane towards his cot- tage. “Dale.” He turned sharply and looked into the big meadow on his right. The short winter afternoon was al- ready beginning to end, and in the still grey light which presaged frost he could see a figure walking along the path attended by a red setter in transports of ridiculous excitement. His first instinct was to curse un- der his breath, The figure was that of Nancy Featherstone, and althorgh Dale had no particular reason for want- ing to avoid Nancy, he on the other hand had no particular reason for wanting to talk with anyone. (Copyright, 1936, Lawrence W. Meynell) quired a sort of instinct in some mat Nancy gets an invitation to tea, tomorruw. Today’s Birthdays, Kathleen Norris San Francisco, 56 yeats ago. Dr. City, noted pediatrician and med- ical scientist, born in 59 years ago, Arthur Sweetser. of Boston, di- tector in the League of Nations Bela Schick of New York’ Hungary, | | Secretariat, 148 years ago. born in Eugene 0. spkeae of Miss., of Saratoga,'eral Communications Commission- Calif., popular novelist, born in| €r, born at Aberdeen, Miss, 60 tyears ago. of in Thomas D. Taggart Democratic leader, born jdianapolis, 50 years ago. Rt. Rev. Henry St. lop of Richmond, Va., Warsaw, Va., 62 years ago. Fed- George | Teeker, Protestant Episcopal bish- born at SPORTS BY JOVE CUBS BLANK |STOWERS PARK | BOSTON BEES) NOW LEADINGIN | SOCIAL LEAGUE’ PHILLIES DEFEAT CARDIN+ ALS; DETROIT SPLITS WITH YANKEES | pRoxe TIE WITH Se | BOYS BY DEFEATING THEM; | YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, 5) TO1 (Special to The Cilzen) NEW YORK, July 16.—The} |Chicago Cubs shutout the Boston | | Bees, while the Phillies defeated} the Cardinals. 5 | the Gianta split a doubleheader | Stowers sees brome cence ene jwith the Pirates and the Cincin-|Place tie with Sanitary Depart-| jnati Reds downed the Brooklyn; ment yesterday afternoon by de-! | Dodgers. 7 jfeating that outfit in a most con-| ani the emcucanybeague, Cie acing manper, 6 to 1, to gain, Indians beat the Athletics, andj | Detroit split with the Marikees. | undisputed possession of the top| | The Browns lost two games io ;rung on the Social League ladder. ; jthe Red Sox, wh'le the Chisox} The Park boys scored two runs; idefeated the Senators. lin the third inning on a walk ir. the third inning. M. Arias walk- | The summaries: | NATIONAL LEAGUE | McCarthy flied out to cen-j Sterling singled to right, the | At. Cincinnati RH. ¥. led. | Brooklyn 23: II ter. Cincinnati rt z 5.5 1 ball getting away from the field-! Batteries: Baker, Brandt. and Arias landed on third. Kerr i H i jer. |Campben Datis Demsarens sand hit to short and Hernandez fum- | 1 ' bled the ball. Arias and Sterling} ' scored. i R.:H. E.| In the fifth frame they scored; ;New York . 411 l/three runs. McCarthy pes Ran o= a ee | out. Sterling bunted safely. ; cer; Lueas and Padden |Kerr walked. Albury singled to| | =i |center, Sterling scoring. F. Vil-| lareal singled to center and Kerr} R. H. E.!scored. The ball got away from 14.16 2) Lopez and Albury scored. j Pittsburgh _410 6! The Health boys put across Batteries: Smith and “Mancuso; ltheix lone tally in the eighth can- Weaver, Bush and Padden. to. Hale walked, stole second. 'Gabriel struck out. Molina sin- R. H. E. | gled through short, Hale | ; -- 0 11 ©! Ward snigled to right and Molina Chicago = 2 9 Ojsnded on third. Lopez walked! Batteri Benge “and Lopez}! and the bases are full. A good Carleton and Hartnett. ichance to tie or win the game. However, Sands popped out to R. H. E.| short and Caraballo struck out. - 5 12 2; Ward connected for three sin- 415 10 igles in four times at bat, and Ga- J Johnson and Wilson; briel hit two safely in four tries Winford and Davis. at the plate. Molina made a wonderful run- ning catch. Villareal hit a fly to right field. The ball hit Car Ho’s glove and “i bounced off. nds caught the ball before it hit the ground. It |was a wonderful play. | Score oy innings: , {Stowers Park— eS 092 030 000—5 10 0} 1 Sanitary Department— First Game At Pittsburgh struck } Second Game At Pittsburgh New York .... At Chicago Boston . ees AMERICAN LEAGUE At Philadelphia R. H. E. Gleveland |) ss gS 1 | Philadelphia Cao, Batteries. Hudlin and Hyle’ | Rhodes and Hayes. First Game H | At New York R. H. (Detroit... 2.5 BELO Nee OR cee OT 000 000 010-1 8 2 Batteries: Rowe and Hayworth;; — patterics: J. Walker, Je, aad | Ruffing and Dickey. : : : ‘LEAGUE STANDINGS \Nev ven ay 10 i Batteries: Sorrell and Hay- i worth; Gomez and Matone. i First Game Boston Second Game } At New York i Detroit 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Club—- WwW. 4. {New York .... 54 28 } Detroit - 45 ' Cleveland 45 * Wiashington . 44 --- 3 6 3i Boston 45 j Boston +11 16 1 Chicago 40 Batteries: Knott and Hemsley; i Philadelphia 27 | Marcum and Ferrell, iSt. Louis _ 25 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. -659 549 At St. Louis Ri E. Second Game At Boston Club— St. Louis . 4 Chicago | Boston 1! st. Louis Batteries: Mahaffey and Hems- {Pittsburgh ley; Ostermiteller ‘and Ferrell. —! Cincinnati __. At Washington | Chicago | Washington Batteries: 9 Philadelphia : Brooklyn . Kennedy and Sew-{ --*~ CUBS AGAIN WHIP BAYVIEW PARK’ ' WELL-PLAYED GAME RESULT- ED IN CLOSE SCORE OF 2 TO 1 In a well-played and exciting | Autostrop Razor Outfit. the | it. contest yesterday afternoon, Young Cubs again defeated the Bayview Park Juniors. Score was 2 to 1. Arias held the Park boys with- lout a run for eight innings ‘allowed but five during that time. The collected jtwo more hits in the ninth frame icties losers ;to score their lone run. The Cubs started scoring in the fourth and added another mark- er in the seventh, Griffin and Crusoe pitched | seed game for the Juniors. hits leading and G. out of C. Thompson, with two one a double—was the hitter. Brown, Arias Thompson each hit two three. Score by innings: ‘Bayview Park— 000 000 001—1 aq 24 | Young Cubs— \ 000 100 10x—2 8 3 Batteries: Griffin, A. Griffin; Arias and Rosam. ‘FERA OUTFIT VS. 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