The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 22, 1936, Page 3

WV des Seeree MURDER BY. LAURENCE SYNOPSIS: The chief thin; lacking in Inspector Hylton's effor! to find out who murdered that an- cient miser Arthur Burdett ts a motive. And quite unexpectedly, Burdett’s solicitor returns from France. discloses that his client made a new will siz days before his head was bashed in, and fur- a the motive. Burdett cut out Ala hall nephew, Dale BXipley and willed his 60,000 pounds to his manservant, Andrew Lumedale. Chapter 17 CHECKING LUMSDALE ba ji, oe half pint, please,” In- spector Hylton said, “in a tankard,” and he smiled amiably at the pretty fluffy-haired girl who was serving him. “Anything more to eat?” Crown barmaid enquired. “No, thanks, my dear, I’m afraid of my figure, but if you can stand the smell of cigar smoke I'l] light this thing.” “Oh, I love the smell of a cigar,” the girl assured him, “seems 80 posh like, doesn’t it?” It was nearly two o’clock and he was seated in the bar of the Crown Inn Morechester and his morning had been a busy one. It had been & morning devoted entirely to Mr. Andrew Lumsdale. He drew a pencil from his pocket and began to tick off points on the back of an envelope. 2 Captain Reeves says that he left Enderton Court at 5 or ten past, andithat A. B. was then alive—this may or may not be true. (2). Lumsdale’s story—here the Inspector paused and considered afresh: all he had done that morn- ingser The West Sussex Transport Sys- tem Limited had imposing head of- fices in Morechester, and Hylton’s official card had very soon brought the entire place at his disposal. Be- fore long he was interviewing Fred- erick Warner, the conductor of the 2:40 bus from Hope Enderton to Morechester on the fatal Monday. Fred Warner was a broad-shoul- dered, healthy young man of twen- ty-two or -three. Yes, he got to know the regulars on his bus pretty well. Yes, he knew Mr. Lumsdale, Mr. Burdett’s man, well by sight. Mr. Lumsdale nearly always came on the 2:40 bus on Mondays; he cer- tainly did last Monday; he came over the fields in front of the Court, and the bus had to stop especially tor him by the stile. Warner's evidence was stralght- forward and unhesitating and car- tied conviction. At the Regal (“the big place in the Square” as Andrew Lumsdale had described it) the In- spector’s luck petered out. Off then to the Crown where the production of his card had worked wonders with the Landlord. The presence of a big pot from Scotland Yard re- duced Mr. William Trotter to bu- miliating depths of servility. The Crown was famous for its billiards room and Jimmy Pratt, the marker, was a character in the town. He answered all Hylton’s questions like the sharp little Cock- ney sparrow that he was. Mr. Lumsdale? Certainly, he knew Mr. Lumsdale; one of his reg- ulars. Monday? Of course he came in on Monday. About half past five as near as made no matter that was his time for coming in, and played until seven. Positive? Certainly he was positive. The fluffy-haired lit- tle creature in the bar had been the next link in the chain; she, too, knew Mr. Lumsdale by sight, he had acquired some degree of local no- torlety by reason of the celebrated eccentricities of his master. Usual- ly came in for something to eat on Monday nights. On last Monday he certainly did, she remembered dis- tinctly. Time? About seven, coinci- dent with the arrival of her own supper from the kitchen. the S° FAR all this tallied exactly with Lumsdale’s own story and it seemed pretty clear that he haf not left the Crown in Morchester until say a quarter to eight on Mon- day evening. Even if he walked back, according to his own state- ment, arriving say at nine, there was nothing inherently impossible in the supposition that he went in, murdered Arthur Burdett straight ‘way. and then reported the matter to Sergeant White. Against this theory was the Doc- tor’s very definite opinion that death had taken place some time before eight. Hylton realized that ‘what Chambers had said was, after all, only an opinion, and he won- dered... He gently eased the long ash off his cigar and considered again the one smal! point in which the results of his enquiries had deviated from Lumsdale's own statement. Frederick Warner, the bus con ductor, had not only noticed I.ums TONIGHT W. MEYNELL dale on his "bus, but he also hap- pened to notice where that worthy went to when he left the bus, On Monday afternoon Lumsdale crossed over the pavement and went straight into the Post Office; of this Warner was positively cer- tain. With this aim in view he made his: way back to Hope Enderton. Lumsdale was in at the. Court when he got there and bid him “goodday” with an independent nod of the head. “Well, I've been ferreting around,” the Inspector assured him cheer- fully. “You seem to be known by sight everywhere as a matter of fact.” “More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.” “Even the imposing gentleman outside the picture place knows {| you.” “He's clever then, for ab’ve never said a word to him in me life.” “He says as far as he can remem- ber that you went into the pictures about half past three on Monday.” Lumsdale looked up sharply from his task. “He can’t remember very far then,” he said. “What would IL be doing messing about in More- chester till thea?” “To tell you the truth,” Hylton said disarmingly, “that’s just what 1 have been wondering. You didn't do any shopping or anything on the way?” “Ah went straight to pictures, Mister, ah tell you,” Lumsdale re- peated doggedly. “Just so. Ah, well, the florid-faced gentleman outside the Cinema must be wrong then.” UMSDALESS thin lips were pursed for some doubtless scathing comment when voices in the back passage interrupted him. “Better go out and see who that is,” Hylton suggested, “we don't want people poking about here.” “There's some as seem pretty | handy at it,” Lumsdale said as he left the room to investigate. Quick as lightning the Inspector crossed the floor and taking a photograph from the mantelshelf tucked it away in his pocket. [t was a fairly recent tikeness of friend Lumsdale. “It's Sergeant White as {s pok- ing about now,” Lumsdale an- nounced, returning with White hard on his heels. “Il saw you come up the road to the Court, sir,” White explained, “and 1 thought I'd look in to see if you wanted me for anything.” “Good man. We'll walk down to your place together. I've just been having a friendly chat with Lums- dale.” “That's right.” Lumsdale gave one of his rare, unmirthful laughs. “And now I'll tell you one thing as perhaps you don’t know, just to show I am friendly like. Come this way.” He led them both into the room where the murder had been com- mitted. The body had been taken to the Coroner’s Court at More chester in preparation for the in quest. It was a relief not to see that sheeted huddle on the table and yet, in some queer way, the room seemed even grimmer and less pleasant for being empty. And what with this feeling, and the damp chill of the place, Hylton gave an involuntary little shiver. Lumsdale noticed it and nodded. “Feels a bit like that,” he said. “Ah reckon told boy’s still hanging about the Court, near that safe of his, 1 wouldn’t wonder.” “Don't trot out any more of that ghost business, for Heaven's sake,” Hylton said sharply. “You don’t believe in it, eh Mis- ter?” Well, p’raps you're right; but here’s a queer go. D'you notice any- thing?” They were standing now by the table and the Inspector looked care- fully at the few trappings and adorn- ments of that bare place. “Someone’s moved that club,” he said. “Ah did; ah put it back in its right place.” “In its right place?” Hylton queried quickly. One heavy wooden club, tragically smeared at its end, had been taken, with the body, to Morechester for the inquest; its fellow now hung from a nail high up on the wall between the win- dows. “But surely it was on this nail here before,” Hylton said, pointing to an untenanted nafl much lower, down on th. same wall. : “It was. That was where we found it when we came ifn, wasn’t it, Ser. | geant?” “That's right.” (Copyrrght, 1936, Lawrence W. Meynell) Lumsdale’s information throws @ wrench into the machinery tomor« a Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Lrfective December 22nd, 1935. S. S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:30 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays. 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. THA HEY WESF CITIZEN SPORTS BY JOVE CHICAGO CUBS CO AHEAD MORE IN LEAGUE RACE GIANTS DEFEAT CARDINALS/ AND GO INTO TIE WITH PIRAT.ZS FOR THIRD POSI- TION (Speecal to The Citizen) | NEW, YORK, July 22.—The} Chicago Cubs added another] game to its lead in the National ; | League pennant race when they} i defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, Doings Around The Golf Links (By GRAVY) Scecccccccaaccoooseesece The following pairings are an- nounced for the dinner match te be held on the local links to- morrow afternoon. The losers will have to treat the winners to a free meal as usual. The first named are under the leadership of Capt. Charles H. Ketchum and have the team name of “Posies”, while the last named jare led by Capt. Samuella Gold- ; ismith and are called “Prognosti- | | while the New York Giants were | cators”. defeating the St. Louis Cardina’s. | The Giants are tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who defeaated | | the Philadelphia Phillies, for third | ‘place. Cincinnati Reds won from ‘the Boston Bees. ' In the American League. De-| itroit Tigers took both games of a | doubleheader from the Athietics. ; The Cleveland Indians beat the} Goston Red Sox. The We-hington Senators feated the Chisox, while Louis Browns won from th Yerk Yankees, NATIONAL LEAGU™ At Brooklyn R. HE: Chicago 7 3 5 Brooklyn : -310 2 Batteries: Werneke, Lee, French | land Hartneti; Brandt, Baker and; Phelps. At. New York Louis ... w York Sera ans 5 Batteries: J, Dean and V. Da- \vis; Hubbell and Mancuso. j At Philadelphia RW. E} Pittsburgh e Be far § Philadelphia - eG Batteries: Berkofer, Swift and Paden, Finney; Jorgens, E. Moore, } Simers Harris and Atwood. | ILE | 9 St. Ni Rr. 1 2 4} 1} At Boston Rik = Cincinnati 3 6 1) Boston ae 2 6 0} Batteries: Frey and Lombardi; | Cantwell and Lopez, AMERICAN LEAGUE At Chicago R. H. E.! Washington 6 9 04 Chicago et 5 6 o| Deshong Cascarella! s; Chelene, Brown and! At St. Louis . H. E. New York 6 4} St. Louis 5 8 : Batteries: Broaca and Dickey Thomas and Hemsley. : i First Game At Detroit Phi'adelphia . Detroit one Batteries: Ross and Hayes; Bridges and Hayworth, if 1) 1 Second Game At Detroit Philadelphia Detroit... . 912 0 Batter Doyle, Kelley and} Hayes; Sorrell, Rowe, Lawson and Hayworth, : j R. H. E.| 812 0 At Cleveland Boston -5 14 0 Cleveladd .... 6.13, 2 Batteries: Grove, Russell, Wal- berg, Henry and Ferrell; Harder, Hildebrand and Pytlak. R. H. E. | Chicago The pairings follow: 1. Ketchum - Kirchheiner vs. Watkins-Pittman. , 2. Plummer-Mesa vs. | smith-Stowe: 3. Strunk-Ressell vs. Grooms-Hewitt vs. Ayala- Taylor. 6. Milligan-Kerr Woods. 7. Curry vs. Woods- Harris-Sands vs. _| Fripp-Bervaldi, 8. Pierce-Lade vs. Jones-Sam | Harris. Among those unable to p! various reusons are: Lop re schenbaum, Sweeting, O’Bryant and Charlie Howard. The dinner will begin promptly 15 p.m. on Friday and all ‘are expected to be in attendance. jand F. Villareal were the stvle will be set this wee Before playing, the individual must post a dollar bill with the starter- If he wins he will get it back; if he loses he won't, so there you are. All excess funds will go- into the club treasury. A nev LEAGUE STANDING AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— W. L. New York . Detroit Cleveland Boston Pet. 652 «545 536 533 529 Washington 523 St. Louis Philadelphia 58 59 NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— WwW. A. Chicago ... . 54°38 St. Louis 53 34 Pittsburg! 45 New York Cincinnati . Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn -609 512 455 TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Detroit. New York at St. Louis. Boston at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. 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Villareal, coupled with singles ‘by Sterling, gave the Funeral {Homers four runs in the third in- ; ning. | Again in the sixth an error fig- ured in the scoring by the victors. A walk, a douile by Kerr and the ; allowed one run to come in or the Embalmers. A single by Sterling, a sacrifice ‘hit and a wild pitch added anoth- jer tally to the run-list of the ‘Lopez clan in the seventh—their last marker of the game. j Only two runs were earned. The great Hancock pitched the last three frames and was touched for a single and a double ty Ster- ‘ling and a double by McCarthy. Sterling was the leader at bat ‘ vester times up, ibase clouts. jnered three to the plate. ‘out of fou ! In the more extra also gar- eties in five trips Hancock hit two did Acevedo. Kerr, McCarthy stars ifor the Funeral Homers, as were ! Barroso, Artman and Soldzno for ‘the Commodity Room. securi j_ Stanley pitched a good game for the victors. i Score by innings: | Lopez Funeral Home— H 004 001 100—6 10 4 {Commodity Room— | 000 000 000—0 & 4 i Batteries: Stznley and Hop- ikins; Malgrat, Hancock and Sol- jdano. R. H. E. | JOHN C. PARK PLUMBING DURO PUMPS PLUMBING SUPPLIES PHONE 348 ped in every package of PRINTING DONE BY US ——THE—— Citizen Bldg. PHONE 51 Star American Coffee NOW OFFERED IN THREE GRADES: STAR, Ib., 25¢ LARGO, Ib., 18¢ V. & S., Ib., 15 ROASTED IN KEY WEST —— STAR COFFEE MILL 512 Greene Street Phone 256 CuBs | ROOM YESTERDAY, y, with three hits in five} TAKE SIX WON FIFTH CONSECUTIVE GAME MONDAY; SIXTH YESTERDAY Young Cubs defected Bayview Park Juniors on Monday to make it five straight victories and yes- jtke same club to stretch the con- secutive win to six. The Parkers are being give the same dose as they administered |the Black Hands a while back. | Monday's score was 8 to 4. C. this game, with homer and a triple. His cire clout came ‘with two men on base in the eighth inning. Ogden secured a. tsingle, a double and a triple. | yesterday's scove was 17 to 5 Jack Villareal hit a homer in the {fifth frame with: the bases loaded. iS. Thompson <ollected three sin- igles. Collins knocked |triple and two singles. C. Thomp- {son was credited with a single and a triple and Lones hit three ingles. For the losers, Cardova ;Was credited with a four-bagger jand two singles. J. Lowe, Brost and Fabal connected for doubles ‘ Nineteen safe blows were made off H. Lowe in seven innings. The Park Juniors committed 10 miscues. Today In History Serscccengcecrecoosesess® 1706—Treaty signed England and Scotland. uniting 1796—Moses Cleaveland, jnecticut Land Company's |located Cleveland and place surveyed into lots. Con- agent, ordered |~ 1832—Died—ill-fated Napoleon 'II. 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