The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1936, Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1936. The Wrong Murderer By HUGH CLEVELY Chapte: r One DEATH ON THE HIGH ROAD ERENCE MAHONY was bored. The com- pany of his fr: iend Billy Ross bored him. It had bored him for the last seven days. That astonished Mahony. It had never occurred to him that some day Billy Ross would bore him. The two young men had been friends for ten years. A certain carefree lawlessness common to both of them had drawn them together while they were still at school, and the friendship school. had continued after they left On one occasion, at considerable personal risk, Ross had saved Mahony’s life. The matter was never referred to between them, but Mahony remembered it. And now Ross was boring him. He felt rather uncom- fortable about it. Still, there it was. Oh, well, reflected Mahony philosophically, no doubt time and fate and change had been at work in their well-known manner during the last four years, and this was the result. But it annoyed him. He had returned from a four years’ stay in China a week previ- ously, and had been staying with Ross at his London flat. During the whole of that week he had found Ross nervous, fidgety and irritable —quite unlike the happy-go-lucky Ross whom he remembered. Now thé two of them had halted foyia sss at a wayside inn on eheir way down to the house of Captain « Ross, B.N., Billy’s father, who was givingja,big dinner party. Two other guests from London, whom Mahony had pyét, were also cominy down for the par Elsa Little, a young film actress, and Ambrose Lawson, a business friend of Billy. They were to stay the night at Captain Ross’s house and return to London the next day. As they sipped their cocktails at the bar counter, Terence Mahony wondered for the hundredth time at the change that had come over Bil- ly. At times Billy’s mouth twitched he had a pale, unhealthy he could not keep his hands still. Behind the bar the platinum blonde barmaid was reading an eve- Bing paper. nother young society girl miss- fhg from home,” she observed with @bme relish. “I wonder what’s hap- pened to her.” * Ross made a sudden irritable ges- ture and knocked over his glass. ‘The liquid ran over the bar counter. “Hell!” he said in a bad-tempered voice—the voice of a man whose nerves are very much on edge. The barmaid looked up from her paper at Mahony and made a surprised face, as if to say: “There's a nasty temper for you.” “I'm sick of this place,” went on Ross roughly. “Let's get out of it.” “As you like,” agreed Mahony good-temperedly. For himself, he could see nothing wrong with the place, but if that was the way Billy felt about it... They left the inn and went out to Billy’s car. Though it was still early in the evening, darkness had al- ready fallen. About twenty-five miles separated them from Captain Ross's house in Hampshire. Billy stepped into the @riving-seat, Ma- hony got in beside him and they started. T was a bleak, cold evening, and there was little traffic on the road. About two miles out of Bagbury, where they had stopped for their drink, they heard the booming roar of a powerful engine behind them, and the glare of strong headlights shone past them, lighting up the hedges at the sides of the road. Ross turned and looked back over his shoulder. In the glare of the fol- lowing headlights his face looked more than ever drawn and pale. “We're being followed,” he said. “I know whose car that is.” There war a harsh jerkiness in his voice; he spoke in the tone of a man suddenly awakened to a deadly peril. Mahony did not know what to-say; he did not understand his friend's frame of mind. “Is there any harm in that?” he asked placidly. “Why shouldn’t he follow us if he wants to?” Ross laughed, a short laugh that had a distinct note of hysteria in it. “What harm. . he said, in a high pitched voice. “What harm .. ? Perhaps you'll find out.” That was all he said. His foot went down hard on the accelerator, and the car shot forward at vastly increased speed. The needle of the speedometer moved from forty to forty-five, forty-five to fifty-five, fifty-five — more slowly — to sixty, and there remained quivering slight- ly. But the booming roar behind sounded more loudly; the glare of the pursuing headlights increased in intensity. Mahony glanced back over his shoulder. Now the pursuing car was only a few yards behind, its head- lights throwing a dazzling blaze of light in Mahony’s eyes. As he looked, screwing up his eyes trying to see better, there came from be- hind that brilliant glare a sharp ex- plosion and a sudden distinct spit of *rgd flame. Something went “whit!” over the top of the car. “What -the blazing hell!” ex- claimed Mahony ‘n a tone of scan- dalized astonishment. “The swine’s shooting at us with a pistol.” Ross did not answer; he did not seem to hear; all his attention was concentrated grimly on driving. From behind came the sound of more shooting, sharp and vicious: crack, crack, crack, like a b’g whip- lash snapping in the air. Without warning, the car lurched wildly, straightened out for a mo- ment, lurched dizzily again, skid- ded, with a wild scream of tires, broadside on for a few yards, hit the low grass bank at the side of the road, and then overturned with a tremendous crash, Mahony, with a sensation of utter helplessness, felt himsejf shot bodgi- ly from his seat.awa flying through. the air. Instinctively he raised his arms to, shield his, fage. With the echoes ofthe crash ringing in his ears, he landed im! aysoft! hedge, smashed through it, breaking small twigs and branches, and landed with a bump Yasoft grass on the other side of the hedge. Shaken and scratched, but com- paratively unhurt, he scrambled to his feet, The sound of the pursuer’s car was fading into the distance; the wide swathe of light from his headlamps was getting farther and farther away. Ross’s wrecked car, its headlights out, and its four wheels sticking ridiculously up into the air, was lying half in the grass and half fi'the ditch. No sound ex- cept a soft hissing came from it. “DILLY!” slotted Mahony anxi- ously. “Billy!” There was no-answer. Mahony forced: his way through the hedge and made for the wrecked car; he had a horrible fear, that Billy was pinned beneath it. “Billy!” he called again, and bent down by the car with the idea of feel- ing beneath it to find out if Billy was there. The sound of a low groan a short distance behind him caught his at- tention, and he turned sharply. The sound had come from the dark bot- tom of the ditch, and he made his way to the place. Ross was lying there, doubled up in an unnatural attitude. His breath was coming in short, panting gasps. Obviously the first thing to do was to move him from that ditch bottom, and get him straightened out. Ma- hony bent over him and lifted him; a sort of shuddering moan came from Ross’s lips. “Sorry,” said Mahony. He laid Ross gently down in the grass at the side of the road. Kneel- ing beside him in the darkness, he could just see his face, deathly white except for the red smears across it. As he looked, Ross opened his eyes. Pa Sweeney ~ i A slight smile twisted his pale lips. “Hallo, Terence!” he murmured. “Glad they didn’t get you too.” “Lie still,” said Mahony gently. “T'll get some help, and we'll soon have you fixed up quite comfor- tably.” Ross shook his head. “They've done all the fixing any- one will ever do for me,” he. whis- pered. “But I don’t care, I’m better out of it.” “Boloney!” said Mahony, assum- ing a cheerfulness he did not feel. “I'll make you as comfortable as I can, and fetch an ambulance and the poli > ae “Ne There was a strenuous urgency in Ross’s voice. His face had gone a curious grey edlour. Little beads of perspiration .were standing out on his brow and top lip. With one hand he plucked feebly at Mahony’s sleeve. “No,” he gasped painfully. “You're not to tell the police. That bullet only hit the tire; let them think it was an accidental burst. If the police make enquiries, things may come out about me that will make it dreadful for my parents. Don’t ar- gue, just listen. Listen! Listen! Listen, I'tell you! Listen!” “All right,” said Mahony. “I’m lis- tening.” Ross continued. His voice was a mere feeble whisper. “Thodemen in that'ear are crooks. | So am I. I was one of them. Dope jand kidnapping are their games. operate ye and then dope ae AR then 've got the habit, them the stuff... .” “go.Then they sell For 3vmemiént the paused, gather- ing his Spats Wades ee help kidnap Elsa. At the Cinema Ball. I wouldn’t, I couldn’t let them do that to (Copyright, 1936, Hugh Clevelty) Terence Mahony returns to Lone don, and adventure, tomorrow. { i {born at Crothersville, Ind., 51 | professor, novelist, president of years ago. Today’s Birthdays: {Clark Univ., eccenaceseeose Dr. Royd R. Sayers, surgeon of i the U, $2 Public Health Service, } Prof. Robert H. Goddard Worcester, Mass.. noted physicist of rocket fame, born in Worcester, 54 years ago. Dr. John Ersl:in> of New York, | the Juillard School of Music, born jin New York, 57 years azo. of | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPORTS BY JOVE { YANKEES WON eo! STATE GOLFERS ATTAIN HONORS PUBLIC LINKS CROWN WORK BY Two JACKSON- VILLE PLAYERS Se (By Associated Preast JACKSONVILLE, Pie. Oct 5 —Fiorida gofers have won their |GIANTS WIN 5TH GAME Continued from Page One) THIRD GAME IN Bartell went down swinging. i No runs, no hits, no errors. ; Official batting averages of error. Dickey grounded out " |players in the series between the |,Terry unassisted, then he shot the | KING CARL HUBBELL WAS! yiomi All-Stars and Key West ball home getting Gehrig at the A ‘plate. Selkirk got his second LOSING. PITCHER; GEHRIG | teams follow: Renee ut-alt tie units ot Gann CONNECTED FOR HIS SEC- on. Powell fiied out. . Ave. OND: HOMER OF SERIES Player— Woodson F. Lopez Hopkins .. {Special tu The Citizen) Sterling - NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—The! Acevedo . New York Yankees won their third | Kerr 1936 World Series game yester-! Ingraham day, 5 to 2, although the Giants | Hernandez 3 | Ward used their ace hurler on the |C. Griffin mound—King Carl Hubbell. , Cates “Murderous Row” or the “Hom-! Habe icide Squad” connected for safe | McCarthy hits when they were needed, as | Molina eee ; Sands’ Phey alidiine Saturdaye game! J. Walker 000} One run, one hit, one error. Lou Gehrig hit one for WIS | Higgs 1. 000 | Fourth Inning second home run of the series in, Total times at bat. runs, hits; GIANTS—Mancuso hit a terrif- the third inning yesterday, scoring | and’ team batting average follow: ic drive into left field for a two-| a runner ahead of him, which gave | AB, 93; R, 20; H, 27; average, bagger. Whitehead hit to pitcher | zu “ j who trapred Mancuso off second, hereon aa ee — 4 Miami All-Stars | Whitehead safe on first. Jackson | bg EERE HO) AikO \Pounied Gar: }" < Playae— . Ave.' popped out to short. Schumacher | ing the contest. : Walterson -667 struck out. | The bottom of the Yankee line- ,Gerbus up was switched around yester-| Fauth ... day. ;Dommenick . Monte Pearson, who injured his; EB. Albury back during the last week of play! R. Carlson . in the pennant race, did the twirl- Day -.... ing for the American Leaguers.'S. Carlson . He held the Giants to but seven Bogart hits, The first man to face him| Christie |got a free pass to first base but] Bowen . -071 Barte!l struck out for the second the next two batters went down! Total runs, times at bat, hits time in the game. Mancuso flied swinging. and team batting average follow: | out. On his first three trips to the, AB, 112, R, 17, H, 29; average,’ No runs, no hits, no errors. plate, Manager Memphis Bill Ter- !-255.' i YANKEES — Crosetti fanned. ry of the National Leaguers struck | ‘Rolfe bunted safely. DiMaggio out twice and walked once. i (struck out for the second time in Hubbell gave way to a_ pinch{ {his last two tries at the plate and hitter in the eighth frame, the in- Clarence Gstes won two games Rolfe was caught between bases. ning in which it was thought the a a No runs, one hit, no errors, Giauts would stage a ely that and lost none; allowed but 10 hits | Siutidasiog would either tie or win the game,|i" 18 innings, two earned runs}; GIANTS—Ott singled. Ripple However, only one runner cross- lutslowh acasubace tore ae eek drew a pass. Mancuso sacrificed ed the rubber, It was a tight spot’ 7 ; Ott and Ripple to third and sec- for Pearson. Leslie, who batted | 24™° esis ond, respectively. Whitehead hit to for King €arl, sing Tron-Man” Gertus | lost two Crosetti who fumbled and Ott One run, two hits, one error. 571) Third Inning 5007 GIANTS—Terry grounded out, +500 ‘short 10 first. Ott flied out. Rip-! +444! ple struck out. j +428; No ruas, no hits, no errors. -375| YANKEES — Lazzeri walked. -285 Ruffing also walked. Both runners | -250 advanced on wild pitch. Crosetti, -250 who fanned first time up, hit to| -200 Bartell, who threw wild, Lazzeri | -181 scoring. Rolfe bunted sately, -111 ‘filling the bases. DiMaggio struc« | -000 out. Gehrig fanned with the bases -000 loaded. Dickey flied out to Ott,| -000 retiring the side. j - ee oe eo er el SOMSCSCTUPHONNONWHON SCOSCCOCHN HH HENO ORE ER RD -884) No runs, one hit, no errors. -363; YANKEES — Selkirk walked. -333 | Powell also walked. Lazzeri bunt- .272 ed to pitcher who tossed the ball -250 to third, catching Selkirk. Ruffing -250 hit into a double play. +222; No runs, no hits, no errors. +142 Fifth Inning -111' GIANTS—Mooie grounded out. PRM HONMH MHS no coco rm TS tt Pitching Record share of 1 ational golf titles, a though nere bas ever crastet “he men's or, women's amateu- cham- The Public Laks crown hes been worn & Jicksonvilie player-— Robert Wingate and R. i. Mer Wingate came through m 193% when the tuu-nament was bed at the municipa; course here. Tre years ‘ater, biller won at Lows ville, Ky. Se was runner-up the following year at Portand, Gore gon. While a <tudent at Yale Une versity in 1929, Thomas J. Aycock. Jr., of Jacksonville won the me tional intercollegiate tithe Southern championships have fallen to two Florida women and one man. Mary Rogers Brantiey of Jacksonville won im 1936 and Mrs. Mary McGarry of St. Peters burg in 1936. Jack Redmond « St. Petersburg won the men's t in 1933. LIBRA men are ambuiteous, and in youth have to make their own way in the world. Make splendid stock brokers and financiers; e=- thusiastic, and reverses produce no effect; quick at recovering ground. They are fascinating. and always on the qui vive for new objects of attraction. Be verse are the Libra women, whe are careless about money matters, ost, LEGALS ete E oF FS TESTES. Te = ee ee en (BARE Pee Lee S TE COlET oF Tae Coeere = =emee STaTE oF FriemEDs and dislike the financial part of -- any transaction. Libra people have a keen sense of justice They are liberal to a fault, and will give away more than half“ they possess and never expect any * return. The women are very sen sitive to harmony and imharmony, and can tell the moment they e=- ‘An elaine record wax broken | 224 won one; pitched 23 innings; | | allowed eight hits in five innings pup hanay game aceon’ than | of first game and eight in other 65,000 fans witnessed the’ con- |two contests; in first he . walked | iseven, 11 in.second and seven ,in' | third—a total of 25 hases on Balls; | he struck out eight in five innings ; scored. Jackson fanned. Schu- :macher also struck out, retiring the side. One run, one hit, one error. YANKEES—Gehrig grounded | out, second to first. Dickey went down swinging. Selkirk made his ter a house the conditions prevail- ing therein. Are very kind and averse to crucity. Are nest csavrt =. When an-ry, which is pdidem, they leave nothing ussaid. jOme bérn under Libra should never unite with one born between February ‘SOCIAL LOOP of first game, 13 in second andi second hit of the game, the first but three in third—a total of 24! pit being a home a Powell hit strike outs; he allowed four earn-'to Jackson who threw wild to first 19 and March 21 (Pisces) or Aug-_ ust 22 and Sértember 23 (Virgo unite with those born November {ed runs in first game, four in sec- ond and two in third. | Day allowed four hits in four! PLAY-OFF TO BE RESUMED eee jinnings of first game; struck out} \three and walked one; allowed two | | BOTH TEAMS HAVE WON ONE) corned runs. GAME iEACH; WALKER AND; Walker gave up seven hits in; |two and one-third innings of sec- VILLAREAL WILL BE OP ond game; walked four and struck POSING TWIRLERS ‘out none; allowed five earned i | Tuns, | Ward gave up 12 hits in six and jone-third innings of second game; The play-off championship se-, ries of the Social Diamondball,“eited seven and struck out pea League, which was postponed last } week because of the Miami All-| i Stars playing here, will be re- sumed tomorrow afternoon. | The Sanitary Department and} Coca-Cola have each won one! game and lost one. Tomorrow’s| contest will be the third.fracas of vedo 2, ‘oodson, Hernandez, the series. Gerbus, Dummenick, Fauth, R. Johnnie’ Walker and Hopkins’ Carlson; | will be the battery for the Health- | Stolen buses—Gerbus, Albury, ers, and Julius (Do-Do) Villareal’ Fauth, Day, Christie, Hale, Ace- and his brother, Floyd, for the! vedo, Cates. Kerr; Soda Water boys. Sacrifice hits — €. Griffin, The ganie will start at 5-p. m. | Cates; Contests will be played every day} Struck out—Albury 2, Bogart, until one team has won thrge, !Gerbus 2, Fauth 2, S. Carlson, —o | Acevedo 4, Kerr 3, McCarthy 3, Immediately after the play-off;C. Gates 3, Hernandez. Griffin, another race will start in the So-| Molina 2, Hale 2, Higgs, Cates,! cial League. Woodson, Sands, Hopkins, Walk- All clubs that wish to enter are/er. advised to get in touch with the} Walked—Albury 4, Bogart 3, secretary of the league and give; Fauth 3, Bowen, S. Carlson, R. him a list of the players. Carlson 2, Christie 2, Dommenick, The first game will probably be |Gerbus, Day, Hale 5, C. Sands 3,! played on Thursday of this week. | Ingraham, Woodson, Gates, Her-/ Teams that will play in the first-| nandez, Griffin, Hopkins 2 each, Other Records Home run—c. Griffin; Three bese hit—Kerr; Two base hits—Streling 2, Ace- : half so far are: and Selkirk came all the way home for the third score of the gums Lazzeri singled, scoring Powell with the tying run. Johnson, bat- ting for Ruffing, struck out. Two runs, three hits, one error. Seventh Inning GIANTS—With Pat Malone on the mound, Moore flied out to cen- ter. Bartell flied out to left field. ‘Terry grounded out, Malone to Gehrig. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES — Crosetti struck out for the third time in facing Schumacher. Rolfe also went down swinging. DiMaggio got his first hit of the day. Gehrig is walked. Dickey, hitless in three tries, foul- ed out to Mancuso, No runs, one hit, no errors. Eighth Inning GIANTS—Ott flied out to cen- ter. Ripple walked. Mancuso hit into a double play, short to second to first, retiring the side. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES—Selkirk, with a per- fect batting average in the game. fouled to spoil his record. Powell struck out. Lazzeri grounded out. No runs, no hits, no errors. Ninth Inning GIANTS—wWhitehead flied out. Jackson bunted unsuccessfully and was thrown out, pitcher to first. Schumacher was called out on strikes. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES—Malone singled in- to left field. Grosetti forced Ma- lone at second, Terry to Bartell. Rolfe forces Crosetti at second. Di- 22 and December 21 (Sagittarius). January 20 and February 19 (Aquarius), March 21—April 19 (Aries). The OPAL will bring all Libra wealth. Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. SS. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on and Wednesday: at 238 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Tharsdaye Leaves West and Tharsdags 8239 A pe Key ‘Mondays Leaves Key West Tuesdays and Fridays § P. M. for Port Tampa, Fla. For Further information and rates cal Phese 14 2. & COSTAR, Age Coca-Cola; Sanitary Department; Administration. Cates, ‘McCarthy, Molina, Higgs. Runs batted in—Fauth 4, Ace- vedo,: Sterling, Cates, Gerbus 3 jeach, Albury, Christie, Bowen 2 |Maggio walked. Gehrig grounded pout, Whitehead to Terry. No runs, one hit, no errors. YOUR DESTINY BY LE MARS Another club has been promised jeach, Kerr, Griffin, Dommenick. by E. Higgs, better known as “Two-by-Four”. He claims he ‘has ® a strong line-up. Today’s Horosco ABANDON MANAGER PLAN | eeceescececsosesosoosose (By Associated Press) Today’s native is apt to be friv- ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 5.—jolous. There is pienty of ability, Five citi e town and one vil-ja sympathetic nature and a lot of lage in the ‘United States aban-jassurance; but the mind is inclin- doned the 4%eity manager” plan of/ed to be light, careless and rath- Tenth Inning GIANTS—Moore made a ground rule double. Bartell sacrificed Moore to third. Terry, who had failed to hit in the game, flied out to center, and Moore came in One run, one hit, no errors. YANKEES—Dickey hit a hot grounder at Terry which was scor- ed as a hit. Selkirk fouled out. Seeds running for Dickey. Powell A 1936 Reading to The Cities Readers by Special Ae for = Limited Time only TEN CENTS Coie and Dr. Peyton Rous of the Rocke-} government from 1931 to 1935,!er improvident; forgetful of past jflied out to left. Mancuso throws feller Institute for Medcial Re-jwhile 48 voted to continue it, ac-j¢xperience end careless of the fu-|out Seeds at second base for the search, New York, born at Balti-|cording.to »)more, 57 years ago, ture. Early training will be large- mad the ich ae ly responsible for the result, University*of Mi nm third out. - No runs, one hit, no errors, _