The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1936, Page 3

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1986. The Wrong Murderer By HUGH CLEVELY SYNOPSIS: Terence Mahony has rescued Bisa Little, the cine from a gang of ki a fancy dress bali. | ome. and while he is placing her on a couch in her home her uncle is murdered. Terence seed ouly the back of the assailant ag h escapes. Terence also realizes tha he is in a dangerous ition ; when he sees that the police are at the door he makes a sudden plan, And then Ambrose Lawson. who really killed Little, drives up to the curb. Chapter Eight KENNEDY ARRIVES AHONY went through the front doorway with a rush, and put all his force into a right-hand punch that fairly lifted the unsuspecting policeman off the door-step and knocked him out flat on the pave ment. While the policeman was still fall- ing, he lashed out again with bis left in a punch that sent Lawson stag- gering, and followed it up with an- other right that put Lawson out for the count beside the ecoliceman. He sprang quickly across the pave- ment, stepped into the car which he had taken from the kidnappers, and drove off. He had little fear of imme- diate pursuit, for he knew that nei- ther the policeman nor Lawson would be in any condition to follow him for several seconds, and by that tinie he would be well out of sight. After Mahony’s sudden exit, Elsa stated for a moment at the doorway through which he had gone. rhen sh¢ ran out after him. Her idea was not to pursue him, but to get help. She heard the smack, smack of his punches as he knocked out the po- liceman and Lawson, and reached the front door just in time to see his car disappear down the street. Two inanimate figures were lying on the pavement; by the light of a nearby street lamp she recognized one of them as Lawson. The sight terrified her, halting her abruptly in the doorway; she thought the two men were dead. Then she conquered her terror and went forward quickly, and bent over Lawson. He stirred, onened his eyes, and muttered a word which cannot be printed. Then he slowly raised himself on one elbow. “What the—" he began. “Mr. Lawson! Mr. Lawson!” inter. rupted Elsa. She shook his shoulder slightly. Lawson blinked. But his brain was clearing now, and he recollected all that had happened. He had a part to play. and he played it. “Bisa... 1 he exefaimed in a tone’ of the utmost astonishnient. “Who was that fellow? How song have you been here? When did you get home?" But’ Elsa in no state of mind to answer questions at that moment She gripped his sleeve and tugged at it, trying to induce tum to rise. “My uncle—please cme quickly— he’s been murdered. he gasped “What's that? Your uncle mur dered!” exclaimed Lawson in a star. tled tone. At this moment the policeman stirred and began to sit up. Lawson took charge of the situation. He helped the policeman to his feet. To gether they followed Elsa back into the house. Lawson™was kind and efficient. He took Elsa to the kitchen and insisted on making coffee for her, while the policeman dealt with the murder. The policeman did nut waste time looking for clues or asking ques tions. When he was sure that Mr. Little was dead, he simply iocked the room in which the murder had been committed and telephoned to his superiors. Twenty minutes later another car drove up to the house containing two detectives, a camera-man, and a‘ police doctor. The leader of the detectives introduced himself a3 In- spector Kennedy of Scotland Yard. E was obviously one of the new. public-school type of detectives In appearance he was a tall, lean man of thirty-four or tive, dressed by a good tailor. His features were regular and good-looking, his dark eyes were a little sleepy, his hands were well cared for. There was nothing rusque or bul- lying in his methods; his manner was civil and his voice well modu lated. There was about him rather the appearance of an army man on leave. That appearance did not alto gether belie him. Before joining the police he had for three years held a short service commission in the R. A. F. He seemed to know exactly what to do. The study was examined, photo graphs were taken. and the doctor made his examination of the tody *| Today In History} Serveccccccssccccncesese'| 1792—Cornerstone of White | House, then known as the Presi-/ dent’s House, laid. Plans those of | James Hoban, Irish-born architect | and builder, whose winning plans in competition was awarded prize of lot and $500 cash. 1812—U. S. sloop-of-war Wasp, 450-tons, left Philadelphia to lie in wait for British merchant ships Then Inspector Kennedy began to ask questions. To begin with he obtained Law- son’s story, which, on the face of it, appeared to be quite simple and straightforward, Lawson stated that Elsa had been missed from the Al- bert Hall when the film stars were due to be introduced; that he had made inquiries for her and learnt that she had last been seen being carried toward the docr by a party of black monks; that he had rung up Mr, Little, and that Mr. Little had announced his intention of calling in the police. He had then driven to Mr. Little's house in his car, and had seen @ constable on the door-step, He had been about to join the constable, when he door had suddenly opened and a man dressed jn monk's cos- tume had emerged and attacked him, Taken by surprise, he had been knocked out before he had time to defend himself, He had recovered consciousness to find Elsa bending over him. He and the constable and Elsa had entered the house, ana be had seen Mr. Little's body. lying on the floor of the study. with a knife near it, That wag all be knew. The -Inspector’s assistant took down this story in a note-book. The Inspector turned to Elsa. "I'd like to have your story vow. Migs Little,” he said, Bisa was looking pate and ill. The shock of her uncle’s death, on top of the effects of the drug which bad been given to her at the Albert Hall, | had left her dazed and hardly able te boncentrate. The contrast between hep gay Queen of Hearts costume bt le face and sad eyes made her if extremely helpless and pathet- ic, Inapector Kennedy felt very sorry ! for her, But he had his duty to do, “I'm afraid 1 can’t tell you much,” she answered. “A lot of monks start- ed dancing round me at the Albert Hall: One of them picked me up, and then something pricked my arm and 1 lost consciousness. When | came ; to | was lying on a sofa in here, and @ man dressed as a monk was stand- ing by the window. Then the door- bel} rang. and | turned my head and ++ and'saw Uncle Vincent.” HE blinked. A tear trickled slowly down her nose and dropped down on to the front of her dress. Crying did not make her look ugly; it only made her look helpless and child- like. Inspector Kennedy felt very sorry for her indeed “And then, Miss Little?” he asked sympathetically. "I—1 think 1 was going to scream, but the monk caught hold of my wrists and shook me and said: ‘You are hot to,” or something like that. 1 said, ‘You've killed him. and he said, ‘No, 1 haven't.’ Then he picked up the knife and wiped it, and ran out of the room. | ran out of the rogm too, to try to get heip for my uncle, and saw Mr. Lawson and the Policeman lying on the pavement.” “I suppose you've no tdea who this monk was?" asked the Inspector She hesitated, putting her hand | to her head as if it pained her. “No. At least... no 1 don't know who he was. But somehow his voice did seem a bit familiar,” she answered. “Oh! You knew the man’s voice vaguely, but can’t give a name to him,” said the Inspector shrewdly. “That seems to suggest that it was somebody you've met but don’t know very well. Think hard. Miss Little. Try to remember. Whose voice was itr” There was a long pause. Elsa sat im a rather buddled position staring at nothing. Occasionally a tear ran down her face atid trickled on to her dress. She did not want to think. | She wanted to ¢ry. She could ima- gine no greater luaury than simply being alone and erying to her heart's content. é She wished these people Wouldn't make her think. Perhaps if sy@ could thik of the man’s name quickly they would leave her alone. One after | another the names of men she knew | passed through her mind, but that voice did not seem to fit any of them. “Think of all the men you know whose names begin with A. Then think of all those beginning with B, and so on through the alphabet,” suggested the Inspector. Again there was a pause. Adam- son, Arlington, Ainsworth, Barring- ton, Barton, Borisoff—a host of names passed one after the other through Elsa's mind. Every now and | then. in the midst of the G’s or J’ she would think of another C or E. it was amazing the number of peo- ple she knew. Lawson, Lavertree, Lee-Ramsden, Lessing . . . Mackin- tosh, Maddershaw ... Her expression changed suddenly. (Copyright. 1936. Hugh Clevely) Mahony hi tomorrow, an im. portant inspi jon, —engaged British brig Frolic and took her in battle which heartened ger British ships and taken. 1866—Great fire in Quebec. 1915—-49 killed and more than 100 wounded in Zeppelin raid on London, 1927—President Coolidge speech at Pittsburgh America’s men of wealth devote eracy and development of arts. Doings Around The Golf Links (By GRAVY) e The esteemed president of the golf club has had his thinking cap on for the past couple of weeks trying to dope out whom he will appoint as captain of each team. Many suggestions have been of- fered, but, my gentle gazelle, you never had any dealings with our esteemed, president unless it was to buy a stamp or maybe mail a package, You. see he always has to remove that cigar before he can think plain and in the mean- time Old Bye or maybe Milton Sawyer has sold you the stamp COLLEGE NOTES By MARY SULLIVAN (Specia to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Oct, 13.—At the traditional investiture cere- mony held’last Thursday night, 244 seniors at the Florida State College for Women were given the right to’ wear caps and gowns, a formal symbol of their rank. To the tune of “Pomp and Cir- cumstance”, the seniors, accom- ,panied by their sophomore sisters, entered the auditorium and march: ed up to the stage, where Presi- dent Conradi took the mortar boards from the sophomores and placed them on the heads of the and Pious Bill is still shuffling his stamps. Of course he doesn’t act that way to all people. . .some he likes to detain for questioning about how the bridges are pro- :gressing or how is his uncle’s bald head doing. However, he has promised to make providing we have a “norther” which depends upon the weather man who in turn depends upon the golf club president who in turn depends upon. . .oh, where is this leading us to? course on a Sunday. . .or a Thurs- the Duke has a ready answer. Grandpa Bob Stowers reports that the bridges will be built short- ly. In this connection it is well to notify your relatives and friends (prospective visitors) that your old grandmother fell down the steps and you will be unable to see them even if they come to ask the name of a good, cheap hotel. You try giving the name. . they won’t be in such good hearing or- der, Mr. Berlin Sawyer has not yet gotten his vocal organs thorough- ly working due to the long period of silence (3 hours) that he had to undergo while listening to oth- er people gab. Last Sunday Mr. Otto Kirch heiner had his old friend Pious Bill Watkins as a partner and as usual he let Mr. Watkins down. . « so Willie claims.although Otto had- 44 strokes and Willie had 45. In the meantime Mr. Li Plummer, with 42-46, and Mr. Russell Kerr, ; With 44-41, had won the game by 5 up. This due partly to the fact | that Mr. Plummer thought before putting while Mr. Kirchheiner did not have Cookie Mesa along to lend 75¢ balls which Mr. Otto could knock into the tall heather ; Without fear or favor and without ‘ooking for same, too! Mr. Georgie Liera, after a long jvacetion, defeated Mr, V. Vinson ‘and Mr. Hartley Albury with equal jease and equanimity and now Mr. | Sawyer is go‘ng to ask George | what is equanimity. { i She four-horsemen have now, ; had another colt added and there- fore cannot make the total layout, on account of not enough hours: between breakfast and dinner. And in order that all would be fair, skins were evenly divided ex- {cept Cedar Bird Melvin Russell ; who thoroughly enjoyed the past- | time even if he was the loser. It {seems that Doc Willie Penababe {Kemp led the procession on the i first round with 41, followed by | Hurricane Eddie with 42, closely followed hy Johnny Jumrin Kir- ; Schenbaum and Charlie’ Salas with seniors. Miss Elizabeth Ayala of Key West was among the students in- vested. The character and talents of ithose born between ‘ SEPTEMBER 22 TO H OCTOBER 21 | PaGe THRE> 'CHINA’S ROYAL GEMS [*= = 2922 eee S- Seniep Y¥. = abegee w tare paced (By Asseciated Preas) the waluates wor met -wre PEIPING, Oct. 13—Chimese | authorities still looking fer J0 E A L L E \ 1720—Ferdinand Farmer, Jesu-j : of Anniversaries o are it missionary of Pennsylvania and |} Pet Ch New York, a beloved civic work- | Palace } er, born in Germany. Died Aug. charged wit 17. 1786, jand preciou , $1, LIBRA men are ambitious, and) jin youth have to make their own |way.sin the world. Make splendid stock brokers and financiers; en-} thusiastic, and reverses produce no‘ j effect; quick at recovering lost !ground. They are fascinating,) {and always on the qui vive for’ new objects of attraction. Re- ; Verse are the Libra women, who jare careless about money matters, | jand dislike the financial part. of; jany transaction. Libra people have a keen sense of justice. | They are liberal to a fault, and born at Stafford, N. Y 1754—Mary Ludwig Hays Mc Cauley, the Revolutionary heroim jbetter known as “Molly Pitcher,” born near Trenton, N. J. Died | there, Jan. 22, 1832. 1769—Horace H. Hayden, the Baltimore dentist-geologist, who ‘did much to make dentistry an or- ganized profession, born at Wind-| jsor, Conn. Died Jan. 26.1844. | 1826—Lafayette C. Baker, itin-| erant mechanic, Union spy, Civil War U. S. Secret Service Chief, Died in The social committee is spon- wil) give away more than half! Philadelphia, July 3, 1868. soring weekly informal teas to be the selection | he!d in the dormitories. In order to | 3 | ibefore the last of the week and give the students an opportunity | eturn. The women are very SeN- | tress, born. Died Feb, 12, 1929. {so the regular dinner match will}¢, become better acquainted with sitive to harmony and inharmony, j be held next week, providing our|one another. They are encouraged ‘and can tell the moment they en-/ genial Postmaster plays which is}, invite faculty members to at-'ter a house the conditions prevail-' for almost 50 years Columbia Uni- Are very kind and, tend the affairs. | they possess and never expect any | ing therein. javerse to cruelty. Are neat. 1852—Lity Langtry, English ac 1862—Richard J. H. Gottheil. ; versity’s noted professor of Sem- | itic languages. born in England Horse back riding and fencing ,When angry, which is seldom, they Died May 22, 1936. classes have taken a prominent. place in the extra-cuzricula activi- ties for the year. The ‘leave nothing unsaid. One born; ‘under Libra should never unite! 1872—Louise Ciosser Hale, au- ‘ding class,|with one born between February; thor and actress, born in Chicago. which consists of eight lessons a|19 and March 21 (Pisces) or Aug-| Died July 26, 1933. Somebody. wants to know why] quarter, has, to date, an enroll- | ust 22 and Septemper 23 (Virgo) ; Old Bye is not seen on the golf}ment of forty members. Interest unite with those born November in fencing has increased to such day, either, for that matter. But]an extent that the class has been} January 20 and February divided into two sections. This sport, popular in many colleges, has been among the extra-curri- cula activities for several years. Many leading athletic directors and trainers recommend it as one of the most beneficial known today. Enrolled as students this year are 108 girls from other colleges. The institutions from which the “transfers” came are located with- in an area extending from the At- lantic coast on the east to Antonio, Texas, in the west and{ from Val'ey City, North Dakota, in the north to Miami in the south. Beginning in November with the Gordon String Quartet, this year’s artist series, as announced by Ella Opperman, Dean of the sports: San | 22 and December 21 (Sagittarius), 19} (Aquarius), March 21—April 19} | (Aries). The OPAL will bring all; Libra wealth. { } ‘School of Music, will include a} Russian cellist, a Metropolatin 1 soprano and possibly a pianist. an: 1 \ ; organist and a reader. 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