The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1936, Page 3

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 Mahony of Am- 8 Irishman aceuses Terence 1 bring an equally mysterious Mr. vn they fight, and the police come. escape to- r to a den run by Fatty Bas- And now it appears that Law- 1 put up the frighman to fight nce. aud expected to have 1 both arrested—a trick which + Bassett’s gang doesn't ap- Chapter 24 TURNING TABLES big Irishman took a pace for- ward. His battered features were ted in an ugly scowl. “So it was you, Mister, that sent low down to that house to he said to Lake. “An’ it was ir pal Scrubby Redman that gave ne tip that if | wint to that house find Mr. Brown there, and ad- ed me I might have difficulty in "me money and maybe I'd have to batter it out av ‘im with me two ""“fists. An’ it was somebody known to you, maybe, who tipped the police off they'd find me in that house to- t by y n Vd v gi There was another short silence after this acctisafion? "Phen “Mifgon againg*### of Well, | what if it was?” he de manded defiantly. ‘ He turned.to the fatt masz “You'd better get rid o out of this place as quic can,” he went on. “If the Big Boss vants them out of the way it’s not your business to shelter them.” Barney made a slight movement, as if to hurl himself at the speaker, but Mahony suddenly gripped his arm, restraining him. For a couple of seconds no one spoke; no one seemed to know what to say. The fat aan fidgeted uncomfortably. “I don’t like it,” he said. “I dunno “3 I'm very particular, an’ if the ig Boss wants a couple of blokes socked off it’s not my place to in- rfere, but when it comes to squeal- ; on ‘em to <he cops...” He looked round at the faces of the cer men in the room. The little, bwlegged mangpdded. v dirty game,” “Squealin’ sated. “aeeQuarrelling with the Big Bo; og mugs gag” Sputy in “ha sharply. “You know what happens to people who quarrel with him.” “He gets someone to squeal on them ‘and the police arrest them,” said Mahony sarcastically. Lake made an angry gesture. In his anger he said quite the wrong thing. “Are you going on sheltering these two? Do you want the police to come and find them here in your Flace?” he said roughly. “Because if you do, the Big Boss will willingly arrange to have them , 1936. By HUGH CLEVELY have taken It on a: all. What with burglar alarms and electric wires, ‘tis lucky 1 was to get out with me whole skin. At that I was rec- ognized; the cops was after me the very next morning.” “That was tough,” said Mahony sympathetically. “When did all this happen.” “It would be five days ago to- day,” answered Barney. “And never a sign or a smell of me fifty quid have I seen, though I wrote in and asked for it. All I got was a type- written note saying there was no money for me. Then, tonight, I got the tip that Mr. Brown would be there, and it was you.” Obviously, if Ross had been Mr. Brown, he had not been at the house when the Irishman first called for his money because he was in hos- pital. As he saw things, Mahony reckoned that Ross, desperate, had employed one of Lawson's own crooks to rob Lawson’s house and get that book. But why had he wanted the book? That book would be worth getting hold of. “And you think that Mr. Brown was annoyed with you because you failed to get the book, and so he refused to pay you and then squealed on you,” said Mahony. He shook his head. “It. wasn’t Mr. Brown who fowl on you,” he said. “It was our chief, the Big Boss himself. fe, was annoyed with you for try- ing to rob, his house, and so he mheant to, get you put away.” | “The Big Boss!” | All the men in tk3 room stared -4t him. Maliony stood there quite calm and sure of himself. “Yes, the Big Boss,” he repeated. “He and the man you call Mr. Brown had a quarrel, and Mr. Brown sent you to rob his ncuse. The Big Boss is Ambrose Lawson.” “The ‘ell ‘e is. Are your sure of that, mate?” asked the fat man in- credulously. F course I'm sure” answered Mahony. “That's why he is out to get me, because I know who he is. | figure that he had me sent to that house on a fool’s errand, and then tipped Barney off that I'd be there, and the police that Barney would be there, hoping that Barney and I would start murdering one another and the police would arrive in the middle of it. “He winted them to catch Bar ney, and find me, apparently quite at home in a room with dope and ther things in it. He's already tried to aoe a for a murder I didn’t commit. He doesn’t like people ene: . “Gawd!” “exclaimed one of the men in a frightened voice. “Then ‘e’ll be arter us, now we knows who ‘e is.” “He certainly will,” argreed Ma- hony cheerfully. “He'll be out to scupper the whole lot of you, ex- cept our friend Lake, who may be in his confidence. But I don't sup- pose he'll be too pleased with Lake after the mess he’s made of things this evening.” He paused. “After all, though, it won’t be like fighting against someone you tipped off that we are here,” put in Mahony. The fat man drew himself. up. Frowzy, greasy, horrible to look at as he was, there was yet a curious air of dignity about him. “I don’t want no trouble with the Big Boss, but | ain’t goin’ to put no one out to be run in by the cops, not if ‘e was me own worst enemy,” he stated. (THE other men, as Mahony coul see by their expressions, wert not all of the same opinion:;gwo off; them were evidently frightened of what the Big Boss might, do,..Be.. fore they could speak Mahony in- terposed. iat “Thanks very much; that’s decent of you.” he said to the fat: manyand then to the others: “If any of you don’t agree, you'd better keep quiet about it, because I'm sot going till it suits me.” He drew his pistol from his pocket, and-made a motion to the Irishman. “Now then, Barney, let’s hear some more about Mr. Brown,” he said. “He owes you some money, doesn’t he?” “Sure he does,” replied Barney. “I was to steal a big book from a safe in the house of a rich feller named Ambrose Lawson. | got me directions from Redman, who got them from Mr. Brown. | was to get fifty for trying the job, and a hundred and fifty if 1 brought it off.” “And did you bring it off?” asked Mahony. “Bring it off! Sure, if I'd known what like of job it was I'd niver Today’s Anniversaries Ger- Died ich Graetz, man-Jewish historian, born, Sept. 7, 1891, 1825—Raleigh E. Colston, Con- federate commander, born in France. Died at Richmond, Va., July 29, 1896, 1844—Nicholas Sonn, Milwaukee and Chicago physician- a ced don’t know and can’t get at,” he went on. “Now you know who he is you can fight back at him.” The fat man stared at Mahony. “I reckon you told us who he is, Mister, so that we should have to fight back at him whether we wanted to or not,” he remarked. “Maybe 1 did,” agreed Mahony coolly. “I’m out to fight Lawson from start to finish, and I mean to beat him; but | can do with a tew ish guys like you on my side ‘Who would you rather have as four Chief anyway. a dirty squealer ike Lawson who plots and plans in P y and lets other people do Tey ty work, or me?” Irishman. “A man that can lay we on thy flatiof me back with a blow of his fist is the chief for me, and to hell wid Lawson.” Mahony’s next move was a piece of clever bluff. He gave nobody the opportunity to argue whether he was going to be their Chief or not. He took it completely for granted, and asserted his authority straight away. “I'll lead you, and help you to fight Lawson, but | want you to under stand this—I mean to be obeyed,” he said sternly. “You fellows don't have to argue with me; you just have to do what you're told. Or else you'll strike such a heap of trouble you'll wish you were safe in jail. Is that clear?” ‘The fat man nodded. (Copyright. 1986 Hugh Clevety) Terence finds out abo i Book. Monday. aca surgeon, born in Switzerland. Died|!eague games. Jan. 2, 1908. 1852—Mary E. Wilkins Mass. Died March 13, 1930. | }novelist, born at of the Girl Scouts born. Died Jan. 17, 1927. Madison, 1911. TILATED LEAGUE'S FIRST-HA THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsocosccccccooccce DECISION ON CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOCIAL The Wrong Murderer LF DELAYED BY TIE 12NNING CAME FRIDAY; SCORE, 6 TO 6 ;Coca-Cola Put Over Run In Seventh Frame That Knotted Count; Baker) Was Leading Hitter With the championship of the Social Diamondball League's first- half at stake, Administration and Coca-Cola dramatically postponed the decisior 6 to 6 tie geme yesterday after- by playing a 12-inning noon at Bayview Park. | If the Soda Water boys had won | the contest, they would have been declared winners of this half. The contest was called on ac- count of darkness. Cheta Baker, back from a short honeymoon trip to Miami, was the leading hitter of the contest. He; slapped out three hits in five tries at the plate. J. Roberts’ secured three out of six. In the first inning, the Bever- age boys at bat, Baker singled to left. Cates singled to center and Baker went to third. Cates stole second. McCarthy walked. Baker scored on a wild pitch. On a pass- ed ball, Cates scored. In their half of the same frame, | Villareal; E. Roberts, J. Carbonell} passing the parked cars of persons Administration put over a lone tally. Lucy singled to right. M. Lopez singled to left. Soldano singled to right, scoring Lucy. Coca-Cola shoved over another run in the third canto. real walked. Baker hit to first and Goss made an error. Sterling hit to short and the ball hit the run- |ner, who automatically was out. 1Cates went out, short to first. Baker scored. The Office boys scored another in their half of the third. Lucy duplicated his act of the first in- ning by singling but to the left field this time. Lopez again sin- gled, but to the right fie'd. An odd incident-—cech, singled to the opposite garden as t! hey did in the opening frame. Solano went out, second to first. Lucy scored. In the fourth the score was tied |by Admin‘stration. M. Tynes hit jto short and Sterling makes an er- ror on the throw to first. E. Rob- erts hit to third and Cates fumbled i F, Villa-; the ball. J. Roberts singled to center, Lucy, at bat for the third ‘time with*a perfect average so jfar, flied out to center, scoring Tynes. The Soda Water boys took the lead in the sixth inning. Cates and |MeCarthy each bunted safely. Both advanced a‘base on a wi'd pitch. jLewis.singled to center ard both runaers, scored. | Administration came right back jin their half of the same stanza tand again went ahead. M. Tynes lonce:more singled to left. E. Rob- trest singled off the pitcher’s glove. J, Roberts smashed a home run to jdeep center bringing in the two runners ahead of him. The contest was again knotted in ithe seventh inning and stayed that {way until darkness halted play. F. Villareal waiked. Baker beat out an infield hit. Sterling flied out to right and Villareal scored. On three occasions, both teams ! scored in the same inning and each put over one run in different 'frames—Administration in the [fourth and Coca-Cola in the sev- enth. Leading fielders were Baker, Villareal and Sawyer for the eague-leaders, and M. Lopez, Gene ‘and J. Roberts for the cellar-oc- jcupants. Some very classy field- {ing was executed in this game. It jwas played in exactly one hour. | If needed, this contest will be Jreplayed next week. | Score by innings: Coca-Cola— 201 002 100 000—6 10 | Administration— | 101 103 000 000—6 13 4 Batteries: J. Villareal and F. R. H. E. 1 :and Goss. Monday, Sanitary Department | will play Coca-Cola, and Tuesday | will witness, Administration and Sanitary Department in action. | Standng of the league: | Club— *Coca-Cola ... 'Sanitasy Department 6 3 |*Administration 5 4 *Tie game. Pet. -780 -667 560 The ten leading hitters of the ; Social League so far are: : Player— AB R. H | Baker s 4 j Fate 8 Sterling 16 J. Garcia 14 A, Acevedo .... 8 J. Roberts . 6 15 Hernandez 3 12 Soldano ~ 11 M. Lopez — 6 11 W. Cates ......... 6 |. Ave. 500 ‘500 484 451 444 432 i | BASKETBALL MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT; FIVE TEAMS REPRESENTED PEOPLE’S FORUM COSCCOCOSCOOOOOOOOSOOOOOOOOOSOS® PARKING ON BRIDGES in close formation of a hollow Editor, The Citizen: If the regulation against park- ing on bridges is to be rigidly en- jforced against persons fishing from the bridges, why should not the law against driving over bridges over 15 miles an hour be}had been cut with machetes for rigidly enforced? the firing party to stand. The danger from fast drivingy When every man was in place, far exceeds the danger from park- a bugle sounded at headquarters. ing on the bridges. We can only Then; through the open fane sof judge of danger by results. In the Tapidly rode Gen. Maximo ten years that there has been fish-4 Gomez and staff and a bodyguard ing from the bridges there has not | ¢¢ 98 men) in ‘column. We salut- been an accident from that caus@!| eq:\with machetes; They massed on On the other hand there have bead the east, side of the square, the several and ‘some fatal accidents’ general-in-chief in advarce of h's from exceeding the 15-mile limit.| staff ‘aid guard. He sat mounte: side left open to receive the bul- lets of the firing party. On the southeast corner of the square was left open a lane, forty feet wide. In the middle of the square was Boca Chica Bridge was straighten- ‘army presented arms and remain- ed, there vere several accidents .q at attention. by cars crashing into and over the} Thus we waited. Our farses guard rails. Mr. V:rgil Lowe's! champed the bit and stamped their car crashed through the guard rail geet and the low, whispered mur- on Boca Chica Bridge and he was} moring of the men was heard. A drowned. A lady was killed by her flock of green parrots citcled the car going through the guard rail on Stock Island Bridge. Many more accidents on the bridges were the result of fast driving. It can’t be said that no one knows how fast with their discordant screeching. Then, in the distance, a clear wail of the bugle sounded the dead march and soon the small death they were driving. Res ipse loqui-! column came slowly into view. Ber-| K tur, “The thing speaks for itself.”| nudez rode at its head, mounted | iithey tae driving within | 9p his favorite buckskin mule and the speed limit they could not have! unarmed. No spurs or machete crashed through the guard rails ‘for this last ride. When the death and been precipitated into the wa-|-olumn was within 150 yards of | ter. In one of the accidents blood the jane I left the ranks and rode was splashed over the rocks, and} out to meet my old friend this could only have been caused | shook his hand (death was the by a violent impact. penalty to do this). eaping an accident, because of cars‘ were to me, “Malo tiempo Ameri- parked on the bridges, would be| ano, adios, adios Cuba mi bosh if the cars were going with-/Then he rode on. Many personal- in the 15-mile limit. It is largely ‘iy saluted him with the machete. these speedsters who are enraged) Haiting on the west side of the when they have to slow down when| square, he dismounted and, limp- : i ‘ing from his eleven wounds, ad- fishing. Their attitude is, “It is] ,anced towards the firing party. an outrage for persons to be Per-}tn front of the lone tree he caim- mitted to violate the law by park-!j, faced them. Breathless jing on bridges, thereby preventing waited, on that beautiful summer ;me from violating the speed law.” morning, as he stood, tall and I have fished from Boca Chica t0 handsome, facing his last sunrise— No-Name Key and have been sur-! the first sun to rise on free Cuba! prised.by the vast majority of cars| august 12th, 1898, the day peace that are driving from 25 to 35] was declared. miles an hour over the bridges.{- The general-in-chief, Maximo And I have seen some nasty looks Gomez, rode out in advance of his from ‘these speedsters when they|statf and swung his short Dom have to slow down to the legal rate jj.an machete high in the air, em- of speed, because of persons fish- phasizing his speech to the unfort- ing from the bridges. unate man about to die. When the There are a great many persons | general dropped the point of his who enjoy fishing from the! machete down low, the party fired. bridges; there are a great many Through the smoke we cou!d see peoylg who enjoy preventing oth- == c joyi Ive: .the tall form of Bermudez crumple rs from enjoying themselves, and) od Tall, his head resting on Mae there are a great many who want * = vit | to violate the speed law. left a zs if asleep, with a smile Many who fish from the high-{°"is face- = fi a | The trumpeters’ quick-step | way bridges have small children’ sounded, The general-in-chief and | with them who remain in the car while their parents fish. These chil-| fal “Aff nd bodyguard rode rap" | dren could not be left alone in the did every squadron follow through car if they were parked some hun-|ihe jane, until the whole army had dred yards 2way from the parents.) passed and the lane itself melted’ This c!asg of people will be denied away. There remained only the ei ee faithful servant, black Polena, in If the regulation against park- B a tears and the guard of thirty men ing on bridges is to be strictly en- square of three sides, the west) the lone tree, where the long grass | Before the Stock Island end of the| <ijently facing the lone tree. The} legions, as if to voice a protest) and) ! Bermudez’s | The talk about people barely es-/jast words during this short halt | forced, in all justice, the law against driving over 15 miles an hour should be equally strictly en- chettes, by the lone tree red berries—like drops C. GROVER FLINT. Five clubs were represented at| First Methodist will play an ex- Sure; dm wid yez.” cried the | Free- «}man, novelist, born at Randolph, 1860—Juliette G. Low, founder the meeting held last night at the Recreation Hall of the First Meth-| cdist Church to organize the Island | the for i | City Basketball League 1936-'37 season. of the! Rev. Joe Tolle, pastor Stone Church, represented First i Methodist; Joe Hale, the Park T gers; J. Richardson, the Army;) Alvin Smith, the Busy Bee entry, | Smith, Hi School varsity team. and Hasting the ' Others present were Jeff hnight,| Jr., Berl Pinder and Pedro Agui-! lar. It was decided that an advisory | board be named to take care of alt! | disputes and protests that may | arise during the course of pla: {Hastings Smith was named chair- man, Aguilar as secretary and the! manager of each club a member. | The vote of the majority wiil be; final. Mr. Aguilar was authorized to secure rule books, a score book and puschase a new official basketball. ! This ball will be used only in Hale and Pedro Aguilar were hibition game, Players’ names turned in by each manager last night were: Army—P. White, J. Wall, W. Johnson, W. Powell, Z. Garrett, J. Morris, J. Robinson, C. Colbert, Nessell and J, Richardson. Park Tigers—W. Cates, J. Hale, A. Smith, Beccaise, Anderson, Johnson and Joe Lopez. High School—Wickers, J.» V. Woodson, Domenech, Jack ‘Lopez, Saunders, G. Pinder and Solomon. Busy Bees—F. Matthews, E. Hernandez, Jack Thompson, F. Carbonell and the names of three other players will be turned in later. First Methodist—J. Pinder, B. Pinder, J. Cooper, C. Parks, M. Rosam, A. Roberts, G. Archer, Roche and one or two others. Another meeting will be held some time during the next two weeks to put the finishing touch- es on the plans, DO YOU KNOW ‘WHO! WHO IN HELL?’ ‘ PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST 4 S€HURCH WILL DISCUSS ABOVE SUBJECT < Who's’ Who -In Hell” will be forced. If the officers who watch for cars parked on the bridges will take notice of those driving over 15 miles an hour, they will find scores violating the speed law, to every one parked on the bridges. Don’t discriminate, JEFFERSON B. BROWNE. Key West, Fla., Oct. 31, 1936. 330 Duval Street, Key West, Fila., October 29, 1936. APPRECIATION OF H COURTESIES SHOWN | Editor, The Citizen: May I express through umns my very great app” for the warm hospitality your citizens accorded m visit there recently.“ It was like going into a Editor, The Citizen: py family, and I hope tha: | The younger generation of Cu-}soon have the pleasure of bans, and those who remember} with you again. }Cuba’s valiant struggle for libera-| Hoping that you will a! tion from Spain, may be interest- | for the ones who will work ed in a dramatic incident closing|poor people, and not th the war. It is appropriate at this; ones, I am time, on the eve of the veterans convention in Havana, that we should read the account of an eye- witness who was present at the execution of Gen. Roberto Ber- mudez, on August 12th, 1898, at Campamento Juan Criollo. Thus, | Grover MacDonald Allen tells the story: Just as day was breaking the reveille called us and after a hasty; breakfast we saddled and mounted and were on the march over the mountain trail. No one sang the}|> usual marching song, “Indepen-f. dencia Siempre”, that always light- ened the hearts of the soldiers of }/ Cuba. Soon we rode out onto the open plains, passing the headquar-}*, ters of the General-in-Chief, Max- DESCRIBES EXECUTION OF GENERAL BERMUDEZ ©. C. Cas President, WPA Unemplo; Association, Miami, Fia., Oct. 30, 1936. jnamed as a committee to get in}the special subject used at the!imo Gomez, in a grove of royal touch with Coach Dumont Hud- dieston of the High School club and arrange dates for each team to use the gymnasium for prac- tice. First’ Methodist (Old Church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Sad though it is there are to be some prominent Key West citizens Stone) j palms. Here, on the plains of jJuan Criollo, Bermudez was to be shot, standing and facing the fir- jing-party to die as he had lived, jbecause he was a brave, valient It was voted for the league to}listed among the “Who’s Who In} Cuban “jefe” under the immortal begin play Tuesday, November 3, Hell,” says Rev. Joe Tolle, and in America, 1867—David Graham Phillips, Ind. noted | Murdered, in New York, Jan, 24, and split the schedule into two/adds, “You would probably be sur- halves. prised ta kao who some of these Contests will be played Tuesday jare.” deh and Friday nights. Each club will meet the others three times. This gave each team 12 games in each half. Friday night the Army and Henry Hudson, English naviga- covery in 1607. He died_ four years later. tor, began his first voyage of dis- | Gen. Antonio Maceo. We march “column left y ade- lante”, and halted about seventy- five yards east of a lone tree. In this open plain of Jnan Criollo all jthe Cuban cavalry generals and “jefes” of eastern Santa Clara and western Camaguey were as- sembling, squadron after squadron, | PAGE THRE: Jecccccccecccccsccsoeeees |b oicrt: Wary Sullivan and Linton Vitte. West, was o Neff, formerly of Key of the student beos- teses at 2 Hallowe'en Gmmer planned this week at FSC W_ boner ef various members of the faculty. The dimmer was cue of & se panned during the year fer strdents and facaity by the college committee. 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