The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1936, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1986, The Wrong Murderer By HUGH CLEVELY SYNOPSIS: Terence Mahony has arranged for the police to find out @ good deal about Ambrose Law- 20n’s gang of kidnappers and dope runners : he also has captured Law- son, But Terence is mot free. of sus- [agp of having killed Vincent Lit- le, whom Lawson really killed. And he fears for the life of Ruth Fraser. his friend. So he bargains to release jwson in return for Lawson's surrendering Ruth. Ruth has arrived; Terence is speaking to her for Lawson's benefit. Chapter 39 FATTY KICKS ‘AT the devil do we care if the police are after us, so long as we're together again,” Mahony gaid. “They haven't caught us yet, and I’m going to take good care they don’t catch us.” He turned towards the little office and made a motion to Fatty Bassett. “All right, let that man go,” he said. Reluctantly Fatty cut through the cords that bound Lawson; from his expression as he did so it was easy to judge that he would rather have cut Lawson’s throat. Lawson stretch- ed his cramped limbs and rose some- what unsteadily. “Thank you,” he said. much better.” He turned to Mahony and Ruth, who had just entered the little office. “You two seem rather pleased with each other,” he observed. “Well, make the most of it while you have the chance, because I don’t think ‘your, pleasure’ will jast very long. If ‘the poficd or’t ‘get you both, I shall.” , With that Je’ turned away with ‘the intention of walking out. But he had onfy takén.a step when a heavy handfelf om his shoulder; he felt himself twisted round to stare into the red, enraged features of Fatty ‘Bassétt. & “‘Arf a mo’, mister Big Boss,” he “gaid thickly. “You fancy yer chance *like ell, don’t yer? You reckon you're ithe great big noise ’oo gives the , orders wot other people obey. Maybe *there was something in that a fort- @Might ago. But that’s all finished ow. Your number’s up, see? An’ now ‘op it, an’ take that for a keepsake.” With that he gave Lawson a shove forward towards the office door, and at the same time thrust out his large right foot in a hearty kick. Lawson shot through the office door as if pro- Spelled from a large catapult, pitched forward on his hands and knees, and rolled over twice on the te garage floor. Then, his face con- “That's rted with rage and pain, he rose lowly to his feet. “I'11—I'll have you killed for this!” gasped. © “We've ‘eard that sort of yarn be- e an’ it don’t cut no ice with us all,” said Fatty Bassett jeeringly. “'Op it now, before I kick you ‘“Geally ‘ard.” '@ Lawson withdrew, with what dig- ity he could muster. Ruth and Bas- tt and Mahony were left in the Office. Bassett sat down on the edge of the table, dangling his legs. He had recovered his temper and was look- ing cheerful now. “I reckon we handed Lawson a good old jolt tonight,” he remarked. “I don’t mind tellin’ you I’ve ’ad one or two anxious moments today. Some of my blokes was a bit windy about buckin’ up against the Big Boss. Now they know ’e can be knocked about an’ kidnapped, just like anybody else, (they won't be scared of ’im no more.” “And his own people won’t be so convinced that he can’t be beaten, and they may start getting a bit windy in their turn,” added Mahony. f E turned to Ruth. “What happened to you, Ruth?” he asked. je Ruth’s story was brief. She had Bone to the house in the St. John’s (Wood Road, and had found the two ‘men Mahony had left there tied up @n the floor. Rashlyj withput bother- ing to ask questions, She had cut Mheir bonds. » One of them had recognized her, ‘and they had repai@‘ier for the good jturn she had done them by tying her up and leaving her while they fetched ja car to take her away. She did not know where they had taken her. ‘After being imprisoned for some ours, she had been thrust into a ‘car and brought to the garage. That as all she knew. i “What's going to happen next?” she asked when she had finished her story. “What do you think I ought ito do?” “I hardly know,” admitted Ma- jhony. “You see, Inspector Kennedy jenly let me go tonight on condition ‘that I reported to him at Scotland Yard at ten in the morning and told him if I had any news of you.” YOUR DESTINY By LE MARS evcenccccscccesocooecece The character and talents of those born between OCTOBER 22 TO NO- VEMBER 20 SCARPIO.—It endows the sub- jects born during this period with a mind, at the same time shrewd, fickle, capricious, dreamy _poet- ical and often religiously inclined; they have a strong will power, are -Sheadfast and persevering. The “temper is fiery and easily arous- “Wot’s that?” exclaimed Fatty Bassett. “You've got to go to the Yard in the mornin’ and tell em wot you know abart Miss Fraser? ’Ave you got to take ’er with you.” “The Inspector didn’t say I had to,” answered Mahony. “Right,” said Basset promptly. “If you don’t know where she is, you can’t tell ‘im, can yer?” He turned to Ruth. “You trust yerself to me, Missie. I'll hide yer away so that the cops will never find yer.” Ruth shook her head. “Thank you very much, but I'll stay with Terrence,” she said. “If Inspector Kennedy hadn't let him go tonight, he wouldn’t have been able to rescue me; I’m grateful for that. I don’t want the Inspector te think that Terence and I have cheat- ed him after he did us a good turn.” “I shan’t actually take you with me to Scotland Yard, Ruth,” put in Mahony. “But if the Inspector wants to know where you are, I shall have to tell him.” She smiled at him. “T’ll do exactly what you tell me to,” she said. Fatty Bassett shrugged his large shoulders. “Of course, if you blinkin’ well insist on givin’ yerselves up to the cops, there’s nobody can stop yer,” he remarked gloomily. Mahony lit a cigaret thoughtfully. “No,” he answered. “But things may not turn out so badly as you seem to think they will. Kennedy is clever, and a pretty decent chap too, and I’ve got a proposition to put to him that may make things a good deal better for us. Anyway, it’s no good arguing about it now. We'll have to see what happens at ten to- morrow.” M AHONY was still in disguise {| t when he presented himself at ; Scotland Yard. Inspector Kennedy looked tired, as if he had spent a sleepless night. { “So you've turned up,” he re- marked. “You've got a nerve. That was a hell of a show you pulled off at the Golden Centipede Club last night.” “The Golden Centipede Club?” echoed Mahony innocently, if he had never heard of the place. “Why, what happened there?” The Inspector smiled with an air } of grim satisfaction. { “You know damned well what hap- { pened there,” he replied. “And in- ( cidentally that club will not be open- ¢ ing again. We found evidence on the ( premises that it was one of the prin- cipal dope distributing centres of London, and we've made six arrests.” “Good,” said Mahony. “Did you find any evidence against our friend Lawson?” “Still harping on Lawson, eh,” commented the Inspector. “No, we didn’t find any evidence against him. So far as we're concerned, we haven’t any evidence, except your word, that Lawson is not an entirely blameless citizen. What’s happened to Miss Fraser? Any news of her?” “Yes,” answered Mahony. “I sup- pose you’d like me to tell you where she is?” “I certainly should; I’m very anx- ious to get hold of that young wom- an,” said the Inspector. “She won't tell you anything you want to know if you get hold of her,” said Mahony coolly. “And if you ar- rest me I shan’t tell you anything you want to know either. So that won't do you an awful.lot of good. Listen; are you willing to take a sporting chance, Inspector?” “What is the chance?” asked the Inspector. “This,” answered Mahony. “I’ve come here according to our bargain, and I'm willing to tell you where Miss Fraser is, and you can arrest the two of us if you like. We'll be safe in prison, and nobody will be able to get at us, and you won't be any nearer to finding the head of the dope and kidnapping ring, the man you're after. “What I want you to do is not to arrest either of us at present. Give | us a couple of hours to make our- selves scarce, and then set all the Policemen in the country looking for us. Then, if you catch us—we'll tell you all we know. And if you don’t catch us, and we shall do our best to see that you don’t—you'll stand a good chance of catching somebody else—the man you really | want.” Inspector Kennedy considered for a few moments. His keen, clever | face was very thoughtful. Then he | nodded slightly. | (Copyright, 1936, Hugh Clevely) —_| ! Lawson keeps a dangerous ren- dezvous. tomorrow. ed, somewhat rough and even vio- lent, but never unkindly so; slow to move to anger, but never to for- give; they keep a deep feeling of resentment. They are, skillful and patient in all kinds of ‘work, are! fond of covntry pleasures and, withal, a thirst for honors. .. For- tune will come to them late in life, many will be their friends; they will aiso nave enemies among their! daily associates, both social and in business. 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S en & Qe eee WANTED TO BUY . i money for the army—a complcat ed scheme which proved a fadure 1@ mules wade POSTAGE TIONS. | 316, Key West THREE TEAMS NOW IN FIRST PLACE TIE WAS FIRST MEETING OF RIV- ALS IN’ SECOND-HALF OF} SOCIAL LEAGUE; SCORE: 8) TO6 if One game was the cause of League into a three-way tie for first place in the second-half race| | Sanitary Department, the team} that won the first-half flag from. just underway. | straight games| fell i boys | i Coca-Cola in two during the play-off series, victim to the Soda Water yesterday afternoon at Bayview Park. This was the first meeting of the eterna! rivals in this half. With two straight defeats stil) fresh in their minds, the Beverage aggregation trounced upon the Healthers with a vengeance in the! first inning of the game yester- day and scored three runs after; the Sanitary players had put over two in the opening half of the! initial frame. With this slim lead, Coca-Cola players never faltered and when the dust of battle had cleared away, it was found that the final score was 8 to 6. The losers made a bid for the game in the last canto but the rally was snapped when they had scored three runs, Each of the three teams have! now won a contest and lost one.} Do Do Vil!areal hit a home run| for the victors and also a single. Sterling connected for a triple. Molina, Hernendez, Caraballo,} Garcia and Lopez each’ secured! two hits for the Healthers. Score by innings: R. H. E. Sanitary Department— 200 010 3—6 13 Coca-Cola— 301 022 x—8 8 GIVE PAIRINGS FOR DINNER MATCH PLAY, KEY WEST CONCHS TO PLAY REAL (NASSAU) CONCHS; | LOSERS WILL TREAT win-| NING PLAYERS (By GRAVY) The pairings for the golf may to be held tomorrow when the! Key West Conchs will meet the | Real (Nassau) Conchs in a game; that will be zenlete with thrills is given below. 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