The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1936, Page 3

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1936. The Wrong Murderer SYNOPSIS: Inspector Kennedy suspects Terence Mahony of know- ing more about the Little murder than he should, and he also sus- pects Ruth Fraser of guilty knowl- edge. But he is agreeing with Ter- ence that Terence and Ruth may have two hours start of the police, for Mahony has a plan to catch the man he knows did the murder— Ambrose Lawson. And although Lawson is ostensibly a most up- right gentleman, even Kennedy is gurious about certaie things he joes. Chapter 40 LAWSON CALLS oA right,” Kennedy said brisk. ly. hours’ start after you leave this of- fice. Then if you're arrested, that will be your look-out. You'll simply be charged and brought up for trial in the ordinary way; any evidence that I shall give will necessarily be against you. Does that suit you?” “That suits me,” hony. answered Ma- “I see your idea all right,” went on the Inspector. “But I'm not cer- tain that it’s a good one. Obviously, with a hue and ery out after you, you hope to lull Lawson into a false sense of security. Well, suppose he does feel secure, and just sits tight | and does nothing. What then?” ernernsinm: “I'll give you a couple of} By HUGH CLEVELY vinced that Mahony was a murderer made him take a far more optimis- tic view of the situation. ! His appointment was in an upper room in a house in Bayswater, and the people he had to meet were half a dozen men who had been working for him for the last year. Now they all knew that, so far, he had been worsted in his fight with Mahony. As the result bis authority over them had weakened. It was his in- tention to reassert his authority and ginger them upa bit. They were sitting waiting for | him: six hard, crafty specimens of humanity. They were weighing him up, prepared to turn on him as a pack of wolves will turn on its leader when he gets old and his strength fails him, Lawson was fully aware of their attitude, and had his own plans for dealing with them. He entered the | room nonchalantly, glanced with @ cool, haughty indifference rouné | the circle of faces turned towards | him, and took his place casually in a seat at the head of the table round which the men were sitting. Hie manner when he spoke was cold, precise, and dignified. “I want to talk to you men,” he | said. “I’ve called you here because | you're all important members of my | organization, and I want to teil you “ug you’re arrested, that'll be your lookout.” “That might be a bit awkward,” admitted Mahony, “But I have an idea that he wan't sit tight and do nothing. { don’t think he’s at all anxious that Miss Fraser and I should be arrested; he has an un- easy suspicion. that we know a bit too much.” ¢ “Perhaps you're right,” agreed the Inspector. “I?ll take a chance on it, anyway. I'll do more thar that. If you like to ring me up here every morning af ten, I'll give you a hint or two what’s happening. But this is all quiteunofficial, mind. If you're arrested, you'll have to look out for yourselves.” T FOUR o'clock that afternoon the early editions of the eve- nig papers contained large head- lines, and below these headlines were descriptions of Ruth and Ma- ony, and all the information the mewspaper reporters had been able {© dig up about them. Lawson read his evening paper while seated in his car on his way to keep an appointment. He read it ‘with S80me pleasure, though the ews ntained in it was already known to him. Earlier that after- moon ht had had a talk with Inspec- for Keanedy. Duritg that talk the Inspector jhad toa him that, owing to the con- #ersation he had overheard between Manony and Elsa Little the pre ‘Vicus night, he was now fully con- vitced that Mahony had murdered ‘M‘. Little, and that he intended to 4trest him and Ruth as soon as pos- sible. “I hope you'll soon get hold of em,” said Lawson. “They're a dangerous pair to be at large, par- ticularly that man Mahony. I was! pretty sure he was a wrong ‘un the first time I met him. I wish you'd Tet me know if anything turns up. Naturally. as a friend of the Littles, T'm very interested.” “fll let you know what progress we make,” promised the Inspector. Lawson was not only pleased, but @elighted with this interview. As he sat in his car driving to his ap- pointment, he was reflecting that things were not quite so bad as he shad supposed the previous night, The fact that the police were con- Today’s Birthdays Dean Lloyd K. Garrison of the AUniversity of Minnesota Law "School, born in New York City, 39 years ago. Dr, David Snedden of Palo Al- to, Cal., Columbia University’s professor emeritus of education, born at Havilah, Cal., 68 years ago. =Dr. Willis A. Sutton of Atlan- I'm not satisfied with you. I’ve put you in the way of making a lot of money in the last year, and now you've got slack and Jazy. The re- sult is that things are going wrong. That’s got to stop at once or there’s going to be trouble.” H® PAUSED. His opening had taken them by surprise, Be- fore they had recovered he went on. “Before we go any further, 1 want you to understand this: I’m your boss. If I fail, you all fail. I'll tell you why. You all know my name, but you know practically nothing about me. On the other hand, I've got written evidence that would send half of you to prison for at least seven years, and would hang the other half of you. If anything’ happens to me, or if my organiza- tion breaks up, the police will get that evidence. “This news may be a shock to some of you, but Carford will know that it’s true. He’s seen the evi- dence, Ask him.” He made a gesture towards one of the men; the man nodded. “He's got it all in a big book,” he said. “I’ve seen it.” Lawson smiled. He enjoyed the effect which his announcement had created. “I've told you that just to show you that, so far as you're concerned, there's no question of any of you getting out from under. Now I'll tell you something else. The man who has been causing most of the trouble is Terence Mahony. He’s on the run now; the police are after him for murder. “In the circumstances, if any- thing happens to him, if he gets his throat cut or is found with a knife between his ribs, there aren’t likely to be many awkward enquiries. I tell you plainly, 1 don’t want the police to get Mahony.” There was a murmur of voices round the table. But one voice was raised slightly above the rest. “That sound all right.” it said. “But how are we to get hold of this feller Mahony? He won't be walk- ing about advertising himself.” (Copyright, 1986, Hugh Clevely) Tomorrow, Lawson offers a re- ward for Terence’s death. 1 j ta, Ga., superintendent of schools there, born at Dansburg, Ga., 57 years ago. | | George N. Peek of Moline, Il, manufacturer, former New Deal- er, born at Polo, Ill., 63 years ago. | Fred M. Dearing, U. S. Minis- ter to Peru, born at Columbia, :Mo., 57 years ago. | es Hiram Bingham of Conn., ex- senator, born in Honolulu, 61 years ago, = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPORTS BY JOVE THE LURE OF THE TROPICS Editor The Citizen: | Whatever it is that drives bit- ter men into the tropics, as if in- {to the arms of a sympathetic mother: Whatever the lure is, BROKE THREE-WAY TIE IN SOCIAL LEAGUE; LOSERS NOW OCCUPANTS OF CEL. LAR Sanitary Department defeated Administration yesterday after- noon, 6 to 3, on the Bayview Park diamondball fie'd. By virtue of the victory. the Healthers broke a three-way tie in first place. They have now won two contest and lost one. Coca-Cola, the team that was idle, is in second place. ers dropped into the cellar with two losses and one victory. For four innings, the Sanitary boys and Office players battled, with honors about even. -Each team had scored two runs, the for- mer team in the second inning and | ‘the latter nine one each in the third and fourth frames, Came the fifth canto and the thers went to work. Before their half of that stanza ‘ended three runners crossed the plate on three hits, a walk and an error. ,. There was no more scoring un- til the last canto when each team put over one run. Battery for the victors was Ward and Hopkins, and for the losers, Walker and Goss. Leading hitters for Sanitary De- {partment were Molina. with a two- bagger and a single, and Lopez, Carzba'lo, Garcia and Johnson, with a single each. For Adminis- tration, M. Arias knocked out two singles in four tries; J. Roberts, Kennedy, J. Walker, Griffin and W. Arias each secured one hit, Score by innings: R. H. E. Sanitary Department— 020 030 1-6 5 2 Administration— 001 1001-3 7 2 the Social League and went into} The los- | SANITARY BOYS GO INTO FIRST PLACE |ADMINISTRATION BY WHIPPING OFFICE OUTFIT, 6 70 3 CHESS RECORD SAM HARRIS TELLS HIS SIDE OF STORY RELATIVE 10 MATCHES According to Sav Harr's, Nes- tor Recio was slightly damp in the account of the chess match he gave The Citizen yesterday. The match did not start Monday night | but, instead, Saturday night, when six games were played, five of |which Harris says he won. The standing at present is: Recio, four games; Harris, eight games. “That is.an exceptionally good percentage for Nestor in our | matches,” Harris said, “which was | due more to horseplay than chess- jplay on my part. The last time Nestor and,I played a match of {25 games, Nestor won one, one |was a draw and I won 23.” “How about this strategy Nes- tor talks about?” the reporter asked. “As a strategist Nestor is a good talkologist,” Harris replied. Today In History | 1794—Historie Jay Treaty be- ‘for which the American authors were vilified, concluded. 1822—John Cleves Symmes of Kentucky, gallant soldier of the War of 1812, petitioned Congress for aid in’ making voyage to the IS CLEARED. UP itween United States and England, — below Cancer, only a strong man can conquer the spell of it. A faded, oid letter tells of the strug- gle of a man who éut a faithless woman out’ of his heart and fol- ‘OUT FOR REVENGE RESULTS OF NEXT TWO CON-.|sail, Panama was about the last TESTS MAY THROW LEAGUE | Place, you would wish to cast Hier anchor in. They were building aN DEADLOCH. ONCE: MORE | the Panama Railroad when Ed- — mund Green, of Connecticut, got jthere. It cost a man’s life for taid This afternoon, Administration j will play Coca-Cola. This game} Very 700t 02 track jshould be exciting and interesting |e 10rly mues o: swamp, Cmiia- jas the Office boys wi!l be out for;m#en mosty. Waen Green arrr- revenge. They will attempt to} Vea He wasn't strong ugn to }erawl out of the cellar position.| compete witn the Spa On the other hand, the Soda Wa- ‘anu coviies, so he got out a news |ter bovs are anxious to win, also,jsheet wnat tater pvecame the ,as they wi!l then be tie with Sani-|anama Heraid. The big tary Department for first place in! blanketed the isthmus with mos- the Social League. quitoes and for weeks they hung, |. Tomorrow, Coca-Cola will cross| ike a fog, over Panama. Then jbats with the Healthers in the last! yellow iever came, just as it once !game of the week. came to Key West. There wasn’t | Should Administration win any serum in those days before Nagouch’s time. Green lay through long days in a smali room, watching the lizawds play and the across supers rains to- |day and Coca-Cola tomorrow, the three teams wi!] again be tied in ja knot, each having won two mt ‘lost two, i his head, Then he got soit and wrote a letter to the woman ip |New York: “Sometimes I look up and think that it is snowing } 1863—President Lincoln’s im-jand that I am in New England. jmortal address at Gettysburg—!The rattling of the palms is like |‘“‘Fourscore and seven years ago| the creaking of the sleds in the jour fathers brought forth on this| frost as they came home over the jcontinent a new nation. . .” |snow. How good snow is! The eee jdark woods, deep in snow and 1869 — Empire-holding Hud-| silence at sunset, as we used to |son’s Bay Company transferred; say, ‘a red sunset, colder tomor- \its territorial rights to the Domin-| row.’ But I know that two visions ion of Canada. ji shall never see again, you my {dear, and the soft, falling snow.” temper-|- . . 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