The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1936, Page 3

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1936. The Wrong Murderer By HUGH CLEVELY SYNOPSIS: Terence Mahony has been given two hours start of the police by Inspector Kennedy. Either Terence gets the evidence to con- vict Ambrose Lawson of the mur. der of Vincent Little. or he and Ruth Fraser stand trial for that deed Lawson sees a good oppor- tunity to do away with Mahony without too much excitement. and is instructing the leaders of his band of crooks about the means of doing it. Chapter 41 ELSA’S NEW IDEA op ecoan is hiding bim,” sald Lawson. “It shouldn’t be dit- ficult to find vut where. Bassett doesn’t amount to much. I can sug- gest a couple of easy ways of find- ing out where Mahony is. Either send some of your men to pretend to join Bassett’s crowd, and pass on @ny information they can get hold of, or capture one of Bassett’s men and knock hell out of him till he tells you where Mahony is. Now get on with it. As an encouragement to you to put your backs into it, I’m offer- ing a thousand pounds for the proofs of Mahony’s death.” He rose from his seat, nodded curt- ly to the men sitting round the table, and left the room, satisfied with the impression he had created. He re-entered his waiting car and drove back to his house. There he was told that Elsa Little wished to gee him. She was waiting for him in his study. and her face looked pale and worried. He smiled at her. >, “It’s nice of you to come and see me,” he said. “Inspector Kennedy Id me about your interview with jahony last night. That was a clever idea, and it seems to have had the desired effect. It can only be a matter of days, or even hours, be- fore the police catch him.” “Yes, I know,” said Elsa rather faintly. “That—that’s what I’ve come to see you about. You see I don’t want them to catch him.” “You don't want them to catch him?” echoed Lawson in a voice of genuine astonishment. “But . . why, what’s happened. Only yester- day you were dead keen on bringing him to book for your uncle’s mur- der.” “Yes, I... 1 know,” said Elsa. “I thought he had killed my uncle then. I don’t think so now.” “I’m afraid I don’t understand at all.” he said. “It’s rather difficult to explain,” answered Elsa. “I know I laid a trap for him last night, and he fell into it—in a way. That talk Terence Ma- hony had with me last night has convinced Inspector Kennedy that jhe killed my uncle. But it has con- vinced me that he didn’t kill him.” “Isn't that enough for you?” asked Lawson. HE shook her head. “No. You see, | was in the room with him, watching his face. notic- ing his expression. I'd never had the chance of really talking to him before. ['m cbrtain he was telling the truth when he said he didn't} kill my uncle.” “I see,” said Lawson. He walked to and fro for a few seconds, frowning thoughtfully, This change of mind on Elsa’s part was quite unexpected. But he could not see that it mattered much. “I don’t see that you can do very much about it.” he stated. “I must do something about it; I can't let them hang him,” said Elsa ‘passionately. She hesitated. “I was wondering if I couldn't shelp him to get out of the country for a time—to go somewhere where the English law can’t touch him,” She went on. “Then, while he was “away, I could get private detectives @nd people to work to prove him in- pocent.” = Lawson was on the point of telling der that her idea was quite imprac- ticable, but suddenly checked him- self. The glimmerings of an” idea had suddenly occurred to hit. “I don’t care how much I spend,” went on Elsa. “Surely there could ‘be some way of arranging it?” ¢ “It might be possible,” admitted {Lawson cautiously. “But it would be very difficult. To start with. how would you get into touch with Ma- ony?” “I don’t know,” said Elsa in a hopeless tone. “That's the trouble. I poet see how I can get into touch ‘with him.” “Personally, it has never occurred to me to doubt Mahony’s guilt,” he ‘stated. “But then, if he’s innocent, I ‘don’t want him to hang.” I He shrugged his shoulders slight- ly and smiled. Anniversaries 1752—Thomas Chatterton, the English youth who astounded the ; world by offering some fine poems as unearthed from an old chest but which were his, born. Poison- ed himselg at 18, Aug. 25, 1770.! 1829—Charles G. Halpine (“Miles O'Reilly”), noted journal- ist and poet of Civil War days, born in Ireland. Died in New York, Aug. 3, 1868. 1841—Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Can- “In any case, if you believe he’s innocent, and it will make you un- happy if he’s hanged, I’m willing to ! do my best to help him.” he con- tinued. “Let’s consider how you can set about it.” “To begin with, we’ve got to get into touch with him. That man Bas- sett will most likely know where he is. The best thing you can do is to meeting with Mahony.” “And what shall 1 say to Bassett?" asked Elsa. “Shall 1 just tell him 2 want to help Mr. Mahony to get abroad?” “I don’t think I should do that,” answered Lawson. He paused again. ‘This: needed thinking out very “As 1 say, 1 don’t like but from what I’ve seen of the fel- low, I don’t think he’d consent to go abroad,” he went on slowly. “He’s a fighter, and, whatever the conse- quences, he’s the sort of man to oy here and fight things out to the end.” “Then what am I to do?” asked | Elsa hopelessly. ! “The only way will be to take things into your own hands and send him whether he wants to go‘or not,” | answered Lawson. “In other words, Shanghai him. Stick him on board a ship with instructions to the cap- tain not to let him go till he’s well out of harm’s way. I think I can help you in that.” 5 on board*a ship?” asked Elsa in a horrified tone. “Exactly,” said Lawson. treacherous,” objected Elsa in a pro- testing tone. “I don’t think I should trap once; I hate the idea of doing it again.” “I know exactly how you feel about it,” said Lawson sympathetically. “It may not seem very nice to trick him into meeting you again and then have him kidnapped and hidden out of the way. but, for his own sake, it’s the greatest service you could possibly render him.” His voice was very persuasive, and there seemed to be good sense in his arguments. “I suppose you're right,” admitted Elsa hesitatingly. “Of course I'm right,” replied Lawson. “You get in touch with Bassett and let me know what hap- arrangements.” “Very well,” agreed Elsa. “I'll do that.” Elsa’s interview with Bassett was arranged with an ease that surprised her. The interview took place in the small front sitting-room of a house in Brixton. Acting on her in- structions from Lawson, Elsa would tell Bassett nothing except that she had a communication of the greatest importance to make to Mahony. “What's it about?” asked Bassett. “I can’t tell anybody except him.” answered Elsa. “I must see him my- self. If I can’t see him 1 shan’t tell anyone what I have to say.” She looked at Bassett defiantly. She hated the thought that Ma- hony was banding himself with people like the man in front of her. message to him—tell him that | want to see him,” she went on urgently. How much do you want?” Fatty Bassett did not answer for a@ moment. He merely looked at her. Then he spoke. “I'm a crook,” he said. “I make my livin’ dishonestly. I expect you know that, don’t yer?” Elsa hesitated for a moment. She was not sure how to answer. And Bassett’s cold, unwinking glance, fixed on her face, made her feel a trifle uncomfortable. “Well ... I suspected you were,” she answered rather weakly. “An’ now I'm tellin’ you I am,” went on Bassett. “An’ now you know you've come to the right person, don’t you? Because when one of you Society people wants something dirty done, they always pay a crook to do it for them.” Elsa flushed indignantly. “But I don’t want anything dirty done,” shé burst out. “How dare you suggest such a thing. My only rea- son for wanting to get into touch with Mr. Mahony is to help him.” Bassett went on staring at her with shrewd, hard eyes. He did not want the same thing to happen as when Mahony had last met her. “Of course, money is money,” he went on in a business-like tone. (Copyright, 1936, Hugh Clevely) Bassett capitulate’, tomorrow. adian statesman, born. . Died 7, 1919, | i | 1855—Josiah Royce, University of California_and then’ Hagvard’s famed philosopher, Among* our country’s greatest, born at Grass Valley, Gal. Died Sept. 14, 1916. 1874—Alma W. Powell, singer, ; Brooklyn, N. Y., music school thead, born at Elgin, Ill. Died {March 11, 1930. 1889—Brian Oswa'd Donn- Byrne, noted Irish novelist-writ- er, born in New York. Died in auto accident, in Ireland, June 18, 1928. see Bassett and try to arrange aj OU mean kidnap him and put. “But ... that would be rather care to do that. I’ve led him into a ! pens, and I'll make all the other ! “All I'm asking you is to give my j “I'll pay you for doing it if you like. | T KEY WEST CITIZEN | GREAT DISASTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE FALL OF 1928 A FIERCE = PUERTO BRING- ING DEATH AND INJURY 10 THOUSANDS. FLORIDA, DROWNING HUNDREDS 2S I THE WATERS OF LAKE ACRES. ff BY JOVE SPORT DOINGS AROUND THE GOLF LINKS (By GRAVY) _ Well, it seems that Nassau golf-; Kemp to sink for a par 5 and ers may be good at catching grunts! points and dinner and _refresh- jand crawfish but as for getting | skins and about 90| to the green and down into the : = | |hole in the shortest number of golf | Other things—but did you ever see {strokes, the palm must go to Key Willie miss one of the putts? He} {West Conchs and not to the real! did not and that is why Eddie was | |variety. For in this connection not at work this morning. {let it be known that the Key West} |team, led by Capt. Li Plummer,! was able to subdue the Nassau va-; riety, led by Capt. Atwood Sands, by the neat score of 9 to 3. And so the losers must get set to feed the winners tonight and it is con ments and i] Capt. Old Bye Duke of Rock Sound had Handsome Horace O’Bryant fdf'z partner but even; beauty and royalty could not scare ; Cookie Mesa and Earl Julian be-! cause those two gentlemen smell- | fidently expected that a couple of ‘ed free food and away they went; ; {guys w'll indulge in fried chickeniso quick in fact that the total lon account of they were on the! course had been played and they winning side. But read velow and: were home in bed by 6 o’clock—| |see if your friend was a winner. |a feat to be accomplished only by} = lour genial Postmaster when he was! In the first match away, Mr.;in his prime days of golf playing ; Plummer, who also leads thejand not sitting watching a chess} psuedo ‘y of Conch, had Otto’ board. But-Sam always was a! Kirehheiner for a partner and'slow mover anyhow so chess_ is; {since they were winners last time, what he likes. However, the Nas-: they knew that they were going to; sau boys d'd not have a look-in on; jbeat Willie Watkins and Melvin!the score which ended 3-0 for | + Russe"l with esse. But alas and: Cookie and Earl. } alack, those gentlemen had other} | ideas. Although William lost his} The last‘crowd to start was al jnew ball, he nevertheless was able! five-some but *hat did net worry {to take am old one and still beat'anyone. Sinee they were the re- !Mr. Plemmer, while that gentle-}sults of broken matches, it turned | man c’aimed that Otto lost the out that Charlie Ketchum andj { Li match and-Otto said it was Melvin! Samuella Weather Goldsmith had that won it, so you must euess the!to fight against Bob Spottswood,|! results. However, the Nascau team| Bascom Greoms and Charles How-! -0, which was their only vic-jard of the Adonis physique, but: all that ‘did nét worry Charlie and: }Sam who were able to win easily} The next team of Doe Willie!from the opposition by a score of| Penababe Kemp and Del Woods!3-0. Most of that was caused by} ‘against Hurricane Eddie Strunk; Bob Spottswood being unable to! and* Charlie Salas resulted in the knock the ‘ball exactly where he best match of the day. It seems was looking on account of Charlie | j that when the last hole began, Ketchum kept up such a line of/ ! Willie and Thicket Woods were chatter about certain people get- ione point down and it looked like ting old and not admitting same. | ja cooked goose again for Brother ete. However, all reported | | Woods but be mot discouraged,!good time. Mr. Lou's Pierce,; gentle reader. Of course it look-; who was a late airival, had to; ‘ed worse when Del got that nine; play alone on account of a ! ‘on the hole bet Pole Climbing : body had started to play but Mr, |Charlie Salas got it into his head; Pierce had as much fun as any-| |that he was on the job and pro-| body—says he likes to win from; jceeded to go into the tall woods:a good loser and lose to a good} (not Del) and before Strunk knew | winner but he has not yet figured what was what, Charlie had alsc|out how he lost a dollar to him-| made a nine. In the interim, Mr.|self and is therefore taking = Strunk was able to get a six which} day off to see if quadratics and left a 12-foot »utt for Willie}calculus will explain same. | ‘ADMINISTRATION BLANKED BY SODA | - WATER NINE BY LARGE SCORE, 12 TO 0 VICTORY PUTS OFFICE Sel etas found that the Beverage boys IN TIE FOR FIRST PLACE! had scored eight runs on six hits, jaided by three errors. In the third WITH SANITARY DEPART- canto, they added one more and MENT three others in the fourth. Hancock, double twist pitcher ; : jfor the victors, had his twisters Coca-Cola overwhelmingly de- | working right and held the opposi- jfeated Administration yesterday !tion to just two hits and no runs. jafternoon at Bayview Park by the} Yeading batters for Coca-Cola one-sided, shutout score of 12 to! ,ore C. Sands, with a perfect day * ghee at bat—two ‘for two; Gabby Vil- Hoo rine Yesterday's games| tareal, three out of four; Hancock, the Soda Water boys are now tied) two out of;three, and Do Do Vil-} for first place with Sanitary De- |partment in the second-half race| jnistrati M. Arias of the Social Diamondball League. | _F°r Administration, M. Arias |The Office boys’ position in the |and Billy —=- sipsgesaote; cellar is thereby better “forti/the only two hits made off Han- fied.” jcock’s deli y, each knocking out Coca-Cola got to Administra-|~ singlé. tion’s speed-ball pitcher, Gene! = =. Roberts, in the second inning and| Score heeienings: speeded his slants all over the} Administration— field. When the dust had clear- _ 000 000 0 0 2 4 ‘ed away from the home plate, it Coca-Cola 81 300 x—12 13 1 lareal, two: gut of four. R. H. E. LEAGUE LEADERS 0 MEET TODAY : } This afternoon Sanitary De-} !partment and Coca-Cola, the two! a minor, and Paul Moyer Carlton, teams that are now tied for first | place in the Social League, wiil/ cross bats. Each club will f:ghti hard for victory and the contest] should be a “humdinger.” Sterling, manager of the Soda Water boys, and Caraballo, boss of the Healthers, claim that after the game is over they wi!] have undisputed possession of the top position. Who is wrong? 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To Don B. Reshore, Louis T. Re- shore and to all other persons in- terested. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the Estate of Frank H. Reshore, de- ceased, will on the 30th day of No- vember, 1936, apply to the County: Judge for an order authorizing the administrator to compromise the claim which the administrator has against Victor M. Thompson in the sum of Three Hundred Dollars prin- cipal and One “Hundred Eighty, Eight Dollars interest which is se- cured by mortgage on Lot 11, Biock 18 in Tract 17, according to the diagram of the Key West _Invest- ment Company of Part of Tract 17, recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 82. Monroe County, Florida records, for the sum of One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars and the cost of these proceedings. Said application will be based on petition setting forth details of the’ Ppropesed compromise . and settle- ment which is now on file with the County Judge. Key West, Florida, October 29, 1936, WILLIAM V. ALBURY, Administrator of the Estate of Prank H, Reshore, oct30; nov6-13-20-27 j Freeland, as Trustees, ‘dents of THOUSANDS OF LEGALS | LEGALS LEGALS IN THE COURT oF T ELEVENTH CIAL CER’ IN AND FOR MO} FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY. No. 6-497 BEN G. KENDALL, cIRCUIT Tv. Plaintiff, xs. CORETTA S. CARLTON, a wi- dow, et Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION It appearing by sworn bill of} complaint filed herein that the; Plaintiff is entitled to an Order of} Publication, | IT IS ORDERED, that the de-} fendants, Coretta S. Carlton, a wi- dow, individually and as Adminis. tratrix Cum Testamento Annexo of | the Estate of M.S. Carlton, de-j ceased, Coretta S. Carlton, as Guar-| dian of the person and estate of! Clarence Frederick Carlton, a} minor, and Paul Moyer Carlton, aj minor, Clarence Frederick Carlton, a minor, residents of the City of! Watertown, State of New York, Fred Carlton, as Guardian of the} person and estate of Ruth Alice/ Carlton, a minor, Ruth Alice Carl ton, a minor, residents of Poultney, Rutland County, State of Vermont, Claude L. Freeland and Gertrude Freeland, hi dents of Bristow, Oklahoma, A. C. Preston and Dora M. Preston, his wife, Sarah Ress Oliphant and if married Oliphant, her husband, whose resi- dences ‘are unknown, James C./ Boyle and Alice R. Boyle, his wife, residents of 227 West ‘McMeckin| Avenue, Cincinnati, State of Ohio, Long Beach Company of Indfana, an Indiana corporation, with its principal place of business located! y, State of Indiana, | and if married, Mrs. Roy M. ney, his wife, and! Margaret L. Updike and if married, . her husband, residents of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, LeRoy Propeck | and if ‘married, Mrs. LeRoy Pro-! peck, whose residence is Route , Denison, State of Texas, . Marion and Florence Marion, his wife, residents of Shippens Point, State of Connecti-j cut, D. A. McDougal and Claude L. D. A. Me- resident of 1028 Con- Washing- Hattie C. 4, Dougal ‘individually, 514 LaSalle Apartments, hecticut Avenue, N. W., ton, District of Columbia, Wise, a widow, and Earle C. Wise and if married. Mrs. Earle C. Wise. his wife, residents of Watertown, State of New York, Minnie C.-Nor- ris, a widow, resident’ of Brockton, | State of Massachusetts, W!'S. Mur- chison and if married, Mrs. W. 5. Murchison, his wife, residents of | Raleigh, State,of North Carolina, ; David Kelly, a widower, resident ow, Creek County, Okla- W. Groom and if’ married | W. Groom, -his wife, resi Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma, and the residences of; the following named defendants are unknown: Hazel M. Mitchell and if} her husband. if Mrs. Louis T. Crosby, Harry B. Dav nd Mrs. Harry B. Kempton, individually tee, and if married, . Kempton, his wife, R. L. Barksdal and if married, Mrs. B dale, his wife, A. B. Janes / married, Mrs. A. B. Janes, his wife, Ester Forgerty and C. S. Forgerty, her husband, Myron D. Randolph and if married, Mrs. Myron D. Ran-! dolph, his wife, Kelly if married, Mrs. Kelly and if any of the dead, all persons claiming an interest under i such deceased person or persons, or otherwise, and all unknown per- sons having or claiming an interest ME each of them OE COUNTY, | consecutive weeks Citiz ! culation published in Momroe ( 2S TRE CERCErT cocerT oF SLevENTH stwersat come IX 5B Fem Sexes com yrs Flem=pa. o% (HascEEs ‘oo This order sha vee a week for m The Kes Newspaper of genera published ty, Florida DONE day ND GRDEREI this 128 Clerk of the IRA C. HAY« Miami, Florida Attorney for D. A. MeDOUGAL L. FREELAND. East! Boston, Massachu and Development ida corpo Florida i G@rtrude Freeland { Bristew Freeland and his wife, residents ek County, Oklahem imm and Harriet K unknows resident « Boston M. Smit is as Trustee ton Street Marguerite + husban eva marricé_. rs Thomas person wise, and afl inknown persons ing or claiming an imterest real property tying and the County { Florida, t of Key West, 14, 1936, to answe rad filed im said cause. ions of said Bi be taken as cot the said defen in the real property lying and be-| S* ing situate in the County of Mon- roe, State of Florida, to wit: The W% of the W% of Sec- tion 30; the W% of the NW% of Section 31; W% of the SW% of Section 19, South of Rock Road; all of Sections 6, 7, 18 and 19 North of Rock " Road: SE% of the SEX of the SEX of Section 30; N% of the NW% of the SEX of Section 30; SE% of the NE% of Section 21; E% of the SE% and the E% of the SW% of the SE% of Section 21; NE of the NE% of Sec- tion 29; S% of the SW% Section 32; W% of Sections 10 and 15, all in Township 5 South, Range 24 East: Section 5, Township 55 Range 34 East and Sections 3, 10, 15 and the W% of the W% | of Section 16, all in Township 54 South, Range 33 East, | be and each of them is hereby re- quired to appear in the above en-j titled cause at the court house in Monroe County, Florida, in the City} of Key West, on Monday, Decem ber 14, 1936, to answer the Bill Complaint filed in said cause, the allegations of said Bill Complaint will be taken as con- fessed by the said defendants and MONROE THEATER Herbert Marshall in FORGOTTEN FACES Michael] Whalen-Jean Muir in WHITE FANG Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- (Circuit € Clerk for of the © Monroe Co: By Flerenc —