The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 24, 1936, Page 3

[UESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936. The Wrong Murderer By HUGH CLEVELY SYNOPSIS: Elen Little does not + believe Terence Mahony killed her uncle Vincent. and has persuaded Ambrose Lawson to help he: kid- nap Terence before the police get him and run him out of the ¢oun- try But Lawson. the ostensibly worthy head of a vicious kidnap- ping and dope gang plans to keep the rendezvous with Elsa. kill T ence and kiduap Elsa. Now L Ramsden, who had engaged La gon to spirit away his ward. Ruth Fraser. is upbraiding Lawson be- cause so far Terence has been able to keep Lawson at bay. Chapter 44 STRUGGLE A= you threatening me?” Law- son asked in a cold, quiet tone. “Do you think that is wise? | have my own ways of dealing with people who threaten me, you know.” It was quite the wrong thing to say, and Lawson realized it almost as soon as he had spoken. He ought to have calmed Lee-Ramsden down. reassured him, and then dealt with him swiftly and unexpectedly. There was no hope of that now Lawson's tone of cool contempt had added fuel to Lee-Ramsden’s rage. destroying any hope of even a tem- porary reconciliation. The old man’s face became suffused with a flush of violent rage: that little vein. which betrayed his temper, was beating| strongly in his forehead. _ “Deal with me. will you.” he said thickly. “You'll deal with me, you hound. Fil damned soon deat with yous. % 4 His. eyes had become: slightly bloodshot; For a moment he gazed round the room wildly: as.ff seeking something. His glance encéuntered a bronze statuette standing om a small table. He sprang forward. snatched it up in bis right hand, and hurled himself at Lawson. The statuette came down in a vicious blow aimed at Lawson's head, and it was only Lawson's| swiftness which saved him. He dodged quickly, sprang out of range, and then, as the old man lumbered after him, sprang forward to meet him. snatching at the wrist of the hand that held the statuette. For a few seconds the two men struggled at close quarters, Lawson trying to push the old man over and pin him down in an arm-chair, the old man striving vainly to brain Lawson with the statuette. Actually the struggle should have been quite unequal, for Lawson was by far the younger and immeasur- ably the stronger of the two, but rage lent the old man strength, and, try as he could, Lawson could not mas- jer him. A sudden spasm of fierce im- patience seized on Lawson; he felt he must end this struggle quickly. Shifting his grip. lie released Lee- Ramsden’s wrist, clutched at the statuette, snatched it out of the old man’s hand, and brought it crashing down on his head. That ended the struggle all right. The old man’s body suddenly went limp; he staggered back a pace, and then fall crashing to the floor. Lawson, breathing heavily, was left stending.in the middle of the room. * LeeRamsden tay quite still. The flush had faded from his face, and his complexion had taken on a curious grey tinge. From the left side of his head ran a small trickle ‘of blood. + “Oh, damn!” said Lawson. He threw the statuette down, stepped quickly across the room, Poured out a glass of brandy, and bent over the old man. But one mo- ment's inspection showed him that brandy could do no good at all. Lee. Ramsden was dead. AWSON rose slowly to his feet. All his impatience and anger had left him; his. mind was cool and alert to deaJ, with this new situa‘ tion which had arisen. The chances were that his house was being watched by some of Ma- hony’s friends; Lee-Ramsden would hhave been’ seen arriving: and it would be impossible to explain Lee Ramsden’s death. Lawson frowned, and meditatively sipped from the glass of brandy ‘which he was holding in bis hand. Lee-Ramsden’s car was outside the house; his hat and overcoat were in the hall. He sipped his brandy again and nodded slightly. He knew what he was going to do. , He finished the brandy and rang the bell for the butler. The man entered and stood waiting: he be- trayed no astonishment whatever at the sight of that still body lying on the floor. ‘ve got a job for you,” said Law- son curtly. “Mr. Lee-Ramsden’s hat @nd coat are in the hall. Put them (on, and then make your way quickly Today’s Birthdays | Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, fa-| Westerville, O., temperance advo- of Santa|cate, born at Hampden, Ohio; 59 mous “glacier: priest” Clara University, Calif., born in; San Francisco, 48 years ago. | Dr. Edwin G. Conklin of Prince-{ u ity, famed professor emeritus of biology. born at Wal- so, Ohio, 73 years ago. | U. S. Senator Alben W. Bark-} ley of Kentucky, born in Graves Co., Ky., 59 years ago. { | Frederick H. Prince of Boston, out to his car and drive away. If anybody’s watching, I want them to think it’s Lee-Ramsden driving away. “Go on driving about until you're quite certain you're not being fol- lowed, and then abandon the car in a quiet place, and bring the hat and overcoat back here in a parcel.” “Very good, sir,” replied the man, and left the room. That was that, thought Lawson; if Lee-Ramsden had been seen enter- ing his house, he would also be seen | driving away from it. So far as the body was concerned, that could re- main in the house for the time being till a convenient opportunity oc- curred to dispose of it. In a corner of the room stood a big cupboard containing unimport- ant books and papers. Lawson cleared them out, piled them in an- other corner of the room, thrust the body into the cupboard and locked | the cupboard door. | Rpaedld BASSETT was very wor- ried. Things were happening which he did not understand in the slightest. He sat frowning, staring at the fire-place, and occasionally drinking beer from a large tankard. Barney Flynn, who was with him. noticed his preoccupied air. “What's the trouble with you. this evening. Fatty?” he inquired. Fatty shook his head. Ordinarily he was not a communicative person. but on this occasion he felt the need to confide in somecne. “It's the guv’ner.” he answered. “TI's thinkin’ he’s gone orf ‘is rocker. But you know wot ‘e's like; it's no fuse arguin’ with ‘im.” “And what's he after doin’ now?” ‘asked the Irishman. “‘E’s made an appointment to meet Miss Little in a lonely "house in Clapham in an hour's time. 'E told me ‘isself ’e reckerned there was a trap in it—that that Bloke Lawson was layin’ for ‘im with some dirty scheme. An’ ’e’s gorn off on ‘is own, and when I asks wot | was to do abart guardin’ ‘im, or setting an ambush to catch Mr. Ruddy Law- son, ‘e says. ‘do nothin.’” “What's that yere sayin’? You mean he’s gone off to that house where he expects to find a trap, an’ there’s nobody from our side’ gone with him at all?” “That's what | mean,” answered Fatty grimly. “I tried to talk it out of ‘im, but ‘e wouldn't listen. Don’t worry about me. Fatty, ‘e says, | know wot I’m up to, an’ orf ‘e went.” “And you let him go like that, all by himself?” said a voice just behind them. Ruth Fraser had just entered the room and was standing. pale and in- dignant, looking at the two men. “You-let Terence go off by him- self, knowing he was going into a trap?” she repeated. Fatty had an uncomfortable air. He fidgeted uneasily in his seat. “There was no stoppin’ ‘im,” he protested. “’E told me perticularly ‘e did'nt want any of my blokes mixed up in this, an’ ’e didn’t want to be follered. | tried to argue with ‘im, but it was no good.” “Tell me exactly what happened— the whole story,” said Ruth im- periously. Fatty hesitated. He looked more uncomfortable than ever. It seemed that he did not know what to say. “Well, Miss ... it’s a bit awkward like, because 'e perticularly told me l wasn’t to say nothing abart it to you.” he blurted out. “Oh, did he,” said Ruth. “Then you can just forget that. You've al- ready told me something about it, and you're going to tell me the rest. He's gone to meet Elsa Little, I think 1 heard you say.” Her expression was set and de termined; it was evident that she meant to learn all Fatty knew. Had stie been a man, Fatty would have had no hesitation in telling her to go straight to hell. But he was unaccustomed to deal- ing with young society women; he did not know how to begin to argue with her. Also, in a way, he sym- pathised with her. He did not ap- prove of Mahony chancing his life in order to see a beautiful young film star who was probably setting a trap for him. £ Not that he disliked Elsa; he had admired her immensely in “The St- lent Stranger.” But he disapproved of Mahony getting mixed up with film actresses when he could have areal woman for the asking. “Orl right.” he said in a resigned tone. “But there'll be ‘ell to pay when ‘e finds out I've told yer. This was ‘ow it was.” (Copyright. 1936. Bugh Clevely) Tomorrow, for beseart th etcltee toi ptan financier, born at Winchester, Mass., 77 years ago. Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington years ago, Gov.-elect Charles F. Hurley of} Mass., born at Cambridge, Mass. 43 years ago. Rear Admiral Edward C. Kall- |fus. president of the Naval War Mauch Chunk,; College, born at Pa., 59 years ago. OFFICE NINE NOSED! CLOSE GAME, 4 10 3 {BOTH TEAMS ALLOWED BUT THREE HITS AND EACH; CLUB COMMITTED TWO ER. RORS In a hard fought game, Admin-} istration nosed out Sanitary De- | partment yesteiday afternoon at; | Bayview Park by the close score of 4 to 3. > The victors took the lead in the very first inning when they scored itwo runs on two hits and a base on balls. The Hezlthers, however, | knotted the count*in the third) stanza, scoring the same amount} of runs in the same manner as the Office nine in the first canto. | jIn the fourth, ‘the losers went| | ahead as one run crossed the plate Jon a walk and two erzors. The !Office nine came back in their |half of the fifth to mark up two l,uns and put the game on ice. The tallies were scored on two walks, jone error and a safe hit. | J. Walker, twitler for the vic tors, and “Cigarette Willie” Gates} for the losers, pitched good ball. each being nipped for three safe- ties. E. Roberts, who relieved J. Walker in the fourth, did some nice relief work. , With the score 3 to 2 in favor of the Healthers and two men on bases and two down, he retired the next batter. and held them szoreless and hitless during the balance of the game. M. Arias, J. Roberts and Grif- jfin each collected one safety for the victors, and Acevedo was ered- ited with two hits and Garcia with one for the losers. Score by innings: Administration— 200 020 0—4 3 Sanitary Department— 002 100 0—3 3 Batteries: J. Walker, E. Rob- erts and J. Roberts; Cates and Hopkins, R. H. E. 2 INTER-CLASS CAGE TOURNAMENT TO OPEN UP TONIGHT 12A FIVE WILL TACKLE 11A QUINTET IN OPENING CON- TEST IN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Annual inter-class _ basketball tournament of the Key West High School will be opened this eve- ning with a game between Class 12A and Ciass 11A, in the school t gymnasium. Under the coaching of Coach P. D, Huddleston, both teams have been practicing consistently for this event which opens the reg- ular season of play. Those who have been watching the practices and are intimate with the finer points of the game and have studied the strategy of play feel confident that, as members of both teams are in excellent con- dition, the contest will be keen and the teams will furnish an ex- citing exhibition, COCA-COLA PLAYS ADMINISTRATION This afternoon, Coca-Cola will play Administration at Bayview Park. Should the Office nine win they will replace the Beverage boys in second place. Should Coca- Cola win they will be tie for first place with Sanitary Department. Tomorrow afternoon, the Soda Water outfit will cross bats with the Healthers. This game also will have important bearing on the league standing. If Administra- tion should win today’s game and Coca-Cola tomorrow’s contest, the three teams will be tie for first place, each winning three and los- jing three. Should the Beverage {club come out victorious today, they will battle Sanitary tomo lrow for top honors. STANDING OF of ' sO Loo Team— w. | Sanitary Department 3 "| Coca-Cola y..-;........- 2 {Administration .......... 2 L. Pet. 2 .600 2 500 3 .400! | x | TOUCHED OFF WITH KISS | LOS ANGELES.—“And to my divorced wife I leave a kiss,” con-! (OUT HEALTHERS IN ' would be ¢lpser.” Hi | Joseph me defendant in )aim well and hit t | matters; are jtest hypocrisy | and can tel’ the \any enterprise Born busy ané j their own affairs + fimish one. th think of thimg: erdmary mers § py never dream 1 New York debut of the 1937 Ford V-8 in the Hotel” Astor ballroom was witnessed by nearly twice 2s many persons as attended the’New York introduction of the Ford a year ago. All-time attendance records for the show were broken. A portion of the crowd at this year’s exhibit is seen in the upper illustration. 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It James Shelby Thomas, president: : Clarkson College of Technology: | “The machine has in every re-| spect been a fairy godmother to) the toiler.””, : CLASS Kettering, industrial Charles F. engineer: “Some failures are to success—be careful throwing them away.” Charles H. . Vontagen, secretary, Pennsylvania Grocers: — housewife won’t walk out of an up-fo-date kitchen and buy thresholds about and investigato organization. necessary. sential. Jacob Maged, tailor, violating the NRA: “I trust that a new NRA will Sizoo, “Protestants should occasion “Franklin has always I think very well’ bile operation is a serious offense ham University: | “Pacificism is to the true lover} of peace what prohibition is to! | COLUMN C0ceescocencrzecee HELP WANTED MAN—To become lower right picture a lecturer is shown describing the newly-introduced 60-horsepower V-8 engine, built to give maximum economy. 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