The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1937, Page 4

PAGE FOUR POSSE SSSSOLSS SS OOHOOS OO OOSSODOOHOOODOS > OOCOOOOEOO SOO OOO OT OSOOOOHOOSOSOOOOO OOOO OO OSSHIOOOSTOSSOOOES GOOD PROGRESS THE DARK SHIPS By Hulbert Footner --- POOODOOOOOSSO OOH OOOCOCOOESOOELESEDSOOSOOHOOOOOOPOSGCCORSESECESSESER00: SYNUPS1IS: When flashy Pres- cott Fanning abducts Janet from, Baltimore on his yacht, she gets word to Neill, a young. federal agent who loves her. Dashing to Absalom’s Harbor, he boards the yacht and finds, in a locked cabin, Fanning shot dead and Janet ina faint, a gun beside her. Neill hides her nearby in a disused liner, then joins Mark Bonniger, keen lacal investigator, to keep tab on developments. Returning from a trip to the liner, Neill is seized, bound and blindfolded by a tough who wants Fanning’s “stuff.” Queer little Eyster, who hated Fanning, helps Neill escape. Next day Kettering, a Baltimore law- wer, has.a word with Neill, Chapter 24,,:5;, In The Clothes Cupboard 7. ANE mews in the case?” Ketter- ing asked. ’s broken,” said Neill. Kettering lowered his voice. “Is ‘al government interested setae ine gueston, with e question with a melicious smile that made Neill uneasy. He regretted that Ketter- pep been told who he was. “Oh. ” he said aay. “Why?” fp your being here.” it was an accident.” le coincidence. Don’t work too hard on the case.” “I don’t pet you,” said Neill. “Don’t you agree that it would be-heiaes 1 this ugly mystery was nent d eat pos oi," said Neill. Te smiled, “Well, iy Say a word to the wise j le went into thi store, feill in a state of inw: ion. Kettering’s words ha‘ a threat. What was Ket g's interest { in the matter? How much did he know? Were the Rationing: connected with the events of the night before? He was still looking for the ‘answers when howd hed came up. Ther pow to the Nadi, tak- tetera ars ining ie yacht cht that might arise, Walter, was a blond, characterless young man, still eed pices st de his experi- ences of the hours. He one arette after an- VE GY = zach ey found ‘orsy the. r was ee with ns while Bonniger and wen the xoveds sag genie ad sw: them on the previous di Practise evel teiag” movable le a lor sou- venirs. Me ey on the door of the | h after cabin which had been partly | li wrenched off whee i door was ow was now missi consitct do hey expec me to re 4 a lonniger. ped in the goorsey ie Searel e little cabin foot be by "foot. It was a luxuri- wih apa pair of twin under the pow and a capeeks ous, cl no Pies easy on. At the Lg ae of the beds an ugly brown sta ad @ried on the ru; Neill’s eyes lew to the door of $e clothes cupboard to the left of nb ey The sight of it stirred up paint feelings in him,,He would Kile liked of 10 belleve eh the wal ler tt Fanning locked himselt in that closet, but the story was,too far-fetched. Building Up Theortes GER said: “All agree that Fanning was found }: yin his back with his feet to th e door and his head near the foot of the bed on the left as you look in. That's where the blood stain is. He must have been moved the instant he fell, because there's no bieod ba re else in the room." il was not inclined to help Bonniger out in‘his reasoning. know he was moved," Lon- niger went on, “beczuse a man shot in the back naturally falls on his face, esvecially if he's leaning forward. The bullet entered the base of Panning’s skull, came out of his forehead and then struck the drawer unde: the port seat locker. It was almost spent and has left only a slight dent in the wood. Its course indicates that Reaping was bending far over he was shot. [f the easy chair ‘was where thoy say it wa: bending over that chair, Bonniger sh ook his t y theory 1 wy ‘adic- tion. The most natura! ex) ation fis that Faning broke in the door with the intention of attacking the girl. But if he had such an aim, i yen her a key to lock “Perhaps fh had no such inten- tion in the heeianing. suggested Neill. “Perhaps he n't expect to be repulsed, and when he was re pulsed he went cr: “That's a po: broken in violently Neill shrugged his shoulders. He went to the door of the clothes closet and tried it. It was locked. | “We to have a look in here, S32. ask Walter where the key is”. yea be sail He spoke to the steward from the companionway. “Where is the ; key to the clothes closet in the after cabin?” “Isn't it in the door?” returned | Walter. “Tf it was, I wouldn't be asking you for it.” “It has always been in the door.” “Was it in the door when you discovered the body? “TI couldn't tell you that, sir, 1 didn’t notice such things.” =o, there any duplicate keys?” { “There’s a pane of keys in the panty Pil fetch them.” returned to Bonniger with the keys. After several, he was able to unlock the door and ae it . The closet was emp- “Have tlass?™ he ask It was fanded over. “What's in your mind?” “Nothing as yet. But it seems funny that any! ly should make away with the key,” Before using: the Blass, Neill or aa on @ little bright object lying on the red re e closet. Sonos at this!” he - it was a tiny Es ne piece of nickel that had been broken off another turned it over on you know whatit is?” “Sure. It’s for cleaning out the bowl of a pipe. It’s part of a little combination gadget that is to smokers.” Neill had dropped to his | knees and was searching the floor ! of the closet through the glass... “Look!” he said, Beep over the ‘glass, “Crumbs of bread and shreds of (seomeal ookad, pe ed. “What do you me sea of atte asked. - th crumb) some 0: e prot and some of the tobacco be. tween thumb and finger. “The bread is at ,, but not completely wmhe ee is fairly It cannot ave lying in more than two days. Within e past 48 Se some Tap pe pas concealed in this while he ¥ he ya abut ere fhe at heats some bread e Ailed his i. “He count abe his pipe pine he was “He Rid a light it, but a doa Bac ental techs tocet ta a nary sao’ ill was picking up shreds of , examining them under he lass and ge Bera ‘He smoked a mixture con‘ ining is hand. you 7 igs magnifying | j { 1 1 j | | ed perique, burley and per- | aps expensive mixture. “Well, I'm xe are said Bon- niger. “This poke @ new complex- ion on the case!” “Are you telling me?” cried Pasa He was so happy he could by lay his part. Bret had not im. It was not she who had hot Pastis “They’re Both Guilty? QQONNIGER argued quite differ- ently. “Now we know where e man came f1 ” he said. “She got en her!” “Sure! ‘it's 's as rs ~ a ceeesiae n | No wonder she Sob, bak board wih. ol ween th “For his money and valuables. We don’t know what has been taken.... The girl peso! Focning nies her eabin, and ‘oy she was eeping +o ey" er con- federate i shot him. . corge ; mee whieh of ‘ier two shot him. i. h gui Neill rubbed -his dip. ‘This was ridiculous, but dt was dangerous too. According to his premises, n | Bonniger’s reasoning was perfect- ly correct. Janet was innocent, but every hour that passed ened the case against her. It wou! fl be fatal to come out into the open NOL he could produce the real iM Neill said dryly: “If you are right, how ebout the door?” “Oh, when they went out they would lock the doar and then break it in to make it appear as if Fanning had asked for what he got. After they had broken in the loor they would put the key on the inside.” Tt was an ingenious explanation though Bron’, false. Neill thought: God, as long as I live I will never convict a man on cir- cumstantia! evidence! He said: “Well, anyhow, our job is to catch the man.” “And the girl,” added eg sx. w atixiety seized Neill If +o popular opinion { aid ran hii against the missin, girl. So far, public opinion ha been indulgent towards her be- cause it was believed that she had been lured aboard the yacht But if people thought that she had plot- ted with another man to bri about Fanning’s death, every would be raised against her. The thought suddenly leaped into Neill's mind: Eyster? Se who it was! It is exuetly Se crazy sort of thing he would dof These were the “arrangements” he alked about. He was_ always vatching and following Fant other tobaccos, it would bean | a and It: ' door was lock | and SYNOPSIS: Alducted from Baltimore on Prescott Fanning’s yacht, Janet gats word to Neill, a young federal agent who loves her. He dashes to Absalom’s Har- bor, boards the yacht and finds, in a locked cabin, Fanning shot dead and Janet in a faint, a gun beside her. Neill hides her nearby in a disused liner, then joins Mark Bonniger, keen local in- vestigator, to keep tab on devel- opments. Despite Janet's dis- avowal, Neill thinks she shot Fan- ning until he finds proof a man was hiding in a closet on the yacht. Then he suspects queer lit- tle Eyster, who hated Fanning. Also in the picture are Kettering, @ Baltimore lawyer down to fish,. and a huge tough who aires rbeen : trailing Neill. S Chapter 25 Sly Little Eyster they went ashore, Neill, moving through the crowd, never ceased looking for a pan six feet tall ig considerably more than aye unds. Sits would be a pons: fellow, and he had an impediment a cous him to errata note mee he he: him spe would Lobe nice ‘The day’s mail had just been dis- tributed and everybody was im- mersed in the newspapers. The many columns on tod yapat mur- der” and the spread of photo- graphs gave ine vil rs the pleasant asant feeling of having become famous jase to Bo went back to his work in the office, and Neill entered the hotel. He took a look into his own room on the top floor and found, as he expected, that it had been entered in his ee. He had ar- ranged the few articles he had bought for lf, so that he would know were moved, He had apni the but the lock looron voids | ras of eapest sort and he would not have been “lit'seemed to be genuine. Cafe ccccccccecoooessovesene to go out end hail a taxi and tell him_ Absalom’s. Seemed like a good place to sober up, see?” This was obviously an invention and Neill disregarded it. “How did you learn quick that Fanning was here?” ue asked. Eyster looked innocent and sly. “I didn’t know Fanning was here till I got here.” “Remarkable coincidence.” “Yeah,” said Eyster, “just as re- markable as you coming on the‘bus that afternoon.” Neill laughed. “But you said you ped « made arrangements to follow Foe 5, a just talking big then.” ott fred plier line. “You . str do, I Te be es nicky and dandy fellow, Wheatley! Keen as a whip! T’d do anything for you.” Fat oad Heid. - yster turned sly again. “I guess you know. he. “I swi Mis “Don’t you remember what I told you in the hotel?” You just said you were talking ; “I mean before that... . I told you what my purpose in life was. ell... you carried it out.” Neill stared at him, wondering. ; if he had heard right. Eyster’s lips curled back. “I’ve only got one thing against you, Wheatley—you killed him too quick. He didn’t even see it com- ing. If it was me, I would have strung him up by his thumbs and tortured him slow. You know, gone back to it again and again. God! wouldn’t it have been sweet to see the look in his eyes when I come back to him!” Neill asked Hise if this was madness or part of a deep game that ‘the little man was playing. Eyster’s face fell. “But what could a poor shrimp like me do? I was afraid of him. I was afraid even to let him see me. I had to have a big fellow like you to do the job for me; a strong fellow, and syster.” Said gq! The villagers felt they had become famous overnight. surprised to learn that the same} afraid of nothing. . key would open all the doors. it was no great matter, because there was not! ning in the room that could | Neill, He x, betray him. sige pe vor on the door of num- & No answer. The | bafficd him. . He knocked ogain | | and a sleepy voice asked: “Who is it?” “Wheatley.” “Oh, you!” said the voice with a pleased note, and bare feet pat- tered to the door. Eyster in his underclothes, gray: | faced and wasted, looked like the | ; caricature of a man. His hair was} standing on end. Having admitted | Neill, te ped back into the bed | sheet over his legs. “Cel ainly was friendly of you to | stop in,” he said. “Well, I owe you something. said Neill. Be took a seat af foot of the bed. sg ftt Pe feel your muscle, Wr “Ab! the belh wath 1 ite growled 3 thrown baek into The psychology of ed little man | confusion the sly, “Good Pickings Aboard’ WISH ! could do some?! hing to 1 apprec ciation,” Eyster reckon you want fellows always | e's about tome. But iB to give you.” mutiered Neii p yeh w my rt ve the y vac con that’s a nasty bruise you got.” |° roarked Byster. eowell, 1 feel thankful that I am here at all.” “That's right! That’s right!” was a pause. Each was Re: waiting for the other tc speak. ‘Good Piace To Sober Up’ rr Neill said offhanded- “When, did you get down to Ab- salom's? Eyster saw through grinned. “Noon on Tu “How did you come? “By taxicab.” “Taxicab! That must have get you_ back something.” “Twenty dollars. it . and was too i much, but I was tight.” ht?” ie sneaked aboard the yacht! f | “Fact is, I was tight off and on vas Eyster who shot Fanning and why he's sucking up to me Coteright, 1937, By Ralbert Footer) all the time I was in Baltimore. ter went on, grinning. “Didn't sie it? Tuesday morning | | talking about Absa- lom's I i, what good air it was T2iT pit aratk pH was’ A look © | ter's face Neill calls om @ rich olf Indy ip € shimore, tomerrew. ON BRIDGE WORK {Continued eg Page One) exception of the top stig 80) course. Long Key Bridge, about 12,000: feet long, presents a marvelous spectacle, and will afford riders] over this section a magnifcent} view of the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Florida Bay on the other. it is estimated that this project is ahout 50 per cent complete and} may be driven over by November) 15. tween Long Key Bridge and the} | State Road on Grassy Key, will) ibe available by November 11, and, be adaptable for general use by December 1. Although this section will be complete at that time, it is es- timated that careful drivers may, in their cars, be able to traverse} its entire length by going not| ! more than three miles per hour. The two bridges known as} Tom’s Harbor Bridge No. 3 andj not} complete except the finished wear- jing service, and are now available for through traffic. These two bridges divide the | above-mentioned 17,000 feet of! | road «between Long Key, Bridge land the, pout. end- of, the State, | Road. inta,three. parts, From this! it.ean heoreadily seen, that the: |finst. ferry, between. Lower. Mate-' eumbe and. Hog..,Key may be) |\ahandoned. by: December 1, pro-| | vided the.slip at Hog Key is made! jready for traffic by that time,! for passage between that Key and! No Name Key. | The State Road on Grassy Key! | for about 14 miles is in good con-} ‘dition. The 7,500 feet over the i State Highway between the south! jend of the state road and Knights’ (Key Bridge, is completed with the exception of placing the wearing | course. At the present travel lover this stretch can be main- The 17,000 feet of road be-| |Tom’s Harbor “Bridge No. 4, are} peeoeccoocse eccoseces PERSONAL MENTION 20000 9C0OLOSPLSOS9SO9 IRE Mrs. Thomasine Miller and ms. Jack and Bud, leit over the ‘highway this morning to attend jthe funeral of Mr. Miler’; father, | Ward B. Miller, who died of a heart attack at his residence, | Briny Ereezes, at Palm Beach. | Mrs. Norberg Thompson, who {has been spending a part of the |summer with relatives in New Rochelle, New York, and -in other sections, is now a guest at the Barbizon Plaza, hotel in New { York. | Mrs. Rado Cash, who was in |New York, visiting with her sons {Carl Dunn and Rex Cash, re- {turned last week and is mow at her home 1004 Southard - street. | She had been away for the past '¢ive months. Attorney Aquilino Lopez, Jr., lwho left last week to attend a {meeting of city attorney's, from all over the state, with Congress- man J. Mark Wilcox at Orlando, | was a returning passenger on the Cuba this morning. } Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dudley, who were spending abent two months in North Carolina and one month in Maine, returned last week and are’ now expecting the arrival of a number of friends who said they would-be here this winter fee + Eugene Sands, of. Marathon, was an arrival over the highway : yesterday afternoon accompanied | by Mrs. Sands, who spending the summer | York. in New E. R. Lowe, peace justice in the Third District of Monnee county with headquarters at his home in Tavernier, arrived over the high- | way yesterday for a visit of sev- eral days. tained at a speed of 50 miles per’ hour. | Knights Key Bridge for a dis- tance of 6,800 feet is practically complete with the exception of the wear course. Pigeon Key Bridge, 5,935 feet long, will, it is expected, be com- pleted about November 10. Work! is under way for removing ties on the 13,860 feet of Moser Channel Bridge, and it is estimated that | this will be completed by about February. The road between the north end of Bahia Honda Bridge and the south end of Pacet Channel | Bridge, about 2% miles, is rough’ graded. The contractor wil] start. work on the widening of this road! about November 1. Bahia Honda Bridge, about! 1100 feet long has all steel gird-' ers in place and work will com- — shortly placing the con- crete pavement and guard rail. Ohio-Missouri Bridge is in prac- tically the same status. Missouri- Little Duck Bridge will have all of the guard rails erected and concrete placed by November 9. Pacet Channel Bridge, which is a part of Contract F, mately 9,000 feet long has about 2,200 feet of concrete poured. The contractor has been pouring ing atthe wate,of 258 feet each ‘day. unless, qveather conditions jimterfere:, Work, is ,.cartied on seven days « week. -Gonerete, forms which are used are easily, placed. and can be re- ane of steel.and bottom forms are lof wooden construction. Moser Channel Bridge, which | will be of steel girder construc- | tion, will be started soon. Prae- tically all of the wooden ties |have been removed and placing of isteel girders is expected to begin 'Qeteber 11. Pigeon Key Channel | Bridge; which will also be of steel | girder construction, is expected to {be ready for more pouring within a brief time. All wooden ties {have been removed and all new jsteel girders are expected to be jin place sometime cariy this ; month. Approximately 600 feet of the |eomerete pavement on this bridge has been poured and approximate- {hy 800 feet of forms have been placed ready for pouring the con | erete. Another bridge of steel girder construction is the Knights Key Channel Bridge. This is approxi- approxi-, at the rate of 215 feet daily, and, on QOetaber, § will commence pour-| “Edwin G. Britton, member of the C. C. C. Camp, was a passen® ger over the highway this morn- mately 6,800 feet long and this is declared to be almost completed. Should no setbacks be encoun- ‘tered in the meantime, it is as svmed, thet with the rapid pro- gress being made and the attitude of eagerness disp'ayed by. both jworkmen and their employes, that ;through traffic into Key West will be flowing not later than February 20, provided the swing span on Moser Channel bridge is completed by that time. The foregoing paragraph js the orinion of a construction engi- ‘neer, who is in no way connected with the bridge contracts, but who hag more than once gone over the entire set-up, and bases his opin- ion on the great nrogress made between the time of his first in- spection of the work and the ra- tio of comparable progress made since that time up to yesterday. B. M. Denean, chief engineer ‘of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, says that it is not feasible to give an estimate of competion time at this date. There are too many unexpected setbacks which are possible before March 1. However, at a later: date, when more progress has heen made and the conditions on the projects warrant the making’ of a vredietion 2s to finishing time, he will be clad to announce his opinion, be told The Citizen. Thanks of those who were mem- bers of the party sre being ex- tended to Mr. Duncan for his} courtesy in extending the invita- tions; to Chairman Howard W#- son, of the Bridge Commission, for his interest in having the trip| arranged; to A. L, West, bridge engineer, who devoted his to g'ving comprehensive explana- tions and replies to al questions to €. L. Craig, who took the ag on the automobile ride from the end of Long Key bridge} to his pince at Craig, Pa., a short distance south of iotemnte, and| afterward from Craig to Conch Key on his fast launeb. Ap-reciation is also to those in charge at the Bridge District camp just south of Lew-' er Mateeumbe, for a delightfn!! lench and other courtesies, and} to ¢1 others whe were met by members of the group and in every instance greetings and gave all tion possible to make i more delightfcl and epjoyab'e. a Effective Mey 30, 1937 8. 8. CUBA Leaves Port Tarapa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 4-00 P. M., arriving Key West 7 A. ! Leaves Key West Monda: for Havans. Tampa, Fis. For farther informetion M. Mondays and Thursdays. ys and Thursdays 8:30 A. M Leaves Key West Tuesdsys and Fridays 5 P. M. for Port and rates coll Phene 14 J. H. COSTAR, Ageat. had been} time | MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1937. joe refreshments were serve Members present: Mr. and Mrs. HOLDS MEETING George V. Perpall, Rev. and Mrs. { |2. C. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Tor Curry, Elizabeth Rosam, Gladys Russell, Anna Whitmarsh, Ida. | Bethe, Mrs. Otte Bethel, Char- lotte Mercer, Barbara Jarrett, |Agnes Thompson, Ray Pierce, \ Cecil Curry, Merv! Rosam, The Young People’s Department | Warren Russell, Malegim © John- of Ley Memorial. church held is son, Arebie:Roberts; Albert Carey. monthly busiriess and social me = ing in the church’ annéx Subsentbe to The Citizen—20c evening. Aftens the devotions RECREATIONAL PROGRAM WAS PUT ON DURING IN- TERESTING SESSION oo cal'ed to order.” 3 Officers for 1837258 ttm are| as follows: Tom Curry—President. Ray Pierce—Vice-President. Agnes Thompson—Secretary. Malcolm Johnson—Treasurer. (CITY ELECTION, NOVEMBER Albert Carey—Publicity Super- | intendent. George V. Perpa#!l—Counsellor. Catherine Knowles—Chairman | of Worship. Lenora Whitaker—Chairman of Missions. Ida Bethel—Chairman of Citi-| zenship and Social Service. Archie Roberts—Chairman of Recreation. A recreational program seit! lowed the busihess meeting, aft- e For Police Justice T. 5. CARO (For Re-Election) For Police Justice ABELARDO LOPEZ, JR. For Councilman ‘NJ. (BEN) ADAMS ing, on a bus of the Florida Motor, For City Councilman Lines,.going. to Miami. | JIM ROBERTS For City Councilman BASIL TYNES For Captain of Police VERNIE GRIFFIN GPR SRTIE TAR ATES SES SE For Captain of Police ROBERT J. LEWIS (Bobby) Willard Russell, member of the | U. S. Immigration Service, on! duty in Miami, and Mrs, Russell, and daughter, arrived over the, highway yesterday afternoon a it with relatives. 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