The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 18, 1937, Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1987. SYNOPSIS: Neill, a young federal agent, finds his beloved Janet, a gun and Prescott Fan- ning’s freshly shot body locked in a cabin on Fanning’s yacht at Absalom’s Harbor, Md. Hiding her nearby in a disused liner, Neitt joins Mark Bonniger, local investigator. Neill learns Janet didn’t shoot the-flashy swindi¢r, but has to find out who did to save her. Queer little Eyster, who hated Fanning, Ira Buckless, Fan~ ning’s hulking bodyguard, and Kettering, a lawyer down from Baltimore to fish, all have alibis. Weill, suspected himself, is in a tight spot, He turns to Buckles: seeking a clue to the murde Chapter 37 The Googly Clue “\JOW think,” said Neill. “Go over everything in your mind that happened in Baltimore. Sure- ly you can give me a clue.” For several seconds Buckless kept shaking his head. Then he stopped in the middle of a shake. “Only a voice,” he said. “If I heard it again I might recognize it. But how can y.1 run down a voice?” “Well, what did the voice say? And under what circumstances?” “It was the same time I told you about when I hear the boss talking over the phone. The boss was in the bathroom when the ; thought: Probably he doesn’t be- lieve a word I say. “Ran into Googly in his beer joint accidentally on purpose,’” Bonniger repeated dryly. “Sounds fantastic to me.” “We have often to build up a case: on just such scraps of over- heard, conversation,” said Neill. “There is Fanning’s saying to put with it: ‘She never tells him any- thing.’ ‘She’ obviously refers to Miss Rayner. I could go to her for further information.” Bonniger,was silent. “Tf you approve, I'l) go back to town and see what I can do,” “Certainly is good of you to take all this trouble!” Neill made believe not to notice | the dryness of his tone. “Oh, that’s all right. Will you come, too?” “You can go,” he said at last, “but I’ve got to stay here.” Neill thought: He is willing to appear to let me off on my own in the hope that I may lead him to something. “Meanwhile I'll be questioning Eyster,” Bonniger said, looking at him hard. Neill knew that was hopeless. “Mattingly will drive you,” Bonniger went on. “Get something to eat before you start.” Neill thought: He wants time to arrange to have me trailed in town. Well, that’s all right. “And by the way,” added Bon- niger, “telephone me from the “Maybe this is just a cop’s trick,” growled Buckless. phone rings and | answers it. For a second the fellow thinks he is talking to the boss, then he pulls up and asks for Fanning. So I fetches the boss.” “What did the voice say during that one second that he thought you were Fanning?” “He says: ‘I ran into Googly in his beer joint accidentally on pur- “Is that all?” “That's all.” “Sure you have it right?” “Positive.” Buckless repeated it. “Did you figure anything from this; voice?” “Only that it was an educated guy. He didn’t talk like me.” “What did Fanning say to him?” “The boss just yessed him. This y_ was making a report of some ind to the boss... SWait a min- ute! 1 near the boss say one thing that struck me. He says to this guy: ‘Oh, that don’t matter. She never tells him anything’ ” Neill studied this over silently. “What do you make of it?” “Not much. Did you ever hear bs 4 9 mentioned again?” “No.” Neill rose. “Well, I'll follow it ® up,” he said. “It is all }.can do.” Buckless was scowling blackl: at Neill, “God damnt-If-you do na the killer how do I know you will © act square by me?” “Nobody but you knows that I've got the stuff,” said Neill. “If you were to split on me I would lose it. I am in your hands." “Maybe you ain’t got i ¢ wu i Maybe | this is just a cop's trick to learn} something out of me.” “You will have to trust me.” “Trust hell!” “Well, you can be damn sure that if you give the girl away you'll never see a dollar of it.” “Lookit.” growled Buckless. “You are free to go aiid come as ‘ou please. I'll give you 24 hours, f you don't show me that stuff by then I blow the works. See?” Neill grinned hardily, In the! desperate position he was in, 24] hours seemed a lot. “Okay.” ‘Sounds Fantastic’ U PON landing from theegacht, Neill went direct to Bo. Bt “Did you get anything?” ed Bonniger. His face was stern, | Suppre art of his! talk with B deseribed the clue he ot Bonnige: Lord Baltimore as soon as you ar- rive, so that I can let you know if anything turns up while you're on the road.” “Sure,” said Neill. He thought: His sleuths will be planted in the Lord Baltimore. Does he think I can’t see through all this? As soon as he had eaten some- thing, Neill made another break- neck dash to town with Constable Mattingly at the wheel. Another Avenue Closed iy THE streets of Baltimore they the Fanning case. Neill bought a heard boys calling an extra in paper and learned that Miss Emma Rayner had fallen dead from heart ; disease in her apartment as a re- sult of having been told by her attorney that certain securities which she had showed him were worthless. It was rumored that she purchased these from Fanning. Neill felt profoundly sorry fi the unfortunate victim, and also a little sorry for himself. Every way he turned he appeared to be blocked. Mattingly had been keeping a sharp eye on him, but when they arrived at the Lord Baltimore he was willing to let him go. Neill sent Mattingly to a garage to wait until called for, and duly called up Bonniger and told him of the death of Miss Rayner. “Too bad," said Bonniger. “Have you any other lead’to follow?” “Not yet. Give me two hours.” “Good luck.” Very dry tone. Neill sat down in the lobby of the hotel with a cigarette, to dope out a course of action. Word by word he went over his cryptic clue. ‘Tran into Googly in his beer joint accidentally on purpose.’ Fanning was so extremely cautious in talk- ing over the telephone that “Goog- ly” was probably a code word, | and it would therefore be useless to look for somebody who was called Googly by The name had no doubt been suggested by some physical peculiarity, If Googly ran a beer joint, beer joint would have been taken for granted. The plain inference was that the beer joint was one frequented by Googly. It was also clear from “accidentally on pure pose” that Googly was not a meme ber of the gang. A kind of cat’s- paw Thaps, ec O37, by Nelbert Footese} Tol tocates Geogly's beer join, Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Effective May 30, 1937 8. 8. CUBA ng Key \ Key West M., @ Lea A. s nda, vans Key West Fla. Tampa : Fer ferther informatica Sun and W M. Mondays and Thursdays, jays a 8 - ys and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. esdays and Fridays 6 P. M. for Port and rates call Phone 14 J. H. COSTAR, Ageat. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years ‘Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen | It was uncertain at 2 o'clock {this afternoon whether airplane mail service would start tomorrow jmorning. A plane may leave here jwith the mail, officials of the air- jline say, but if it does it will be a seaplane and not the big pas- senger carrying _machine which ithe company now has in Miami waiting to come here to inaugu- rate the service. The local flying | field will not be in condition by ; tomorrow to permit of the big plane landing here and Captain J. E. Whitbeck was telephoning ll over Florida today to get a _ sea- |plane to make the trip. With jgovernment officials to see the }first plane start on the epoch {making flight, Captain Whitbeck hdeclares the rains of Saturday and |today have made this impossible, jas the runway at the Meacham | Airport could not be gotten in |condition. Meanwhile, if it ipossible to get a seaplane | to |make the trip tomorrow, Captain; Whitbeck says the run to Cuba | will be made. (Cc. C. Symonette today an- inounces his candidacy for city councilman, pointing out that he has always worked for the intet- ests of Key West and_ believes that if elected he could be of service to the people. He was born and has lived all of his life in this city and knows the needs of local government at this time. He says he will work continuously for the betterment of his home city. since having hold and With fire in her jSunday morning, flames for a large part of the way from Galveston, the Mallory |Liner San Jacinto came in port ‘this morning and began unship- ping cargo to get at the fire which is near the after hatch- 4way. Much sugar, cotton and j wool is being unloaded in order that the flames may be reached. vessel who are taking advantage of the delay to ride over the city. Finding a bottle of liquor in bundles is an ordinary,occurrence, but when a customs officer finds a bottle of fine Premier Anisette in a jelly roll, that’s another story. A large bundle of this kimi of tasteful cake was dis- covered by Customs Inspector L. to unroll the jelly roll, out came the bottle. Both cake and liquor are resting in the vaults at the customs house. Editorial comment: The ferries are expected to make miles an_ hour. the trip over the big water gap only a pleasant break in the monotony of an auto ride from new 12 {sume considerable time and should be shorted as soon as possible, Everybody is talking about 'Key West and the Qversea High: \ way said John Sands, old time | Key Wester, who is a recentgft= |rival from Tampa where he is how |making his home. He said a j wherever he went he heard abgut | Key West and the highway. He |said that the boulevard is one of j the finest stretches of highway he jhas ever seen. Mr. Sands came in company with F. O. Anderson, {assistant cashier of the National Exchange Bank of Tampa, and will remain for a while to fish. | A special venire of talesmen j for service during the “session of | }cireuit court was found necessary this morning as most of the reg- is fought heavy seas as well as the} There are 40 passengers on the. ‘H. Gabriel] last night, and when| he, suspiciously interested, began} That should make} Miami to Key West. It will con-| though, | ORIENTAL PLANT REPELS INSECTS Pe isy, Grown In Many, Gardens, Is Base For Powerful Non-Poisonous Insecticides { ACH summer thousands of gardeners grow the beautiful || painted, or Persian, daisy—Py- f rethrum. Few realize that they | are cultivating one of the most ef- | fective agents known for repel | ling and killing insects. For cen- | turies the flowers were used in the | Orient for just this purpose. | { Pyrethrum is ! perhaps unique among insect- destroying plants in that it is harmless to man. This is due to an un- explained prop- . erty of pyre- thrum which | destroys the nerve tissues of in- sects but has no effect on warin- blooded creatures like man and ; the domestic animals. For this | reason pyrethrum sprays and dusts “are recommended by the | United States Department of | Agriculture for use on food crops where poisonous insecticides, such as lead arsenate and Paris green, would,be dangerous. Pyrethrum is a versatile insecti- | cide. .Jt acts on the nervous sys- tem, killing both leaf-eating and sucking’ insects. It also acts as a I powerful repelienti: Potato beetles bowillstatwe: rather:than/eat potato | foliage which! hasrecently been (‘sprayed ‘with ‘ethrum' insecti- | cide! ‘Tts repellent ‘action “makes dt a Valuable constituent of sprays fok protecting livestock trom ‘fites. | Because it is not injurious to man and hig, péts, it is used as the ac- tive base of nearly all modern ; household insecticide sprays. Most.of what is known about ; this extraordinary plant has been | discovered by research in the past j ten years: Today, with its manu- facture into insecticides a growing industry in this country, supplies | come chiefly from Japan and East Africa. Pyrethrum fields in those ; countries supply the United States with imports which have grown ; trom 2,000,000 pounds in 1921 to more than 15,000,000 pounds in i 5 Th’ business men have an easy j | is | Norice 5 LEGALS OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED (Senate Bill No. 163) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Robert M. Marshall, holder of {Tax Certifieate No. 2336, issued the | of September, A. D, 1933, has. me in my office and ' has pplication for a tax deed ta issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the - following. described property in the County of Monroe, | State of Florida, to-wit: Pt. Lot 4, Book as recorded in Monroe Records. The assessment of the said prop- der the said certificate is- as in the name of J. A T Est. ess said certificate shall be according . to law,‘ the eribed therein will be highest bidder at the door on the first Mon- in the month of De mbe' . which is the 6th day of De mbe ed this 9th day Page County of October, AL) Ross C. Sawyer k of Circuit Court of Monroe yunty, ; novi, 193 time o’ it now’days. Th’ organizers | run th’ business for ‘em an’ gov’ment spends th’ profits fer ’em. Tobias Kipper, focal economist, th’ | NOTICE OF ATION FOR A TAX DEED No. 163) opines as how there’s a time an’ | place fer everything—cept Lafe Hawkins. NECK BROKEN, BABY BORN |: Va.—Four rtle Arringtos, 39. Al after Mrs, had her nec ndria, y girl LEGALS val DD MOR, MONROK COUNTY LOR TDAY ay PROBATE. In rs : FLORIDA FORSBERG, Devea: TO CREDITO! DITORS A. HAVING CLAIM AGAINST SAID OEN to present a which you, against} orsberg, de County, Flor. Raymond R. of office dla ida, to th Lord, County, the Cou 1935. The first commercial use of py- | rethrum -began in Europe well | over a century ago. The dried flowers were powdered and used as a dust to destroy household | and garden insects. Today liquid pyrethrum insecticides are sold as | well, for use in both the garden ; and the home. Today In History | eecccccccveiescveccsoses 1783—Army ofthe Revolution disbanded by order of the Contin- | ental Congress. | | 1892—Long dtstance telephone ;between New York and Chicago first opened, 1898—United States takes for- mal possession of Puerto Rico. 1918140. American raid back of German |planeg returning safely. planes lines, all i931—Died—Thomas A, Edi- son, famed inventor, aged’ 84. 1934—Harvard Medical School idemonstration that electrical ac- |tivity goes on constantly in man’s | ) brain. { ‘ 41,4936 +, Princeton,, University’s President,bang liquer te,,.football fans. ular venire.were released from service»iwhen they)offered good exeuses.+.The matter,of securing a complete jury was started this afternoon and it is expected that the panel will be completed this afternoon at a late hour. | The hibiscus plants purchased {by employes of the postoffice and set out in front of the Federal building are growing nicely and other selections give evidence of progress. (Ok A hhh A hhh A dh A OLD P CIITIIOIMIDIIMODHS For 3 Bundles for 25 in bundle aaa APERS Sale 5c THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Dh hk hk hed hh he dheddddidicddd, iit tthhkhtdkdhitde ded ddd County, dar month first pull f. Safi claim or demands shall be in writing re nm the place of post office and shall be sworn to by the claim Fiorida, within s from thé n here nd ed. within the nner pre » 18th day of E Executrix of th estament of (Florida Deceased. . CURRY Attorney Forsberg, HARRIS, for Executrix. octi8-"5; novi-8 NOTICE OF APPLICATION eg TAX DEED » Y GIVEN, holder of-Tax ard mber. A.D, 1928, has filed ; issued the y of and has mai application for a tax deed to be ‘sued thereon. id certificate en VWraces the following described pro} lorida, Lot to-wit: re 6i Tr. 3G. 3-5, Page 467, Records, Hureka Mon- erty under the sued was in the redeemed property descrit 4 to the hi art house door on the in the month which is the per, 1 ted t in will be bidder at the first Mon- Ist da his 2nd day of Ross C Sawyer of Cireuit Court of Monroe County, Florida. oct4-11-18-25, days’ broken in an auto-! mobile collision, she gave birth to} her nineteenth child, an 8-pound | Doctors expect her to sur- Monroe in n Monroe Cie bor address of the claimants eribed herein shall be October, } October, } } 1937 o, holder of issued tificate ibed prop- State | | braces following erty in the County of Monroe, of Florida, to-wit: 8, ar. bdivision, 348, Monroe j 4 18, Webb Book C2, County e ssment of } the said sue }schlag and Brownstein. | Unless said certificate med according to } property described therein will be nid to the highest bidder at the house door on the first M i nth of Noyem st day of e said pri ertificate shall be law, the No- mber, 19 Dated this 2nd day vel of October, Ross C Sawyer of Circuit Court of Monroe Florida. oct4-11-18-25, 1937 NOTICE OF TA (Senate NOTICE IS J | Certifiea issued the 4th -) day of July, A. I has. filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be is- ‘sued thereon. Said certificate em- braces the following described prop- in the County of Monroe, State jorids to-wit: | Lot 11, Sq. 6, ‘Tr. 18, Webb | Realty Subdivision, Book C2, Page 348, Monroe County Records. i -1 | The assessment of the said prop- erty under the said certificate is- ®| sued was in the name. of Hammer- schlag and Brownstein. Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to Maw, the y described therein will be Id to the highest ‘bidder at the ourt house door on the first M the month of Novem 37, which is the Ist day of No- ivember, 1937. (Dated this | 1937. nd day of October, (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of Cireuit Court of Monroe County, Florida. oct4-11-18-25, 1937 Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly, ee er Ricardo Cortez-Sally Eilets th: ¢ TALK OF THE DEVIL * Comedy and Short Reel BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Centary 24-Hour Ambulance Service Licet Embalmer Night 696-W Phone 135 On'T ELECTRICAL STANDARD he the el Anyone OF LIVING! “Jeare not to lese them by giving e}erty under the em-|} PAGE THREE — Hey! He's In Again a) ’ eae Today’s HOroscope) way gon the mations agree secce Seeceoceceeses (to naval disar The will may be somewhat} “Becavse they want the weak in those born this day, and|dom of the seize.” they are more or less subject to! the desires. The native will bej toc amenable to flattery and too} prone to self-ccnceit. There is a} promise of personal charm that} ae will draw friends, and some indi-| That Phil o < y=... | Certificate cation of fortvne’s favors, _'Pake sees Septe same applic: sued ament?” free LEGALS NOTICE ~ APPEICATION FOR D way to foolish words or actions, | LEGALS prop; State 19, Bureka Sub. 467, Monroe Monroe, of the said prope said certificate ise in the name of Ellen & shal be law, the will be ni t bidder at the or on the first Mone onth of November, s the Ist day of Ne- nerein st = des ed proy in the County of Monroe, lorida, to-wit: 18, Book C2, nd day of , a8 recorded in Mon- » County Records. 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