The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1938, Page 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1988 THE ARMY POST MURDERS KEY WEST PLAYS | CHIEF BAKER The Characters Katherine Cornish, myself, vis- iting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army post. Elizabeth, Colonel Wright’s daughter. Adam Drew, acting command- ing officer. Yesterday: The sanitarium bills of Ethel Curtis were paid through @ law firm. The murder gun be- longs to Elizabeth, Chapter 20 Searching “] THINK you all know by niéw that another girl has heén murdered.” Adam was standing by a round wicker table that was laden with magazines, with ash trays, with empty coffee ctips. The rest of us were distributed in chairs around the lounge, listening, waiting. I glanced from face to face, seeing fear, horror, hostility. Nowhere could I recognize guilt. “We do not know who this girl fs,” Adam continued evenly. “We know that she called herself Ethel Curtis, which may or may not be her name. We know that she was ill—that she had recurring attacks of epilepsy. Sle had one tonight. ‘We know that she left a sanitarium in Hlinois yesterday—that before she left she receivedia letter from someone on this post, “Do any of you know such a girl, t know of hec?” ane ; He waited during, a: breathless, lengthening silence that weighed so heavy that it seemed tc me any- one who knew must scream his knowledge, must somehow break the listening stillness. I glanced fearfully toward the baleony and again feerfully at the window beside me. Someone had closed the front door, and though the air was stifling ‘here had been | d no dissenting voices. Adam's pleasant, conversational tones resumed. “Very well. We know that she was murdered just before or after the lights went out. Just a minute, please——” A babble of voices had inter- Tupted him. Tl ask for your alibis later. But first I want to settle some- thing else. We know that she was’ stab! ty a long knife with per- tee a two-inch blade—and prob- ably double edged. I want to find that knife, I'm going to ask you all to submit to a search. You women into the powder rooin and lock the door. Search each other, then search the room and the lavatory, Stay there until I call you. You don’t mind?” he ad with a winning air of ask- SR ree rs. ‘pinigton stood up, re- garded her brief Pierrette costume complacently and catkled, “Anyone can search me that wants to; I've goi nothing to hide.” “If you have, you didn’t bother to hide st Seale, did you, Lou?” It was Mrs. Flower again. They nad almost forgotten how to laugh. The tentative experiment in mirth died Itily. Silent, the women filed into the dressing room. 1 was the last. 1 shut the door and turned the key and stood for pe sigalg ane at pe room— at the chaise longue ist the left-hand wail nn sam had lain, at the long metal coat rack Opposite the door where four or five dejected garments were still where | had seen ng her black vel- a to the lavatory. I the outside by left in search of Adam. Crossing the room, I turned ep, too, then found a chair into it. “You didn't. glanc> each | balcony as Eroased ‘the 8 3 F ~t 2 i i i i i at Bans ul a Fite fil 8 FES aft in al Bingham, Utah.—Within ° the space of a few minutes, there were five crashes on ,an dicy curve, but no one was hust. First. Mrs. Geo. McDonald’s car skidded and overturned. A second car skidded and landed beside the McDonald car. A couple hit the same icy spot and there were three cars together. Then came a grocery truck and ‘there were four, Seon a bakery truck did likewise, hit the four cars and lifted the McDonald vehicle back onto its wheels. Soviet scientists suggest that world is grewnig warmer, citing data gathered in the Arctic. S$ CRASHES; NO VICTIMS | Rv Virsinia Hanson bethan dress—assure myself that | nothing was concealed under th But Shaw had alibied himself | and her. | We found nothing of course. I took little part in the search, but I tried to keep everyone in view; and if there was any knife undis- covered in those two rooms it could have been no larger than a nail file. It was afterward, when we sat down to wait, that I was aware that Mary Shaw and Lou Orping- , ton were. jtedly ignoring my | ogee y did not succeed in ing véry obvious, for Elizabeth | was beside me, and Mrs. Flower | persisted in carryihg on her aim- | less chatter. I listened, because I couldn’t tell when I might pick | up a scrap of information. But all the time I was conscious of the Shaw and the Orpington convers- ing in undertones and not quite seeing me when I glanced their | way. I wasn’t particularly bothered by it at first, because by.now they must all know that I was in Adam’s confidence—at least to a certain extent. I wasn’t sure myself just how much he had failed to tell me. That about the gun. ... They were jealous, of course. But that realization did not weak- en the Grad on me ae Lou OF ing- ton’s expression ai ary Shaw's air of cold dislike. A woman is afraid of the mem- bers of her own se: when they turn against her. Esat there feeling chilly, thankful Zor the presence of Elizabeth; thankful, too, that Adam had taken me under his wing. Had he’expected this to hap- pen? Iremembered suddenly what he had.said hours ago on the veranda: “Th time of trouble it’s the Out- sider who takes it on the chin.” Frozen Horror SHIVERED involuntarily, real- izing that these people were like a age, involved family, with feuds and counterfeuds within the | grot id that, like any family, | they preferred to lay crime at the loor of someone to whom they | were not related. Anything to keep | scandal out of the family. ell, that protected Charlie at léast. Or did it? Was I to be the Master Mind and he my reluctant I oe to I hat was ing to lose wha' sense of proportion I had left when Adam rattled the doorknob and oa to ipunge Barney 3 was peer- hopefully under chairs and i? was the pages of iS. enough,” Adam told them. “It’s not here, obviously. And it’s not upstairs. It must be either buckstage or out of doors, and we can search both places later. Now for the alibis.” We found chairs again and Adam questioned us in turn. Shaw | repeated what he had said on the | balcony, that he and Mary had been seethe in the lounge when the lights went out. Barney, called | upon, corroborated this. He had brought their coffee and gone back after he sad which he had forgot- ten the first trip. “I wondered what wes the mat- ter with my coffee,” Shaw inter- jected plaintively. i “Then you were in the kitchen | with Elizzbeth?” Adam asked Bar- ney. “Twas in the corridor backstage. I could see the lighted doorway. ».." He hesit went on stead ily, “I could See Elizabeth bending over the stove. Suddenly the light went out. I thought for a minute she had turned it off, then I heard the commotion out front. I raced back to the door by the stage and looked out. It was pitch dark everywhere. Women were scream- ing and I heard Shaw’s voice. 1 realized there was nothing I could do there, so I went back to the kitchen. I could hear Elizabeth at around—I asked her if she | was all right and she said yes, she was trying to fird some candles. 1 lighted some matches, finally found the switchbox and was working with it when Shaw ar- | rived with a flashlight. And that’s all. I didn’t see or hear anything unusual, and’I was not out front after the lights wert out.” at the dance floor from the lounge?” Barney considered. “No, I didn’t. Iremember thinking I heard a wo- man as I went past the ladies’ room. In fact I paused for —— at the door to listen. I Orpirgton was looking a him with a kind of TOE, there the sald through ips Yast re,” she i looked stift ee “Wait a minute,” Adam inter- rupted. “Where were you?” (Copyright, 1938. Virginia Hanson) 1938 PLATE ON 1911 CAR ort Ayr, Iowa. — Recently Asa Rains, a farmer, drove up to the courthouse and bought a new 1939 license plate for the only car he has ever owned and which still giving hi a 1911 two-cylindered bile WRECKS 8 CARS IN MILE New Yor! borrowed h out perm: Harold Snyder, 15. pighbor's car with in order to test his ability as a driver. Result: He wrecked the borrowed automo- bile, six others and two trucks within the distance of one mile He received only slight. cu r the fate GIVES WARNING PIRATES IN| AGAINST FIRES SUNDAY CONTEST \KEY WEST HAS NEW UNI-| URGES CAUTION IN MATTER i} FORMS; PIRATES WITHNEW; OF HANDLING INFLAM- NAME; BOTH JINXED: POUL- MABLE MATERIAL ON TREE TRY-CUBAN CLUB IN FIRST | FOR CHRISTMAS i | The Key West entry in the Mi-| “There is nothing more cheer- ami Winter League will play the: ful or so friendly as a big fire in newly-named Pirates in the sec-| the fireplace or stove at Christ- ond game of a doubleheader Sun-; mas time, but as fireplaces are day at Navy Field, with the ‘ not, except in rare instances, used Smith Poultry nine taking on the! in Key West, there is not much Cuban Club in the opener at 1:30 danger from them”, said Fir p. m. | Chief Harry M. Baker, discussin; Key West will try to overcome ' fire problems today. the jinz of new uniforms. The, The chief said that extreme old baseball tradition of a team care should be taken in unwrap-! The quantity of inflam- in new uniforms always losing ping presents. their first game may sock them) tissue paper and other but the Pirates, who were former- ' mable wrapipngs should be at ly Bacardi Club, have a new, once put in some safe place away name, too, and may come under from all fire, matches and even the jinx. ! eis oe le can eee egarding the Christmas tree, The new uniforms 8aY | the chief said to “set it up secure- with a blue eile On the Bon ly, so it cannot topple over. Fires of each uniform is Key West in from trees happen every year be- large letters. On the back of' cause so much inflammable ma- each is the name of the mer-| terial is used in the dressings of Gnuthe! the trees”. : | Continuing, Chief Baker said: sleeve of the uniform is a num- “I particularly warn against the eral distinguishing Be ea practice of lighted candles on The Key West team plays in the the trees. Almost every tree is Miami league again against Rai-' now decorated with strings of ley-Milam on New Year’s Day.’ electric lights, but in some in- t game here is with Fred-! stances candles are still used and erick’s Market on Jan. 8. are dangerous. Key West’s lineup will be! Cates, 1b; J. Carbonell, 2b; A.| alcohol, gasoline or kerosene Acevedo, ss; Albury, 3b; Villa-! lamps for the purpose of supply- real, lf; Gonzalez, cf; M. Griffin, ing power for operating. A care- are chants contributing it. rf; Christie or Cyril Griffin, c;' less or thoughtless move may up- | Covington, Bethel or P. Carbo- set the lamp, and the result is a; | fire, which may cause irreparable ; nell, pitcher. | damage to property, and possible Peeccccccecesoeeceeesees: ir FOLLOWING THROUGH i “tt is possible to make the cos- | |tume of Santa Claus fire resist- jing. Take the precaution | CLASSIFIED COLUMN _ PAGE THREE Electra, Tex.—When his plane’s starter failed, H. C. Barrow got | CSCC Cecenecnccccocccccceccccccoceascoeseceeceesee | PRAISES GALEY jout and cranked. To his sur- “Numerous toys require small | to; | spray the costume with the fol- | | Advertisements under this head! | will be inserted in The Citizen at; \ the rate of le a word for each in-| sertion, but the minimum for the} first insertion in every instance is! | 25c. | Payment for classtfied adver- | tisements is invariably in advance, | but regular advertisers with ledger j accounts may have their advertise- ments charged. Advertisers snould give their {street address as well as their tele- ;phone number if they desire re- | sults. 1 | FOR RENT | FOR RENT—8-room House, com- pletely furnished. Hot and cold running water. Seasonal or otherwise. Apply, Rear 1217. Petronia street. aug9-tfs | | FURNISHED HOUSES—all mod- | em conveniences. 1114 Grin- nell Street. nov3-tt FURNISHED APARTMENT, | centrally located, all modern | conveniences. Apply 519 Duval street. decl6-s FOR SALE ‘TWO-STORY HOUSE, modern, | conveniences. Near Casa Ma- rina, lot 163’x98’. Apply 1125 Von Phister street. oct31-s! |FOR RENT—T-Room Furnished | |. Apartment on Duval street.} Modern conveniences. Apply at) Mendell’s Men Shop. | dec20-s | FOR SALE—Lot 8, block 5, Mar-| tello Towers, $3,500. P. L. Wil-} son, 1722 Jefferson Ave., Mi-) | ami Beach, Fla. — dec10-1mo| |FOR SALE—Cabin Cruiser, fully | equipped, engine and hull, in| very good condition. Newly | renovated. Reasonable for cash. | Apply 506 South street. decl0s| | FOR SALE—Cotton Candy ma-}| chine, cost new $150; sacrifice | for $30. Gomez Furniture} Store, 720 Duval. decl-tf | Island City Basketball League is nearing the end of its first-half of play. So far some very good exhibitions of this sport have been played. League-leading Lions Club and Seafood Grill | lowing mixture: Two ounces of FOR SALE—Lot on Stock Is-| carbonate of soda, two ounces of ammonia carbonate, two ounces of botic acid and five gallons of { water. Allow this to come to a boil, strain it and spray it on the costume. “The National Board of Under- | writers has issued a warning! }against all fire hazards. Many ‘merchants will sell goods so {quickly that waste paper and; |boxes may accumulate. There} |may be a pile of this under a ; counter and a carelessly discard- | 4l 90 ‘ed match may cause a fire. pel 43 90 | “When crowds are assembled in 36 gi | Public halls for Christmas enter- “ 37 go | tainments there is always danger , 36 15 | to human life, if fire breaks out. _ 31 68 It is essential in these places, and 27 57 theatres as well, that all aisles be 18 38 kept clear, that no crowding be 17 37 permitted and that places used as 15 39 | Such be equipped with adequate 12 26 fire facilities for exits. In gen- 14 30 eral the precautions outlined for 12 26 homes are doubly important 13 26 where crowds of people dre pres- 12 95 | ent”. ll 25 Bt 25 pet 24 lu 24 9 21 9 20 fives are now anxious to play! Friday night in «he opening game of a scheduled doubleheader. This contest will decide the victor of the first-half. Leading scorers so far in the league follow: Player— White Joe Pinder Wm. Cates J. Carbonell Ed. Sweeting B. Saunders Maris Cc. Knowles C. Lewin J. V. Woodson J. Navarro Ethridge Roche King L. Curry - Ed. Woodson Schoneck - Newby Yates Mathews E. Pinder R. Lewin FG FT Total . 44 94 The Right Doctor He was dug out of the wreck of his autcmobile and carried to the nearest doctor’s office. “I can’t do anything for this man”, said the doctor. “I’m a veterinary surgeon”. “You're the righ. man, doc” said the amateur motorist. “I was WONNWHESHYNNCONWAWASHAA Lions Club has scored 274 pojnts to its opponents 202. land, waterfront. Also, lot cor- ner 5th and Patterson Avenues | near Boulevard. Apply Box: RC, The Citizen. aug3l-s NEW 13’ DINGHY. 615 Francis | street. nov7-s TWO LOTS on _ Washington street, 90 ft. front, 112 feet deep. Reasonable. Apply 1219 Pear! street. novl1l1-s; FOR SALE—11% acres Planta- tion Key, 3% acres on ocean, 8% acres on Bay, on Highway, all high land, beach front on both sides. P. O. Box 23, Key West. sept7-3 CORNER LOT, 50x100 feet. Cor- ner 5th and Staple Avenue. Apply Box D, The Citizen. nov2-tf FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100’. Run from Washington to Von Phister street. Reasonable. Ap- ply Rear 1217 Petronia street. aug9-tfs FOR SALE—Lot, 48’x50’, corner Duval and Olivia streets; two lots, ccrner Bertha street and Roosevelt Boulevard; two lots on Pine Key, 100’x100’, good location. Apply 1212 Olivia street. decl4-s POSITION WANTED Other clubs have stored, first figure, and allowed poposition, second figure, the following num- ber of points: Seafood Grill, 283—157 Army, 252—182. Park Tigers, 181—283. High School, 101—157. DeMolays, 132—301. a jackass to think I could run that machine”. LOOKING FOR HIMSELF NEW BRITAIN, Conn.—Aiding searchers all night in looking foy a missing man after a fire in this city, Ignatz Kepulinski discover- éd next day that he was the man they were looking for. Games to be played: Seafood Grill vs. Lions, High School and Tigers. Lions vs. Seafood Grill, High School and DeMolays. Army vs. Park Tigers. High School vs. DeMolays (2), Seafood Grill, Lions and Park Ti gers. Tigers vs. Seafood Grill, Army and High School DeMolays vs. and Lions. High School (2) WOMAN CULTURED, traveled finest business training, wants position, secretary-housekeeper. Pleasant environment more es- sential than salary Apply. The Citizen, co Box JB. dee22 BENJAMIN LOP FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 | Licensed Funeral Directors | and Embalmers | _24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 698 OOS LA hh hedkedeadedadaded de bd d thd tAdts th Lia Printed Rayon Silk GOWNS $1.95 Satin Lace-Trim GOWNS $2.49 .. $5.95 SLIPS $1.00, $1.19, $1.59 $1.95, $2.95 Dainty, Lace-Trim Glove-Silk PANTIES $1.00 Lingerie ways appreciated. Just received, a shipment of Beautiful new numbers | | | | rf IAL Lehhtnkdht Lhd. BONNIE LOUISE SHOP JEFFERSON HOTEL BUILDING (AL Atte bhtdttdtttttittirsdkéidtsitststid . a IAA sestestétézsdéad New Formals Lace Chiffon and Nets Moderately Priced at $8.95 $10.95 $12.95 Drastic Reductions on All DARK DRESSES BETTER HATS Marked Down to $1.95 FOR SALE OR RENT FOR SALE OR RENT—Cabin; Cruiser with living quarters to} accommodate 4. All modern! conveniences. Good for party} fishing. 1014 Varela street. | igen ROOMS NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 United. Sixteen beautiful new rooms. ; Across South Beach. dec9-1mo ROOMS with or without board. Sunny and cool. 419 Southard street. dec2-1mo STONE HOTEL, clean, spacious rooms. Hot water. Reasonable rates. White and Division streets. decl-1mo PLUMBING NATIONAL PLUMBING CO. has establishd a good reputation | with? first quality work and, reasonable charges. Estimates given free. 900 Fleming Street. Phone 581. deci-1mo HOTELS BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night’s rest tc | OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clear | rooms, innerspring mattresses | Under new management, 91% Fleming St. nov18-tf REAL ESTATE WANTED—Real estate listings on Florida Keys, preferably Key Largo. Address Key West Pub- licity Bureau, 303 N. E. First Street, Miami. W. M. Egan, Registered Real Estate Broker. oct25-tf Subscribe to The Citizen, | | APPOINTMENT W. T. EDWARDS SAYS 50% OF | FUNDS WILL REMAIN IN’ COUNTY, OTHER 50% TO NATIONAL FOUNDATION (Special to The Citizen) ; JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 21—! “We are particularly happy to, have Dr. H. C. Galey as Monroe} County Chairman of the ‘Fight/ Infantile Paralysis Campaign’”,| W. T. Edwards, Florida Chair-| man announced today. | “President Roosevelt, at ers Springs, Georgia, Thanksgiving, Day, pointed out the need for! funds and the new plan of the, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to establish permanent; chapters in every county in the} country. “Funds raised in the campaign will be divided on a 50-50 basis. One-half remaining in the county where raised, to be turned over to the permanent chapter when organized. The other half will be used in the National Cam- paign against the Disease.” Attend the Pan-American Her- nando DeSoto Exposition in Tam- pa Jan. 31 to Feb. 18, and glory in the thrill that must have been DeSoto’s when he sailed into Tampa Bay. For it will bring you a never-tiring picture, a vast} panorama of elaborate exhibits, hours crowded with historic high-| lights, days studded with spark- ling entertainment and new pleas- ures, all in a city in holiday attire; that will not be outdone in cord-| iality. prise, the plane started to move and continued buzzing around in circles on the field until the gaso- line was all used up. Roosevelt declares freedom of press is essential to us; doubts it is endangered “from without”. 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