The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1938, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE ARMY POST MURDERS Bv Virvinia Hanson The Characters . Katherine Cornish, myself, vis- ting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army post. Elizabeth, Colonel Wright’s Adam Drew, acting command- fing officer. ‘ — Yesterday: A search for the knife is futile. Adam starts check- © ing alibis, Chapter 21 Under Fire ‘ARY SHAW said nervously, “You had been with us, Lou, Z remember that. Wasn’t she here ‘when you brought the coffée, Bar- mey?” ME sed shook his head and at Lou strangely, I thought. “There was just you and Tubby,” he said refiectively. Lou 0: nig. glared at them. - “Twas e wash room, And when I came out someone had turned out the light in the powder Foom. The door swung shut be- hind me and I couldn’t see a thing.” “I should have screamed,” con- tributed Mrs. Flower eagerly. “No doubt. But I live with a man who's al] the time going around behind me turning off lights, so I though very little of it. I remem- ber the switch was over by the and I stumbled over there and turned it on. Then I saw the was shut—the one to the dance floor, I mean—and that looked kind of funny to me, be- cause I'd left it open. I stood there # moment, looking around, and all of a sudden the lights went out it got me, all right. There was in a perfectly empty room the lights go out a second time. stood still and hollered my head and much good it did me. I it have been still yelling if I 't seen a light flash at the head of the stairs. I didn’t much care who it was—I went up.” e jing no one?” ig no one. There was no- body came down those stairs, I'll take my oath on that.” “Thé dressing-room door was eee Tarn you stood there lis- He nodded. Barney?” “You didn’t think of opening it in?” after all, it was the ladies’ . said delicately. Adam turned back to Mrs. Or- fou had time to look around Toom before the lights went out again? You're sure there was B°-Flot unless they slipped into “* less they slipped in’ ‘wash room while I was cross- the room in the dark. And I'd noticed that, I think—the was still on in there.” was nothing out of place in the dressing room—no sign that ene wares o. s' io say no a checked herself. A surprised ex- Pression crossed her sharp face. “Why, yes, now I think of it.” Either the woman was a mar- velous actress or slie was suddenly tesret stricken. j “Yes. There was an empty coat banger 8 ig on the rack.” — one rang in the li- and Adam was away like a deer to answer it. In the there was no pretense of eonversation to cover his It seemed to me that every of ears flared out from every ce. to catch the sense of his few *The conversation was brief and fmaudible except for one last sen- “You keep him there if you have to sit on him,” he shouted sudden- ly. “Tl come when I can.” Steely Malevolence HE returned to the lounge look- ing dashed and a little an- moyed. He had to stop and collect Bia thoughts for a moment, and “pause gave Mrs, Orpington her Her terror was either gone or seater prt — _ eyes, wi st malevolence, brushed mine. She took the Lacking motive, which is a poor of inquiry when we don't who this girl 1 was or wi Seema tome the question to ask is me the question to H Who had the best there’s one perso! ene Shaw was looking at me.I 10 ps were else. ith was going right on without Adam a chance to change . “Ecame up the stairway, and you it but the only | ¢ " yand Mrs. Flower came up the other. ‘We met no one going down. There was only one person up there, Was she tied up behind a locked door? No. She was standing on the bal- cony shouting that the murderer had just thrown the key over the transom. Thoughtful m Te And the mandarin coat—covered with blood—who was wearing it anyway? Seems to me you can be too subtle in a case like this. And it doesn’t do to be swayed by per- sonal feelings.” There was a malicious half smile on her face. Adam had turned beet red, and for one awful, world- shaking second I detected a flash of uncertainty in his eyes. Then he caught hold of himself and the old hunting gleam returned. “May I ask how you learned about the mandarin coat?” he in- quired smoothly. She looked rather staggered, but only for a moment. “I keep my eyes and ears open,” she said arrogantly. For some reason I was reminded of Popeye. (“I — what I yam.”) Mrs. Flower broke in imperson- ally. “So that’s any ‘ou_sneaked back upstairs and left Mary and me alone in the library.” She might have been talking about the weather. Though, come to think of it, a good bit of emotion is expended on the weather every rs. Flower was merely mat- ter of fact. “Well, what of it?” challenged Mrs. Orpington. “We're investigat- ing a murder, not a piece of gos- sip. 'm not ashamed of eaves- dropping in such a cause.” She looked offensively virtuous, Adam’s glance should have with- ered her but didn’t. He said stiffly, “Miss Cornish was with me when Anne was shot. Are you suggesting that the two crimes were not committed by the same hand?” “That's exactly what I’m sug- gesting. The only reasonable mo- tive for killing this girl—you'll probably find she was some sol- dier’s sweetheart—was that she saw the first murder committed and was killed to keep her from telling what she saw.” A Cornered Animal sc she was going to bring Charlie into it. I saw red for a moment. “You're crazy!” I said hotly. Elizabeth’s hand was on my arm. She gave it a reassuring pat. “Never mind, dear, some people are like that,” she murmured with unintentional humor, Mrs. Orpington had been wait- ing for me to be goaded into speech. She whirled on me now, ee like those of an angry cat. “Where did you go right after Anne was shot?” she demanded, “TI went to tell Elizabeth,” I re- turned and was sorry I had spoken, “And what did you do with Charlie Spencer?” “Left him here,” I said feebly. There were all staring at me now, and I knew how a cornered animal must feel. She dropped that line as if I had suddenly become invisible. “It would be easy enough for her to come down the stairs, turn out that light and close the door, cross the room and get that wrap. and taen go back up again. The velvet wrap is the only alibi she has—and a weak one, you must admit.” “Better than yours, at that, though, isn’t it, Lou?” Mrs, Flower was looking at her brightly. “I mean, after all, nobody saw you in that dark room; and there were other people screaming was, for one, and Mary Shaw, and Kay. And after all, you say es saw the coat hanger swinging, ut it might just as well have you who took the wrap.” There was bright interest in her | ancagey no malice in her tone. But I jave never seen a woman wilt so completely as Mrs, Orpington. “Why... why you...” I think she wanted to say “Judas.” Her sheer surprise persuaded me against will that she was not the murderer. And yet—there was irrefutable ee in what Mrs. Flower had said. I looked at her curiously, more ceeply astonished than if th had been detected in a snicker, One does not expect logic from the village idiot. fot that I you did it, Lou,” she resumed placidly. “Dear me, no. No more than I Kay did it. Or any of the rest of us, I'm afraid. Of course the knife being gone and all makes it rather diffi- cult, though I’m sure it could be done by means of pulleys and ee: Did anyone look a rush. caught rather “Just—I mean—it just to me that she might have shot Anne and then killed herself.” Copyright, 1988, Virginia HansonJ Tomorrow: Conference with Adam, or any’ She yawned prettily, Adam's eye and finished in ARRANGE COLORED : XMAS TREE PARTY | Marriage | Licenses Issued Preparations are complete for| the Negro Community Xmas Tree Party which will be held Satur- day afternoon, December 24, at the Negro Community Center. At this tree toys and fruit will be distributed to the many children! who will gather to see a Pageant, which will be presented. Christmas Carols will be sung by the children. This. program, and Community Xmas Tree, is being sponsored by the ‘Women’s Club, and the Island City Dubs, through the cooper- ation of the WPA Recreation Department. Assistance is being given by the Negro unit of the Federal Music project, and a portion of the dolls, and rag dolls through the Commodity department. The articles were made by the sew- ing room for distribution. Negro | Yesterday afternoon in the of- fice of Judge Raymond R. Lord {a marriage license was issued, | which permitted the marriage of Miss Ofelia Cabot and Alfredo Jose Machin. This morning another license was issued which authorized the | wedding of Miss Elida Maria Val- dez and Manuel Aguiar. Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- aldo, who was near the office, informed The Citizen that both ceremonies will be performed by him this evening. MONROE THEATER Sally Eilers—Preston Foster EVERYBODY'S DOING IT —and— LORD JEFF tra, 15-20c: 15-2Se PERSONAL MENTION 0000S OOOH SOSESESSOOSOOEO Mr. and Mrs. J. Abercrombie Worth, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich- igan, who had been visiting | briefly in Key West, left yester-| day for Miami. Mrs. J. R. Pinder was a pas- senger on the early bus yesterday | | morning for Miami to spend the! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘LIONS CLUB HAS GIFT SHOP IS LIVELY SESSION PROTECTION OF BIRDS AND! XMAS TREE WERE SUB. | JECTS DISCUSSED Active co-operation with inter- { i Sarr | The Coral Reef gift shop is! now open, according to an- nouncement on page one’ today. This shop, situated at 212 Duval street, carries a complete line of gifts, toys, costume jewelry, cus-| | Sunday Key West plays Pirates and’ Smith Poultry plays Seafood! Grill in baseball doubleheader beginning at 1:30 p. m. Navy! Field. | ° °) | Institute of Public Opinion | Christmas holidays with relatives! ests striving to protect wildlife in, t0™-made neckwear, dolls and! survey shows 74 percent of re- and friends)’ Mr. Pinder expects | kto leave’ Saturday. | | Mrs. fee ‘—. Warren, before marriage’ Miss 'Petronilla- Trevejo, | who had ‘been visiting for one} month with the family in Key) Lion president H. E. Day was in. frie | West, left: yesterday on Floridai | Motor Linés’ bus, for her home in} | Cleveland, Ohio. | i Mr. and Mrs. Ira Thompson of | Eaton street are spending the | |Christmas holidays in Tampa with Mrs. Robert Futrell, sister ,of Mrs. Thompson. | Herman Demeritt, engineer on the lighthouse Tender Ivy, who_ is enjoying his seasonal vacation, ; and Mrs. Demeritt, returned Wed- | nesday from Miami, where they| taken up with preparations for| Normal Precipitation | were visiting for one week, and will be in Key West for Christ- | mas. Sete Osear: Ayala, of Tampa, arrived of.ithid’Cuba yesterday to join; invited guests to receive toys,’ Moon sets __ his brothers, Gabriel, Roland and Guis;"who arrived Monday morn- | ing’ to spend Christmas Day with Pounds of candy and a thousand | yigh {each of oranges and apples were} Low their brother, A. F. Ayala. G. L. Hartzell, associated with’ | the Rinso Radio Program at Fort’ | Wayne, Indiana, and Mrs. Hart-; | zell, were visitors in Key West yesterday, and told The Citizen | they were enjoying a very inter- esting visit. Lieutenant Fort Callahan, U. S. N., officer in charge of the ‘naval station, and Mrs. Callahan, ! left over the highway yesterday ;to spend the Christmas holi- | days at Mr. Callahan’s home in | Bainbridge, Ga. | Mrs. E. B. Mumford left on | Wednesday afternoon’s bus for Mi- ami, where she will board a plane enroute to Kingston, Jamaica, to | visit her husband, Captain Mum-/} ford, who is now stationed at that | part. Mrs. Mumford is a daugh-; ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pelaez of Caroline street, this city. i | Miss Mary L. Partrick was an} |arrival yesterday from Madison, |Fla., for a visit with Miss Agnes} Walker at 519 “Elizabeth street. | Miss Partrick was formerly a! WPA nurse and was stationed in’ | Key West. i | Mr. and Mrs. James Fort and| daughter Joyce, eight months/ old, are spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. New-! | ton Curry. | A. E. Pierce, manager of the | |Key West Gas Company, left on the early bus this morning for ‘the family homd in Warrenton, | Pa., where he will spend Christ-| | mas and return in the early part | of the New Year. Miss Marguerite Hernandez, ; secretary to PWA engineer G. F. Widmyer who is in charge of ac- |tivities in this section of the state, left on the bus today for Jacksonville, to spend Christmas | with her parents and other rel- atives.” ae PLog —_ Charles H. Baker, engineer in- spectof'on the WPA activityat |the county court house, left over the highway today for Jackson- ville to spend Christmas with his family. PPTII II iii iii FOR MEN SWEATERS TIE CHAINS TIE CHAIN SETS POLO SHIRTS BELTS BILL .FOLDS SHIRTS’ TIES SOCKS TIE AND HANDKER- CHIEF SETS ROBES GARTERS SUSPENDERS HANDKERCHIEFS PAJAMAS HOUSE SLIPPERS MILITARY SETS Only GIFT SUGGESTIONS--- For Last Minute CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS! A Very Merry Christmas... ——is the wish extended to all of i proprietor and staff of this store | CHAS. ARONOVITZ Monroe County is planned by the Lions Club of Key West as a re-} sult of action taken last evening at the regular held at Stone supper meeting! Church Annex. the chair. \ It is planned to print and dis-| tribute appropriate petitions to! all citizens city and county-wide —asking for pledges not to mo-| lest birds and other wild life. | Signatures on the petitions would | Highest be publicized and those co-oper- ating will receive a yet-to-be-de- | signed window sticker for auto- mobile or home. j Balance of the meeting was) the Community Christmas Tree} project being sponsored by the} over 800 children of this city are| candy and fruit from Santa Claus, | who is on the site. Over 100! arranged in bags at the meeting! last evening. | The special committee working | on the Clubhouse and Commun-! ity House project expects to re-| lease plans for a city-wide cam-! paign for support in the near fu: ture. Incorporation of the proj-j ect is being arranged at preesnt. Announcement Of Engagement } Announcement of the engage- ment of Miss Maryjane Lowell and Albert Nelson has been made by Miss Lowell’s mother, Mrs. 4Geo, A. Lowell. The wedding will take place in the very near future, it is said. Miss Lowell is the daughter of the late Judge Geo. A. Lowell. Mr. Nelson: is coming here from Detroit, Michigan. He is a gradu- ate of the University of Michigan. The couple will make their home in Detroit. : ANSWERS TO TEN TEST QUESTIONS Below are the answers to test questions printed on Page 2 oe Bay of Bengal. Yes. Football. Grover Cleveland, who suc- ceeded Chester A. Arthur. Poetry (or poesy). Hanging. 1922. Duke University. Monotheism. 10. Film actress. FLEMING STREET METHODIST “Uptown” CHURCH SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE ... 11 P. M. —Special Music— Text from prophecy—"And His Name Shall Be Wonderful.” J. P. LILLY, Pastor. FOR LADIES LAMPS VANITY SETS PAJAMAS NEGLIGEES ROBES GOWNS HOSE DRESSES SETS HANDBAGS EVENING BAGS HOUSE COATS HANDKERCHIEFS BLOUSES GLOVES COMPACTS | | | i | you from the | Department Store | Normal Mean shell novelties. Christmas shoppers looking for distinctive gifts will do well to visit Coral Reef. New stocks are expected almost daily and _ pa- trons are asked to tell their nds about this modern little, shop. THE WEATHER Temperaiures | day of Lowest Mean .___ Rainfall" Precipitation .0 Ins. .05 Ins. Yesterday's “Thin reco ix Tomorrow's Almanac j club and now in process of being! sun rises Leta at Bayview Park, at which! Sunsets _ Moon rises . $ - 8:29 p. m. Tomorrow's Tides AM. --11:56 5:16 4:47 Barometer 7:30 a. m., today: ©! Sea level, 30.13. | WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight; moderate east to southeast winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, possibly light rain in extreme northwest portion Saturday; warmer tonight, cept on the extreme southeast coast; warmer in extreme north- ' east portion Saturday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate east to southeast winds, and fair to partly overcast wea-} ther tonight and Saturday. East Gulf: Moderate easterly to southerly winds and partly overcast weather tonight and Saturday, with light rain over extreme north portion Saturday. State and District Welfare} Board employes wil not be paid} their December salaries prior to Christmas Day, under a ruling by State Comptroller J. M. Lee,;to the effect that any advance would be illegal. Arnesto L.O.Z. means "100% Pure Paint” unconditionally guaranteed! SALE PRICE, gallon KEY WEST PAINT CO. 512 Fleming St. Phone 118 DIRECT “ARNESTO FACTORY STORE | under’ the | Burns ex- |. plies favor continuation of Dies inquiry. eS | or aa FR! IDAY, DECEMBER 238, 1938 NEW COCKTAIL LOUNGE OPENS Fred Marvil announces display advertisement on page one today. The event is sched- uled for tomorrow afternoon in time for Christmas Eve parties. Opening night patrons of this night club will be pleased with the fine appointments, with ex- cellent wall decorations and mod- ern bar and furnishings. “Carlos” and “Tony” will be behind the L No or IASTER’S SALE | Notice is h y given that un-/ der and by.yirtye.of a certain Or- der and’ Decree of foreclosure and sale made and entered on the 19th ber, A. D. 1938, in and Sourt of the Eleventh reuit of the State of n and for Monroe County, in a cause therein pending wherein Dan J. Malloy is} plaintiff and David J. Green, if} and if dead, the heirs, de-| rantees or ‘other claimants | d David J. Green, de-| ceased, and his wife, if he be married, and Walter Francis ce g, and if dead, devisees, imants | grantees under the said Burns, Jr. de- | » his wife, if} 2 defendants, “oreclosure of Tax Sale tificate, the undersigned Special ster in’ Chancery will offer for d will sell at public outery, h in hand, to the highest and | t the front door of the of or| qi On 'the Island of known on William head's map del : A. A. D. 18: sixteen (16), cribed as follow Island of Key West, described P rt of Lot number one (1) uare number four (4) ac- ing to Frederick Filer's and Boyle's subdivision of tract sixteen (16). Commencing two hundred (200) feet from the corner of South and Simon- ton St s, and running thence north y So along the line of for sout (00) ly northwes ) feet to A. D. 1938. D R. LORD, in Chancery. | R. JR., ff. ; thence hundred (100 f beginning. Dated Noveml R Specia AQUILINO Lé Solicitor for Plainti di 38 Ask Your Grocer For Strong Arm BRAND COFFEE Serving the Key West trade for over thirty-five years! 72222 eeded A. J. BETHENCOURT MARKET & GROCERY 805 Fleming Street PHONE 76 — Also — Fruits and Vegetables SII Da DM DS Ms SPECIALS for XMAS and NEW YEAR Pork Hams, whole, Ib...25¢ Pork Shoulders, by whole, Ib. Turkeys, Ib. Hens, Ib. .. Roasters, Ib. Fryers, lb. . -18¢ .34c -30c -30c 35¢ OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI and Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND TWO ROUND (Except Sunday) Direct Between Miami and Key West. DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami 2:00 0’ West 7:00 o'clock A. M. Leaves Key West 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 2:00 o’clock P. M. LOCAL: (serving all intermediate Leaves Miami 9:00 o’ West 4:00 o’clock P. M. Leaves Key West 8:00 o’clock A. M., arriving Miami 3:00 o'clock P. M. KEY WEST KEY WEST TRIPS DAILY clock A. M., arriving Key points}~ clock A. M., arriving Key | | Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service Full Cargo Office: 813 Caroline St. Insurance Telephones 92 and 68 Warehouse—Corner Eaton and Francis Streets bar—the former, Mr. Marvill’s bartender in the Little Club in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, two years ago, and the latter, a fav- orite bartender known to all Key Westers. Mr. Marvil comes to Key West from a successful business in his own Cabana in Hobarth and man- agement of the Hobarth Country Club bar. The management stresses the policy of strict informality to be maintained. No formal attire is necessary, though patrons may feel free in that wear if desired. The Marvils plan to establish their home in Key West. Survey shows rise of 11 percent in college football attendance for of | the 1938 campaign, GENE AUTRY “The Singing Cowboy” pana RHYTHM OF THE SADDLE eee aecce BRADY’S POULTRY 1214 White Street Phone 540-W ee ROSTERS, Ib. ..... FRYERS, Ib. ...... 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