The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 4, 1939, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1939 THE ARMY POST MURDERS Bv Virginia Hanson * Thé Chatacters’ Rathierine Cornish, myself, vis= iting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army Elizabeth, Colonel Wright’s datghter. Adam Dréw, acting command- ing officer. Yesterday: Lou, Adam dnd I go to Elizabeth's. Chapter 30 The Hidden Relative ‘LIZABETH leaned over railing and spoke from upper hall. “Tl be down in a minute.” Adam said, “Right! We'll wait in the colonel’s den.” There was-a cot bed coveréd by a, Navajo blanket and piled wit! the kind of cushions that are in- tendéd for use. I curled up among them, and Adam, after a prelimi- Mary inspection of the seating ar- fahgementa, chose the swivel chair in front of the big mahogany desk, where he saf rather painfully erect. I knew that he had understated the effects of his falt on the poto field, but I also knew that he hated sym- pathy, so I did not offer mine. “Yon still have the notebook?” he asked softiy; and at my nod: “Don’t let anyone see it.” Islid it under the cushions while he took from somewhere on his pesca the little bundle of notes I iad made during the early ques- tioning. A baffled look crept over his features as he studied them. “You'll have to interpret, I’m afraid. . . . Sleepy?” _ “No. I don’t want to put out the light.” “It ought to be nearly, dawn. Sky’s overcast. This has been the Jongest night. ..-” a 2 dam, what are we going to lo?” He shook his head wearily. “That notebook—I’'m pinning impossible hopes to it. If you'll stay up——” jlizabeth’s firm tread echoed on the stairs. She came into the room, a splendid, unshaken creature, the kind of woman who takes the years as they come, meeting trouble with matter-of-fact, unflinching cour- age. “Thank you, Adam, for taking care of Katherine. This has been an ordeal for her.” Her eyes, full of trust and affection, rested on mine. “I wish I could have spared qo the things Mrs. Orpington said, fo one who knows you could be- lieve them.” The memory of my own suspi- cions of Elizabeth plagued me. I could find nothing to say. “Elizabeth,” said Adam quietly. “A man has been killed.” Horror cast its visible shadow over her face. “Who?” she whispered. : “A sentry, He had information . . You understand that I question everyone?” She said; “Certainly.” Her voice was sieadier. Her eyes were com- passionate, but the. blow had glanced off. ani oRay was with me—there is no Possible suspicion of her.” She turned to me with sponte ous pleasure. “I’m glad. Charlie?” “Charlie was in his rooms,” said Adam evenly. “Now I want you to tell me—have you and Annie been together since you left us at the elub?” “Yes, al] the time. And she in- tends to sleep in my room. She’s very faithful.” “Then you were not out of each other's sight from the time yau left us_at the Service Club?” He was so persistent, I decided, not because he distrusted her, but because of lingering eetnien: And it was not unjustified. “No,” said Elizabeth, “except at the Carewes’, of course.” ‘No Psychologist’ DAM blinked and the color rose in his face. “At the Carewes’?” “Yes, Annie wanted to stop by and see if Mrs, Carewe needed any- i old friends, you get to see her, though. Bridget — that’s the Ca- rewes’ maid—said Mrs. Carewe had been given a sedative and was asleep. And Major Carewe was out — Bridget either couldn’t or wouldn't say where. Annie stayed there quite a time arguing, with her, and when she came ouf she seemed quite annoyed.” i “And you?” Adam asked reluc- tantly. “Oh, I didn’t go in,” said Eliza- beth placidly. ii m, fhe the, waited in the ca When she had gone upstairs again Adam closed the door and turned to me with a ferocious scowl that sat oddly on his cher- ubic features. “ T waited in the car,’” he mim- a eeey- pil ee ol they ave si er—Jjust one sound alibi to break the chain— anything!” : are es ee of gnats were ering him. ‘Vell, after Hothering f you the truth, and she needn't have. Annie would lie for her—did lie abeut the time of Anne's shooting. Eliza- beth could have a chain of alibis for the cl ‘ “She doesn’t seem to feel the need of one,” he said wryly. “Tell me, do you notice just a flavor the roval family ut her—the- Hard-Boiled Cops Cringe Before Mikes (Ry Axssoctated Prets) DENVER, Jan. 4—Installation Bog <can- do-no- wrong sort of fot éxactly. .. . Still, ¥ see what you mean, I thi it’s con- scious rectitude—the owlsa J of being without blemish. all, Adam, can you im: murdering anyone?” “I can see her meting out just and righteous ae imagination ba! at murder. It couldn’t be that with her: it would have to be an execution. I can even imagine her executing herself in ba ofa ba shxeptatiiy le , gtinned she A “Ke it Tense anything about it,” he said apologetically. “It’s a rash man who sets himself up to inter- pret another person’s mind. We're taysteries even to ourselves.” “But—but that’s trueabout her,” I said in a flash of conviction. “Only there’s no such motive here.” “Of course not, And I’m na psy= chologist. We'll leave that:sort '6f thing to Barney ——” “WT The notebook! I reached a hand under the cushion for it, and Adam dropped down beside me on.the cot. And it was at this inevitable mo- mént that the door opened and Lou Orpington peeped in. Snes still fully dressed, I had. time to observe before she ducked out and shut the door with osten- tatious haste. “Oh, I beg your pardon!” she called with unnecéssary volume. “I didn’t mean to interrupt. I just eame down for a book... .” Adam was stating at the closed door in blank surprise. “You'll find Little Women in my room,” I said clearly. “Take it— I've read it.” Her voice drifted away, still shrilling apologies, as if she had reajly interrupted something. fe exchanged oe wildered glances then I began to giggle helplessly, ws ‘What I’m doing to your repu- tation, Adam!” He was blushing, as usual at the slightest excuse. “A thoroughly nasty woman,” he said stiffly. He tose, returned to the swivel chair. “Perhaps you'd better read it to me. Safer that way. ...” And he grinned reluc- tantly. ‘But What And How?” I OPENED the little brown note- book, flipped the pages and be- ‘an to read where we had left off in Barney’s rooms. “ ‘Mrs. Flower — always telling about her heart palpitations, see chapter on neurasthenia. Many sympfoms of mental unbalance hére: 1. Inability to follow a sub- ject consecutively or coherently. 2, Repeated use of wrong word— “ingenious” for “ingenuou3,” “e! nent” for “imminent,” ete, 3. Colos- sal tactlessness, 4. Inability to see herself as others see her. 5. Primi- tive defense of her child’s most ob- vious faults and rea] pleasure in the fact that the brat resembles her. “Odd that the child shows none of-his father’s superior mentality. Query: Has physiaue — physical superiority—any relation to hered- itary dominance? Flower is not stepng, “Mrs. Flower’s father was a painter—fenowned, but commer- @) cially unsuccessful. N. B. Genius often on the borderline of sanity. Has she any brothers or sisters? Can seldom get a straight answer from her, Is she intentionally eva- sive or merely rattlebrained?” Adam murmured, “What a lot he missed!” His eyes were closed, his hands rather tense on the arms of the chair. “Haven't I seen you smoke a piper” I demanded. “Where is it?” ie opened his eyes, grinned at m e. “In the caf.” “Then get it—you look too un- comfortable.” “It’s a violent brute,” he said easel. “Maybe Elizabeth wouldn’t like it... .” “Nonsense—I think her father smokes old rubber bands.” He went like a child released from school, returned nursing the ipe eontentedly; tamping tobacco ‘rom & leather pouch into the black bowl. Presently the sweet, acrid smoke began to fill the room. “Go on,” he muttered through teeth clamped on the stem. “Mary Shaw heard somewhere that she had a h went in for good Ere of Mary doi er. Query: Adam took the: mouth, cradled it in'Misthands. _ “Do mo notice something about this—this amateur analysis? The same theme—as if he were on the trail of something?” “You mean—the hidden rela- tive?” The mints 2 had phrased it my mind made the connection. Adam had said the murderer was some- the skeleton tn the family closet” e skeleton e lose! “Ethel Curtis!” I breathed. “He must have found out something. But what, and how? He doesn’t know who—you can tell that by the way he speculates about them Adam ¢ a not peey: ae one were with furious. thot and he was smoking with eet rapid puffs, like a steam working at top speed. ay (Copyright, 1938, Virginia Hanson) &® FAMILY % a b READING, Pa—Th@ Kozloft | brothers of this city® play their cousins, the Goodman bi in an annual game of basketball } A Defying the laws of gravitation every second of the | way, two speed demons race ! | resilience of their cycle tires | crashing through the thin ste , them and an uncertain fate. | skillful manner in which they have mastered the laws of ' | centrifugal force. Who are these motor maniacs? the Looping Nixes, with Grady Nix, king of daredevil | cyclists, and fearless Bunny Nix, the Australian ‘‘mile-a- | minute” girl, and they have ences from one end of the world to the other. ‘Lions De | | { | Grill Wins First \Bams. \Chiahie diene Bbigh! School Last Quarter Cut} Short; Seafood Grill De- feated Tigers 26-13 By AGUILAR Seafood Grill cinched the first- half of the Island City Basketball League’s split schedule last night | when they defeated Park Tigers, and High;School Varsity downed | Lions Club: Curtain-raiser saw High School boys and Lidns fight it out right down to the, final whistle, when | Elmore Pinder looped a field | goal into the net to. make the | score 28-27. | Pinder’s playing was outstand- ing. Collins, Lewin and Soldano played a very good game for the | Varsity, also. Knowles and J. | Pinder starred for the Lions. | High score was made by J. Pinder and E. Pinder, each with five field goals and one free throw. Spectators and players claim that the time in the last quar-} | ter was cut short about one min- ute. Score by quarters: Total! , High School 89 9 2— 2% Lions Club 810 3, 6— 27 Free throws missed: E. Pinder | i ‘| 3; J. Pinder 3, Collins 2, Knowles,! Navy Field follow: Baker; personal fouls: Matthews |4, Baker 4, E. Pinder, J. Pinder, | | F. Carbonell. Seafood Grill had an easy time | with Park Tigers in the nightcap, | }as the final score shows. The victory, coupled with Lions’ Toss | | in the opener, cinched first-half) | honors for the Grill boys. t J. Carbonell was high scorer at a dizzy pace, stop abruptly to take a bow and then re- | sume their mad, luck-touched series of dazzling circuits, | in their ‘Globe of Death” apparatus. feated By High School In Heated Final Quarter; Seafood | : BASEBALL LEAGUE THE KEY WEST CITIZi around a steel lattice cage Only the perfect injuries they have sustained seem to prevent them froms el barrier standing between» Resilience and, perhaps, the ‘ agantly speedy loop-the-loop They are, of course, thrilled blood-thirsty audi- Their in- es a ed : CIGARETTES ~—s THAT SATISFY | ree) [EXCELLENT QUALITY OF. | CHESTERFIELDS EX- | PLAINED Half Of League FOLLOWING THROUGH | By AGUILAR | ‘The right combination of the! | world’s best cigarette tobaccos in a blend that can’t be copied is the} theme of the national newspaper j | advertising for the first quarter! PONCE DE LEON PLAYS HERE FRIDAY High Scnooi Varsity will meet | its first upstate five Friday night} | at the gym, when Ponce De Leon | of 1939 just released by the Lig-) makes its 1939 debut in Key West. gett & Myers Tobacco Company This affair will climax a game) for Chesterfield Cigarettes. | between Lions Club and _U. S.; Army, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. | In continuing its country-wide | campaign in both newspapers and | S | magazines Chesterfield forcefully | BASKETBALL MANAGERS repeats the mildness and good/ MEET ;TOMORROW NIGHT | tacte of Chesterfield’s fine qual| There will be a meeting of the | ity tobaccosand continues — to} managers of Island City Basket-' griye home the pleasure of smok- | ball teams at the High School! ing the cigarette that satisfies. gym tomorrow night: This ses-| Chesterfield’s “right combina-| sion is called for the purpose of tion” story is enlivened and hu-| arranging a schedule for the sec-| manized by the use of photo-} ond-half play of the league, which | graphs of well-known personali-! will start Monday night. | ties such as Hal Sims, the bridge expert; Veloz and Yolanda, so- ciety dancers; The Flying Wal- MEETING TONIGHT lendas of circus fame; Miss Ma- Managers, officials and players rilyn Meseke, winner of thé re- of the Monroe County Baseball cent Miss America contest; the League will meet tonight in the’ famous Rockettes of Radio City, Renedo building, beginning at 8 Music Hall; George Brent, Olivia) o'clock. : ‘de Havilland and John Payne of Mario Sanchez, president, Te-| the picture, “Wings of the Navy” quests all to be on time, {and others of national note. FOR SUNDAY | Great Britain Gets Thousands Of Refugees! Games scheduled for Sunday at (By Ass viated Press) 2 LONDON, Jan. 4—In Great! in the Britain there are about 11,000) ;refugees who have been admitted } ae ce |from Germany and Austria since; COMING BASEBALL |1933, said the Home Secretary | GAMES - |answering a House of Commons} Teams of the Monroe County questioner. Baseball League will play a regu-! In addition about 5,000 refugees | lar “foubleheader Sunday, Janu-| have gone overseas after a stay Cuban Club and Roadside Pi- rates ih opening contest; Trojans} and yy West Conchs nig! . trepid exploits have been built on the fact that according to their own testimony, they refuse to consider their spec- tacle of speed as fraught with danger, despite a few bad hard-boiled attitude has helped them to overcome “grav- ity fright.” A climatic feature of their stunting is extrav- in mid-air on the raving motorcycle without the aid of any safety device whatsoever. a beautiful gold-plated structure free from any and all mechanical contrivances and safety gadgets. Park and the Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 American Le- gion, take pride in presenting to the people of Key West this sensational Free Attraction, every night at 10:30. | southeast and south winds, and ; partly overeast weather tonight. PAGE THREE -LEGALS UIT COURT OF THE | "ot know and have not been able ICIAL CIRCUIT IN! to ascertain by diligent search and MONROE (COUNTY, | inquiry whether Francisco’ Ferreira N CHANCERY. land Francis Ferreira, two of the defendants named in said are dead or alive and if or her unknown heirs at law, de- visees, or. grantees ' and arties interested in nds who are itfs and after inquiry the obtain their | Crowds Swarm Playland Park — ttractions Draw Thousands; ‘‘The Globe Of Death” Feature LEGALS IN THE C! Lith SUD AND, FOR FLORIDA. 7-85 CHARLES W. PEREZ, 4. EF. WOODBURN, EDITH E. MOF- FAT, joined’ by. her _husband. VICTOR R. MOFFAT; PAULINE BURRUS PAPY, joined by her husband, BERNIE C. PAPY, Plaintiffs, | BILL TO QUIET TITLE | Plaintiffs could REMOVE CLOUDS AND , names. FOR OTHER RELIEF. It is therefore, JOE THORN JACKS nd if above and forexc JAC. lished once a w: JANIE © HO! , a ‘secutive w in the ALAN M. COHEN and ‘ABETH _D. COHEN,_ his DG LAZARUS, and if. mar- band; FRAN- RREIRA, if alive, and if dead his unknown heirs at law, devisee: tees; FRAN‘ alive, and i cause dead his versus not Key having gen- roe County, defendants ordered and appear to the bill of }complaint on Monday the ninth day of Janaury, A the unc tyl j Citizen, a riewspaper jeral circulati in M Florida, Land eac Trequired to cisco F answer tyled court any and so failing to er as afore- , devisees, legatees grantees, and any and all persons having or ¢ interest in the | seribed land being | in) Mo iming any following de- situate, lying and ‘oe County, Flor- , Section ." Range st, commonly called Hog Key aining 11.02 acres more or It furthe I sworn bill Jabove styled jof the plaintiffs t | Jackson, and if marr json, h is the belief Joe Thorn Defendants. NOTICE AND ORDER OF PUBLICATION In the name of the State of Florida: Ir s 1011 Sher- further fendants’ residence as is known to th partic plaintiffs f dent of of Florid: | Said defend | kno | Stre | tha Jackson, Avenue, 1011 Sher- nt as particularly . ffs is Baird Caro- Cohen married, he fendants in said residents of a st State of F' of said ai as is know 3 Ferndale Alan M. Cohen, 3012 Fern- Avenue, Baltimore, Mary- are than the residence rticularly ntiffs is eth D. Cohen, 3012 Fern- Itimore, Mary- Ps t plai azarus, 2141 N. W. Avenue, Apartment as particul ntiffs is artment 14, would iendants oraered that e hamed non-resi- lands, and they ing ida, nam » See Township 66 South, Range East, commonly called Hog containing 11.02 acres e or less. ae neee bove named defendants in ; \)/8e a deere e styled cause and each of | Gerendants not apr them will take notice the above A Youn the callers tm named plaintiffs: have filed thelr! pear, plead, or answer a decree of bill of complaint in the above styled | the above cicica sotne Wilk be ome cuuse against the sdid named de- {¢ bests an oa lowing described lands, situate, ly- | Gr answer ! ing and being in| Monroe County, “4; further, ordered, that this Florida, namely Lot 1, Section 8 notice and ordér of publication be Township 66 South, Range 32 East, |" Lose i t Called Hog Key, contain: | Dublished once a week for four ing 11.02 acres, more or less, and to (jt; a ce oseaer eee in cancel and remove clouds from the : title to the plaintiffs’ setibed lands and to remove as clouds, on the said lands that certain deed dated January 1ith, Harold A. Gibson Leona A, Gibson, and Joe | Jackson, to Janie C. Holmes, as mortgagee, filed and recorded in Mortgage Book “B-4", at pages 304/ to 307, Public Records of Monroe | County, Florida, and_ that certain | Mottgage D’eed dated February 27, | 1926, by Harold A. Gibson and his wife, Leona A. Gibson and Joe Thorn Jackson to Edgar M. Laaafus, mortgagee filed and recorded Mortgage Book “B-4" at pages 428- | ‘431, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and that certain 80| mortgage deed dated March 15, 73| 1926, by Harold A. Gibson and his wife, Leona _A. Gibson, to Alan M. 76| Cohen an@ Elizabeth D. Cohen, his} 69 | wife, as mortgagees filed and re-| corded in Mortgage Book “B-4" at | pages 434 to 437, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and for OIns. other rélief. | 06 Ins,| The above named defendants and | urt, in and Florida, other- fesso will be defendant ¢ aring as afor for Monroe County, pro ec from time to time.. This riding upside down 18 feet The steel lattice cage is nore cancel title de- | > De- Playland tiffs 8,1938, jan4,1939 Attorneys for Plain dec7-14-2 OL edad dadededatadadll “THE WEATHER Coeccencencccercsocsoes Temperatures” Highest - Lowest . Mean Normal Mean - Rainfall" Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation BENJAMIN LOP: FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 of them are severally notified that on yt il to appear, plea Sun sets 5:52 p. m.|Granswer a decree of. the” above Moon rises 6:00 p. m. Moon sets . 6:42 a. m. of complaint filed in the above | atyled cause that the plaintiffs do On P.M. | each of them are severally notified | *Thin record hour period and required to appear to the bill/ “nding at % o'clock Gits storming. | of complaint on Monday the ninth above named defendants and each Sun rises 7:13 a. m. styled Court will be refidered and entered against you and each of Full moon, 5th 4:30 p. m.| It appearing from tiie swofn bill | Tomorrow’s Tides High - OD 9:15) 5 Low 20 238 | BIG PINE INN Sea’ level, 30.13. ; ‘National Safety Councii Tomorrow's Almanac day of January, A. D., 1939, and the y You Can AM. Barometer 7:30 ‘a m., today: | WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m.; Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly! eloudy and mild tonight and! om Thursday; moderate to fresh To nig ht oe To nig ht southeast and south winds. RIDES—SHOWS—CONCESSIONS American Legion PLAYLAND PAR extreme southeast coast tonight, and in extreme north portion Duval and Division Streets Thursday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate southeast to. south! winds, becoming fresh at times, and partly overcast weather to- night and Thursday. East Gulf: Moderate to fresh showers north, | and .Thutsday, with Thursday over extreme portion. exer { Ardent Wife—It is church time, John! Shall we go in our auto? Husband—I prefer that way. The old bus is pretty sure to break down before we get there. of a two-way radio system for to decide the superiority of the Denver police patrol cars brought | families. such an epidemic of “mike fright” thet a school of elocution had to technician. “They became un- be established. intelligible, or they shouted so “No matter how much courage | loudly they nearly deafened the some officers may have they! dispatchers at headquarters”. shrink like a violet when they With a little training most of- face the microphone,” said De-,ficers overcame their difficulties, tective Howard Williams, radio’ Williams said, of this eontest, sinking eight field| ary 15, with Key West Conchs' in the United Kingdom. goals. | and Cuban Club in the first, and | Seore by quarters: Total Trojans vs. Roadside Pirates in} | Seafood Grill 10 2 6 8— 26 | the second. jopetulen at Navy Field by local} Park Tigets 2 6 0 5—13 teams should the Navy men want} | the use of the field. Free throws missed: E. Sweet-| USE OF NAVY E However, if the sailors will alt CUBAN COFFEE ing, B. Pinder, Ed. Woodson; | FIELD | Two U. S. destroyers will ar-) use the grounds, the games will} ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | personal fouls: Wickers 2, Bishop! i* E Sweeting B. Pinder. poe = port Sunday, which will be played as scheduled. | eeeeccescestoaneseeeeses necessitate calling off all games| THE LOOPING NIXES GLOBE OF DEATH FREE EVERY NIGHT