The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1939, Page 3

_ THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1935 ‘OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by Phoebe Atwood Taylor The Characters - Asey Maye, Cape Cod sleuth, -» Tertius Prettyman, insurance salesman. Yesterday: Asey catches Tertius burglarizing the Randall nouse. Tertius claims Jane is Mary's beneficiary, and asks $50,000 to keep the murder quiet. - Chapter 18 Blackmailer ‘TP HAT is very crudely put,” Ter- tius said. “But what, on the other hand, is fifty thousand to you Zeb? Chicken feed, . let’s stop skirmishing. You can’t arrest me. You know you can’t.” Konrad rubbed his forehead. He Sma ro bewildered. He won- erazier, iow, imself who was the 4 Bed ay pey ee vat ‘was supy to be so hot, or burglar who wasn’t acting at all the mop. a burglar should act, par- ticularly when caught in the act of Sapiine. z low d’you figure that?” Asey asked. “Can you town offices?’ “You was careful,” Asey ad- mitted, “about prints.” “And will you tell me how this Sop can identify his assailant as me?” “Say,” Konrad said, “1 know—” “Maybe you do,” Asey said, “but did you actually see who throttled you? No. There you are.” “Have I taken anything from this place? Did you find on me an g belonging to Mary Ran- | See? If you arrest me on any trumped up charge, I'll blow this hbush-hush business higher than a kite, If yon just Tet me loose, and forget this fifty thousand, it'll be worse than that.” Konrad turned to Asey. “Can't ou get him for the murder? low’d he know about it? If no one knows, and he does, didn’t he do it?” The problem had been both- ering him. “Unfortunately, Tertius was on fam ie 8 aca at ihe time, an’ ‘si iousand people know i ingludin’ Tertius P 2 . ink fast, Mayo,” Tertius said. “Think fast.” Asey strolled over to the oak chest, sat down and began to laugh. “What's so funny?” Tertius was irritated by the sound. “Tertius,” Asey said, “did you ever hear tell of possession? There’s a coarse, crass old adage that says possession is nine points of the law. I admit what you can do to us if we keep you or let you go. But that don’t alter the fact, we got you.’ . Minbartessing possession,” Ter- tius said. “You can’t keep me in yout pocket. Or leave me here. ‘ink of the long autumn evenings ahead—” “With the frost on the pumkin an’ you a’moulderin’ on the floor. I been considerin’ that, an’ I just found the solution,” y said. “YOu went’on the Porter yacht once, didn’t you? Aha, You-do re- call that? Gets you a little green to think about it, don’t it? An’ how they had_to put back to port an’ let you off, with you so weak from seasickness you couldn’t even walk. Had to be carried off in a stretcher. Well, Tertius, over to ay wharf I got a nice motor boat. Set to go, cause I was intendin’ to take a week’s fishin’ trip. I call her the ‘Rock an’ Roll.’ She’s a nice boat, an’ I’m sure you'll be real happy on her. My cousin Syl an’ his brother Alf—what’s that?” ‘He’s A Pulp’ ‘ERTIUS’ face was a horrible ‘ish white, ou can’t! You can’t do that, jprove I entered the about this murder? Did you 9 jast night like I thought’ es, “Broke into Weston’s office for the ledger? Yes. Slay down Konrad? Yes again. Now, what makes you think Jane Warren killed Mary Randall?” “She was here, wasn’t she?” “That's not enough. Why were “She and Mary t- ing. They were at each other's throats. Have been for a month.” “How do you know?” “Eloise told me.” Tertius said. | “It was about Zeb.” at about him?” “Mary wanted Jane to marry him. Said he was a good fellow and it meant security for the rest of her life, and all that.” “And Jane wouldn’t?” Twelve Gauge Gun dy she didn’t happen to love him. Mary said at least she didn’t hate him, and it was no time to bother tality.” Tertius was beginning to get back to normal. “Mary’s right, of course, int Jane’s case. But she Tubbed it in. And the more she rubbed, the stubborner Jane got.” Asey raised his eyebrows. This was a new angle, “That's all the truth,” Tertius said hastily. “You can ask Eloise. Eloise put in her two cents’ worth for Zeb, too. She thinks Zeb is dear —such a nice boy. Of course the money helps,” he mimicked Eloise’s high voice, “I always say it helps. Not that money is all, but I always think—Cousin Eleanor’s daughter—but then her husband wasn’t nice, and Zeb is so nice! I'm sure it wouldn’t turn out like that, with divorces.” “So Jane,” Asey said, “got it from Mary an’ from Eloise too?” That might well explain, he thought, her attitude on the pre- vious afternoon, and her bitterness about the antique business and everything connected with it. “And how! She couldn't leave. She hadn’t any place to go. All the usual Orphan Annie stuff. The Randalls were feeding and cloth ing and keeping her, and she couldn't talk back too mueh.” Ter- tius smiled. “And then that policy comes Saturday. Well, there you are. I suppose Jane’s idea was to kill Mary, and collect on that, and marry Slade and live happily ever after, only not in his tar paper shack.” “Marry Mike Slade?” stared at Tertius. “Look, is this your imagination?” “Ask Eloise,” Tertius said. “She'll tell you, They've been pret- ty sly about it. But Eloise caught on, and Mary did too, That was what galled them so, that Jane should play around with Mike, while the Baked Bean Billions stared her in the face. And, mind you, Mi and Eloise didn’t care so much for the money. But they knew Jane did, and does, Poverty doesn’t agree with her. They Jane.” Asey got up and started to pace around the room, This put a different complexion on the whole business, From the start, he and Lane had done considerable figuring about Jane Warren, She was there on the spot, and she was the obvious suspect. On the other hand, they here, certainly, was the motive. “That,” Asey said, “is sorrethin’, But we still go the gun problem. Zeb Chase an’ I got here seven or eight minutes .after Mary was killed. We can’t find any trace of Zeb ‘an bis ‘wont do, Lane’ lum} imneys, ’ planped, ty, 2 cPand it’s kidnapping!” ell, really,” see it’s any more kis what you was doin’ here tonight was burglarin’! You said } soul 't oultert ee “Ican't Tertlus rin; ‘Wo! fe “He's going to have a fit!” Kon- rad wae «he’s froth- . an’ Roll.’ You'resan amiable b! i lackmailer, Torte at ac) don’t make mu about it?” weeks. on the ‘Rock but adjecti ch How a “Come, come,” Asey said im- pests, “answer me! You're a lackmailer, ain't you?” He repeated the question until hig’ majl by“ rural route from Pine Bluffs, Wyo., just across the His mail bex’ is loeated W froth. more, after two | P red under floors, an’ generally Lobe toothed: the ean the sur undin’ seenery. 4 r? thin’. No gun. Now if iva been Jane, she hadn’t time to hide a an’ jt she hid it, we'd of foun it ., “Did you say shotgun?” Tertius int ed eagerly. “Was that what did it?” “A shotgun, an’ deer ball. iM “Asey,” Tertius drew a breath, “I should like very mu to winter in Florida or California, place. And Pll, word of hon word to until yoo every bit of Isn't i a oe find out who killed Mary Asey looked at Tertius. The fel- low seemed in earnest, but that meant little. ANE said he was all right, but | with that stupid modern sentimen- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN —K SPORTS RIVALRY TO BE RENEWED GOLF BUCS SINK FURTHER SATURDAY INTO. CELLAR; REDS Largest And Strongest! REPLACES McCORMICK | ease Ever To. Invade ' City; ' << i HANK GREENBERG POLED TWO HOME RUNS AND SCORED WINNING RUN IN TENTH (Sperial to The Citizen) | NEW YORK, April 27—Mc-, | Cosky, of Detroit Tigers, seeuring | | three hits in five times at bat} lyestefday, replaced McCormick, | Biltmore Golf Club of Miami of Cincinnati Reds, who poled | will renew relations with the Key, pefhe Finns pa eote attempts, NEW YORK, April 27.—Chi- es 5 Cubs made it their fourth West Golf Club next Saturday, jor leagues. McCormick fell from .““8° E oe 3 = 563 to 500, and McCosky rose | Straight victory yesterday after- continuing a series of matches from \i500 to .515. (Special to The Citizen) Outstanding | noon and their third in a row which were started many years | batters to date: a over Pittsburgh Pirates. Rookie H yer— R. H. Pet.) Lillard, making his debut, held — | McCosky, Tigers . 33 10 17 .515/ the wobbling Bues to ama The visiting team will be the ne Se Gere ae 4 10 500 scattered hits. Three Pirate hurl- largest that has ever invaded this Hack, Cubs 24 5 10 417 &™ Combined to limit the Bruins { : city and it will probably be the | Medwick, Cards . 24 10 417) scored three runs to Pittsburgh’s | DiMaggio, Yanks _ 22 9 409) one tally. best. since 14 of the best players ;Greenberg, Tigers 30 8 12 .400/ ithe joss was the sixth in a row im the Bilimere Club will make! gon Ne Creenhers: of Detipit Biz |for the Pirates, who now have the trip. Key West has been the ‘Six but re poo = hon, Hear ree Drees us of ane wndérdog in most of the matches! p3i jepitsia for thi date. | page nree so far this sea) "St “Louis Cardinals finally de- to date, but this time the Tourna- | £°D- cma ngs Ameri-|feated Cincinnati Reds but it was , can G ” ; Foxx,, e ment Committee feels that the Red Sox, 2; Campbell, Indians, 2;/0 “gee Vary Close victory. M0 visitors will get some js. | 0ag, Browns, 2. National -Ott,| -; ed < is me to seven safeties, but the Cubs: to | ORANGE BELT BASEBALL Asey | weren't being snooty about it, or | about Mike. They knew their | ‘Giants, 2; Camilli, Dodgers, 2: saved the game for Curt Davis | ingly stiff opposition. | i | with rifle throws to the plate and { The visiting team will find the’ | vious visits. Recent rains added | to the efforts of the Greens Com- | mittee to place the course in great | playing shape, = i The locals will pin their hopes; on a first team consisting of Joe} | Lopez, city champion, who can! turn in a score of 67 if pushed, | |and Sam Anderson, owner of} | Trumbo Island and a member of | \the Key West club for the past! |several montis. Anderson is! |just a shade better than Tubby) | Price, the Biltmore captain and! humber one man, so the combina- tion of -Lopez and Anderson should take anything Biltmore can throw into the match. | comprise the m two: combination is a gamble. ever, it is hoped that the steady | play and cool head of the veteran} Spottswood will stimulate the!scores as a handicap, the Golfers! brilliant but erratic Parks and| Marty, Cubs, 2. ~ third base to cut off potential a if é | # H p [I |aians fo Brooklyn Fe 7 f BERR GE ite Fee dl Z 3 ‘i af iH ry ii oy f : : $ Sj Hl i k i rg Ei ft i } i i i 2 ge § i i z i f $ i 5 are really mad. Collins is ing up the Pacific Coast He was a popular play: ley Field, and he is a man than CAV, tlins hit .267 last year of his hitting was done tember and hel the \@ pennant, t Fi igt gz it 5 g to! F { | 1 | | _LEAGUE started play last Sun- |day. In this loop are Sebring, Winter Haven, Sarasota and | Wales . Each club will play 21) games at home and the same |number away—168 games in all MeNair, of Chicago White Sox, | : leading run-producing | local course in better shape than player, having sent home 10.| it has been on any of their pre- Top-notcners in this department | White is the are: American—McNair, Sox, 10; Etten, Athletics, 8; Walker, White Sox, 8. National— Hassett, Bees, 6; Medwick, Cards, | 6; McCormick, Reds, 6. GAS MEN DOWN COLF BOWLERS THREE DUMMY PLAYERS’) in this department. Final count SCORES AS HANDICAP GIVEN LOSERS Bob Spottswood and Alton! Key West Gas Company took final inning and robbed him of a. | Parks 3 if c&™mp last night, shutout. However, Chicago White |Key West team. Frankly, this}two games to one, in the Key | Sox won easily, 5 to 1. How-|West Bowling League tourna- the Golfers into ment. scheduled, including 38 dou-| runs. Davis himself singled home are | the winning run. Lee Grissom) bleheaders: was charged with the defeat. Idle Philadelphia Phillies took! THE MOST DISTRESSING harge of second place in the Na-| NEWS coming from “Two-Ton”| ional League by virtue of the| Tony Galento’s fight camp is that | Reds’ loss. Phils are but he has sworn off beer drinking |and cigar smoking until after his . |fight with Joe Louis. Mr. Ga-| | “Hank Greenberg poled two| lento should realize he is too old| | home runs yesterday against St. / to change his habits now. Louis Cardinals, and in the tenth! For more than 10 years Galento! inning scampered home with the|has been a fair fighter, not a. | winning run as one of his team-| @Feat one, but better-than-the- | mates singled. The four-bagger! average heavyweight. During all! | blasts put Hank on top for honors | that time he has quaffed a dozen steins of beer each day. and has) ‘was 7 to €. |continually puffed on man-sized Dietrich held Cleveland Indians | cigars. So it seems too late to ‘te eight well scattered hits, ex-| change now. | cept for two that came in the JACK BELL. acu of! 'The Miami Daily News, was re-| eleeted president of the Florida |Sports Writers Association. Other officers elected G. All other games iri both leagues | were postponed because of rain were: | ge ied here the contests will be staged, ———___—_—__— “get your team in dass A-1|SMART MEN and Women sav: ion of you ai ——_ eee Daner ey Westers are ready and rear- And ge é apr26-im s aR 8 YOUR OLD SUITS made » i new. Apply White apr26. 8 for work, assist children. St lected to compose the Monroe premises. Small salary County Summer Baseball League iy Elisendrath, 706 and who will give it some prestige street. anad are Berlin Sawyer, Claude Al- bury, Willie Doughtry and Man- wanTED TO BUY—Key W uel Verele, Sr. Home, exchange de luxe a cruiser trailer as down pay- ment. State price and location. Box JFC, cio The Citizen light house “ Ap h ten \sixth, eighth and twelfth. And ————— among the hundreds of excited|A-1 CHEF. willing worker, able fans there was one outstanding to make profit and eld gentleman, who sat quietly clients. Apply Box T next to the scorer. This fan is'| The Citizen the father of “Julee” Barcelo, who won the game in the twelfth FOR SALE stanza with a single, and was Bar- celo, Sr., a proud old father! FOR SALE—Nice two bedroom bungalow, close in, $4500; $1 500 Cash, balance 6 payable monthly 10 years, about $35 per month. Box ES, co The Citizen. FOR MANY A MOON never has there been two local teams, so evenly matched as the Key West Conchs and Roadside Pi- rates. In their race for city cham- pionship honors, batting records SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms For show that Key West is outhitting Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, the Roadsiders by four points.| “Private Property, No Tres- i passing”, 15c each. THE pron . nov. scored 12 runs and registered 21, hits for a percentage of .184. Bues, | FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. on the other hand, are outscoring) Run from Washington to Von the Conchs by one run and have| Phister street. $1,000. Apply taken 105 trips to the plate re-| rear 1217 Petronia street sulting in 19 safe blows in 30 in-| aprl4-s nings for a .180 average. Pirates | With three dummy player made a scrap of it all the way, or cold weather. Results of the games: NATIONAL LEAGUE At St. Louis could think of no mative. And | produce a team that the visitors! Bob Spottswood pacing all bowl- t 1 will find difficult to take. jers of both teams with high game Cincinnati In the number three slot will; at 156 and high average of 126. [St.Louis - be Sam Goldsmith and Curry; Scores were: Key West Gas Grissom, C | Harris, another combination of |Co., 506-545-544, total 1595; Golf-,and Lombardi; C. Davis and | steadiness and brilliant but un-| ers, 481-561-434, total 1476. Owen. Jeff Moshier, St, Petersburg In- |dependent, first vice-president; | | predictable play. Harris has de-; Team standing to date follows: | | veloped into one of the longest} | drivers on the local club, and the | knowledge that he can depend on Goldsmith may work to pro-j duce one of his best games.; Should this happen, any team would have trouble in defeating the local pair. Goldsmith can be: counted on for an 80 against com- petition, and it is possible that he might turn in a 78. In a recent ‘match, Harris turned in 12 pars; and two birdies out of 18 holes. |Such play next Saturday will re- | sult in vietory for Key West. Playing in the No. 4 position! will be a team composed of Clem Price and"Melvin Russell. | the eagle eye of the i |the tournament committee, this’ pair turned in a best-ball of 70 in | a tune-up match last week, so this jeouple should be no jfor the va ion tote Silencer ol the tournament committee, will) have the best chance against the! The Biltmore Club will arrive by Aero-Car about noon Satur-| |day and immediately after lunch will go to the, course for the . lear drew up beside her as |was walking. One youth at the wheel-awhile another j Team— w.L. American Legion __. 5 Billy’s Service _ Key West Gas Co. Battery E - Lions Club K. W. Electric Co. First National Bank — Golfers Rotary Club —— DeMolay 6 6 4 3 3 2 MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES’ STANDINGS |. eocccceccenscs. NAL LEAGUE Chul Ww. L. ~ Philadelphia or i] 09 Od BD New York — Detroit ___ Cleveland - Boston _ Chicago BP ESS St. Louis —___ 3500 Pet |__ At Chicago R.H.E.jett Clay, Miami Herald; John| . Pittsburgh tl 8 0)Red Davis, Lake City Reporter; ; "667 Chicago ___ _._....3 7 0! Wilson McGee, Orlando Reporter- | “eaq7| Blanton, Brown, Bowman and | Star, and Sonny Jones, Tallahas-| 667 Boston at Brooklyn, rain. | HAVE ANY LOCAL BASE- | BALL FANS ever heard of a} |team thet won yet lost, and the! jone that lost to have won? It! Mueller; Lillard and Mancuso. — At Cleveland . a Chicago _.__...- 5 9 0/play with'a certain umpire. The) Cleveland __________- 1 8 1/rest of the club sided in with this Dietrich and Syivestri; Dobson, | Humphries and Pytlak. | | At Detroit Pet.|St. Louis ______— 667 _ Newsom, Walkup and Sullivan; .600'Kennedy, Coffman, Harris and 571 | York. 500) —— 429, Philadelphia at New York, 333 rain. 143 this certain pi | played without —— | question Washington at Boston, cold bancge iy le sdnaabee | R. H. 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