The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 1939, Page 3

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939 EEE cameenae OLD HOME WEEE MURDER by Phoebe Atwood Tayler The Characters Asey Mayo, Cape Cod sleuth. Tertius Prettyman, insurance salesman, bas Yesterday: Tertius claims Jane is guilty. Mary canted her to ‘Marry Zeb, when she loved Slade. ‘Als0, Jane bought a shotgun. Chapter 19 Girl Reporter paused for a moment t6 let the information sink in, arid then he surveyed Asey with @ certain amount of irritation. “Well, doesn't that please you?” gr tpicase me a lot more, ag you could only prove it. can prove it. She from a mail order house. I eunceiel phieck that paid ,” Asey said, “ho about you bought i yourself? An’ if she did buy it, how come it’s ior check? Nope, you'll never ik in any orange groves on the stren; that!” . In Tune, she came to me arid asked if I'd write a check for . She wanted to order some- ne, and pas only cash. So—” is = ¥ t she use 4 mofiey or- sm she come to you, of al “Jane Warren,” Tertius said, '“probably doesh’t know what a Cred or@er is. She comes from.@ ferent a scale. Zhere's only one way of sending mon: at she understani Thats by check. She always sent checks, and not hav- ing any checking account at the moment, she checks from sofnéone who has ‘em. She’s done it before. Once when she bought soffie present for Mary and didn’t want fo give the show away b asking ry to write the chec! for her. See?” nodded.’ back the next month—say, undo low’d you fina out?” “Oh, well. Well, there was a éatalog number written on the back, so I got out a catalog and looked it up. What she ordered and what my ‘k paid for, and what she got, was a I holga, anni- versary speci?) 5 you prove that, check, and her order As] by your store By the post office. Any- thing you want. There you are. E 7. killed by a twelve gauge an. Jane Lought one. Jane has a “That's all true.” “And if you haven’t been able to find any gun,” Tertius went on, AMILTON,” Tertius said. “He's the one who got my li- ught that | the Before nis hand could lift the | door latch, someorie on the other | Side touched it. s H A girl with red hair and freckles | smiled at him and walked past inte | the barn. | “I caught on a nail,” she said | pleasantly. Asey didn’t néed to ask who she | paisa nn es This orion | only to, clear that’she had been | making the most of an orchestra | seat. “That shéd doo. ” she went 6n, “is no éarth}y use. My nail file almost cuticin two.” Shestretched | and wriggled her shoulders. “And | whoever thought up that glued- | to-a-keyhOle idea was a master of | . Pve ve Sciatica or | something in every limb. Look, {| Pm hot going to bite. or break into ~ little pieées or anything” i “What brouzh: you here?” Asey demanded. | “That shot. I heard itas I drove | by. So I came in. Frankly, ’m a sucker for the sound of a shot. I can’t seem to resist them — do I re discourage you as much as you look?” “Miss Thayer,” Asey said, “you do. You—” “How'd you know my name?” “Sheer detectin’.” Asey told her. Just Matter Of Fact He foresaw that it was going to be uphill work, disliking this xirl. He wanted to, but he couldn’t seem to get started. She wasn’t hardboiled. She wasn’t mushy or soppy, like that Viola Someone | who'd knit hin. socks and miourn- [ ed that he had to live all by him- | self in that great big house of his. She wasn’t at all or ar- rogant, as she h d every right to be when you considered what she had stumbled into. She was just maiSheer detectin’” Asey “Sheer det ie repeat- ed. “Miss Thayer, what do you want? Or puttin’ it another way, what do you want more’n you want this story?” _ Kay Thayer sat down, li ited a tfully “It’s going to slay you,” she said at last, “but I don’t want anythin, Not even a trip to California. want the story, but I don’t want it now, “What?” oes eA first I was all wor! up to ou were hiding | a murder. Then it occurred to me that you couldn’t be hiding it. If | the state cops knew, then various | finow, Ava then after & period at | deep thought, I began to grasp it. If eee had a murder now, | well—poof—” “Poof, or boom, Honestly, you pest Lmean you'll keep quiet for a spell? “Why not? If I phone up what Pve found out, the whole pack'll be here as fast as their cars’ll carry’em. What chance would I | began to start a war dan¢e and; lin as many starts, and ROARING LIONS UFFLED BY | | | DEFEAT Bs CHISOX EDGE OUT TIGERS, | 2 TO 1, IN THIRTEEN IN-| ED STAR. LOSERS DROPPED NINGS: MARCUM TAMED THREE STRAIGHT GAMES. INDIANS | To ‘VICTORS | | } (Special to The Citfxen) ——_|_—_Lions’ roars last night sounded! NEW YORK, April 28—Chi-/ like the mewing of little kittens end Teun eee’ eee club members fook a three-| they met Cincinnati Reds, their straight licking at the hands of} outstanding rivals for National | the DeMolay boys. ee pennant ay oa Playing with one man short( a! eighth inning, Fren i th ions | pi steady ball, but the Recta |"*2" so they said), =r Lions inevef seemed to get going. when it was all over they had, Scores were: DeMolay, 551-509- ' scored eight runs. Ival Goodman’ 579, total 1639; Lions, 495-485-506, | batted twice in this frame, secur- total 1486. | nae ee tae aged erie High individual game was gain- | Gest tey.ie the plate. ‘Detringer| 2 by #. Pinder a een ee of the Reds won his second game 28¢ by K. Lewin, both of De- French | Molays. | lost his second game in that many) Team standing to date follows: tries. Cincy is but a half game! qeam— Sik tak behind the Bruins. | As 4 tei 5 Boston Bees finally stopped|“™erican Megion —— those surprising Philadelphia Billy’s Service -__. 6 Phillies at fourth straight vic- Key West Gas Co. tories. In a game that saw six Battery. E ——_ pitchers toe the slab, the Bees K. W: Eleetrie Co. gained a 5-4 win. |DeMolays St. Louis Cardinals sent Pitts-|Lions Club — ts burgh Pirates a little deeper into | First National Bank -_ the cellar but it took 11 innings Golfers _ to do it. Besides committing three | Rotary Club errors, the Cards used a trio of! moundsmen to quell the Bucs. | Entertainment At Chicago White Sox, who had Summerland Key lost a 14-inning decision to De- troit Tigers the last time they PEE NESS ~ -500 ‘167 -000) CHMWW WERE WOR Aw www met, got sweet revenge yesterday | when they edged out the Tigers, 2-1, in 13 frames. Kreevich scored both Chisox runs and set the stage for the winning marker. Marcum pitched and batted St. Louis Browns to a 4-2 victory over Cleveland Indians. Washington Senators downed| Philadelphia Athletics, 6 to 3. All other games in the major of cold weather or rain. Results of the games: LEAGUE R. HL E. Arrangements have been made! by. the WPA Recreation Depart- ment, statewide, in cooperation with the.CCC Camp at Summer- land Key, for an afternoon of en-! tertainment on fhe Key, Sunday! afternoon, April 30. Blue Sox’s baseball team of |Key West will meet the boys of \the Camp on the recently con-} |structed diamond at Summerland, | {leagues were postponed because the Hospitality Band, of the Fed-| jeral Music Project, will play a) |eoncert before and + during the/| | e. | | A group of young women chap-| 2 eroned by Mrs. Eva Warner and) cuso; Derringer and Lombardi. REE. 510 1 Philadelphia eee fe: Be Macfayden, -Shoffner, Earley and Lopez; Hollingsworth, Poin- dexter, Burkart, Smith and Mil- Ties. » At St. Louis Pittsburgh - -5 91 St. Louis — 6: 4-S (11 Innings) Klinger, M. Brown, Sewell anid Berres; Shown, Bowman, McGee and Franks. Brooklyn at New York, cold RHE \and rain. |Cincinnati ________11 15 0) Misses Margaret Lacedonia and) cruiser trailer as down pay-| Frnch, Page, Russell and Man-|‘yanecsa Collins will accompany|. ment, State price and location. | | the team, as also will Victor Lar-' sen and George Mills White., | Transportation has been ar-| | ranged. | Saturday, April 29, the Federal Seecvccosovcsosovesooess MAJOR LEAGUES’ GAMES TODAY SOE eb cbdEdedséoccosceccs NATIONAL LEAGUE DEMOLAY BOYS, Chicago at Cincinnati—Bryant |ter, Mise (0-0) vs. Vander Meer (0-0). PLAYING WITHOUT SO-CALL-, Brooklyn at New York—Press-| nell (0-0) vs. Schumacher (0-1). _ Pittsburgh at St. Louis—Tobin (0-1) vs. Warneke (1-0). Boston at Philadelphia—Pose- del (1-0) vs. Mulcahy (0-0). AMERICAN LEAGUE Nev York at Boston—Gomez |cago Cubs’ winning streak of four .- tne team made up of Lions (2-0) vs. Grove (@-1). St. Louis at Cleveland—John- son (0-1) vs. Zuber (0-0). Detroit at Chicago—Laab (1-0) vs. Lyons (0-1). Philadelphia at Washington— Ross (0-1) vs. Chase (0-1). Pay No Attention Mayme—How’s your husband this morning, Myrt? Myrt—The poor boy’s deliricus | again. Mayme—Heavens! rious? Myrt—Gracious, no! It’s the sil- liest stuff you ever heard. Is it se- SOCeeesssoccesesococoose 500! HARPER & CARR PLUMBING | CO., 521 Simonton Street. Tel. 373. Expert work at reason- ‘ ‘able prices.: “Estimates Frée. .apr27-1mo MISCELLANEOUS SMART MEN and Women save money at Johmy’s Manhattan Diner. 627 Duval street. apr26-l1mo YOUR OLD SUITS made to look | like new. Apply White Star Cleaners. apr26-1mo WANTED WANTED—Refined young wom-| an, white, for light house| work, assist children. Stay on premises. Small salary. Ap-! ply LEisendrath, 706 South street. apr24-tf| WANTED TO BUY—Key West) Home, exchange de luxe auto! Box JFC, clo The Citizen. | apr27-3tx WORK WANTED Marionette Unit will, while en- A-1 CHEF, willing worker, able route from the engagements in | Key West, stop at the CCC Camp! arid present an enterfainment. |Wesley Fellowship ‘Holds Meeting ! Ley Memorial Young Adults held their fellowship meeting | Monday everiing in the church annex. } A delightful refreshment course was served by Miss Elizabeth Rosam and Mrs. Lillian Griffin! to make profit and please clients. Apply Box T. V., cjo! The Citizen. apr27-3tx! FOR SALE | |FOR SALE—Nice two bedroom for the foreclosure of a mortgage bungalow, close in, $4500; $1,- 500 Cash, balance 6% payable; monthly 10 years, about $35) per month. Box ES, cjo The! Citizen. apr22-1wk | FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. | Run from Washington to Von jless the right of way of the County }and less Lot Five (5), Block Four | (4) and Lot Eight (8), Block One 1 ' Announcement Of Engagement | Mrs. Ina Yates of Lakeland an-| noufices the engagement and ap-; Proaching marriage of her daugh- Miss Carolyn Yates, to the) Rev. Maurice Felton of Key West | and Atlanta, Ga., son of Mr. and} | Mrs. J. Thomas Felton. The wedding date has” been set/ for May 11 at College Height! | Methodist Church, Lakeland, Fla. "LEGALS N_THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE | BEBVENTH JUDICIAL CIRC OF FLORIDA. | MONROE COUNTY. | CERY. H No. 7-117 | ELLEN L. CRIBB, a widow, Plaintiff, vs. FIRST TRUST COMPANY, ete., et al., ! Defendants. OF PUBLICATION ‘orr |Datural, this class of j RDER IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA: TO: GEORGE M. SMITH and MRS. GEORGE M. SMITH, his wife, if married, if alive, and if dead ali unknown ‘persons’ claiming _ by, through and under them; WOOD- WARD 0. DEAN and KATIE W. DEAN, his wife, if alive, and if dead all unknown persons claiming by. through and under them; WAL- TER MOTT and MRS. WALTER MOTT, his wife, if married, if alive, and if dead all unknown persons claiming by, through and under them; B. W. BRENEMAN and MRS. B. W. BRENEMAN, his wife, if married, if alive, and if dead all un- known persons claiming by, through |and under them; THOMAS W. WYLLIE and MRS. THOMAS W. WYLLIE, his wife, if married, if | Alive, and if dead all unknown per- sons claiming by, through and un- der them; CHARLES H. RED- FIELD and MRS. CHARLES H. REDFIELD, his wife, if married, if alive, and dead ‘all unknown | persons ing by, through and junder them; JACOB FRIEDMAN |and MRS. JACOB FRIEDMAN, his | wife, if married, if alive, and if |dead all unknown persons claim- |ing by, through and under them; MATHILDE ROBERTS and | ROBERTS, her husband, if mar- | ried, if alive, and if dead all un- |known persons claiming by, through jand under them; MATHILDE ROB- rs | LEER, her husband, if alive, and if {dead all unknown persons claim- | ing by, through and under them; N. C. TORSTENSON and MRS. N.C. TORSTENSON, his wife, if married, if alive, and if dead all unknown persons claimjng by, through and under them; JOAN GUEST, a per- son of unsound mind, by and through her natural guardian, Marion Segar, if alive, and if dead, all unknown persons claiming by, through and under her; and all un- known persons having or claiming any right, title or interest in the following described lands, situate, lying and being in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: All of Model Land Company's Lots Two (2), Three (3), Five (5), Six (6) and Seven (7), Section Thirty two (32), Township Sixty One (61) TS von LEER and HUNTER von South of Range Thirty Nine (39) |- East, lying North of right of way of the Florida East Coast Railroad, as per plat on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County, containing Eighteen and Thirty One Hun- dredths (18.31) acres more or less; Road, as shown by recorded plut, (1) of Sufiset Cove, a subdivision in Monros County, Florida, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 145 of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida. IT IS ORDERED that you, and each of you, do appear in the Cir- cuit Court of Monroe County, Flor- ida on the Ist day of May, A. D. 1939 to answer the bill of complaint heretofore filed against you in said Court by Ellen L. Cribb, a widow, on certain property in Monroe County, Florida, described as fol- lows, to-wit: All of Model Land Company's Lots Two (2), Three (3), Five (3), Six (6) and Seven (7), Sec- tion Thirty Twé (32), Township Sixty One (61) South of Range Thirty Nine (39) East, lying North of right of way of the Florida East Coast Railroad, as per plat on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit | Arrange Senior | Class Play By Ulric Gwynn, Jr. With the time of commence-' ment drawing near, the various Senior Class activities have al-j ready begun. j During the past week extensive work has been done on this year’s Senior Class Piay. In past years the play in par-" ticular has gained the interest -— the parents, and friends of the graduating class, but, as is only dignified Seniors are working extra hard} to make this year’s play a bigger and better success than usual. | The title of the performance is “Growing Pains”, and the cast! selected promises to have many pains growing by the opening night. The play will be presented in the High School auditorium on May 12 ai 8 o'clock. There will be a meeting of the directors of the Woman's Club held on Monday evening, May 1, | beginning at 8 o'clock, at the clubhouse on Division street. The regular monthly meeting of the organization will be held on Tuesday afternoon, May 2, at; 4 o'clock. The program will be under the direction of the Fine Arts De-/ partment, Mrs. Haydn Illing- worth, chairman. PAGE THREE Rose Condensed Milk. can $+ Magnolia Milk. can 10+ Patten Rice. best grade, Ib ARRRRRRKRRRT RSS Sefer Armour's Tomato Juice. Ail members afe requested to | be in attendance. Temperatures“ Highest ___ : — Lowest Mean -__ Normal Mean - Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation — 05 Ins. °This record covers 24-hour period | ending at S o'clock this morning. (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly} cloudy and continued warm to- night and Saturday; light to mod- erate winds, mostly westerly. The above are only a few of : the many specials offered. All | other items in the store re- | duced accordingly. ; Asey The devotional readi | Phister street. $1,000. Apply/ ine Bmw The devs henson, Tear 1217 Petronia street. | Court in and for said county, iv you a we EEG take jouse to cheek for Jane's . an” drivin’ replied coolly. “It don’t mean sin; je blessed thing” bead it? But you told Tertius—Z weerities tex w fy in he ode ertius was a ment” Asey said. “He ' What tryin’ i know is, comes of thesman’T, tend him | brother. At least, I hope he oc “Then you did ali that to ace ence eae | about the ballistics end of it? Is | | “Out of every ten sho’ sold,” Asey said, “probably nine | em is twelve gauge guns. It’s | . Almost | There's | ————— | SOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOS 4 7 1 given by Mrs. Mary Thompson, New York at Boston, cold wea-| Jayeees To Elect ther Officers Tonight Election of officers of Key West! |Junior Chamber of Commerce) eee8887 8b eS containing Eighteen and Thirty One Hundredths (18.31) acres more or less; less the right of way of the County Road as less Lot Five (5), (4) and Lot Eight (8), One (1) of Sunset Cove, a sub- division in Monroe County, Flor- ida, as per plat thereof corded in Plat Book 1, 145 of the Public Records | 'Monroe County, Florida, |and that in default thereof Decrees a [Pro Confesso will be entered NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 U [against you and each of you. . nited.| The Key West Citizen is hereby Sixteen beautiful new rooms |‘esignated as the newspaper in ich this order shall be published jonce @ week for four consecutive feb23-tf | weeks. DONE AND ORDERED at the Court House in Key West, Florida, | this 30th day of March, A. D. 1939. | (Cireuit Court Seal) apri4-s C Sawyer |FIVE-ROOM FURNISHED )|Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Monroe County, Florida. By (S84) Florence E. Sawyer, Deputy Clerk. WISEHEART & WISEHEART, Soliettors for Plaintiff. Persons, attractive, comfortable | SORRGA; SORE. AE -S8-90.3997 cottage. Reasonable. Apply | NoTICE OF INTENTION TO MAKE apr28-2tx APPLICATION FOR APARTMENT. 1029 Fleming apr22-lwk Toom apartment; cool and clean | for summer occupancy. 901 No. | tm Beach; apply 812 Caroline. | apr27-3t_ A. RUSSELL, Deceased. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Ne hereby given BONNIE LOUISE SHOP Jefferson Hotel Bldg. Closing For Summer Months STORE WIDE CLEARANCE All Items Greatly Reduced—Making Values Never Before Offered In Key West 12.95-14.95 DRESSES EVENING DRESSES $3, $4 and $5.00 formerly selling at 7.95, 8.95 and 10.95 $1.00 BAGS, now 59c and 79< 95 BAGS 7.95-8.95 DRESSES >. 1.98 and 295 now $1, “57 $1 SLIPS 1.95, now .......... $1.69 1.00, now .._.._. 78€_ 2.49 SATIN GOWNS MANY OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED!