The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1939, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939 OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by Phoebe Atwood Taylor The Characters Asey Mayo, Cape Cod sleuth. Mike Slade, vociferous artist: Yesterday: By telling the Brin- ley’s they are just victims of a publicity seeker, Asey convinces them. there nas been no. murder. Chapter 23 ‘It’s A Conspiracy” “NOW you know,” Dr. Cummings sat down on an overturned lobster Rot. “the trouble with Slade, sey, he™never made enough to live as an artist, and on the rare occasions when he. did make anything, he never bought roper food. Now he har this town job, his disposition’s improved some. He doesn’t rant quite so much. You know, Asey, I've al- ways thought communism is, a sort of religion, and the people who get any religion really vio- lently, they always have some uirk somewhere, and usually it’s. the digestive system. A well fed person doesn’t care two cents for causes. They accept things. But you take a digestion—” “Ain't you,” Asey said, “sort of harpin’ on the digestive system sr ell,” Comming said defen- sively, “1 read a book about it last night. Tonight—anyway, be- fore I got into bed a while ago. The fellow goes too far, of course, they 2]l do, but—oh, go on!” Asey didn’t remind him that he hadn't been given any chance to begin let alone to continue, ‘Slade,”*he said, “I'm tired. Let’s} this over with, How’d you jw about the murder? Man alive, I didn’t like this nonsense any more than you do! But if you smash up furniture and act in generai like a fool kid, what can we do? Now, come on. Who told u about the murder? How’d you ow?” “Jane wrote me a note. I got it this evening. She’s frightened to death, and why shouldn't she be, with all of you bullying her—” “No one’s bullied her, Slade. Don’t be foolish. Why did you want all the money Emily Slade could give you?” “Oh, to get away, you fool! To get Jane away—that’s why I came here to night. To take her away from all of you, and all of this before it's too late!” “But—” “And I would have taken her, too, if Elcise hadn't gummed it up!” “What's he talking about?” Cummings asked curiously. “He doesn’t smell drunk—” “Drunk? I’m not drunk! But I know what I'm talking about!” Slade yelled. “It’s a conspiracy! It's all a conspiracy! The dirty Chase money they've piled up out of their filthy baked Beane" He went on at some length about the dirty Chase money. “I'm wrong about the digestive system.” Cummings ~aid while Slade paused for breath. “I don’t think it’s the digestive system at all, Asey. It’s glandular. On the other hand=-say, Mike, do you have many headaches? Does it ever seem to you that your hands, or arms, or head—or any part of you—just floated in space? Be- cause—” Slade got his breath and began again. Acey listened to the tirade, try- ing to picce together some sort of story from it. Set Ideas S LADE had made up his mind that Asey and the rest, with the consent of the police and the town officers, had decided to shield the real murderers of Mary Randall. He was very set on that point. and he illustrated his ideas with any number of cases from Czarist Russia, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. But because even- tually the murder would have to come to light and be made publie, Slade felt that Jane Warren had been picked as the official scape- Pec “And while you're bullying her, and getting your fake case made as water tight as you can, you ‘withhold all the story from the public. From ‘the people. From everyone who has any right to know. All] to save your town, and its moneymaking schemes! It's a conspiracy. “It’s indigestion, that’s what it is,” Cummings sa have fo: im “Baked beans.” Slade was caught off guard by the doctor’s professional tones. “No wonder,” Asey said, “why, in your situation, I think Chase’s ed Beans would upset me. Let’s get this idea of yours about Jane and Zeb again You wan- dered off and mixed me up when you footnoted on Spain.” It was simple Slade said. Jane would be arrested for the murder. Ifshe promised to marry Zeb, then the dirty Chase money would get her off. Obviously, to get off. it would take the dirty Chase money, and she couldn't get the dirty Chase money without taking dirty Chase's Zeb along with it. Asey laughed when he finished. “I can’t help it,” he said. “You've gone all around Robin Hood’s barn —honest, you couldn't be more wrong. Did Jane write you in this note that anything like that had been sugsested?” SITE MARKED GENOA, Nev.—A_ plaque erected here by the University of Nevada press club marks the publication site of Nevada's first newspaper, the Territorial En- terprise. Mark Twain got his early writing experience on the Enterprise. The paper ceased, publication in 1916. i “What did you | P. THE BLEACHERS * By O. L. MILIAN pe Le ee ane ats een 2s ramet suggested and hinted at it. But KEY WEST TEAMS were vic- engl Gr cant pe the wool tors all around. Even the Blue "Slade, listen. Jane bought a Sox, who traveled up to Summer- shotgun, Where is it?” “She bought the gun for me, for CCC boys there, won their game. rh pinay @ knew L wanted @ The connection was in connec- ee gr 5 tion with a fiesta given at the ‘Fine. Is that the gun you was: teardbabias'h : camp. Frank Carabalio, manager, randishin’ the other night up to of the Sox, says that. the CCC; the midway?” “No, that was my old one. But lads are in need ‘of ‘a few® more “OBSERVATIONS FROM | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN and Key fora game with the! shotguns don’t make any differ- practice games before they will’ ence—” “ ia.“ , oes oie ‘Where's: ciubs"’ in the Monfoe County | “Oh, it’s been stolen! It was League. is stolen from my studio the night of the fire. Don’t you see,” Slade demanded hotly, “it’s a conspir= A acy? Someone steals the gun that the San Carlos Hall tonight. The Jane gave me, that night, and:kills COunty’s baseball league meets Mary Randall with it. Then you |there and it is predicted there! find it, and then—” will be a lot to say concerning | ‘No Kulak’ umpires. ass | “NOW.” A id, “we’ @ gun, give it to you, someonesteals | DIRECTORS is concerned, Um- it from you on Monday night. Was pire Cheo Hernandez is quite wel- that what made you run off an’ come to do duty at next Sunday’s' hide, ater shootin’ your mouth game if he wishes, No one fired | ley's goat, an’ ‘workin’ up the Old aim; he quite on his own accord, | ettlers?” | . “No, you fool!” Slade said. “Of DON'T BE: SURPRISED if the course it wasn’t! And you're sup- following gents, who really have | posed to be a detective! Can't you | paseball at heart, will be at the Cia ei Ue head of the Monroe County Sum- Asey said, “I might pick out ‘the mer Baseball League: Enrique gist of this, but right now you put’ Esquinaldo, Jr., Everett Rivas and me in mind of Mrs. J. Arthur | Berlin Sawyer. Brinley. Well, we'll go to it again, » tt Maybe we get it oy Ge oh ' RAUL CARBONELL!' ‘Ko saw you Monday night ata * sty tm (di fire near your studio. You. was Be Seuss ee ibaa dimes burned, an’ worried about your at his Seafood Grill. The team paintings. Next thing, I hear bears this name and won fom the youre rangi around town with | Miami and Miami Beach aggrega- a shotgun.’ Why, ex ? ‘tion Sunday. pecan aR fire Waeaet Gone alec iat | you s2e? Someone inten to “ | burn down my studio! I found LUCILO GONZALEZ, “half- places later where kerosene had pint” centerfielder of the Key been poured around! And some- | West Conchs, got his first safe hit | one had stolen my gun, too. And |last Sunday since the formal| Ewes ined fas J tookemy Pere ‘opening of the Trumbo Field sev- people that they couldn't intimi- ¢Tal weeks ago. date me! I’m no—” “You're no_kulak,” Asey said. “We know. Doc, your wife was caught on the ferris wheel when it stuck, wasn’t she?” “And,” Cummings said feeling= ROY HAMLIN’S BANQUET Konoring his players for the sen-| sational victory over the Maule} Industry nine Sunday is said to, ly, “and how! She and Bessie Brin- | have been in bart celebrating the | ley both. What they told the man | “Half-Pint” hit. who runs it isn’t fit to print. She'll | | never get over that. It was better | KEY WEST PLAYERS are not) than the time she got stuck in (co “hot” against local pitchers an elevator in Boston for eight |but when an outsider like Doug | hours, and they threw ham sand= | wiches in at Ber from the fourth |Brady comes along then we step/ floor. She seems, to have a bad’ | out and put in all we've got. This’ effect on elevating machinery, boy Brady has been places as al eine fale Beeeiet Gt aia ‘pitcher and yet’ dur weakest bat- , you. was there at the mid> | = is| way, wesn't you at the time?” scan out a single off his | delivery. | “My, yes, I gave her moral sup- | port until Nellie sent someone to . sat tell me that you wanted me. My | FROM. FAR-OFF . California) wife—” " _. {and Universal Studios in Holly-| «How long, now,” Asey said, | wood comes a letter from an old | ‘were you there before Nellie sent \friend of this writer. He is Kia! oy soriclt an hour or more, They |Chissell, the Florida youngster were up there an hour and a half, | who spent most of his time in Key | eit told, And, by George, all told. | West and who claims to be noth-| oo!” = ing but a Conch. The Kid may heen doctor. laughed, heartily at ies well remembered by folie | Fawn loues (ers of the rosin dust and. his sen-| “Uh-huh. Now, did ri Slade?” R sista |sational scrap against the San- “Man. alive, everyone saw | tiago Kid and Joe Roella in 1926 | Slade. Couldn’t miss him. He and: | is still fresh in the memories of the stuck ferris wheel were major | those boxing fans who saw the attractions. Lots of people thought. rights at the Athletic Club in the he was some sort of clown: con-. A nected with the midway, He made | g00d old days when Bill Russell | was the local Tex Rickard. quite a sensational appearance—” “Doc,” Asey said patiently; “I'm — deme at something, oo Slade | THE KID has worked himself ere when you came i ‘i just fin- “Oh, yes, He was practically the | eerie aoegth “Ex. first person I saw and I was going |! eS ania to offer some helpful suggestions |Champ”. The cast in this picture, about bed arid, the necessity for | which will be released June 30th, relaxing—that’s another trouble | includes Victor McLaglen, Tom with yous Mike. Xo Cate ae {Brown and Constance Moore. | enough. You're getting .along in | , . is| , The local lad’s part in the play is| your thistice nds aan gou've £5 where he fights Tom Brown, a to realize that you can’t keep u| ry your youthful: pace forever—" r | good boxing actor for the world’s “Doc!” Asey said. “Listen tame, ‘middleweight championship. He will you? Slade was there when | wil) be Mat Olson in the picture. you came, ah’ that was half an ; hour before you was called to the phone. Now, is that right?” “Yes,” Cummings said, “why?” “He was there during theelast part of Philbricks fireworks dis- play?” “Tm sure of it. He stood near me—why yes he was there. made some crack about the last jiece—” ‘ | “That’s all I want to know,” SEAFOOD GRILL has a pair of Asey said. “Mary Randall was | hard-hitting youngsters who killed just before the final piece should never be taken out of the of fireworks went off. If Slade was lineup. They are outfielders up at the midway, that accounts Rida and Alonzo. Both these for him. Seems to me it took a lot 2 he’ ball of pryin’ to get that out of you boys take a mean cut at the bs two. Now, Slade, let's get back to and can break up a game any in- your yarn again. Your idea in flip- ning, specially .Tony Alonzo, who pin’ that note was to get enough cracks the old pill with the might money from Madame Thingummy o¢ 5 jittle giant. tose e Jane eres ie oars what you was cl in’ the maple for, huh, to get Jane? Did it over MOST OF THE SO-CALLED | occur to you that the fellow who. TROJAN: FANS. are not very well, runs away is most usually consid- in favor of having Harry (Swifty) eted the guilty one Wickers playing .the. outfield. Slade opened his mouth and Sat t Se es closed it as “Why-—uh—why This kid is a dandy®pitcher and. no. But we wouldn't be running may throw away his arm any. away fi ‘ v5 Tae he pail he ball in froth the! “No. But it wouldn’t help outfi Mi a _twirlers has lost yh ba uP> aa any to run, bee it? e fou was in my place, how’ % ie bene ze Tony eg? feel. if the. two of you beat ARMANDO ACEVEDO, Conch —— shortstop, and Robert Bethel, of the same club, deserve all the cpelincicintn credit in the world for the Conch te vietory over Miami and Miami DE FUNIAK SPRINGS ne Beast p lest S pr stranger drove up to the gasoline! noon. Bethel's pitching was a station of Mrs. Bessie Cosson in sensation and raring nae this city and handed her hed cents. pe! greckp rsa eo thrilling “I stole two quarts of oil here play: about two years ago,” he ex- plained, and drove on. A TWYMAN (Biondy) CABGILE. who was linotype clean and | sports writer for The Citizen dur- HBR. time Kid hissel ent in| | Key West, is also remembered by | the Kid and mentions his name in| ‘the letter. » (Copyright, 1939) PAYS FOR OIL LEST WE FORGET. the.Conch- mber be able to compete’ with: locati)": WATCH FOR FIREWORKS ai‘): BILLY’S SERVIC BOWLERS GRAB FIRST POSITION DEFEATED BANKERS LAST NIGHT, TWO GAMES TO ONE, TO.GO AHEAD OF IDLE LEGIONNAIRES H Standings remained unchanged in the Key West Bowling League as the result of last night’s series between Billy’s Service and the First National Bank, except that the former team was elevated to first place over the idle Ameri- ‘can Legion club by virtue of more games played. The Service Station boys rolled up a good team total by decisive- ly defeating the Bankers in two of the games—slipping in the second contest when the losers iled up 2 good team game score f 639. Totals were: Billy’s Serv- ice, 678-607-621—1906; First Na- tional Bank. 491-639-526—1650. » Individual high. ‘game honors, as well as high average, went to Jack Thompson of the’ Service team, with 191 and '428' score’, re- spectively. ' The two utility company teams tangle tonight. The averages of the Gas Company and Electric Company indicate that a good battle should be witnessed to- night. Team standing to date follows: Team— W. 1. Pet Billy’s Service 667 American Legion 667 Key West Gas Co. 667 Battery E 667 K, W. Electric Co. 556 DeMolays 500 Lions Club 333 First National Bank 333 Golfers -167 Rotary Club 167 He WWW ARAD Pirate championship series will be résumed ‘next ‘Sunday afternoon. THE LEAGUE is considering a “suggestion made by this column tg plac an umpire at each base te. aveid trouble. We imagine it ‘is “pretty Hard*for ar umpire to see a play that takes place at *third base while he is way down ‘to the first base line. Since next Sunday’s game may or may not be the deciding contest of the se- ries we believe it a very good idea to play safe. * IT HAS BEEN NOTICED that ilanky .George Malgrat. Pirate ace twirler,:has been ordered to turn in at 9 o’clock every night. This may mean that the slow-ball hurl- er will have another crack at the Hamlins. i ved! in; another fun. ‘ CUBS DEFEATED. PACE WITH LEADER } | | i i i | | i (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 3.—The’ three leading teams of the Na- tional League lost yesteday aft- ernoon. St. Louis Cardinals, behind six-, rit ball by Bowman, downed Bos- | ton Bees, 2 to 1. Bowman, who al- lowed the tying run to get on base and had the batter up 2 and 3 in the last half of the ninth, was replaced. by Warneke, who pitched one ball, a strike. Cincinnati Reds went to New York and met Mel Ott. This fel- low meant misery to the Reds. With the Cincy. boys leading in ‘their half of the! ninth, Ott came to. bat with two.men om base and | poled a home fun to’’ win the game, Previously, Ott had knock:- Philadelphia Phillies. almost shutout Chicago: Cubs.’ Johnson limited ‘the Bruins to four hits, wisile his teammates pounded out 11 to gain a 6-1 victory. Pittsburgh Pirates won another! game—this one from Brooklyn Dodgers, 3 to 2. Klinger hand- cuffed the Dodgers with a trio of safeties. i New York Yankees missed tie- ing a modern record by five runs. They bombarded Detroit Tigers with 17 bingles, four of which were homers, ‘and 22 runs. Mean- while, Red Ruffing was pitching seven-hit and two-run ball. Chicago White Sox climbed in- to second place by virtue of their victory over Philadelphia Ath- letics, 4 to 1, while Boston Rest Sox were idle. Washington Senators defeated St. Louis Browns, 9 to 7, in an-~ other slugfest. Results of the games: _ NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn R.H. E, Pittsburgh -313 1 Brooklyn nes 23 3 Klinger and Berres; Fitzsim- mons and Todd. At Philadelphia Chicago si Philadelphia Harrell, J. Russell and Hart- nett; Johnson and Davis. At Boston St. Louis Bowman, Warneke and Owen; III Da LS BSS, BUD BOWEN WON DECISIVE DECISION OVER AL ECKERT Returning: to the pugilistic wart, from which he has been absent for the past six months while engaged in business here, Dub Bowen, of Key West, scored a decisive vic- tery over Al Eckert, of Phila- delphia, last Monday night at the Miami Beach Boxing Arena. Bowen, fighting in the lightweight division, was in geod shape and outpointed his rival in all of the six rounds fought. He was for- mer navy lightweight and welterweight champion. Lo- cal friends will be glad to hear of Dub's victory. PIP IDI DLS LST 4 MAJOR LEAGUES’ GAMES TODAY eeece ees00e NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis, at Boston. Pittsburgh ‘at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. @nverceneseosesee AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland. New York at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis. Macfayden and Lopez. At New York Cincinnati 1 New York _ 813 0 Deringer, Thompson and Lom- bardi; Gumbert, Coffman and Danning. R. H. E. 71 " AMERICAN LEAGUE At Chicago R. H. E. Philadelphia ...---..---«1 «6 «5 Chicago “___. BO BE PY * Parmélee, Beckman and Hayes; Lyons ’and Sylvester. At Detroit New York Detroit — = Ruffing and Dickey; Einstat, Kennedy, Lynn, Hutchinson, Gill and Tebbetts. Every year th PAGE FIVE ousands of visitors to the Chesterfield factories see the infinite care with which the world’s best tobaccos are combined to give you Chesterfield’s can’t-be-copied blend. It is this wonderful blend that makes Chesterfield so refreshingly different ... milder, better-tasting, with a more pleasing aroma. ° When you try them you will see why Chesterfield gives millions of men and: women more smoking pleasure... why THEY SATISFY Copyright 1939, Ligcrtt & Myzrs Tosacco Go, GEHRIG KEPT SELF OUT OF TUESDAY'S | YANKEE LINEUP BROKE CONSECUTIVE STRING OF ACTIVE PLAYING. AT 2- 130 GAMES; REPLACED BY BABE DALHGREN | (Specirl to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 3.—For the first time in 14 years, Iron Man Lou Gehrig did not play alt or rart of a New York Yankee game yesterday when he volun- tarily left himself out of the line- ; up and was replaced by Babe; Dahlgren. H This act by Gehrig for the bene-: fit of the team as a whole ended his string of 2,130. consecutive’ game in which he took part:, The’ Iron Man, who is captain of the Yankee team, said that his team was making a poor showing at present and was also minus the service of Joe DiMaggio, who in-. ~ jured his right leg last week. It was on June 2, 1925 that! Gehrig began his spectacular ree- | ord. At that time he replaced Wally Pipp at the initial sack and asad never failed to play in regu- jar or World’s Series games un-| til yesterday. A queer incident was that the player Larping iou replaced 14 years ago was in the stands yes-| verday aftetnoon and wateh Babe) Dahigren contribute a home run! to tne Yanks’ big score—the exact | reason (heavy hitting) that caused | him to lose his job on the Yankee to Gehrig 14 years before. Manager McCarthy told news-/ papermen that he knew all along Gehrig was sliping but that he did not approach the Iron Man! on the subject, leaving it to hifn | | designated as LEGALS. K, O. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, Forecloxare of Lien of Tax Sale Certificate. VAILL, and VAILL, vs. EDWARD _G. MRS. BDWARD if mafried, if al and if dead, all unknown persons claiming by, through or under then Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION [HE NAME OF THE STATE RIDA: EDWARD G. VAILL, and WART’ G. VAILL, if mar- ried, alive, and if dead, al un- Known persons claiming by, through or under th: and all unknown persons having or claiming any right, title or interest in the fol- lowing described lands, situate, lying and being in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-w Lot Number Three (3) Section Thirty-five (35) Township Fifty-nine (6 of Range Forty (40) Ei Lot Three (3) situated on Key Largo in the County of Mon- roe, State of Florida and con- taining twenty-five acres of land more or less with all the riparian rights. IT 18 ORDERED that you, and each of you, do appear in the Cir- euit Court of Monroe County, Flor- idm on the Sth day of June, A. D. 1929, to anawer the bill. of com- plaint heretofore filed against you in said Court by K. 0. Thompson for the foreclosure of lien of tax sale certificate upon the following s ed property in Moprée Coun- Florida, to-wit: * 4 he a6 ISLAND OF KEY io: Government Lot Three (3), Sec- tion Thirty-five (35), Township Fifty-nine (59), Range Forty (40) East, Twenty-nine (29) Acres, (Book RR, Page 257, as recorded in Monroe County Records) in the County of Monroe, State of Florida. and, that in default thereof, Decrees ro Confesso will be entered agaihst you and each of you. The Key West Citizen is hereby the ‘newspaper in which this order shall be published once a week for four consecutive we DONE AND ORDERED, at the Court. House in Key West, Florida, this Ist day of May, A. D. 1939. (Circuit Court Seal) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Monroe County, Florida, By (Sd:) Florence B. Sewyer Deputy Clerk. WILLIAM V. ALBURY, Solicitor for Plaintiff. may3-10-17-24-31,1939 Subseribe to The Citizen. to decide for himself. The Yan- | f kee pilot praised Gehrig for his tlemanly act. Gehrig had not been hitting and the team as a whole was in a slump, but this decision by the, captain of the club put new life! in the players and they over-) . whelmed Detroit Tigers, 22 to 2.) St. Louis |. Deshong, Hay: ‘Ferrell; Van Atta, Johnson, Pyle, Boston at Cleveland, cold wea- _ This does not mean Gehrig will) not play any more, but, on the; contrary, as M declared he believes Gehrig has many) more playing days left in him and! that he will await Gehrig’s deci-! sion when to go back into the | game. spirit of team work and his gen- | Free Instruction Free Pi Coolest Cor. Now Under “Meet Your Friends At...” Key West Bowling Alleys Opposite Jefferson Hotel 5 ALLEYS Open 11 A. M. to ll B. MA Management “Billy” Warren and “Jack” Long