The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by Phoche Atwood Taylor The Characters * Asey Mayo, Cape Cod sleuth. Mike Slade, vociferous artist. Westerday: Mike had learned wbout the murder from Jane. He was planning to help her run away. Chapter 24 "Get Out—Stay Out’ wit you give me your word, : Slade, not to try to beat it with Jane?” asked Asey. “She and I are free, and we have every right to come and go as we “You ae the right,” Asey said, = e first to agree, but why a fool? Will you promise to tuck ’ idea away in lavender ME she time bein’?” . well. Well, we haven’t the , anyway. We've just got to and be intimidated and oited ae . fou poor things, you.” Asey said. “Let’s get back to another it. Tl grant you that we're in’ this murder quiet, but it’s Tegal quiet. You like the town, don’t you? Well, why not let the make its money, instead of Blowin’ things sky high over a murder? You blow, an’ your job b’cause the town goes bank- ee ett of that angle?” 7 Slade clearly had not. “Well, consider it. Now, why did you rush off an’ hide after Monday t, if you didn’t know about murder until Jane let you iw?" #T’ve told you, I won’t be intimi- i! And I was going to hang and lay for whoever start- 4 that fire and stole ad gun, and that note! He thought I'd eave, and I was going to let him Td left, but I was going to around and see—” 0 thought you’d leave? le, can’t you stop fiddlin’ an’ me what you're talkin’ about? 10, cminatee your leavin’? Vho’s imidatin’ an’ conspirin’ @fainst you, an’ for what?” *“This Old Home Week! I’ve got that is, I had—a lot to do. He was . He tried to scare me into » and leaving my part for that’s what, and I won't be ! Not by him, I won’t. And can tell him as much for me, and ’'m—” “Who?” Asey asked wearily. “Who? Who? My lord, I sound like it owl, an’ I feel like hootin’, 0 on earth are you talkin’ -“Brinley,” Slade said. “What a detective you are! You don’t seem fo know anything! Brinley, of sourse, Little J. Arthur, he’s be- hind all this!” “You mean that poor fat hen- eked man? That piece of Milque- 2 Oh, come now, Mike. Brin- 's a lot of things, but he ain‘t hardly any master mind! That's Soin’ too far!” “What about the message he left adter = started the fire up at my lio?” $ at about it? Now, don’t say that I’m a punk detective. you ain’t mentioned this be- you know. This is news to ‘ish in my pants pocket,” Slade “You'll find it there, a half of notepaper, unless your pcomark of a trooper spilled z found it, a much folded tet of official Billingsgate town paper, with the town seal and names of the selectmen en- wed upon it. ‘Written on it in large three-inch letters were four short words. i“Get Out. Stay Out.” “Brinley’s writing,” Slade said. “Now do you see?” Brooding r WAS nearly noon the next day before Asey began his solitary breakfast in the dining room at Aunt Sara’s. On the table before him was the message that Slade had found in his studio, and a ket of letters written by Brin- to Jeff, which Sara had found for him. E There had been little doubt in his mind that the “Get Out. Stay Out” message was in Brinley’s handwriting, and Lane, who had mG ot confirmed his opinion. can send it up to Max in Bos- ton,” he said, “if you want me to, but I don’t see the aeed. I don’t often say I’m positive of things, but I am about that. Now, I'm go- ing back to Hell Hollow and grub “No,” Asey agreed. “Only J) looked around for mole tracks an’ | couldn’t find any. But more power | to you.” “Thanks, What about Brinley?” | “I wouldn’t know,” Asey said; “I wouldn’t know. I got to brood.” He brooded as he ate his break- fast, to the intense annoyance of Bertha, who finally couldn’t stand it any longer. “What's the matter with those waffles?” she asked tartly. “What waf—oh?” Asey looked down. “That waffle? Bertha, it’s one of the finest I ever put into my | mouth. I want another.” “Was Slade drunk last night? Aunt Sara said so. He made an awful racket, didn’t he?” “Certainly did. You won’t talk about it to—” ‘ “Oh no. Aunt Sara told me not 0. Asey ate another waffle, and still another, and still the problem of J. Arthur Brinley and the fire at Slade’s studio and the message left there all puzzled him. To begin with, the fire hadn’t been a very convincing fire; it hadn’t been a very efficient fire, if Slade found evidence of prepara- tion for it. And it hadn’t been a very sensible method of scaring Slade out of town. Anyone who knew the man ought to know that opposition aroused him and he iioye on it. robles Hon was the last weapon to force anyone like Mike Slade. The note ae silly, | just plain silly. It wasn’t possible that even a chump like Brinley could think for a moment that Slade would be moved by that. He amended his thought: it would move Slade and arouse him to ac- tion, but it wouldn’t move him out of town. Magician’s Trick ‘HE whole business was the work of a fool. “Whoa!” he said suddenly. “Oh, I didn’t mean you, Bertha. I—well, another cup of coffee, then.” It wasn’t the work of a fool. He had b the fool, working at it the wrong way. ! The fire hadn’t been set with | the purpose of exciting Slade, or |given the local club through a give thanks to Mrs. Eva Warner ; tro, Miss Cenida Yado, Miss Dora Miss Marie Cappick and W. W. Demeritt for the hun-| Medina and Miss Dinorah Nicker- had won third place in the recent dred copies of the “Star Spangled | son, poetry contest staged by the F. Banner’, prepared under | direction. | frightening him. The note might | be &enuine, but it didn’t mean a thing. Slade wasn’t the point at all. The point was the murder of Mary Randall. Fires drew crowds. People went to fires. It was as simple as all that. The whole crowd at the midway— everyone in town—evervone had gone to the fire. He recalled Zeb’s | comment about the children who had been following him and his trophies, something about their difficult decision, whether to get plunder, or see a fire. And the | children, along with everyone else, had gone to the fire. Now. the road to Slade’s studio ran parallel to the road leading to Hell Hollow for a mile or so, and then it branched off, like two fingers spread apart. But there were no hard-surfaced roads con- necting the two after they left town. There was the rutted lane which | he himself had taken, but no car could possibly get through that swamp. There were other old wagon lanes, but none of them were passable as far as cars were concerned. Now the fire would draw crowds from the midway, and particularly, he thought, it would draw the men Weston counted on, the special constables and special firemen. It would draw people from the outer beach and the cottages there, people who might otherwise be passing by the hollow. _. It was not a serious fire because it was not supposed to be a seri- ous fire. It had been planned so that by the time it was over, every- one would say, “Oh, the fireworks, it's time for the first fireworks to go on,” and everyone would swarm back to town, leaving the mur- derer to take a short cut across to the hollow, even as Asey had, and to shoot under the cover of the fireworks noise. All in all, it was an excellent bit of thinking. It had rounded up a swarm of people not only from the midway but from all over town, and landed them all eventually at the ball park—ex- cept for the men who were still watching the fire, and those were the men who would have noticed anything out of order. And they were collected in one place, away | from the hollow, Magician’s trick, that was it. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOCIAL PERSONAL MENTION Mayor Willard M. Albury and | |Mrs. Albury, who left Sunday for | ja visit with friends and relatives | | on THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939 |ner, Marjorie Roberts. Florence |Albury, Frances Cochran, Virginia Shine and Miriam Carey. Entertain For Waldens cas | Wednesday evening the class-| room teachers of Division Street | school entertained Principal and| ACTIVITES Key West Woman’ Interesting Meeting Tuesday Arce! Sawyer _ The May meeting of the Key West Woman's Club was held at the clubhouse on Tuesday after- noon with seven guests and sixty-! three members in attendance. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Stephen W. Douglass, presi- dent. The club prayer was re- cited and allegiance pledged to the flag of the United States. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by the re- cording secretary. The report of the treasurer was accepted and filed. Reports were heard from the standing committees and depart- mental chairmen. Mrs. Douglass made a number of announcements. Among them, the Mothers’ and Daughters’ luncheon to be held at La Concha Hotel, May 13th and a card party also a rummage sale in June. Mrs. Philip Cosgrove announced that statewide honors had been paid Mrs. Stephen Douglass for her outstanding work in the United Daughters of the Con- federacy and that Rollins College had selected her as one of a com- mittee for the Irving Bachellor medal contest. In a recent history of the Flor- ida Federation of Women’s Clubs, compiled by Lucy W. Black, Mrs. Douglass’ name is listed among the distinguished women of the past twenty-five years. Mrs. A. D. Luethi announced that ‘another honor had been member. FW. C, Mrs. Philip Cosgrove gave a_ Farewell Party For s Club Held | A farewell party was given last Senator Ward, requesting them night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. €u introduce and support‘the GP. Tedder in honor of Ancel oe Sawyer of Nassau. A very en-!| joyable evening was spent by all in attendance. Mr. Sawyer ex- pressed himself as pleased at the, (pleasure afforded in meeting so) many friends during his two! weeks’ stay in Key West. j Those present were: | Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tedder, Mr. | A rising vote of thanks © was tendered Mrs. Cosgrove and a motion carried to write a letter of thanks to W. Curry Harris for drafting the bill. At the conclusion of the busi- ; inmess session, the Fine Arts De-} partment, Mrs. Haydn Tlling- | worth, chairman, entertained the members and guests with a Musi: /@nd Mrs. A. M. Notto, Mr. and) cal Tea. As a tribute to National | Mrs Merlin Albury, Mr. and Mrs. Music Week, an all-American | H. N. Tedder, Miss Emma Curry, program of music and verse was Mr. and Mrs. Sullie Ochandarena, presented. Julius Tedder, the host and hos- | The following program was presented: My Country ‘Tis of Sung by entire assembly. My Lord What a Mornin’ (H. T. Burley)—George Mills White. | When I Think Upon the Maidens (Michael Head)—George Mills White. The Last Hour. (Walter Kram- er)—Mrs. George Mills White. In the Luxemberg Garden—! Mrs. George Mills White. Thee— Social Meeting | Here Yesterday A social gathering was held at 912 Simonton street yesterday, ' 'Miss Dora Medina and Miss Di- norah Nickerson acting as hés- ; tesses. ' Many lively and_ interesting; | games were played throughout { Music—a poem (Frances Os- the evening and dancing was also ; good—Mrs. eee CaNerovE ja part ot the program. vee Waters o: innetonka (Thur-/ refreshments were served. low Lieurane)—Mrs. Ralph Mil. Those present areres va ner. ; Miss Hilda Yado, Miss Velia ! The Rosary (Ethelbert Nevin) \Castro, Paul Monsalvatge, Miss} —Mrs. Eva Warner. ! Anna Barroso, Evelio Rueda, Miss| : The Star Spangled Banner Flora Barroso, Miss Felicia Yado, (Francis Scott Keyes)—entire as-| Miss Una Mae Brady, Leslie Tift, sembly. | Claude Shehane. Miss Norma Bar- Mrs. to | roso, Earl Fowler, Miss Mary Cas- Illingworth desires | in Miami, yesterday afternoon. returned to the city Judge Arthur Gomez, of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, who |was in the city the earlier part!of pink oleanders and garden \of the week and briefly occupied ! flowers. his new offices in the court house annex, left yesterday afternoon for his Miami office. Mrs. Charles Albury and Mrs. Eduardo Albertus left on the early bus this morning for Mi- ami and will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Albertus for a brief vacation. Mrs. Otis Curry, Jr., and chil- dren Barbara Jean, Otis Curry III and Louis, left this morning on the bus for Tampa to join Mr. Curry who is delegate for the ‘tess, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Tedder.' American Federation of Labor in Boyden, Amelia Cabot, a ne | that city, in connection with the , Dopp. Seamen’s Union. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Powell were passengers on the 11 o'clock bus this morning going to Mrs. Powell's home in Seneca Falls, New York, where they will visit for a while and then’ leave for the World’s Fair. Reginald Pritchard, head of the Pritchard Funeral Home, left over the highway yesterday for Miami and will visit with rel- atives and friends. CARD OF THANKS I take this means of express- ing my sincere thanks for the many acts of kindness tendered me by my friends and neighbors their Among the guests present detailed account of the action were: Mrs. Ephraim M. Folson, ; taken by her committee to re- Mt. Vernon, Illinois; Mrs. H. G. | strict bill boards along the Over- Stocking, Winfield, Kansas; Mrs. | seas Highway. She stated that a H, Avery Johnson, Glendale, L. ; bill empowering the county com- I.; Mrs. Mary Seay, Nashville, | missioners to restrict or prohibit Tenn.; Mrs. Maud Frances,’ Mil- | bill boards in Monroe county had waukee, Wis.; Misses Susan La- ! been drafted and a copy sent to Kin and Benildes Remond, mem- | Representative B. C. Papy and bers of local Junior Club. PEOPLE’S FORUM | HAS DIFFERENT VIEW jtastic. They are here and will) Editor, The Citizen: j stay here. Germany has made a} The following is a copy of a splendid comeback from the ter- personal letter today written to/rible hole she was in at the end} my uncle, Mr. Charles S. Haines,!of the World War, and more of Sabetha, Kansas. You have, Power to them! They deserve to my permission to use it in your and will survive. 4 al reader’s editorial column. | “Why any red-blooded Ameri- | My purpose in a small way is can should feel any sympathy for to attempt to offset the propa-/Great Britain is more than I can ganda which is again beginning understand. She fought our fore- to flood our country from Eng-| fathers on the battlefield for five land, and to start a trend of long years, in the effort to keep thought in’ this country back to-!us enslaved as a_ vassal state. | ward strict Nationalism. iShe fought us again in 1812. She Sincerely yours, {intermeddled against the Union! WALTER HARDESTY. /in the war between the states;! aes : ‘and finally made a _ complete! “Dear Uncle Charlie: jsucker of us in 1918 to the tune’ “Your letter of last Wednesday of fifty thousand million dollars. jreceived, and the statement in it/She is a dead beat and refused to| about the Democracies banding|Ppay us even a nickel of interest; | together against Germany and but still worse, she won’t even Italy, and making quick work of , acknowledge that we turned the them, got a mild rise out of me. ‘tide and really won the war for “I heard Hitler’s speech verb-:her. Under these circumstances, atim Friday morning, and I think I cannot see how any self-respect- that he has fully cleared himself! ing government, so treated, could in the eyes of the world for his|longer continue to cooperate with actions in the past few years. {her in any way, shape or form. | “All those little Slavic coun-| “On the contrary, we should) tries in mid-Europe are composed |now demand immediate payment of beer drinkers, as distinguished! of England’s War Debt to us, of-| ‘from the wine drinkers in France /fering to take Canada in full set-; Key West Bowling Alleys, and the whiskey drinkers of Eng-|tlement. The time is now ripe to) \filiated with this group are invit-| during the long illness and after | |the death of my beloved hus- band, the late Benjamin Tynes. : |I am indeed grateful to those who gave the use of their cars,! jthe donors of the beautiful floral | tributes and messages of sym- | pathy. I assure one and all that their kindness will never be for- gotten. Art Group Plans To Meet Tonight The Art Appreciation Reading Group of the Key West Art Cen- | ter will meet tonight at the home! of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Trevor, 1421 White street. The subject to! Seee All interested in becoming af-| ed to attend. FRED SCOTT ree CODE OF THE FEARLESS Love, Honor or Something | with Mrs.—Several men proposed to) Claire Rochelle—John Merton me before IT married you. | ALSO—COMEDY and SERIAL aera cgi Ba eae the | ,eccccccccccccacccccces MRS. ELLEN TYNES. may4-1tx 'Mrs. E. S. Walden with a de-| lightfully appointed dinner in; |the Rainbow Room of La Concha | Hotel. | | In the center of the beautifully | ‘arranged table was a center piece | FORTUNE — y 2 _ @Whatever your taste in shoes may be ; ; + if you’re looking for style plus com- fort, at a price you can pay 3s We're sure you'll be ‘pleased with our distinctive line of Fortunes. Come in Place cards were tiny writing tablets which contained | | the program for the evening. | \Pencils were attached to each i tablet. During the evening prizes were awarded to the Misses Florence Albury, Susie Gardner and Fran- ces Cochran, and the president Miss Miriam Carey presented the guests of honor with a lovely lace tablecloth. Those who enjoyed the gather- jing and dinner were: Mr. and |Mrs. Walden, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- | [liam T. Doughtry, Mr. and Mrs. | Floyd Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Emil i Sweeting, Mesdames_ Charlotte Norma Misses Sadie Moss, Susie Gard- ( EE SS CHICKEN SALAD SUPPER Auspices Catholic Societies WOMAN'S CLUBHOUSE Saturday, May 6, 1939, 5 p. m. ‘EACH PERSON _____ a 50c , | i A. Tamiroff—Frances Farmer ‘| RIDE A CROOKED MILE ! —and— H IAM THE LAW | Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- |? chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25c }) ! \this famous-brand shoe | ZTE, | are stocked in our store. Your inspection is invited. DAY! Many other styles of [ 'COME IN TO Thomasine Miller BEAUTY SALON... ANNOUNCES that their OVERSEAS HOTEL shop has been closed for the Summer Months. ALL OPERATORS HAVE BEEN RETAINED AND MAY BE ENGAGED AT |{ OUR NEW... \| LA CONCHA HOTEL | SALON Exclusive Men’s || For Apppointments | . cies “puone 2s | Furnishings Mrs.—I did. tor to the Arctic Sea. We must! have new frontiers. That is the} only solution to our unemploy- | ment problem, as our own past} history has proven. If we don’t; take the offensive now, Japan | will shortly start grabbing off our possessions in the Pacific, and, California will be next, and we! will be on the defensive in no time. “With always the best to you,! even if we cannot agree on Hitler. | “Your nephew, “WALTER HARDESTY. ‘clo Riviera Hotel, Citiz “Daytona Beach, Fla.” May 3, 1929. Slip Covers--Draperies CUSTOM MADE JEANNE TAYLOR The Bahama House 408 WILLIAM STREET tion of water, EGGS ha “Meet Your Friends At...” 4 eight hours. ‘Opposite Jefferson Hotel 5 ALLEYS MOSQUITO FACTS The female MOSQUITO lays eggs on any accumula- The EGGS look like pieces of soot on the water. FFI API PPPD PRED AA A A hk Led hd ddd dh hadedidia| ens of Key West however small, inside or outside the house. tch into larvae (wigglers) in about forty- wy atound for shells.” While everyone was watching the |jand; so efter all, it should be no ‘foreclose our mortgage and throw “Ain't lost hope yet?” “See the sky?” Lane said. “We're going to have a thunder shower today. Paper says rain, but I think thunder showers. It’s a chance.” Asey nodded. “You think there’s @ chance of something washin’ to the surface?” “There’s always a chance of coming to light, and for shells. Sounds , but in that Bernstein case id last year, a knife washed of a mole hole after a storm, we'd practically duz the up. You can’t ever tell.” eee we out right hand, two eggs and a rab- bit came out of the left. And everyone except Slade called the fire the work of tourists, and Slade was given the note for something to think about, to draw his attention away from the main issue. Just, as in all probability, the shots fired at Weston and the Brinleys and Jeff and Sara had— why, of course! He’d been stupid. All the same sort of thing. All a smoke screen. Get people worked up about one thing, and they’d miss something else. (Copyright, 2939) SALON CLOSES FOR SUMMER Mrs. Thomasine Miller, proprie- tor. of the Miller Beauty Salon, announces in this issue the closing of the Overseas Hotel shop for the summer months. Operators on duty at the latter shop may be engaged at the new La Concha Hotel shop, which re- Thomasine ‘Chicken Salad Supper Saturday jurday, May Catholic Societies of St. Mary’s! {Church will hold a Chicken Salad! , Supper at the Woman’s Club-! house on Division street on Sat- 6, beginning at 5 o'clock. Delicious menu will be served by the women of the church and will include chicken soup, chick- en salad, buns, pickles, ice tea and dessert. Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ mains open for the entire season. weekly. affair of ours if these beer drink-| this dishonest debtor into world ers of the world wish to unite. | bankuptcy. While we are doing, “Hitler is evidently on the way’ this, Hitler can then proceed to to forming a United States of take over what is left of the Em- Europe, and it is in the interest) pire. Mexico should come next) of the United States to help ra-|in order. She is a thief who has) ther than to hinder this worthy | stolen outright millions of Ameri- cause. ‘can owned oil lands and refin- “Great Britain has bitten offjeries. After that we should put every available bit of vacant ter-;the army of unemployed to work ritory in the world. and it is evi-| building a super highway all the! dent now that she has more than ; way to the Panama Canal, which she can chew. The Prime Minis-/is greatly needed for defense pur- lter of Canada recently proposed ‘poses, and we would then be an ‘to the Canadian Parliament to|invincible nation from the Equa-' pass legislation, offering the| Mother Country all support in the! way of money and materials, but! not one soldier for overseas serv-' ice. This proposal was quickly ; squelched, but it is an indication that the Empire is not yet ready! to rally to the support of Eng-; land. | | “You write about all the de- | mocracies uniting and wiping out both Germany and Italy in less; time than the Spanish-American} skirmish of 1898. Who will then; solve the problem of feeding and; caring for some eighty-eight mil-| _lion Germans and more millions, | of Italians, or is your plan to wipe them also from the face of the ‘earth? Such a thought is fan- For Your Motor Trip Protect. Your Travel Funds with— AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CHEQUES DUCK PINS ... TEN PINS Open 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Management “Billy” Warren and “Jack” Long LARVAE (wigglers) become pupae tumblers in about one week. PUPAE tumblers becomes MOSQUITOS on the wing NEW SUMMER RATE TERRACE OUTDOOR BOWLING Duval at Angela 10¢ DAY or EVENING Free Instruction Free Parking Coolest Cor. Now Under Roof Spendable wherever travelers go. ... A prompt refund if lost or stolen. ISSUED IN DENOMINATIONS OF $10, $20, $50 and $100 at 75 cents for each $100 purchased THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in about forty-eight hours. Prevent Mosquito Breeding Prevent access of Mosquitos to water Inspect your Rain Barrels, Cisterns, Tubs, Urns, Oil and Drain. Punch holes in bottom of discarded Cans, old Auto Tires, Etc.—Use kerosene oil. It is a contmuous fight—Do your part, help control the pest and benefit your city and yourself. (This space contributed by The Citizen) MDs LVL ALLA LLAAAALELLALLAL LALLA Lg LALA LALAAL A AAA dd