The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 15, 1939, Page 3

MONDAY, MAY 15, 1939 OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by Phocbe Atwtod Taylor The Characters Asey Mayo, Cape Cod sleuth. J. Arthur Brinley, pompus se- lectman of Billingsgate. Yesterday: Asey finds Kay beaten up by an unknown assail- ent in the w0ods. He trails the fellow and is shot at. Asey shoots back. Worse Than A Greased Pig Chapter 33 a oyermeioy away off in the distance, three shots replied to his. Asey nodded. That was Lane, or some one of his men, and they would be heartily welcome. As the noise of the shots died out, the fellow began to run, ap- ently realizing that Asey was aving reinforcements. Asey went after him. In the chase that followed, he began to understand how Zeb Chase had felt the previous Satur- day night. No matter how grimly he con- tinued, or how many times he tried to raise his speed, the man was al- ways ahead, and just far enough ahead that Asey actually never once saw him. Once he took a pot shot, but a pot shot had no effect on that speeding, twisting, dodg- ing human. “If,” Asey thought, “the man is human!” By degrees they circled around to where the ground sloped to the md and fhe surrounding marshes. When they reached the begin- ning of the marsh land, Asey slowed up. He had no knowledge of this par- ticular spot, but he knew enough about these treacherous muddy marshes in general to be very wary. In his childhood the marshes near his home had been to wan- dering cattle what the automobile later became to wandering dogs. A series of pictures flashed through his mind—the time his father’s best mare had gone down in a mud hole over by Holbrook’s, and the hastily improvised blocks and tac- kles, and the lanterns flickering, and finally his uncle borrowing a shotgun from Nate Holbrook. The strange laugh floated out ahead of him, but Asey stood still. Not even on the chance of catch- ing a murderer would he let him- self be maneuvered toward that ground. Instead he sat down and loaded his forty-five. According to his calculations, he was on the edge of the swampy land east of the pond, and not over three hundred yards from the ice house where he had been with Kay and Brinley and the soprano earlier in the day. Somewhe! this fellow. must have a car. ere were two ap- proaches to the pond, the’ short narrow lane which he and Kay had used, and the road where Brinley had left his machine. The latter road was by far the better, but it was also farther from the pond and harder to reach in a hur- ry. But it seemed to Asey that if he were in this fellow’s shoes, he would prefer having a greater dis- tance to cover in an emergency to the chance of being bottled up in that narrow path. It was about three to one that the car was parked on the east road. Asey decided to abandon the chase and investigate the line of retreat. Trying to catch this fellow was on a par with trying to catch the greased pig at the old Barn- stable fairs, the principal differ- ence being that the pig at least was visible. After three unsuccessful at- Sape he finally reached the east Toad. A parked car loomed out of the fog rate ahead of him, and the sight nearly made him whoop. _ He waited in the bushes, flash- light'in one hand, forty-five in the other. This business was going to come to a finish, right ‘then and there. At last the man came, sliding out of the underbrush so quietly that — almost missed ‘him, ¢' fellow was panting, Asey noted | ie pap His breath came in short quick gasps and he walked as though he were utterly exhausted. Asey knew how those feet felt. His felt exactly the same way. “‘Flabbergasted’ T= man was abreast of him. Asey’s light flashed into his face and the forty-five ground — the week oe buckle. “My golly! ’s_you, is it, J. Arthur? Brother Brinley, the old—say, it is you, isn’t it?” J. Arthur was shaking from head to foot. “It's me—who—are—is it Asey?” “Old Mayo,” Asey said. “Nurmi Mayo. You turn around. That’s it. Keep on reaching. That's right, J. Arthur. You don’t mind if I admit to bein’ flabbergasted, do you? I'd never it in a hundred years. Feel this gun borin’ into your back? You do? Well, J. Ar- thur, you behave, or it'll go off, with r’sults that'll be a rev'lation CHANGE MADE IN BUS OPERATIONS Yesterday was the last day on which there was.a@ bus of the Florida Motor Lides leaving Key West at 3 o'clock in the after- noon, until there are further charges made in the schedule. Agent William Arnold received netification to this effect Satur- Asey’s free left hand patted Brin- ley’s pockets. “Not in a shoulder holster—my, my, what’&you do with your pop gun an’ siiehcer?” Asey asked. “Dropped ‘em into the pond, did you? Or what?” “What do you mean? I~” “Brinley,” Asey said, “there’s no two-year-old in the world who wouldn’t tell you this is not the time to bluster. Pick up both feet, laddie, an’ inarch along the road We ain’t taking to the bush no more tonight. That’s it. Just you hep right along. I’m behind you. March.” Brinley marched. “Can't we,” he said breathlessly after a minute or two, “go in my car? That’s my car, there—” “I just couldn’t trust myself to take rides with you, J. Arthur, Not after tonight. I somehow feel I mightn’t get : chance to walk home. I might just be tossed out. No, I think we’ll walk it.” Before they reaehed the main road, Brinley stopped short. “Carry on, feller,” Asey said. “It's my corns,” Brinley said. “Really, I would like to take my shoes off. They hurt. And do I have to go along the main road with my arms up like this? I'd hate to have anyone see me—and besides, I don’t understand what this is all about, anyway! What is this all about?” “The trouble with people like you,” Asey said, “is that other peo- ple don’t take ’em serious until it’s too late. When you get a comb’na- tion of a henpecked husbanc, an’ a Mister Milquetoast, who tries to be pompous an’ blustery, it’s. sort of misleadin’. You don’t expect— whoa—you don’t turn around, J. Arthur, you—” ‘Save Your Breath’ “] WILL so turn around!” Brin- ley said. “What I do is my busi- ness, and you have no right to interfere!” “You might just as well save your breath,” Asey said, “an’ march along—hey, who’s that?” Someone was calling his name. “Asey, Asey Mayo! Where are you?” Asey bellowed back, and short- ly Hamilton appeared from the woods. “You got him! Who—Brinley? Well, Weill.” _ “He's tryin’,” Asey said, “to be innocenter than a new born lamb, I hand it to him.” “What went on?” “I don’t know about the first part of it,” Asey said. “But he’s | been givin’ me a workout I won’t forget in years. Had a little si. lencer arrangement, an’ used it lavish. Tried to bog me, too, but I r’fused to be bogged’ How’s Kay? You seen her?” “TI guess she’s all right. She was up at the house,“ ain Citmmin iS was looking after her. Had a scalp wound, Just a'scratch, but it bled a lot. I didn’t wait to hear her story. I started out for you. Lane’s out, too, and a bunch of his boys.” “Did you get Prettyman off al) right?” Asey asked. Hamilton laughed. “That guy is a pip, Asey. He got on the train and walked smack up to Burley and said, ‘Let’s be friends, it’s so much easier that way.’ They got s wire from Burley Vetord T left Boston. He said they were getting along swell. He said—hey, what’s the matter, Brinley? Get going!” J. Arthur turned around. “T will not,” he announced firm- ly, “move one more step until -1 have taken my shoes off, and I will not move very many steps after that! I tell you, my feet hurt!” “With Hamilton here to help cope with you,” Asey said, “I can afford to be gen’rous. Go ahead.” “Watch out,” Hamilton warned. “Wait, Brinley. I had a guy nearly kill me once, taking a stone out of his shoe. Little gadget in his shoe fired a slug. I'll take the shoés off for you, Stick up a foot.” Despite Brinley’s that be was pees Ba: ®. to remove is own milton them off. sips : sees “Okay,” he said. “And) what fancy shoes you wear—") “Say,” é a—let mé see them shoes, ton. I didn’t think to—" They were white buckskin ox- fords with leather soles. “Put in our light an’ watch him Ham,” Asey said. “I want to look into these things.” They were not just white buck- shin shoes, they were the whitest buckskin shoes. Asey had ever’ seen. There wasn’t a scratch or a mark or a smudge on them. They were brand new. Asey looked down at his own rubber-soled brown leather shoes: Briars and blackberry vines’ had scarred the leather in two dozen’ places. There were broken pine needles stuck in the lacings. The toes were wet. Lumps of dirt and mud from the lowlands showed on the toe and along the side. He raised one foot. A mixture of leaves and dirt was packed solidly in the space between the low heel and the instep. And J. Arthur’s buckskin shoes were white, and the leather sole was barely damp, Continued temorrow. (Copuright. 1939) BIRD TAKES GLASSES NORWALK, O.—While Mrs. G. C. Fitterman of this city was working in her garden, a _ bird flew against her face, knocked off her glasses and flew away with them fastened in its feath- ers. day, he told The Citizen, but does! not anticipate any further chang- es being made in the near future, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN» | FOLLOWING THROUGH. 1 BY AGUILAR PLAY BALL, AMERICA! pers. Mats of the Centennial ee 1839-1939—Baseball Centennial |Emblem for locai reproduction. This column, several days ago,| Lists of national advertisers co- See se ae excerpts foam |e | operating in the celebration. es “ae ling in detail how to celebrate | Window posters, stickers, auto- TENTH: PIRATES OVER- |the 100th birthday of the national | Mobile windshield stickers, flags, |pastimd in American cities. Sat-|etc., which can be purchased at CASE ‘CUB IINX ‘urday an outline of how to start/minimum cost. Prepared speech- doing so was given. Today, the!es for baseball players, fans and jexcerpts elaborate: civic leaders. All these will be 15—Bob; “The ;Centennial Committee |sent to you upon request. Feller became the first pitcher in | should be“large. It should include| “Special Events Activities. . . ‘the major leagues to win six/jcivic officers, leaders, prominent | Parades. . Exhibition Games. . . games in this early season—and citizens, officers of clubs or so-| Baseball Partids. . .Old-Timers’ ‘he did so handicapped. His cieties, sports writers, mewspa-,Day. . .Players of Tomorrow. . . mother, along with other resi-|per editors, and ‘other specifically | Motion Pictures “The National dents of his home town attended! interested in baseball, athletics, ;Game”, produced by the National the game yesterday to watch him youth and recreational activitie: ipitch. His toss to Owen in thejIt should by all means include |third inning went foul and struck ' prominent women in the city. or his mother RRS face, cepa ‘town. ,But the me Sueebeat of! requiring: thr itches. spite these—and the only one a efforts of Papa’Feller and others’ should be elected at the firs! | to knock down the ball it got oo ,meeting—is the Executive Com- \them. Feller rushed to the mittee. The Executive Commit- | stands and shortly afterward toed | tee should ‘appoint the other com- |the mound again with a sad feel-' mittee members. ‘ing. He held Chicago White Sox! “Committees. . Centennial com-|ning plays. The future baseball \to six hits in gaining his victory! mittee—It should include’ all|—like the future of America— on Mother’s Day, aided by two' members’ of the other committees! rests in the nands of its young- (Special to’ The Citizen) NEW YORK, May ‘Of Baseball” by the American ‘League (both films are available ‘on request in either 35 or 16 mil- imeter size). . .Five Tournament lans. .. .Advertise Your Home |Games. With Centennial Posters (full size of 14x22—sent on re- | quest). “FIFTH INNING. . Five win- ‘home runs and a triple off the: and should be largely a general'sters. That’s your signal for a| bat of Chapman. | governing body—but without ex-jtriple play to perform a service | Red Ruffing continued his ex-' ecutive authority in itself. cellent pitching by twirling ‘ecutive Committee—This should! your country. To help stimulate four-hitter against Philadelphia! comprise not more than five! amateur and high school basegall Athletics while his teammates’ members—representatives of bus-/ in your community with a mini- | went on to a 10-0 win. |iness, baseball, press, | Detroit Tigers, who have been ' social organizations in |losing right and left, won a dou-;From this committee must come has prepared five plans erietl are | ese | bleheader yesterday. In the first all the decisive action—permis- | yours for the asking. game against St. Louis Browns,' sion here, refusal there. These! plans were prepared by Athletic Hank Greenberg poled a pair of five committeemen and commit-! authorities and are practical in| homers as the Tigers overwhelm- ; teewoman must be prepared to! every: detail. They are presented ed the Brownies, 14 to 4. In the, give generously of their time: It:on the following page. You cant} nighteap, although outhit, Detroit must appoint members of the | have one or all of them by filling! came out on top, 7 to 4. | other committees, stimulate them,|}in and returning the enclosed | For 12 innings Boston Red Sox ' coordinate their activities. They | posteard”. }and Washington Senators fought! must arrange to have the mayor: (To Be Continued) lit out before a decision was/issue a proclamation coincident |reached. In that frame, pen vite your celebration. Publicity | ¢#@seeeesvsccovssoocoone scored and won the game, 5 to 4. committee—This should consist St. Louis Cardinals strengthen-' of one newspaper sports writer, MAJOR LEAGUES’ ed their slim hold on first place one member of the Chamber of \in the National League by | de-'Commerce'and one civic execu-| eeeeeseneccosooeeosoocce | feating Cincinnati Reds again. tive. This committee should be | Warneke allowed all the Red| charged with securing all itl pcr ih enaarcanirea cal od hits in the eight infiings he pitch- publicity. Upon it devolves the (9.9) ye" Sewell (3-1). | ed. C. Davis relieved him in the! duty of seeing that proper news- ‘ licks tie edad | ninth to set down the Cincy boys.;paper space is secured through-| ye i Final score was 9 to 5. out the period of celebration or! A pinch hit home run in the|throughont 1939. Speakers and| yy, MERICAN ee | tenth inning won for New York Radio Committee—These, closely Ferreil (0-1) vs. Ross. (0-2) | Giants, 2 to 1, over Philadelphia allied, should blanket the town “‘Rocton. at Washington—Oster-| Phillies. Carl Hubbell made his| with information about the cen-| eller (0-0) vs. Chase (1-3) | first starting appearance on the|tennial and local participation—}" Onjy games scheduled. |mound for the Giants in this sea-|by speeches before local educa: ‘ json. He kept the Phils’ 11 hits tional, social, business and polit-'| — well scattered and the lone run jcal organizations. Program, Dec- scored off his delivery was a oration, Entertaniment and Pa- cireuit clout. rade Ccmmittees — Obviously Since August of 1938 Chicago these committee’ should cooper- Cubs had whipped Pittsburgh/ate closely. Let the program Pirates—nine straight in all—but committee lay out a - complete lyesterday Tobin ended the spell.|program’’ of celebration—inter- Scattering 11 safeties while his | grating it with the activities of \ teammates got only eight off two|the Publicity Committee, and Cub twirlers, he won his game, then pasy along to the other com- (5 to 2, It was Tobin who won|mittees instructions of their the last game the Pirates took | shares of the duties involved. Re- from the Bruins before they fell| member there are no time limita- ‘under the spell. tions upon your’ local celebration. In a pitchers’ battle between | You can begin now. , .and carry Pressnell and Fette, the latter|on throughout the baseball sea- came out on top to take his fifth'son. Or you can name some spe- | | game of the season. He gave up| cial day like the 4th of July, La- { only four binglés to Pressnel’s| bor Day or “Armistice Day’ to cele- seven. Final ‘score was 1 to 0.|brate the Baseball Santen. ot bes The lonesome marker came in the | your home town. nance Com- | mittee—Whenever local funds are | last-half of the ninth. Results of’ the games: to be subscribed’ or collections! NATIONAL LEAGUE jmade, a Finanee Committee At Boston R. H. E.jshould be elected to’ handle all’ | Brooklyn monies involved. Most of the Boston _.. celebration ideas reeommended in Pressnell this handbook or by the National | and Lopez. Baseball Centennial Commission, —_——_ however, can be executed largely At Pittsburgh R. H. E. | by the donation of local talent, | Chieago ae .- 211 O!time, equipment and merchan- | Pittsburgh -...t. 5 8 lidise. And these monies can be Lillard, Higbe and Hartnett; | divided among the players for | | Tobin and Berres. | equipment or’ trophies given or in |some way célebrate the centen- H. E. nial and offer prizes for that day 11 0! this wil? create’ interest. Pub-/ SP 1/ licity Material—and full instruc: | << +e, tions for using it. Feature stories Hubbell and’ historical beekground ma- may pteriat for release in the local pa-!' H. 41 72 and Phelps; Fette At New York Philadelphia - New York . (10 Innings) Butcher and Millies; and Danning. RHE 23 0 At Cincinnati: » ©» « ¢ eH. E.\-Pebbetts; Mills and’Sullivan. St. Louis . é Cincinna’ |__Warneke, Moore, R. Davis, Derringer, Nak- | tenis, Thompson’ and Lombardi. , At Philadelphia R. HE ‘New York: - oes Fe 1a | Philadelphia 0-42 Ruffing and Dieke: Parmelee and Brucker. At Chicago Cleveland’ - Chicago - e | Feller and Hemsley; |head, Herrnig and Silvestri. } os At St. Louis Detroit At St. Louis oe Detroit (12 Innings) St. Louis as SS Grove, Wilson. Heving and De- | i Sautels; Alexandra; and Giuliana. | R. | eed 2# t | | | | i ; League ,and “One Hundred Years | Ex-!for your game, your community, | Make Your Home of Health and Comfort SEAFOOD NINE | WON SECOND | PLACE. HONORS JOE NAVARRO, CATCHER OF VICTORS, CAME THROUGH WITH THREE-RUN TRIPLE; IN EIGHTH INNING | | { By O. L. MILIAN Joe Navarro, calm, cool-headed ;eatcher of the Seafood Grill, came through in, the pinches and ‘rapped out a long three-base hit ‘to right center with the bases loaded to give the Grillers a 3-1 ‘victory over the Blue Sox outfit jin the eighth inning of the first | game of a doubleheader played ! yesterday afternoon at Trumbo ‘Field. Nighteap between Pirates ‘and Conchs was called in the ;ninth inning 4-4. | Sox were holding a lover the former Trojans until Navarro’s hit came. | The win gave the Grillers the \ right fo second-place standing in {the past Winter Baseball League. Holding down the hard-hitting j the sevneth inning, Guillermo |(Guiro) Diaz gave way to Oscar} Molina during the eighth stanza} after four successive hits, includ- | Wal jing the three-bagger, had. netted | Wright, Senators - |the opposing team three runs. Diaz pitched beautiful ball but | weakened under the rock-split- |ting sun pouring down on him. { Joe and John’ Navarro and! | Domenech played steady and, er- jrorless ball for the victors. John; | { jfans with a beautiful one-hand catch in back of second base, , | while brother Joe was the real} jhero with the stick as he lifted) civic and|mum of trouble and expense, the | Diaz’ pitch far into the center} the city.|National Centennial Commission ; garden to give the Grillers all! of their runs. 1-0 lead} Seafooders to four hits through! again won the applause of the! Domenech saved the situation: | for the winners several times with} {many difficult catches out in cen- | Foxx, Red Sox \terfield. Although Wickers pitch-'Arnovich, Phillies 85 12 34 led unbeatable ball, a lot of the|Medwick, Cards . credit is deserved by the three: players mentioned above. | The Sox’ lone tally came in the! and Kelly’s single. | Score by innings: H Grill... 000 000 030— 3 9 2, Sox - 100 000 000— 1 Molina and Acevedo. The second game of the after-| noon between the Conchs and Roadside Pirates was} called “no contest” by President ; Laine Dokbs of the Monroe Coun- ; ty Baseball League Commission- | ers because of a general disagree-| ment among players, team mana- gers and umpires. The drastic| decision that the post-champion-} ship series may be considered over and no further games played GREENBERG IN HOME-RUN LEAD (Spectalte Tae Citizen? NEW. YORK, May 15.—Homer- | ing Hank Greenberg snatched the lead in the cireuit clout depart- ment of the major leagues by blasting out a pair yesterday in the first game against St. Louis Browns. His total is now Three 'players are tied for second place with five each. Standings: American League Greenberg, Tigers —.. Foxx, Red Sox Selkirk, Yankees Gehringer, Tigers Williams, Red Sox - National League Camilli, Dodgers — Mize, Cardinals Ott, Giants era eeeeen McCormick, Reds —..... 4 Berger, Reds six. = 4 a# 5 5 Greenberg also tied Walker of the White Sox for the lead in the runs-bated-in department. Pre- viously, Walker had held undis- puted honors for quite a number of games. Two players in the National League nave also batted in 21 runs. Standings: American League Greneberg, Tigers —_ nee Walker, White Sox - . 21 21 Selkirk, Yankees - ‘ 19 National League McCormick, Reds 21 {Goodman, Reds Arnovich, Phillies 21 ER | Mazzera, St. Louis Browns, has strengthened his hold on first po- sition among hte Big Six. Satur- day he averaged .475, and today, | going to bat eight times more, he carried the percentage up to .479. He poled four safeties in the eight tries. Standings: Player— AB R. H. Ave. Mazzera, Browns 48 14 23 479 Kuhel, White Sox 66 15 28 .424 60 17 25 .417 400 375 80 12 30 « 375 Galan, Cubs _. 56 10 21 for the title came in the first-half | first inning on Castellano’s triple of the tenth inning when out- fielder Machin of the Conchs and R. H. E.| Ernest Ogden attempted to hook up in a fist fight at second base 7 2 on account of a dispute on a play | ‘ : Diaz,{at this bag. This created, a gen- GAMES TODAY | Wickers and Joe Navarro; Diaz, pe caalet oy the contest was called with both teams tied Key West; at 4-all. MONROE THEATER Lewis Stone—Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker—Fay Holden OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25c AANGUALANNY 8 SS QQ 4 Philadelphia 19! any a Citadel PAGE THREE | MAJOR BASEBALL | LEAGUES’ STANDINGS H ee NATIONAL LEAGUE | Club— W. L. Pet. St. Louis 12 8 .600 | Boston 12 9 571 Cincinnati 12 10 .545 Chicago 11 11 500 | Brooklyn 1011 476 | Pittsburgh 9 11. 450 New York 912 .429 | Philadelphia 811 421 AMERICAN LEAGUE ; Club— New York Boston Chicago } Cleveland i Washington St. Louis Detroit -13T .688 591 524 421 409 375 421 10 11 13 15 ll | seeecesccecvecccccccsees i | THE WEATHER Temperatures" 85 76 80 79 Highest | Lowest Mean | Normal Mean Rainfall" Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation ix record © ont 8 t Tomorrow's Almanac ‘Sun rises Sun sets |Moon rises Moon sets | ‘Tomorrow’s Tides A.M. High 7:37 Low - 1:00 2:12 Barometer, 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.94. WEATHER FORECAST 0 Ins. jem (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, trobably occasional showers; not much change in temperature; |light to moderate variable. winds. ; Florida: Partly cloudy: tonight | and Tuesday. probably occasion- al rain over south and east-cen- | tral coast; slightly warmer Tues- day in extreme north portion. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to moder- ate variable winds and overcast j weather tonight and Tuesday with oceasional rain off the south Florida coast. OVERSEAS CAFE AND LODGE Marathon, Fla. Phone No. 4 “The Best in Food and Rooms” Between Key West and Miami COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE Charley Toppino, Prop. 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