The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 1, 1939, Page 3

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939 OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by ree Atwood Taylor the Bandall ie Asey Ser absentmindedly. ‘ou, Rout ne eat fisents ate a, Be intersupt 4 You at Pa 's voice had agers. Te : as pen dance, eaux, an one to g. | lar. Qs Ls swaying. siride around to the back oF ie hen, Lane!” Asex | geile. “cut it off, outside "ll go through the house—” He avoided the skeptical eyes of Madame Meaux as he rushed put to the ae) ds Gk = lowing “Snap on the Ui Asey ordered. ey—well, at candle if they don’t work, ien—my gosh!” There was no the beaver-hatted dummy, but at Poa n 5 Paling ups peared an odd glaring and y | smell that Mike Slade vaguely as- sociated with fireworks. .“What’n time,” Asey began, ‘Jane!”. It was Eloise dall’s voice that sounded from the cel- | “T really think—that is, of | to} course—” all, see? Beat it!” Of ali al feep assembled final- ly in Aunt Sara’s living room, no one was more hada than Hamilton himself. Lane came at ‘ast. “All here? Come along, please.” He marshaled them into their cats, whispered orders to Hamil- = and acted as the procession up to the hollow. 7 low,” 1 he said, “if you’ll come a ie Sara demanded with ~ ‘eal 3 “What is this nonsense? “Ase 's orders, ma’am,” Lane said pas ith finality. Asey Rintself c ‘came out in a mo- ment. “Sorry to keep you waitin’,” he we, “pat on the whole, I thought i. id a good thing to have ct ether. Some things ate : oy eared uj ther figure appeared behind a Brinley said in a choked voice: “Pate: “The auditor” Sara’s voice was even more chok, 'ou'll all come in,” Asey said any “maybe we. can settle ome ings. i fine Sesiendously solicitous spout inding seats for them ali in room. Sara couldn't help thinking w her gray cat had the same Er tea f while he waited at a mouse hole — bland, casual, and apparently not a bit eager. “Now.” Asey said, “do let's get this shortage fixed up first.” Sara and Jeff pachanged glances. “My fault,” Jeff said promptly. “1 know. ['m mo getting | too old—I—1 might as well face it, 1 suppose. Whatever the amount is, I'll make it good, Paterson. And then I'll re- sign and let someone else take my place. On'my word of honor. Sara and I have slaved over those fig- ures—what's that, Bessie?” Mrs. Brinley was muttering re- proachiul things under her breath. “I wouldn't,” Asey said, “look quite so smug, Mrs. Brinley, Pater- son's found you an’ J. Arthur out.” J. Arthur's Syoulders sagged. He seem: 5 Weston P14, “which it? For my part, I've worked over the books, and wees Srini em, Spay ia “HL a Finley.” Asey sa le giant dare Play w with your figures as much as with Jeff’s. You wrote that note to Slade. didn’t you, Brinley?” Money And Hate hes 1 did! But what about Sara? Where were they en Ma on Monday night?” nuniey “Where were they when Randall was killed? What—” Rot gettin’ ahead, here,” Pgs inet papier Ge gs t's consider the rae motive— Bessie Brin- shut up! First things seemed to be the against Jane—v offem town, an’ then Randall, an’ then so th planted on . AS a matter we got lust two motives. One's —_ town’s money. The ite. The money come frst, an’ the hate come in later. The money come in because someone got ambitious, an’ the hate part’s mostly on account of Jane Naf yl ne mete the matter, ere, Hamilton?” “T didn’t hear anyth! Pe soy ing,” Hamil- mae geet Hamilton went outdoors. When he returned his face was drained of color. “Asey—that look out the wi ASS ootn s toa e ceete head turned ieee more peso rhe’: ever under the i fguret” Sara said. “They “Bees: ved | Asey, look— “Nonsense” But one of we ie was mov- t fell bo righted itself, and _— a ain ‘The face was a glob ee apparently with- = any features at all. fh wheeled and ran with a SIX-DAY RACING GOES RIGHT 0 a rear guard to | W; Mike Slade blinked. He seemed to see Eloise Jeon pat | y him, ll, | in that old checked skirt with the uneven hem and the bagey ca cardi- gan with the hole in the'sleeve. “Eloise!” he see: and Bat out a hand to prop nee “Of course if Jane sain wants —I mean, one can’t really tell, can one? Can’ one, Weston? Weston thought, at least, I think he thought, that he killed me yester- | day, but Weston—where are you, feston—” ‘He’s Gone!” gees LEACH swung around. 4 Weston had been standing be- hind her and Jeff. “Weston!” Sara said. “He’s gone! He—he’s ee He was right ere, but he’s lipped away: “Okay,” | Ase: pad. Hamilton. No, Mike, don’t fo Ta ey Come up from the cellar, Kay. Zeb, come out of the closet—” “Asey,” Sara said, “what—you don’t mean that it was Weston, do you? You—are you letting him get away?” A series of shots outside an- swered her question. In a moment, Lane came in. “I got as far as ‘I arrest,’” he said. “He said, we’d never set him alive, and we didn’t. There’s his | gun. The silencer’s in his car. Here, He said to give it to you—” Asey turned away. It came over Madame Meaux that Weston was his cousin. After a second he | turned back, as calm as ever. | There, the soprano thought, was New England for you. “Look after things, Lane,” Asey said. “Kay, that was fine. You | d’serye prizes for your imitatin’. Wash the dough off Zeb’s face. It drives me crazy. I’m sorry, the rest | of you. We had to do ie We give | him a chance to admit it, but we had to keep on an’ Ev his tion—what is oe said. “And a “A chair, glass of water. Asey, I don't—t ean't believe it!” She stared at Kay as washed thick dough from Zeb’s face. The dummy’s ¢lothes hun; limply from his body. Gene: Philbtic tame up from the cellar, “How was the effect?” he in- Fenty td think if worked, don’t you? Down there it was fine.” He took two pans to the’sink and nonchalantly began to wash them. Already brick’s Fireworks Help Detective. “Asey,” Sara said, “I shall go mad-—hurry and tell us, and get Jeff a chair. He's shaking—” “Was it Weston’s accounts?” Jeff | paked., in a forced voice. “Wes- or jon't wonder,” Asey Sop thought you was Brinley’s gyppin’ a small | way, to make you seem dumb. but Weston knew. an’ was doin’ a much | better jo) Bid top of that. We got all the books tonight, from every- where—town offices, your house, Weston's, Brinley’s, Win Billi said it didn’t seem a Soeantike this could be so much in the red, an’ for fun I went to ane, an’ got | Paterson today. Didn't know then which of you three selectmen it was. It'll take Paterson weeks to straighten ings out, but Wes- ton’s plucked a hundred odd thou- sand, an gin’ from his calcula- tions, h “What?” Jeff said. “A hundred thousand?” “Over a period of years. He aimed to get as much more this week. He also had two steamship tickets for tomorrow night.” “No wonder,” Slade said grim- ly, “no wonder he wanted to make Old Home Week a success!” “What do you mean, two tick- ets?” Sara asked. “Why two?” “For him, an’ Eloise.” “For him and—and Eloise?” Sara said. “And Eloise? I—I never thought. But everyone thought that was off.” “It wasn’t, Jane, Eloise hated ou, didn't she? And she hated lary, too. Eloise was ineffectual, | an’ her mother wasn’t. It riled Eloise.” “Then it was Eloise and Wes- ton at night!” Jane said. “She told Mary it was me, meeting Mike!” KEPT HIM AWAKE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Robert | pj James of this city charged that ; when his wife retired to her bed- |New York - room she took fifteen pool balls Boston a pnts: Harton ht or trace of | agina- | as the girl | in Be is mind he saw the | headlines. teworks Magnate | Aids Capture of Murderer. ‘Phe Sait fettin’ old. | DODGERS RALLY | IN EIGHTH AND [HAMLIN LIMITED TEBRY'S| BOYS TO SIX HITS: NQ\OTH- | ($pecial to The Citizen) NEW YORK, June 1.—The only | | game Played in the major leagues | ‘yesterday was won by Brooklyn | Dodgers over New York Giants, ; \7 to 4. | In the third inning of the con-| tests, Terry’s charges pushed jacross four runners ‘to knot the | |count at 4-all. Mel Ott poled his| eighth circuit clout of the season; jin this frame. Not to be outdone, the Dodgers | rallied in the eighth and scored | |three times to defeat the New! ‘Yorkers. Except for the third inning, | |Hamlin held the Giants scoreless, | limiting them to six hits. The vic- | tory was his fifth of the year. New York Yankees hold a six-| 'game lead over Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians, in third position, is nine and a half games! |behind Murderers’ Row. | Cincinnati Reds are two games jenn’ of St. Louis Cardinals in} the National League and but five ts, | games away from Chicago Cubs, | in third place. Close behind are {Pittsburg Pirates, who are only |a half-game in the rear of the Bruins. | All teams will resume play | |this afternoon or tonight. Con- tests under lights are scheduled | at Brooklyn and at Philadelphia |in the National League. ' Results of the game yesterday: NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York R. H. E. | Brooklyn i 042.1 ‘New York 46 2) Hamlin and Todd; Schumacher, | Melton and Danning.. No other games scheduled. —— i AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled. | [INDIANS’ CAMPBELL | LEADING HITTER OF BASEBALL’S BIG SIX) (Specia! to The Citizen) NEW YORK, June 1.—Camp- \bell, of Cleveland Indians, is the | leading hitter of baseball’s Big | Six, according to averages com- | piled. | Going to bat 64 times Campbell | poled 25 safeties for an average | of .391, 18 points ahead of 10- | vich in second place. Standings: Player— AB R. H. Ave. | Campbell, Indians 64 1625 391 J. Martin, Cards 91 21 32 .352) |Bonura, Giants 128 25 45.352! Goodman of Cincinnati Reds | {and Williams of Boston Red Sox \are tied for honors in the runs- batted-in department, each with 36. Wright of Washington Sena-' | tors has the next highest total, | 34. Standings: National League Goodman, Reds ». McCormick, Reds. . Camilli, Dodgers | Ott, Giants — | American League | | Williams, Red Sox Wright, Senators Selkirk, Yanks - Hoag, Browns Camilli of Brooklyn Dodgers is | the leading home run clouters to/| | date, having poled 10 in all. Close | behind are three other: major | | league players with nine each. | | Standings: | National League Camilli, Dodgers McCormick, Reds - Mize, Cardinals - | Ot, Giants 36| atl | 32! 32) American \Greenberg, Tigers | Selkirk, Yankees - | Williams, Red Sox ses ae | Field, in which the picked team | bowed to Key West Conchs in aj ( Brooksville. }in the challenge game. jsible for three of |Evelio (Skipper) Rueda, another| ‘and enthusiasts meet every night, | jans. | Conchs? | OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BLEACHERS By 0. L. MILIAN HOLIRAY RECORD GROW? | |estimated, from 1000 to 1200 fans, saw the., “winner-take-all” geal |Tuesday afternoon at ‘Frumbo} free-hitting contest. This proves the writer’s content that a Thurs-j day afternoon game during sum- mer months would take well. au: LOPEZ. _ veteran | speedball Pitcher, is back in the | game and the Tan-mountain | | eeveseescesenseseneenees | SPORTS SHORTS | By PEDRO DRO AGUILAR \ decuuoeaadebccencettesce| Big League attendance has| slumped .163,000 in the first! month of play. It is rumored that Joe Glenn| | will be traded to the Boston Red | Sox, the Sox will give St. Louis; a pitcher for the catcher. Bill McKechine of the Reds is! trying to get pitcher Mulcahy) from the Phils, who want Berger and a pitcher for. their ster huri-| er. Lou Fette isa good bet for the j National | League All Stars this | year, as is pitcher Passeau of the | moundsman will be seen in ac-} phils, tion Sunday afternoon against the Pirates. This goes to prove that interest in baseball in Key est is so great that old-time | players, who long ago hung up | thelr mitts, are being aroused, PIE TRAYNOR (or is it ‘Ar- mando Fernandez?) is another! one of those old-timers whose} baseball spirit has been awaken- ed with the prevailing enthusiasm : surrounding this little town. Fer-j nandez played his first game with; Baseball experts claim that Danning is the best catcher in the National League, now that Hart- nett is passing. (What about Lombardi 4nd Lopez? A new manager is sought by the Detroit fans. Baker now may wish he had remained as the! coach of the club. Pepper Martin stole home on} Red Evans the other day but it @ccccccccccccoccceccepce CLASSIFIED COLUMN @ wherreccecesccceoce | FOR SALE |200 WHITE LEGHORN LAYING! HENS, AAA Strain. Brady’s Poultry Market, 1214 White Street. may24-Imox 1 SELLING OUT ENTIRE STOCK} FURNITURE of late Benjamin Tynes Furniture Store. By whole or. by piece. Bargain prices, Open between 8:00 a.} m. and 1:00 p. m. daily. Cor.! Olivia and Windsor Lane. { may30-6tx | BEST LOCATED CAFE business| on Duval street. Easy terms.) Owner has too many business! interests. Write Box EW, The! Citizen. jan1- “Ste FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100.} Run from Washington to Von/ cetyY upon whom would bind said | }In Phister street. $1,000. Apply} rear 1217 Petronia street. aprl4-s FOR SALE—Bargain; Furnished | House, situated on two lots, | 100x100 feet each. Apply to} 1306 Virginia Street. may25-tfs | MADE WANTS KNOWN SIOUX CITY, Ia—in her suit} for divorce, Mrs. Ruth ‘Biden | of this city demanded possession of 14 calves, 7 sows, 2 cows, and a flock of chickens on the grounds | that she had done all the work| pepeey fo to raise them. LEGALS N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, | FRED 0. EBERHARDT, Plaintiff. DIVORCE. HESTER G. EBERHARDT, Defendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION It appearing by the sworn Dill} of complaint filed in the above styled cause that the residence of | the defendant, Hester G. Eberhardt, is 1761 Lanier Place, N. W., Wash- ington, D. C., age of twenty-one years and there | is no person in the State of Florida, the service of a summons in chan- | defendant. It is hereby ordered and you, Hester G, Eberhardt, are hereby re- | quired to appear to the bill of com- | PAGE THRE v HREE | |___ LEGALS IN THE COURT OF THE COUN- TY JUDGE, MONROR COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA. IN PRO- BATE. In_re the Estate of YULEE VIOLA ATWELL, Deceased. FINAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the be apie dare will, on the 10th day of June, A. D. 1939, present to the iHonorable County Judge of Mon- roe County, Florida, his final re- turn, account and vouchers as ex- ecutor of the Estate of Yulee Viola Atwell, and at the said time, then and there, make application to the jsaid Judge for a final settlement of |his administration of said estate, jand for an order discharging him ‘+, as such executor. Dated this the 5th day of April, F. ATWELL, Estate of Yulee 4-11-18-25; june that she is over the | IN the Matter of the ANTONIO ARTOLOZAG |TO ALL CREDITOR: D plaint filed in this cause. on or he- | jfere the 3rd day of July, 1939, otherwise the alle: the bill of complaint wil as confessed by you and said cause be proceeded with ex parte. It is further ordered der be published once | four (4) consecutive | Key West Citize the Blue Sox last Sunday after-: | was no fault of Evans, for two or BARGAIN—20 Lots on Stock Is-}jishea in Key W noon: and probably showed some} of the newcomers a few pointers} on how to field grass cutters at) the hot corner. Pie handled 11) error. {rat om FROM DOWN TAMPA WAY' comes word from Virgilio Fa- | | bian, Ybor City’s baseball mag-| net, that he wishes to bring his | champions to this city for a se- | ries of five games. Mr. Fabian claims his Tampa All-Stars have} not been defeated this season and have victories over such clubs as| Sarasota, St. Petersburg and —_ } ° IN TUESDAY'S CONTEST, Joe; | Navarro, hard-hitting catcher of Trojans (Seafood Grill), should | have stored two homers instead] of a double and triple. TONY ALONZO, outfielder for Trojans, had a bad fielding: day} His mis-| judged fly and error were respon- the Conchs’; Alonzo was somewhat out; His runs. of place in the left garden. regular position is rightfield. DON’T LET THE PLAYING of one of those Trojans, keep you| wondering. His baseball blood| comes from his ancestors. The; base-diving outfielder and catch- er is a nefhéw of Felo Rodriguez, | one-time famous pitcher. Keep! your eyes posted on this young- ster and #watch him improve. Pitcher ero is also related to Rueda. ,9 | AT THE CIGAR STORE on! Duval street, headquarters for all; sports <w. all baseball players | | Bobby, manager. Itz, former boxing “has his hands full with | the boys. {One argument follow$ | another dnd before the night is) aver the ball game has played over and over. Mr. Schultz is a Conch fan and is keeping an eye on the up-and-coming Tro-) | j a ARMANDO ACEVEDO, voted| the meme player and bat- ting ion for the 1938-' 139 | #0 pon will be given a cup as a} token fof honor for his magnifi- | cent ‘pe ance during that | season, ¢ cup will bear an in-j| | scription and the namés of each: Commissioner will also be en- graved'on the silver piece. HAVING MET AND DEFEAT- ED most everything the east | coast has to offer from Home- | stead Tight up to Ft. Lauderdale, players should prove very inter- | esting. sarees | HOW WOULD YOU LIKE to! see’ this lineup against the: Compare them: Tampa All-Stars Joe Iglesias, 3b; Ralph Montono, ss; Willie Paz, c; Sam Sachionte. cf; Baby Sachionte, If; Chip Clements, 2b; Felix Menendez, & (game). | ground ruling on balls hit beyond three times he threw to third try- | ing to catch Pepper. Manager Durocher then hollered at pitcher , | Evans to pitch to the plate and jchances at third base without an! not bother with Pepper as he was jnot going to steal, so Durocher | ithought. On the next pitch; Martin stole the plate and Evans | was made the goat. He had to listen to the manager and did not} bother with Pepper and when he | looked toward home it was too, late—Martin was sliding in. | MAJOR LEAGUES GAMES TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Boston. St. Louis at New York. i Chicago at Brooklyn (night) Pittsburgh Philadelphia | (night game). AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Cleveland. Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. Bennie Fernandez, 1b; Lefty Britt, p. at | | | | : CONCHS could use: C. Baker, ss; Julius Villareal, rf; | Armando Acevedo, ss; | William Cates, 2b; | Esmond Albury, 3b; Cyril Griffin, c; Mario Pena, 1b; Leo Gonzalez, cf; Machin, If; Robert Bethel, p; | Lucilo, p; | Casa, Pp. ‘ PLAYING A FIVE-GAME SE-| RIES ‘will give each team in the local league an opportunity to} display its baseball talent against | the Tampa aggregation. With the fianl contest to be disputed | against a strong picked team in| ithe event none of the four clubs! could be successful in defeating | | the invaders.. | MANAGER ROY HAMLIN of | the Key West Conchs is willing | to take a chance on the Tampa- Key West series and is really the only person interested who has | what it ane to back it up. At present, the league has no funds to sponsor out-of-town teams. THERE OUGHT TO BE some the markers in the outfield. Any player hitting a ball past 367 feet | deserves the right to a home run. Conchs, Sterling drove a long fly | ball that must have traveled fifty feet or more past the leftfield! marker reading 367 feet. He got) only a two-base hit out of it. | You... Delights Us | Pleasing RN ree CUBAN and AMERICAN | | WHILE YOU ARE AWAY THIS SUMMER Your valuables should be placed in a safe |BRING YOUR VISITING friends THE MUNR land, $2,500. Brokers protect- ed. Apply “R”, The Citizen. may15-1mox | SECOND SHEETS—500 for 50 | The Artman Press. nov19-tf FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS for Rent, with or without board. Rea- sonable, Good location. 419 Southard street. may19-1mo | NEWLY FURNISHED APART-; MENTS. Modern conven- iences. Phone 25 or 306-W. " may30-1mo iia ghee eet ' | CENTRAL HOTEL—Home of the | largest and most comfortable) rooms in town. Special Sum-} mer Weekly Rates now in ef-| : fect. All new furnishings. 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Raymond Judge of Monroe County, t his office: in the House in Monroe C Court ng and con- the place of residence and post | office address of the claimant and | lorida, | £2 , TE * FLORUY that on the 9th day | present a mount of One Thou- ($1,000.00 to the Artoloz: a, Pearlman secured by & Deed to that certain land rf State of Key West n William A. White- d Island de- | é 3 A. D, 1829, i our (4) In 7) Stree: i in a along Hundred (100) f right an direction feet to the Deed being recorded r at page 155, Clerk of the Monroe County, Flor- cts and circumstances of nd the proposed com- : set forth n Morts in the offi Cireuit Court, pro! in shall be sworn to by the claimant, | his agent or attorney. Any such claim or filed within the time demand not manner prescribed herein shall be | void. 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But changes in the present - } po ig “2° \the bill has been pigeon-holed | Washington wearly in the session, a group | with little chance to receive con-! of Miami merchants demanded | sideration before adjournment, place, We have a limited number of safety deposit boxes available at a very reasonable rental. ‘ {HE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ‘TWO AGAINST LOVE by Frances Hanna, The New Serial Starting Jane 3, In This Poper