The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 25, 1939, Page 3

| > y - He’ arrived FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1939 FOUR BLI ND DATES By Edwin Rutt . Chapter 36 Mistaken Identity R LCHARD. CRAFTONBURY reached the foot of the steps and proceeded a yard or-two along the gravel path that led away from nat pompous, “extends ight what pompously, “exten down to the Sound.” Miss Dorothy South shot an fobs goshestive glance-over her shoul- der. She had some vague idea of attempting to signal Ape Coletti to, desist from caressing this particu- lar gentleman with his. blackjack. But, even as the notion crossed her mind, she knew:it wouldn't work: The Ape would never interpret a signa correctly. Perforce she had. to bring her head back to a normal’ position to. ive attention to Richard Crafton- jury. “If you_look across the: water,” Richard Craftonbury was saying, “you can see the lights of...” He got no further. There was a pip step behind them and a soft thud. For the ten thousandth 2 ag a second Richard: Crafton- gury, whose mind had) -been on lights, realized that the world con- tained twenty million multi-col- ored lights and that all of them were in his head. Then he slumped to the ground. A horrified scream rose to the lips of Miss Dorothy South, but she choked it back. The next instant Ape Coletti was at her side, grin- ning complacently. “Dat wuz neat woik, hub, Dot- tie?” he said in a hoarse whisper. With a Herculean effort Miss South regained a soup¢on of her accustomed poise.’ “Now. you: you. dunsb.. ‘wop,” sald Wnetensad: nd ‘with- out giving the Ape time to get over one of his brillian' comebacks, she turned and: fled: © For a brief moment Mr. Coletti remained standing over the pros- trate form of Richard Craftonbury, scratching. his hezd. What had he done, anyway, except to carry out his orders to the i-tter? Well, he supposed that.Dorothy, having unburdened herself of that uneomplimentary remark, had rushed off to faint in the-driveway in accordance. with the Chiseler’s instructions. And that brought up another point. Where the devil was the Chiseler, anyhow? He'd been gone for: hours and Coletti was somewhat concerned lest he might be pocketing certain items of value within the house. which he, would refrain from declaring in the final division of the swag. He shook his head. Gosh, it was getting so a guy couldn’t trust anybody. Anyway, he'd better take this gy, over to that smokehouse. He ent and lifted the inert body of Richard Craftonbury. [t_ wasn't much of! a job. Richard: Crofton. bury, for all the fire that burned within him, was a slight spare man, The Ape merely tossed him over his shoulders and sgt off for je sttr0) Os ana without ecnkae Then, working in the dark, he too: a ball, of twine: from his pocket In a very:few minutes the wrists and. ankles of Richard Crafton. bury. were securely. bound The binding completed, Mr. Co. letti produce master at it. Let rank amateurs among binders and gaggers- risk detection by creating illumination He, Coletti, was a prudent experi- enced workman who used. the touch system. Crushing one of the handkerchiefs into a wad, he in- serted it in the unprotesting mouth of Mr. Adams. Then he. stretched the other handkerchief to its full length, placed it across Mr. Ad- ams’ mouth. and secuted it behind his head. The job was finished. And now the Ape felt justified in view- ing his own handiwork. Bending ov.r, he lifted Mr. Adams to a sitting position and Rropped him against the wall of le smokehouse. Then he struck. a@ match. The next instant Mr. Co- letti emitted a startled yelp. ey whiz,” he cried aghast “It's da wrong gi Yor afew Dredtiiless seconds he stood staring at Richard Crafton- bury: in eee Mitas, ‘Then | seized Mr. Coletti.. This— this was all highly irregular. It was a condition not) covered by the Chiseler’s instructions. And with- out instructions from the Chiseler, two large handker. | * chiefs. He still. disdaimed a light | * This was his work and he was | ‘t. And Mr: Coletti in- Matt of waking up thst with her. He had the keys to the car. He tore along beneath the trees. eg him shone the: lights. of way. A low stone + dividin; the : SO ichen Craftonbury. Adams-from the pub- lie Tnaroae Ee sae to bar his = going re now, sree fees ui se i they e was in, where had eft the car. With a ery’ umph. he'k into, the vehicle Switched on the lights, In a second he had inserted the key in the ig- nition and started the motor. But. just as he was heading the car out thatimomeniariy enilediins blood momen chilled | “Step, on. it,” said a noe from she seal behind him, ‘he Ape flashed around. he relaxed. E “Dottie!” he exclaimed. “Don’t. ask why, I'm here,” Miss South instructed him. “Just drive.” The Ape was, willing to drive But he was not prepa! to ‘in from asking questions. “How'd you know, where de. car wuz?” he inguired. “T found it.by. using my head,” Miss. South informed him. “I knew the Chiseler would leave it some- where handy: And FI tell you something more, Angel-Face. If you hadn't had the keys I'd have been. half-way: to. New. York al- of tri- Ther By now they were speeding down, the-main road in the direc- tion, of the hamlet just men- tioned. “Say,” deroanded the; Ape inter- estedly. “How come you bring out da. wrong guy, Dottie?” This was a subject upon which ‘Miss:Southcared not to dwell. “Isa long story,” she said, in a tone calculated to discourage fur- ther. questioning. - For ten miles they. flew along in silence. “Hey!” said Coletti suddenly: “Who wuz dat guy I socked, any- how?” Miss South took a breath. “That,” she said, “was the guy, who owns that estate.” “De. big erl. muckymuck?” Co- letti, inquired. Miss South nodded vaguely. “But I fought he wuz in Yur- " said the Ape. “He was. He came home unex- pectedly.” " “Wul, geez,” said the Ape. “He'd be as good a snatch as de other lug.” He peeted: at Miss: South in alarm. “Whatsa. matter wid: you, anyway, Dottie? Losin’ yer grip? Miss South looked’ at the with. an expression. that might have been. a distant cousin to. ad- miration. i “Good Lord, Ape,” sie. cried “Por ona> you seem to: bertight. 1 was a fool not to have thought of that, I—I guess:1 wag aj little eon- fused for ‘the -moment: Furn around quick. There may, be time Srobe naa ‘ Coletti did so. The, eanteaned: back toward Saltair,. Acres... i+ In. a few.ninutes: they. were again abreast of the. wall that bounded Mr, Adams's estate on the Sighway side. Leaping out, they, picked their way, carefully’ bade through: the parkland, But aa ugh: thi y yards from,their goal, they, e uid see lights swinging and the breeze bore voices to their ears, It was only too aepeect that some- one had, n_ them to,it. Miss South looked at_the. Ape. Tg Ars looked at Miss South. “Well, Coletti,” she said, “the game's up. We're scramming,” “An’ how,” said the. Ape, with feeling. & Champion Champer PR. RICHARD CRAFTONBURY '% ADAMS was.one of the sham pion champers of all time: When- ever anything got into his mouth it was his* invariable: custom to champ on it forthwith, And, as a peat le, the havoc wrought y his champing- was terrible in theextreme. . seemed old bathing-suit, to chi | the chi Mr. Coletti was at a loss.as to how. to uroceed. Quick Thinking i§ F A sudden he thought more’ Whea inst scidciongued gram: ay acid-' ‘am - marianarrived tofind an aninows individual, who probably had no| Fan 1 eo vs a whatsoever. and wail removal, feaven help the Pride of | the Colettis. All the invective that ler is that Mr. id. Mr, ctl was a good eager one of the bestig ie businaes be against a ee very, ver Coletti’s the tycoon can do the Chiseler had ever heaped upon | gag" his unintelligent brow would seem pale pink compared to what he soon say when he discovered this, business. Suddenly the Ane made up his mind. He couldn’t take what the Chiseler would dish out. He/| f would go from here, that was what he would do. Anyhow, through cock-and-bull story: over but the parkland id toward the reveling, : a : We for bi the. Ho’ he waiting to ge give Hel ee en wake up in the hoosegow, that was They Did Bang-Up Job —But Bang Came Early tin a rock quarry if Dynamite and’ fuses were. in- |serted in holes drilled by jers. : By PEDRO AGUILAR | Pirates fullfilled Manager Ray !'Bush’s desire yesterday, afternoon | at’ Trumbo Field whet they: shut- out: Blue Sex 7 to. 0, to break into ithe victory column} once more. Bucs had been in an extended | slump. | Malgrat pitched two-hit ball against the-Sox yesterday. Sun- over the field. The two, hits were secured by | Diaz, who poled one to center, and tro, Albury, rookie moundsman; who finished the game for the |Bucs, fanned: the first two men |to face him in the eighth. Pirates pulled two fast double plays that took the starch right jout of the Sox. The, victors piayed a great: game and showed lots of pep. No doubt the revamped lineup jand the vigor will carry them places. |" Ab and Izzy Rodriguez hit two | safely’ ‘to, lead the batters at the plate. | F. Carbonell and Al. Acevedo | poled two-baggets. | Malgrat struck out four and issued but’ one base on balls. Al- bury did not pass a man. Sox used’a number of: pitchers, most of whom are not mounds- men: at all. Score by innings: R. H. E. Pirates .. 000 113 0200—7 9 1 | Sox . 000'000 000— 0 2 3 | Malgrat, Albury and P. Car- {bonell; Archer, Yradi, G. Garcia, |.A. Fernandez and Gates, G. Gar; cia: TWO CONTESTS AT TROJANS.CONCHS. IN FIRST, Doubleheader of baseball will be played at Trumbo Field Sun- day afternoon. Trojans will cross bats with Key. West Conchs in the first game—a contest local fans have been anxious to see for a long time. Lineups will be something like this: Key West Conchs ‘A. Acevedo, ss; Villareal, rf; Cates, 2b; Albury, 3b; C. Griffin; ¢; Barcelo, If; Pena, 1b; Baker, ‘cf; Lucilo Gonzalez, p; Bethel» and Q: Lopez reserve Pitchers; Machin and Gopher Gon- zalez, reserve outfielders. Joe Navarro, c; t Wickers or Dickey Ni Sterling, 1b; Demenech,. 2; B Varro, .D; s J. Carbonell, : -John: Navarro, Rueda, If; Alonzo, cf; M; Lopez, rf; Lopez may play second and Domenech shifted to the outfield. The teams are well-balanced and.a great game is anticipated. This contest will begin prompt- ly at 1:30 o’clock. Homestead Growers and Blue Sox will tangle in the second fracas. Lineups of these teams have already been published. Key West sports fans will re- member practically all of « the Growers as the basketball squad, of Homestead was — of the players on the ll. team, _ The nighctap will get under- ;day, Manager Frank Caraballo’s| boys batted this same: pitcher all) a fluke. safety to short by Cas-|#ided by two Boston errors. ‘way 15 minutes after the termina- er NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—Brook- | lyn: Dodgers paid’ no respect. to Cificinnati Reds yesterday after- addon. After practically, blasting |Si,,, Louis. Cardinals’ .._ pennant hopes by: defeating them in three straight games, the Dodgera turn- ed on the Redlegs and went to a. 4 to 2 victory over them in a {night game. Pressnell went the réite for the igers, limiting the Reds to eight'hits. Again the Bronx players were outhit, secur- ing‘only six safeties. ‘Chicago Cubs pulled. up to. within three games of the Cardi- nits as they defeated’ Boston Bees; 6'td 1, behind Clyde Passeau’s stifigy pitching in the pinches and “St. Louis Cardinals dropped | tHéir fourth straight contest when, | Philadelphia Phillies edged them, | ouif; 6 to. 5, in another game under | lights. Pittsburgh Pirates nosed out. |New York. Giants, 4.to 3. | Néw York Yankees hung up their fifth straight victory by de- \feating St: Louis! Browns; 11 to 5. Cleveland: Indians overwhelm- ed’ Philadelphia‘ Athletics twice, 10 to.2.and 17 to.2. Two nine-hit games. were pitched by Harder atid'“Milner. In all, the Tribe amassed 29 safeties, Detroit: Tigers walloped’ Wash- ington Senators, 8 to 1. Results of the games: } NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘At New York R. H, E. Pittsburgh — 47 3 New York _. 3 61 | Butcher ans jusce; Salvo, \Gumbert, Ripple, Brown and Dan- ning. At Boston Chicago Boston Passe: and Masi. RHE 670 Lil 2 , ar ; Sullivan Night Game At Brooklyn . H. E.} Cincinnati | Brooklyn’ — Shoffner} | bardi; Pressnell and Todd. 7 Night Game | “At'St. Louis Philadelphia |St. Louis" First Game | At Cleveland | Philadelphia Cleveland = -— Potter, Masters and Bruckep; Harder and Hemsley. x Brucker; Milner and’ Sewell. At Detroit Washington 18 2 Detroit - 8-11 0 Leonard, Masterson and Fer- re}l;; Trout and York. R.H.E. the results. will ber No. 2 plays Price Tours, Scores. last. night follow: | Electric Company. D,..Carey. - G.. Lucas — DeMolay. S. Collins 127 111 122— 360 P: Mesa H. Knight Total — 1066 White Star Cleaners J. Médina _.. 92 89 107— 288 A, Zaldivar Cc. Mike -. 136 108 126— 370 1. 1065 98 123 143— 364 100 145) 96 341 85 102 122— 309 -, 1014 A, Hollrick Total TO TAKEOFF FROM BISCAYNE BAY. (iy Associated Preas) MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 25,—Sea. guils these days share the air and water with seaplanes only a little larger than themselves. Mode] airplane builders _ here, not content with sending their miniature machines aloft from airport runways, have équipped them With pontoons and fly them BR from Biscayne. Bay. They learned: from experience that the quiet waters of early morning are the best. Each Sun- day at 6 a. m., weather permit- ting, they. try out their wings. Tiny gasoline engines propel the models to perfect takeoffs. If all goes well, the planes. circle upward until motors ‘sputter and die, then glide to perfect land- ings. Sometimes a landing. isn’t so graceful and the crash boat. hur- ries to. the: rescue, _ MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES’ STANDING John Rucker, of the Crackers, who at 21 is seesgeser INNOVATION a eetne 5c Bowling Electric bowlirig team defeated the DeMolay club last. night. in the Terrace tournament by a score. of 1098. pins. to 1066. The. second match. ended White Star Cleaners. 1065, ;Palm Dairy. 1014. The two final matches. of the | week. will be played: tonight and determine. the. positions of ten leading contend+ ers. Marine Hospital plays Arono- vitz Dept. Store and Cheely. Lum- 87, 125 127— 339 G 127, 105. 147— 379 H. Baker (sub)115 145. 120— 380 Sieh ae 1098 128 71 124— 323 101.181 101— 383: 111 144 152— 407) EQUIPPED: WITH PONTOONS | against the. cheek bone ofa negro and that. was, about all the-dam- age done to: English. Parkson Sun- day morning when he was’shot as: he emerged from a store with a supply of cigarettes, cigars and other articles, the sheriff's. office |reports. Pablo, Cordova, who conducts a store at the corner of |Petronia and ~ Thomas streets, |heard a noise 1 o'clock Sunday. morning. He went tothe door and found. Parkson coming out, then he fired. _Parkson was rush- ed to a local hospital, where it was found that the projetile had met an impenetrable armor plate when it struck the negro’s face, and was just: beneath the skin and: spread over that’ section of the bone. It was--easily taken out and is now in possession of the. sherifi, while: Parkson is in jail,. pending: further investiga- | tion. of: the matter. | Key, West uniti of the Flofida | National. Guard, which> was. last | year: credited with making the finest showing of .any- other. Na- | tional Guard organizations in the icamp, returned: this morning from a, two weeks’ camp at Fort Bar- rancas, near Pensacola, where the outfit” was ‘visited, inspected’ and highly: complimented’ by Major General Fisk, commanding gen- eral of the Fourth Corps Area. Captain William V: Albury says that the company has been com- plimented' in - communications from the War Department and} there is every indication that the Key West battery will be credit-; ed with being the finest in the country. The guards won the camp track. meet and brought with them the handsome cup pre- } |sented as a trophy.. They also} made a splendid’ record on the! range, scoring six out of eight! shots at a range’ of 1,400 yards. | It was. one of, the most. pleasant | and successful encampments. the battery has ever had, Captain Al- | battery enjoyed excellent. health | and, every man returned. in good | shape. \ i |. "Troop;5, Boy Scouts of Ameri-} (ca, under, command. of Scoutmas- | ter Roy Hamlin, returned over} the highway. yesterday afternoon | from theif: annual ehcampment in Miami, because. of, unfavorable _ weather} conditions and, rain prevented the completion of the baseball tour planned» by the Conch _ nine, which is composed of members of 'Froop:5. cee genguenaqaqeqcooqoncs ‘TRY Ir TODAY “STAR % BRAND COFFEE ’ Vivian Pinder, 1131 Fleming} bury said. The members of the/+ The outing, was.cut short! } eaqgomqragaonccsaaccooes PEPPER’S Taken etalk times,withCaptain Benjamin , BR, Russell, hale and hearty at 87, and who was the former com- mander of the famous racing yacht Magic. C. Sam B. Curry, clerk of Crimnial. Court, accom- street, is in receipt of a commis- sion from Governor, Carlton ap-| panied. the. visitors on, their fish- pointing him a member. of the; !g trips and says they brought in board of Pilot Commissioners. of |S°™ -of the biggest cacthes of the Monroe county. He fills the var cancy made by the resignation of), Baitoxial Norberg Thompson, who gave. up|the United, the membership when he was|cipally in the freedom to. cuss be- elected to the-office of county,\c@use we have so little liberty. commissioner, as)the state law R ais . Steamship Governor Cobb will prohibits one person trom holding. farrive in port this evening from two. offices at the same time. 'Havana, to which port she sailed esterday with 158 passengers. hoom |This evening the vessel has 41 and their ‘son, ~ Edw: after /tizst and 16 second cabin pasen- spending a period ‘of two weeks, in gers. $$. Mr. and Mrs, John "HERE IS UNUSUAL VAEUE’. . . IN-A: GENUINE Special Offer—Not a of een ed No Oiling Bullet-type Fub Domed Tub Cover Powerful - Pump Rubber Mounted GE (Motor Rust Resistant Finish PLUMBING Cali—Phone 118 Alco About —