The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1939, Page 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939 e eevccces: The Creepin by Frances Shelley Wees OSS 6 OO SOOT OOOO COE OESE SDE OOHOESOOOOSOOOOSOOOOOOE YESTERDAY: Smith tells Mi- } chael that because he needed money he agreed to submit to an experiment by Murchison. Now he lives in fear that Murchison will ask him to keep his bargain . Michael’s father, the Dis- trict Attorney, comes to dinner. Chapter 16 Letter From Chicago se | WILL forgive you for keeping this mystery from me,” Tuck solemnly told Michael's father, “on condition that you use your keen and agile brain in solving’my little rivate mystery. Michael can’t. ié’s too dumb. I can’t. It‘has a mechanical bent that is quite be- yond my poor feminine mind. Bunny can’t. I asked her. So it’s wy to you.” “Certainly,” John Forrester agreed. “And what is it then, my dear?” “It's my necklace,” Tuck’ said. “Where is it? It’s gone.” “Gone?” “Gone. Disappeared. Michael says the insides of the pipes are smooth. And even I can see that if you drop a small and slippery thing down the inside of a large pips it would have a tendency to} ind at the bottom. But it didn’t.” Her father-in-law surveyed her from beneath bushy brows. “You are not talking io Michael,” he re- minded her, “whose mind works in a scatter-brained fashion. I am a bit slow and ponderous, perhaps; but I feel that I could do with a| wee little more detail.” Tuck explained. “It’s not in the pipe? In the basement?” 0.” or yet in the furnace?” 0.” “Well, then,” he said, and settled comfortably back in his chair, “it must be somewhere in between.” eer simple indeed,” said Mi- chael. Tuck sighed. “I suppose it’s gone forever,” she said. “I can’t quite see us pulling the house to pieces for a string of corals. It will break my heart to lose it.” She looked sideways at her father-in-law. “I thought perhaps it had found out where the diamonds were hidden and gone to keep them company,” she said. “Humpf. Diamonds?” “Diamonds,” she repeated firm- ly. “You may all laugh if you wish, but I am more and more firmly |. convinced that the diamonds— Professor Murchison’s diamonds, are hidden somewhere in this house, and that someone knows it and is looking for them. Higgins, ey Although, even though e and his five thousand dollars sound very very suspicious, I don’t think he has sense enough to hang pots and pans on the doors. It's too bright an idea for Higgins. Somebody else, Father Forrester.” “Mrs. Murchison,” Bunny mur- mured. Tuck seized upon the idea} instantly. “Mrs. Murchison sounds reason- eble,” she said. “I wouldn’t believe anything she said anyway. I’m sure she’s a double-crosser or whatever you call people like that. And I think she read ‘The Bartered Bride’ herself. It shows the kind of a mind she’s got.” “If we were sure it was murder,” Tuck went on after a reflective silence, “if we were positive he = murdered, it would be sim- ple.” “Very,” Bunny agreed dryly. “We'd just stand the whole campus in a row and say Eenie Meenie. Any of whose people there at Deanes’ might be guilty. Any of them.” “Oh, Bunny, not Mrs. Deane. Not Mrs. Deane, Bunny.” ‘Just A Mistake’ “N°: Not Mrs. Deane. Unless she did it with an electric toaster or a sewing machine. From the looks of her she has one or the other in her hand all the time.” “I bet he’s the kind of husband that rem makes a dreadful fuss «bout a button being off.” Michael looked at Tuck. She her chin in the air, and averted face. “You seem to be maligning me,” he'said bitterly. “I said almost I ‘ing about my blue shirt. Noth- ing.” “I wasn't even thinking of you, Michael Forrester; I was thinking about Mr. Deane and those awful squinty eyes that you can’t see, and the sarcastic things he says to you when you play the wrong card. And didn’t you see that he didn’t even have the same salad that we did? She had to fix some- thing very speciat for him.” “We had lobster, and he had fruit,” Bunny contributed) Michael groaned. “Just because a poor man wears glasses and has a weak stomach. ... I tremble to think of you two being on the po- lice force. I suppose you'd hang all the cross-eyed men just be- cause.” “Well, of course,” said Tuck with one of her lightning changes. “We aren't sure. Maybe none of them are. Maybe it’s somebody else.” “And maybe it isn’t anybody at all,” Michael added. “Michael, such nonsense. What) about the diamonds?” RATHER INDEFINITE VALPARAISO, Ind.—Asking a clerk to look up’ her marriage license certificate, a woman told him she was married in 1938 but couldn't remember the man’s name or the exact date. It was sometime during August and the man’s first name was Eddie, she said. There was no record on file. , “Poof,” said Michael. aren’t any diamonds.” “It’s ‘so nice,” said Bunny with sweethess; “to know that there’s no my: --No-diamonds, just a mistake. The Professor has merely stepped out, Madam, and will be back in half an hour. Let’s learn to knit, Tuck.”* “No suggestive remarks, please, Bunny,” said Tuck severely. Mi- chael grinned. “You'could sew’the button on “There my. blue shirt,” he mentioned. “Or | is that what you’d call a suggestive remark; too?” Tuck sniffed. “I am firmly con- vinced,” she’ said, “that the Pro- fessor: has ‘been foully murdered, done to:death in his own study, preferably by his wife, who then cleared. away, pawned the dia- monds and moved out. All we have todo is to-find the diamonds, find a body, and hide the lady’s mas- cara so a self-respecting jury-can hang her without any qualms.” “What-I’'d-like to know,” said Bunny, “is where does the brother come in?” “Does he have to come in, Bun- ny?” Michael asked plaintively. Bunny colored faintly. “Some- thing is bothering him.” “What about the pipe I found?” Tuck wanted to know. Man | Michael rubbed . his: forehead. “T’m not just so sure. about that,” he said slowly. “What would you think, Tuck . . . supposing you— well, supposing you were afraid , that I had gone off on a trip with another woman and left’you. You had been told that. And then, sud- | denly, someone: comes along with | my pipe; that I am never without. You know that nothing short of a cataclysm would make me give up | my pipe. Yet here, apparently, I have forgotten it. Wouldn’t you get something of a jolt just for a min- ute? Wouldn’t you wonder— or, perhaps, wouldn’t it hurt just for a moment?” “Well, perhaps, just a very lit- tle,” Tuck agreed. ‘Womanly Sympathies’ Boxnz was looking at Michael | shrewdly. “This display of wis- dom and general deducing is very effective,” she said. “Particularly the last bit of appeal to our wom- anly sympathies; But’ before you rend our hearts any further, would you mind telling us quite frankly where you get this woman idea?” Michael sighed. “Life is cruel,” he murmured! Then with a ges- ture of resignation he said, “Well, .. if I must. The Commissioner got a: letter.” “A letter?” “Cr “Who wrote 1t?” “The Missing Professor.” “What?” “Even so, my. children.” “Where is he?” “He didn’t state his present ad- dress,” “What made him write to the Commissioner?” “He didn’t write to the Com- missioner. To his. wife.” “To his'wife?” “Listen, don’t say_ things over after me like that. It makes me dizzy.” “Well, tell’ us" then, Michael! This suspense ‘is awful.” “He wrote to his wife, and said he was-sorry, that he didn’t love her any longer, and that: he had gone. away never to return. And she took the letter to the Com- missioner.” “Oh, she did, did she?” “Yea, verily.” “Michael Forrester, I bet you're still trying to play hide and seek with us. Was it in his very own handwriting?” “Tt was.” “Dated?” “Dated—six weeks after he left.” Tuck stared at him in silence for ja long minute. Then, “Michael— wes it in the envelope?” “Tt was.” “And the postmark?” “The postmark? Oh...” Michael grinned at her suspense-“Perfectly straight and correct, my love. Chi- cago. And.kindly don’t make any remarks about machine’ guns or gangsters,. Bunny,” he: finished sternly-as he saw a remark trem- it | bling on‘ her lips. Bunny frowned. “Chicago? Chi- cago, Michael?” Yes” Tuck. sank back into the couch. “Isn't that simply awful,” she said miserably. “It’s just like a balloon with a pin stuck in it,” she reflect- ed. “It can’t be in his own hand- writing,” she said, The District Attorney looked at her, “It’s in his own handwriting.” “Ts that certain?” “As certain as the best expert we know can make. it.” Tuck sighed. “We're sort of stopped, aren’t we? Although... you gan’t tell me that-.all this sneaking around and crawling into people’s houses and hanging pots and pans on people’s doors, and getting the pots and pans away again before anybody can get a look at them, and turning pale and holding their breaths is imagina- tion. I refuse to believe it. There’s something in the woodpile.” Michael still paced the floor. “There's many a good man,” pe the District Attorney to tt the as-log, “hung on circumstantial eyidencts ¥ Continued tomorrow BLAST WRECKS BUILDING KANSAS CITY, Mo.—When Richatd , Steele, 19, elevator op- erator; struck a match to look for some coins he had ‘lost in the basement of a. 16-story office building, gas. which had accumu- lated in the basement ignited, literally lifting the building from sits foundations. Sixteen persons were injured{ scheduled. ‘ficient funds were on hand 'quiry by the governor asking for THE KEY WEST-CITIZEN {BOXING MATCHES. | LEGALS TOMORROW NIGHT , sit ater co a ine WILKINSON: TO MEET COLE- | Gomabe residents | Coun’ BROOKS IN MAIN: | day, 23rd day- of’ December, | BOUT !A. D. 4939 at 10 o’clock: in‘ the | forenoon, apply to the Honorable jof thé: Circuit’ Court of Young Wilkinson, 128 pounds, | Eleven’ Judicial: Circiit’ of: the: and Alfred Colebrooks, 133) | State florida; in‘ and for Mon-} pounds, will be seen in the main | |roe 4 County, for an Order to) j bout of the evening at the boxing |leggllize ‘their’ adoption ‘of’ Joseph | matches scheduled for tomorrow | Waods, Jr:, a minor, now four- night at 8 p. m. at Blue Goose | tee months of’ age, and -a‘resi-} Arena, corner Thomas and Pe- | dent ‘of Key West, Monroe*Coun- | tronia. | ty, Floriday Kid Skinner and Young “Iron; Dated at Key West, Florida, ! Baby” Roberts will meet in the! this 22nd- day of’ November, semi-final, with four four-round-|D, 193% ers and one six-rounder' also (Sd) Ray Henry’ Combs (Sd) Louise Caroline Combs nov23-30; dec?-14-21,1939 STATE EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE PAY COUNTIES COOPERATED TO; [ToS CRARLES Rh BORTSCRIR, MAKE:NOVEMBER PAY: |" jddtess unkown. : ROLL POSSIBLE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, : MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN} [IANCERY. A HOVANETZ BORTSCHER, Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES R. BORTSCHBER, You are hereby required to ap- | pear to the Bill of Complaint in the above styled and entitled cause on January Ist, 1940 otherwise the jallegations therein will be taken as confessed. This order to be published once a week for four consecutive, weeks in the Key West Citizen, a news- | paper published in Key West, Flor: | MSM LS SD ME Ss TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 7 (FNS). —Governor Fred P. Cone was no- tified last Tuesday by State Treasurer W. V. Knott that suf- | (Bat) in| Clerk of Cireutt e | County, Florida. the -state ‘treasurer’s office to} By (Sd.) Florence B. Sawyer, | meet tHe November payroll of | Deputy Clerk. state employes. | oss C Sawyer’ | Court, Monroe} { | nov23-30; , Florida, will on Satur- | | ArthursGomez, one of the se é' ra Ma SS oe dee?-14- 21.1939 ’ |IN THE: COUNTY JUDGES COURT The state treasurer’s statement | N AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, was made in response to an in- FLORIDA. IN PROBATE, | In re the Estate of George Franklin Sawyer, | a report on how the county | Reenter oe S rgwel i is| Notice is hereby given that the} collectors were responding to his | wndersigned will, on the 15th’ day} appeal to them to transfer col-j|of December, A. D. 1939, present to | Sohne i i the Honorable County’ Judge of | lections of intangible personal) yonroe County, Florida, her. final property taxes to the treasurer’s|return, account and’ vouchers as office not later than Nov. 25. |Dxecutrix of the Estate of George Frankli Sawyer, and at the said “Thanks to the compliance of | time, the % | county, ‘tax collectors with the |i itiement of, her edministiation of said estate, and for an order | payroll for this month”, Knott | pe ‘A. D. 1989, said. | (sa) George Franklin Sawyer, de- ceased. oct12-19-26; nov2-9-16-23-30; dec 7- 14,1939 LEGALS CUIT COURT OF THE L_ CIRCUIT | |time, then and there, make applica- | tion to the said Judge for a final | governor’s request, the state is| S e mployes |discharging her as such executrix. sible tocmeet in taller, Dated this the 11th day of Octo-) ANNIE ELIZABETH SAWYER, As Bxecutrix of the Bstate of} (Sa) ALLAN B. CLEARB, JR., | Attorney for Executrix: H LORIDA, | IN AND FOR MONROB COUNTY. IN CHANCERY. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE | In the Matter of the Applica- ELEVENTH JUDICIAL cme tion of Annie Elmina Long IN AND FOR MONR Mills to Become a Free Dealer. F IDA. IN CHANC FINAL DECREE IN RE: Application of This matter coming on to be! Fernanda Carbonell to become ei this day upon the Report}a free dealer. Special Mas- FINAL DECREE om the peti- This cause coming on’ to be heard non filed herein was heretofore re-| this day on the sworn: petition of ferred with direction to take testi-|Mrs. Fernanda Carbonell and’ Mas- and make inquiry as to theyter's Report of Testimony, and the competency and qualifica- | Master's Opinion, and it appearing n of Annie Elmina Long Mills, alto the Court that the petitioner ied woman, to take charge of} gave notice of her intention to ap- and manage her own estate. and| ply to this Court for a license to | a become a free} manage, take charge of, and con- upon the testimony |trol her property, and to become a en before said Special Master|free dealer in every respect, in a nd submitted with said report;} newspaper published in Key West, and the Court being satisfied as-to|Monroe County, Florida, and the the capacity and qualifications of|Court being advised in the prem- the said Annie Elmina Long Mills, } ises: a married woman, to take charge| IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED| of and manage her own estate and| AND DECREED: | property, and to become a_ free dealer in every respect, and the Sourt being fully advised in the thereupon, That the Master’ 's Report of Tes- timony and Opinion be, and the | same are hereby approved and con- AD- | firmed. fol- hereby ORDERED, qwbe 3D, and DECREED as cS lows, viz: That Mrs. Fernanda Carbonell is 1. That the Report of the Spe-/| capable, competent and’ qualified to | cial’ Master in Chancery filed! take charge of and control her| herein on the 14th day of Novem-/| property and to become a free A. D. 1939, be and the same is {dealer in every respect. hereby confirmed in all respects. — | 3. That Annie Elmina Long} That a free dealer's license be, petitioner herein, be and she/and the same’ is‘hereby granted to 8 hereby granted a’ license to|the said Mrs. Fernanda Carbonell, manage, take charge of, and con-jand that upon publication of this trol her own estate and beogerty, | Final Decree in a newspaper of the and to become a free dealer County of Monroe’once each week every respect in accordance with | for four successive Weekm, she eball the statutes of the State of Florida, | be authorized to take charge of and and to hold, use, and dispose of her | control her own estate, to contract separate property in the same man-|and be contracted with, to sue and ner as if she Were a single woman.|to be sued, and to bind herself in DONE AND ORDERED in Cham- jall'respects as fully as if she were bers, at Key West, Florida, this | unmarried. 14th’ day of November, A. D. 193 DONE and ORDERED in Cham- (Sd.) ARTHUR GOMEZ,_|bers this 2nd day 6f:November, A. 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