The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1940, Page 3

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940 YESTERDAY: The keys to the poison cabinet were to be left with Duncan, testifies Mrs. Mur- chison. Duncan throws a bomb- shell by refusing to give evidence because this case is bound up with something else—the murder of his brother, Chapter 40 Suicide? MICHAEL shut the garage door that evening, and turned to go into the house. He heard a shout from behind him, and turned. Gordon was in his own yard wrestling with his tent pole, which had evidently fallen down. “Can you give me a hand, Mr. Forrester?” he asked. “I'm in a kind of a mix up.” Michael vaulted lightly over the hedge, and went up to the tent. Gordon crawled inside the col- lapsed canvas, and pushed up on the pole. Michael leaned over and pulled at the canvas, which Seemed to be caught together Somewhere down below. There was quite an opening in the canvas at the top of the pole. Gordon's face was just beneath it. “It’s old Mrs, Devoe,” he said in a low tone. “I think the old dame’s gone crazy. She came home after the inquest s’afternoon, and went out for a walk all by herself. She never does no walking, you could tell that to look at her. She went out along the path in the woods, and she acted like she didn’t hard- ly know what she was doing.” “What do you mean?” Michael “Ob, rubbing her hands to- gees, and putting them over her e, and moaning every once ina while. I could hear her clear out in the brush where I was crawling along beside her. And after a while she just flopped down on her knees right there in the woods. and she had her hands over her face. And then she took them off and crossed herself. So I guess she Was praying. She stayed there an awful long time. I got a cramp in my knee.” “Aod then?” “Oh, she just got up and come home again. You know what I think?” Gordon's blue eyes shone fiercely through the aperture. “I think she knows he did it, and it’s @riving her crazy, ‘cause she thinks they'll hang him.” “Gordon! I shall have to soak} your head in a mixturc of vin and goose grease if you... . good evening “Good even a hand?” “Yes. I think he’s got it now haven't you, Gordon?” ing. Giving the boy “Yep. Get off the canvas so's I can pull it up, will’ you?” “Gordon!” his father said stern- ly. “That is no way to speak to Mr. Forrester.” There was no answer from be- neath the canvas. Michael smiled “T's not so easy to be polite when someone’s leg,” he murmu what I was doing.” I think that's impolite child | Deane took glasses and polished them yes beneath were small, with pupils the size of pin points. He peered at Michael, near-sightedly. “This is _a horrible state of af- fairs, Mr. Forrester,” “It-seems to bi . id. Michael moved | away from the canvas with the up- | '® heaval taki Gordon c: ANE frowned. “I heard today |" that you were out here for the | express purpose of investigating Dr. Murchison’s disappearanee,” | he said sharply. “I cannot under- stand why I was not informed of that. It is a great surprise, to put it mildiy, to discover that one’s neighbor and colleague has disap- ared—that the police are werk- g on the case—that in all proba- bility he has been murdered, and that one is told nothing.” “There isn’t very much to tell,” ael said apologetically. “I gather that. What progress, may I ask, have you made on the case?” Imost none,” Michael replied gadly. He looked away over the tops of the trees. “It’s all very con- fusing. Their family affairs seem to be in a terrible state. A stranger finds great difficulty in under- standing them.” “You think this disappearance | of Dr. Murchison has come about through these family differences?” Michael looked <traight at him “What else can I think? You heard the evidence this afternoon.” “Yes.” Mr. Deane cleared his| throat nervously. “Yes, indeed. I| fee] sure that you are right. They are not a pleasant family. Dr. Murchison himself was a most ob- — person — most objec- jonable.” He clenched and un- @lenched his hands. “Most objec- by Frances Shelley Wees | night. It is.. tepping on your | , land six stalwart men |stepped out. At the back of the | searching. the wood for that this contretemps did not arise sooner.” “Have you any definite sugges- tions to offer, Mr. Deane?” He hesitated the merest second. His hands, Michael noticed, were shaking. What was it Jameson had said? hen he gets excited, his hands shake.” “Thave,” he said aftet a moment. | “T should ey that you ques- tion his wife closely—very closely. Ask-her, for instance, where:she was the night he disappeared.” “She has already said that she terminate tha first-half of the Is- | 4isements is invariably in a i land City League tournament, | Vance. but regular advertisers | went to bed at half past ten.” “She has? Then I should chal- lenge that statement, I happen to know that she was not.” “Where was. she, Mr. Deane?” He pursed his lips. “Il do not wish to make trouble for her, al- though if she has murdered her husband she must,expect trouble.” He spoke of murder as if it were as ordinary as cooking a dinner. “Yes. I will tell you—that night at midnight, I saw her getting into a car that stood oyer near the side of the men’s residence.” “You do not know who was driv. ing the car?” “I do not. It looked like a taxi- cab,” “She was alone?” “I cannot say. I doubt it. She is rarely ... alone.” There was sub- tle insult in his tone. “How was she dressed?” “She had on a long dark coat. That is all I can say.” Gordon emerged from the back Of the tent. “I got it all done,” he said gruffly. “Have it all done,” Deane said sharply. He swung on. his heel. “You will not mention that 1 have given you this information, Mr. Forrester.” It was a command. Michael did not reply. Deane said “Good - night,” and walked with short, quick steps into the house. Missing T TEN o'clock that night Devoe came over to the Forrester home in a state of tense excite- ment, “My mother is missing,” he said to Michael, who answered the door. “We are very worried. Can you help us to find her?” “How long has she been miss- ing?” “Since just after dinner. Marie and I were drinking our coffee in the living room. Mother said she had a headach - not to be won- dered at...” he said bitterly. “And we thought she was in her room. But she is not in her room. She is at} gor Vhere do you think she is?” | he has been going for walks in the wood a great deal lately. I hink that is where she is—some- where in the wood. But | cannot think. why she should remain away from home at this time of the .” he wiped his brow. The veranda light made his face appear very pale. “It is very wor- rying. We are having-——” he 2 |. then looked full at Mi- - “You will come and help me find her? It may be that she is in e danger. I do not know what think.” “Mr. Devoe,” Michael said cold- | ly, “I was shot at yesterday. Twice. The bullets almost got me. I wouldn't go out there in the wood 1 call the police.” e police! el turned and looked at your mother missing or and lifted receiver. His completed, to Devoe, 1 you come in and wait? As I d you, I will not venture one je my own gate until sat in the chair d ed. It was only a natter of minutes until the police car slid to a stop at the front door, in blue Barden, in the shadows, two of their fellows regarded them in- tently, but did not disclose their whereabouts. It was jr job to ‘watch sthe Forrester » and Michael went out into the wood with the other men secure-in the knowledge that Tuck and Bunny were well guarded. The men spread out fanwise, -he miss- ing woman. Their flashlights flick- ered through the trees like great glowworms, and for half an hour their whistles answered one_an- other at short intervals. Then there was one long blast on a whistle, and thereafter silence. For they had found. her. Not far up-stream from Gordon’s hidden cave, she lay quietlv in the shad- ows, and did not answer when the man who stumbled over her gave a startled exclamation. The burly officer who knelt be- side her touched her with careful hands. He saw the pearl handle of the penknife protruding from the cold left hand over her heart, but he did not touch it. “Suicide,” he said calmly. Michael turned sharply to the shivering man beside him. In the beam from the flashlight Jared fionable,” he repeated again. “Anyone would have found it irri- tating to live with him. I wond>r! Teacher-Pupil Cooperation thy Aswocinted Press? LA JUANIA, Colo. Jan. 5.— High school home economics stu- Gents wanted to “go goldfish gulpers one better” so they caught a rattlesnake and ate it. Three high school teachers, one @ woman, joined the class in a “snake stake” meal after the rat- fler was skinned and cooked. They said the meat “tasted swell”. beads. Continued tomorrow INVENTION’S MOTHER (By Associated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 5— Seeking a way to save chrysanthemum beds from frost, Mrs. B. R. Ticknor erected can- vas tents over them and heated the tents with electric lights. The ht to search for the Queen of | ad : Devoe was pallid and the great # drops on his forehead looked like her ing fun. Why spoil it?” GAMES TONIGHT) | ;LIONS PLAY ARMY; SEAFOOD IN EXHIBITION WITH | MARINES | | Two basketball games are } scheduled for tonight at the} High School gymnasium. | The first game will serve to! Lions Club plays the Army start- | ing at 7:30 o'clock. Roaring | Lions will automatically’ finish in | first place, regardless of the out- | come of the game in that the/ runner-up team, the Coast Guard | five, was not able to compete for | the leadership Wednesday night. | The second game will feature | a newcomer to the ranks of quin- | tets in the city. U. S. Marines | will send a picked squad against | the veteran Sea Food Grillers in | an exhibition game. i pRsS iS eee | GOLFING NEWS By CLUB REPORTER A record Thursday crowd com- | peted in the blind bogie golf} tournament at the Country Club yesterday. Three of the players tied for top position, Clem Price, 81-8—73; Mrs. R. D. Cooper of! WELL FURNISHED APART- | the Casa Marina, 133-60—73, and C. B. Cole, also of the La Casa, | 93-20—73. Melvin Russell took care of the second money when he finished with a 82-10—72. Dr. William Kemp finished all alone in third position with an; 87-12—75. | The Caulkins family took care | the rate of one-cent (1c) a word FOR RENT in a quiet neighbor- Advertisements under this head will be inserted in The Citizen at for each insertion, but the mini- mum for the first insertion in every instance is twenty-five cents (25¢). Advertisers should give their street address as well as. their telephone number if they desire results. Payment for classified ad’ with ledger accounts may have their advertisements charged. i MISCELLANEOUS | OLD ISLAND TRADING POST —Intriguing, exotic gifts, for- eign and domestic. Come see} and be delighted. North end} of Duval Street at waterfront. | dec13-1mo OWL TAXI CO.—24-hour serv- | ice. Phone 9126. janl-mo MUSIC THE ILLINGWORTH MUSIC) STUDIO. Mr. and Mrs. Haydn | Illingworth. European train- | ing. Piano theory. Band in- struments. Special methods for beginners. 615 Elizabeth street. Phone 117. jan1-tf FOR RENT MENT to couple. Hot water, electric refrigerator. 615 Eliza- | beth street. Phone 117, dec30-tf hood for quiet folks, two new, modern furnished cottages, garages. Screen porches, $30. | 1224 Seminary street. jan5-1tx | of fourth place when E. B. Caulk- ins scored a 92-15—77 and Mrs. |PRIVATE HOME with all modern Caulkins carded a 105-28—77. John Pinder, who had been} playing golf for several years| and has never broken 40 for the! nine-hole Country Club layout, realized the ambition of a life- time by carding a 39. Now that) he has at last broken the ice we| sincerely hope that John can put | |FURNISHED COTTAGE conveniences; two bedrooms; | also, hot and cold running wa- ter. 1418 Catherine Street. dec26-1mo and} two Apartments. Hot Water. Apply 630 Elizabeth St, dec16-1mox | | | | | | | two such nines together. | Other scores follow: D. P. Caulkins, 86-15—71; Mrs. D. P.iFQUR LOTS—Cor. Flagler Ave- Caulkins, 98-20—78; O. McAloon, 101-30—71; H. Wilkinson, 90-10— | 80; Duke Sands, 90-20—70; John | Pinder, 84-10—74; Curry Harris, | 89-6—83; R. D. Cooper, 93-15—78; L. C. Sudler, 93-25—68; Mrs. L. | C. Sudler,, 106-26—80; Miss Eliza- | beth Sharpley, 120-35—85. | \COUNCILMEN TO | TAKE SALARIES | (Continued from Page One) committee will dispose of a pe- |tition calling for restoration of a; |street light on Newton street be- {tween Georgia and Florida! streets. ee | Refund of $15 on occupational | license tax was voted to E. A.! Yates, i The city will purchase a cash | register for the aquarium and a/ system of checking receipts will be installed. Reports of the Sanitary In-! spector and Mosauito Control In spector were read to the council | and approved as read. The clerk | was notified to again request that the City Health Officer, Dr. Wm. | R. Warren. report to the council each month. | The only ordinance presented | at the meeting was one concern- | ing authorization according to} charter regulations of the recent | | Salary adjustments made in the budget. | | Committee meetings of the ‘council will be held on the after- noons of regular meeting nights lin the future as chairmen of the committees took action along} those lines by announcement. | GENIAL DEVIL Sea | | (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.—} For ten years William S. Mur- | phy, railroad clerk, had the tele- phone number Mission 4355, without knowing it contained a secret meaning. j Then some wag discovered that | the same spaces on a dial tele-! phone spelled out O-H-H-E-L-L. | Now he keeps getting calls; asking whether “Mrs. Devil” is at home, or how the temperature! ‘is at his place. 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