The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ~~ aKa egi. 5 om. $2 00000000020200007 28008 OOSS ODO ERECNODOROEOOOOCOE YESTERDAY: A man bursts into Christine’s apartment in the middle of the night. The next morning Mr. Kimball’s niece is founsd murdered. Chapter Four Telephone Call I CREPT forward and touched one of her hands clenched to the arm of the chair, thinking that she still might be alive. Yet I knew she wasn’t and her fingers were ice cold. I drew my hand back quickly. My one thought was to get out of the room, away from that terrible reflection in the mirror. Turning, I tried to run to the door, but my legs seemed made of wood. Then the telephone rang shrilly on the desk. I must have screamed then. It was so unexpected, so awful. The telephone was ringing for that poor thing—dead—horribly dead. And then the telephone rang again insistently. I tried to swal- low the lump in my throat. Some- one had to answer it. So I stumbled over to the desk and, because I hated to touch anything in the room, I pulled a handkerchief out of my bathrobe pocket and used it to pick up the receiver. As I answered the call the woman came into the room. “Hello,” I said and my voice was little more than a whisper. A man’s voice asked if Joan was there. I looked at the woman question- ingly and motioned towards the dressing table. “Is that Joan?” “Yes, Joan Keni,” she said in a harsh voice. I turned back to the telephone. “No, this isn’t Miss Kent. No you can’t speak to her. She’s something has happened. There’s been an accident. She is...” He seemed to realize finally that | she was dead. “Who is calling?” I asked, sud- denly coming to my senses. The only answer was a click when the man hung up the re- ceiver. The woman spoke abruptly as I stood there staring at the tele- phone. “We must call Mr. Kimball—not that he’ll do any good, but the po- lice must be notified.” “Yes, of course,” I said calmly as I could. “I might have known,” she went on, glancing towards the dressing table, “that after such goings-on in this house it would end up in mur- der. It’s no place for a respectable ‘woman to live, and just wait until my husband hears of this.” She looked at me sharply. “When did you move in?” T swallowed. “Last night.” “When?” She asked in a flat voice and at last it came to me that she was hard of hearing. “Last night.” I moved unsteadily towards the doorway. She was right. Someone had to tell Mr. Kimball. My legs felt so weak that when I got out in the hall I sat down hastily on the top step. The woman bent over me to call down the stairway. There ‘was no answer. The door was open leading from the hall into the shop. I crept down a few steps, but the shop seemed to be empty. I turned back to the woman. “There is no one in there,” I said. “Where's that Ishi?” she said more to herself than to me. “I sup- pose he’s mixed up in this, too. There isn’t a person in this house | Td trust out of sight.” The Police 7OU'D have thought the house was peopled with murderers to hear her go on. Then the street door of the shop opened and we could hear brisk steps across the floor. I called to Mr. Kimball and he came into the lower hall with his hat and coat on, his cheeks red with the cold. | “Hello, Miss Howarth. I hope} your apartment is warmer this morning. Patrick turned up in dis- grace at the crack of dawn.” Then he saw the woman at the head of the stairs. “Why, good ing, Mrs. Evans.” y he must sense that some- as wrong. I started down the stairway towards him. It seemed a long while before I could move my lips to speak. “You'd better do something, get someone. Your niece — something has happened,” I mumbled uncer- tainly. He stared up at me. “To Joan! Why—what?” Without waiting for an answer he hurried past me on the stairs. When he reached the hall Mrs. Evans pointed to the girl’s apart- ment and he stepped inside the room. I stood there leaning against the banister while he was in that room looking at the girl. After a long moment Mr. Kimball backed out of the room, his face drawn.and white. And then he saw the maid, now stirring, and his eyes turned wildly to Mrs. Evans. “Sarah!” he gasped. “What's the matter with her?” He leaned back against the wall, pressing his hands on it for sup- port. “When——” he choked. “Who found her?” Mrs. Evans looked at him. “You know who did this,” she said, with- out raising her voice. . He seemed not to hear her and, turning his eyes full on me, he asked again who found his niece. “The maid, I think.” “When?” “A few minutes ago. I heard her scream and——” “You'd better call a doctor,” Mrs. Evans interrupted sharply. “It’s time something was done around here.” “Yes, of course.” Mr. Kimball straightened his thin shoulders, stared down at Sarah again and walked uncertainly towards the stairway. “And the police,” Mrs. Evans added callously. He turned around to me again. “Do you know anything about this, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ANDREWS KEPT IN CAPITAL BY DUTIES COMPELLED TO POSTPONE START OF CAMPAIGN SPEECHES NAVY NOTES By BYRD LAST SATURDAY I wrote a few items for this column, prid- ing myself in the fact that I did have something for the day and -|that the column had only missed appearing twice during , the week. I believe that that column was never destined to be printed. Our “Special Courier” service |broke down and the result was another week with only a few days to the credit side for the column. Last Wednesday it just did manage to struggle into print. I have been asked why ‘there (Special to The Citizen) * ORLANDO, Mar. 7.—Althowgh United States Senator Charles 'O.. Andrews originally planned to open his speaking campaign jor re-election to a full term on jhis Ditdey, rire 1 develo: wasn’t more news or a_ larger ment of a number of major mat- compel him to change this |son is that I haven’t the time to schedule. : jbe chasing news items. I, too, Information merely at the have work to do. Previously I ees arcane Te resne asked! that any items you might |into the ‘State, within the net Ave Be BLS Hears ess |few days on official Senate busi- | 10" im this golumn. To date only yness. This pre-campaign trip to jone person has sent in anything : : \for the column. The remaii Florida would be confined to ease! |visits to only a few cities. of what has been printed is what ' i {I hi | While the Senator literally is! Bye Gee ate gainer Rte in “fighting trim,” eager jand there during working hours. |Feady to open his speaking tour, and|"'So far this week the cloumn didn’t appear on Monday or Tues- Miss Howarth? Did you hear any- as arranged, his supporters insist thing?” His mouth was twisted and his eyes shone queerly. I shook my head. He started down the stairs. “I’l] call the police,” he said lifelessly. And then the maid got to her feet and clung to the banister, moaning. “Hush,” I said to Sarah, “Stop that.” She stared at us, her bony red hands pressed to her mouth. “He wasn’t in his room last night,” she whispered. “What was that?” Mrs. Evans stepped closer. “T said he wasn’t in his room all night.” “Who wasn’t?” I asked. “Mr. MacDonald, and him and her was as thick as fleas, and that Mary Ann was hanging around all :| the time, too.” The Cigarette Lighter ‘HEN Sarah looked at me. “Who are you, anyway?” Without waiting for me to answer, she started to wail again. I took her by her thin arms and shook her, “You must stop this,” I said sternly. “Oh, God, it’s awful,” she said. “She was murdered right there where she sat, here in this very house.” She buried her face in her apron. “And Miss Joan such a pret- ty_girl,” she sobbed. Mrs. Evans started up the stair- way to the third floor. “Handsome is as handsome does,” she snapped, looking down at us. “I knew this would happen. And I know who did it.” Sarah stared up at her. “Who?” “Never you mind. I know. My husband warned me.” The maid’s head dropped and there was terror in her pale blue eyes as she turned and ran scream- ing down the stairs. Mrs. Evans disappeared in the third floor hall and from somewhere upstairs came the sound of a dog’s shrill bark, “Nineteen George Street,” I told myself, “is a madhouse.” What in heaven’s name had Mrs. Evans said that would give Sarah such a fright? I stared after the flying figure of the girl. She ran into the shop and I could hear her talking excitedly to Mr. Kimball, but I couldn’t catch a word of it. Finally he quieted her | somehow, because she came into the lower hall and disappeared. The house was quiet—a dead si- lence—and I wondered where the rest of the inmates were keeping themselves. Then the street door slammed and I could hear loud talking, men’s voices. The doctor or the police had evidently arrived. I went back to my own apart- ment. It seemed strange that the | room hadn’t changed. So much had happened since I had wakened. The bedclothes were tumbled, just as I had thrown them off when I heard Sarah scream. It seemed as though I'd been up for hours, yet when I looked at my watch it was only half-past nine. I felt a little unsteady and awfully cold. And for the first time I was conscious that I'd been running around in bright yellow pajamas and a pink bathrobe With my _ hair falling down over my shoulders. No won- der the maid was hysterical. Just inside of the door I kicked something with the toe of my slip- per that shot across the floor and under the bed. I got down on all- fours and crawled under to fish it out. This time I did think of fin- gerprints, because I was pretty sure it wasn’t mine, so I picked it up gingerly with my handkerchief, backed out and took it to the win- | dow to get a good light on it. A silver cigarette lighter, and on one jhe will maintain his duty-first jpolicy adopted when he was \day. The reason for that is that | the U.S.S. Lea put out to sea and | DETROIT POLICE GIVE INFORMATION (Continued frora Page One) the C, F. Smith Grocery Store Estate, Farmington, whose _rel- atives are believed living at 727 Kensington avenue, Lakeland, Fla. The Detroit police report Bell left Farmington some time last December. It was ‘said ‘he was subject to epileptic attacks. , The date of leaving Farming- ton, Hamlin points out,, would have enabled Bell to reach Key West before the body was found. |However, the Lakeland police have not submitted a report | whether Bell is still there or is | missing. When found it was apparent |the body had been in the Roose- velt pool for some time. Hands land feet of the man were tied with cord, while a small stone jhad been fastened to the |by the’ man’s belt. It |lieved by local officials that the jman could have tied himself. For some time it was believed the man was that of a soldier serving at Key West Barracks, jbut this theory was disproved ;when the man in question ap- body | was be-/ C. OF C. DRIVE IN VICTORY DINNER (Continued from Page One) | ja full list of members would be | published soon. | Others who spoke included Ernest Ramsey, promotion chair- man, Albert E. Peirce, Jr., S. C. Singleton, secretary of the }Chamber and Frank H. Ladd. |President Russell had Singleton | |relate the history of a silver cup! donated some years ago by Pub- lisher L, P. Artman for the per- |son signing the greatest number lof members for the Chamber. |The trophy was never claimed. Today Chamber officials are \figuring up individual totals in the campaign to determine the ‘man who produced the greatest number of new members. To {him will be awarded the Artman cup. i ephis Chamber of Commerce jis an organization of city -build- ers”, was Vaughn’s final word, jafter paying tribute to President Russell, Secretary Singleton and |other workers. “Key West as re- ‘sult of this campaign will be a THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 NOTES OF TODAY | Boca Chica Resort ete} and FISHING CAMP Surprised At Changes — ‘Restaurant—Home Cooking James Montford of Lawton,| Cottages—Charter and Row Mich. and John Albritton, of Is-| Boats—Private Beach lamorado, Fla., visited Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Johnson and seemed | very much interésted and sur- prised in the marked improve- ments made since their visit here last year. " Re-elect U. S. Senator " f Food To The Keys— tr T. Jenkins Curry left this morning for the Keys following attendance at the County Board “ fs meeting last week. He carried a s “2 carload of food from the com- —-=*--"% =— modity room sufficient for 13 families. Mr. Curry performs this GHARLES 0. ANDREWS task each time he comes down, | — being the only.way that several } needy families on the Keys can get supplies. Here For Six Weeks— Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Rap- } pold arrived in Key West today! to spend their third consecutive winter stay. They are from New Castle, Penna., and plan to re- main this year for six weeks. SEND ALLMARK | iter city, a better place in peared to deny the report. {Sree r, Hamlin later sent complete | Which to live and a wonderful STAR IN COW Castor (prstings {where the Lea goes I usually (?) thave to go, too. Confidentially, if this’ column |should grow and become worth- |while, I am going to ask the edi- ‘tor for a free copy of The Citi- |zen, but so far it has been so \skimpy that I have been asham- ed to do that. jfirst elected in November, 1936, and remain in Washington'' as |long as is necessary. ' j ee eae Announce May Day ! . |Festival For May 1 | Annual May Day Festival will Much to everyone’s surprise be held on May Ist this year, as/the Destroyer Lea was at sea for sponsored by the Monroe County |, few days last week. And again Council, Parent-Teacher’s As-|Monday she went out and re- |nimed as the main business con- | a1} thought that the Lea’s job was ducted at the meeting held yes-|to hold the docks at the Statidn jterday afternoon at the High from drifting away. It seems sae iets Evian that the engines were just a trifle le Festiv: ich will bring | worn from disuse and needed a the Harris School, Division Street little exercise to limber them up School and Junior and Senior so the “Listing” Lea had a little High Schools together, will fea-| sea duty. ture the crowning of a king and cee |queen selected from membership] CREW OF THE LEA had the |of the High School senior class. | opportunity Monday afternoon The celebration, as usual, will |be held at Bayview Park. land looking over Fort Jefferson: Good attendance marked the |] found it interesting, both from association meeting yesterday.|an historical viewpoint and _ its Mrs. M. L. Russell, |was in the chair. see the Fort found it interesting. THE WEATHER |Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., | 5th Mer. Time (City Office) Temperatures | Highest last 24 hours _. | Lowest last night Mean {Normal _ | Dixie Kay Arrives For ‘Night In Habana’ Dixie Kay, professional danc; ing star of Miami and Jackson- ville, arrived yesterday and im- mediately went to work with Gerald Pinder, Key West’s out- |standing dancer, for the beautiful |Milonga Tango number which | will be featured tomorrow night |at the Habana-Madrid. This number will have a sup- |porting Tango Chorus’ composed jof the following members of Mr. Pinder’s dancing school: Jeanne Kirk, Arline Printz, Jeanne Da- |vis, John Thomson, Billy Spell- magn and Donald Martin. | Carolyn Cherry, Key West jdancing star, will combine the \International Ballet with her jacrobatic in the Blue Prelude. Carolyn will also be featured in | other numbers. The sound of castanets will} |ring wth enthusasm when John |Bennet, Key West’s own dra- ;matic tenor, teams with Maria} |Farto, direct:from Spain, in the | beautiful Jota, “Te Quiero”. Complete program will appear in The Citizen tomorrow. Floor show will begin at 11 o'clock. |Reservations have been trans- ferred to the Habana-Madrid Club and will be taken care here- jafter by John Roberts, ticket (chairman, and Billy Armond, ) general manager for the Madrid. [KEY WEST VOTES THROWN TO HAYES (Continued from Page One) jdents at that time, and that isn’t |so, either. The fact is that, with the exception of Seminoles and | Florida: Partly cloudy tonight |the soldiers who were | statioi | ned |and Friday; ewhat wan at Fort Dallas, the population of |tonight; ani Friday aS ninayd Dade was less than 100. ‘and central portions. Precipitation | Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30. a, m., inches . sss Total rainfall since Mar. 1, inches | Deficiency since March 1 inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches | Deficiency inches _ 3 Wind Direction and Velocity N—6 miles per hour Relative Humidity 13% N.B.—Comforcable humidity should be a few points below inean temperature Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.87 (1011.5 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac |Sunrise Sunset — Moonrise _.. ;Moonset ‘ |New moon, 8th Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) since Jan. 3:21 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly jcloudy tonight and warmer tonight; gentle to moder- ate shifting winds, becoming jfresh northwesterly Friday. sociation. This fact was deter-|turned yesterday afternoon. We, jof going ashore at Dry Tortugas | president, | architectural construction, I think | that all those who went ashore to | Strictly Fireproof Friday; | “She's fainted, that’s all,” I told him quickly as I came up the stairs. side there was a monogram: | “A. J.W." I repeated the initials to [Dade because they had been in myself, but- they didn’t mean a Fort Dallas less than two months thing, so I laid it on the chest of ‘before the election, and they drawers beside ay own lighter. went there from Key West be- Tt was still cold. I had run out m 7. without elosing the windows, so I °2USe of a yellow-fever soare brushed the snow off the sills, try- jhere. ’ E ing not to think of the snow ack | The late Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, floor in the other apartment. Even | father of William R.. Portér, Di. though the girl was dead it seemed | J. Y. Porter, Jr., and Mrs. W. Hunt | awful to leave her there by the | Harris, was with the soldiers in window with the cold wind blow- jrort Dallas at the time of the ing tne My xaos yor aneky when jelection. He was serving in the ever I thought of her. u S Continued tomorrow |medical corps with the rank of }lieutenant, and rose to the rank DIES ON WIFE'S SICK BED WILDWOOD, N. J.—Mrs. Mary } Kincaid, 69, ill of pneumonia, was nursed night and day by her 84- year-old husband, Henry. He then became ill, lay down next to her in bed and died. It was three days before the weak cries of Mrs. Kincaid were heard and| help was summoned. GIVES 901 TRANSFUSIONS of major before he left the serv- ice. He had the chance of being |reappointed as a colonel, but re- PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Edward fused to accept the commission. (Spike) Howard, 61-year-old vet- - eran professional strongman, who, a year ago, said he wanted San Carlos P.-T. 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A. for this month make any charge. |will be held tomorrow evening, The soldiers couldn’t vote in CONDITIONS | Pressure is moderately high} |this morning over the Rocky | |Mountain and Plains States, and | \relatively high over Florida; | {while low pressure areas of con- | \siderable intensity are ceritered} over Arkansas and the far‘North- east. j Light to moderate precipitation has occurred during the last 24} {hours in portions of the eastern | Rockies, Plains States, middle! | Mississippi Valley, and far north- | }2astern districts, and there has | |been light to moderate rain in| |southern Florida. “Temperatures are somewhat below normal this morning in the jSouth Atlantic States, and gen- \erally near or above the seasonal javerage elsewhere, | Friday, at 8:15 o’clock at San Car- | jlos Hall. | | All members and the general public are invited to attend, 4 ldeseriptions of the body, the jlaundry marks, and other infor- mation all over the country. He |sent one of his letters to Detroit \beeause a Scoteh purse which |seemingly was bought along the |Canadian border was found on the body. ‘Delicious Menu For 'Raal’s Dinner-Dance A crawfish enchilado dinner will be the special treat in store for those who attend the dinner- dance this evening at Raul’s Club |scheduled to take place between 7 jand 9 o’clock. | Music for dancing will be fur- |nished by Ray Baldwin’s Native Hawaiian Orchestra. There will be no admission or cover charge. re Senator Ashurst of Arizona was born in Nevada while his ;parents were journeying by cov- lered wagon to Arizona. « |___ ANSWERS TO TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Below aré the Answers to Today’s Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 Spencer Tracy. Sam Rayburn. Havana. Yes. In Germany they are fre- quently called badger hounds. Public utilities official. French. Eight. At the mints in. Philadelphia, Denver and San Fran- cisco. 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