The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1940, Page 3

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1940 wk Pele, By YESTERDAY: Mrs. Evans,tells the Sergeant about the man en- tering. Christine's. apartment. the night of the murder. Christine tries to explain that the door wouldn't; lock. She: tries the key egain and it, works; Chapter Seven ‘Come Clean’ Te my: surprise, the Sergeant didn’t say. anything. more. to me, instead he. turn to Mrs, Evans and asked: loudly, “Who was the man who left here mys- teriously?” “Kincaid,” she said irritably, furious probably because the Ser- geant let the matter of the key Pass without handcuffing me im- mediately. Then he asked Sarah how long Kincaid had lived in the house. “Well, he come: in about the first of October.” “And when. did. he leave?” “Lemme see, about ten; days| ago, I'd say.” | “Where did he go?” Sarah looked at the Sergeant sulienly: The rapid: fire question- ing confused her. “Nobody, seems to know. He moved all of a sud- den like.” Mrs. Evans spoke up in, an of- fended voice. “I did see some mail on the hall table downstairs, for him,” she said. “It disappeared, so somebody must. have his ad- dress to send: it to: him.” “Who'd have dong that?” Mrs. Evans and Sarah stared at each other and shook their heads. With. a sour look the- Sergeant made a notation in his book: and then asked Mrs. Evans to tell, her story. She settled herself more: com- fortably, gave me a. scrutinizing look, then said, “I went out. last night about 7:30 or quarter to eight.” ‘See. anyone then?” “Joan Kent and that MacDon- ald boy were leaving the house just as I was.” “And you got back about. mid- night.” the Sergeant prompted her. She nodded, “1 saw Mr. Kincaid go into Miss Howarth’s room and there was a lot of noise after that. James, my dog, was restless and I knew something was wrong.” I caught a gleam in the Ser- geant’s eye as he turned to give “the dog, now sound asleep on; the couch, a long look. “Is James a good barometer?” he asked dryly “What say?” : The Sergeant skipped it. “Any- on else?” “Well. people seemed to be go- ing up and down stairs all night long “Is that usual?” She nodded reluctantly. “That Kent girl had company at all hours and she was forever hang- ing around the MacDonald boy, always running into his apart- peace Are you out*of the house all day?” the Sergeant asked. _ And with that question a pecu- liar change came over the woman. “Yes. I go to business,” Her voice } was guarded. “What do you do?” A spot of color crept into each “It’s none, of your business it has nothing to do. with she snapped. “And you jake me talk any more. I'm sick and tired of this, The mur- derer is right here under your I told you who did it.” he rose and stalked out of the room with the dog yelping at her heels and the Sergeant made no move to stop her. He told Sarah she could go on with her. work, and after she left he turned: to me. “Come clean now. Tell me what j you know about this and tell) quickly.” There was no denying it. The Sergeant had it firmly fixed in his head that I'd: done something, or other, “I know very little to tell you, Sergeant,” I said, trying to sound composed, “These pepple here are; all strangers: to me. Fheiy bee you don’t know. any- thing, but that’s for me to decide.” He got up and walked to the win- dow. “You'd better start with last evening.” “Very Queer’ So I started and we got along fairly well until I mentioned having seen Joan Kent at. the Knife and Fork with a man. That seemed to interest the Sergeant. “What did he look like?” “I can’t tell you very well be- cause: he had on an overcoat and| muffler and he didn’t take them) off.” I tried to think back. “His hair was light.” : “He ditin't take. off his: over- coat,” the Sergeant said, looking at me as though I were half-wit- ted. Fe “Not while-1 was there,” I said impatiently, “but I left in a cou- ple of minutes,” : “Do you. think the git] recog- nized: you from: seging you in the hall?® I shook my head. wae “For some reason he didn’t want to be identified,” the Ser- geant said with a frown, “Unless you don’t want to be able to, iden- tify him. 4 told you I never saw him be- fore. It was bitter cold last night. He probably kept his coat on un- til he got warm.” For that, I got a sharp look. He apparently didn’t want my opin- jon, so I went on with the story,, trying to make a workmanlike BK RA SOG BM job: of- it. When I got to the man who came into my apartment he interrupted me. “A friend of yours?” he asked, his eyes on the door. “My friends,” I said coldly, “aren't in the habit of running into my apartment in the middle of the night.” He considered. “You can’t be certain, though, can you, since yu didn’t see his.face? It might ave been someone you know.” “Sergeant,” I said, “it ‘must have been someone who - lives here, At any rate, the front door is kept locked and no one can get in without a key: I’ve just- come back from Paris. and no one in The Sergeant shook his head, happened to move here just at this time, And you say you don’ know these people. Well, we'll town knows where I'm living.” | “It's queer, very queer, that you:;Melvin Russell of’ Key West, with SSMITH-BUCKLAND ~~ WAN GOLE EVENT | PAIRED TO. TAKE HONORS IN: MIXED FOURSOME AF- FAIR SUNDAY | First Mixed Foursome held at ithe Key West. Golf Club, yester- day; was won by Mrs. Charles | Smith. of: Casa: Marina and: Capt. 'D. P. Buckland, with. a score of | /91. This event was: played: on. a | {selected drive and: alternate. shot i basis, Second place honors. went to |Miss B: Barbour of Detroit and | a 96. Third’ place position was taken by Mrs. D: P: Buckland and see.” Paul Mesa. scoring a 99: I leaned back in the. chair andi; The tournament, first of its lighted a, cigarette to keep from, kind, drew ten teams and was by | screaming with annoyance. “Now: |far the most interesting and: col- | please listen to me, Sergeant; ; et Long,” I said. “I'd never have. |OTful. match, held during the win: | moved here if I'd known all this, ter season, ; : | was going to happen. Ft will just; Pairings for this match were | hold up my work until I can pack, made by the men, who drew the | up and move out.” name of their partners. John} The Sergeant rose abruptly. Pinder, president of the Key! Ba iss Lr eee avery any West Golf Club, drew first, fol- | stays put until we find out who lowed by Melvin Russell, chair- did this, and if you make a move,|man of the Tournament Com-}| to go you'll be sorry. You're con-. | mittee. nected with this in some way or| Symmaries of the match: | other and it’s not going to take me, 4 H long to find out tow. | Miss Bobby Gordon and Ed| fe called for Norton, and: it was-the, |Eckberg, New. Hampshire, and | man who spoke to me on the stair-|Dr. Wm, Kemp, Key West, 101; way who. came out of Miss Kent’s. Mrs, T. J. Brady and Charles} apartment to answer the Sergeant. |cai.5, Key West, 104; Mr. and| “Almost finished in there?” the, |>#/8% Key Mesh, 0s a Ma- | Sergeant asked. 'Mrs, Gene. Geissinger, Casa Ma-| “Yup, The. doe just left.” jrina, 104; Mrs, K. D. Hanson, | “What did he say?” Cincinnati, and Lionel H. Plum- ey ei ve On cwiatever Be mer, Key West, 109; Miss Jay,| was, lounged in. the doorway, and | i winked at me. He had bright red [Rewer Casa ee ane san hair and an impudent nose: “The. |Pinder, Key West, 110; Miss An- | doc says it’s hard to tell the: time, 'nette Bose, Casa Marina, and| she died,” he said casually. “The. |Charles W. Smith, Casa, Marina, | window was open and it was cold, | 112, j Be he puts it Tag Anant: | @ was strangled. Suicide’s out | iti i: | And she was choked to death with In addlitinn, to. the mixed, four- those beads around her neck.Some |some match. the usual Blind kind of an instrument was used to |Bogie was held. Commander S, twist them like a tourniquet. I kK, Kirtland won with a net. 79: looked the beads over pretty care. 'In second: place was. C. B, John-} fully, They are strung on fine |_ f Detroit, with a 71. Third! chain, but it was very strong be- [£07 of Detroit, é j cause it didn’t break.” prize went 2 Mr. T. re caedl| jwith a 72, Joe Lopez, city cham- ; » * Bad Spot pion, won the low gross with a) “TRIND the instrument?” the Ser- ‘snappy 74. | Ugrant auped briefly. Summaries: | “Anything else?” Player— Gross Handicap Net | “There isn’t a thing in the |Alton Parks . 88 8 80 apartment that'll help us, except |Duke Sands - 93 18 75) aaa * *|Melvin, Russell, 87 12 75! “O.K. See you later.” 11 9h 17 74| The-Sergeant turned back to me re ae 108 35 | and the red-headed Mr. Norton |=. 110 35 waved cheerily from the doorway Cliff Ender -1 as he left. |John Pinder . 88 10 “When you went into the girl’s | Curry Harris. 83 10 room this morning did you see a |B Grooms .. 98 22; note on the desk, Miss Howarth?” ‘To. pierce _ 92 15 71! | I shook my head. “The room RENAE TA BE LEGALS | Blind Bogie 73) 75 | 78 | 73 | 76 | could have been full of notes. 1 was much too upset to notice.” | “That's all 1 wanted to know,” he snapped. “Answer yes or no after this, Do you know a man by. the, name of Tim Lathrop?” I paused and then said sweetly, “Yes. and no, Sergeant. Person: ally, no. By reputation, yes.” | He seemed pleased. “So he’s got a bad reputation.” “T didn’t say bad. I said he had writes swell mystery stories.” The Sergeant swore softly: “Have you ever seen him?” he asked presently. “Once, at a meeting of some artists and writers, but I haven’t the slightest notion what he pe like.” s ‘if “Sorry to interrupt, Sergeant,’ Mr. Kimbalb Hy the, door- way, “but there is. someone from. Police Headquarters here to see you, I finally got that call through to Miss Kent's mother and brother. They are on their way to the city now. They’H “be here shortly.” e After the Sergéant left with. Mr. Kimball I didn’t stir out of the chair. My mind was as calm as a seven-day bicycle.race, “Miss Howarth,” T said, “you're in a bad spot.” I took the. last cigaretteo: out of my case reluctantly. The blizzard of '88 had nothing on this. It was about half-past eleven; I'd had no breakfast and the Sergeant would. probably never let me out of the house to get-.a pack of cigarettes or _a sandwich. Finally I got up and went to the window. Everything in, sight was, covered with suow and the sky: was dark. It looked as; though it might storm again. A week: ago, I thought sadly, L could: have gone to Bermuda. Now I was mixed murderer, according to the brik more: suspicious me than of Mrs. Evans or Sarah I couldn't imagine. Goodness knows I'm no beauty, but I’m certainly not; the criminal type either. He made me feel very uneasy, and; that fire es- cape outside my wihdow didn’t add: to. my peace of mind, either. Joan Kent had been mt and there wasn’t any reason to RO now that it had happened, but T still hated the idea of hav- ing such an easy entrance to my apartment. Continued tomorrow CAGE CONTESTS AT GYM TONIGHT Tonight, the first-place, unde- seeond-place Army cagers and; - i feated Lions Club five will bat- the fighting DeMolays, who are! 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