The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 19, 1940, Page 3

SDAY, MARCH 19, 194 aS he YESTERDAY: Kimball denies killing Joan Kent. Mrs. Mac- Donald admits disagreeing with her daughter over Lathrop. Christine's spirits lighten, now that Dirck is on the scene, Chapter 14 ‘Violent Person’ “HOw did you happen to move here, anyway?” Dirck asked me. I gave him a fivé-minute talk on, the advertisement in the paper, viewing the apartment, carefully omitting any mention of Toby, and finally moving in and its pre- dicaments. “Now isn’t that just like you to be sifting on the sidewalk in the middle of thé winter.” T raised an eyebrow. “You seem to have a low notion, Mr. Kolff, about me and my doings.” “Tve-been hearing about you from Taylor ever since yau got removed from boarding school for throwing spit balls.” “It wasn’t spit balls,” I said firmly. “Anyway, I thought .I could. trust _Mr.. Taylor. Aren’t lawyers supposed to keep confi- dences?” Dirck smiled. “I wormed it out of him. You were a cute little Kid.” He changed the subject abrupt- ly. “Do you think Kimball got on well with his niece?” “I .believe so, I think he’s grand.” Dirck nodded. “Every mystery must have its romance,” He said gravely. “My secret passion,” I said just as gravely, “is the young man who guards the front door.” “Hm. The red-headed one?” “Yes” “Chris, I'm disa falling for a cop.’ “He's not a cop..I .made in- quiries, He’s an, assistant to the Sergeant of the Homicide Squad.” “If you wouldn’t mind getting your mind off the boys for a min- ute, I'd like a little. information. After all, if I'm to keep you out of jail 1 must know the facts.” I told him all. J was surprised how many things had happened. When I finished he asked :f I had any theories, “I haven’t one,” I said very sorrowfully. “Being a_ spinster doesn’t make me a detective.. The mystery stories are all wrong.” “You're twenty-eight, I be- lieve.” shook my head. “Wrong again. I've reached twenty-nine so fast I've had to hold my hat going around the corners.” “How time flies.” “What I want to know, Mr, Kolff, is whether my good name is still under a cloud.”. And I told him what I heardsthe Ser- geant say when I was going down the stairs. “You don’t look too stable,” he said, “but I think my_ presence has reassured him a little. Ta told me to take care of you while he was away, but I didn’t realize what a violent person you are.” “You aren’t taking it seriously enough to be a help to anyone.” ‘Tll try to protect you from red-headed detectives, at any rate,” he said. Taste In Girls HERE are a couple of things I've noticed, but doubtless, as everyone says, they have no bear- ing-on the case.” He leaned back in the chair. “Shoot.” “T think the girl’s mother knows more than she admitted. for one thing.” “You're right there,” he agreed quickly. And then I told him about, the girls in the front apartment. “Mary Ann Rogers seems. quite nice,” I said when I finished. He sat up. “Pretty?” “Very! But I don’t like .the other girl. She was up to sdme- thing last night, but I don’t Know what it was. But ['m.very much afraid, Mr. Kolff, that she wasn’t sleeping at home in her own little bed. But after all; I guess that doesn’t mean she had- anything’ to do with the murder.” Dirck was interested. “I'd like to have a talk with those girls. I suppose they are in.” nodded. “Noné of us is sup- Posed to leavé.” “Anything else?” “That's all, except the lighter.” I told him. about that. then showed him my list of questions om the drawing board. He seemed more interested in the list than the missing lighter. “If I were..you,”. he said thoughtfully, “I'd leave the ques- tions on the board. just as they, are in full view of anyone who might come.in the, room. It's just a chance that there is someone who's interested enough to 7 a ¢lose watch on everything ih the 1 said, “I'm no house.” “Young ane sissy. but I don’t. want. people skulking around. my apartment; That man last bight nearly scared the daylights out of me.” Dirck..shouted with laughter. “According to, Mr. Kimball, the Sergeant iS certain- it was.one of your boy. friends. I've been.in on a good many cases, but never be- fore have I seen @ girl aceused of such vari lurid déeds. Lock.your door .at night by all means, but why not ppointed in you, UNIQUE INCIDENT RIDGEFIELD PARK; Ny J: Answering an emérgenty éall Of The victim was Vincent Kelty, | June 4, 1921, Patrolin’n John Smith, of this place, helped the stork deliver a son to Mrs. Harry Kelty enroute to a hospital. The child was named Vincent. Re- cently, the same patrolman, an- 0 Ls a? ae jens ee = ? leave it ajar or at least unlocked, sr | the day? Unless you have valuables you're afraid might be stolen,” he added with a twinkle. “Tf I had any valuables,” J said, “I wouldn’t be living in this neighborhood. Painting water colors isn’t as lucrative as it used to be. I'll leave the door unlo¢ked, but I’m glad Taylor fixed up my will before he left,” “Don’t be morbid.” “It’s because I haven’t had any lunch,” I said’ sadly, “They're pretty strict about letting us out of the house.” “My darling!” He got up. “I’m sure,” he said as he poked through his overcoat pockets, “that I’ve got something in here for you.” “Chocolate... cake. maybe,.. or nk Ge sandwiches?” I said hope- ully, He beamed as his hand struck something. He threw me.a pack- age. It was throat lozenges, I threw them back. “Sit tight,” he said. “I’ll run in and talk to the girls in the front apartment, and then we'll. feed you lavishly.” He opened the door. “By the way, which one was I to fall for?” “If you have any taste at all in girls or like a very interesting shade of red hair, you'll know which one.” Through The Window HEN Dirck finally did come back to my room it wag after five and dark outside. 1 was sitting by the window, feeling at low ebb, with only the candle for light. ['d put the spare bulb in the bathroom to bathe and dress by, though I didn’t have the energy to do anything about it. Dirck said he’d been up to see Richard MacDonald, but before he had time to come in and tell me about it the Sergeant came upstairs and Dirck followed him into Joan Kent’s apartment. “All he can do is throw me out,” he said cheerfully as he left. But he wasn’t thrown out, and in a couple of minutes he called me in. The Sergeant was leaning at a perilous angle out of the window. He motioned to Dirck to close the door to the hall and then turned to me, “Think carefully now,” he said, very much excited. “After you went back to your own apart- ment last night, did you hear the door of this room, or any door, be- ing opened or closed?” “No, I didn’t. ’'m sure I would have heard it, too, because I stood inside of my own door trying to lock it.” “Did you hear anyone in the hall directly after that?” “Not for about twenty minutes. Then I heard someone come up- stairs. It must have been the man who came into my apartment. After he left I heard the quarrel- ing, and after that someone else came up from the first floor.” Rogers, the pretty red-haired girl,” Dirck said. “She said she got.back about twenty past twelve.” The Sergeant sat down in a large chair by the window. “God, I'm tired,” he said, ee aa feet on a footstool. “Now, Kolff, what I can’t understand is, when the murderer could so easily have left by the door, why you should think he left by the window. I’m still. convinced that he waited until. the coast was clear and then, left by the stairs. There were no footprints in the snow outside, because that fool janitor turned wp in time to clean the snow out of the side yard and the path to the garage this morning. If your idea is right, there would have been footprints. But I still stick to the stairs.” Dirck shook his head slowly and the Sergeant scowled. “He might have opened the win- dow,” he went on, “so that the body would get cold and make it hard to determine when the mur- der was done, As a mattet-of fac’ a was in her nightgowtran ready for bed. Maybe she opened the window herself.” a -“Tt was too cold,” Dirck Said. “I don’t think she'd have opened it until she was ready to get into bed. She’d have hardly been sit- ting there with the wind blowin; over her and only a thin sill dressing gown on over her night- dress.” The Sergeant to get out of the window and swing down to the court.” “I don’t think so,” Dirck said. “The only difficulty to my mind was doing it with gloves on. It made it hard to get a grip on that drain pipe.” “Well. we'll try it out. Pu get Norton and maybe I can prove my. point,” the Sergeant said as he left the room. Dirck was busy jpaking some calculations on a piece of paper, so [ looked around the apartment. It was a lovely room, perfectly furnished and arranged. You could. get.a pretty clear idea of the girl from her things; the dull blue. rug, the chintz-covered ‘riled with the cold om the do, wil with the cold, on P- leaf table and on the low coffee table in front of the couch a col- lection 3 fun cee ed wooden dogs. Pol out a Tow footstool were a pair. brown suede pumps, their id toes scuffed, and somehow ‘pa- thétic. Continvea tomorrow swering an emergency call, found a youth had been killed by an automobile while changing a tire. 18, son of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Harry Kelty. The Australian platypus is a combination’-of fish, bird and animal. regarded him | sourly. “It would take an athlete | LIONS OVERPOWER | MARINES, 71 T0 45 ‘HIGH SCHOOL DOWNS ws. In the last fracas o! st night’s twin-bill basketbali~“games, the still undefeated Lions Club-quin- tet overpowered the fourth-place U, S. Marines by a store of 71 to 45. The game was one of the roughest and hardest-fought ever played during this tournament. Play got underway with the Lions taking the lead, but they were held to a tie in the first quarter. In the second period, the Lions got their bearings and began displaying their usual brand of basketball. In the fourth period of play, Pinder, of the Lions, was put out on fouls, but Smith, play- ing with a cut finger, held up the vanguard. This fracas will be one not eas- ily forgotten on the. part of the Marines. Both clubs played a rough game, with, a total of 23 fouls being called. ‘ Saunders, playing both a good offense and défense, and Pinder were high scorers for the victors, with 22 points each. Waysack, al- so put out on fouls, and. Solen- berger were high men for the Léathernecks. Box score; » Lions (71) 4 Iwocomm Bl owomn yg : a) 3 n | Player— |Knowles | Smith |Pinder Ketchings Carbonell | Saunders Cre RHo® ne VHA © <7 32.7 Marines (45) eae, Totals— vee 23 6 12 0 4 Waysack Thompson Solenberger Skoko Davis ~ ins Totals— Score by quarters: ‘Lions es 10 36 50 71 |Marines ...... 10, 22.86 45 i CONCHS WHIP 3C’S | In the curtain-raiser of the night, the High School Conchs downed the CCC boys with the score of 59 to 29. Conchs got off “That must have been Miss|to a flying start and the game| ee was a cinch from the first quar- |ter on. Both clubs made some ,good passes during the contest and both played a clean game. ‘Only during the third quarter did \the Conchs slow up and were al- lowed just three points while the Campers rang up five. Each team committed only two personal fouls and each, made jonly one foul shot. Me¢Mahon, |with his fast playing and snappy crips, and Nelson were high men for the conquerors, while Fralish scored more than half of his team’s total score. McMahon and Nelson both played outstanding :on the offense and tried hard on the defense. Fralish also should be commended. for his snappy fly-aways and his good sports- manship. Box score: : Conchs (59) FG FT PF ee Player— Smith ;McMahon |Mathews |Roberts |Schoneck - |Nelson Saunders Totals— Bl wsacra Player— Fralish Brown Howell - | Legan | Williams | Adams locouwad THE KEY WEST. CITIZEN LIONS’ QUINTET PANDORA NINE PLAY ALL-STARS |omuiledle OF CROP’ PLAYERS | Witt TRY TO DEFEAT CHAMPS TONIGHT Announcment was madé at |préss time today that thé U. S. jCoast Guard Cuttér Pandota’s | Baseball nine will play a game |with’ the U. S. Marine Corps to: Twa basketball games will pe | Morrow _afternoon, starting at playéd tonight at the High Schoo! 2°00, 0’¢lock. \gymnasitm which shdild prove lof outstanding interest to fol- lowers of that sport. ? The Convent girls’ team will meet the High School girls in a renewal of their rivalry—this |game to start at 7:30. o'clock. Past games between these two ;teamsvhave proven quite closely- contestéd affairs and tonight’s the Army Barracks’ baseball field. 5) EES FU ERLE LES Be EY Lions Club team’ which will leave Thursday afternoon fo énter the Golden Ball.tournameént which opens tonight in Miami. The Lions team drew one or two bye- ‘TRE gdme will bé played on low “THE WEATHER i] (Till 7:30’ p.m.) Wednesday) Key West ani’ Vicinity: Gén- T. |erally fair with’ mild temperatiire ,{tonight dnd Wednestay! * light 0.39 variable. winds. ) Florida: Generally fair ..to- 0.44 night and Wednésddy;. slightly jcooler in extreme north portion ‘pene all, 24 bouts ending | ah, (aaa fall. since Mar. com| Instruction...for.. the County 2 into New. 75th Mer, Time (City Office) [School Code, it is necessary tp sonres ita : NOW, THEREFORE,, BE- rey County: Board of. Public. Instruc- | Rai County Board of Public Instruc~ | inch, i aunt ‘os, 1y je i Public Instruc- |,% Ae i ae a ser hidtrict “No. 2 shalt {Total rainfall since Jan. LEGALS | State rida, Divi | IM Sieatet. Coun "© Observation tikeA at_7:90-a. thi} | Board .of .Public Inatrue- | we E | tion Election. Districts. | | | -WHEREAS, by reason of the pro- Tan; |visions of Section 406, eer a pa Bours ighest Tast 24 Bours alter present County Board of, Pub- ;,2erest Tast 2% No His Mertion | piscina ae Lowest last night | County; IT RE SOLVED by the Board of Public Normal \Ingtruction for the County pf Mon- | tree, State. of Florida, that the) o... tion. Election Districts shall be and) s they are hereby eatabliahed as fol- iz ing as 2 ‘ | Total. ra ion Election District No. 1 shall ¥ posed of Election Districts | Deficic » @ { i | Commty Board. jwdnen }tion Election istrict No. 2 shall } iRe composed 0k Election Districts inches Nos. 6, 7, an 5 i Néfirio County. Board of Public Instrue- |Deficiency since Jan. jtion Election District No. 3 shall) inches — + be compésed of Elections Districts | Wind DirecHion and Vel | Nos, 4, 5,.9, 10, and 11,. ass | The above election districts are NE—2 miles per hour 2.57 aati : CONDITIONS |. Pressure.is low. this morning jfrom the Laké region and. North | attantic States southward over 1.60 |game should prove no exception to that, rule. In>the nightcap—an_ All-Star aggregation of City League play- ,ers, selected from defferent teams games in the schedule to permit | {e8¢ cFeafed..by Fesolution of the their late entry this week. Wine (eee count? Commissioners of ners of the district Golden Ball event will be eligible for south- ‘ern-states play-offs later on. |Monroe County, Florida, {17, 1940, | BE rr FURTHER | THAT jin the January | HIS, ,resolution be recorded | egistry of Deeds in the Of- | fice of the Clerk of the Circu “RESOLVED | N.B.-Comféttal Relafive Humidity 88% bé a fev blé humidity should S below ithe Cdrélitas; dnd is high over {northwestern districts, and mod- jerately high aver most sections jsoutheastward to the Florida | Peninsula. 45 | PTS & | is going to make a mighty effort | Management of the games to- | to “take the Lions Club team to Might announce that no - passes town”, The Lions have just com-!Will be accepted at the door. pleted a. 14-straight | winning : LEGAES streak; to head the league tourna- “IN CIRCUIT COURT, STATE oF | |ment,:and. appear confident, that ithey can taken even an All-Star ViGMAUA. DLEGEREE pupyors ts CIRCUIT, MONROE COUNTY. IN set-up. All proceeds will be given to} CHAN as |JAMBS W. PORTER, a travelling expense fund for the » Plaintiff, se ys. EDWYNA S. PORTER, )., ORDER OF PuBLICATH N : Ss aang % city apPearing -by the sworn bill are - j filed in the above-stated cause. GAMES TOMORROW NIGHT | icdwyna S. Porter, the defendant U,, 8. Navy five will Match therein named, is @ non-resident of a on the State of Florida and resides at goals, with the High School|fipicy, ‘ronnessees that seid’ des Conchs tomorrow night at the | fendant is over the age of twenty, i i ig |one ve that there. is no person |High School gymnasium. This ie State of Florida the, seuvicg ;contest will get underway at!of a summons in chancery upon | 7:30 o'clock. whom would bind said defendant, | Sailors and Conchs are i \for.thé All-Stars, with Thompson | sinking them. for the losers. | i 3 | It is therefore ordered that said in defendant be, and she is hereby re- tie for third place in Island City ;auired to appear to the bill of com- * 8 ‘plaint filed in said cause on-or be- League standings, and. the out-!fore Monday, the Ist day of April, come of the fracas will probably |4. D. 1940, atherwise the allega- Bd aises tions of said bill will be taken as € Close. 4 confessed by said defendant. Fourth-place. U. S. Marines! at further Gass Enat ~ i e ‘order be published once each wee! will endeavor to swamp the CCC itor “four consecutive weeks jn The |boys in the second game of the | Key West Citizen, a newspaper pub- leven S lished in said county and state. evening; Campers age, in seventh [N00 and ostered tits 15th day position or right down in the cel-!of Webruary, A. D.,1940. lar. (SEAL) a Ko Sawyer. r. - it . The game will probably be a| py (sq.) Florence Hy Sawyer |walk-away for the Marines—yet heady’ sOR awe” Clerk. anything can happen on a bas- | soicitor tor Complainant. ketball court. feb20-27; mar5-12-19,1940 \e POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS = | Monroe County Democratic Primary, May 7, 1940 ? For Governor FULLER WARREN For State Comptroller J. M. LEE For Judge of the Circuit Court GEO. E. McCASKILL (To Succeed Judge Trammell) | | | : Re-nominate,. .... .., JUDGE WORTH W. TRAMMELL For Circuit Judge For County Judge ROGELIO GOMEZ For State and County Tax Collector FRANK H. LADD (For Re-Election) For County Tax Assessor CLAUDE GANDOLFO For County Tax Assessor J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER (For Re-Eléction) For Clerk of Criminal Court LEONARD B. GRILLON “Lenhié” For Sheriff T. JENKINS CURRY For Sheriff BERLIN A. SAWYER | wl eceoon nl rnocccoeo ~ > Totals— Score by quarters: Conchs 36 39 «(5 ccc 6 14 19 29 Official: Offutt; scorer: Smith; timer: Cooper. nice ibbi JUNIOR LEAGUE GAMES In the afternoon games, the | |McMahon’s “Baby., Conchs” \feated the Roberts’ de- | | good as it could have. ; Smith and Sawyer were high jscorers for the victors, while |Haskins and Aritas were high }men for the losers. This game} put both teams in a tie for sec- ond place. _ : | In the second Jt 30. The contest was hard-fought from start to.finish,and the fives | “Black | Beetles” by the scafeof 31 to| were about equally matched, al- | SHBtgh neither tear" wiayed as KARL 0. THOMPSON For Sheriff For County Commissioner, First District EDUARDO C. GOMEZ | | | | | | “Eddie’ For Courity Commissioner, First District WM: H. MONSALVATGE (For Re-Election) 4 NORBERG THOMPSON | For County Commissioner, Fifth District -R. W. CRAIG liversally AS “Poor Old Craig” of Créiy, Fis. — For County Commissioner, Fifth District School League tournament. con- |test of the afternoon, Mathews’ | “All-Stars” downed the’ Nelson | “Sharks”, with a score of 21 to} 16. This. was another good, fast} game and both teams played hard | ball. Baker and Cates scored high | MRS. ELLIE LOWE For Constable, First District HARRY JOHNSON For Constable, Sécond District | Cout Nj meeting | Monroe County, Florida. | «This order to be published once a jin The 6) was born of glave parents, was Court. ofthe. Bleventh Judicial Cir- jeuit of Florida, in and for. Monroe | gi" ™¢ ‘ounty and that same be published Sea le in. The. Key. West..Citizen, a_news- ! Paper. published. in Monroe County, ; Tomorrow’ Florida, once each week for two| Sunrise weeks. . are Adopted by the Board of. Public | unse' - Instruction for the County of Mon- | Moonrise roe, State of Florida, at a regular | Me eld the first day of Feb- {| Moonset, ruary, 1940. }Vernal Equinox (SEAL). « * | iz, «CLARENCE H. PIERCE, | Chairman, Board of Public . In- | struction, Monroe County, Flor- ida, i Attest: p : | MELVIN E. RUSSELL, Secretary and. Superintendent, Board of, Public Instruction, Virgins Yolen aiere Mafinee—Balcony I0c, Or... chestra 15-20c: Night—15-25¢ | mar5-19,1940 | IN THE 'T COURT OF THE | BLEVAN EM SGUOEAL.. COROUTS | IN_AND, Fok moron COUNTY, | FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY No. 7-251 HANNA A. NELSON, . Plaintiff, va. GOTFRED H. NELSON, 1. ,. Defendant. oe FOR PUBLICATION GOTFRED H. NELSON, 221 East 50th Street, New York City, N.Y. | You are hereby required to ap-| pear to the Bill of Complaint in the | above styled and entitled cause on | April 1st, 1940, otherwise the alle- gations therein will be taken as | confessed, For Real Economy For Reéat Service For Real Protection j | DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE - Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 week, for. four, consecutive weeks ‘ey West Citizen, a news- Paper published in Key West, Flor- ida. of Done and ordered this 19th day of February, 1940. | (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer | Clerk of the Circuit Court. i By: (Sd) Florence E, Sawyer, Deputy Clerk. feb20-27; mar5-12-19.1940 | | George Washington Carver, the! celebrated negro scientist, who once traded for a horse valued at $300. THROW A DOLLAR OUT OF THE WOOK! “There's a cettait ariotint Of pleasiite in throwing a dollar bill out of fie windéw (Wwé suppose—we’ve never tried it) . : . watching it float through fhie ait :.. SWes8ing Whéré it’s Zoitig to and . . . seeing it finally settle on a curbstone . : . and peffiaps seeittg sonie Surptised individual pick it up: “At least, it’s ceftaitily miore fain that thtoWiiig away 4 dollar bill by paying oné hundréd cents extra for something you're baying: Yet every year we ail part with a goodly sum of hard-earned cash that Wé might otherwise save—if wé knew fiow to buy! “The quickest, easiést, sifiiplest way to learn fioW t6 biiy is to read the advertisements in The Citizen. Know values: Know prices: Know qual- ity. Start néw to stop throwitig dotlar bills away BASIL R. TYNES