The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 26, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR YESTERDAY: Kincaid admits bursting into Christine’s room the night of the murder to avoid quarrelling with Richard, Later Dirck and Christine see Kincaid and Adrianne talking on a street corner, and report it to the sere geant, Chapter 20 Accusation Dre opened the carton of cigarettes elaborately and lighted one for me. The shop was hot and stuffy and | wa: tired. “What time Was that?” the Sergeant was asking Adrianne Wells. It seemed to me that the ques- tioning would go on endlessly and nothing would be any clearer. J looked at Richard and then at his uncle. Did they know anything they weren't telling? Or was the missing Tim Lathrop the one who knew why Joan Kent had been murdered? While the Sergeant questioned Adrianne Wells about the lighter I paid little attention, until asked her if she’d taken it from my room. She stood in front of the Sergeant, perfectly still, with- ing. " said the Sergeant. d every right to take it.” Her voice was harsh. “It belonged to me.” Then he asked her how she happened to look for it in my room since she didn’t know that Harry Kincaid had dropped it there. She threw back her head an- grily. “I just walked into the room,” she said. “I didn’t know anyone was living there.” he ant had thought niture in the room it was surely evidence that someone had moved in. He asked her about it. But she stubbornly refused to answer, just told him that she saw the lighter ok it, thinking that Harry left it there for her. The s shrewdly. were afr: You didn’ find it on You weren't protecting Mr. Kin- vere you?” arrage had the desired ef- pale face paled under joning and all of her ion vanished ant was eyeing her wasn't because you y you saw it? ink it was strange to rembled. “No, no.” n apologetic glance t, asked her in a Did you know that was in the house last m, angry now. ed to know e Sergeant happens to know t you were in the house. It would help him if would anything that she said sulkily t threw up his yair. “I ought to bunch of you in ‘k to Miss Wells. e you were last tell us in pa . did you the hall?” i her lips together im reluctantly that hard going into in showed the first sign of flippancy. ‘He Killed Her’ OL ate it or not, Sergeant, but I looked at my watch,” she exclaimed. “It waS exactly fourteen minutes past nine.” The Sergeant swung around in his chair and asked Richard if he'd seen the girl, but he remem- bered only that someone had come out of the front apartment. “Well,” said the Sergeant, “that checks with the time you said you left for the station.” And Richard MacDonald shrugged his thin shoulders. The Sergeant turned again to Adrianne and asked her if she'd seen anyone else during the eve- ning, or night. For a person try- ing to conceal something she did a very poor job. Behind those stormy dark eyes lay fear. Final- ly she said “No” in a queer, tight voice. “It's odd that when you were right there on the third floor you didn’t hear the quarrel that at least two other people heard sometime around midnight.” Kincaid up to this time had been standing quietly by the desk. Now he stepped forward, his eyes on Adrianne Wells. “You may as well tell them,” he said. “There's no use trying to hide it.’ Sergeant Long rubbed his hands together and nodded with a satis- fied air. “That's better. So you two met up last night. What time and where?” The girl sat motionless, her lips drawn in a thin line, fury in her dark eyes. Harry Kincaid cleared _ his throat. “After I came out of Miss Howarth’s apartment,” he said, “Adrianne came downstairs from the third floor.” “Yes, yes, go on.” “We had a few words together and then I left the house.” “More than a few words.” the Sergeant barked. “Mrs. Evans heard you clear up in the attic.” “Well, we were having sort of Governor's Island in New York harbor was purchased from the Indians in 1637 for $1.65. an ent.” He didn’t want to talk, His eyes_sought the Ser- geant’s miserably. Une: tedly the girl leaned foceare “We were quarreling because he’d promised to take me out the evening before and never showed up. And when I caught him nanan around Joan Kent’s apartment told him what I thought of him.” She jumped to her feet, her face distorted with Tage. “If you want to know what | think, I’ll tell you,” she went on in a shrill voice. “I think he killed Joan Kent. He couldn’t have her for himself and he didn’t want anyone else to get her.” She dropped back into the chair and burst into tears. his feet. No one moved or spoke. “If everyone had told the truth in the beginning,” he said in a con- trolled voice, “it would have saved all of this confusion.” He turned to the girl suddenly. “What was Whitefield doing while you were with Mr. Kincaid in the hall?” She raised her head and with her small lace handkerchief dried her eyes. “Working.” “And he heard none of this?” She shrugged her shoulders, “I guess not.” “Do you remember telling me you were going to the movies late this afternoon?” he said harshly. “Instead of that you went to Tenth Street to someone’s apart- ment.” purse and powdered her nose in a remarkably self-possessed man- ner. “Is there a law against that?” The officer stared at her, “There’s a law against a lot of about. Go upstairs now. I'll speak to you later.” ‘Be Careful’ HE girl rose, picked up her coat and sauntered out of the room. Then the Sergeant whis- pered a few words to Kincaid. Apparently he wasn’t going to jail him on Miss Wells’ accusation, because the young man l!eft the shop. And just then Ishi appeared in the doorway from the back of the house. “Oh, there you are,” the Ser- geant said to him. “How long have you been away from the shop?” “One week,” the Jap told him. “When did you find out that Miss Kent was dead?” “Tonight, Sergeant, when I made my return to the shop.” Then the Sergeant questioned him as to the details of his trip home and his father’s illness, but the boy didn’t say anything of im- portance. I watched him careful- ly while he talked, exploding the theory .that all. Orientals look alike,, He wasn’t as short as 1 me by a good three inches, and I'm pretty tall. While the Ser. geant questioned him, his intelli- gent dark eyes darted back and forth between the Sergeant and me, and he smiled continually of his mouth turned upward in more of a leer than a smile. After a short conversation the Sergeant dismissed him, and Ishi, before returning to the back of to me, then to Dirck and Richard, and then to the Sergeant. We all smiled except Richard. He was ing, a moody expression on his face and the thin hand holding his cigarette twitched nervously. There was something wrong, I thought. Of course, he must feel pretty awful about his sister, but there seemed to be more than that. I wondered if perhaps he knew something about the mur- der even though he had been away from the house at the time. It seemed almost peaceful in the shop after the day's excite- ment, yet when the telephone rang on Mr. Kimball’s desk we all jumped nervously. “For you, Sergeant,” Mr. Kim- ball said after a moment. No one even pretended not to listen, but the Sergeant held a thoroughly unsatisfactory conyer- sation as far as we were con- cerned for the first minute or two. His answers consisted of mono- syllables and a series of short ex- clamations. Then his voice arose. “Dead!” he shouted. “I'll be right down.” He hung up the receiver. “Now we're getting somewhere,” he said with such obvious satisfaction that I was shocked. “We've got pital, suffering from shock and exposure. He was taken there sometime after midnight last night. Guess you were right about the drain pipe, Kolff. He must have fallen down the side of the house from Miss Kent’s window.” “Who died?” I asked, sudden- ly remembering his telephone conversation. “No one. His wife is dangerous- ly ill. She was found half drowned in the East River, Lathrop must have tried to kill her too.” He paused. “Thought she knew too much, I guess. This seems to be a wholesale slaughter.” “T’d like to come along if you don’t mind, Sergeant.” Dirck picked up his overcoat and hat. Serpe ey along,” es Ser- geant said in a surprisingly agree- able voice. “Good Meht Kim Dirck leaned over my chair. “Take it easy while I'm gone, Chris, and for God’s sake be care- ful,” he whispered. The two men departed and I left the shop with the comfortin; thought that I might be murder: any minute. Continued tomorrow This year 1,360,000 trees will be planted in the southwestern |“dust bowl”, Slowly Sergeant Long rose to She took a compact from her | things you don’t seem to know ; imagined most Japs to be, topping | Even when he talked the corners | the house, bowed elaborately, first | leaning back in the chair, smok- | Lathrop at last. He’s in the hos- | ball.” | |WOMEN’S CLUBS’ ELECTION COMING STATE FEDERATION CON- VENTION TO SEE INSTAL- LATION OF OFFICERS SARASOTA, Mar. 26 (FNS).— |Highlight of the Florida Federa- | {tion of Women’s Clubs conven-! tion here March 26-29 will be the | |installation of officers. Candi- jdates who have already an- nounced are headed by Mrs. Thurston Roberts, of Jackson- ville, first vice-president of FFWC, who is as yet unopposed | for the presidency of the group. Convention year always draws ja large number of delegates and | jthis year will be no exception, it lis expected. i j Many prominent speakers will jaddress the delegates from all | sections of Florida, and the re-| ports of the various officers and | chairman will be a feature of the | {convention. Among the special jevents scheduled for the club- | women will be a visit to the| Ringling Brothers circus quarters | ‘and a tour of Ringling Art Mu- seum. A tea at the Bradenton | |Women’s Club will also follow. | Arrangements for the Sarasota meet are in charge of Mrs. J. Ralston Wells, president; Mrs. |Harry Gocio, president of the} Sarasota club, and Mrs. Frank ; ;Binz, Jr. general convention | chairman. \Mrs. Anderson Heads Navy Wives Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, for- | mer vice-president, assumed the | office of president of the Navy| Wives Club, and presided at the {weekly meeting held last Fri-| day. | Members were sorry to accept} the resignation of their first | jpresident, Mrs. E. E. Williamson, |who is ‘unable to carry on with \the club. She was one of the organization’s charter members| jand active in affairs of the navy ;women of the city. Mrs. Mary Owings of the Na-} |tional City (Calif.) Club and Mrs. | Ethel Maxwell of the Bremerton |(Wash.) Club were guests at the meeting. | | Plans were made for an .after- noon party to be held this week! jon Frid in Legion Hall. All navy wives are urged to attend | and get acquainted. Remainder of the afternoon, last Friday was | spent in playing court whist. | i} |Fay Pinder Had | Birthday Party | \ Miss Fay Pinder's birthday | party held last Friday, March 22, | was very much enjoyed by all at- tending. Fay was 11 years old| on that day. | During the evening two priz | were given, one going to Rosa Camalier and the other to Fred} | Thompson. | Those attending the party | |were: Jack Niles, Rosalie Cama- \lier, Willette Camalier, Yvonne | Camalier, Carloyn — Camalier, | |Fred Thompson, William Pinder, | |Walter Roberson, Curry Herring, | {Dorothy Harvey, Shirley Pinder, | Dorethy Malone, Edward Bethel, | Irene Curry, Lillian Harvey, Eva- {lina Carey, Shirley Roberts, Oneil | Stirrup, Conway Kelly, Mary Louise Spencer, Antha Louise | {Johnson, Violet Albury, Kitty | Symonette, Joan Knowles, Mary | Elizabeth Knowles, Audrey Rob- | {etson, Amaryllis Demeritt, Dan Stirrup, Harold Richardson, John |Knight, Lillian Roberts, Robert | | Richardson, Woodrow Niles, Ed- ward Johnson. Renedos Coming For Menth’s Stay Dr. Henry Renedo advised The | {Citizen today that he and_ his | wife would spend the month of May in Key West, coming from |their home in New York. Dr. Renedo is taking a course | in Orthodontia at Columbia} |Dental College at present. . . | Miss Etheridge’s | | Sister Visits Here | Mrs. Roy Davis. Jr., of Man- | jteo, N. C., is visiting her sister, Miss Eleanor Ethéridge, at her home on Eaton street for: a few | } weeks. | Sardinias-Delgado \Naptials Sunday Alicia Sardinias, of this and Gonzalo Louis Delgado, city, of Miami, were married at the home !|Church, Key West. will preach. of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Gloria The Rev. Sardinias, on Duval street, last Sunday efternoon, Rev. | Halladay, of First Congregational Church, officiating. for Miami, where they will make itheir future home, | ton, Illinois. Mr. Stafford secured the scene during a visit to Key) jat 9:15 o’clock last night Wm. L. | Uniform”. ident of the Georgia Normal and| THE KEY WEST CITIZEN COCOOOOO LOCO UYOOOOOOEOOOCOOCOOOEEOSOOOOOOOOOOEOO® Negro Penny Divers | | 1 Only a penny thrown into the Gulf of Mexico at one end of Duval street produced these beautiful dives as caught by photo- grapher, Wm, H. Stafford of Stafford Engraving Company, Whea- West this winter. Ss Key W est Players To Present ; ‘Squaring The Circle’ Friday | syavsme night the Key! gay and happy bride who likes/ “Squaring|to dress up her revolutionary | 1 apartment with curtains, pic-! “ttures, and canaries, much to the This Friday West Players present the Circle” at the Harris Schoo Tickets are on sale now at the Key West Art Center, Duke's Vasya. | Barbecue and Page’s Store | Vasya is done by Ensign James | The cast of this production is,Gerberding. While learning to collaboration of Key West fly at Pensacola, he still found) talent and enthusiastic young of-time to join a Little Theater ficers in the navy. |Group there, acting and directing The director, Mrs. Ricketts, | one play. | was a professional actress. The! Abram, vigorous, laughing hus-| rest have all had some experi-|band of Tonya is played con-| ence, mostly in college. jvincingly by Gerald H. Bogart.! “Squaring the Circle” calls for Civilian, poet of the masses, aj} two feminine leads, played by ludicrous egotist with a booming Mary Morgan and Jane Ter- voice and mighty chest williger. Mary in real life, is funny as done by Ensign Wins- the daughter of F. Townsend’ low L. Pettingill. Ensign E.) Morgan, director of the Federal Sternlieb is Rabinowitch,. young Art Project. 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