The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1942, Page 3

MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1942 MRS. MURDOCK TAKES A CASE Chapter 11 The Other Apartment T= detective opened -he door of the rear apartment, opposite the one they had just left. It was a duplicate of Clarke’s. the air heavy with mustiness and the smell of stale tobacco. Just inside the door were two chairs. side by side. One was large and over- stuffed; the other was straight- backed. and on the seat was an ashtray brimming with cigarette butts and matches. “Well?” Bacon said, voice blunt but plentv of interest kindling in his gray eyes. “The guy that rented it,” Mal- | loy said. “rented it yesterday morning and paid a month in ad- vance.” “Who to?” “The janitor. Lavine’s down-| stairs with him now.” “Keep him_there. I'll talk to him later.” Bacon pushed back his hat. took the cigar from his teeth and ran a palm over his bony face. “How do you figure it?” \ “A stake-out,” Malloy said. “By | the looks of things somebody spent a lot of time in this chair. And it wouldn’t be up here by the door uhless—” “Yeah.” Bacon said. That much was obvious to Murdock and he knew it had been to Bacon, and yet the lieu- tenant had the good sense to know that it never did any karm to let his men explain their theories. | “Okay,” he said. “Keep your) hands off things until we go over it. No phone here. huh?” They went back across the hall and closed the door. The ex-| aminer’s physician was just get- ting up. |Murdock was annoyed for letting | drink,” “Look.” he said, and smoothed the slip out on the table. names had been scribbled here. The first was Hestor. Opposite was a dash, followed by $100,000. Next was Raeburn and the figire $25,000. Below this werg; two names followed by: . question marks. The names were Allen and Nason. Bacon removed his cigar and worked his lips around. “Hmm.” he said. “This could be something. Hestor’s that first wife of yours. isn’t she? Who’s Raeburn?” Murdock said he didn’t know. “Was he at the party?” " “Didn't I just say I didn’t know?” ‘ As soon as he heard his voice so much irritation creep into his ; reply. Seeing Allen’s name on that paper had given him a solid i jolt because the implication of the question mark which fol- lowed it was so obvious. : “If he was I didn’t meet him. I don’t know anybody of that | name.” “Okay,” Bacon said. “You don’t know him. Maybe Hestor does. What’s her last name? Losado? Hmm. Well it looks like this lad was lining up some customers. Maybe we can find out for what.” He summoned the fingerprint man. “How you doing, Harry?” “There was a dame up here sometime.” Harry said. a round, sad-looking fellow with rimless glasses. “I got a sliee of a print | on the bedroom doorknob and I think it might mateh with the ones on that glass.” He pointed to a tray which | stood in one corner. A cheap, lae- H quered affair. it held a bottle of ' Scotch. partly full. glasses, a} bowl of ice. mostly melted now, and a pitcher of water. “He brought somebody a] “Go to it,” he said. “I’m done.” “What about time?” Bacon} asked. The doctor shook his head and i his voice dry but not sar- “Sometime I hope I'll have case that got shot through the! watch so I can give you fellows aj pat answer.” “Sure, I know,” Bacon said. “From an hour to an hour and and I doubt if oser than that after the autopsy. “That puts it between ten} and_ eleven fifteen.” | “We got the call at nty-seven. All right. eleven Doc, thanks. He watched the man shrug into his coat, examined the end of his} cigar which had gone out. “Didn’t die right away, did he?” “If you mean instantly, prob- | ably not. Might have, though. The two shots were about’ four inches apart and one just missed | his ticker. You have the one you} dug out of the door? Good, Pll give you the other tomorrow.” Slip Of Paper apHe doctor went out and Bacon brushed ashes: from his cigar and proceeded to re-light it. Ser- geant Keogh was_ emptying Clarke’s pockets and when he had collected the contents on a table, Bacon began to look things over. Fron where Murdock sat he could see a wallet, some keys, coins, a cigarette case and lighter. a small address book. Bacon went through this, put it aside, and started in on the wallet. “Well. he wasn’t broke,” he said presently. Murdock rose and went to the table, conscious now of his weariness but reluctant to leave. “Ah ed and thirty bucks,” Keogh s: Bacon was pulling out cards and papers, putting them in a little pile when he had glanced at them. He went along casually enough until he came to a cer- tain bit of paper which he un- folded; then his lips tightened on | 'stop by the office.” |could- be a photographer.” Harry went on. “His| prints are on both glasses and the bottle, but there are a couple of others on one glass—a woman’s.” | “That’s always a help.” Bacon; said _drily: then bending a brow. at Murdock: “How do you figure ieee “I don’t figure it,” Murdock id. “I'm going home—after I} “Lucky you.” “Yeah.” said Keogh. “If 1} “We haven’t got a hell of al lot.” Bacon said. “But maybe we will after we’ve checked up on |your cocktail party crowd. We'll | probably go calling in the morn- ing. Maybe you’d better figure on being there; you’ll have plenty of company.” without much humor. “Whatever you say. Just as long. as you don’t forget who gave you your start tonight.” New Problem cits MURDOCK put aside the telephone. Delia had finished with her coat and was putting on her hat. “Who was that?” she asked. “Kent?” “Yes.” Joyce sat down on the divan. “Come here a minute,” she said. and when Delia stood in front of her: “Sit down.” “T really should run,” the girl said, “and I’ve decided about those clippings. I’m not going to translate them. Now anyway. But you'd better keep them for me until—until we know what we should do with them.” She spoke thoughtfully, and without seeming to realize it, perched on the edge of the divan. Joyce reached out and took her hand. She still felt weak from Kent’s announcement, and for all the icy hollow at the pit of her stomach, her mind was smoth- Murdock bent over it. Four | ;Bazo, J. Fernandez, Joe Casa and ;M. Sachez, manager. | Murdock stopped. his hand on |the doorknob, his grin wry and nn) FOLLOWING THROUGH By PEDRO AGUILAR | ! |. We continue our review of! | baseball activities in Key West since the late 1880's. This review, started several! months ago, was prompted by} the efforts of the Key West} Municipal Stadium Committee! jto raise funds for the construc-! ition of a modern sports palace} ‘on city property in | Avenue. | In our last chapter we reach- jed the month pf September of the year 1938. We go on from} there. on the four senior clubs in the} league were: | Conchs—Al. Rodriguez, Wil-! liam Cates, A. Acevedo, P. Bak- er, E. Albury, G. Garcia, Lucilo, Puby Carbonell, R. Bethel, F. Salinero, F Carbonell, M. Varela, |M. Griffin, M. Pena and Mana- ger Roy Hamlin. Trojans—E. Rueda, J. V. Wood- son, C. Sterling, H. Wickers, R. Machin, J. Domenech, Joe Na-| varro, John Navarro, D. Navarro, Geo. W. Malgrat and Jackie Car- bonell, manager. Bacardi Club—A. Hernandez, M, Hernandez, G. Diaz, A. Da-} vila, M. Esquinaldo, G. Garcia, Jr., J. Torres, E. Rodriguez, L.| FIFTIAFLISALAZIAL IS 2 2 Armour & Co.—C. Valdes, F. Tynes, C. Vidal, E. Alfonso, D. Lopez, E. Swain, H. Stone, F. Caraballo, A. Alonso, F. Stick-/ ney, R. Garcia and Ernest Perez, | manager. On September 25, the Bacardi Club downed the Trojans, 8-4. Score: R. H. E. Bacardi -8 13 0 Trojans - = ss 4.62 G. Diaz, M. Sanchez and J. Fernandez; J. Carbonell and Joe Navarro. In a second game that after- noon, the Armour & Co. nine de- feated the Acevedo Stars, 7-5. | Score: R. H. EL! Acevedo Stars 5 6 1) Armour & Co. - wil -3 Molina, Villareal, Castro and M. Acevedo; F. Tynes and C. Vi- dal. Club ; On September 25, Esmond \(Tarzan) Albury slammed a |445-foot homer to’ tie the score in a game at Miami Field in Mi- ami. The battle was called be- cause of darkness. The Miamians scored two runs | in the first inning but from then | jon Puby (Specs) Carbonell was | |the master pitcher, hurling in! |mud up to his-ankles. He show- | ed he could pitch in any kind of weather. Graham started on the hill for} | Miami but was relieved in the | third by Schemer. William Cates singled in the second inning and Albury came | through with his record-breaking homer. Score: REE Key West . 020 000 00—2 3 1) Miami —.. 200 000 00—2 7 1 P. Carbonell and Al Rod- riguez; Graham, Schemer and Bandera. Runs: Cates, Albury, Gillman | jand -Bogart; errors: Acevedo) | ered by the hot flood of doubt and dismay. She wanted time to get a grip on herself, to be alone until she could think things out, and yet, in the light of what Kent the cigar and his glance darted to Murdock and held there. had said, she had no choice. To be continued [EARN HOW TO ADDRESS YOUR WAAC OR WAVE. | Ensign is addressed and written Wide World Features Ist Officer. WAVES (Same Classification as Naval Reserve- Captains but officially written | and Schemer; two-base hits: |Letherman; home run: Albury; |stolen bases: Bogart and Schem- jer; struck out: by Graham 4, by | Schemer 8, by Carbonell 6; bas- {es on balls: off Carbonell 2, off! {Graham 1. TO BE CONTINUED Tommie’s SKATING RINK’ SUMMER SESSIONS Afternoons‘ Tues. - Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 FIPILILA DS YOUR WAR “Send Home-Front Queries to Regional OEM est Sec Office Q Tha A Flagler}to do with | friend. Q. Answers to Hl QUESTIONS | | In Care of This Paper { A—wWrite the Army Emergen-! Q.—My sister moved away but} A.—Go to the ration board and} exchange your ssister’s book for| one in your own name. | i Q.—lIs there a big demand for| .—If I buy a $1,000 bond, will] rabbits? ve to pay income taxes on it? -—Buying bends has nothing! income taxes, —My son is overseas. Where | A—Due to ports there’s a big demand for fur; lowed to own property here? mY | —especially rabbit fur for making; felt. fewer fur im-! Q.—Is it true that the Army | ' - i J can I find out about getting an al-| needs snapshots of Europe? I/ ple can neither buy or sell prop- lotment? took some as a tourist in 1936 A—Certain types, yes ma'am. ti cy Relief, Walton Building, At-! 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