The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 5, 1947, Page 6

SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1947 Chapter 32 YEDRICK pushed the papers back and leaned back in his “Yeah,” he said. “I expect that’s what you have. Got anything in mind to do about it?” “f've got a lead,” said Rush. “It may take some pressure but i. think I can make it come at have you got?” asked “You remember I asked you ev cy guy named Wellw a er?” 'Pedrick nodded. “King Wellwood. I wondered what me wanted with him.” “He's my lead. Through a bit of fairly "mite trickery I learned that he is the man who hired me to come to Forge City.” — came forward in his chai “King Wellwood!” he exploded. “What in the world would he hire Ort: for?” I'm quite sure he didn’t hire me for himself. He hired me for someone else. He hired me for the guy I keep calling X.” Pedrick relaxed back into his chair. “Are you sure?” he asked. “It’s a cinch,” ‘said Rush. “He made the deal ‘all right. The big point ¥ can I get him to tell me who X is. He can hide behind pone and legal privilege till hell zes over if he wants to. How- r, if I can convince him that is client is going around knock- off ple sort of ad lib, may- a or come through, What do you think?” Pedrick scratched his head for a saesment then let his hand fall into his lap. Ke don't. ‘know, Rush. I don’t ‘know what King would say. I’m pretty sure he'd be amazed at story. He couldn't afford to — nixed “up in something like ly. In the first place above = money and in the sec- nd he has an old family name to - I'm inclined to believe he might at least hint a lit- wanted to know. I'll go see him.” “Wait a minute,” said Pedrick. “Sit dow: USH came back and stood be- hind his chair. Pedrick looked up at him with a friendly smile. “Is it ye necessary to see Wellwood, Rush?” Rush shook his head. “Not really,” he said. “I just need a little confirmation.” Pedrick nodded with a satisfied air as though something he had predicted had happened. “I thought you had it pretty well taped. I guess I'll have to ask you to Ee up your hands.” Pedrick’s hands came up from his lap. In his right hand was a .45 service revolver. Rush smiled slowly and raised his hands above his shoulders. “Sorry, old boy,” said Pedrick. “I hate.to do this.” He sounded very truthful. “I was afraid of it all the time. I thought maybe I could handle you at first but when I got to know you I knew it would end this way.” “What way is that, Matt?” asked Rush. “Why, nobody hates. the melo- dramatic more than I do, but I'm afraid you're for it. There’s no other way out.” “The only trouble is that you can’t cover this one like you did the others, Matt. A lot of people know I'm here and a lot of others know of my lead to King Well- wood. They'll get around to you,” Rush said evenly, “T’ve got that figured out. I’ve decided that you’re going to com- mit suicide. That'll be a tacit ad- mission that you knocked off the other boys. I’ll take the credit for driving you to-it, of course. I'll say that the gun in your room was a bit of double cover. You put it there and called the cops on the grounds that nobody would believe you were dumb enough to do such a thing. I think I’ve even got Wellwood figured out. I'll say that you asked me to ask Well- wood to hire you. Your excuse was that a friend of yours lost his shirt gambling in Forge City and you wanted to clean up the town, Pll say that 1 began to be suspicious of you when the kill- ings started. I finally decided that ou wanted to take over the town in place of the men running it. That way my motives become your motives and everything that points at me will point at you.” *Rush grinned. “Very neat,” he said. “You might even make it stick. I like that about your motives becom- ing my motives. Very good. What T can’t figure is why you had the motives in the first place. You look like a guy who had every- thing. What are you missing that you want a town like Forge City?” ‘HAT’S a tough question. Rush, I’ve asked myself often. I think I have it figured out. I came with a built-in urge for ; power. Under ordinary circum- stances I expect I'd have made out by running a business of some kind and bullying my employees, but I was a kind of sickly youth and I got pushed around more than a little. Bullys used to love me. Some of the boys used to work out on me every time things got a little slow. I could have told my dad and he could have stopped it but I swallowed it and waited. “It’s a funny thing,” he repeat- ed. “I didn’t plan to kill Beau Marr at all. The idea of killing anybody never occurred to me for a minute. Then that night of the party I all at once thought what would happen if he were dead. So I killed him. It’s as simple as that. Do you understand a little of that, Rush?” For the first time there was a faint trace of emo- tion in his voice. “I understand all of it, Matt,” said Rush slowly. “I think that there isn’t a doubt in the world that with my testimony you could win a sanity plea hands down.” “I expect I could. I think I'm quite probably unbalanced al- though they say you're not in- sane if you think you are. The trouble is that I know right from wrong. They’ ‘d hang me, Rush. No thanks!” (To be continued) Jackson Square USO celebrat-! ed Fourth of July with a gala Awards formal dance party Thursday evening. | Awards were presented to the; following for their volunteer services: Carmen De Armas, Louis Pritchard, Lingtee Scrib- ner, Doreen Cruz, Dora Medina, Shirley Smith, Marian Pickens, ' Joan Lanier, Dianne Ohmie,! 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