The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1947, Page 4

s Threshes: It Out ive Farmers * — “Chapter 5 : ‘HE brownstone house on East. Eighty-fourth Street was cor- rupt with age. Caleined streaks spurted across the two-story-and- ‘basement: brick face. Iron-grille have to do to get lie that?” ‘ barred the ‘windows. The whole “Dr, Herz had no - ag of the building was a ‘scowling} “Then how do you, the No Trespassing warning. way he was’ killed? + Jiggér walked up:the chi; -|. Imperturbability was frozen. on Pe govt and teal “% e]l..| her face: “I cannot = i ‘ A. stri of bronze atop.the bell} “Haven’t you an idea, a clue, read Dr. Otto Herz. Jigger kept | anything that may be'a lead? his finger on the button.; hy penn wore ', A woman's. face, peered sha: at about his pe “ly thesugh os enpnea slit in the its? Did he belong to any clubs— heavily quilted door. The skin|fraternize in t profession? ‘was ‘amber’ yellow through the| What did he do for recreation? : thick ‘plate glass; the eyes and| “Dr. Herz lived a solitary life |; nose Tanged ‘at’ him. Jigger’s|in this house since we bought os thumb described aneenie-meenie-|some five years ago. He too minie-moe between himself and|long walks for exercise. the inside of the house. The eyes| “How about money? Any debts | terz.” and nose withdrew and a bolt|or other money problems?” : “Thank y creaked. “There’s a small mortgage on The dogs e Jigger stepped over the thres-|this house. That’s the only in-| phim, hold. *” ; debtedness. We did not need “T’d like to see Mrs. Otto Herz.” much. We lived simply.” f “What do you want to see her] 7IGGER had the uncomfortable or? 3 : feeling that she was eluding After a hem Jigger said, “It’s | him. If he could’ only get her out officjal and confidential.” of that blankety-blank firm- “I am Mrs. Otto Herz.” bodied pose, get her actually to- _ Small infiltrating rays of day-|sit in her chair, drop a stitch at light speckled the parlor floor re- | the seams. : eeption room. Mrs. Herz pointed} Jigger threw a question and a. flat palm and sat erectly on a/hitched forward to catch her ex- straight-backed, chair in a per-| pression in the ghostly refraction functory attitude. Jigger dropped | of the room. . into‘an ‘easy chair that was un-| “What about Dr. Herz’s interest yielding beneath -jhim.-A_ greatjin gambling?” emptiness bulked: between ‘them,| The fabric of her voice held to- and. Jigger felt himself dead cold| gether. Her voice was distilled. |,.to the Sate He said inanely,|“I have answered that question “May I offer my condolences to| before. I knew nothing of it.” _ ‘t'you''in’ your hour of bereave-} “Did you know anything of his ment.” Ree affairs?” e “Thank you.” °'* “His affairs were few. There Jigger was obsessed by a sense | were just his patients.” of brevity; ceremony was stran-| “Where are his files?” gling speech. Another minute of} “The police took them away.” it would spell doom to his visit,] There was clearly no fusing whisk him out on the sidewalk.|into an intimate tone with the Improvisation tumbled from his| widow. The emptiness was Still lips. It was uncharted, risky, in-| between them and they each decent, but Jigger went on and didn’t stop. “Your husband’s death was a fantastic piece of business out of this world. It’s one thing to. kill a guy out of ‘et sas HARVEST TIME on the Myron Clark farm near Pleasant.Grove, ‘ Minn, This thresher flails 4,000 bushels of oats a day. yu? .' it closed firmly behing ; Pa ee A Eighty-sixth Street be | darted into phone booth, i Red filtered a languid hello into the mouthpiece, Jigger snapped him to attention with a command to get his brain out cold storage. ae ; “Shoot!” Red said, like a guy with his pencil poised. + , “Chase down to Captain Av’hearn’s office and. ask for a look at the files of Dr. Herz, pave the way with a phone call before’ you arrive there. Make a copy. of the files and double. check every item you find that isn’t older than one year. an investigator if the going gets too heavy. Maybe you can tum up a lead.” E BRS 2 “You got anything yet?” “Yessirree. A passionate crush on the corpse’s beauteous wid« “No kidding, Jigger.”. ~. . . “T mean it, Red. She’s a radiant blonde with a heart of gold and has the one quality every mam yearns for in the little woman.” “What's that, Jigger?” “She doesn’t talk any mom than she has to.” , : (To be continued) persisted magnificently in the ri- vacy of their own thoughts, Jig- ger got up. “May I look around a bit?” “If you like.’ _} MANNING ‘a 3l-year-old,..steam tractor, Christopher Groen uses less than a ton of coal in a day's threshing. bah ge AP. Newsfeatures_. a: oc aes iets ae ge oo ae a a z tC 135 1 —_ ilv- i * : lulage, an ooseve. ar OCHESTER, Minn.—The heavily-putfing, steady-powered Florence Russell Stab y ictim’s ue ey “steam threshing rigs of today don’t tempt a group of pro- aga b aoue. aaa i this: mori gressive farmers in this rich farming community. ‘To f M. arry F red ¢ di = B | was said: by hospital authorities No, siree! They prefer to stick 9Q————_________ nnn) a ni on ition a to be very critical. At 8:45 this rae Sl-year-olt’ steam thresher ; ‘Bailey Tomorrow potlag he Scott was being givena uid ace eae obesity Saale Richard Adams's} nevard i Coe} Arthur R. Scott, 16, colored, | plood transfusion. ot _ B oalpicrriy against Florence Russell, daughter of |o¢ 791 WHitehead _ street, was| FrankeCurry and H. Harris in , ope enaaior as ~ (Mr. and..Mrs. Carl Russell, 1106 : illiam | vesti : 1 Police : : i : ’ stabbed last night by William/vestigated for the local Police # Rresent owners of the oldtime | Able To Go Home Olivia street, will be wed to/Trotter, 17, at the corner of Pe- |Department. § , outit,..which was organized as Fréd° Bailey USN, of New Or-|tronia and Whitehead” streets.| William’ Trotter surrendered a cooperative unit 31 years ago,| Richard Adams, Jr., of 1016 i ; abbi re last night to Police Lt. Joseph aré: W.. C.. Dickinson, parce street, was releaseg : Witnesses to the stabbing were !!a & 3 William Robinson of G-3 Fort }Kemp. , . | Trotter is alleged to have ad: Dorothy Whitson, Mrs. Nellie |mitted stabbing: Scott, with a White, Mrs. Ruth Higgs and Miss | penknife after an altercation. Rose Hartman. °* leans, , La., tomorrow night at 8 o’clock in” the. .First Methodist (Stone) Church, Rev. G. Leon’ Wells, pastor, will officiate. and"a partner for 30 years; Key West Municipal . Hospital i ron. W._ Clark, manager; Miltop | this morning. i and‘Lloyd Hart, John ‘Kendall,! Young Adams had been in the Arthur Aysford, Clifford Tvedt, | hospital since Wednesday, Octo- and:Warner Johnson. po 15. The youth suffered .a],.After the, ceremony, a recep-; wirs. Alice Curry gave two| Aggregate special taxes on mo Ra ; ‘Christopher - Groen, «engi- jruptured spleen as a result of an |tion will be held at the Jackson |) morous readings. | Refresh- jtor vehicles in the United States : heer” who Has ‘worked on the |#Utomobile accident. The spleen ;Sauare USO, corner Southard | nents were served following. the |reached a new high of $2,507,000, ‘ hi tf id the h was removed Saturday, October ;|and Whitehead streets. meeting. . ‘ 000 in 1946. ig, for years. says the haz- |), Miss Russell graduated from RPL EI ae Bede DPS dan ea SE NACE? isan \ ards which largely brought . ébout the new methods . of threshing do not exist when you “‘stay on the job and tend to your business.” rye eras 8! DENCE the Key West High School, class About one person in seven em- | of ‘1947. ployed in the United States gains —_— THREE HOTELS in. ‘MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES his living from motor vehciles or Auxiliary Unit Tanued tu Seachtacnt at ee CP “a in the their auxiliary services. Wee ee secant Entertains Two if penta ROOMS >_Wuite or Wise State Officers with BATH and, TELEPHONE Mrs. Jane Fleetwood, depart- F d e Mill ment of Florida president, Amer- or Pershing er ican Legion Auxiliary, and Mrs. ;Florence Reinhard, tenth district Hote] Hotel Hotel |president, spent Saturday eve. 60 N.E. 3rd St 226 NE. Ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave jning in Key West on their of- 80 Rooms 100 Rooms - 80 Rooms ficial visit. They were entertain- Elevator : Wievaier , Elevator ed at dinner by Arthur Sawyer Svlarium Heated Unit No. -28 officers. 3 BL Pillowiie ‘the dinner; a’ meets OCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION jing was held at: the Legion } - : ctrwceisganstsoninirtmea ennai 8 ‘Home, with the following officers present: ' rh ‘ ‘Mrs. Betty Saunders, first vice |president; Mrs. Hester Richard- ison, second vice president; Mrs. Overseas Transportation a orothy Daniels, secretary; Mrs. ae Set ptt Mrs. Company, Ine. Josephine Piodela, chaplain; Mrs. Edna Pernick, historian; Mrs. ‘ Le . i Claudia Watler, _ sergeant-at- Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service ‘arms; Mrs. Elsie’ Barnard, as- — between —— a MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS Between Miami and Key West jident. Mrs. Elwood told members and }guests of the guild welfare and lrehabilitation work that the Auxiliary is carrying on through- Express Sch Vase edule: ;out the state. She is at the pres- i (No Stops En Route) jent time department chairman ee of the Guild Welfare Committee. LEAVES KEY WEST \DAMY (EX- : . CEPT SUNDAYS) at 7600 P,M. Ar- Mrs. Reinhard described the ; els b i visits she and Mrs. Fleetwood i ag Miami at wp9 bc k Mid- | have made to the units in the LEAVES MIAMI pait® WihtcerT tenth district. Rae : SUNDAYS) at 12:60“dAélock Mid. Candlelight initiation service uigint, axel esxiven aM a ll = was held for the following new 6:00 o'clock A.M. umey members: (Stops At All Intermediate Points) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and arrives at Miami at 4:00 o’clock P. M. ° LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A. 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