The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1947, Page 4

: | : $ i | : THE KEY WEST CITIZEN he oe mer ss ~—, I’m a writer “Chapter 12 p+. ‘HE rain came down in tor- rents. Lightning bolts whammed solar-plexus wallops into the floundering: sky. Park ‘Avenue on the uptown run was empty of life, flooded with rain- water and taxicabs. Red was in- side the Imperial, sitting on the edge of his. seat yell ng his head off. AN? | “Jigger, I’m fed up doubling ds ‘g@ gumshoe. ‘It's no life for me. and 'I want to go home.” BE *: Jigger howled down the rebel- dion, Geating Red’s pitch by an octave. “That’s exactly why you’re riding free—as .the. cOmpany’s guest. As a writer you Shouldn't “gurn your back on adventure. I’m going to put you ‘hep to a phase of life worth exploring. Just take mental notes. You'll. have enough material for a feature article be- fore an hour is up.” The last liveried doorman lach- Tymose with open umbrella un- der the last apartment. house canopy receded at Ninety-sixth Street and the Impérial -hurtled into Puerto Rican Harlem. * Jigger jerked a cigarette at Red over his shoulder. “Here’s a clue to where we're going.” ' Red revolved the cigarette in his, palm. “So what?” ., “It’s ayBirdie Nevers special— @.reefer, ‘He left a widow and ’ g ‘smoke-joint 'that.was a going Susiness* that I’m périshing to ook over—if I can: find: it." h. Red was sarcastic, “That should- n’t be hard. Couldn’t you ‘bleed zhe address out of A’hearn?” + '“Nope. The best the police could do was a downtown hotel. They didn’t even know Birdie was married. Birdie*.kept his . home life pretty secret. I-spent two hours hounding swing-drum- mers and assorted.musitians for Birdie’s address — without any luck. All I got was:.orders for a couple of long tons of. reefers.” “Where are we, heading now?” “Right in the neighborhood. An unemployed saxophonist blew hot for a V-note. He gave me RUSSIA’S . RUSSIA ~ a lead to a tycoon who deals in occult products with a little mari- juana to anyone who has the open sesame to his room behind the store.” . oe “What's the tie-up?” ~ “Birdie had an interest in the business. Holds a_ flock of the dealer’s post dated checks with the stock inventory and Birdje’s reputation as a thug—as collat- eral for the money lent out.? ©: “How come the sax player knew all this?” a “Seems Birdie got loose lips when on a reefer jag. He liked to brag.” “What do you want with the dealer?” ‘ “The whereabouts of Birdie’s missus and his reefer heaven.” TIGGER linked arms with Red fondly. “I’m sorry, Red. I know I’m pushing the Author! Author! day a little too far ahead for you, but there are a few ques- tions I’'d like answered before I lose interest in the uncollected four thousand dollars.” “What kind of questions?” Red said, trying to act indifferent to Jigger’s arm. “One: If Joey is guilty, why did he torture Munsey? If there was no payoff, Joey would know it. He was dealing the cards.” Red groused, “Joey mauled Munsey just for effect—to divert suspicion from himself. That's}. the same reason he hired you.” “Maybe. Two: Why did Joey kill Nevers—a guy known as a little Joey 7 Joey must have known he’d be charged with it, especially since Nevers was the rumor-boy.” : “Nevers was a double-crosser, Jigger. Joey hated his guts. Even I could do murder with provoca- tion like that!” “Maybe. Three: Why was Herz killed, let alone mangled? That kind of added-on gangland bru- tality hit the skids with ‘Murder Inc.” Couldn’t they have paid the doc and then lifted the roll —without doing murder?” Red was ‘unimpressed with the analysis. “Joey was always shy on finesse, Jigger. You’re putting a top hat on a congenital bum.” Jigger picked the fallen Joey up and mounted him on a pedes- tal, “You. mustn’t hate Joey with all that heat, Red. He’s as much Americana,as the hot dog, three- oint-two beer, and Abraham incoln. He’s passé and his obitu- ary’s' been written long ago. He died when J. Edgar Hoover took his oath. of office. So you’re really hating,,a. dead man, pal. I’m :a little sentimental about him— you could at least —" a small reverence for American history.” Red ‘was exasperated. “Jigger, {H@ ‘minute I’m’ convinced you're crazy, the ,spell’s ‘broken. “At ex- actly that: minute’ I’m going to poke “you, With everytlt ng I’ve got. You haven’t given me a solid reason for: continuing with this alleged man hunt. except your sentfment for Joey.” a Jigger grinned. “I got up to Three, eh Red? Well, Four, Five, and Six in.a batch. Why did the widow Herz pull the trigger the second time and let on she. knew I was no dick? Why did she make away with Doc Herz’s library and try .to avoid admitting. it? Finally, where does Leeds fit. in?” “Still zero, Jigger. She shot at you as an intruder. Any self-. respecting citizen would. Also, she had a perfect right to con- ceal her husband’s library. Peo- ple are generally reticent about their political reading nowadays. Your Leeds is out of his head —as you yourself said—and at most an ‘irrelevant personality -in this case.” Jigger pulled to a halt in front éf a: déuble store window . that displayed canisters of herbs, roots, battled ointments, books on N RESTAURANTS legendary witchcraft, and scores of assorted items in the voodoo domain. A peeling sign identified it as charm castle. Jigger struck a tat-tat-tat on Red’s arm. “You may yet be right, Red. Meanwhile, I ‘doubt it. Anyhow, with Joey jailed, we'll ‘soon know.” \ Red said, “I don’t get it.” “A’hearn pinched Joey _ this am. Except for the wear and tear on Joey, it was a good stroke. They can’t blame Joey for the next development, with Joey un- der lock and key.” “Meanwhile ... let’s go in and see what’s with the open sesame the sax player gave me. Just pray that I can sell the charme Jobber a bill of goods.” {To be continued) LACK THAT ‘RUSSIAN’ ATMOSPHERE = "DARK EYES?” They don’t sing it in Moscow, preferring SABES oe El ! By EDDIE AP Newstfeatures OSCOW.—There are Russia world—except Russia. You know the kind of place—where } ESE GILMORE n restaurants everywhere in the | languid-lidded ladies of Gypsy hue swoon and swish about a: softly lit room singing the inevitable “Dark Eyes” to a muted fiddle.. { Well, there aren't any of these places in Russia; I think.I know, Comrades, for’. I’ve’/been search- ing for them.for nigh on to six years. The closest I ever came was |Bethesda, Md., born in Delaware |Reyel and Carl Moscow's Aragvi Restaurant, which is not a Russian restau- rant but a Georgian restaurant and the closet thing to the lan- guid-lidded lady was a slightly bald Armenian singer (male .— Now that cold nights have driven diners off the Moscow Hotel's spacious roof garden, most of them seemed to haye re- turned as close to the foreign- er’s conception of a Russian restaurant as turnip greens are to Smorgasboard. The entertainment fare in the Soviet restaurant is more or less patterned. There is a band for Gancing and_ usually singer—sometimes female sometimes male. | ‘The topical tunes range from Alexander’s Ragtime Band and Bei Mir Bist Du Shoén to Cara- van and Sweet Sue. Then there are a number of popular ‘and swingy Soviet tunes such as Ya Toskyuyu Po Rodinu (I long -for my homeland), which -isn’t as complex as it sounds, and Spasi- bo Tserdtsa (Thank You; Heart). When I want Dark Eyes I put and on the recorded version by Tom- | my Dorsey or Harry Parry. Tce! and has ni | TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) | Dr. Roila E. Dyer, director of |the- National Institute of Health, County, Ohio, 61 years ago. Sewell Lee Avery, \ 1 | { | board ‘test. jchairman of Montgomery Ward, |the winning hot swing as shown here. x Hallowe’en Party At Poinciana Pl. The Hallowe’en carnival which took place at the Poinciana School Friday evening was well attended. Best costume prizes were awarded to Sylvia Smith, Made- jline Wilcox, Betty Revel, Brenda Fenell and Richard Hecht. Mr. yn Smith won prizes in the bean guessing con- Mrs. Isabel McCraw held number for the :Chicago, born in Saginaw, Mich- |door prize. | Features -were a fortune tell- ! Rear Admiral Thomas G. W. ling booth, dart game, movies, iigan, 73 years ago. ‘Settle, Commandant |\Lakehurst Naval Air 'famed balloonist, born in Wash- ington, D. C., 52 years ago. of | Dr. Karl M. Bowman of San | Francisco, famed jborn in Topeka, Kansas, 59 years ~ | Gena’ Branscombe — of York, composer-conductor, Major General ,Clelland, noted Harold M. Me army radio ipert, born .at Tiffin, Iowa,. 54 jyears ago. ! -Paul F. Gadman of Oakland, ‘California, and New York City, noted economist, born in Oak- jland, 58 years ago. | James E. 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