The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 24, 1952, Page 6

Pay. - THE KEY WEoT CinizeN Friday, Ociober 24, ir22 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH “DEE-DEE !! | [FusT OF ALL-- YE CROOK a Zag NOW, WHAR DID ve ben YORE ELBOW ONDER THAT 1 BET N I HAIN'T rate - | }AIS WOBBLY LEETLE 4 i TH' NEW YOUNG-UN COME TO. PAPPY, QL PUNHIN: HAID ; Chapter Seven EBENEEZER’ AN'--HESH, AN, HOUR had elapsed, and fw Loney mines e down | = in an anxiety that ab- ope Surprise, eamited as — them both. Plainly, from D wi ha ah tobe the rear. Tem that threatened’ them both| Pearl Binked a bast comers saul. ‘ieee es 3 His ruse had, worked. The har-| i t on it off a tied Phillips Pinca hurried jerked to sudden attention. ee =P Fen | 100) moving bicly to a cab 8 yard) Daa ae Bs Mid ae saa i Dever below Devereaux scapt. There tes, seen see | “he sa him the Tun of fot i haps prosperous, cxecntives The faniar on Devereaux?” liar pee from mae ar from Tram the laryax, with- Devereaux twisted to face the CU, A RATHER ‘eraity, appeal ihe | Small, dapper ex-pugilist, bantamweight ties, now reduced partial paralysis of muscles, and weekend fhe fetal Like a great many New York- ers, Devereaux knew Lippy, an like many of the initiate, he also knew and savored Lippy’s cuisine. Devereaux started into the club doubtfully. Anonymity was im- possible, here where everybody came to see everybody else, and to be seen. Anonymity was espe- cially impossible for a gadabout detective who'd just completed a twenty-year midtown tow Tor beat and whose face was a front-page commonplace. In the vestibule, the checkroom | we: girl smiled brilliantly. “Good eve- ning, Mr. Devereaux.” Devereaux kept his hat, The headwaiter’s prop smile seemed a shade more genuine. “Mr. Deve- teaux.” He bowed. bob e suet the nee head- waiter, then, spo! Moved quickly passes | the gers of the club to a position as dis- tant from his quarry’s table as he could get. Phillips. was huddled in whis- pered conversation with a com- panion. Devereaux felt a moment and anc cae manee toad, h in uipes 'S Manner toward him. soe hae Ss for him that | rea he'd aly always found in Latimer’s eyes wasn't there,-and Devereaux wondered ve sae hike in to wash m: Tippy: Jia winked with oe time, punched De ies Lippy sald the stems known ach in a trade gesture he hi a relin an an a Bat gotta go” He observa- tion unfinished. Devereaux went to a passa: way that led down a short fi of stairs, iP re by a feeling a ake sae Bac Ag Ses "He came ira the elub ashroom. xe was Hig saa he had left him, against the far wall, with his ye aoe on age pas~ the sagewa: wash-| suddenly doing room, pg ey post. Devereaux waved to Lippy and left the cl club. UTSIDE, and moving with purpose, Devereaux crossed the street, continued on for s few coger steps beer Bae > enetian’ of surprise when he identified the | blinds hid hid the interior and its Lad Pulled Lion’s Tail In Zoo And Started Big Legal Battle By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON @—Last August 7-year-old Richard Soucek pulled the tail of a 350-pound lion at the zoo -- and thereby started a com- plicated legal battle. The lion, a husky but lazy 3-year- old named Vet, didn’t seem to 2 BUT 6EE./— zest He cneecns “Y HISHEALTH ¥ Poor DaD./— mind having his tail yanked. Rich WHAr ABOUT : MEANS MorRE / HE'S SET HIS ard was unharmed. But a lega WHAT DID THE i THIS ~“<| | APPEARANCES — IF HE ? HEART ON argument began, which reached its Doctor SAv?— < POLITICAL | | QUITS NOW,HE'S SURE WINNING THIS climax yesterday, over this ques- KEN tion: ‘ ONeAN 1 7 * SNe : . ELECTION ./ ‘Did Richard pull Vet's tail of sa MINUTES ~ : panion, Major Fielder Brown, 39, his own free will, or did his com: Airline ~ a handyman, force him to pull it? Certificated Municipal Judge’ Andrew |. Ho- 00 way ward heard two days of arguments, PLUS TAX Scheduled including testimony by Pomagore fom exactly how one goes about a lion's tail, and yesterday reached 3 FLIGHTS DAILY a decision. DEPARTING KEY WEST FOR RESERVATIONS He directed the jury to return i a verdict of acquittal. The govern- 10:45 AM, AND TICKETS ‘i 1:45 PLM, CONTACT YOUR ment, he said, had failed to prove any force was used, and that 4:00 P.M, NEAREST TRAVEL Brown therefore could not be guilty AGENT OR of assault, as he was charged. About the only fact everyone “Q" AIRWAYS MAIN OFFICE 522 SOUTHARD ST, @ seemed agreed on was this: the PHONE KEY WEST No. 102 Mlion’s tail was pulled; no doubt about that. ~ Richard's version was that he had gone to the zoo with Brown, | . a : ‘ that Brown had told him to pull | e CASE HEMT ONE) MARAE? : awe ott Ol Overseas F rtation § MIRACLE! |oyer a rail so he could do it. | Judge Howard cut through most d |of the lawyers’ talk and handled 4 Pe | the examination of Richard him- c ay , b j judge 2 pinnae wcumasesine sennin: sok aoe ‘wal * | reasons,” Richard said. | Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS - | Brown (Major is his first name. Between Miami and Key West R |in the nel srpory : ard lived, a boy often Express Schedule He said both the Me an , | wore wachag au | (Ne Steps Revie LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY —. SUNDAYS) ot 6:08 P.M. Arrives ot | Miami ot 12:00 e’cleck Midnight. | got under the { MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT the lion's tail. YS) at 12:00 o'clock Brown said he was ond errives ot Kay West et the boy back when s ' o'clock AM. up shouting, “Ain't Local Schedule R T oF FE... ‘Soy | { aw, TOT TH ee (% Cabs Gumen, ‘ 4 BA ABT OY [Senet ee eat FAREWELL see KiDesAND 1 / CARRY TH TROUBLE, theory be had placed Richard LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT GAME? su SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock AM. "ome {Steps At All intermediate : \ COACH Gouarter. oown 4 ! To'bow our { J w 24 spor where be could have arrives at Miami at 4:00 o/clock om. (EXCEPT St vano une yos.10 609 2 a ’ = elahopleahan) DEMONS 16 ; A, by LEAVES MIAMI DAILY WILDCATS 10 | , ut fj a4 SUNDAYS) ot 948 e'lack AJ8. ond : Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service * FULL CARGO INSURANCE MAIN OFTICE and WAREHOUSE: Cor Eaton and Francis Ste PHONES: 2 and