New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1927, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, % MURDER UMNDER WATER HO killed Garrett Fo'som®> And what for? One moment this middle-aged, handsome bachelor was a gay and laughing figure, one of a great throng of holi- day revelers bathing in the glorious surf of Ocean Town. One moment he was exchanging pleasantries with his friends; the next he was a stricken man, limp and life- less beneath the waves. Life guards camied him out of the water. They laid him on the beach, while the curious gathered and stared in awe. Drowning? No. Stroke? No. Death had come as the result of a powerful knife thrust beneath the water: a thrust sure and deadly, but from what source no one knew. Detectives, Garrett Folsom’s friends, even those who had stood next to him when the murder was com- mitted, were truly ALL AT SEA And so Carolyn Wells, truly titled the “mistress of mystery” because aptly named this latest work of hers “All at Sea.” You have never a murder plot so baffling and strange. APRIL 22, '1927. of her masterv of the detective story, has read a story like it, never encountered 7 The wealthy Garett Folsom murdered. No clue except the knife, the This new story by the famous Carolyn deadly “pichag.” Finger prints washed away by the salt water: foot Wells is the first serial she has written di- re(‘lly for newspaper pub]ication. Don't prints lost imevocably n the shifting sands. Whe did it, and why? miss #t. It starts o The Hemld Friday, Was money the motive? Was revenge? Was jealousy? April 29. It is jusi one more reason for your reading If you are a Carolyn Wells “fan.” be prepared for a thousand thrills 1n vour fiction in The Herald. The Herald i f o exiliminn e S N Bt 16 NEA the latest story of hers. If you've never read her work, “all at Sea” Service ahd NEA Semvice hefion. Thit will explain her popularity as a writer of mystery fiction. means it is the only paper here that prints original fiction stories by such authors as Anne Austin, Carolyn Wells, Virginia Swain Remember; “All at Sea” is written directly for newspaper publication. ard Emest Lynn, It is not a reprint from a book. oniginal fiction. It s NEA Service fiction, which means