The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26

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 You remained in MT. Parados employ because he threatened to break MT. Annersley if you left was that it?' Samuels asked.
 "Yes," said Annersley, qu c k ly. He didn't actually threaten to break me until a month ago. l should have taken Celia away and started over again. This wouldn't have happened, then"
 Did Grainger know of this situ- ation?"
 Not until a week ago." Anners- ley said. We had to tell him then. Yesterday afternoon his feelings got the better of him and he followed Parados into this room--just be- fore Hunt arrived. There was a pretty violent scene, I imagine. I think he struck Parados. Parados then lashed him across the cheek with his quirt" "Grainger told you this?" He told Celia this morning" M. Flique and I are of the opinion that Grainger was shot down because he knew too much, Samuels said.
 He was!" Celia declared pas sionately. He told me this eve ming that he had found something. I had gone to his room over the garage. I was there while he was | murdered-here" Was this what he had found?' and Samuels held up the scrap of steel shaving.
 He didn't say 1t was" Celia con- sinued, but saw him looking at l bit of twisted steel like that. Where did you find it?" Tn one of his pockets" Samuels , answered. and he turned to An nersley. You may take Miss Fer ris up to her room, but come back here"
 | Samuels dismissed Caroline, Miss Jahries, Mrs. Parados, Professor Johns and Manning, cautioning | them to remain in the house; he then instructed Kirk to tell Grid ley to report to headquarters.
 Samuels moodlly considered the steel shaving.
 This must have come from some object Grainger machined on his lathe,' he muttered.
 Flique shrugged. we shall see Here is M Annersley."
 Annersley's eyes were defiant.
 "Well?" he said tersely.
 Samuels lighted cigar with de- Alteration.
 Did Grainger say anything about that yellow rose he dropped into the waste paper basket?" 1 Yes he admitted, after pause
 What did he say?"
 That he dropped it in the bas' ket because he knew one of vol
 would find it."
 Because he knew it would off set the significance of the petal WI had found in the safe?" "Yes.' Annersley dragged tn , word out.
 Tn fact Samuels continued om inously, "yo uare aboue ready t. admit that Grainger thought yol killed Parados?" All right" he shouted violently , But Grainger was wrong. Para } dos was murdered by the man o : woman who shot Grainger. hay told you everything I know"
 You haven't told us what yo : had under that newspaper whe you interrupted Hunt and Parade q last night" Samuels drawled. l Hunt must be given to visions f Annersley said cuttingly. "Ther t was nothing under the paper" e There were oil stains on it." T Possibly" Annersley's tone wa a trifie careless. II had been in tt o gun room looking at Parados' firt a arms. The newspaper was in m t, hand and I put it down on tf e table. Some oil had been spilled is Annersley must have known we d l. not believe him. T had moti' l. enough, but I did not kill Part n dos. It is obvious he was killed ,e the person who got Grainger. YC T. don't believe I killed the father
 the girl I am going to marry, ( at you?"
 Ut If you killed Parados and Grail re ger had a case against you-yes Tn Samuels replied.
 Annersley shrugged. "All rigl
 You have Miss Jahries' statemel us That is my alibi." ey "A question, M. Annersle. Id. Flique murmured blandly. " ed were familiar with the comings al ?. goings of poor Grainger?" III. ITO some extent"
 Did he ever take the little ho Ter day from the island?"
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