Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-26
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Rich old MRS. JUPITER ia
robbed md murdered during the
engagement party she gives for
her secretary. MARY HARNESS.
nnry's -Ecapegrnce brother. ED
DIE, is supposed to have been up
stairs az the murder hour. Only
Mary knows this.
Mary's dnnce. DIRK RuTTHER,
advises her 20 keep stIiI about
having arranged 60 admit Eddie
secretly until he can locnte the
boy. Mary prevents n maid from
telling BOWEN of the Star about
the unknown visitor. Dirk tele-
phones that he has had n call
from Eddie and will take Mary 20
ace him thnt afternoon.
Dirk OvcFsleeps and Bowen
drives mary 20 the rendezvous.
Eddie In killed ny n chr m he
crosses the street. He mumbles
about N ny before ne dIeH- Weeks
pass and INSPECTOR KANE
drops the case. believing Eddie the
murderer. when MARY protests.
Kane tells her both mir. JUPITER
and Dirk believe the same.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
before the disclosure that not
- only Inspector Kane. but old
Mr.. Jupiter himself. and even Dirk.
believed her brother had robbed
and murdered Mrs. Jupiter. Mary
sat stunned.
Even IL that were true. as you
say" she got out presently. there
still remains the question-who
killed Eddie?"
Kane lifted exasperated eyebrows
"But you saw the car that killed
him!" be said. as II dealing with an
unreasonable chi,5. Just another
Of these hit-and-run drivers. It's
murder. OF course But nine out OF
10 OF them aren't caught. It's too
bad. But II you look at II another
way. it's mercy"
You can sit there and say that"
Amusement and desperation made
her bold.
"But what do you want the mat.
ter stirred up tor?" Kane was
getting wrought up. "You ought
10 be glad it's finished. Your
brothers better of where he is than
IL he'd lived. TO take the rap. You'd
rather see him killed accidentally
than live 70 20 to the electric chair,
wouldn't you. Believe me. he's
lucky"
Electric chair" The gray eyes
blazed scorn at him. "You don't
mean that. And Eddie wasn't killed
accidentally. You know better thar
that. too. You can get eyewitness
testimony Of a dozen people"
Eyewitness testimony isn't
worth a damn" said Inspector
Kane with finality. People don't
know what they see. II one says It
they all say II. They want 10 gei
In on the excitement. that's all"
"But Mr. Bowen and l both saw
We're not just-people."
Kane laid a pencil down with q
decisive rap.
You're 'hypped' Oh the idea thai
somebody was after that brother OF
yours. And George Bowen Is a re
porter for a sensational newspaper
He'd G anything that would give
him a big story"
Mary shook her head. She was
not much older herself than the
baby brother she was finding ex
cuses for. but she had grown ur
swiftly in these recent weeks.
New dignity sat on the girls
slim shoulders as she faced the
police inspector and her voice was
calm and determined.
mo. you're wrong. You can,
dismiss US as lightly as that.
may be an imaginative woman. and
a relative. but Mr.. Bowen is neither
And be seems to be the only person
besides myself who cares what hap.
pened to Eddie. Even Dirk, nv
lance" she stumbled on the loved
name. "has changed lately. He
doesn't want to talk about the case.
/ don't know why. unless" But
she decided 70 keep her personal
affairs to herself. She drew ur
sharply.