The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-27
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| Reagan changed MS IdcLicS. hS
pointed an accusing finger at Ham
vey. Anyway, Jim-you think he
was mixed up in that bank rob-
berry, don't your"
The fat man reflected for a mo-
ment, then nodded.
"Yeh-I do" ....
sand that" exulted Reagan, 'fs
the first definite admission I've got
ten out of you yet" 81
Jim smiled. 81 am dumb, amt /,
John? Suppose you tell me just
how you think this murder hap
pened. Just sketch things over,
will you, so they'll take their prop
er places In my mind"
"Good enough" Reagan whipped
out his notebook and consulted it.
MAY first eleven-thirty: Tony Pey-
ton runs across her husband max
ing love to the kid sister of the
man she's crazy about Big row.
Thayer sore and Tony desperate.
Fifteen minutes later, after she's
gone, Ivy WEIGH and Pat Thayer
meet Max Vernon. Thayer has been
trimming Vernon for two years and
the kid has just got good and wise
because Thayer went too far when
he copied Max's girl. Another quar-
rel While that is happening, Tony
Peyton is warning Larry WEIGH
that his sister is in trouble, and
telling him why.
SAT half-past twelve Pat Thayer
gets to the fraternity house and
goes to his room. Five minutes
later Max Vernon comes in. He's
sore as a goat and when the two
kids on the veranda tell him Thay-
er's In his room, he says he don't
give a d-n. Maybe he didn't then,
Jim-but don't forget that he had
found out where Thayer was, and
he had just quarreled with the man
over girl
vernon goes to his room. He
has been broke and worried. Some
way-Lord knows how-he's en-
tered into deal with somebody To
rob the Marland National bank.
He's nervous and desperate. He de
cides to go and have 1t out with
Thayer right there. Thayer is
bigger man and stronger, and so
Vernon grabs that stiletto off the
wall to have it handy in case trou-
BILE comes.
Meanwhile Tony Peyton has
come In to warn Pat he must lay
off Ivy WEIGH. believe every word
Of her story of the visit. She beats
1t, and right after she does. Vernon
goes into Thayer's room and talks
cold turkey to Thayer. Thayer
probably starts at him and the
knife cuts his jugular vein. Yer
mons cock-eyed scared. He beats II
back to his room and pitches the
knife into the corner of his clothes
] closet. Then he changes his clothes
because the suit he had on when
he killed Thayer was all covered
with blood-which is why he never
went to that tailor at all.
"Then he beats 1t to take part In
that bank robbery. He gets to the
bank corner just about two o'clock.
During the robbery the stick-up
man is shot. While Max is driving
him he bleeds all over the back of
the car, so Vernon gets rid of his
bloody suit and the floor rug. Then
he takes his share of the hundred
thousand berries that they've
COPIED from the bank.
"He trades In his old car and is
fool enough to think he's got good
alibi But couple of minutes after
he sets foot in his room at the fra
ternity house, the man on duty
grabs him and calls me. Amt that
a good case, Jim?"
| The big man nodded slow APP
prevail.
"Durn near perfect" he applaud
ed. "Only, how CONF Thayer was
alive when Larry WEIGH got there
at two o'clock?"
/ "H-lr snapped Reagan. "He
wasn't. Thayer was dead then.
But Larry knew Tony had been
there and he didn't know anything
about Max Vernon. So he thinks
Tony Peyton killed Thayer and
shields her. Cinch, amt it?"
Harvey was silent for moment,
then looked up brightly. 'What'd
you do with all the stuff Vernon
had In his pockets when he was ar
rested?"
/ fright here Want to see ita"
"Yeh.
| Five minutes later Reagan re-
turned to the room. He spread out
on the table the contents of Yer
mons pockets: handkerchief,
fountain pen. notebook. several
visiting cards. a fraternity pin,
bunch of keys. less than two dollars
in silver. packet of cigarettes and
box of matches.
Harvey fumbled with the collec-
ton. This all. John3 Didn't he
have a wallet?"
/ "Yeh." Reagan flushed. Its I'm
special box in the warden's safe