The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-20
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tnent one day last week. The BIRD
was in the cage and the cat jumped
and knocked the cage over. Mel.
VIVA heard the noise and ran into
the room but when she got there
the bird was dead.
well, sir, she threw a At! Had
Mysteries. Matthew - that's her
brother, who lives with her-had
to call a doctor and it was hours
before they could quiet her. Crayy
about that bird, Melyina YEA
Thought more of it, I declare "a
goodness, than she does Of hsf
brother. AS soon as she was ah3s
to get out of bed she went up -
Tracy Kings apartment and car.
ried on something terrible. Mr..
King said he was willing to pay
for the bird but that only ma8G
her worse. She said the cat had
to be chloroformed. I guess that
made Mr.. King mad and they had
it out, hot and heavy. Everybody
on the third floor could hear then.
Finally the manager had to % N
and make them stop. :,
C A FTER that Melvina had ~
"A little casket made and put
the bird in it. She bought flowers
from the florist and she and Mat.
thew drove out to the cemetery
and they had a regular funeral for
the bird. Melvina told about +
afterward. And she told me h4f.
self that she was going to see that
Tracy King was put ont Of this
hotel. She said he kept q 'vicio0s
pet and besides that he had .
many late parties and made q
much noise she and Matthew
couldn't get any rest"
"But you don't honestly think
Bannister said in a tone Of dis.ha.
lief, that this Miss Hollister could
have been the one who killed
King? Not just because Of q dead
canary bird!" * -.
81 tell you that bird meant rpsss
to her than her own brother. Why,
ever since it died she's been going
around with her eyes red, acting
like she'd lost her last friend.
"But surely"
81 think she's crazy" Mrs. Ken.
nebec said with pursed lips. And
crazy people will do anythinA
Melvina HOLSTERS crazy - Q
loon. I don't say she did 1t hat
I do say the police should know
about all this. Don't you think lot
"Why, yes" said Bannister ~
berly, II do" ~
He asked a number of questions
then. whether Mrs. Kennebec had
heard the quarrel between Mits
HOLSTER and King. whether che
had heard tho woman make any
deliberate threats. ~
Mrs. Kennebec, pressed for .
definite answer, had not. But tho
story Of the quarrel was all over
the hotel, she insisted. ~
She described Miss Hollistsr o.
a woman whose age must be we'll
over SO, tall. slim. rather forbid.
ing-looking. Matthew. she said,
was understood to be somewhat
younger. They had lived at the
Shelby Arms ever since it had bess'
built. it was understood that thu
Hollisters had a considerable
amount of money, all Of which VA
in Melvina's hands. st
Mrs. Kennebec would . have
talked longer but BannistsI
glanced at his watch and said h<
must leave. He promised that n
would report what Mrs. heaasheI
had told him to Captain McNeaL
He left the hotel few memenfi
later. walked a block and caught
street car. AS he put q hand u
his pocket to draw out the feSl
he touched something. remembered
the object he had picked up u
Tracy Kings bedroom. He had ~
had an opportunity to inspect j
since.
Bannister dropped into -
and took from his pocket the Oh
long bit of cardboard.