The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-05
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Who killed TRACY KING. or
chcstrn lender found dead in his
hotel apartment
DAVID BANNISTER. nut h or.
former newspaper reporter, I'M
dertakes to find out.
Among the suspects are IN
sunknown blond who visited
King shortly before his death;
HERMAN SCURLACH, in Jail and
declaring his innocence. who
wrote King n threatening letter:
JOE PARROTT, Kings former
had had trouble: MELNISA HOl.-
LISTER. middle aged spinStcr
who had Cuarreled with King
after his cat killed her canary.
The blond suspect iS arrested.
Banni>icr talks TO her. but she
refuses to tell where she came
from or say anything about her
self.
DENISE LANG. Kings fiancce.
identifies the prisoner rs the girl
she SAW talking TO King the day
before his death. The girl admits
EoinG TO Kings apartment 10 get
some letters, hut denies any
knowledge of the murder.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
DAVID BANNISTER was late
coming to breakfast next
morning and, when he did, he
dawdled over his food. He turned
on the radio in the living room
listened for five minutes and then
turned it off. After glance at the
headlines he showed no interest al
all in the morning newspaper.
To his aunt's questions about the
King murder case he gave sketchy
answers. Kate Hewlett. not TO be
ignored, persisted in her question
ing and finally Bannister retreated
upstairs to his room.
There he sat, smoking one Gig
aret after another. lie decided tC
hunt for an old tobacco pouch he
had somewhere and rummaged
through his luggage. The tobacco
pouch was not found. Bannister
came across a photograph in the
search--a photograph in a leather
frame, showing pretty girl. smil
ing. He placed the picture on the
desk before him and leaned for
ward, studying it.
Adele was not beautiful. Even in
the days when he had been mos,
in love with her, Bannister had
never considered her that. Her:
were not the perfect classic fea
lures. Her eyes, for instance
slanted ever so slightly. Her cheek
bones were too high. Nevertheless
she was an extremely attractive
young woman. Devilishly attractive
Bannister picked up the photo
graph. Devilishly attractive wa:
right! And heartless and unprinci
pied, a slave to her own ambitions
Adele was all of those things. She
took 4 mans heart, played with il
like a toy, using it for her pur
poses
Bannister sprang to his feet. HI
crossed the room and strobe bacl
again. Why should he condemn
Adele? She was no worse than thu
rest Of them! Women were al
alike. He was the enc to be con
demned, because he was fool. HI
had let this other girl-the one &C
cused of Tracy Kings murder
wind him around her fingers a.
easily as Adele had. He had lis
tened tn her story, believed it, ever
tried to help her. And he wasn't il
love with her as he had been will
Adele. Nothing of the sort. Their
was no excuse to be offered for TIT
blind way in " jU' he had fallel
for her guile. are Sc
From the news and Banniste
had learned that tn" girl had no
yet confessed the murder. Never
theless, she was guilty; there wa
no doubt of it. 1t took level hea'
like McNeal's to deal with such
creature. She was guilty as hell
9 of the Dana Park map, section
No 3 as recorded in map boo.