The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-27

! OF 1t, BannlStef went on, that
decided to work on the case-to
see what l could find out. Oh, 1t
hasn't been much, I'll admit"
81 was afraid that was the rea-
son." Juliet interrupted. That
why | asked you to give it up.
I've been so afraid something
would happen. And something did
happen! Last night -
Suddenly Bannister was talking
as he had wanted to talk for days.
eyes, something happened last
night" he said. "The police cant
find any connection between Mel
vina HOLSTERS death and Tracy
Kings. But Pm sure it's there II
we only knew where to look"
He told her what he knew of
Melvina Hollister and her brother,
about Melvina's quarrel with
Tracy King after her canary's
death. He told about his CONVEX
sation with Matthew few days
later when Matthew had said, 81
think Melvina knows something
she's keeping to herself. Some
thing that happened that night"
BanniSter said, "When | remind
cd him of that yesterday he didn't
seem to remember at all. Just
said there couldn't be any reason
for anyone to harm his sister. He
seemed completely broken up"
what is the brother like" the
! girl asked.
He tried to describe Matthew
Hollister. He told her what he
had learned about the Hollister
fortune and the frugal way in
which the brother and sister had
lived. Then he went on to, the
! photograph he had shown her, told
! how he had found it on the floor
of Tracy Kings bedroom and sent
it away to see if the figures could
be identified. He showed her the
letter with which the photograph
had been returned.
"At first" he said, 81 thought
perhaps l ooupht to turn it over to
the police. But there wasn't any
thing / could say. Just-hefe's a
picture | found. McNeal. would
laugh at me! Then l decided to
keep it and see what l could do
with it alone. Well, that's that!
It's like everything else in this
case. Looks important but it
doesn't lead anywhere. ''i.
He looked at Juliet France. She
was sitting forward in her chair,
had been listening eagerly to
everything he had said.
Glow can you be sure where it
will lead D." she asked.
ooh, l don't suppose I can but
it's beginning to look hopeless.
! The police aren't getting any
where and I don't believe they
will" .
The girl surprised him. She
said, Strengthening. 1.-THE woman
last night was stranged with, a
silk scarf, wasn't she? And Tracy
King was killed with a gun. The
police have never found the gun,
have they"
"No."
"Do they know what kind it
was ?"
eyes. A 80" He added the name
of the manufacturer.
"If they find it is there any
way they can be sure it's the right
gum"
Bannister said there was, ex-
planning how balliStics experts
identify the weapon from which a
bullet is shot. .....
"Then if they found the gum"
the girl asked slowly, they'd
know who the murderer was,
wouldn't they?" F..
"Well, it would be a big help,
They'd have to be sure who it was
who fired the bullet"
The girl sgihed, 81 suppose
! 81" she said.
"Who ever killed Tracy King
was smart about it," Bannister as
Sured her. "He managed to get
into the Shelby Arms without be-
ing seem"
Juliet France raised questioning
eyes. You're sure it was. a
man." she asked.
"I'm not sure who it was. But
there are no women" He stop
ped in confusion. There was a
woman suspected of the murder.
Juliet France herself. And there
were others who had played parts
in the mysterious drama. Melvina
HOLSTER and the pretty, dark
eyed movie usher. Carlotta Sour
ZACH. What a world of differ
ence there was between those
ltwo2 And Denise Lang. Sudden