The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-11
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Charles Morden, reporter for
The Blade, telephones his news.
paper an exclusive story about
Frank B. Cathay Of Riverview,
wealthy and prominent, brought
to police headquarters on suspi,
cion of driving while intoxicated
and accompanied by a pretty
young woman who calls herself
Mary Briggs, hitchhiker.
Next day it is learned that the
nan was an impostor. The reaI
Cathay demands damages and a
retrsction. Dan BECKER, Junior
Pubheher of The Blade, convinced
that something is fishy," send,
Morden to Riverview to learn al
he can about Cathay.
Mrs. Cathay calls on Bleeke,
and takes him to the Palace hote
for a conference with her hus
bands lawyer, Charles Fisher
Fisher says Cathay will forget hi
grievance if The Blade publishe.
a retraction. Blocker agrees to de-
this.
Over the telephone next da,
kenney. city editor, learns thai
Morden has been murdered.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII
There was no answer from
Blocker, publisher of The Blade
but an abrupt, negative nod of the
head. Kenney, the city editor
pressed the receiver support dowr
into place, then raised it again.
"Miss West" he went on, "this
is Dick Kenney. Will you get me
Bill Osborne on the line right
away? Yes, I'll hold the line :.
hello. Bill, this is Kenney. Nixon
has just telephoned in from head.
quarters. He's picked up a radio
call. The police have found a body
out on the outskirts of town. San.
borne and 1920 streets. It's sub.
division that's gone sour. There
are only a few houses out there
The police think the body is that
of Charles Morden.
"Take Sam, ane with you. &c
down to headquarters and get or
the job. Contact the homicide
squad. Tell them that Morden was
working on an important matter
and that we're going to move
heaven and earth to get the thing
cleaned up. You can pass the wore
around that The Blade is going tc
expect results. You find out al
the facts and then report back
and I'll give you line on the stuff
Morden was working on. You pick
up Fred Nixon and the three OF
you drop everything else to get
this thing cleaned up. Under
stand?"
He nodded his head and dropped
the receiver back into place, turn
ed a set, grim face toward Bleek'
er.
"Poor devil" he said.
BECKER made fist, pounded il
slowly on the desk.
Is" he said slowly, "sent that
bosste his death. didn't know it
and he didn't know it, but that's
WHIT it amounted to. Poor devil
Just a newspaper man working or
case. Ee found out something
and they rubbed him out"
"Can we get any clews from
what he was working on" Ken.
ney asked. "The body was found
90 minutes ago. He'd been dead
"a hours. The back of his head
was smashed. He'd been taken out
there and dumped
"He telephoned yesterday
BECKER said, "that he was work
ing on live lead He had to play
around with some woman to cul-
tivate it.. He didn't mention names
You go ahead and handle this
thing, Kenney. Put as many men
on the job as are necessary. Nor
den was one Of our boys. He was
bumped off. Were going to
avenge his murder. More than
that, it's an insult to the paper,
We're going to clean this thing
up, if we have to move heaven and
earth. Pm going to see Sidney
Griff, the criminologist.
Kenney whistled.
"There's more to this case, y
Blocker went on, than appears on
the surface"
"Of course there is" Kenney
said. You know what it is and sc
do |. . Morden was getting dope on
Frank Cathay."
"But," Blocker pointed out,
eve made our peace with Cathay
The libel suit was called Off"