The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-06-05
Chapter "a
AMBloUous REPLlEs

Chapter "a
AMBlcUous REPLIES
THE usual place for Mr. Dufreshe's
1 gun II in the highboy in his
dresEIng-room?" Harper asked.
Andrews nodded In agreement.
snow, does any other member OF
this household keep q gun or re-
solSef on hand?"
"Donakhy. sir. He has i special
permit to carry q weapon. Mr.. Du-
trssnes order"
what type OF gun IL it?'
"An automatic. / am not familiar
With calibers."
"Any others7''
! "Not that | know Of. unless ron
want to take account Of the guns In
Dir. Dufresne's armor ROOM"
The detective smiled and shook
his head. NO. rye seen them and
they'rs all antique collectors
bitces.s
''Afs yen still positive that you do
not recognize the murdered man?
Look at these photos again"
Ths old man examined thsa three
kRciaf views without the siightest
sign Of heaitancy Or fepugnanca NE
ID Q complete btrangsr 70 me- he
reiterated. returning them.
Then how about Hamill. the 20
iiceman2 Did you ever talk to hint"
NO. SIR. No doubt have seen him
In the nelghborhocd at times. but I
never paid any particular attention"
"All right. Andrews. That win be
all for the present. II there are more
questions we'll deal with them as
they arise"
The butler Withdrew as quietly as
he had entered. leaving Harper feel
ing highly eiated over the success OF
hts ruse. II was plain that old An.
dfews suspected nothing about the
revolver which had reposed in his
masters room, and. since Il was
gone. Duiresne himself had probab.
y made OF with It. The pfomptness
ofihe hiding. too. suggested that Da.
fresno had been tn eavesdropper by
the cellar stairs.
The important thing was to gain
possession OF that gun. At that mo-
ment IaiFerty returned to the break.
fast-room. There's 40 doubt Of lts
being gone" he reported. Il looked
evsryWbere. DuEteehe walked IN
while vas teaFchlng..
"Eiow did he actY Harper asked
eagerly.
"suhpieitns and Inclined to bs 4
trins nasty about IL How did You
come 0nl7"
Andrews readily admitted that
the ftsoltsF u Duffesne'an
Then DuiresnG hid H." Lalfefty
declared emphaiicAlly. sits too bad
We have to tread 80 damned quietly
thtfe.@
"Nhae DO yon meant"
lAifefty gave q wry smile. aWhy.
Dufresns1 the one man We simply
cant pin Il OH He'a the only one Of
the los with 1 loosb b1llelpfool alb.
He Was hol only dead drunk ai the
time of the klllina but locked away
under police guard 1el ho knew that
the fellow wah shot With that gun
and not By Hamlll's. otherwise Be
wouldn't have hidden Il. say" he en-.
claimed. looking startled. show In
thunder dld be come TO know thats"
HARPER echoed his wonder. "Yes.
4 = how dld he know thaEs Mayhe
we're barking up The wrong tree
again. Suppose Il want DnFFsans
who removed the gunf Either the
murderer himself allpped away with
that kQA 81 else connAed the story %
pulftsnt. an1 hb,s c01etlng 90 Cor
aim. Nov We know that the muir
dereF II not only alive. but walking
around IN this house"
I.anerty scratched HIS chin8
tAoeshtfnlly. .slt We could only get
that dead mas Identified. Somebody
a THE house knoWn and d dellber
ately snppfebelng Ais Identity"
Harper smiled. I'VE can wear MD
gloSes. too but veil keep the hrass
knuekles slipped % under them
~Fon mark ny wofda. steva TIE
minute ron let ~ with the facts
we've uncovered therein - . seip
and they'll try % run ~ % this cass
- q en- b nailed % and buried n
q hurry
Harpsr's lips frightened. -Jusk let
them Try &. I'll carry this eight right
~ 10 the Dlrec.or's once Powerful
- DnfFesne may be. Connors won't
Ist them hnsh Il up BY pinning Il
On HnmIll."
They hard 0meer o'Coaneil's
vsics iron the hall greeting some
eas Ane . momsnk later Acting Cap
TING oalaiey. &c The Ronrtsenth IRE.
sinet. catered the room.