Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-03-14

The sergeant settled himself In
a comfortable chair beside the bed
and lighted a cigar. $50 you gave
us the slip, did your" He pulled
a time or two. "Well, / won't deny
you kept half a dozen men busy
last night, trying to find you. Caused
us a lot OF trouble. But | won't
complain. You've helped US a lot In
the solution of the murder"
Helped you? Do you mean to
say you've caught the murderer
II can lay my hands on him. any
time | please" Kilday asserted. II
know who he is. where he is and
what he did last night. It isn't a
mystery any more"
Young Carmody relaxed against
the pillows.
II suppose it's time to cheer"
he said. "But what has last night
got to do with itT"
"You ought to know" Kilday's
eyes never left the young mans
face.
"Me?"
"You killed Jim Franklin"
At first Rylle smiled. 'You have
a queer Idea of humor," he said.
Then he sat up straight. "Say, are
you serious? Do you think I-why,
man. you're out of your head"
"You think SOL" The sergeant
was deliberately casual "Crazy
Idea, eh?
Listen, 1t isn't half as crazy as
that story you just told me about
an auto accident. | know where
you got that black eye. | know
where those bruises came from. And
you weren't eve In an automobile,
young fellow. The things | know
are going to send you to the chair"
Kilday edged forward, the hard
lines of his face no harder than
the bleak stare of his eyes. Il was
on to you from the first. II Cardi-
gan had listened to me, then, he'd
be here with me today, instead of
where he is. But you're not going
to pull the wool over my eyes any
more.
"You killed Jim Franklin. Wheth-
err you did 1t to prevent him from
marrying your sister, after every
thing else had failed, or for another
reason. Well discuss that later.
VIZ know you quarreled with him
In the study of the church, within
q half-hour Of the time he was
murdered. We know that Webster
Spears told you about Choo Choo
Train that very afternoon, at
lunch. Spears Is under arrest. He
admits he told you, In the hope that
you would stop the wedding. He
even admitted, this morning, that
be was the author of that anony-
nous message your father received.
He admits everything except the
murder itself, and the phone call
to Choo Choo Train. Perhaps that
was your work. Oh, Spears has tried
to protect you, but he won't any
longer. Spears has talked, and he'll
keep on talking"
webster Spears" Rylie's tone
was incredulous. did he say that?'
'Tt doesn't really matter what
Spears says" Kilday brushed aside
the interruption with an impatient
wave of the hand. "We've got the
goods on you, anyway. After your
quarrel with Franklin you returned
to the study, entering by the rear
door, SO that you wouldn't be OBJ
served. He was standing In the
sacristy door, with his back toward
you. You seized the knife that
was hanging on the wall and stabbed
him twice. Then you locked the
door, wiped the blade of on the
| curtain and replaced the knife in Its
sheath. first being careful to obllt-
crate your inger-prints on the
handle.
Franklin had a revolver In his
pocket and attempted to draw 1t,
during the struggle. You wiped
1t clean of finger-prints, too, and
then thought Of leaving Franklln's
own thumb-mark on the weapon.
| You pressed 1t into the dead mans
hand, then flung 1t into the bushes
Of the garden, in the rear. After
that you left the way you had
come, but you couldn't go into the
church because you had not had
time to dress for the wedding. You
were still In tweeds. So you crossed
the street and waited In your car
until after the crime was dlscov-
cred.
"You have already told us what
you did then. After taking Calls
Shipley home, you returned to the
church. You knew Franklin had
been murdered. To protect your
self, you first said that the girl had
told you. You knew she couldn't
know Franklin was dead unless she
was implicated In the affair. When
you saw you were trapped, you tried
to wriggle out Of it, and the girl
tried to help you. / don't know. II
might have worked II 1t had not
been for last night"
Last night7" Rylie Carmody
stared ixedly at the detective. you
keep coming back to that. What