The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-03-01
Characters figuring
In our new serial
The Wedding
March Murder
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like a door key, In addition to the one
he had just failed to identify.
Peter suggested call on Choo Choo
Train after they left Dunbar; but II
was late, and q telephone call to her
apartment elected no response.
"That'n have to wait till morning,
guess" Kilday complained. ''There
are lots Of times on this job when
wish was twins, so could get around
faster. IF you aren't tired, though,
drop by the Office Something new
may have turned up. And" he added.
''I'm going to have those license plates
checked tonight. to find out who was
calling on Webster Spears"
On their way. they reviewed the evil
dence as II had developed thus far.
OF the eight people who had seen Jim
Franklin at the church. at. or near the
time of his death, most could be
proved to have had q motive for the
crime; Ambrose Carmody to prevent
his marriage to his daughter. after dis
covering Franklin's relationship with
Choo Choo Train; Rylie Carmody for
the same reason; Choo Choo Train be-
cause of Jealousy; Daniel Bulls be-
cause Of the Investigation Franklin
had been conducting into the political
scandal and which was proving menac-
Ing to him. The motive for the wom-
an In blue seemed to have been teal-
ousy. but all efforts to identify her so
far had met with failure. There seemed
to be no motive, as far as Nick Royce
was concerned, but the investigation
had brought out the fact that Royce
was aware of the situation existing
between Bulls and Franklin. Fletcher
had revealed that. Nor was It logical
to believe that Doctor Alternately
could have had motive for the muir
der. At most, he might have refused
to identify Calls Shipley as the wom-
an In the blue dress. Neither of the
men was able to identify this girls
place in the drama which had resulted
In Franklin's murder. Admittedly. she
had been in the sacristy once. Had
she been there twice? She had worn
blue. Was she the woman in blue
whom the rector had seen7 She had
apparently known of the murder at 8
time when II seemed impossible to
have possessed this information with
out having had some guilty knowledge
Of the crime. She had admitted lying
to them. when they first questioned
her. In view Of this admission. how
much Of her later testimony could
they believe?
In addition. they had questioned
Fletcher, who seemed reluctant to talk
concerning his masters affairs; Milo
Dunbar. the slain mans partner. and
Webster Spears. The latter, also,
might be shown to have had a motive
for the crime If he still loved Doris
Carmody. Certainly he had attempted
to halt the wedding. OF course. he de-
MED having been the author of the
anonymous telephone call informing
Ambrose Carmody concerning Choo
Choo Train. Yet neither of the men
was sure he had told the truth. He
denied. too. the story told by Calls
Shipley concerning his remark that
Rylie would have stopped the wedding,
had he been present How to weigh
his evidence remained puzzle
1.-THE trouble" complained Kilday.
sis too much evidence. Usually we're
cropping around in the dark for II.
This time we've got too much"
At headquarters, there was one I'M
portant bit Of evidence. Examination
Of the revolver found In the rectory
garden had revealed thumb-print on
the barrel
"Good." grunted the sergeant. SNOW
look up these license numbers right 4
away. ! think perhaps the owners Of
these cars had something to do
with It."
It did not take long. An assistant
returned with the information In a
very few minutes.
One car was registered under Web
ster Spears name. The other be-
longed to Calls Shipley.
ITO Be Continued)