The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-15


we can talk And he pulled ~.
toward the door Of the study. Ths.s
the last I saw Of Choo Choo"
who is Fletcher Kllday want.1
60 know. "a"eeu
That's Jim's man-servant," Row.
explained. sS
"And that was the last You s,v :.
FRANKLIN, too?" inquired Peter
YES. But I spoke to him arr.
that"
"when?"
Royce faced Peter sQuarely. ~wN.,
Calls Shipley came" he said.
'Callis Shipley? Who Is thatf"
See here, this Is preposterousn An
brose Carmody interrupted anprlIv
"Callis was one Of the bridesmaid
She was out In front all OF the times
"0h. no. she wasn't" Nick denIs6
"She was back here just before tha
wedding. She came running In ths
side door. very excited and out AZ
breath.
Where's Rylie3 Is he back hereY
she wanted to know.
ct told her I didn't think 30.
"Then where is Jim Franklin sha
asked me breathlessly. She was ~
agitated, ] was afraid something was
wrong. particularly in view OF what
had happened between Rylie and Jim.
Just short time before. So I knocked
on the study door.
Jim asked me what was wanted.
"'Haye you seen Rylie CarmodyY
she asked him. he isn't In thera
Is hep
"When Jim said he wasn't, the Rlri
sort Of caught at her throat and
said, oh -r
II could see she was very much On.
cited. You'd better let me take you
around 'front.' I urged her, but She
said, oh, I'll be all right and left
the way she had come"
"Mr. Royce" demanded Kilday
eagerly. did Calls Shipley have on
blue dress2"
The newspaper man hesitated
"why, yes, think she did," he said
fnall..
Doctor Alternately sprang to his feet.
You're making terrible mistake" ho
cried. "Caliis Shipley wasn't the wom-
an In blue-not the woman In blue I
saw. That-why. that's absurd" His
fingers fumbled with his handkerchief
as he mopped his brow.
I'm sure she was out In the vesti.
bule, In 'front.'" added Ambrose Car.
mody. you're getting nowhere,
jumping about this way, trying to con.
meet innocent people with the crime"
Sergeant Kilday frowned slowly.
from one man to the other. Then he
turned back 10 Nick Royce. 'You say
Calls Shipley came back here after
Doctor Alternately left the roomi She
was the last visitorf"
Royce nodded.
"There couldn't be any mistaken
mot a chance. You see. i've met
Miss Shipley a dozen times recently.
at parties given for the bridal party"
@But you never saw the woman ln
blue that Doctor Alternately told 10
about, did youi"
"we've been over that" Royce Dc.
clared impatiently. II was out n
front, looking for Milo Dunbar"
The sergeant turned 20 the rectos
SLOW well do you know Calls Ship
ley. Doctors"
srve known her all her life
christened the child"
There isn't any chance that you
could be mistaken, theni" KIldg
worried the question, like a dog with
q bone. you're positive that the
woman in blue you told as about
earlier. could not have been Calls
Shipley?"
81 am positive Of that" declared
Doctor Alternately. and his manner was
convincing.
Kilday was baffled. "What DO you
make Of this, Peterf" The detective
turned to his friend for suggestion
"Jim Franklin was murdered at OF
about the stroke Of four. BE arrived
here at twenty minutes Of four. 10
that twenty-minute interval. eight peO-
pie visited this room. that we know
Of" Here he licked them of on MIS-
fingers. doctor Alternately. who was
in the church when Franklin was
killed; Nick Royce. who was his De@
man, and claims he was stanoln6
right at this door at the time OF the
murder; Rylie Carmody, who was %
have been his brother-in-law. ana VINO
quarreled with him In the study, ac-
cording to two witnesses: Mr.. Car
mody," Kilday glanced respecriuLy
toward the banker. 'who explains tna1
he came to demand the truth ron
Franklin regarding Choo Choo Tram
Calls Shipley, one Of the bridesmaids
who did not see Franklin while Sly
was here. but did see Nick Royce; an
other woman, dressed In blue. nas
Miss Shipley. who has not been lueuu
fed; Choo Choo Train. the acIese
who is supposed TO have been 70 ,Os.
with the dead man: and Daniel buhh~