The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-06
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telephoned to Riveryiew and talk
ed with Mrs. Cathay, She admit
ted her husband was in the city.
And Tom Carsons down at the
detective bureau didn't release
the man until he had given proof
of his identity. There were sig
natures on the cards. Carsons
had him duplicate those sigma
lures.
| Blocker stared steadily at the
city editor. Dick Kenney met his
gaze calmly. 81, .. =,
"That all your story" asked
Blocker.
Kenney nodded.
"It's a damned poor way to
verify the mans Identity" Dan
Blocker said. -,
, eve were just going to press,
the city editor reminded him.
"That doesn't make any differ
ence." ..... g..
"But, after AL" Kenney point
ed out, "you can't run a news
paper like bank p. It's run at
high speed. There's"
"Wait a minute" Blocker inter-
irupted. "There's something fishy
about this" 49,,
"Of course there's something
Ifishy about it," Morden said.
Blocker raised black, smoky
eyes and regarded the young
man for a full second before say
ing, "Shut up"
He dropped his chin to his
hands, stared at the floor for a
few minutes, then looked up at
the city editor.
"How did you find out the
man wasn't Cathay?" he asked.
Frank B. Cathay, himself,
came to see me-"
"What did he want?"
PLENTY"
"How much?" o."
"He didn't say. He wants re-
traction, and he wants damages. a"
ooh he does, does he?" said
| Blocker grimly.
He seems to have Us on the
spot" Kenney said. "He's a
prominent man in Riverview.
He's running for the city council.
He's been president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, the president
of the towns biggest luncheon
club"
"Never mind all the details, y
interrupted Blocker exploslvely.
81 know the type. l know all
about him, more than he knows
about himself. His wife is a So.
cial leader. She fixes the social
status of every woman in town.
People today to her and today to
him. How much money does he
WANT"
"He wants a substantial check
so he can have a facsimile pub
lished in The Riverview Daily
Press, which is his hacker in the
political campaign
Wants to WHAT" yelled
Blocker.
"That's what he said," Ken
ney remarked. ."He wanted to
have a facsimile of the check
published so he can convince the
local citizens that atonement had
been made for great wrong"
"What-?" Blocker whirled to-
ward Morden. you're the one
that got us into this, huh?' he
asked.
II reported the case when il
first came in. 1t was John
Smith case then. was instructed
to get a human interest article
and" ....
"And you're the one that got
US into it, huh?"
eyes sir" .
Blocker sighed.
That's a lot better. my boy"
he said. when l asked you d.
rect question, give me a direct
answer. The alibis can come
later. If you'd kept beating
around the bu2h- I'd have fired
you. As it is, I don't mind tell
ing you that you did what any
wide awake newspaper man
would have done under similar
circumstances. How did you get
an exclusive on it," ". -.
az was covering the thing
from a human interest angle, "
said Morden, "when they started
checking up on the mans ident-
ity. Then they found out the
car he was driving was a rent
car; that when he rented the
car he had given the name OF
Frank B. Cathay of Rivervlew
; had shown his drivers license