The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-05-24

uHhius Subt HsIt. RE Cl'iiHis Ht 'stu
an appointment ai Westport at nine
n'c!nrk haf admits he never kept it.
and Ven tell SIS MO hr WAS supposed
to- meet. .e gave our detective the
slip hat af'prnn0n. so that he had his
firsi opportunity fn visit thar apart.
ment And hp had motive for the
crime That's enough TO hold anyone
on. Peter. and I'm going to hold him."
The novelist studied his friend
gravely. "All logical" ne admitted.
I'm not sure about one point. In my
fight, ] don't know whether ! battered
up my antagonist or not. Oh" he
smiled 81 know ! was considerably
battered. But the other fellow was
landing his blows To the head. ! was
hitting to the body He was aiming
for knockout and | was trying to
wear my man down: working in close
as much as possible { felt sure that IL !
could make a rough and tumble affair
Of It. conld beat him. . think
would have. too IL had moi dived
through the window. attempting TO
tackle him. All Of which means moth.
Ing" he admitted. except thai ! don't
know that blackened one Of his eyes.
can't remember II. although I'm rea.
blue marks on his body The difficulty
Is. they aren't the sort of marks that
show"
"In q fight OF that sort" Kilday OBJ
jected. "you might have landed dozen
blows you can't remember now"
Admitted" Peter agreed. "But
Rylie Carmody's black eye isn't con.
elusive evidence. How about Dan
Bullisf Does he show any signs Of
having been In fght7"
.None that could see"
Peter reached for q cigarette. light
I ed Il. and thoughtfully watched the
smoke clouds roll ceilingward before
he spoke again. "Of course this lets
the woman out he began. Neither
Choo Choo Train nor our mysterious
woman IN blue was capable Of putting
up the scrap that I ran into And Of
course n the motive Of the crime was
to halt the wedding. the crime was
committed BY . woman. with the single
exception Of Rylie Carmody."
''Of course there was Webster
Spears." put In the detective. "But
ne was already under arrest. You
didn't run into him In that Office"
switch means" continued the nov.
elist, that either Rylie II our man. or
else the wedding itself wasn't the mo-
tive. I've already explained why
can't think II was Rylie. man con-
templating murder doesn't advertise
the motive, the way he did. It's be
ginning to look ~ though ! may be
wrong. Int want 20 be sure. We
still have the Bulls angle. The muir.
der might have been political. as you
nrst suggested. Or. as have previous
~ suggested. the woman In blue may
be the key to the case.
"But you've already admitted Il
couldn't have been a woman" Kiiday
protested.
Certainly. I still think so. But
she II the only factor Of the case that
remains unexplained. still believe II
II logical to assume that Franklin was
killed In at Of Jealous rage. over
woman. not BY Q woman. Why couldnf
Il have been thar woman's brother or
husbandf Sergeant. either you are
right. and Rylie 10 our man. or We still
have to locate q blond woman with
whom Franklin had an affair.
.There's one thing | never thought
20 ask" Peter continued ibid You
discover how Franklin's apartment was
enteredi Did the person who searched
those rooms have key or were you
able to 6nd where he forced his en-
trancer'
HE must have had q key. None Of
the windows had been forced and the
locks showed no signs Of having been
tempered with"
swell. who had keys to Franklin's
apartment We had Franklin's. on his
key-ring. Fletcher had one with him.
Wed better talk to Choo Choo Train
again. She had key to that apart.
ment. Our burglar either used her
key. or else"
'Or else what?"
"Or else our woman In blue had
q key. too"
''I'll soon find out" promised the de-
tective. He used the telephone to call
Choo Choo Train. who promised 70
come to the hospital Immediately.
bringing her key to the murdered mans
apartment with her.
"Good bunch, Peter Either the muir.
derer borrowed Choo Choo's key. or else
there was q fourth one. There were
no marks anywhere to indicate that
the prowler broke into the place"
"While we're waiting" Peter sug-
gested. "tell me about Franklin's Office
Were you able to determine how my
assailant got In therer
The detective admitted he was puz-
zled. 1.-THE reception room was