The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-22
SYNOPSIS

takes to find out who killed
TRACY KING, orchestra leader.
Bannister Is an author and form
CIR newspaper man. He works on
the murder case with GAINEY,
star reporter on the Post.
Among those suspected are
JULIET FRANCE, blond, pretty
and known to have visited King
shortly before his death; HER
MAN SCURLACH who wrote
King a threatening letter; and
JOE PARROTT, down-and-out
vaudeville actor. 1t Is also known
that MELVINA HOLLISTER,
middle-aged spinster, had quar-
relied with King recently.
AL DRUGAN, friend of Kings,
IL found dead In wrecked au-
tomObile.
Bannister persuades the police
chief to let Juliet come to his
aunt's home, ostensibly as a
guest, on the theory that IL the
girl believes herself free they can
learn more about her.
Mclvina HOLSTER Is found
strangIed i'm the apartment
where she lived with her brother,
Matthew. Her death leaves him
sole heir to $15O,O0O.
Bannister goes to lunch with
PARKER COLEMAN.
CHAPTER XLVI
Bannister glanced over his
shoulder and saw that the table
next to them was deserted. The
waiter had disappeared. There was
no one to overhear what he said.
He went on rapidly.
Matthew hHollister isn't doing
any grieving over his sisters
death. He's planning a trip to Ha-
vana, going around all dressed up,
talking about spending money and
having n lively time. I've found out
that while his sister was aliveMat-
thew hadn't a cent except what she
gave him-and that wasn't much.
Now he's got 100000.
"Mclvina was n crank, bossing
and scoldlng him. 1t looks to me
as though Matthew decided he'd
stood that about as long as he
wanted to. Either that or Melvina
finally went too far"
"You mean," Coleman inter-
rupted, that you think HOLSTER
killed his sister,"
otis happened before, isn't 1t?
There's every motive in the world.
All this time the police have been
running around looking for sus-
poets, arresting people and trying
omake them confess while Mat
thew HOLSTERS been there and mo-
body battered about him. Nobody
eve nthought OF him. He tried to
direct suspicion to his sister after
Tracy King died but that didn't
work. He was panic-stricken and
hysterical after Melvina's death
Why? Because he knew what he'd
, done.
81 tell you, the whole thing
checksl He's 80 certain no one sus-
poets him that he isn't afraid to go
around in new clothes, talking
about trip to Cuba. He's probably
getting things arranged so he Wont
have to come home for year If he
doesn't want to-"
"But-Matthew Hollister!" Cole
man said slowly. ION the level.
can't believe 1t. lie seems like
such harmless old duck!"
"He seems that way, but what dc
you know about him? What does
anyone know about him Not a
thing. They told me at the Shelby
Arms that he scarcely ever spoke
TO anyone. Just came and went
Besides there's such thing as re-
preston. For years he's been doing
as Melvina said, asking for money
having to be satisfied with what
she gave him. Yes, ] think he
killed his sister, but that's not oil
l believe he shot Tracy King"
Coleman's eyes were on Bannis-
ter's face. He was listening intent
ly but he did not speak.
"It's only n hunch," Bannister
admitted. II won't pretend I've fiB.
ured II all out. But he could have
done II. couldn't he? No ones