Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-20
g:I;yWMsCANDEN RUBY MURDERm
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What for. tnenr Keyes Ques-
BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

What for. tnenr Keyes Ques-
toned.
wait a minute. and you'l see
The detectives. too. found her jewels
in the vault in her bedroom. She
loved jewels and had some fine ones
The best ones she kept in her safety
deposit box. They found these, too
after / had given them the key.
Fine jewels she had. A gorgeous
pearl necklace. a diamond necklace
worth fortune. rings. watches. a
pair of old emerald bracelets. and
earrings. Many more. know
them all. I've seen and handled
them %l. Miss Younger sometimes
was rather careless with them.
When she took them off at night.
she would leave them lying around
on her dressing table. When I found
them in the morning. / would almost
have heart failure. I always tried
to be up when she came home-that
is. when she was wearing any Of her
| jewelry. 1t would be so easy for a
thief TO steal-with Miss Younger so
| careless.
LAS 1 said. knew every piece she
had. Every piece. When she bought
something she showed it to me-for
| me to admire. That's why l can't
understand how l didn't know"
Didn't know what?" Keyes was
| fidgetinc ~ 80 hair However, l
was intensely interested in what Mrs
Peoples was saying. The woman. I
hoI
to tell us.
after the detectives. Neff, think
was the one who did most of the
talking. asked me what Miss Younger
could have drawn $4,000 in cash
from the bank for, I said 1 didn't
know. 1 didn't. But 1 started to
rack my brains. Not clothes. be-
cause she had accounts. and if she
didn't she wrote checks. Probably
that by check too. She had paid
Gonzales by checl-and I'm sure she
was just helping him. Lending him
money for something or other.
Jewels? Perhaps. The more got
to thinking about the jewels. the
more certain was she had drawn
out the cash for jewelry. But she
hadn't showed anything to me,
lately. She hadn't bought any jewel
ry for months. The last thing she
purchased was a pearl ring, lovely
thing.
II figured that If Miss Younger
had bought anything. It would
either be at the apartment, or in her
safety deposit vault. She never kept
anything of value at the farmhouse,
1t was too isolated. The vault was
out Of the question. The detectives
had found everything there. They
had searched the house. Now be-
fore Miss Younger had the safe put
into the apartment. the small floor
safe in the closet. hid some rings
for her until I could take them down
to the bank next day. And I hid
them in the lining Of hat. one of
my hats. I figured chat would be
an unlikely place for thieves to look
If they came while we were gone.
/ suppose she remembered this when
she was looking for some place to
hide-this thing she had bought.
Evidently she didn't want anyone to
know about it. not even me- She
would have told me. if she had
wanted me to know.
IT decided to go through her
closets. so after the detectives were
in the living room. did. on a pre-
text of Strengthening up. But really
went through everything. her hats.
under the Innings of each. the pockets
Of her coats-even her slippers. in
her slipper trunk And found
something tucked in the toe of one
CT her galoshes. a pair she had worn
Ia play only once. and which she