Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-13
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/ Spain. especially on the stage. In
this new country he would do bet
ter. Manuel would help him. Get
him started. introduce him to the
right people. .-.>.
No one on board the Garcia knew
he had the Jewel. Manuel was the
first he told about 1t. From his hesi-
fancy about Manuel l judged he was
even reluctant to tell his brother
Pietro was selfish If nothing else. He
regretted that he had promised
Manuel half the profits from the sale.
but Manuel would undertake 1t for
no less. After all. Manuel had con-
facts in this new country. and
Pietro did not. He wanted money
right away.
There were violent protestations
on his part. when he was led away
by the officers. ... .s-- .-
/ was puzzled when Keyes and l
finally were alone. Either the man
had stolen the ruby himself. or his
story was true. We had no way of
verifying his tale. Keyes cabled the
Madrid police asking for Pietro's
record and also for any information
about the jewel. However. / saw
that he expected little for his trouble.
1.-THE farther we go the deeper in
we get" he admitted when the cable
had been sent off. '"The tangle. in
stead of unraveling, gets more COM
plicated." ...
"Ive a notion that 1t is getting
near the end" said. s"Pietro had
no reason for killing. Manuel
had"
$50 had Ward Van Every. so had
Edith Bryce"
interrupted him before he could
include me. why would Ward Van
Every kill Margalo and Miss RAN
dall?"
Answer yourself. He was killer
once: now his mind probably is
warped by his prison experience"
'Then you don't believe in
prisons?'
"Of course do. but some men
react differently than others to
prison. Ward may be one Of them"
1T isn't logical. Reyes. Never will
be-. Dow Van Every told me he had
owned that house for Is years. Ward
went to Sing Sing II years ago. He
has never seen it. How did he know
where the library was? How did he
know who Laura Randall was? How
could he find all this out in one after
noon and EVENING""
you're implying the killer knew
the house well?"
Perhaps not well. but he or she
knew it. Knew where the library
was-knew who Miss Randall was. !"
IF 1t weren't for her. for little
Laura Randall. the puzzle would be-
gin to solve itself. She's the only in.
congruous figure. She doesn't fit"
She was the one who had been
bothering me In the hours. now the
days. since her murder. Only one
answer to that question. the person
who murdered Margalo Younger sus-
pected that Laura Randall knew
something. Had identified Margalo's
murderer. All very vague. but it
might be possible.
Then again staring me In the face.
was the horrible history Of the Cam
den jewel. The murder stone. Mar
gallo had worn It and had died.
Laura Randall had worn it and had
died. Two more victims.
I gave 1t up in despair. My brain
was Keeling with it. ] could no more
think naturally than hope for dream
less sleep those frightful nights.
Was the warning for Van Every?
For Joyce? For me?
Joyce was my guess. She must be
safeguarded. protected every mo-
ment.
The phone buzzed at Reyes elbow
and from his conversation I knew re
was talking to Van Every. Soon he
handed the receiver over to me AMI
Van Every told pA he had lust left