The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-22
OUT Of the NIGHT
CopMiaht, 1857, MA Serviee, Ine.

was the victim of one-sided low,
affair. And Harry Hutchins
with half an eye on Gloria Har
mon and her fathers chain stores
would certainly not admit bein,
in love with Amy.
at was just a matter of Harr!
as a nice escort" Cilly went on
"He's a good-looking young man
well-mannered, and Amy enjoyed
going out with him. She had M
friends here in the city, you see
and | suppose she was glad tina
Harry took her to dinner and tn,
theater occasionally"
"How long had she known
him? Where did she meet him?'
"She knew him before | me-
her Il understood that Amy me-
him quite informally on a train
in the dining car. They were botf
coming to New York and so they
just naturally grew to b.
friends"
"Hutchins from out of towr
too" -
NO. I think he's lived in New
York, on and off, for many years
He has a great many friends
here"
"What does he do for a liv'
ing?" r ..,
ticles. | believe. On bushes:
management and economics" o..
"What's the name of the paper
he's WITH" go ~'
"He's not with any paper. He
free lances." :.
"There's no money in that, i:
there" 49,
Cilly shrugged her shoulders. 81
don't really know what his work
| is worth. He seemed to have
money. He always took Amy to
nice places. Perhaps he has money
of his own. After all, sergeant,
only met him once"
Sergeant Dolan's shrewd eyes
narrowed. :, -, ;.
"And you don't like him."
al didn't say that at ALL
"You don't sound very enthusi-
astic about him."
POSSIBLY I didn't like the way
he played bridge" Cilly offered,
"But certainly I have no reason
either to like or dislike him."
az see. Don't think he measur-
ed up to this friend Of YOURS. Mr.
Kerrigan. Is that is? What's his
business"
"He's the New York represen-
tative Of Chicago publication,
The Midwest Review He has
a small office at 100 West 42nd."
The sergeant made a note of
that.
"Have you gotten in touch with
the Young men yet?" he asked.
"No. I haven't" Cilly hesitat-
ed. "Jim is out of town. / don't
know exactly where. He men
toned something about it last
night" She wondered why she
lied so deliberately.
"Does he 90 out of town as a
regular thing?"
"Oh. yes. He covers the entire
New England territory as well as
New York" .'.
"Whv haven't YOU told Hutch
ms? Seems he'd be interested
don't you Think"
Cilly nodded. 81 meant to phone
him the first thing this morning
but Mrs. Corbett awakened me
And you arrived as soon as I'd
finished dressing"
Dolan reached for the phone,
'T'll tell him. Whta's the number,
do YOU know" ..'
"Here it is" Cilly pointed to a
tiny phone pad on the desk.
marlborough Hotel. Endicott
5-09S0.' ''
Sergeant Dolan dialed the num-
Der. "Hello. Marlborough? Let
me talk to Mr.. Hutchins, will
you? Oh. say, wait a minute. Give
me the desk first. Hello. This is
the police, Sergeant Dolan talk
ing. Special investigation. Can
you tell me what time Hutchins
got in last night--Harry Hutch
ms? What's that? ~. Wait a
minute, let me get that number
=. Yes. Thanks. All right, now
connect me with him, will you?"
Cilly waited while Sergeant
Dolan told Harry about Amy's
tragic death. She noticed that he
did not mention the fact of her
being murdered. He did not ask
Cilly if she wanted to speak to
Harry. He finished speaking and
replaced the phone. - = &. :,
"Looks as if Hutchins is OK"
he said. "Desk clerk didn't see
him come in last night, naturally
The was off duty-but there's a
record of a phone call he made at
1920. He must have gone right
home if he left here at IL 80.
Takes a good 40 minutes on the
subway over to the Marlborough.
You're sure it was 1870 when
they left"
Cilly nodded. Exactly. BY the
banjo clock there"
He looked in his black book
again. "Twelve-twenty. That's
Just about the time Miss Kerr was
killed, isn't it? Yep 1920"
Cilly remembered that the lit
tie clock on the vanity said 20
when she had first gone to bed.
And they always kept that clock