The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-15

M. NO, no, Il wash Win "h'
after, say. 7:30 at the latest.
n: All right. Miss RockssSage'
thank thank ;Sseap, 49,, To-
DETECTIVE OFFICERS NEAME'S
), sH0RTHAgD NOTES OF DE,
TECTItE@oFFIcER KETTER-
ING'S EXAMINATION OF
MISS ROCKSAVAGE MAID,
NELLIE ORDE.
X: Come in. Don't look so
scared now. I'm not going to bite
you. Sit down kid.
o.: Oh, Pm not scared.
N: That's the way. Now. you're
Miss Rocksavage's maid, aren't
you? D'you help her to dress
every evening?
o.: Yes.
r.: Did you help her the night
that Blame got his?
o.: Yes.
h: How long were you with
her?
o.: She rang for me about ten
after eight and we weren't
through till near quarter OF
nine.
r.: How'd you find her when
you came along?
o.: All right. She's always
cheerful. I'll give her that. She
made me hustle though, getting
her out of her dress.
X: That so. How was the cabin?
o.: Just like any cabin always
is.
X: Can it. You know what
mean. Was it all tidy, or did 1t
look as though she'd had a party
there?
o.: If she'd had 10 parties |
wouldn't be telling you. | like
Miss Ferri and l like my job.
n: | get you. Maybe you
wouldn't object to a party your
self some time?
(NOTES CONCLUDED ON THIS
AS HAVING NO FURTHER
REFERENCE.l
DETECTIVE OFFICER NEAMES
SHORTHAND NOTES OF DE-
TECTIVE OFFICER KETTER-
ING'S SECOND EXAMlNA-
TION OF MR.. CARLTON
ROCKSAVAGE.
X: Good morning, Mr.. Rock
savage.
R.: Morning, Mr.. Kittering.
X: What's the latest quotation
for Argus Studs?
R.: Eli! Oh, they opened at l3
1-2 this morning, but why the
question?
h: was just thinking what a
fine break it is for you that Blame
should have faded out just when
he did.
R.: What the devil dyou mean?
K: Only that you must be pick
ing up, those Argus shares by the
bucket full and making a fine
thing of it. That's all. Mr.. Rock
savage,
R.: Now look here, what are
you insinuating?'
h: Pm not insinuating any
thing. Pm only voicing what is
quite apparent to anybody who
knows anything of your financial
situation during the past few
weeks. You were UP against it Mr..
Rocksayage. Up against it pretty
badly until Blane's death, but once
that happened it was easy enough
for you to get all the financial
backing you needed and you're
picking up Blane's shares as hard
as you can, so that before you're
much older you'll have control of
his companies as well as your
own. That will make you the I'M
challenged king Of the soap mar
ket with q secure future. It's q
bit unfortunate though that Blame
should have died on your yacht.
R.: Everything you say is per-
fectly true. I admit that, as you
would see it, I had strong motive
for putting Blame out Of the way,
but very fortunately the facts of
the case place me absolutely be-
yond suspicion. / did not leave the
lounge until ten past eight, so how
could possibly have murdered a
man, disposed of his body, and
changed for dinner-all in twenty
X: Twenty-Five, Mr.. Rocksav-
age. You didn't get back to the
lounge until $50 and hear you
are an expert quick-change artist.
I've just been talking to Mr..
Jocelyn. He tells me that you
waged Count Posodini a hum
dred dollars that you would
change in under four minutes on
the night before Blane's death,
and that you won your bet. II
you did that the night Blame died
il would have left you a full 20
minutes to commit this crime and
clear up afterwards.
r.: So Jocelyn said that did he,
but wait a minute, how d'you
know that he didn't do this job?
| passed him in the passage, still
unchanged, at ten past eight,
when / went down to change my
self.
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