The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-20


Investigating the murder OF
Boiitho Blanc, British finaneier,
aboard Carlton Roeksavage''
yacht, Detective Officer kettering
runs into a maze Of conflicting
ele~s.
As the investigation progresses,
Kettering learns from Reginald
Joeelyn that Roeksavage possessed
the best motive for the crime
financial gain. Moreover, he learn
ed that Roeksavsge was able TO
dress for dinner in four minutes
a feat eoneeivably enabling him to
commit a murder and return to
the ships lounge without creating
suspicion. Only Nicholas Stodart,
Blane's secretary, has a complete
abb.
Confronted with Joeelyn's rev.
citation, Roeksavage counters that
Jocelyn, too, had a good motive
money. Furthermore, that Japa-
ne.e agent Inosuke Hayashi,
.tood to lose a million dollars had
Blame lived and concluded a mer-
ger with Roeksavsge, thereby kill
ing the soap monopoly deal Hay
ashi sought. Al the same time
Lady Welter becomes deeper in
volyed when unable TO prove her
whereabouts at the time OF the
crime.
Hayashi, questioned again by
Kettering, admits his interest in
the soap monopoly but denies MUIR
derinx Blame. Contendins that he
was in his cabin when the crime
occurred, he offered the steward
a. proof of this.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXII
DETECTIVE OFFICER kETTER-
ING'S FIFTH REPORT, con-
TINUED.
then examined the contents OF
the waStepaper baskets, which had
been removed from each of the
parties cabins on the morning fol-
lowing the crime, and three items
Of interest emerged from this ex-
animation.
In the refuse from Count Poso-
dinis cabin | found 81 cigaret
ends, 25 of these are Chester
fields, but the other s are an Eng. |
lish brand called Players, and
four out Of these six have obvl- |
Gus traces of lipstick on them.
In the refuse from Miss Rock
savage's cabin | found a twist OF
hair which had obviously been re-
moved from 4 comb. Most of this
was golden hair, which undoubt-
eddy comes from the head Of Miss
Ferri Rocksavage, but mingled
with il there are a few short, |
black curly hairs, which definite
IN suggest that a man had used
that comb after her.
: Among the refuse from the
Bishop of Bude's cabin / found
one match torn out of booklet
of matches, upon which is print
ed in block letters the words
".idlon-C laridge."
I then re-examined various
members Of the party.
DETECTIVE OFFICER NEAME'S
SHORTHAND NOTES OF DE-
TECTIVE OFFICER KETTER-
ING'S THIRD EXAMINATION
OF THE HONORABLE MRS.
JOCELYN.
r.: Come in, Mrs. Jocelyn. Sit
down, do. ss
Pr: What, more questions, al
ready?
X: Yes. Sorry we got to trou-
Bile you again, but let's make It |
as pleasant as We can. Have
cigaret? s-
P.J.: No thanks, l only smoke
my own.
X: Right, then. May have
one of yours so we can be soeia-
bic?
P.J =: Certainly. |
k: I see you smoke Players.
Very popular brand in England?
Pr: Very.
X: That's a charming shade of
lipstick you use, Mrs. Jocelyn.
P.J.: Need We go into that?
n: I'm afraid we've got to.
I'm going to trouble you for the
lipstick you have in your bag ut
the moment.
P.J.: Butt don't understand.
X: Never mind. Just hand it
over, will you. tn save all sorts
of trouble in the end if you'll
oblige me now.
Pr: All right. There's roth
ing very exciting about my lip
stick, but Pm sure don't want to |
be searched. Here it is. /
h: Thanks. You won't mind II
keep it will you? We shall need
il later TO prove that il matches
the lipstick on these cigaret ends
which I've got in this little tin
box-see?
P.J.: Why-yes. But =.
X: Players, all of them, Mrs:
Jocelyn, smoked by you and
found the morning after Bnne's
death in Count Posodini's cabin.
Now, don't get me all wrong. I'm
not trying to fix you for murder,
and I'm not trying to raise any
nasty scandal about you. The
uoint is that some time between
the morning of the 7th and the
morning of the Sth you smoked
these eigarets in Posodinis cabin.
Hi was, as have reason to be-
lieve, between 7:45 and $40 pm.
that lets you out of any sngges-
ton that you were doing anything
with the Count that you shouldn't
have.
On the other hand. if you didn't
smoke them at that times It might
suggest that YOU were there for q