The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-18
BY MARION WHITE
CAST OF CHARACTERS

PRISCILLA PIERCE-heroine,
young woman attorney.
AMY KERR-Cilly's roommate
and murderer's victim.
JIM KERRIGAN-Cilly's fiance,
HARRY HUTCHlNS - Amy
strange visitor.
SERGEANT DOLAN-offieer
assigned to solve the murder OF
Amy Kerr.
Yesterday: Cilly is saved at the
last possible second when Ser
geant Dolan enters Mrs. Elliot
apartment. But her attacker es'
sapes. She is returned to her
apartment to await police Protee'
ton for the night. And then
three sharp rings at the door
Jim's ring
CHAPTER NNIN
"Cilly, Oh, my darling, | never
knew what happened never
knew didn't see u ucwSpa-
per until half an hour ago e.
Jim'S arms were around her, a
bulwark against fear and uucer-
tainty and death itself, and Ol.!y
was sobbing Historically on his
shoulders. Subbing with wild
abandon because she was So ut
tcrly. Supremacy relieved. No
matter whU, might occur now,
Jim was here, nc last.
-
dear" he went on. so much that
/ couldn't tell YOU before.
And so much that | wanted 70
tell YOU" Cilly replied.
Her SobS stopped abruptly.
Briefly she rccouuJud the de-
vr.opmcrts of the last few days.
the search for Jim.
My God. Cilly." he cried DIES
pgra,ely. 81. tcrritiyS ME- tu think
what the law can do 90 an 'Duo-
cent man Where would bee
now If the PcrryS had NOT met
me? I'm Jail like my poor father.
only Id be- a murderer. Listen 20
me. Cj.,y. I've got 20 tell You the
whole story.
"Nv father was an officer In
the hauk-you probably heard
,ha, much straight You couldn't
have heard that ne was the Squar-
est. finest man that ever lived.
He never did O. crooked thing. he
never thought q crooked scheme.
Never. nc los, q great deal o..
money. I- bothered him more
than he let on 90 Amy or me.
Then out Of clear sky, these
bonds were stolen -- negotiable
bonds. which were rs good rs
cash anywhere. Ny father was
accused. | can't tel YOU what Il
shock il was. Al my life I'd as
sumcd blindly that YOU can look a
man in the eye and tell whether
he's honest. laughed when they
came 20 arrest Dad The Judge
would throw the case Of court g.
"BUt IL wasn't that way at all.
Those lawyers. the states law
ycrs. built up the most intricate.
the most inialiiblc case, Step by
step. they proved my father
guilty step by step, Yet we
knew, Amy and Dad and |. that
none of il was true, We were
helpless. hopeless. II drove mo
mad at times. There were days
when wanted 20 choke the
breath out of those lawyers for
their inSinuationS, their tricky
sarcasm
Cil!y nodded undcrstandiugly.
The court record said Jim went
wild.
"Weu. Dad was convicted. We
hadn't q shred OF evidence 90 save
hiul-at least nothing that would
stand a chance in court. There
was only one thing--Onc iutangi-
bic fragment OF Amy'S magma
ton, our lawyer called it. Never
thelesS. she struck to il. she fol-
lowed her one little clew right
through-to the end, for her. y
What was that clew, jim"
The day before the theft, she
was visiting some friends IN Og-
den-that'S about 30 miles from
Blucfields. one Of the girls was
leaving for the east, and Amy
went TO the airport TO see her off.
There. is the ticket office, she
heard a man order a ticket on the
regular plane three days later a
ticket for Chicago. The mans
voice sounded familiar TO her
She remembered y rs one which
had answered Dads wire n the
bank. We decided il must have
been a fellow named WORTH
new man al the bank-thc only
one Amy would not have yycu%,
nizcd by sight e"
Where Is he now
That the joker. The very
night OF the robbery. Worth,
body was founded i'm raviUc
some few miles cut OF BluctjcIds,
pinned under his overturned car.