The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
by MARION WHITE
CAST OF CHARACTERS

jim KERRIGAN-Cill france
HARRY HUTCHlNS - Amy
strange visitor. ..
SERGEANT DOLAN-offiee
assigned to solve the murder o
Amy Kerr.
Yesterday: The case of Am!
Kerr is complicated when Gill!
receives a surprise card from jan
Kerrisan advising he had take'
the first plane TO Utah: Sh'
thought of the Utah clipping
Then Sergeant Dolan knocks a
the door.
Cilly led Sergeant Dolan mtC
the living room, remembering a:
she did so, that she had not as yet
tidied il. The bridge table was
still set up as it had been the
night before when Amy and she
PLAYED against Jim and Harry
Hutchins. There were ashes and
cigaret butts in the various ash
trays, and they lent a stale odor
TO the room.
Sergeant Dolan looked around,
and Cilly knew that his sharp
eyes were not missing one dtail.
"Have a good nights rest?' he
asked, pleasantly enough.
Fairly" she answered.
One could not put too much
faith, she was thinking, in Ser
geant Dolan's pleasant manner.
IL was reflected in the careless,
good-natured bulk of his six feet
two, in the lightneSs of his speech.
in the wide smile which came so
easily to his lips. But his rather
small, quick eyes belied all that.
They were Shrewd and cunning.
They were the eyes of the pro-
fessional man-hunter, and Cilly
made a mental note that she must
not be deceived by his friendl-
ness. She must wait to hear from
Jim before she took Sergeant Do
Ian into her confidence.
"I'm sorry to say, Miss Pierce,
the sergeant said, seating himself
in the most comfortable armchair,
"that this matter of Miss Kerr's
-er-accident, presents itself IN
rather a different light this morn
ing"
Cilly sat down opposite him.
you've seen Mrs. Corbett them"
she asked.
"WhO is Mrs. Corbett?" he
countered.
ga neighbor from across the
street. She called a few minutes
aeo-with some rather startling
information. l suggested that she
get in touch with you immedi-
ately."
"Um-m-m-m." Doland scratch
ed his chin. Just what was this
startling information" he asked.
-
Cilly hesitated. Il would be
wiser at present, she decided, to
do no more talking than was
necessary.
perhaps it would be better.
Sergeant Dolan," she suggested.
"for you to hear Mrs. Corbett's
story from her. She intended to
phone you, | believe"
Dolan looked at Cilly shrewdly.
Heres a girl" he thought,
who's nobodyS fool"
ALOUD he said: "She did get IN
touch with me. Thought I'd just
stop in and get your version OF
tha affair once more"
"Tn be glad to answer your
questions, sergeant Cilly offer
ed, courteously. She was more
composed now, more her natural
well-poised self.
Sergeant Dolan took out his IN
evitable black book and an almost
useless stub of a pencil.
"How long did you tell me
you've known Miss Kerr-Amy
Kerr, that right?"
Eyes" Cilly repeated what she
had told the night before. She
met Amy some six months pre-
vious, in the Cannon building,
where they both worked. "N c
frequently met downstairs in the
tea shoppe for lunch" she added.
"Amy spoke of the difficulty in
finding nice place to live IN
New York. She had been staying
at a girls residence club and did
not like it very much. Finally |
suggested that she share this
apartment with me. That was two
months age"
Remember the name of this
residence club?"
Cilly named a modest but we'll
known clubhouse in the Seven
ties.
'Did she have many friends"
every few, / should say. Amy
was a stranger in the city,. | un-
derstood that she came from
town called Interlaken, in New
Hampshire, where she had IVeC
with an aunt. She came to New
York less than year ago anC
happened to find this position a:
secretary to Harvey Ames, of the
real estate firm. They have OF
fees on the same floor as ours.
In his book, Sergeant Dollar
wrote: "See Harvey Ames.
what company did you say
you were with, Miss PIERCE" n
asked.
"Crowell and Burns, attor
neys."
Secretary, / suppose"
"No, junior attorney. | was ad
mitted to the bar two years ago.
Sergeant Dolan raised his eye
brows. He looked Cilly over witt
a new respect dawning IN nj
eyes. "You don't say! Quite
youngster TO be a full-fledge'
lawyer, aren't you?"
"Pm 81"
"Twenty-seven, Ell? Well, 20,
don't look it. Not a bit Of 1t. An,
how old was Miss KERR"
"She was younger than l. w