The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-01
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bESlN nENE iobHi
Bolitho Blame, British finaneier,
disappears from yacht owned BY
his principal competitor, Carlton
Roek.avase, off Miami. A note
found in Blane's cabin, addressed
to his secretary, Nicholas Stodart,
indicates suicide since he faced
bankruptcy. A memo written by
Stodart shows Blane's company
stock, Argus Suds, closing at a
new low that day.
Other passengers aboard the
yacht Golden Gull are Miss Ferri
Roeksavage, Rocksavage's daush.
ter; Lady Welter; Reginald Joce.
lyn, Mrs. Joeelyn, Lady Welter's
daughter and son.in-law; the
Bishop of Dude; Count Luigi Po-
sodini, and Inosuke Hayashi.
Detective Officer kettering,
boarding yacht at Miami, 6nds
strange marks on Blane's cabin
CARPET and blood on curtain. He
orders examination Of all. Rock.
savage, eontendinr Blanc is obvi-
GUS suicide, admits inviting Blame
on yacht to- effect amalsamation
of companies. f.t -. :
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
-, CHAPTER V. ~ ,
DETECTIVE OFFICER NEA.
J MES SHORTHAND NOTES
OF DETECTIVEN OFFICER
KETTERINGS EXA M IN A
TON OF CABIN STEWARD
SILAS RINGBOTTOM.
X: Morning Ringbottom.
r.: Good morning, sir.
X: Have you been on board
this ship long?
r.: Yes, sir; ever since Mr..
Rocksavage bought her, and be-
fore that, too, with the previous
owner, Lord Loalkes. / am an
ex-navy man s., and this was my
first job on leaving the service.
X: Good. Well, there are just
one or two things ! want to ask
you about this affair that occur
red last night; According to what
you told me then, after you had
been to Mr.. Blane's suite to in
quire if he wanted you to unpack,
you went straight back to your
pantry, did a few odd jobs there,
and then read a book until the
dinner bugle sounded. Now, is
that correct? . .
R.: Yes, sir, that's correct.
X: You're quite sure you never
left that pantry of yours? I'm
not trying to pin anything on you,
don't think that, but / want you
to be quite certain that you're
not making any mistakes.
r.: Wait minute, sir: did
leave it just once, to slip up to
the writing room to get some
sheets of notepaper for the jap
anese gentleman. He'd asked for
it earlier on, but found the racks
were empty and, as the chief
steward had been ashore at Mi
ami, the storeroon was locked.
When the Jap rang for me again
later, though, the chief steward
was back again in his cabin and
he gave me some from the store.
K: What time was that?
R.: A bit before eight bells, sir.
X: Just before eight o'clock,
Ell? And, apart from sthat, you
never left your pantry? =, =,
r.: No. that's the Truth, sir /.
.K.:. Who else %ast Pm dutya
that time? -''---s-----"~--' = y
R.: Only me, sir. The other
stewards who help with the cabins
was at their job of laying up for
dinner then: and the. stewardess,
Maud Briggs, what would have
been on duty, went down with
shingles TIVE days ago, so she's in
the sick bay. Fortunately there's
only three ladies aboard, and two
of them has their own, maids, SO
they're looking after the other
lady between them.
X: Can you bring anybody to
prove that you were, in your pam
try during all that time?
R.: WE'LL maybe It's lucky for
me. sir. In the ordinary way I
wouldn't be able to. the steward
ess being i'll, but as it happens,