The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-15
CONFIDENTIAL
REPORT ,o sn's g n snA..
By Dennis Wheatlcy . 1921 by
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investigating the mysterious DIS
appearance of Bolitho Blame, Brit.
ish finaneier. from the yacht OF
Carlton Roekssvage, his principal
eompetitor in world soap trade,
Detective Officer ketterinr runs
into 9 mare Of conflicting tfews.
Ear of The Jshipi passengers
appear involved in some manner
These include lsdy Welter. her
daughter add son-in-lav, Reginald
and Mrs. Joeelyn; Count Posodini;
the Bishop Of Dude and lnosuke
Hayashi. Only Blane's secretary.
Nicholas Stodart, appears above
suspicion since he was in the ships
lounge all during the period IN
which the crime obviously was
committed.
As the investigation progresses,
Ke.tering finds that Joeeiyn and
hi, wife faisify about their where
about, ss the time of the crime.
Taking advantage of this, ketser-
ing presses Joeelyn with an ae-
eusation. Frightened, Joeelyn
points out that Roeksavage had
the real motive for murder-fi-
naneial gain. Moreover, that
Roeksavase had boasted of being
able to change for dinner in four
minutes, thus indicating he might
have killed Blame and still return
ed to the ships lounge in time to
avert suspicion.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVII
DETECTIVE OFFICER NEAMES
SHORTHAND NOTES OF DE-
TECTIvE OFFICER KETTER-
ING'S SECOND EXAMINA-
TION OF MISS FERRI ROCK
SAVAGE.
X: Good morning. Miss Rock
savage.
FIR: Good morning.
n: Sorry TO trouble you again
but there's just little difference
of opinion between Mr.. Jocelyn
and yourself as to what time you
came down from the top desk on
the evening of Blane's death. He
SAYS il was 1880 and you say 1t
was tbs. Can you clear that up
for me?
FIR: Pm afraid not. I didn't
really notice the time and per-
haps il was twenty or twenty-five
mast seven, but surely you're not
suggesting that / had anything
TO :. 70
AZ: OF course not, Miss Rock
savage, of course not. But saying |
il was even as late as 7:25 you
didn't get into the lounge changed
until'S 40. That is an hour and
quarter after you came below.
Surely that's a long time for even !
a lady to take changing for din
ner. A.
FIR: But told you yesterday |
that I didn't start to change at
once. was reading book IN my |
cabin for half an hour or so after
/ came down.
X: Yes, I remember that, but
as you had so much spare time on
your hands il seems a little
strange that you should have been
ten minutes late for dinner.
FIR: was interested in my
book and | forgot the time. You
must know how easy it is to do
that IL you arc deep in an excit-
;nO, story Nv maid will tell you
that did not ring for her until
nearly a quarter past eight. That's
why. I was late.
4: see, and you did not see
Mr.. Jocelyn again after, say, 1880
at the latest. until you reached the
lounge at $40?
FIR: Why do you ask that?
n: Well, I'm Just going to let
you in on something, Miss Rock
savage, which / want you to keep |
TO yourself. It's not your move
ments that I'm interested in but
Mr.. Jocelyn's.
FIR: You don't think -.
n: don't know, Miss Rock
savage, but unless he can bring |
forward to vouch for
what he was up to between 1880
and S:I0 things aren't going to
look too good for him. II, on the
other hand, you were with him
longer than you say we'd forget
your previous statement, and that