The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-23
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 fianee'
HARRY HUTCHINS - Amy
strange visitor. ss
SERGEANT DOLAN-otfiee,
assigned to solve the murder oil
Amy Kerr.
Yesterday: Dolan checks up on
Hutchins, finds he put IN a call
from his hotel at 1920 on the
NIGHT of the murder. That was
about the time Amy was killed.
Earlier DoIan finds Aunt Harriet
of Interlakcn has been dead tor
four years.
CHAPTER VIII
Sergeant Dolan looked at the
telephone number he had jotted
down, the one which Harry Hut
chins called the night before at
1920.
"Buckminster 1l4S4. That's
Brooklyn. Not your number, by
any chance" .r,
Cilly shook her head. The
Buckminster exchange is in Flat.
BUSH" she reminded him. She had
an idea whose number 1t was:
Dolan dialed Information lie
incurred the name of the party
at Buckminster 1l4S4 and wrote
the name down in his little book:
party named A. G.. Harmon,
he remarked to Cilly.
IL was as she had thought.
Harry had hurried home TO call
Gloria Harmon. She was glad
that she had made it quite defl-
mite that Amy was not in love
with him.
The sergeant was busy dialing
another number. He waited a
minute or two for an answer.
Hello" he said finally, Buck
minister ll434? This is Sergeant
Dolan. special police investigator,
There's been an accident and
we're checking all angles. Can
you tell me if a Mr.. HutchinS
called your number last night
He did? Thanks very much. y
He put up the phone and lean
ed back in the chair, well pleased
with himself.
well" he remarked, that
takes care of Mr.. Hutchins. He
phoned Miss Gloria Harmon lit
tie after twelve. She was expect
ing his call. Say, who are these
Harmons of Flatbush? They sport
a butler TO answer the phone"
"Miss Harmon's father estab-
lished a group of chain stores,
Cilly answered. THE Harmony
Shops. Harry was very friendly
with them"
Harmony Shops, en-? Sure |
know them. Your friend Harry
steps in high society E. old Har-
mon must have left a couple Of
million"
Sergeant Dolan stood up. He
looked in toward the bedroom.
Cilly stood up too, and watched
him nervously. Hes going TO
look around" she thought. Hell
find the postcard under my pill
low. He'll surely find it."
But ne didn't go into the bed
room. To Cilly, he said:
I'll wonder if the young lady
left any personal information. &.
any letters, for example. Or an
address book. Might find some rel
atives or friends in that whom
you don't know about"
Cilly went over to the bureau.
"Amy kept all of her things in
here" she offered. "rn look
through it
She opened the top right drawer.
Amy's black pocketbook caught
her eye. She handed it to the SER
geant.
81 imagine any letterS-Or the
ADDRESS OO0k-wOuld De IN nef
bag, don't you Think"
She continued to rummage
through the drawers, one after
another. Sergeant Dolan watched
her closely. But they contained
only the ordinary run of things.
Dolan went through the bag,
glancing at each item and laying
it on the bureau. A compact and
lpstick. Five dollars and some
change. A handbook. (He noticed
that it showed balance of over
two hundred dollars, made up Of
small, fairly regular deposits,
That was not unusual for a girl
with a good job A booklet on