The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-02
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 "Plenty Miss Pierce, plenty. It provides the motive for the kill- ing"
 "How?"
 Amy Kerr knew all about the old man. Kerrigan didn't want her to tell you. He slipped her that note, asking her to meet him on the roof. Perhaps ne tried to make her promise to keep her mouth shut. But she was fond of you; she didn't want to see you tied to the wrong sort of man. So she re- fused. And then-well, you know the rest"
 NO, I don't, Sergeant Dolan." Cilly's dark eyes flashed. T don't know the rest. I don't know how Jim got down from the roof after he --- after Amy was killed. Sup pose you tell me that, But don't tell me now that you think l hid him in my apartment until after you left"
 NO, Miss Pierce" he said, q won't tell you that. Frankly, l don't believe you did. But some- body did. Let's suppose 1t was the person who threw away those Bluefields newspapers" @a
 Cilly thought of that, and felt just q little i'll. Instead of helping Jim, she had aided Dolan in build ing a tighter case.
 "If we find out" Dolan went on, that this Wheeler woman has really skipped, 1t might be well to look into her past, She might be the connecting link. Mean- while, let's get back to this Kerrigan-Kerr case, It's not a pretty picture"
 Cilly listened alphabetically.
 "As told you, Kerrigan's not the gentlemans right name. Ills name is also Kerr he and Amy Kerr were first cousins"
 "Cousins2" Cilly interrupted in surprise. Jim and Amy cousins2 Then that explained the recogni- ton In Amys eyes when Cilly introduced Jim to her. That ex- plained Jims note to her. He had surmised all along that the Amy Kerr who lived with Cilly might he his own cousin. And Amy dear loyal soul, knowing the secret of his father, pretended not to know him. Except, of course, that she couldn't have hidden the hap- piness in her eyes at seeing him. or the friendly spirit that linked them unconsciously. If this were true, then, the very idea of Jim harmlng Amy was utterly ridicu. lous
 "Their fathers" Dolan went on, "were natives of 1nterlaken, N. H., as was Aunt Harriet James Allen Kerr went west many years ago He found a job In @ bank, mar. ried and settled down. Things wern't pretty nicely for him: in lime he was made vice president of the Bluef1elds National Bank He had one son, James Allen Kerr, .VrY, whom you know as Jim Ker. rigan. Out in Bluefelds, he was known by his middle name-as Allan Kerr"
 That was the reason, Cllly real- ized, why Amy didn't recognize the name of Jim Kerrigan. Dolan continued; R
 For many years the elder Kerr enjoyed q pretty good reputation In Bluefields. Then along came the depression and he was hit hard. Lost his home, I under stand, and most of his stock hold ings, What bothered him most, 1t seems, was that the future looked so dark for his son. Ap- parently he idolized the boy. At any rate, an opportunity came along to pick up $60,000 in Ilego- tiable bank securities, and he took them. He was tried and convicted. They never found the securities, but shortly after the old man went to jail, young Kerr or Kerrigan disappeared. The police in Utah believe that he has the money, and they're still looking for him"
 
 Cilly shook her head duly. "The story Isn't true" she insisted, There's 0 catch somewhere. Grant, ed all you say is true--that this MT. Kerr is Jim's father-it wouldn't be the Jim Kerrigan I know to run away and leave him, I'd never be- lieve that"
 He did, nevertheless. Oh what's the use, Miss Pierce7 I admire your loyalty to the fellow, but you've got to face the facts. And the fact is that he skipped with $50,0o0 which his father stole."
 That may be fact to you" Oily Eaid frfniV "WpIl grant that this