The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-13
CONFIDENTIAL
REPORT .. sn's 3 s sn4r.
BY Dennis Wheailey q 1884 BY NJ
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Boarding Carlton Roeksavage
yacht, Golden Gull off Miami to
investigate The disappearance OF
Bolitho Blanc. British finaneier
and RoeksAyAge's chief eomPea-
tor in world soap trade, Detective
officer Ket,ering finds strange
marks on Biane's cabin carpet ana
blood on the curtain.
kettering examines all Passen-
rers including Nicholas Stodart,
Blane's secretary; Roeksavage and
hi. daughter Ferri; Lady Weller;
ReRinald and Mrs. Joeelyn, Lady
Welter's daughter and son'in.ia~;
the Bishop Of Dude; Count Luis'
Po.odini and lnosuke hayashi.
kettering finds in preliminary
interviews that Roeksavage had
sought a merger with Blame TO
save their companies; that Lady
Wel,er 10 heavily irteressedi that
Hayashi, Japanese agent sought
to sell huge soap monopoly
either to Blame or Roeksavage;
that the Bishop was involved IN an
un.avory army scandal; that Pos
odini is an ex-eonyiet; that Koek-
.avase's former partner died mys-
teriou.ly in his office.
Later, kettering questions po-
,odini again, the count admitting
hi. police record and that Mrs.
Joeelyn was sweet on him.. But
he adds, II never mix business
With pleasure" ke,tering at once
,eires on the slip Of the tongue.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI
SHORTHAND NOTES OF DE-
TECTIvE OFFICER KETTER-
ING'S THIRD EXAMINATION
OF THE HONORABLE REG
INALD JOCELYN, CONTlN-
JED.
h: Now, il was ut your invita-.
ton that Count Posodinl joined
this party. wasn't il?
j.: Yes.
n: D'you mind telling me
when il was that you tumbled TO
il that the Count was a crook?
j.: What the hell d'you mean?
n: Just what say. Count
Posodini is known TO the police
and his intimates as "Sick" Dan
iels, card sharp and con man, who
trades the Atlantic ships. Would
YOU ike me 10 tell you just the
sum that slick" took off you on
the Normandie before you tum-
bled 70 il that he was n crook?
j.: see. Posodini is a crook
and you found him out, then
jumped to il that he murdered
Blame so. TO protect himself, he's
faxed up some cock and bull story
me, has he? Well, Of
iicer. that won't wash, and you
think il will. had not
the least reason in the world TO
wish any i'll 20 Blame and very
fortunately Tor me, as 1t happens,
my wife can prove that | was ly-
ing in my bath at 7:i5, when We
all know that Blame was still alive
from the fact that he scrubbed
on the back of the note
that was sent down 20 him at that
time.
n: How d'you know that?
j.: Mr.. RoekSavage told me and,
If you don't mind not interrupt
ing, as | was about TO add, my
wife having been with me in our
suite from 7:45 until we arrived
in the lounge az $50 together,
hat proves quite conclusively that |
had no hand in Blane's death.
n: Does il, Mr.. Jocelyn?
wonder. | am quite satisfied that
Slick" didn't do this job. Muir
Ter is absolutely outside his line
81 country, whatever he may have
ed you to suppose when you had
your little talk about Blame on the
Normandie.
j.: suppose that's another por-
ion of Posodini's cock and bull
story.
X: Mr.. Joeelyn, it happens TO
nave been my job to spend a good
portion of my life examining the
classes and so officers
ike myself get sort of feeling as
% when they're telling the truth
md when they're not.
It's my belief that slick" has
.ome clean with me and, in any
,ase, I'm pretty satisfied about
MS movements during the time
lnder review, so | think you'd
eetter count him out. Now, if we
accept his story, it seems that you |