The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-16


Investigating the mysterious dis
appearance of Bolitho Blanc, Brit
ish finaneier, from the yacht oi
Carlton Roeksavage, his prine'paI
competitor In world soap trade
Detective Officer ketterins runs
into q mare of conflicting ele~s.
Each Of the ships passengers
appear involved in some manner.
These include Lady Welter, her
daughter and son-in-law, Reginald
and Mrs. Joeelyn; Count Posodini;
the Bishop of Bude and inosuke
Hayashi. Only Blanes secretary,
Nicholas Stodart, appears above
suspicion sinee he was in the ship 9
lounge all during the period in
which the crime obviously was
eommmitted.
A. the investigation progresses,
Ketterins finds that Joeelyn and
his wife falsify about their where
absuts at the time of the crime.
Taking advantage of this. ketter-
ing presses Joeelyn with an ae-
susation. Frightened, Joeelyn
points out that Roeksavage had
the real motive for murder-fi-
naneial gain. Moreover, that
Roeksavage 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 XVIII
SHORTHAND NOTES OF De
TECTIVE OFFICER KETTER-
ING'S SECOND EXAMINA-
TION OF Mr.. CARLTON
ROCKSAVAGE, CONTINUED.
N: So you say you passed Joce-
lyn in the passage at $40!
r.: I certainly did, so perhaps
you'll exercise your talents in
finding out what he was up to be-
tween 7:45 and $40. There was
much more time for him to have
done this job than me.
X: He hadn't got your motive.
r.: He certainly had. He's al
ways lived above his income. For
the last five years he's been en-
tirely dependent on Lady Welter.
She's in q jam because Of those
fool papers she runs. She loses a
packet on them every year, yet
She won't give them up because
she Just lives for this Christian
erusading business.
!. II I'd failed to do q deal with
Blame she would have gone under
with me and young Jocelyn would
have found himself on his uppers-
He stood to benefit just as much
by Blane's death as I did. More,
in fact, because even If Rocksav-
age Consolidated had gone down
the drain have other resources.
( n: I get your point, Mr.. Rock
savage.
r.: How about the. Jap, too?
X: How about him?
r.: Well, he stood in TO lose q
million dollars IL Blame had lived
Icing enough to come to an ar
rangernent with me.
X: I'd certainly like TO hear
some more. about that, Mr.. Rock
savage.
R.: It's this way. Officially he's
acting for the Skikoku people and
he's been trying TO sell me the
Japanese soap monopoly on their
behalf for months past, but he's
playing ball with another crowd
called the Totomi Soap company
on the side. F....t-
They're in position where they
might be able to queer the pitch
"a y home producing firm by rous- |
ing national opinion against the !
monopoly going outside Japan. un-
less they're squared first. Their
price was q million, so Hayashl
wouldn't have got IL all, but I'll
bet he stood in for q pretty use
full split. I wouldn't conclude,
though, once / got the idea OF
to terms with Blame, but
if my deal with him had fallen
tNTOuku nay dSih hiSW hS SNstN
count on my signing up. It's plain
sailing for him now Blane's out Of
the way and you know what these
Orientals are. He had q mighty
strong motive to do in Blame in
order 70 prevent Blame and me
getting together.
r.: That's certainly something TO
work on, Mr.. Rocksavage, and I'll
get down to following up what
you've said to Jocelyn and Ha-
yashi right away.
r.. Good. And there's no trou-
BILE 1 won't 20 to in helping your
/ don't need telling
the sort of thing that people are
going TO say on account of Blame
having died on my yacht, so it's
to- my interest, more than any
body's, that poor Blane's murder
err, should be brought 10 book.
H.: Don't worry, MIR. Rocksav-
age. wei get him.
OFFICER NEAME'S