The times-news., 1938-11-05
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MURDER TO MUSIC 6: ;s;'s;;;: ::;":: :.: 10 10
BY NARD JONES
BY NARD JONES


ubo was hqrrying toward the Ia
DC re had reserved for MS guests
Anne Lester was pale. one trenn-
ing hand outstretched. BOB -
Bob. that shot vas from TINS
.abGc"' Her hand dropped 90" H.
brushed a napkin a: NyTEa 5 tee''
and there Jay a re olieE.
Eeelcy sua'cned both naPH.n
and gun. stuffed them into ms
pocket. - yeryb0dy a; this ;aote
into the lounge" ne roaret. A.
.rough OF, 0: the air, Mike Dun
phy and two deputies appeared
And up on the platform
'.Torcry" Stephens and his band
all a little pale, launched into d
swing tune.
Huddlsd in the lounge were
Rogers. Macy. Media Starr, Anne
and Uyrra-and a grim DaHrie
=ee'ey. Look here Rogers said
"y0u can. hold Us here ike this
And where is Tas?'
"HeI! re here any minute.
Feelev said. Hes developing a
-icture.
Developing a" Rogers star
lied exclamation was cut short by
'ne opening Of .he door. Il was
TAFT. Without a word ne handed
= sruare Of paper 20 Feeley who
took only one glance. then stepped
toward Harris Rogers,
You're coming along with ne.
he said. for the murder Of Lud-
den Dombey-'
I. was a happy trio which hte
speeding taxi was bearing from
rhe Pacific-Plaza 20 the Claremonc
Bob TAFT, and Myrna and
Anne.
What I want to know" said
Anne, what was that thing you
handed to Mr.. Feeley?'
TAFT grinned- 1T was a print
Of a photograph taken by minia-
, ture camera mounted directly
over the table. Il was rigged so
that the shutter opened the mo-
ment the lights went out-and OF
course the lights were supposed
70 90 out. As I've told you, / had
plenty OF reason 70 suspect Rogers
when I found he'd worn Media
STAIRS perfume and that he'd or.
dered one Of those cat-calls.
figured that If be saw the wire
from the novelty company, and
heard me make the announcement
up there that I knew who killed
Dombey, he'd naturally try 70
bump me off-especially since ne
tried it once
"But why didn't he do it when
you were in Media Starr's. apart
ment.." Myrna wanted to know.
Because Media didn't know
him as a murderer. They were
friendly - but not that friendly,
No. Media was by way of being
stooge for Rogers on occasion.
But he never let her know he was
a killer. And that was undoubted-
" Rogers who followed you to the
shack that night. I'm convinced
he would have killed you then,
Myrna, believing that he could
then get control of the band"
But why wouldn't ne have
killed me later"
Because Barkley and this foo
Macy were set to make you the
goat for Dombey's death. II he'C
killed you he'd have been doing
away with the person who could
save his own neck"
"But what about Weeks"
"Weeks was the front for Rog
ers. He's harmless enough. Yol
see, Rogers wrote that hit song
not Weeks. | tumbled to tina
when Weeks tried to palm off al
original composition on US. 1t wa
terrible. Rogers figured he coul'
get more out of Dombey if he hat
another guy to work through. |
would keep his skirts clean whel
he wanted to try blackmail."
Anne sighed. "But still don
understand that picture you CAV
to Feeley."
/ 81 selected the table becaus
the picture took on the night o
the murder showed that wisp o
smoke. And | found that the ia
bic was in direct line with wher
Dombey stood. Tonight the can
era, open In the darkness, shove
streak of flame--the revolve
shot. By marking it off int
squares | established definitei
that the shot had come fror
Rogers place. Then he showed tn
revolver across the table I
Myrna. Very much the same trio
he pulled the other time" 3
The taxi came to halt. Ann
looked out. Here we are" sh
said. "Tm going to bed. But yo
two come on up and use the liyin
room. have a hunch you'V
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