The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-02
Chapter 40
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OldpIGI 40
oh BilIingsgate To Thee
sELOISE wormed out Weston's
~ plans to take his money an
grab a boat" Asey said. "She
probly said, me too. They planned
to clean up an beat it. tomorrow
As time goes on. Eloise thinks how
nice it'd be to make clean sweep
An then Saturday, Tertius Pretty
man brings over this policy OF
Mary's. / called him, and he said
Eloise seen it. Seen it was for Jane.
It."
For mel" Jane said. "OhI I saw
the policy around, but never
looked. or asked. / didn't know
.4hatl'
THAT was the last straw" Asey
said. 'for Eloise. She called Wes-
ton, and told him Mary Randall
had found out. They'd have to kill
her. I'm sure her murder was no
part Of their plannin' before. So
Weston calls me in"
what on earth for?" Sara de-
manded. "And what about the
shootings, and the fires. and all the
Sabotage?"
Why does a magician have a
pretty girl in his troupe?" ASey
asked. why's he tell funny sto-
Ties7 Just so you'll be twice as
amazed when the bird goes into
the cage an melts away. OF course
he called me. You dent arrest the
Teller who calls the cop for help.
Now he begun this sabotage with
an idea of takin' folks minds off
the town accounts an such durin'
o erueial time In case you get sus-
plcious, here's this menace to hang
your suspicious on. That's how It
begun. Then EloiSe tells Yves that
her mothers found out - Mary's
got TO be killed"
ibid she known" Sara asked.
ST thought so at first, because
Jane said she wanted to see me. ]
think now, she wanted to have me
find out what was goin' on up here
nights. But it was Eloise's oppor-
tunity, an she had someone else
TO do the dirty work. All the sab
otage could pave the way for a
murder, just as nice. They planned
on the fireworks noise. An. Weston
went through with it for Eloise-"
Lady Macbeth" Kay said.
sort Of. Now Weston come here
from the fire. an he got back up
town in time to r'.urn with Lane
an the doc. General Philbrick's
told me how Yves popped in an
out b'fore the fire. an after, Sayin'
he had Town Stuff to attend to.
After the fire - which he set - at
SHADES, he cut over here, posed in
the dummy. shoots Mary. an rips
uptown. He stole James gun she
give Slade, to have if he needed
to plant clews. Used his own gun,
though. Know where we found
it7"
81 know" jeff said. "At least, /
guess. At the town offices. hanging
over his desk"
Exactly" Asey said. "Nicest
place to hide a gun, in full sight of
all That's why Weston was so tit
terry when Tertius broke in there.
After he found out all was well. he
Gained down. 1t matches up with
the shells we found in the dummy,
his gun does. Oh. he had to plant
things, Slade, because you didn't
react right. You went off the ham
die an forced his hand. He planted
that note in your studio, even
though Brinley wrote it."
THAT laugh" Zeb said. what
about that?"
Jelly-Jelly
+ ANE passed over a small. odd
l. ly shaped metal object.
This" Asey said. "this thing
here. It was a signal for Eloise--
an partly Just to mock us, later.
Where'd you get it. Ham?"
"Weston's pocket. It's like the
one you found in Eloise's things"
mice signal" Asey said. mot
somethin' thatd attract a crowd.
All right, to get back. Weston
plants shells an James gun. We
don't fall for 'em. He comes here
10 try an get his own shells from
the dummy's pocket. He gets
thwarted by Kay an me an the
troopers. He's gettin' scared. an /
think he's beginnin' to figure Elo--
iSe double crossed him an that
Mary Randall didn't know a thing.
That chase let you out. JEFF, an
Brinley, just from the physical end
Of il. Now. we get to day before
yest'day."
Historical Day." Brinley said
automatically.
"Also iudgin' day." Asey said,
for the exhibitions an contests in
the hall. Historical tours. Weston
slipped off on one of the tours, an
sneaked in here. Came to see Flo
Use. found her goin' down cellar,
an realized that he had his oppor-
tlInity. the opportunity Of his life,
70 get rid of her. He did. That
night he made one last attempt to
get the shells he'd left in the fig
ure's pocket-sure, il was him we
chased in Lanes car, Kay. He left
the car an beat il for BrinleyS, an
got q swell 'alibi out Of Amos. He