The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
cHAPKTER ~FORTY-THREE

Ollf1I 80
When he was sworn in as a Wit
ness. the bootlegger was asked
what he had seen and heard when
he first arrived at the Rio Vista
club the night of Alfred Markham's
death.
Gala cleared h throat. 81
didn't see anyone at first" he be-
gar. 81 was bringin' some wine to
the club :" Here he looked I'M
easily at the district attorney. . 8.
:" and I also was goin' to deliver
some"
I put a finger to my lips. I don't
think anyone else saw the motion,
but Gala was looking at me and
he stopped Immediately. Something
in my face must have reminded
him of the threat I'd made in case
he discussed his dope peddling.
go on" urged the judge. what
else were you going to deliver?'
"And also some whiskey," fin
ished Gala with a quickness OF
with l had not expected of him.
"I thought there might be some
one in the garden looking for the
stuff that a ordered, so l
stopped there first. I generally
come up to the north side of the
building in my boat when the tide
is high and put the tuf in through
the storeroom window next to the
kitchen"
1--WE have heard that all the Win
dows were locked" said Mcclure.
II knock on the window and the
cook opens it."
who orders the whiskey and
wine for the club?"
MIR. St. Clair"
A murmur went through h e
courtroom. The judge raped for
silence. And what happened when
you went first to the garden?" he
asked.
Il didn't see anybody, so I got
out of the boat and looked through
the bushes. Just then there was a
big splash about ten feet to the
right of me-"
I'm the river?"
Eyes, sir"
What made the splash?"
ut looked like a stool. Someone
mad thrown it in the water. 1
couldn't see where it came from,
that was the funny part about it.
I couldn't see anyone in the gar.
den"
Gould you see all the garden
from where you stood?"
"All except a couple of feet right
under the wall on the north side.
I was just a little around the or
ner."
Couldn't someone have stood
there and thrown the stool?"
Didn't look like there was room.
HID have to be squeezed tight
against the wall so 1 couldn't see
him, and that wouldn't give him
room to make the throw"
Someone near me whispered,
THAT was the stool that was miss
ing from the rose arbor"
The judge raped for order. go
on" he directed Gala.
Just then the clubhouse door
opened and a man came out. It
was that man there" He pointed
to Jerry.
Are you sure?" asked Mcclure
"How close were you to him? Re-
member, it was l o'clock at
night.
He was only about so feet from
me, and it was bright moonlight"
"But it is at least one hundred
feet from the bushes to the door"
He came walking toward me-
out into the moonlight by the lily
pond. He looked around him like
he was expectin' somebody. When
he got to the lily pond, something
whizzed close by his head and he
looked up. thought it sounded like
a coil of wire. 1t made a sort of
kissing noise and dropped into the
water near where the stool had
splashed."
Didn't Mr.. Montcalm notice the
splash made by the Wire?' Nc.
CURE asked.
mo. He was lookin' up, tryin' to
e where the thing came from.
Then he stumbled over somethin'
and looked down and turned white
Like he was sick"
did he say anything?"
Gala wet his lips. HE said,
'Al-what's wrong, APP He leaned
down. I stood up SO I could see