Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-27
THE KILLER SPEARS
CHAPTER FORTY.TWO

begged. 81 can't go back and face
Louise"
1 reminded him that in another
fifteen minutes Jerry would be
brought into the justice court for
his preliminary hearing and that
we ought to be there.
But I couldn't stand it," OBJ
iected Markham. IF they started
talking about my brother and
his You don't understand
what it means to us, Strickland"
1 put a hand reassuringly on his
shoulder. 1T won't come out. Why
should it? They won't even bring
the dope peddler to the hearing.
He won't have anything to do with
the case until it actually comes to
trial. Well be able to stop it be-
fore then"
Markham shuddered. Il don't
zee when I'm willing to with
draw my charges l VISITED
Jerry Montcalm in Jail this morn
ing. He's not the kind of man VINO
would commit murder. 1 see that
now. And that sweetheart of his,
Muriel, her heart is broken. I'm
afraid I made a mistake-a terri
BILE mistake!"
$50 she's been working on you,
too?"
Game to see me before break
fast. 1t was she who induced me
to go to the jail"
nodded. II wondered for a
while if she was going to stick
with him. There's no doubt of it
now. I'm glad, for both their
sakes."
But suppose he is convicted"
HE won't be. I promise you
that"
How can you promise? Do you
know something the police don't
know"
IT believe I do"
Then for Gods sake tell me
what it isl"
mot yet. Our job now is to
think of some way to prevent this
case from going to trial. What evil
dence can we present at the hear
ing to prove Jerry's innocence, be-
yond a doubt?
There isn't any evidence. What
do you mean, Strickland? No one
saw what Jerry actually did in the
garden"
That's what the police believe.
I've already told Jerry's attorney,
Harvey Mcclure, differently"
George looked at me with a sud-
den light of hope in his eyes. You
mean, there was someone on the
river? Why didn't think of that
before? That boat you were on
last night, did someone"
mo" I shook my head. mo one
on a boat could have seen what
went on in the ga-den. There are
too many willow trees"
That's true. Then, what evil
dence is there?"
"Your brother was killed by a
man who is left-handed."
George halted in surprise. Left
handed? How do you know that?"
ut was obvious to me-from the
angle at which the blow was
struck. I don't know why the cor
oner didn't think of it."
"And Jerry-is not left-hand-
ed?"
mo"
We were walking toward the
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE |;
WHEN HE was sworn in as a
witness, the bootlegger was asked
what he had seen and heard when
he first arrived at the Rio Vista
club the night of Alfred Mark
hams death,
Gala cleared his throat. II didn't
see anyone at first" he began. Il
was bringin' some wine to the
club :" Here he looked uneasily
at the district attorney. 80. and
I also was goin' to deliver some"
I put finger to my lips. 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 quickness of wit
I had not expected of him. Il
thought there might be someone
in the garden looking for the
stuff that was ordered, so
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 stuff in through |
the storeroom window next to the
kitchen"
"We have heard that all the
windows were locked" said Nc
CURE.
"I knock on the window and the
cook opens it."
"Who orders the Whiskey and
wine for the club?"
"Mr. st. Clair"
A murmur went through the
courtroom. The judge raped for
silence. "And what happened when
you went first to the garden 2" ne
asked
81 didn't see anybody, so 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-"