The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-16
SMADE UP TO KILLEa

her for II. and that covered her
up. Everyone was afraid to tell
the truth about Carol for fear
that il might throw suspicion for
her attempted murder and Ewes
death on them. Everyone but
Alice Mcdonald She knew what
Carol was and she could speak.
Carol hadn't given her a motive
for murder. But when Alice told
Us you laughed at her. You didn't
believe her"
But you didn't either"
1T started me thinking"
Peterson said impatient1y,
What has she done? And who
did she do il to?"
TO Philip Ashley. She used the
same technique on him that she
practiced On that character man
IN England In his room ! found
an LOU. for FIVE hundred dollars.
Il was a silly game, he said, the
lou. was only e joke But il
wasn't a joke u was real And
God knows how many more Of
them there were or why he was
fool enough to have loaned her
the money
Look at Tommy Nelson. She
had him nuts about her, she took
everything that Tommy had TO
offer and then she dropped him.
She dropped him because she saw
bigger game and that bigger
game was Steve. With Steve
there was wealth and position No
wonder she did everything IN her
power to keep the story OF Lee
Gray from coming out That's
why she was rushing the engage
ment and the wedding. She made
him think that It was he who was
doing the rushing. She talked
about endangering his life, know
ing that il would make Steve
more anxious to marry her quick
y and take care OF her
But, JEFF, . ! said, with me she
was always :. she seemed such
a child thought she was my
friend And she was, jeff She
never did anything to me-
Halla. she's been using YOU
since the moment you met. She
made as much money from Green
Apples as you did, but she's bor-
rowed from you, lived here, eaten
your food, worn your clothes
But they were such little
things! ! didn't mind"
and she drank your LIQUOR.
Didn't the amount of liquor that
little angel put away ever puzzle
you, Halla? But she was watching
her step pretty carefully. She
never wanted Steve TO see her
drunk"
Broken Man
+ FORCED myself to look at
= Steve He was hunched down
IN big chair, his face blank with
shock. His eyes seemed strangely
glazed / turned away from him
But I / can't believe all
this! She couldn't have been SO
=. couldn't have been what YOU
say and at the same tim E
JEFF said, "She was, HaiIa. She
IS a wonderful actress. Tonight
when ] announced that had
found Lee Gray the way she
leaned forward and said, fWho7'
nearly made me think / was
wrong. She told her fantastic
story about Greeley Morris To
Greeley Morris and never batted
an eyelash. She lied to YOU about
her voice the night the pIav
opened. about everything. Think
a 1ttles Haila. Its true, isn't it?"
Steve stood up. Mechanically.
he went to the table IN the corner
and picked I'D his hat. Without
looking at any of US he moved to
the door. We heard his heavy
footsteps on the stairs outside.
The door remained wide open.
Morris said suddenly: SD like
to run along. Peterson. That bow
Perhaps ! can he's too nice a
KID 70 have had this happen to
Go ahead, Morris"
My brain felt nauddled. foccv
There was sharp, biting ache al
my temples. I walked TO the bed
room door and stood looking at II
From behind me JeH was saw
ing, All along I've known thar
there was some strange undercIIr-
rent something ! couldn't put INV
niger on. running through the
whole company. And / knew that
IN some way II was connected
with Carol Everyone was too
fond OF her. too incredulous that
a Single hair of her pretty head
should be IN danger. There was
something phony about il I didn't
Know that i was because She was
mated So passionately, and with
such damn good cause. that ev-
eryone was leaning over back
Naro 1or tear OF being suspected
/ turned at the sound of Peter
sons voice. He stood in the door
way frowning.
We've tried like he'll 70 snS
suspect he said, "somaone vvith
2 motive to kill Carol Blanton
thought when we found Lee Crsv
Wed also get our suspect Wei
We found her. Before, we bad ~
suspects. Now, as far as I can see
practically everyone IN New yo-&
and England has a reason 10 XII