The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-02

Chapter 1s
Lee GRAY Call

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your first visit 70 New York
should turn out 70 Be "a r.
pleasant for you.sI said @Yoa
raast hate cur fair city
Your fair city hasn't srousps
nc 70 any emotion. Let alore sha
stTanuous che Of hate. And a fo-
ycur murders. We have fser =
Lcrd0n. too Hosevef. p Lonso-
Ne are permitted . iane-s
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JEFF tossed The clippings An Sc
table. L0ok. Morris. WV - ,, -
scf 50 bored By this nnurder7s
am bored Must I - in
txigued 81 the death ard the a.
tempted murder O. two Auer5-z-
actresses who are famous r.
nctning but their death ara a.
tempted mur5er!=
JeR looked disguised III
doesn't ring true. Your ha;-g
detained here 6y the poIice for
tbs murder. You happen % b :
suspect You should at least -
mildly interested Your beredcr,
= q little too elaborate. re >
enzvacfeE II one OF yOar rlsvS .
a compliment. ] assure ven
1ou are Z suspect. ycu knosT.
II was possible for YOU q hava
poisoned Carol BIanton.1
80 I've gathered from Peter
son However, i wasn't possible
for me 10 have stabbed your lead
ing lady, since ] wasn't az the
theater last might"
You mean YOU weren't sesn
a The theater last night"
WASN'T SEEM Morris wzs
! puzzled. then he smiled. ron. ves
q course. had forgotten that
In abe 70 turn myself irts a
pumpkin az VIII Was q pumpkin
sen az the theateE last night. afr.
Troy"
Where were you between
nine-thirty and ten-thirty. Mr..
After . very bad dinner which
was frightened only b. the fact
that ] was alone, I walked I
walked and walked Probably
from eight until midnight"
Do you know where you we're
about ten o'clocE?"
'Yes- That place the Bat
tery. Watching the ships leave for
England with tears streaming
down my cheeks
Nobody saw your"
with my eyes all red and
sw0llenl I hope not!@
i mean JET said, with ad-
mirable patience. @yOa don't have
any witnesses that you were
whzre you say you were when
Eve North was mGrdered2
no. OF course not OF course
lot. ! could stone myself One
should always have a witness
while walking. But I left all nv
witnesses IN London IN moth
balls. So careless OF me"
] could have kissed the tele-
phone for ringing that time.
Morris was having too much fun
at JeTs expense JEFF reached
over the table and swung the re-
ceiver to his ear. Hello. Yes. yes.
put her On. He turned 70 Morris
Some pest II get rid OF her for
you Hello YES this IS
Greeley Morris
Morris made a quick movement
toward the phone I'm quite cap
able or
Damn it" JeH yelped. SHE
hung up OPERATOR OPERATOR He
was shouting into the mouthpiece.
Operator. traze that cali Trace
II right away Yes. you can Damn
Il. stop talking and do IL Listen.
Baby. Have you heard about the
Colony Murder Case2 Have you
read about a girl named Lee
GEay2 Ca You hzvel Wen. that
was Lee Gray On the ,wIre. Now.
for Gods sake, ne pleaded VIII
you trace that czll27
he dropped the phone into Is
CRADLE and turned TO US
She'll cal me back Miss Lee
GRAY calling Mr.. Greeley Morris
What about il. Mr.. M0rris
"A very ingenious trek and
fairly amusing. However. ! have
10 idea who The lady IS nor WY
she should De calling m@ i sc
vas
JEFF" said. what was her
voice IkesP
Like II don't knsw. Al she
said vas one word. Grsesey.
SHE calls me Greeley doss
she9@
@YeS and you don't know her.
do you7 Like he'll you don't
Eve heard sh0pEirls cal HIS
Majesty George-
In remarkably short tine the
phone rang again Je1 answered
Il He listened for a moment. Szi1
thanks and hung Up
@WelL, JeE
she called from a pay ststioz
In a drugstore az four afsy-fo1r
Madison Avenue" JEFF was dis
E1sted "A drugstore pay; station.
"A LOT Of good that does rs. But
she called Mr.. Morris ard that
aYes. isn't itss Morris said But
whaf?@
IS"
Il don't know he said YEARLY.
and I don't believe yous Js1
said. aAnd As for your walking
abb. / don't believe that eitneE
! doubt Il you've walked hfty
consecutive steps u yclu lie Il
yen hsS. you wouldn't looz .
-sf%5r1l Csmnu 49,
Girl OF Mysssry
TEE GRAY. That girl 10 one
l. had ever seer. or knew. q
even heard Of. The police kc- al
their tfnTf-,fte1 facilities. could