Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-10
Black
Sombrero
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By
Clifford Knight
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SYNOPSIS
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her husband Dwight talk to Huntoon Roe'
ers, detective. and amateur sleuih. Bar.
ny, in their apartment n Los Angeles,
They discuss Aunt Kitty Chatheld, her
brother sam Chatheld and Kitty's niece,
Elsa, who had been disnherited at Aunt
Kitty's death. While they are talking
Elsa drives up In a ialopy and Joins the
party Huntoon Rogers asks what Aunt
Kitty died Of and Is told an overdose Of
morphine.
CHAPTER II: Rogers asks Reed Bar
ton If there is any resemblance between
Aunt Kitty and Elsa Chatfed, lie ques.
tons Reed about the circumstances sur
rounding Aunt Kitiys DEATH
CHAPTER III; barry goes TO visit Elsa
but she Is not at home so he talks to
Reed Barton Reed says he is going to
Mazatan. Mexico, at the suggestion OF
his employer. James Chesebro, who owns
a mine In Mexico Barry meets Cheese
bro and George Rumble. He arranges
with Dwight and Margaret Nichols to
90 on a cruise to Mazatan.
CHAPTER ": They meet Elsa Chat
Barry who is leaving for Mexico. Hunt
Rogers is going along Barry has been
working on certain angles of the Kitty
Chatdeld case lie is satisfied she was
murdered and determined to get at the
bottom of 1t They drop anchor In the
hafbor OF Mazailan. The group plans to
fish for marin in the Pacific rollers.
Leaving the boat they proceed to Sam
Chatfeld's rancho.
CHAPTER v; Rogers eross,questions
Chattield regarding the death of his sis.
ter Kitty. whom he was visiting in Cali.
foruia the night she died, Chattield sug.
gests why mot allow the matter to rest
as suicide. inasmueh as the police were
satisfied with thai verdict The party
goes out fishing for awordhsh the next
day. in the Pacific rollers. While on this
fishing cruise George Rumble opens up
the rotogravure section OF Los Angeles
Sunday paper. Chesebro asks HIN for 1t.
Chesebro tears the paper In half and
losses II into the sea,
CHAPTER VI: The picture In the Sun.
day roto section was reproduction of
Elsa Chattleld's photograph, with a child
on her lap. The child was referred 10
es her daughter. Rogers talks to Rum
BILE at Challields rancho. and asks him
where he got the picture Of the baby.
Rogers also asks Rumble about the
death Of Aunt Kitty, who owed Rumble
moray, Rumble had threatened to sue.
Elsa lashes Ghesehro with her quirt
CHAPTER VII: Chesebro is put to bed
after being severely whipped by Elsa.
Barry and Rogers visit him after he has
heart attack. a group gathers at the
Chatfeld rancho for a good time. Sam
Chalfeid asks Rogers to conduct a quiz
among the guests on the subject OF his
sisters death.
CHAPTER VII: The cross,questionlng
Of the guests at the rancho by Rogers
proceeds. Everyone present appears to
have had a motive for the murder.
CHAPTER TX; While the crowd is
dancing at the rancho Maria brings the
news that Chesebro is dead Rogers and
Barry enter the death chamber and dis
cover that Chesebro had been murdered
with a small. thin blade, black felt
sombrero Is found near the body. LON.
bardo, chief of Mexican police in MAJ
allan. enters.
CHAPTER x: Pedro Is cross cues.
toned. Lombardo asks him II the man
he saw In Chesebros room Just before
the killing Is present. Lombardo talks
with Elsa about the whipping Of Cheese
bro. Rumble admits that the black som.
brero Is his own. Re.enactment Of the
scene OF the crime is made before Pedro
with the hope that he will be able to
identify the slayer. While this is pro-
eeeding Pedro suddenly bolts
CHAPTER Nj Search is made for
Pedro. the star witness Rogers calls
on Lombardo, who tells him they have
arrested Reed Barton In connection with
the Chesebro murder.
CHAPTER XII; Sam Chatncld shakes
hands with Barton through prison bars.
and promises to use his influence to re.
lease him.
CHAPTER XIII; Rumble admits his
love for Elsa 10 her father Sam Chat.
field, Nichols admits he was the man
who ran away from Kitty Chatfeld's
house the night she died. The party
goes fishing, A marlin hits Sans bait,
while other members Of the party are
playing smaller fish. His swivel chair
gives way during the excitement and he
topples into the sea The swordnsh
drives It's sword through his body.
CHAPTER XIV; News OF Sam Chat.
fields death is broken TO Berta and Elsa.
Rogers asks the question, could this fish.
ing tragedy have been entirely an acct.
dCnt4
CHAPTER XIV; Pedro having been cap
tured, the re.Cnactmeut OF the staying Of
Chesebro is continued. One after anoth.
er the men march before Pedro for iden.
udcaton Pedro Identifies Dwight Mich.
OILS as the man he saw with the black
sombrero, The party begins a search
tor George Rumble,
CHAPTER XVI: The body Of Rumble
is found In the water. A diver is hired
to recover his baggage and the knife
with which he was murdered Both are
brought up. Reed Barton admits that
the knife is his
CHAPTER XVII; Rogers questions
Berta. He examines closely the quirt
with which Elsa beat Chesehro and finds
long steel blade concealed inside Elsa
explains abou, the picture OF herself and
the baby.
/ CHAPTER XVIII. Rogers visits LON.
bardo and explains his theories regard
{ ing the murders He names each OF the
/ people who had a reason for killing
/ Aunt Kitty Then he names all who
! might have had a motive In the muir.
ders Of Chcsebro Chatfeld and Rumble
CHAPTER KIN Rogers continues with
his solution OF the crimes lie proves
/ that Sam Cha,Hcld murdered them all
/ and that his own death was an accident
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