Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1930 — Page 8

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BEGIN HERE TODAY JUANTT A BELTM Is murdered at bridge. BOXNIE DUNDEE, detective. orders tbe replavlng of the "death hand.” PENNY CRAIN. KAREN MARSHALL and •CAROLYN DRAKE plav the hand. Nlta having been ' dummy " . JUDGE MARSHALL and JOHN DRAKE, entering separately. saw no one ouf'.de. DEXTER SPRAGUE, coming from the bus. entered the dining room With JANET RAYMOND, who was on the front porch. Janet accuse* LYDIA, the maid, of the crime because LOIS DUNLAP, In the dining room with TRACEY MILES, had to ring twice for her. Lydia says she war asleep from the effects of an anesthetic., that she did not go Into Nt'a'3 room, and that she saw no one. Snrague savs he knew Nlta In New York, and that she suggested he get the contract for a Hamilton movie, planned bv the Chamber of Commerce. Dundee, remembering that the Altamont, Etudios. where Sprague worked ■ere making crook pictures and that Snrague had a chance to steal a gun with a -lleneer. tells the group that such a gun wag used. To his surprise, he learns that Marshal! had such a gun. that the whole croup, except Penny and Sprague, used it In target practice, and that Nlta herself put It away the last time it was '"VdW GO ON WITH THE 6TORY . CHAPTER SEVENTEEN AT Judge Marshall’s suddenly blurted-omt recollection: “It was Nita herself who put the gun away!” there was a collective gasp of relief. Eyes could meet eyes—now. But it was Flora Miles who w>iced the thought or hope that seemed apparent on every face. “That’s why I didn’t hear any one talking when I was in the closet!” she cried, her voice almost hysterical in its vehemence, “There wasn’t anybody but Nita in the room! She committed suicide! She stole poor Hugo’s gun and the silencer and committed suicide!” “At a distance of from ten to fifteen feet?” Dundee asked with ill-concealed sarcasm. “And when she was powdering her feet? And just after entering the room, blithely singing a Broadway hit?” “Maybe the lady is right, boy,” Captain Strawn interposed mildly. “I’ve heard of people rigging up contrivances ” “And of causing the gun and the silencer to disappear by magic?’ Dundee demanded. “No, folks, I’m afraid the suicide theory is no good. . . Now, Judge Marshall,” and he turne dagain to the creator of the biggest sensation since the i-n vestigation Into Nita Selim’s death had got under way, “you say that Mrs. Selim herself put the gun away. Will you explain the circumstances?” The elderly man’s face had gone yeliowls hagain. “Certainly! Nita Seli mand I were the last to leave the back garden. She was—was particularly poor at the sport—never madea bull’s-eye during the four or five Sunday mornings after Lois —Mrs. Dunlap—drew her into our .set. “She begged for a few more shots, and I stayed with her, after the 1 others had gone int othe house for -er—refreshment. “She fired the last bullet in the chamber and together we walked to the house, entering the little room at the rear, whereal] sorts of sports equipment is kept—fishing rods and tackle, golf clubs, bows and arrows, skis, etc. “She was carrying the gun. uncret'ing the silencer as we walked. It is m yhabit to keep the pistol and the silencer in a drawer in a little corner cupboard ” tt a a LOCKED up?” Dundee asked i sharply. “Usually locked, but not always, I am afraid,” Judge Marshall answered reluctantly. “And you saw Mrs. Selim place the gun and the silencer in the drawer?” “I—thought T did. but I really was not watching closely. Asa matter of fact, I stopped to look over a fishing rod, with a view to trying it out the first good fishing weather " “Was Mrs. Selim wearing a coat or cloak?” Dundee cut In impatiently. “Why, i don't know •” “Yes, she was, Hugo!” Karen cried out eagerly. “It was quite chilly last Sunday morning. Remember? We all had on coats or sweaters. Nita had a dark-green leather jacket, with big pockets ” “And she left in a great hurry, without even waiting for a drink,” Flora Miles contributed triumphantly. “I tell you. she took them away in her pockets.” “Your guess may be correct, Mrs. Miles,” Dundee agreed, “but I think we had better not come to any definite conclusion until we know that Judge Marshall's automatic and silencer are really missing. “Is ther any one at your house, now, judge, whom you can ask to look for it?” “Certainly. The Butler . . . Shall ; 3 telephone him?”

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Accompanied by Captain Strawn. the exjudge went to the telephone in the little foyer between Nita Selim’s bedroom and the main hall. And within five minutes he was back, nodding his head gravely. * Hinson tells me that the Colt’s and the silencer are both mising sir. . . . May I express my profound regret that my possession of ” “Some other time, Judge Marshall!” Dundee interrupted curtly, and hurried from the room, followed by Strawn, who nodded to Sergeant Trner, still lounging weaniy in a far corner of the living room, to stand guard vigilantly. “Well, Bonnie, heres the devil to pay.” Strawn gloomed, but Dundee made for the telephone without answering. He called a number, then curtly demanded: “Dr. Price, please! . . . Yes, I know he’s busy on an autopsy. Just tell him that Dundee* of the district attorney’s office wants to speak to him.” There was a long pause, then: “Hello, Dr. Price! . . . Dundee. .. What are the caliber and type of bullet that killed Nita Selim? . . . Thanks much, doctor. . . . Anything new? . . . Fine! Thanks again!” He hung up the receiver and faced Strawn. “Bullet from a Colt’s .32,” he said grimly. “I suggest you send one of your men around to the Marshall home to pick up one of the bullets that was shot in their damned target practice, “If you send the two bullets tonight, registered mail, to Wright, the ballistics expert in Chicago, he probably can wire you tomorrow morning as to whether the same gun was used to fire both.” “Sure , Bonnie,” Strawn agreed lugubriously. “I was going to do just that . , . Say, this town is getting to be forse than Chicago!” When he re-entered the living ! room Dundee began upon the judge ! again, regardless of the fact that the elderly husband was murmuring consolatory endearments tcu his young wife. “Judge Marshall, how many keys are there to the cupboard drawer in which your gun and silencer were kept?” “Just one. I have it with me,” the old man answered wearily. “Then when Hinson, your butler, looked for them, he found the drawer unlocked?” “He did. I confess to an almost criminal negligence—” “Then so far as you know, the gun and silencer could have been removed at any time by any guest of yours between noon last Sunday and—today?” Dundee went on relentlessly. “I—suppose so. But these people | have been my close friends for years,” the judge answered. “Not one of them, sir—” “After Mrs. Selim’s departure last Sunday, did your other guests remain for any length of time?” “Fo- an hour or more, I think. Lois and Peter Dunlap remained for our 2 o’clock Sunday dinner, but the others drifted away to various engagements.” “Did any of you return to the room where the gun was kept?” “I can speak only for myself and Pete—Mr. Dunlap,” Judge Marshall answered, flushing with indignation. “The two of us went down just before dinner was served. I wanted to show him some new flies for trout fishing.” “Your home is a popular rendezvous for your intimates, is it not, Judge Marshall?” “I pride myself that it is, sir!” “And guests run in and out, having the freedom of the place?” "Certainly, sir! . . . And since I am not so stupid as you may imagine, I can tell you now that I understand the drift of your questions, an dean forestall them. “Yes, all of these people—my friends!—have had opportunity to take the gun and the silencer from the cupboard since it was placed there last Sunday, if it was placed there by Mrs. Selim. But may I remind you, sir, that opportunity alone is not sufficient; that motive ” “Since Mrs. Selim is dead, murdered by the weapon which was stolen, we can assume. Judge Marshall, that someone had motive,” Dundee reminded him implacably, for in his mind there was no doubt that the ballistics expert would bear him out. n tt a THERE was a heavy, throbbing silence. The group that, with the exception of Dexter Sprague had been so united so cemented

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SATURDAY’S ANSWER

with long-sustained friendship again dissolved visibly before Dundee's eyes into eleven individuals, each Shrinking into himself, mentally drawing away from any possible contamination with a murderer. ... “You have said, Judge Marshall.” Dundee went on at last, “that Miss Crain and Mr. Sprague were not at your home for target practice Sunday. Has either of them been in your home during this last week?” “Penny—Miss Crain—spent an evening with my wife when I was —er —away from home on business. That was let Tuesday, I believe—” “Yes, it was Tuesday, Hugo,” Penny Crain Interrupted firmly. “And Karen can vouch for the fact that I did not go into the gun room.” “Don’t be silly, Penny!” Carolyn Drake scolded, as if she had long been bursting to speak. “Giving an alibi! As if any of us who were playing bridge while that woman was being shot needs any alibi! “But I’ll tell you what I think, Mr. Detective! I think Nita herself stole the gun and the silencer, to kill Dexter Sprague with, and that he stole it from her and murdered her! Nobody else has the slightest scrap of a motive, and that note he wrote her ought to be enough to hang him on!” Dexter Sprague had struggled to his feet during the woman’s hysterical attack, his face like chalk, his eyes blazing. But Dundee waved him aside peremptorily. “One more question, Judge Marshall,” he said suavely, as if he had not heard a word that Carolyn Drake had said. “You knew Mrs. Selim before her arrival in Hamilton with Mrs. Dunlap, I believe. . . . Just when and where did you meet her?” (To Be Continued) OPEN CAMPAIGN TO BUCK BILL Group of 400 Is Behind Anti-Injunction Measure. Bu Bcrlone-HowarA Xewsnaner Alliance WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—A group of more than 400 lawyers and publicists are organizing a nation-wide campaign to back the “progressive bloc,” the American Federation of Labor and others behind the Norris-Blaine-Walsh anti-injunction bill, now in committee. The group, called the national committee on labor injunctions, has been organized from New York. It is pamphleteering the country with an abstract of the bill, an “iiajunction primer” and arguments pro and con. A model anti-injunction bill for state legislatures also is being broadcast from the committee’s headquarters. Senator George W. Norris and other Progressives have made a vote upon this measure a condition of their not forcing a special session this spring, nd the “A. F. of L.” leaders ha\ „ thenforces upon its pas-' j. Senator Norris 1 _,ed to get an immediate right of way for the measure from the Republican steering committee, but he will continue to demand an early consideration by the senate judiciary committee.

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Turning from the fountain, a quick step took him behind the tree. One of the soldiers shouted a warning to Praeclarus, and the whole detachment, Immediately suspicious, rushed across the avenue, led by the young patrician who commanded them, but when they reached the fountain their prisoner had vanished.

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