Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1937 — Page 18

CAST OF CHARACTERS . PRISCILLA PIERCE—heroine, woman attorney. AMY KERR—Cilly’s murderer’s victim, JIM KERRIGAN—Cilly’s fiance. HARRY HUTCHINS—Amy’s visitor. SERGT. DOLAN—officer assigned to solve the murder of Amy Kerr.

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Yesterday: The case of Amy Kerr is complicated when Cilly reeeives a surprise card from Jim Kerrigan advising he had taken the first plane to Utah. She thought of the. Utah clipping. Then Sergt. Dolan knocks at the door.

CHAPTER SIX

ILLY led Sergt. Dolan into the living room, remembering as she did so, that she had not as yet tidied it. The bridge table was still set up as it had been the night before when Amy and she played against Jim and Harry Hutchins, There were ashes and cigaret butts in the various ashtrays, and they lent a stale odor to the room. Sergt. Dolan looked around, and Cilly knew that his sharp eyes were not missing one detail. “Have a good night's rest?” he asked, pleasantly enough. “Fairly,” she answered. One could not put too much faith, she was thinking, in Sergt. Dolan’s pleasant manner. It was reflected in the careless, good-natured bulk of his six feet two, in the lightness of his speech, in the wide smile which came so easily to his lips. But his rather small, quick eyes belied all that. They were shrewd and cunning. They were the eyes of the professional man-hunter, and Cilly made a mental note that she must not be deceived by his friendliness. She must wait to hear from Jim before she taok Sergt. Dolan into her confidence. = »” »

“Y’M sorry to say, Miss Pierce,” the Sergeant said, seating himself in the most comfortable armchair, “that this matter of Miss Kerr's —er—accident, presents itself in rather a different light this morning.” Cilly sat down opposite him. “You've seen Mrs. Corbett then?” she asked. 1 ; “Who is he countered. “A neighbor from across the street. She called a few minutes ago—with some rather startling information. I suggested that she get in touch with you immediately.” “Um-m-m-m.” - Dolan scratched his chin. “Just what was this startling information?” he asked. = » 2

ILLY hesitated. It would be C wiser at present, she decided, to do no more talking than was necessary. : «perhaps it would be better, Sergt. Dolan,” she suggested, “far you to hear Mrs. Corbett’s story from her. She intended to: phone you, I believe.” ; _ Dolan looked at Cilly shrewdly. “Here's a girl,” he thought, “who's nobody’s fool.” Aloud he said: “She did get in touch with me. Thought I'd just stop in and get your version of the affair once more.” " “T'll be glad to answer your questions, Sergeant,” Cilly offered, courteously. She was more composed now, more her natural well-poised self. Sergt.. Dolan took out his inevitable black book and an almost useless stub of a pencil. “How long did you tell me you've known Miss Kerr—Amy Kerr, that right?”

Mrs. Corbett?”

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v ES.” Cilly repeated what she had told the night before. She met Amy some six months previous, in the Cannon Building, where they both worked. downstairs in the tea shoppe for lunch,” she added. “Amy spoke of the difficulty in fl ing a nice place to live in New York. She had been staying at a girls’ residence club and did not like it very much. Finally I suggested that she share this apartment with me. That was two months ago.” | 0! “Remember the name of this residence club?” | Cilly named a modest, but wellknown, clubhouse in the Seventies. “Did she have many friends?” “Very few, I should say. Amy was a stranger in the city. I understood that she came from a town called Interlaken, in New Hampshire, where she had lived with an aunt. than a year ago; and happened to find this position as secretary to Harvey Ames, of the real estate firm. They have offices on the same floor as ours.” ” ” s

N his book, Sergt. Dolan wrote: “See Harvey Ames.” “What company did you say you were with, Miss Pierce?” he asked. «Crowell & Burns, attorneys.” «Secretary, I suppose.” “No, junior attorney. I-was admitted to the bar two years ago.” Sergt. Dolan raised his eyebrows. He looked Cilly over with a new respect dawning in his eyes. “You don’t say! Quite a youngster to be a full-fledged lawyer, aren't you?” 1 / “I'm og.» | < : «Twenty-seven, eh? Well, you don’t look it. Not a bit of it. And how old was Miss Kerr?” “she was younger than I. ‘celebrated her 25th birthday together only a few weeks ago.” . Sergt. Dolan nodded. His eyes, ‘never quiet for a second, were still ‘roving about the room. They saw everything and they saw through everything, it seemed to Cilly. He

went on. # ” ”

1 AS she unhappy about any- |

& thing? Worried?” .. “Not at all.” : ~_ “Had she quarreled with any‘body? Was there anybody, as far as you know, whom she particularly "hated or feared?” “Nobody that I ever heard of. Of course, she didn’t speak of her “past very much.” I> " “Wasn't that unusual?” __ “Not with’ Amy. She was natur"ally - a- reticent person; she never “forced herself upon anyone” ‘For the first time, Cilly under“stood the attraction between Amy and Harry Hutchins. They were ‘so totally different. " “Did she ever ‘left New Hampshire “No. I assumed it was for the e reason that thousands of girls towns for New York.

“We frequently met

She came to New York less |:

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“Never mentioned any trouble at home?” “No.” “Never spoke of any cnemies?” Again Cilly shook her head. “I'm sure Amy didn’t have an enemy in the world.” ” 2 ”

ERGT. DOLAN leaned forward in his chair. His sharp brown eyes looked deeply inte Cilly’s gray ones. “She must have had an enemy, Miss Pierce,” he said. “Somebody wanted her out of the way. She didn’t fall from the roof, as we thought last night. She was murdered!” . He wondered why Cilly showed no surprise. = : “I know it,” she said dully. “You know?” “Yes. That is what Mrs. Corbett told me. Her mother saw someone—some man—throw Amy off the roof.” “For Heaven's sake, why didn’t you tell me?” he demanded irritably. . : “You said that Mrs. Corbett had already communicated with you.”

OLAN nodded his head abruptly. D “Yes, she asked me to stop ir and see her. I haven't done it yet. There’s always a_ dozen people ready with startling information in a case like this. What did she say?” “Her mother saw Amy flung bodily from the roof. Some criminal, some maniac, she supposed.” Unconsciously Cilly. shuddered at the recollection. That terrifying, pitch-black roof. Not Dracula up there, no foolish figure of a silly imagination. - But a real flesh-and-blood murderer. A fiendish trap had been laid up there, and Amy walked into it blindly. Dolan shook his head negatively. «More to it than that, I'm afraid. The medical examination this morning disclosed no evidence of criminal attack, such as might be attributed to a degenerate, or a maniac. But it did disclose something else— something very curious . ...” “What was it?” “The girl was strangled—brutally strangled with a piece of ordinary clothesline—before she was thrown from the roof.”

(To Be Continued)

NO LADY—By

Daily Short Story

H. E. Howard

EAR SAM: : You've probably been wonder-

ing ‘why you haven't heard from me for a couple of months. The only excuse I can offer is that I've been so busy with my own affairs I couldn’t find an opportunity to write before. You see, a couple of months ago the chief put me on a tough case and it took all my attention. It

might even take up a lot more time to come. But just as soon as I get a chance I'll come through with some news because after all I guess you're the best friend I've got. One day about two months ago I was called in on the carpet and right away I began wondering what I'd done now. I couldn’t think of anything because I knew I'd been doing my best to keep a clean record, The sergeantcy examinations and all coming up this month kept me watching my step. You never know. A little thing like conduct might swing the balance if the exam is close.

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NYHOW, I barged into the chief’s office and I saw he isn’t frowning like he usually does when he’s got bad news, so I cheered up a little. ¢ “Mulcahey,” he said to me, “I know you've got your heart set on being a sergeant.” I agreed heartily to that. “I think I've got a case that might help you if you can crack it.” Naturally I was immediately interested. I could see the pleasure on Josie’s face if I got promoted. Not only for the pay, either. Then if anyone asked what her boy friend does for a living she could say he was a detective sergeant, instead of hedging and saying he was connected with the department. See?

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UT when I heard about the LD) case I wasn't so sure I wanted to tackle it, promotion or no promotion. It seems the wife of one of the town’s big shots wanted evidence for a divorce. The old boy had been showing a little too much attention lately to a third party. But that wasn’t all, She gave us some information about a lot of ‘shady deals that had been on our “unsolved” books for a long time. If we could pin something on the guy maybe he'd come clean with the information we wanted, rather than face the publicity. So far his wife’s private detectives hadn’t been able to get to first base, so she dropped in and made her proposition and spilled the dope. The whole affair smelled to me. The Mulcaheys aren't in the habit of meddling in affairs of this kind. Their own are straight and they take care of them. They expect others to do the same.

Mind Your Manners

Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below:

1.Is a man supposed to have the dances before and after intermission with his partner? 2. Should a man dancing with a girl who does not follow perfectly give her suggestions? 3. Should every guest ar- | riving at a dance speak to the chaperons? 4. Should a man tell a girl ‘his plans for the evening when he asks her for a date? 5. Should one use a car horn for a “doorbell”? What would you do if— :

You are a bride-elect wanting to keep your wedding presents straight— ° A, List each gift as it arrives, with a description of the present and the name and address of the sender? . Trust your memory? . Write a thank-you note for each gift as soon as it arrives?

” ” 2 Answers

1. Yes, as well as the first and last dances of the evening. 2. No, unless it is understood that the dance is a lesson. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. 5. No.

Best “What Would You Do” solution—(A) unless you re-.

. ceive very few gifts, then (C) be all righ ;

NYHOW, I told Josie, and she agreed it was a messy business. She asked me not to take the case because it wasn’t the kind for a wholesome guy like me. Let the muck-rakers take a job )ike that. Gee, she was concerned about it. But what could I do? I had to take over. It seems that this Buford is really a clever guy at" that. I guess he wouldn’t have his finger in every racket in town and manage to keep it there if he didn’t have something on the ball. I took a different angle from some of these dicks that his wife had working on the case and were getting nowhere. I went to the office of one of the concerns Buford was connected with and asked to see him about some personal business. I was told that I would have to see his business agent first and get his address. That was the guy I really wanted to see. Only it turned out to be a dame.

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ANGLED that one in a hurry. This Edna Aldrich was a pretty good looking girl at that. I hinted that I had some hot bonds and stuff that I'd like taken care of and couldn’t we go out to dinner and talk it over privately. I found out that Edna was no dummy. I had to talk fast and think faster to keep from giving myself away. Anyway, it took me almost a week of steady rushing and pufting on the old personality to get Edna’s confidence. But she was young and liked to dance and go places. Of course, it all went on the old expense account, but I feit sort of guilty about not telling Mary even when she asked me what I'd been doing on the case, Edna and I got to be pretty good friends. I stalled her about the hot bonds by saying my pal had them down in St. Louis and would bring them up if a deal could be arranged. So Edna and I went stepping nearly every night and usually I'd try to pump her about her boss. Finally she came across with the information. » » "

T seems she was Buford's exsweetie and when he dropped her he gave her the job as a consolation prize and so he could keep his eye on her, I guess. At any rate, she told me the name of the hotel where Buford hung out sometimes. That. was the one they couldn’t tail him to before because he’d always manage to shake them somehow. I was feeling pretty good, even if I did hate to add another woman to the list of those I was deceiving. It was getting to be a habit! And all this time Josie was getting more and more concerned about my taking part in the whole thing. Told ‘me she never wanted to see me again if I didn’t give up the whole business and stick to honest-to-goodness sleuthing. Well, I was feeling pretty worried, as you can imagine, what with Josie facing me on one side and the chief on the other. But the whole thing was settled rather suddenly. I was hitting it up the boulevard one day when who should I see strolling against me but Josie, hanging on the arm of a guy I had never seen before. She pretended not to see me and acted like she was going to walk right past, but I had different ideas. » ” »

4 OOD morning, Miss Googan,” I says, in my coldest Sunday school manner. She was caught and she knew it. She acted calm enough for a moment, but then after she said hello tc me, the bomb burst. “I want you to meet my friend, Mr. Buford,” she says, as uncon-

cerned as if he were the first cousin

irom the country. Imagine. Well, they gave me a little stretch

—1I guess you noticed the prison sta- ||

tionery. They're still trying to piece Buford’s ears and nose together so’s

they look like his face. But what's ||

worrying me is what must the chief think of me for muffing a swell setup like that? Best regards. ~~ FRED. THE END

The characters in this story are fictitious. (Copyright, 1937, United Feature Syndicate)

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Here's

to Your Health

By Science Service

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—No absolutely certain method of preventing infantile paralysis has been discovered, although scientists are working

on the problem in many laboratories.

a nasal spray of various chemicals.

Latest method tried has been The theory of this is to check the

infection at its point of entry to the body by setting up a sort of chemical

blockade. ©

The virus that causes the disease, it is now known, enters through the nose, traveling along the olfactory nerve to the nerve centers in brain and spinal cord.” Once it has invaded these nerve centers, it is too late to check the disease. Dr. Charles Armstrong and associates of the U.S. National Institute of Health have developed a nasal spray of picric acid and alum, This spray protected animals from the disease. During an outbreak last summer, it was widely used as a protective measure for children. Results were not entirely satisfactory to the scientists. The spray did no harm, but ‘because it was widely used without any controls, the scientists could not be sure how many children were protected by the spray and how many would have escaped the disease anyway. J 2 = One difficulty in using this or similar sprays—other scientists have used sprays of slightly different chemical composition—is in getting the chemicals far enough up in the nose without injuring the delicate tissues. A special atomizer for this purpose has been devised by Dr. Max Peet of the University of Michigan. It has the disadvantage,

according to some authorities, that it must be used by a skilled specialist in nose and throat diseases or it will damage the tissues. Scientists hope to find a preventive that can be used by any nurse or doctor, if not by any parent.

. Another difficulty in protecting against infantile paralysis is that of discovering which children should be given the spray or other preventive measure. Actually only a small proportion of children are susceptible to the disease. It is estimated that many children and four-fifths of the adults living in: cities, and slightly less in rural areas, have what is called immunity to the disease. This is evident from the fact that very few, proportionately, get sick even during an epidemic. This immunity is probably due to a previous attack of the disease so mild that it was undetected. Or it may be due to ‘repeated small doses of the virus which did not cause disease but did stimulate, the body’s fighting forces to set up permanent resistance. : ” ® #” Besides the picric acid-alum spray devised by Dr. Armstrong, a spray of 1 per cent zinc sulfate has been

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in a Little Theater

Squadron,” “Walking on Air,” “We Who Are About to Die,” “Don’t Turn ‘Em Loose,” “Night Waitress,” étc. He is 6 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs 194 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. He is married to Lucile Van Winkle, : Q—I have seen a cat with long hind legs like a rabbit. Do cats and rabbits interbreed? A—There is no known authentic instance of a cross between the cat and rabbit families. Manx cats, a breed peculiar to the Isle of Man, have short tails and long hind legs. Q—What happened to the stamp collection made by the late King

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advocated by Dr. E. W. Schultz and associates of Stanford University. First to investigate nasal sprays as

a preventive measure were Drs. A. B. Sabin, Peter Olitsky and A. R. Cox of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, who found a tannic acid solution sprayed in the noses of mice protected them from attacks of encephalitis, another virus-caused disease. The action of all these chemicals is to shrink and coagulate the protein of the membranes that line the nose and the secretions passing over these membranes. This makes it harder, or maybe impossible, for the virus to ge: through the membranes to the nerve of smell along which it travels to the larger nerve centers in the brain

Since the virus enters through the |

ose, health authorities advise voiding crowded places

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been so busy making money

stages of the disease can do much to lessen the disability following the paralysis. Consequently it is important to call a physician early if a child or young adult has even a slight illness, when infantile paralysis is epidemic in the vicinity,

Men who get drunk at cominge

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selves blacklisted and not invited again—Miss Mildred Chapman, New York. :

Americans have the ability to laugh and to have good times because we are not weighted down with cares to a terrific extent. We owe it fo the world. to preserve our sense of humor.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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