Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1949 — Page 40

So - | E : a r = _at Antoine s...

edited wa AN LEER SRR IAS OE

md Frances P. Keyes |

~

——— T En

“whereabouts last Saturday n

‘lagched,

"which Mr. Marshfield boarded twenty-three, remaining there un- | til nine twenty-nine.” “So far as it goes, let's leave

complacent! paper cutter and

“trip from shore to-the yacht, three hours and thirty-two min- | with utes to make the same trip from Amant?” ~the yacht to shore.

Killed: ”

SPEAKING for the first time in our staying hére any longer, since Huhtington began his re-| Orson, wasting Captain Murphy's| * velations, Foxworth interrupted. “Look here, you two,” he burst out. “I can explain that. But I'll{this going on, then™ be damned if. I know whether 1) manded. "want to. When it comes to being | = nes photon Mise that I'm m templed hell.with it, and tell both Ll POP PONE. “Whips. Qnlyl ea I'm warning ' you, Tve got al" couple of whips 1 can pop right! back”

atryel

should - “have

a

might have had a motive.

_piaining to do to Captain Murphy. Now go on with the story— - CHAPTER NINETEEN . “AS A matter of fact, Captain Murphy,” Richard Huntington glad to turn Tossie over tc you. TWEE BRYN, your-on for ‘gerning Mr. Foxworth's connection with thig lamentable, affair is her any More. Tm having her his failure dr, his refusal--cail it what you wik—to account for his pong down row. ight. Am I correct ih saying that?”

Was Orson Foxworth planning a South American - yo! Visiting ®_ yacht or committing the murder St. Amant on that fatdful evening? And if Orson. Foxworth didn’t fire the fatal shot was it fired by Odile’s mother, Amelie, her | sister Caresse, her husband Leonce, her ex-suitor Sabin Duplessis, ‘her doctor Vance Perrault or.

{tions are ‘the Lalandes of Odile Leone St oAmant who, of their strict mourning will be at home, I suppose. and old Aunt, . Tossle . . . 1 By George, that's! ‘what -we came out here. for! nN see about having. her released, 1 mean.’ “Bure,” “mm

her old nurse Tossie Pride?. Each Foxworth—aas- some ex-

Murphy said.

éntertaining. any. suspicions con- We're not. interested in holding

01 take).

about five minutes,” Toe went

“Mr, Foxworth’s lack of explanation Was the. main thing all on. “Do you want her to go with

right, * Toe admitted. “But after were others. That busipess of coming right into Che house without knocking-or ringing. for instance, and explaining ‘that the door had been left 'in$0 than anybody could have gotten in. And then there was that story cooked up ih ad-! vance for what was bound 0 be & phony alibL"” “Weil, Captain, I'm here to give you an account of my brother-in-law's whereabouts last Saturday night.” Orson Foxworthy sndden-| ly sat up very straight in als . chair. quizzical glance, withdrew “from “am-tnmer-pocket-a-folded sheet of |

LET

Huntington shot him

a little before seven; specifically, fl

John at fhe lake front, arriving there at seven forty-six, and was waiting in his car, which was sparked off the boulevard until eight oh two, when another car, drew up .alongside in company rahfieid who had come in this second car, he en-! tered a speedboat which had been moored to. the seawall's extension into the bayou. This boat took off out into the lake, and arrived at the yacht Myrtis II, Foxworth &nd Mr.

with Ted Ma

at

1 mean, so far a

After nlae"important tening

tain—at two minutes after one. agreed Murphy “And it wouldn't, even if we kept . ng down the it up all day. Am I to understand, | e gl lighting a cigar. Captain, that despite my .state““I'm, surprised you didn't get it ment as to what Mr. ~Foxworth before. In other words it took did last Saturday night, you deMr. Foxworth not more than| cline to dismiss whatever sus- a nineteen minutes to make She) picions Jou may be entertaining THANKS. Ant that'll bel

“Sure you do,” y, layt

“Come, now, Orson”

ton broke in pacifically. “All right! We were stuck out) “In the lake with a clogged feed different things. : Tine” ~oPough-—ldtk that all this able to prove thai. I know—or at the else, Just to wrap this thing ap. * only interval whew one or an don't take any speedboat trips.

“Foxworth exclaimed.

other of Mr. Huntington's gold-/ out in the hake today; plated sleuths didn't have their worth, _eyés on ypu,’ observed Murphy, others to be where I can get in puffing’ away wt his cigar. Who touch with-you-utt-tonight. was the man running the speed-|

an

—“Svepdson. Pete Hvendaon. “Hit

SUPERIOR

HAS THE TRUCKS

Pickups--Panels—S8takes Canoples=-Chassis and Cabs Tractors and School Buses

Superior Chevrolet, Inc.

$38 BE. WASHINGTON ST

INDIANAPOLIS % MA ~3848 Sh TE SALES, FA" 08) Lost £ Coke, Wood...

OU can store

he Narooaty, pleasant e

« — D Use

Wouldn't you | that needed explanation—es- hroad-A way of saying it, but | t took gets the general idea across, all Per FIEHY ie -conreded -relighting his, ich Mr. St, Amant was cigar from the minjature airplane

10] right, n no later than some time to-

Hunting-

(YOU'LL HAVE cour

omfort for next wis

YOUr coal will i will

| you, or would you rather have us theres. no use calling for him. gend her somewhere?” 16. .

Oroi b wasn't|

right now, Naturally, picking any old Joe Doakes for Ing on the threshold, her eyes company last Saturday night. downcast, her shoulders sagging,

Pete's third dfficer on the Bien her hands. shaking, She ‘looked venida, and. she left port yester- rom one to the other of the men day, on Her regular run.’ tabout her, peering through the Murphy shrugged his shoulders. moonlike lenses of hér spectacies “You see how it is,” he said to] “Whegh you at, Mistuh Orson?” Hufitington., The buzzer of the, she asked, “De water dreening" desk telephone snarled, a nd Out my eyes so bad Ah sho cain’ Murphy reached for if laying make out to see you. Wheah ‘you | down his cigar. “Have ‘em wait,” | Is at, Mistuh Oregon?” i he directed after a listening in-| [Here I am, Tossi¢,” he an-| {terval, and replaced the instru- swered kindly, rising and going ment in its cradle. closer to her. “Right here. “Besides,” he continued to Fox: “Praise Jesus; suh, 80 you. is.” worth, "you ald walk into -that+she whispered, shutfling into the,

al ig hey, Bega house on your own, last Saturday room. God’'ll thank you fo'| tion, addressed Toe Murphy, with Hight. you know. No knocking.’ takin’ keer up po’ Tossie when ‘an occasional glance at the no nothing, just opened the door she in such bad trouble. Ha! closely-spaced typescript. and walked in. sho'ly will, Please, Suh. Mistuh, i pias we are ME Foxworth, “But 1 told you how that was.” Orson, wouldn't you take ol left his house on Toulouse Street Fetorted Foxworth —“Fou—had-Tossie home wid you? Ah's too your own insinuations about a feered to go back to dat house

latchkey in my possession, If In Richmond Place. Dat man hate youll remember. And 1 told you me so he gwine kill me down ‘'1 had knocked and rung the bell, daid, 66." but ‘received no answer. ‘So 1 hearted Mistuh Leonce. You seed tried the knob and found the door | him try to do hit de night Miss off the latch.” Odile got killed. De Cap'n seed! “People were going in and out him too. If Ah goes back to dat that door pretty busily from mid- house wid no Miss Odile to took night. .on. Nobody else happened’ keer o' me, he gwine-kil me

pointed out. good man, Mustuh Orson. Ah “I suppose not.- After all, if knows dat fo’ a fack. You'll took anybody had answered my ring good Keer o’ old’ Tossie, sub. You, or my knock, I'd never have'ever has, Why hit wan't no; known the latch was off, either.” longer las’ Saddy night you gi’ “And when 1 stepped out to me. . mind,

“Never Tossle,

eight, see, the latch was on, good and tight,” Murphy added. { mind!" “Naturally. Finding the door “But Ah does min’. An’ you's

in that condition, I snapped the ever ben kin’ as could be Only | latch back on, when 1 came n> ‘1las’ Saddy night, when you gi’ . 5» me dat ten dollars to lef’ de do’ ON had—been off de latch fo’ you, An say to Nowhere maha. {folded his typed memorandum, | stipped- it back into his pocket, and rose. Fosse

This sort of thing EeL8 UB » nowhére. I'm afraind.” he said. me bad if dat ain’ de everlastin’,

Stont: Las’ Saddy evenin’ hit was, me ten whole dollars to he de do’ off de latch” “The door at 84 Richmond Place?” ! “Sho’ly, sho'ly.”

Aw

Murphy ay quietly. " t “He de bes’ man ever lived”

atl for you. -Geo-and sit-down in, the outer office fF a few min“That's a utes, will you? And don't worry t about what's going to happen to you. ..I'll arrange with these gentlemen. “Perhaps vou mda that item - to the memorandum you're car t Trying around with, Mr. Secretary,” he said. “That is, unless Mr. Foxworth has something to say in the way of explanation” “1 told you once before this | morning that I couid explain; but inst I was damned If I wanted Foxworth retorted explosLively. “This time I'll ‘go farther Murphy assured om mr San Shas il aap-Em.Aamneg AL. “Murphy FRE Wi owt he unwavering stare, “Very ~ well,” —he said tonelessly — “If od 'that's the way you feéel about it I'm willing to call it a day. Ex two CePt that I'd be very grateful if 1 You would take Tossie home with e You, You needn't keep her there rif you don't want to—you can +gettie that part with” her later

the death of - Mrs. St

Murphy nodded.

{oh the desk. I “In that case, there's no poin

time and ours. Shail we Java Foxworth rose. “How- long 1 he or

“+1f everything works out anh

I A:

“Sure, why not? I already know, { who killed Mrs. St. Amant’ “Then why in the name of G must you wait?" “Knowing and proving's Like’ I sald, Lalready know. By tonight I'll b

without any help from me. Mr. Fox- Doctor Perrault can't conven I want you and .all the iently take charge of her just

oing to ask just a little

now. Because I'm “him to “hang aroun ‘happens that a number Jouger.

opyright 948 by be AININg Keven * Published by 8

“It so

of those persons will Frases

Arkingoy

94 Trucks, Semi-Trailers.

i 94 Trucks, ‘Semi-1 Trailers ¥ y * oe $4 oe Sore +1 S———— TT VAN oy rm Foi Xi ; | CHEVROLET {vy H TIN or ed" hie | HEAVY. DuTY UTILITY | A RRR | Fualy equipped with’

. CL "SALES "Sa ot | CH

turn signals, winch, gin

a a, ol | poles, stabilizer jacks, i843 FORD du; i kT kw! with new 48 heavy duty trailer “hitch, 5 | 3 wg ge | opatlight, built-in tosl “Coal. Coke, Wood boxes. All rubber good i : -é Priced: to sell persona

{ | SUPERIOR | CHEVROLET, INC, LOT |

'39 CHEVROLET 1/,-TON CHASSIS AND CAB Equipped with special | utility closed body. New paint, 6° ply fires. deal forelectriciancsand plumbers. Also regular

- Washington -

(OME WHAT MAY |

SUN'S rays 1 sine atom ene rey or 1 ater 10 San rd HH . itn sar ap » A rio - Are A our “coal bin N NOW ww ihe f pickups, Al A-| condition Aren't 0 buy com! th own while f lL - $6 Br Tht dnd 8, UB SE he sua Te gore - from $675. See them tome you're toads 4 of “it Aye you siderable | day | . |

be Pa df

Ne | | suPEmioR |

© PENN GOAL eo. “Em Your Bin From

CHEVROLET, INC., LOT

828 E Washington MA-I848 a FORD § ig Car 30 winch! 1-ton

+ “let Us Make You Our Warm Friend” | |

~~ WRIGNT GOAL ©0. $138 N. Keystone. BR-244/

tratler. $500. RI-83% 1 the Penn” . SEXSON BROS. COAL CO. FORD. 48 Sum exo. angine tick “144 E Wash, FR-3443 MA. 9118 ~ OTH & CENTRAL SALES, TA 401 { AMPHIBIAN SompletaLine of Nigh: Complete Line of Fuel for | mune ati: Tihs on tand nd wate Grade Coal. ! Every Purpose. : Someta with winch and alr ¢om INDIANAPOLIS ICE & ity SHIH. FUEL co FREDRICK COAL co. 4 ame “ton 5 Xe oop EB hed . MA-1451 A-1l cond," as MA-5353 JEBP 1947 —8take 7 3 I iii | ire © cond. Bell or trade. WA INDIANAPOLIS COAL e0. . PLY tae *T. MCR. uP ONLY 22%

look fa $758 d

Runs eG —41 MASS. i 95 House Trailers __

“The QM Reliable” 2501 Winthrop ~~ WA-4521

» . Marriok Leal Co. Yards, 480 Brookeille

1

——————————— ¢ WANE TRAILER § SALES

FA Marathon, elec. brakes and refi A ord Hay, $1398 comp. BoA she Indis aT potis rE

HOOSIER COAL & OIL C0.

| pikes BURNING TT © { 1

| 8. State. Steré 8° Offies Wert Warne Awe. miacis | 1300 E 30th WA-3344 x XE ABW 4 TC 4 “ wit ToFooT Ou Ave RE. Wise : “| ERNEST JOHNSON GOAL CO. | | Ca eth, RN Te (12 Northwestern Ave. o wend BE Nori un

Cl ate a a SA a

= :

I eER dar Ruin

to find it off the latch,” Murphy down daif—To™ trae But you's as

Never -

ossie—exclaimed.“God'll punish, 2

But’

rangement with with me YORIEHT. “THE SHIV exesp: Lee port Cor sor hb OH ARAL. Nes. -

No Orchids eee’

No Flowers... No Give-aways

1

|

J fashions you are wanting, at

Pans

Just Values... Choose from Hundreds

[== GRAND

OPENING

WEEK

Thousands of the smart new

It's the S-M-A-R.T woman who shops Downstairs, today and every day, at “davidson's Sense tional new style ond value center! Davidson's: buyers are working the i country to bring h you all 1950 fashNo HONS ue ie priced. \ LOW — LOWER -

HAN EVER BE FORE!

Reg. $25 to. 0

5190s

Smart tweeds, gibardines, sharkskins, stripes, plains and combinations.

“HALF-SIZE

In fall's new colors and

styles; Sivev 14/5 to 24145.

S349

ZIP

COATS

Back- fo-schoel

MOUTON LAMB

Warm fur coat styles for college, business Three

and sports, smart shades.

TAX FREE

“

TOPPERS

Your favorite white and pinks, greatly reduced for tomorrow's selling.

Regularly $29, for

sq 3 vo

. ® Also,

Kay. Saks Toppers, Regularly $59.95. $29.95

SPORTS COATS

Wrap around, and 3-way -

styles. Reg. $29 to $49.

S$ i 8% =

|

|. HOODED COATS

Rok. $25 to $39

a

“ah

les.

"MONDAY 5 AM. To 3

Fr meg

SPRING

touchy T OP PER 5 FUR Reg. $8.95 to $i tL A. All wool. y r h $3 93 COATS A ht J* 539 TAX INCLUDED Clwote ® Moutons @® Caraculs d : ds! . ® Persian Paws hundreds: ® Kidskins ® Others —

’]

FUR-TRIMMED - COATS

Reg. $59.95! D. F. D. Price

Muskrat, Persian, Silver Fox, and Caracul.

OTHERS TO $44.96

Trimmed in Mouton;

RAIN

Summer

Indiana's greatest value!

Allswe

Brown,

SUITS | COATS . Wear ‘em from with now into fall. Reg. $19.95 | HOODS 0. F. 0. Price Reg: $12.95

Popular styles

s(95

and Save at

col ors.

Mf Daviosows Faswon Downsrams

Smart Belted ather, all-year coats,

a from Choose Oo Gray, Blue; Navy; also W

and. Swing-Back Styles full

of . Green, anted Black.

line of sizes,

Red,

1 n

new shades

SUITS

of 65... . all wash. "and new fall colors. Reg. $55 for

27 95

GABARDINE

FS OT

do

U.S: Conve By FREI — WASH agreed to c prosecution Mr. Bri defraud the munist, The atto:

«fice, in tur

hold off - the

the CIO, at Cleveland beg

dts, West Cg

. until

“eant

chief, As a result ing, C10 men the governme tofore, in tv portation atte

" bidden by th

witnesses.

Curran to

“Although ties Committ session here } secret dealin strategy in t At the L committee tc after convertion. Meconwh strength in movement

weakened if.

months hen traded heav! “and protectic And, if it g govérnment to deport hi cording to of However, v shipping, Mr.

Parallel

In other Mr. Bridges’ strike has di That he’ official publi headed: “Hi ..The article note policy: - “The Council and tional CIOthere was nq in the indict Both grou; the indictme The straet

Mr. Bridges the CIO exec

.Just before

“certain to be

&

.

member for shall Plan, Seizu HONOL Union threa! a stiff fight seize Hawall With lo leaders said increase On courts and t Jack Hall rector, sald would attac in_ the cour that it is un ‘Strik “The terr involved in won't know or going,” h Union Pre termed the 1 measure. “Strikebre ing no mat said, - st Newt docks, The about the is The gover - bill Baturda state of put Ord He told and the sev firms to re with” or he dustry. Un take over of doring com] ment. Atty, Ge sald the ter the docks | Ackerman with emplo) other meet talks, he sa

— N.Y. POL] The Health 51 new cas sis today, | tal for the Officials re break has », epidemic.”

Times I

Amusement Eddie Ash B “ie Business Childs Classified 1 Comics .. Crossword