The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 51, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 April 1934 — Page 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1934

The WEDDING MARCH murder r MONTE \ Im ISlLW®C\ barrett * W.NU . SERVICE

CHAPTER XII

Another Arrest Sergeant Kilday discovered that both Callis Shipley and Rylle Carmody were missing, at about the time Peter was struggling In Franklin’s darkened office with his unknown assailant. Rylie’s disappearance was reported by the angry detective whom he had given the slip, In the country. The disappearance of the girl was discovered when Kilday sent for her In the hope that Daniel Bullis might Identify her as the woman in blue he had seen In the rector’s study with Franklin. Aside from the fact that she had a week end hag and left word not to expect her back for several days, nothing was known of her whereabout. "Has she gone with young Carmody or Is she afraid that Bullis might Identify her?" pondered the detective. He quickly abandoned the latter theory, as he realised she had not known he Intended confronting her with the politician. He was more than ever anxious to And the missing couple when he learned what had happened to Peter Cardigan. The novelist had been found unconscious, on the sidewalk In front of the Greer building. Nevertheless, it was the following morning before Rylle Carmody was ! located at his home, to which he had t IBl!! gy- " ff ■ * / The Novelist Had Been Found. Unconscious. returned during the.nlght. Kilday wad resolved to place the young man under arrest, convinced that his flight had had some connection with Cardigan’s Injury. Os course, this meant that Spears was Innocent. How else account for • what obviously had occurred at Franklin's office? Who but the murderer would have hurled Cardigan through the window? Certainly that was not Webster Spears, who had been under arrest at the time. Callis Shipley lacked the strength for such a feat But Rylle Carmody— He had not been entirely wrong in his surmises, then. If Rylle Carmody had not given his shadow the slip, things would have worked out differently, surely. The sergeant was a determined man when he presented himself at the Car- , mody residence after belhg Informed , that hts quarry had returned. “Pm sArry." the butler declared. "Mr. I Carmody Is HL He can seen no one." "Hell see me," declared Kilday dourly. In his extended palm he erhlbited his badge. "Take me to his room." ' 4 Rylle was sitting up in bed. several pillows propped behind his back. His left eye was discolored and swollen. One arm was bandaged above the wrist and the knuckles of the other hand were taped. "Good morning. Sergeant. What brings you here so early In the morning?" "I guess you know," was the laconic rejoinder. "You look as though you’d run into a buzz-saw." Rylle raised his arm, the better to exhibit the bandage. "Had an accident.” he explained. "Ob. yeah?” The sergeant grinned mirthlessly. "An accident, eh? Automobile. 1 suppose?" “Yes. I skidded on some loose gravel, and—" "This was while you were trying to give my man the slip yesterday afternoon?" The young man pretended not to understand. The sergeant settled himself In a comfortable chair beside the bed and lighted a cigar. "So you gave us the slip did yon?" He puffed a time er two. "Well. I wont deny you . kept half a dozen men busy last night, trying to find you. Caused us a lot of trouble. But I won’t complain. You’ve helped us a lot in the solution of the murder. . . • "Helped your Rylle raised himself on one elbow. “Do you mean to say you’ve caught the murdererr X "I can lay my hands on him, any time I please," Kilday asserted. *T know who he is. where he Is and what he did last night It isn’t a mystery any more.” Young Carmody relaxed against the’ »■. um t. dme k*

said. “But what has last night got to do with It?" ’ "You ought to know.” Kitday’s eyes never left the young man's face. “Me?" "You killed Jim Franklin." At first Rylle smiled. "You have a queer Idea of humor." he said. Then i he sat up straight. “Say. are you serious? Do you think I—why, man. I you’re out of your head!” ' "You think ao?” The sergeant was ‘ elal>orately eusual. "Crary Idea, eh? I "Listen, it isn’t half as crazy as that | story you Just told me about an auto t accident I know where you got that • black eye. I know where those bruises came from. And you weren’t even In an automobile, young fellow. I "I can tell yon why you were so I anxious to give my detective the slip • yesterday afternoon. I can tell you a groat many things that you don't think I hnow. And the things I know are 1 going to send you to the chair.* KHday’s cigar was forgotten and cold now. He edged forward, the hard lu es nf his face no harder than the blenk stare of his eyes. “I was on to you from the first. If Cardigan had listened to me. then, he'd be here with me tn-’,«y. instead of where he is. But you're not going to pull the wool over our eyes any more. "You killed Jim Franklin. Whether you did it to prevent him from marry- , ing your sister, after everything else I had failed, or for another reason. ! We ll discus* that later. We know you ; quarreled with him In the study of the t church, within a half hour of the time he was murdered. We know that Webster Spears told you about Choo Choo Train that very afternoon, at lunch. Snearff is under arrest. He admits he told you. In the h<pe that you would stop the wedding. He even admitted, this morning, that he was the author | of thnt anonymous message your fa tber received. He admits everything, except the murder Itself, and the phone rail to t'hoo Choo Train. Perhaps that was your work. Oh. Spears has tried to protect you. but he won’t any longer. Sj»enrs has talked, and he’ll keep on talking." "Webster Spears?” Ry He's tone was Incredulous. “Did he say that?" "It doesn't really matter what Spears says." Kilday brushed aside the Interruption with an Impatient wave of the hand. “We’ve got the goods on y..u, After your quarrel with Frank!.n you returned to the study, entering by the rear door, so that you wouldn t be observed. He was standing tn the sacristy door, with his back toward you. You seized the knife that was hanging on the wall and stabbed him twice. Then you locked that dobr, | wiped the hlade off on the curtain and,replaced the knife In Its sheath, first being careful to obliterate your finger-prints on the handle. "Franklin had a revolver tn his pocket and attempted to draw it. during the struggle. You wiped it clean of finger-prints, too. and then thought of leaving Franklin's own thumb mark on the weapon. You pressed It Into the dead man's hand, then flung It ihto the bushes of the garden, in the rear. After that you left the way you had come, but you couldn’t go Into the church because you had not had time to dress for the wedding. 1 " You were still In tweeds. So you crossed the street and waited In your car until after the crime was discovered. i "You have already told us what you • did then. After taking Callis Shipley home, you returned to the church. You knew Franklin had been murdered. ; To protect yourself, you first said that | the girl had told you. We knew she couldn’t know Franklin was dead unless she was implicated in the affair.. When you saw you were trapped, you tried to wriggle out of It, and the girl tried to help you. I don't know. It might have worked if it had not been for last night" “Last night r Rylle Carmody stared fixedly at the detective. "You keep coming back to that What about last night?” "You want me to tell you. ehF Kllday’s gaze never wavered from the , youth's face. “You were suddenly . mighty anxious to escape the man who was following you, last night, weren’t you? Because you had something to do that wouldn’t bear watching. “You were afraid there was something in Franklin’s apartment that might Identify you with the crime. You hadn't an opportunity to do it before, because we were watching you. You realised you were under suspicion. That heightened your anxiety, and made yon all the more eager to det stroy that evidence, if it were in the 1 apartment. “So last night you made up your mind not to wait any longer. You decided to shake the detective and take your chances with Fletcher. And that's what you did. You had • lucky break when Fletcher went out for a couple of hours. Rat you couldn't find ! what you went after there and decided . Franklin had kept it at his office, j “I don’t know what you. were after—- ; yet But Hl find out. Probably some evidence that connected this Shipley girt with the case. Or perhaps it connected you. or even young Speers with the crime. At any rate, that’s where Cardigan outguessed us both. It’s too bad I didn’t have more confidence to him. If I bad. rd have been with him last night and he would be here, right now. Next time. Hl play his hunch, if there ever la a next time." | The detective scowled. “I don’t ud- | deratand how you caught Mm an com-

pletely off balance. He was armed. But somehow or other, you did. And In the struggle which followed, you knocked him out of the window. But not" he paused to glance significantly at Rylie’s bandages, “not before he had put up an awful struggle. He left his mark on you. “The fight was waged in the dark. Cardigan, has been able to tell me that much. You thought that even if Cardigan lived, he would be unable to identify you. But circumstantial evidence accuses you. my boy, just as surely as Peter Cardigan ever could. “You gave our detective the slip. Why? Because you couldn’t afford to be observed when you went to Franklin’s apartment and office. You knocked Cardigan through the window, but not before he had left his mark on you. This accident story won’t get you anywhere. Carmody.” "Suppose," replied the boy soberly, “that I can prove there really was an accident F “Do you have witnesses F “Not eye-witnesses, but I can produce the wrecked car. That should be pretty strong circumstantial evidence. as you call It." Kilday puffed thoughtfully. “The wrecked car, eh? What time was this wreck?" “About eight-thirty, or perhaps a quarter to nine, on a gravel road about ten miles from Westport.” “Where did you go? What did you do? How did you get back to town? What time was It thenF The sergeant shot his questions with staccato rapidity. "I was stunned. 1 guess It was this blow on the head that did it.” Rylle fingered the discolored eye gently. “I don’t know bow long I was ‘out’ It was quite dark. I remember. The car had overturned and I had been thrown clear. I didn't realize, at first. , that I had been unconscious. Then I looked at my watch. It was nine- J thirty. That worried me. because I was supposed to meet some one at nine. And the last thing I remembered before the accident. I had had plenty of time. “There was a farmhouse up the road ; about half a mile. I could.see the ‘ lights. So I limped up there and ' asked for help. 1 telephoned West- | port from there and got a car. Then I returned home." “What time was It when you reached the farmhouseF “I don’t know, exactly. It must have . been about, ten o'clock. Not much , later. I’m sure.” The sergeant smiled—a slow un pleasant sort of smile In which there was no trace offrnirth. “Pretty clever. Carmody, but It won’t work. It was somewhere around four o'clock when 1 you started for the country. About | four-forty-five you lost the man who • was following* you. The accident occurred nearly four hours later, within thirty miles of the spot where you were last seen. It didn’t take four hours to travel thirty miles—not at the rate you were going. Where were you all that time? What were you doing?” Rylle hesitated. “I was Just going for a ride. I wasn't going anywhere in particular.” “You said you had an appointment at nine. With whomF “That doesn't have anything to do with the case," the young man replied slowly. “I merely mentioned It to fix the time of the accident.” “You’ll have to let me be the Judge of what's Important now,” declared the sergeant gruffly. “Who were you going to meet, and whereF The young man remained silent. “All right," declared Kilday. "I’ll tell you. Your engagement was to go to Franklin’s apartment That’s why you can’t tell me about it That’s why It was necessary for you to give my man the shake first. He last saw you late in the afternoon. There is no record of your movements between then and the time you- claim this accident occurred, near Westport. The fact Is. after you had searched Franklin’s ’ apartment you went to his office, where you had the struggle with Peter Cardigan. Then you became frightened. You needed some means of account- I Ing for your movements at that time. < Besides,” the sergeant leaned back and ! studied his man thoughtfully, “you j were badly battered to that fight You i were going to have to explain those < bruises. What better explanation could you find than an automobile accident? “The apartment was searched some time between four-thirty and six-thir- { ty. Your struggle with Cardigan oo i cured about eight-fifteen because that’s the time he went through that win- • daw. There are a number of witnesses who saw his fait Fast driving would have taken you to the scene of the so-called accident by about the time you appeared at the farmhouse. It was no trick for an experienced driver to roll his car off the road i% loose graveL Til admit, you couldn't have made It by the time you say the accident occurred. But you didn’t have to make it quite that fast. You claim you laid unconscious in the ditch for about half an hour. Yet no one saw you j there. No passers-by discovered the : accident It hardly seems likely that no one passed the spot to thirty minutes. The roads in that section are fairly' well traveled. “Nevertheless, you were not discovered until you regained consciousness of your own accord, you tell me. Then

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you limped to the farmhouse. That gives you the added time necessary to complete your alibL Carmody, there was an accident, all right But it was a deliberate one, planned by you. to throw us off the track. You were t never unconscious. That part of your story has been added to nfcike the time I fit into the events at Franklin’s office so that it would appear to be Impos- ; slhie that you were there." Kilday glanced slowly about the room. “Where are the clothes you were wearing?” he next asked. “I i want to have a Jock at them.” ’ “In the dressing room, I suppose." I f ßylie indicated a door across the room. i “It was a brown tweed. You’ll recognize It because it was torn a bit" As the detective rose, he drew his revolver. “Stay right where you are,”, he commanded. “You aren't going to pull any tricks on me like you did on Cardigan. I’ll be patching you." He backed carefully to the dressing room and. leaving the jdoor open In order to keep the young man\tn sight, found the suit. “This settles it," he said. “Come on. Get some clothes on. You’re going down to headquarters with me.” • "You have lost your mind.” declared Rylle Carmody hoarsely. “Suppose I told you who I intended to meet at Westport at’ nine o’clock last night? Would you believe me thenF Kilday smiled. “Sure,” he agreed. “Maybe you did have an appointment : to meet some one at Westport. If y<»u I were clever you did. It would strength your alibi. “But I’ll tell you something else." ; He leaned forward, all trace of the smile vanished into the stern lines of his face. “I’ll bet you a hundred dollars that you never kept that appointment 1 "You couldn’t Not and be at Frankj’ lin’S office when you were." I XD (TO BE CONTINUED.) WEST END Mrs. Emeral Jones of south of . Syracuse, Farm Bureau speaker, ' spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon | in Goshen, Friday. She gave as reaI sons why American civilization is on t the wane is because of national spirj itual bankruptcy, laxity in criminal ‘ justice, loose marriage and divorce laws, decline of parental control, failure to follow Divine guidance, decay of the 18th amendment and , crooked politics. ; A birthday party was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sheffield in honor of Mrs. Sheffield and three r grand-children, Billy Ogle of Goshen; Bobby Doll of Elkhart and Joan Sheffield of So. Bend, whose birthdays are in April. Those present were: Mrs. Anna Kizer of Mishawaka; Mr. and_Mrs. H. L. i Sheffield of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Doll and family, B. D. Nero of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ogle and family of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Sheffield. A carry-in dinner wfs enjoyed at the noon hour Mr. and Mrs. Claud Niles spent Wednesday in South Bend with Mr. and Mrs. John Honer. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vail. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rowdabaugh, Ed Berkey, Jess Metz; Mr. and Mrs. Linderman; Miss Ethel Vorhis attended the funeral of Orlando Medlam in Goshen, Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John McGarity spent Sunday with Mrs. Joe Jar vies near Bristol. , Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Weybright of J Nappanee were Sunday guests of ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Claude Niles. Mrs. H. L. Sheffield and children ■of South Bend spent the week end . with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sheffield. Mr. and Mrs John McGarity, Bud and Phyllis Harris spent Saturday in Michigan City, where they called on Charles Harris. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Burris of Goshen ■ were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. , Rowdabaugh, Sunday. Miss Thelma Showalter and Miss Dorothy Lutes entertained at cards, Friday evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lutes, in honor of Miss Dorothy Bowser, whose marriage to Kenneth Meyers will take place on Sunday, April 15. Favors at bridge went to Mrs. Max Weddell Miss Jane McQuate and Miss Virginia Perkins. During the evening Miss Bowser received a shower of kitchen articles. Fifty of the young people of the Willing Workers class of Bethany Sunday school gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Neff on Road 6, Friday evening and showered them with a number of giftsMr. and Mrs. G. Morehouse call-

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