Show THE GARLAND TIMES v THE WEDDING MARCH MURDER by Monte Barrett O Copyright W th lJls Co WNU Serrlco SYNOPSIS Waiting In tha mlnlaur’i Jim Franklin about to ba marrieditudr to Doris Carmody la atabbad todeath Patar Cardigan novellat and amateur of eome nota with Sergeant begin the official Inveatlgatfon Franklin while waiting had visitors among them hla mistress "Choo Choo" Train hla Intended wife'a father Am brose Carmody her brother Rylle Daniel Bullla politician and a woman In a blue frock Ityiia Carmody trying to atop the wedding after being Informed by Webater that Franklin waa atlll friendly Speara with Choo Choo despite hla approaching marriage aecurea the dead Kilday man'a keya From Callia Shipley one of the bridesmaids Rylle’s friend tha Investigators learn nothing An Interview with Bullla la frultleaa Webater 8pears admits Informing Rylle Carmody of Franklin's relations with Choo Choo for Doris Carmody'a sake In the hope of preventing the wedding Fletcher Franklin's la reticent An Interview with Milo Franklin’s law partner and search of tha dead man’s office reveals nothing of Importance Choo Choo admits her relations with Franklin ware to continue after hla marriage She says aha visited Franklin at tha church because a telephone message from Fletcher told her to come Fletcher denies calling the actress CHAPTER VI —12 — “Do think Choo Choo la lying about that phone call?” Kilday Inquired as the two men atarted back “I can’t figure her out" Peter puffed hla cigarette meditatively “She received a telephone call I’m satisfied of that" he replied finally “Why else would she have changed her mind about going to the wedding? And she did change her mind Franklin was surprised to see her ‘‘However It wasn’t Fletcher who I can see no reason why he called shouldn't tell the truth about It What I am trying to determine Is whether Choo Choo really believed it was Franklin’s servant or Is only trying to make us think so In order to conceal the Identity of the person who really did call” “She seemed mighty surprised that you Fletcher remember It" Kilday volunteered doubtfully “I can’t forget that she's an actress" Peter confessed “I find myself wondering how much of what she said and did was sincere and how much was lie lighted anonly for our benefit" other cigarette blew out the match and holding It between thumb and as It alowly Inspected forefinger though In the charred match head he might find the solution to the puzzle didn’t was worrying him “What If It the woman In blue — that would provide a motive for Choo Choo’s visit and for the crime' I don’t think she was acting when she told us she loved Jim Franklin It must have been that or else" he still scrutinized the match “the murderer knew of Choo Choo’s with Franklin and telerelationship phoned her In an effort to bring her to the church If that Is the case of course this actress had nothing to do with the crime and was only drawn In by the real culprit In an effort to con“If fuse the trail” Peter ahrugged that’s what happened we’re farther from a solution than ever" The car had reached police headquarters and the novelist followed On the Kilday up the battered steps dissergeant’s desk lay the revolver covered In the rectory garden the dagger with which the crime had been and the stained curtain on committed which the murderer had wiped the blood from the weapon “Every blessed thing we have to go on" complained the sergeant disconof course the “Except solately The keys on the gun The only won’t be much help now Is obviously one we haven't Identified It couldn't fit the not a door key apartment of our woman In blue" "Just because the pieces of the don’t fit the first time we try them Is no sign we don't have all the pieces” retorted Peter “rm merely pointing out that the as one of the keya are eliminated pieces to the puzzle” exclaimed Kilday they ruefully “I was hoping thatwoman would help ua Identify this But In blue when we found her his chair and back tilted now" he the haze of gazed cellingward through "Now smoke that clouded the room I think you have given me a hint that Is Just as helpfuL” He drew another long reflective puff on his stogy “The trouble with this case" he began presently “Is too many suspects Of course there aren’t many genuine clues but we haven’t needed clues so Not since we’ve had an opmuch these portunity to talk to allstruck peopleas you Feter has anything peculiar about this case?" “Not unless It’s the fact that you’ve Just mentioned — too many suspects" The sergeant leaned forward a smile which were warming the harsh llnea of hla face "You’ve laid your finger on It" he said “Now what would you Bay that Indicates? No don’t Interrupt I know the answer murWhoever myself dered Franklin entangled purposely nome of these others In the case in order to drag a herring across hla own trail eh? Isn’t that the way you figure Peter eyed hla friend carefully “It looks that way" he admitted "All right then" Kilday made no effort to conceal hla exuberance “Let’s find ont who aeema to have been Let’s find the herring manipulating out who seems to have been Involved In this case by some one else When we eliminate this class perhaps we’ll have the murderer First" he began the enumeration of the suspects on hla She “there’ Choo Choo fingers claims some one phoned her saying he was Fletcher and told her Franklin wanted her to come to the church Boyce heard the argument after she arrived there wasn’t exFranklin pecting her Of course she may not be telling us the truth but Just at present she aeema to be telling a And Franklin wasn’t straight story expecting her So It looks as though she was part of the red herring that the real culprit across the dragged trail to throw us off the scent Well eliminate her for the time being “Then there’s Fletcher Ho hasn't been an Important suspect up to now but I'd say that this eliminates him from further consideration too Why? Because who ever called Choo Choo was the murderer If that was Fletcher he wouldn't have given her his name “Third Ambrose Carmody” Kilday turned down another finger “He was dragged Into It by that anonymous Very similar to the telephone call trick employed to bring Choo Choo to the church Strike him off “Fourth He waa Bylle Carmody drawn into It by the story told him by Webster Spears and now we’re getting Itr hot" “Hold on" Peter objected “If you follow this method through you’ll eliminate every one won't you?" The sergeant enthused over hla idea shook hla head smilingly “Not so yon can notice It" he retorted “Don’t overlook thla fact We don’t know who called Choo Choo We aren’t certain who phoned Ambrose Carmody But we do know who told Bylie It was Webster Spears And If Spears Involved one of them what's to prevent him from being the one who volved the others?" “Only one thing" the novelist re“If he was clever plied soberly enough to draw these others Into the case without revealing his Identity why did he tell Bylle Carmody personally? Why didn’t he telephone him or write him an anonymous letter? If be took these other precautions to remain concealed how did he happen to slip up here?" But Kilday had an answer ready partly born of his enthusiasm for the new theory from the partly hatched relentless logic of his own experience “They all slip up sooner or later I’ve never known It to fall There aren’t This Is the flaw any perfect crimes In this one It only required a little to discover it" reasoning “How about the others?" Peter was still reluctant “How do you explain the presence of the woman in blue? What was Callls Shipley doing back there?” "The woman In blue could have been drawn Into It Just as Choo Choo Train was Spears only needed to whom with know another woman Franklin had had an affair to add a new note of mystery to the case which would keep ns puzzled and throw us off the track of the real criminal As for the Shipley girl I don’t know — yet But I will before long I’ve sent She lied to us about Bylle for her Either she lied to taking her home us about Spears’ remark In the church lied or else Spears Personally I don't think Spears would have made which obviously would such a remark later Not draw suspicion to himself a murder If he had already planned all this false evidence and arranged to throw us off the track This girl Is going to have to explain to me how she knew there had been a murder too and what she was doing at Webster Spears’ house last night I don’t know how she fits Into this case but I’ll soon know she fits somewhere where” Peter realized that his Beluctantly to friend was only giving expression the misgivings that had been troubling him concerning this girl Only he had not before thought of her as an acHe had complice of Webster Spears associated her with Bylle Carmody for whom she had seemed chiefly conAnd he bad preferred to excerned plain her evasions as her anxtons effort to extricate Bylle from the evidence which seemed to be entangling In that light he had been able blm for the fact to find an explanation that she had lied to him It offered a for her visit to possible explanation Webster Spears the previous evening a visit which the latter had deFor In spite of himself he had nied the defense of glrl’a been stirred by young Carmody during that Interview Her courage had quickened with her He thought again of his sympathies the manner In which she had appealed to him He recalled the anxiety mirrored In her blue eyes Surely this girl had had no part In the murder She was scarcely of Jim Franklin He child a more than thought of that second deep knife thrust that had ended Franklin’s life Could that blow have been guided by a girl’s hand? and Yet In spite of his misgivings too for he partly because of them realized that be was not an Impartial Judge where this girl waa concerned he grudgingly admitted to himself that KUday's arguments posaesaed a great deal of logic By all means have the girl down here She had aome questions to answer And he was curious to see what hla own reaction to her He answers would be thla time would not again be fooled by a pretty face- “How doea Dan Bullla fit Into your new theory?" Peter waa still explorof the detective's ing the possibilities argument “He doesn’t fit” the sergeant admitted “Tha nearest I can figure hla part In the affair was accidental He was anxious to see Franklin and hla arrival at the church when he did simply played Into the murderer’s hands" “How about Nick Boyce? Another accident?” “Accidents don’t come In pairs No Where else Boyce was best man could he have been? He tella a pretty straight atory too" "Except at on point" Peter pointed ont “He claims Franklin asked him to go out In front and find Milo Dunbar It waa Important that he find him because Franklin was worried after his Interview with Bylle Carmody lest the youngster Interfere with the wedding In eome manner Yet He says Boyce never found Dunbar he couldn’t find him Dunbar tella us he waa there We know he was because he Joined ns In the present study after the crime waa discovered" “IIow much Importance do you attach to that?" exclaimed Kilday “There were hundreds of people out In front There’s nothing very In the fact that Boyce surprising couldn’t find one man in all that crowd" In spite of hla reluctance where Callls Shipley was concerned Peter was compelled to admit that the sergeant’s theory was the best that had It dovetailed into yet been advanced more of the known facta than any other “What do you plan to do next? Arrest young Spears?" a wry fact Sergeant Kilday mad “Not too fast Don’t forget who be Is I’ve got to have my case dare before I go that far Tha Shipley girl will be here before long Til see what I can get out of her In the meantime" he pulled a cigarette case from hla pocket and gingerly the handkerchief carefully unwrapped In which It was swathed “Here are samples of Choo Choo Train' He pressed tho buzzer on his desk aa he continued “Spears la my man but Pm not overlooking any bets Pm going to compare fingerprint samples of every known suspect with those we found In the study “Get plates on these prints O’Malley” he ordered the assistant who answered hla call "and bring me the of those yon found In the negatives study at St Matthew’s yesterday Also t on the the one of the gun" had been Five sets of discovered in the search of the room where Jim Franklin had met his death Four of these Kilday waa Inclined to believe were made by men The fifth set belonged either to a woman or to a man with exceptionally small hands O'Malley waa excited when he re"We’ve turned with the photographs Identified the print on the gun with one of these sets we found In the study” he reported eagerly “Look here Sergeant” Side by aide he laid two negatives as he Indicated the similarity of whorls and lines which marked the two prints as Identical Kilday rubbed his hands delightedly “Take a squint at them Peter” he Invited “Here' one time our fingerare going to prove a case prints for us” The novelist examined the prints “But why didn’t we find carefully We any prints on the knife then? know the murderer used It hut careI don’t unfully wiped It off later derstand why he should have been so careless about the revolver or about In the room leaving Where’s the Joker?" the ser“You said It" exclaimed He didn’t think geant “Carelessness we'd take thef trouble to look for a gun In the garden after we found the he And some time or another knife must have left some prints In the If not these two wouldn’t study match Peter I’m going to have tha man who killed Franklin locked up by night" “I hope Cardigan you’re right" looked doubtfuL “Here" be Kilday only grinned wrote down a llat of suspects In the with Webster Speara case beginning then read It aloud Bylle "Speara Callia Ambrose Carmody Carmody Choo Choo Train Daniel Shipley Doctor and Nicholas Bullis Boyce of With tho exception Abernathy the woman In blue that’s the list “I already have Choo Choo’ fingerconhe on case" that cigarette prints tinued “and Mlsa Shipley will be her before long so you don’t need to worry about her" He waa addressing his assistant “As for the others I want specimens or their prints aa soon as Of course you can’t afford possible to be obvious about It Use cigarette casea and pretend P“ii want to quesUntion them about something else derstand?" O’Malley nodded Clean It up aa quickly aa “Good Before you go though tell possible them to hurry up a report on Choo I don’t want any time Choo’s prints wasted “Now we’re getting somewhere" he as O’Malley left the room grunted with a gesture of Then he wheeled as hla assistant returned annoyance “Of course I wasn’t In any hnrry about those prints" he began dourly TO bb oormmjxD) GARLAND UTAH NO HONORS PAID FAMOUS PIRATE MUST FEED GEESE GRAIN ROUGHAGE Birds Demand Right Care to Produce Best Eggs To obtain the beat hatching results breeding geese must be fed regularly In the winter At the same time care must be taken not to overfeed While good condition la desirable at the beginning of the breeding season poor fertility and poor hatchablllty will remit If geese ere too fat asserts a In writer Successful Farming The principal feeds required by geese are grain and roughage In aome form Of the grains oats are by far tha best for breeding geese becans Such fattthey ar not too fattening ening grates as corn wheat or barley may bo fed In limited quantities when supplemented with other grains Tho geese should bo fed all tha grain they will clean np In 80 minntes at each feed twice a day during the win- ter Some form of roughage la necessary make up the bulk of the feed Any kind of vegetables clover alfalfa hay or silage may be used as roughage for If silage Is not moldy breeding geese and does not contain too much corn It Is excellent roughage for geese If fed properly geese will begin laying at such a time that the first hatched will have good pasture To encourage egg production add a good laying mash to the regular feed a month or more before It la desired to have the geese begin laying Thla mash should be mixed with skim milk or buttermilk end fed with the roughage In the morning While grit and oyster shell may be supplied at all times to advantage It la especially necessary that these materials be kept before the geese during the breeding season to Red Mites Troublesome 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