| Show Telegram Mystery Ser Serial al V I V Murder Mu er in iA New Orleans V V l l I Jy V The tOT tor Ihm thitu f far A rj ne tp Private ll d ln In th th Ih middle af of the to 10 a Capt Dolph proton P of tf th the New Orleans I pollee hope hopr to 10 lo In o the 7 Identify T ih Ute the bod body bu it b II be J the tM next neat da day that br be lip wm Was W. W D. D Caron a banker r lI La and altO a eW prospective rn I client He lie toll t his hl J cra rr tary r fsr rT Hamilton that he lie I It n tint not t nol goig f to rhe af fleston ton thU thi new Information Now ow fo en on with the I L CHAPTER TWO SHOULDN'T you tell him SHOULDN'T L Lucy Licy cy asked alarmed Uc Hr cant can't possibly catch the murderer without knowing who who was killed i Nuts Nut Denton couldn't catch a al coId a a- a flu epidemic Get arne arneti ti the St. St Charles hotel he went on em swiftly flAsk ifa a W W. W D. D C lion Carson has registered with them em and get his r r rJ Shayne pulled a bottle of ot cognac froni from the drawer of his desk and nd took a al long A As he returned the bottle to the drawer Lucy appeared ap apr In the doorway She was vas excited V You were right Mike W. W D. D Carson has hns toom room but he isn't in Sh Shayne ne got up and put put put-on on his hat Okeh keh he slid said You dont don't know anything about this You dont don't know where I Ive I've ve gone or why He went out of the office and down the hall to the elevator Af After er reaching the sidewalk Sh Shay Shayne y e loitered along looking in show windows Out of the corner of ot his Kis eyes he was searching for tor anyone who showed signs of trailing trailIng trailing trail trail- ing him Then he walked a short distance to an an alley and darted i into frito to it V B A cl circuitous c itou route lie he mac made e his way to another street where he hailed a acab a cab Go on ona a a. block and then swing down dow to Camp to-Camp t toward ward Canal he said As they passed the intersection of Gravier he told the driver to pull puti to the curb and stop jie He He go got out waited until the cab roared aw away y then h hurried to the St St. Charles hotel Entering the lobby Ahe he went to toa o a waiting elevator a and d got off ff a ath athe at th the third floor He ung sw swung d down the hall haJJ to room and took out but outa 8 a a. a ring of ot keys eys The s second co d key he selected opened the door He Helid slid lid inside and nd closed the do door 01 behind behind be be- hind him V Except for a a soiled white shirt tossed across the ne neatly made bed and an expensive pigskin suitcase lying open on a a. chair th the roo room bore no e evidence ce of occupancy ncy S Shayne ayne Wrapped d n handkerchief ov over r his right hand and went to the s' s suitcase ite e. e It contained contaIn an extra clean white shirt size 15 undershirts undershirts undershirts under under- shirts and shorts 3 34 1 waist and socks handkerchiefs and nd tics The sites sizes were Y r about ut right to fit the thede de dead body j I i r tf V V tf it H. H V 1 a H g FOUND n no pers personal belong belong- belongings ings In the room room r He went back to the lobby and n nd sti strolled aro around nd until hesp hott spotted he-spotted da a t tall nth thin fad nta ed man Shayne w went nt up to Him Hi Hf Steve he said V v st Ste Steve Rodell took a a. slim sUm cigar from his mouth and said Hello Mike Working V Sort of ot Can you g get tine me some ome dope on T. T I The house det detective etive studied Shayne Shayn warily with bright blu blue blueeyes eyes What kind of ot dope Everything I dont don't know what Phone calls cans made from th the room or oi or received received all all ll that Rodell Rode nodded and walked away He returned in 10 minutes with witha a a. slip sUp of paper In his hand He Heat sat at down beside Shayne and read from his notes W dW D Dt Carson Small town banker from Been stopping stopping stop atop ping here off oft and on for foury ars sometimes with his wife Checked In at 4 30 0 yesterday Said he was only staying overnight Made rad one phone call from rom his room He gave Shayne hayne the telephone tele- tele phone number Thanks Tanks Steve he said Rodell folded the slip of ot paper and put it in his pocket Carson made that call cali at and no no on one remembers seeing him around since His key is in the thc box and the maid reported he hadn't slept in his bed S HAYNE said saId Good work and started to get up Rodell detained him by a ture turc Hold it Mike What gives es Anything we e ought to to ha have e 1 Shayne shrugged If you want to le lend d Capt Denton a h helping g hand you might take someone down to the morgue look at t a corpse and tell teU Denton his name is W. W D. D Carson And If It you want t to hang a real load ot of of trouble e around m my neck you can tell itell hIm where th the tip 1 t Denton has an unidentified body Is that It 1 i it it Shayne explaIned ed edthe the whole situation Do po what you want about it If Denton CM can prove I r refused fused to cooperate te h he he figures fr s ti to Jerk my licen license e. e V Can you keep ie p the hotel put out ut of It 1 Rodell Rode asked I 1 can try than Denton would do dp Rodell said Let him Identify his own bodies bodles Shayne thanked Rodell again then went ent oyer over to a a telephone ele hone booth and called the number Rod Rodell ll had tad given himA him I A A. L. L PLEASANT LEASA i feminine Y voice said aid Park Plaza Apartments ts Shayne hung up He lOoked He-lOoked l In Inthe inthe the he directory and found that the Park Plaza was WM on Bourbon st. st He hurried outside and got tn HV ml a awaiting awaiting awaiting waiting taxi Park ark Plaza laza on Bourbon he hc said as a's the cab away The Park Plaza was a new brick building Shayne ente entered ed a a. V Je V 1 l lI I It t I I evi w IC MI M- M I v jq v A I f 5 iY Michael she cried D about It He hates hate yo yit V small lobby with a gla glass office near the elevator A girl was WM seated at the small open win window ow When Shayne came up she Smiled and said Yes Im a detective Shayne told her hen Im trying to get a line on o onie ej of your guests A A- Aman man was murd r red he made a call can from the St Charles hotel to this number at last night It might help Us a lot tc toj know whom he called here because that person may be the last ast one who talked to him before he was killed v V VV V She shook her head ead regretfully I III don't dont nt see how I can help you ou We dont don't keep track of Incoming calls f Could you check and see if any of qt f your people c called the thc St. St Charles en yesterday and 2 thi this morning 1 That wont won't be very difficult t. t She turn turned d to a a large ruled day dRY book S S U HAYNE 1 lighted h a he waited It w was wai 3 half smoked when she closed the book and said No calls cans to the Shayne frowned What orlo people live Jive here Z he he asked Could you give me a a list of their names and some sort of description tion of them 7 1 Im Fm afraid what I could give you wont won't help she said You see ace all but two of our tenants are arem m middle aged aged couples who have li e here for tor years and years MI Etta H Hobson In One-F One anc and Mr Sydney G. G Johes Jones in Two-A. Two D Dp Do yo you know nO anything g ab about u them Well r V ell n Miss Etta Hobs Hobson n looks about t- t 30 i but buts she dyes her hair to hide the hide the gray She's a saleslady but h has s mor more notty o 1 y than h n. n most os salesladies ai 5 What ab about Mr i- i SydneyJ Sydney J Jones ri s A 4 The girl made a a grimace e e. e of dis her hei full red Ups lips Hes He He thin nd halitosis I I Iguess gues ues hes heI about 30 I X dont don't know what h he does been here about four months Elaine that's Elaine that's the night operator operator told told me h he never gets in until 2 or 3 o'clock In the morning S iJ HAYNE said Thanks Than s very much and went y out but He Het took a cab to his hI His Hiscar Hiscar Hiscar car was was' parked In front of the building and arid he didn't see any anyone ne around who around who appeared to be watchIng watching watch watch- ing i it Lucy Hamilton Hammon looked up when he walked into the r reception office e eShe She hope you know kitow what youre you're doing Michael l. l He looked at ather her her herIn in surprise Getting jumpy 1 Its that Capt Denton she said angrily He frightens me n You know very ery well hes he's had it in for you ever since the Margo Macon c case se when you made him look like an Idiot And An he fr framed med you on a disorderly disorderly dis dis- orderly c conduct nd ct rap rap Shayne re reminded reminded xe- xe minded h her r t a t Michael I she cried Dont joke about out It He hates y you u. u anid Id H Hers Heras what T y I war want Y i you u to do c Call t ll the the p Park rk Plaza and ask for Mr Sydney G G. Jones Tell Ten him ilm youre you're Mrs MII Carson Carson Car Car- son from and that youre you're worried about your hus- hus band Listen carefully to what he II says and arid use e yo your r. r womans woman's in intuition intuition tn- tn tuition for tor what he d doesn't say ay Then call the girl who'll be beon on duty at atthe the ther switchboard at the he Park Paza and find out where Miss Etta tta H Hobson is employed a asa as asa a a saleslady V S HA HAYNE YN got up suddenly and d started out put Where are you going now Lucy asked with deep concern To see sec Inspector Quinlan he said Start making those telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone c calls right away Inspector Quinlan was Wa sitting behind his desk when Shayne walked in 1 How ow are you and Denton hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting it off oft S Shayne he lie quer queried edNot ed Not too well Shayne pulled up a chair and nd sat down He searched my office this h l morning I UI advised him against it but Dent n is 15 stubborn rn H He thinks youre you're e holding out on hl him and ands he hs s hell bent on proving it it t. t Shayne hayne scowled What have you got gal on the dead man thus far tar V All I know Is Js what I 1 hear bear rumored rumored ru xii- mored around the corridors corridor Shayne looked Shayne-looked looked at him With ith in tn- tn 1 c credulity Arent you youit you Ji it 1 ii Its Den Dentons Denton's tons ton's baby U j Hell Youre You're still aU h ill homicide arent aren't you OUi 1 1 I V tI T 1 I E A CAL Y Tl r specters specter's Voice olce was mUdD mildD mild mUd D nt n got ot a special from froni th the police commissi take over last nights night's job in his precinct He didn't find office thIs thIA morning Shay Can you give me mc any thing Quinlan studied him m rn Determined tp to sUck stick yoi yot out You ou wo wouldn't mind hay case p in a a bundle a aed an ed to you while hes he's aUll around kin ln in circles No N NorI No rI I Iv wouldn't v t mind n all Quinlan lan a agreed eed dont don't do it Shayne If the truth la last t night an and ld do don donth theman the th man his t to fOU anything you j He lie was a a prospective Shayne Shayn said Somebody out of f ra possible fee when gunned I cant can't nt sit bac back bael people kill off ff f my iny clients client they ca can get to me 3 Yo Youre re as stubborn asS is as l 1 S He asked He asked for this Sh Shi angrily V j jP P P I j JT you out o on- on Quinlan agreed ed placidly All An right So Im I'm J limb What killed tile the theA A itA slug from a 32 Oni On short S It WirA A Bankers Banker's Special l mused Very it wasn't suicide 1 Ii What Whal Vba mean I do you mean Quinlan threw sharp glance V suicide t you 1 Just shooting of off n m SHayne assured him aJi ts ah ahead ad d. d So it wasn't Hardly The dIre direct the bullet into his hill he heap close up precludes that tuat P Pa P Moran heard the shots shot at nt 1 on his hI beat It took his hlF four minuteS to get to thA tb th A car pulled away fast as u up on St. St Louis Loui The he died instantly and the thea j J been searched evIdently evidently haste since the appoint wasn't taken V How H about laundry t tailors tailor's labels 7 N NOT OT much g good od y yet t dr dry marks arent aren't l local Is checking other cities laxly Baton Bat Baton n Rouge was tailored Theres There's i or of his tin fingerprints he here tons ton's checking with W Wai What does doCs ballistics the V slug They guess gueM it was wu wua ta fa t f a bulldog S S. 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W It Its It's p pi for tor comparison if they g gone gone gt g one to match It with Shayne n nodded ded and g 0 Lucy Hamilton wal was h the telephone his office She made madeI a. a I iI j Just t finished tal talk guy Jones she said sald Mr Sydney J Jones grinned nned widely Vh find out That Th t Mr Sydney 1 louse He w wanted t ted Ime I Syd and when Jt J. told Mrs Carson and wi about my husband h hal halto e j to come corne to his spa apa him all aU about It IL Shayne e chuckled au over to pinch to-pinch pinch her points point Lucy pushed d his hand handrew rew cw prim xi What about 3 Miss I Ison son The rhe e girl at the si tried t to find ind out why wh hy I I know where M Hot Hobi before shed she'd S awfully curious and nd t te cx finally told me inc e that worked at the Vogue D Shayne said Mid Jl Ch later ater Right now mg a short hort trip to Ch eP Y you if t anything ira in incomes comes up Will Vm Shayne discover of the murder miss misi tomorrows tomorrow's S ment Copyright 1946 by Br Brei Distributed by KI Kind Kin tures Syndicate |
