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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933.
“WEEK-END MURDER"
BY GABRIEL F. FORBUSH
CHAPTER XXXIX
"Marvin wants to go to church." announced Tom Averill.
"Well, in tho' night-that is, back from the danco?"
"Yes, but he probably heard us what was left of it after we came back from the club and before we come in. I've felt all along that started for the water-I remem-ho may have got up later and ber hearing that door creaking, opened the door, thinking no on couldn't quite place the sound at would be passing. Remember the the time but it vaguely annoyed air was hotter and closer, all the me."
"Oh!" A light seemed to break
timo."
"Pratt says he loft his door on Linda. "Our door wan closed open. Claims he went right all to
17 HEARINGS.
POWER OF ATTORNEY CASE NOT YET COMPLETED
The case in which Chan Sik-nin is charged with Beizing control of Loe King Fuk Wah Firm, Hong- kong, by virtue of a forged power of attorney, came up for the 17th. time at the Central Magistracy yesterday.
Icast one
RIOTING FOLLOWS NAZI REGIME.
DISORDERS THROUGHOUT
GERMANY
Berlin, Feb, 1. The second night of Hitler's Chancellorship has been marked by serious disorders throughout Germany. Clashes between Nazis The list of witnesses is not yet and Communists Aro reported complete. At
more from many districts, resulting in is to be sub-poenaed, and there two deaths. is little hope of the cnso finishing: Nazia and Communiste come to next week.
blown at Berlin, Crefeld, Moors, Pforgheim, and Harburg. A Nazi journalist was murdered at Zittau. At Velbert, in the Rhineland, a' Communiat was killed and several were injured. Rioting occurred
Mr. Hin-shing Lo is appearing D'Almada is defending.
Linda nodded. "Of course ho would. I should have neked the others. You'll drive him down?" "He's started by now-wanted to walk. Statlander voled out, al- though he took pains to make me understand that he always went at home. DeVos and Shaugh- nenney both preferred to stay here, but the others might not have sleep but that he wakes casily, for the prosecution, and Mr. F. X. Incidentally, Statinnder did rise been. It was the sort of thing that too. Says he has trained himself as I thought he would, when drives a nervous person frantic." | to fall asleep Instantly and wako said that Valeska'd be disappoint- "Would you call any of these at any noise. Talks about wild ed that we hadn't been able to ac non nervous?" complish more and he told me "Not exactly." She pondered. you'd already suggested that he "Marvin would be most apt to fit Blny. I gather ho ngreed with the word. He is rather nervous, fervor--and you remember my I think, but he's so controlled and impression yesterday was that he aurt of held in that you mightu't was decidedly unwilling
to
re-think it.
main. Whether that was beenuse "But, Tom-" Buddenly her
murn-
he didn't like to be upset twice on mind flashed back to the short notice or whether he was ing before. "I heard it too-and anxious then to make a get-away-wait a moment-" and now has decided he's in no She closed her eyes. "Yes, yes, danger, of course, I don't know. now it comes back-1 This is But he's here and that's the in- what happened. You went ahead portant thing. Now--are you I was looking for my cap. It was ready to go into the locked room, se hot, I just sort of stopped to Linda 7 That's the next step." get energy enough to go an. Our A leisurely breakfast was over seincone walking-down the hall and the morning newspaperavery quietly. 1 heard a click-
liberally distributed Over
room door was
ujar. 1
heard
animala in camp and such horoles."
Then the creaky door didn't bother him?"
at Dusseldorf, and Coblenz,
pletely or go to bed. He has a hot
Nazi troops policed the streets, little room and a small ono, Well, after we get back he sits up, hot in some towns while many Com. and broody, door open-and-henr munist newspapers have beon "He told mo about it. no at least he noticed it. Claims, how
that infernal casement going forbidden and confiscated for nd.. a general atriko. The ever, he can rise above such minor rork-rork.' as you call it. Ho vocating
he attempt to organise the strike at stands it just so long. Then annoyances. But, Binks, he says!
Aachen coalfields failed.- he heard a step in the hall, too goes more or loss berseric and the
starts out to stop it or know the Router. reason why.
knocka сп
Their eyes mct.
"Then he says he heard the click of a door latch and then the casement creaking once or twice." "How can he say he heard ni that and not the voices or the culte when Cousin Amos WAS thrown over-and then admit he heard me fall inside the room only a few minutes later?"
"Says he went off to sleep.
the
Rumour Denied "Perhaps be
Gon, von Schlolcher vigorously door. Perhaps he thinks Cousin Amos is asicop and he can simply refutes the widespread rumour. pull the window to and tiptoe out. that he, with Hammuratoin, head thing about it-just Koes, Cousi coup d'etat with the aid of the Probably he doesn't think Bay of the Reichswehr, contemplate a Amos bobs up in bed and gives Postdam garrison and points out he warned President Hindenburg him hell for forcible entry. Mar-
purpose. He' of the danger of reappointing Ven vin explains his still angry at the old man and the like turning a doorknob-and then again, off again, just like that. He probably more than short with Papen, which would entail n de- claration of war against nine ground floor and the lawn. In that noiac, Tom. Louder. You acts as if he controlled It him. Cousin Amos gets madder.
liku the big wheelbarrow chair, DeVos know-like this"
seemed turning a water faucet. Ha heard 'Marvin, spare that door-touch tenths of Germany, leading to the disintegration of the Army touchas. smoked and read. Linda from the to imitate, softly, the raucous the creaking door-then he alept 20t-etcetera. Marvin bedroom window could BCC Mr.
on branch. He woke to hear a stop, a door Cousin Amos aprings up, madder and Police. Von Schielcher re- work-Rark-rork-rork! Sort of jerky latch he says, silence and off to threshold of the balcony and aud- the best solution would be Statlander inspecting the
They argue on the commended to Hindenburg that if he would call it that of the you couldn't count on it happening sleep again. A little later, 3 much-disapproved gardener. She even distances apart. It would thump. Up springs Marvin, grabs denly-it's done! That's the way formation of a Government with the Nazis having a parliamentary wondered if he would count the drive anyone crazy at night."
"A hot night." Tom mopped rescue."
his pants, and dashes off to your figure it out anyhow."
majority.--Reuter'a Special. rake marks, to be aure it had been evenly applled. Shaughnes. his face. Hot as it was
"Don't forget the underwear." Bey was not in sight.
that morning had been WOTHC. said Linda. "Do
you
think we can stay up. The very memory steamed him up atalra long enough to go through It together?"
"That was my idén, Rinks, but If you think one of us should be on deck one could go in and not the other."
"I'm crazy to talk to you. Did you get anything out of Marvin before breakfast? And did you hear him stop at Cousins Amiss' door?"
"Yes, to both. I didn't get any reason for his trying to get in that room but I think I know what caused the final explosion yester day morning."*
Cronk of a crov
•
She
to-day.
"Oh, yes. Off pyjames-or per- haps he wears a night shirt-on Linda thought again. Then underwear, on pants-enough for I stopped paying attention. I'd modesty, yet done in A trice. I been standing still, you are, and believe that is the correct expres- all these little noises come per- slon, fectly clearly at that time in the "It does sound phoney." Linda morning. I'm sure there wasn't seemed thinking aloud.
"But you any other sort of noise or I'd have said yourself Marvin was a quick noticed It. Anyhow, then I began mover." moving. I did hear the casement "I did and he is. But. Binks- 10 Oft again—rork—rorking—you said he was very reluctant to while I stood at Cousin Amax' doo { talk about it yesterday. To-day, wondering whether to call him while he didn't bubble over, he when I thought you wero with him. Oh, Tom, I wish I had called - gone in-
"Oh, what? It seemed so queer "There. honey. Don't think one of them going in deliberate about that! Be sure, now is that ly, at that hour, just to quarrel!" absolutely all you remember?"
"You remember when we were "Yes. I thought then that the starting for the dance asking step in the hall was Cousin Amos, Cousin Amos nut to open the win- | Of course it was whoever went in dow on the balcony?"
to murder him," "And we heard him proceed to do it the moment our backs were turned"
"Went in probably to ralar hell about that casement, You say his room door was shut when we got
was ready enough with his infor- mation. Strikes me he's had time to think about it (he may be a quick mover, but as you pointed out, he's a aloy thinker), and seas he's got to talk about it perfectly jopenly and naturally-and to
have a good clear story, too."
"Well, how do you think he did It?" demanded Linda
did
"How's this for-what Shaughnessey call it?-reconstruc tion? Pratt didn't undress com-
than ever.
(To be continued.)
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