THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1933.
THE UNKNOWN BLONDE BY LAURA LOU
BEGIN HRAN TO-DAY
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he's been out of work. Cross. Who killed TRACY RINO, orchestra lender Cranky. Woll, Carlotta didn't like that. She thought he wasn't in paper reporter, undertake la find out. Faites love with hot any more,
found dead in his apartment?
DAVID BANNISTER, quibor, former nema- |
she has diappeared again.
hi innocent,
In the dead man'a apariment Flannister pkka up an old-fashioned wedding picture and keeps it as a pomalbla chia.
to Hearlich's wife, Carlotta.
Gaines tells Tannlater he has been talking Being a sap, Herman fell for it. But not in the way Carlotta expected. He came to the theatre
"Well, by this time I guess the ono night-Herman, I mean-and girl saw that her little game had heard King singing this song, "Lis Kone too far. She tried to tell ten Carlotta." I guess it made him Herman the truth, that she didn't.
BROOKMAN
torily.
"Yeah," he said, "lots of funny nuts like that around an apart ment hotel. They've got to liva somewhore, I Висва. Relatives won't have 'em, or they can't got along with anyone else."
"I got all this from the woman, are it, that's why she put on that who lives nerosB the hall. Mrs. scono at headquarters."
"Do you think I should tell Mo- Nicholai, her natte is. She said "How does it nappen the deter- Nent about it?" Bannister naked. Carlotta knocked on her door next tives haven't. hearu tnie Niennial! "Oh, you might as well. What are searching for an "unknown blonde," "So what did she do? Well, she morning and came in crying that woman's story?" Bannister asked. harm can it do? To Gainey this known to have villed King short.y before bla death, Bannteter be soon this girl, who told works In a movie theatre, you Herman was going to kill her. She "Thoy will in time, him her name was JULET FRANCE sheknow. Usher at the State, Prob- said he had a gun and had threat Down in that neighbourhood they're secondary. He returned to Carlotta Auppose. no of thought was distinctly swore she knew nothing of the murder, but ably got her iden from some phoney ened to shoot her! Mrs. Nicholai al azraid of cops. Close mouthed Scurtach. "You know," he said,
HERMAN BOUBLACII, who wrote Kine movie. Anyhow she decided to said Carlotta cried so much it was but Galney grinned threatening letter, is in jail. Liu also declares make Horman jealous, This part a long time before she found out, "well, we managed to get friendly, can marry an egg like Scuriach. again, it's queer how a girl like that Itannister works on the case with 1. RAN she told me herself. She wanted to what it was all about. As near as It isn't my iden to print all inis: Of course there are plenty of DOLPH GAINEY, star reporter of the Post make him think some other fellow sho could get the straight of it right away. I'd rather hold it brighter people in the world but
Was crazy about her and she Mira. Nicholai I mean-Herman be- "Until the get n picked on Tracy King!
loved that Carlotta had been with from Scurlach ?”
confession she's not so dumb! Darned good- King and that's why she was late
looking, too. She had that little Gamey Shook his head. "Not" place where they live all fred getting home,
that," he said. "I want to see how, up-" CHAPTER XII
one or two other things turn out "Did you talk to her husband?" first." Bannister broke open
Bannister asked. a poppy Heed roll, buttered a portion of the
"Yeah, and a lot of good it did! Bannlater remembered then the Just a big guy with a head of roll and ate it. "What did she tell wild. The girl, trying to make her even know Tracy King. That only story that the woman at the Shelby solid bone. Kept saying over and you?" he naked.
story better, said King had written made things worse. They had a Arms had told him, the story of over that he didn't do it, that he'd The little reporter's poso of the song for her. Of course if terrible scene and once she thought Melvina Hollister's dead canary! 'never hurt nobody' Stove Flak- boredom was forgotten. He leaned Scurlach wasn't completely dumb he was going to strangle her, then bird, and Miss Hollister's heateder told mo they haven't been able forward, eyes glowing. "What a ho'd have known King didn't and there. Instead he grabbed up quarrel with Tracy King. story!" he repeated. "Do you know write that song but then he is his hat, put the gun in his pocket
to get anything else out of him what that dame was doing when dumb. He wrote the letter they and left. Now listen to this-Car- this afternoon," he said. "Maybe They left Scurloch
"Here's a funny one I picked up except when the girl was there. I got out to the house this after-found in King's room-threatening lotta hadn't seen him from that you can explain this" He re-alone together but of course the and the girl noon? Mending a pair of her hus-to get him if he ever sang that time until she went to headquarpeated what Mre. Kennebec had detectives were listening, Scur- band's socks and crying, over them. song again."
ters today! Mrs. Nicholal sald said, Galney asked questions but lach broke down and cried Crying! Oh, sho pretended that she
some of the children saw him at evidently was not much impressed. told Carlotta he was sorry he'd when't but I could see the tenru "Doos Scurtach admit that?" the house once but it was while it appeared that, to J. Randolph, scared her and he'd never do it just the anne."
Bannister asked. "Writing the let-Carlotta was at the theatre. Where Gainey, the King murder case had again if only they'd let him go Bannister grinned. "Touching "ter. I mean?"
ho was all that time aid what he been solved and solved satisfac- he said. "So the beautiful Car- "Oh, sure! Ile. raved on about was doing nobody knows?" lotta's weeping moved you. Not King trying to break up his home. going soft, are you, Galnev 7" Said he wanted to frighten him and make him leave Carlotta alone. The cops didn't know until they talked to the girl that she'd never even spoken to Tracy King-that she made up every word of the story she told Herman."
The other nodded Impatiently "Listen," he said, "this is straight. The girl's nearly crazy--and I'll tell you why. She thinks Herman
did it!".
Bannister straightened. "Did she tell you that?" he asked.
"No, she didn't say it--not in so many words. But I know it's true just the same. That's why she put on that looney scene at headquarters. She thinks he did it and she's scared to death, Seared he'll hang for murder-"
"They're pretty sure of that, are they?"
"McNeal believes it. Al Drugan, who's supposed to be King's best friend, said he'd never heard of the girl. I Kucak that part's straight all right.
"What about the gun?" Ban- nister asked.
"He didn't have it when they searched him at headquarters. 1 don't know any more about it bul
know he didn't have a gun then. Of course he had plenty of time: to get rid of it."
"But." Bannister objected, "granted that Scurloch did have a gun and a motive for killing Tracy King, how could he get into King's apartment? The clerk at the Shel- by Arms swore this girl they'r looking for is the only one who went up to King's rooms."
Gainey snorted. "There's are
"But here's what the cops don't A walter appeared to remove the know!" Gainey had forgotten the soup plates. "Conversation ended food before him, was leaning for- abruptly until the plates of corned ward eagerly. Three nights ago plenty of ways to get into a hotel!” beof and vegetables had been the same night Scuriach wrote he said. "The clerk doesn't watch rerve and the two were clone again. ; that letter-Carlotta was late get-tho servants' entrance, does he? "It's like this," Gainey went on ting home from the theatre. She Remember Scuriach had had three eagerly. "Scurloch's got a temper. works until the place closes at days to brood over his troubles. Hia wife didn't tell me that: midnight. It was about 3.30 when And they were real troubles to him. got it from the neighbours. And she got home and Herman
too, he's terribly jealous, too. Lately waiting for her.
Because the Nazis retarded the situation depicted hero as an ill omen, publication of this remarkable picture was forbidden in Germany. The nic1ure slows Chancellor Hitler turning away with apparent disappointment from the cornerstone”of a Munich art museum after breaking the silver hammer at the dedication. Note the broken hammer on the stone.
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Maybe he'd been drinking. Maybe he got someone else to hels him--but I doubt that. A jealous person wants to settle accounts with his own hands. There's a lot of it I can't figure out yet but I do know this-Carlotta Scuriach thinks her husband killed, Tracy King. I could ace it in her eyes, the way she talked and everything she said. "That's not the worst of it-for her," he went on. I think. ake ranlly loves this dumb husband of hors. Sho wants to help him and docan't know how. The way I fle
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