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PAGE TWO KgOMDENRUBV MURDER® V£g£/ HV CKNTKAt. HtKSS ASSOCIATION *— y READ T77TS FIRST: Detective Keyes and Gary Maug han are attempting to unravel the mysterious murder of Margalo younger, an actress and old friend of Mauglian. She was killed with n nccdlc-like instrument as she and Mauglian sat in the home of Dow Von Every, a collector of rare jewels, whom she had met through his friend, Mauglian, listening to his gruesome history of the famous Camden ruby. At the time she teas wearing the ruby against the wishes of Van Every who described it as a “murder stone”. Among those ques tioned by the detective were Maug lian, himself; Van Every; his young niece, Joyce, iclio lives with him; her fiance, Allan Foster, who at one time was in love with the dead actress, and Joyce’s companion, Laura Ran dall. Another suspect is Roy Barri more, close friend of the actress, who shot himself shortly after her death. Van Every tells Mauglian how he bought the ruby from two nuns. Joyce confides to Mauglian that she kas secured a job in a department store against her uncle’s icishcs. The detective and Mauglian start for the home of a Mrs. Bryce, an inti mate friend of Van Every. Keyes and Maughdn learn from Mrs. Peo ples, Margalo s maid, that the actress recently had given a check for SI,OOO to a friend, Manuel Goti;alcs. (NOW GO OK WITH THE STORYJ CHAPTER 23 "AS T SAID before," Mrs. Peoples was telling Keyes, “I took care of much of Miss Younger’s business, making out tlie checks for the rent, the upkeep of her apartment, the small bills, even at times some of the large ones. She gave me a drawing account, because she knew she could trust me. knew I wouldn’t take a dollar from her. And.” she drew herself up proudly, "my accounts al ways balanced to the penny. “Miss Younger wasn’t one to spend all her money, like a lot of others in the profession She lived reasonably, didn’t even keep a car in town. Os course she has one at her country place, a modest farm house in Vermont. She invested wisely—some of her friends were stockbrokers—but I told you all this early this morning. Captain Keyes. What I want to say was this. T don’t know how much money she had. but she must have had a great deal. Besides the check for $7,000 which she gave to Mr Gonzales last v.eok. she also bought stocks to the amount of SIO,OOO. and her bank told detectives today ” "I know. Mrs. Peoples.” Again Keyes was patient but weary. "Her hank told my men today that last week she drew out in cash notes, herself. SB,OOO, an unusual proceeding for her.” Mrs. Peoples brightened. “You’re right, very unusual. She always paid by check, and she very seldom carried much cash on her. Some times when she didn’t have much money, and had forgotten to cash a check, she would borrow from me. Oh. often she's borrowed. $lO. sls. S2O from me. T always kept as much as SSO in my purse to lend her if she needed it. "Now. Mr;—Captain Keyes. I don’t know what she drew out the cash for. Last Monday, wasn’t it. that the bank said she drew out $8,000? I don’t know what she drew it out for, but I suspect.” Mrs. Peoples settled back with a little smile on her pudgy face. GOVERNMENT BUILDS STEEL HOUSES IN STORM ARE. ' i; |"|; j ; 7jV.S j; '77 ’ Hoping to prevent future disasters in the Florida Keys, similar to the one last autumn in which many persons lost their lives in a hurricane, the federal government is building “stonewall” houses on the Economy Experts To ascertain which of the New Deal agencies should be scrapped, re duce d or molded into permanent framework of the govern ment, Presi dent Roosevelt has appointed Luther Gulick, Charles E. Merriam, and Louis Brown low (1. to r.) as special com mittee for economy reform. -What for, tnenr’ Keyes Ques tioned. "Wait a minute, and you'll see. The detectives, too, found her jewels in the vault in her bedroom. She loved jewels and had some fine ones. The best ones she kept in her safety deposit box. They found these, too. after I had given them the key. Fine jewels she had. A gorgeous pearl necklace, a diamond necklace, worth a fortune, rings, watches, a pair of old emerald bracelets, and earrings. Many more. I know them all. I’ve seen and handled them 41. Miss Younger sometimes was rather careless with them. When she took them off at night, she world leave them lying around on her dressing table. When I found them in the morning, I would almost have heart failure. I always tried to be up when she came home —that is. when she was wearing any of her jewelry. It would be so easy for a thief to steal —with Miss Younger so careless. “As I said. I knew every piece she had. Every piece. When she bought something she showed it to me—for me to admire. That’s why I can’t understand how I didn’t know ’’ “Didn’t know what?” Keyes was fidgeting tr ~ '••hair However, I was intenacij interested in what Mrs. Peoples was saying. The woman. I was sure, had something important to tell us. "After the detectives, Neff, I think was the one who did most of the talking, asked me what Miss Younger could have drawn SS.OOO in cash from the bank for, I said I didn’t know. I didn’t. But I started to rack my brains. Not clothes, be cause she had accounts, and if she didn’t she wrote checks. Probably to help someone. No, she would pay that by check too. She had paid Gonzales by check—and I’m sure she was just helping him. Lending him money for something or other. Jewels? Perhaps. The more I got to thinking about the jewels, the more certain I was she had drawn out the cash for Jewelry. But she hadn’t showed anything to me, lately. She hadn’t bought any jewel ry for months. The last thing she purchased was a pearl ring, a lovely thing. “I figured that if Miss Younger had bought anything. It would either be at the apartment, or in her safety deposit vault. She never kept anything of value at the farmhouse. Tt was too Isolated. The vault was out of the question. The detectives had found everything there. They had searched the house. Now be fore Miss Younger had the safe put into the apartment, the small floor safe in the closet. I hid some rings for her until I cotild take them down to the bank next day. And I hid them in the lining of a hat, one of my hats. I figured that would be an unlikely place for thieves to look if they came while we were gone. T suippose she remembered this when she was looking for some place to hide—this thing she had bought. Evidently she didn’t want anyone to know about it. not even me. She would have told me. if she had wanted me to know. “T decided to go through her closets, so after the detectives were in the living room. I did. on a pre text of straightening up. But really I went through everything, her hats, under the linings of each, the pockets of her coats —even her slippers, in her slipper trunk And I found something tucked in the toe of one cf her galoshes, a pair she had worn In a play only once, and which ah« One of the steel houses being built at Matacumbe Key Jmmmk $ il ? 7 . J«s4 ; 77. ::Ej||&SSpsja had kept as part of her stage ward robe. These garments are in a differ ent closet than her regular wearing apparel.” Mrs. Peoples opened her capacious purse, and drew out a tis sue-wrapped package. “It’s —a ruby, big as an egg!” Keyes snatched the package and unwrapped it. Indeed. Mrs. Peoples had spoken the truth. It was a ruby, large as an egg. but it was the exact duplicate of Dow Van Every’s Camden ruby! Even to the tar nished chain, to the hole pierced in it, it was t«he same. I gasped, and took the thing from Keyes. “Your detectives missed it. when they searched. Captain Keyes.” Mrs. Peoples spoke a little boastfully. Keyes was annoyed, and showed it. “And you knew nothing about this?” “I told you that I knew nothing. Miss Younger didn’t tell me of it. I only guessed she must have bought something with the SB,OOO in cash, and I found what it was." “But you don't know for sure that this is what she bought?” “N—o, but I think it is.” “We have to know now, Mrs. Peo ples.” “Sounds reasonable, Keyes,” I put In. “Van Every had to pay cash for his ruby, too. He bought his last Monday, the same day Miss Younger drew out SB,OOO in notes.” 1 was fingering the ruby carefully. Not being anything of a jewel expert. I could not tell whether the ruby was genuine. “We’ll have to take this to Van Every. He can examine it for us, and tell us whether it’s a fake, or not.” “Yes, but first. Mrs. Peoples, who visited Miss Younger x week ago Monday ?” “I thought of that. too. sir, and I brought her engagement book.” Again the purse was opened, and si»* produced a small, gold-covered leath er book, which she handed to Keyes. He glanced over it. found the data, and muttered to himself for a while. With the ruby in my hand. 1 peered over his shoulder. Mrs. Peoples explained quickly that one entry was the hairdresser, another a manicurist, another a mas seuse. “She always had these things done on Mondays. They were regu lar. These notes are tn my hand writing." “Breakfast with M. G., 12.” Man uel Gonzales. Again Mrs. Peoples came to the front with aid. “R. B. supper, 5.” Roy Barrimore. That was all. “Did anyone else call?” “Oh, there were calls, many of them, but none of them Important, because if they had been I would have remembered and told Miss Younger. She left for breakfast at about 12. to meet Mr. Gonzales. At least I assume she met him. She didn’t say that she did. Then all afternoon she was engaged at the beauty shop. Dorothy Reed’s, on Fiftfc avenue. She came home about 5. at I Yemember, and Mr. Barrimore was waiting for her. She changed and I made a light supper for them, st the apartment. At 7:30 she left tot the theater with me, as she always did. No one visited her there that would be suspicious: her manager, some reporters: that’s all ® She re fused to go out with Mr. Barrimore after the theater—l heard her re fusing him when I served supper. When we got home at 11:30, she said she was tired and. after she un dressed. she went right to bed. That was Monday week.” “Very good. Mrs. Peoples.” (TO BE CONTINUED Keys. Here is one of the houses at Matacumbe Key, being built with a framework of steel. Ac cording to construction engineers, the houses will be able to withstand tornadic winds. HENDERSON (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1936 RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSCWATION HEAD TTHB FIRST: Detective Keyes and Gary Maug han are attempting to unravel the m ysterious murder ot Margalo Younger, an actress and old friend of Mauglian She was killed with a nccdlc-like y instrument as she and Mauglian sat in the home of Dow Van Every, a collector of rare jewels, whom she had met through his friend, Mauglian, listening to his gruesome history o1 the famous Camden 1 üby. At the time she was wearing the ruby against the wishes of Van Every who described it as a “murder stone”. Among those ques tioned by the detective were Maug han, himself; Van Every; his young niece, Joyce, who lives with him; her fiance, Allan Foster, who at one time teas in love ivith the dead actress and Joyce's companion, Laura Ran dall. Another suspect is Roy Barri more, close friend of the actress, who shot himself shortly after her death. Van Every tells Mauglian how he bought the ruby from two nuns. Joyce confides to Maughan that she has secured a job in a department store against her uncle’s wishes. The detective and Maughan start for the home of a Mrs. Bryce, an inti mate friend of Van Every. Keyes and Maughan learn from Mrs. Peo ples, Margalo’s maid, that the actress recently had given a check for SI,OOO to a friend, Manuel Gonzales. Margalo’s maid brings a ruby, found in one ot the galoshes of her dead mistress, to the detective. It is an exact duplicate of Van Every’s. (NOW GO ON WITTf THE STORYJ CHAPTER 24 “CAN YOU remember what Miss Younger did other days than Mon day?” Keyes asked Mrs. Peoples. There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice, and Mrs. Peoples felt it. “I’m only telling you what she did Monday week because I thought you would like to know. In the taxi coming over I thought back, and re membered as much as I could. I thought you would want to Vnow ” “I do. and thank you.” "It’s kind of easy remembering Mondays—on account of the beauty shop. I had to be careful that she doesn’t forget that, so I always re minded her Monday when she waked up.” “Would you remember if anyone strange had called that day?” “Well. I don't think that I would. There’s always a lot of people visit ing her. If it’s anyone out of the ordinary I might, but as I remem ber no one came Monday afternoon. Her friends knew where she was, so usually didn’t calL Oh, I don’t mean to say there weren’t calls—there were, but nothing suspicious.” “What time was she due at this beauty shop?” “One-thirty.” J “And what time did she usually leave?” “Near five.” Keyes coughed. “Hardly time to run to the bank and draw out her rash before she went to the shop, vnd certainly no time to get it after wards. as the banks would be closed.” “I never thought of that!” Mrs. Peoples exclaimed. “What time did she leave to meet Gonzales?” “About 12.” "Where were they eating?” “I’m not sure, i She didn’t say. She Hked breakfast out, though, and sel dom had It home. Said it woke her ap to get out. She liked to sleep kite.” “What time did you awaken her in the morning?” “Eleven.” Keyes thanked her again, and she ieft. looking rather longingly at the ruby as she went. I accompanied her to the elevator, and tried to make up for Keyes’ brusque manner in dismissing her. Her find was In valuable. I thought, and she certain ly should be given credit for it. When I returned to the captain, he was looking dully at the ruby, which he had put on the white spread of the bed. Perhaps it was nerves, perhaps Imagination, but the ruby didn't seem to sparkle as Van Every’s had. To me. it only glowed feebly. I handled it again, but could learn nothing from it. It looked like the other, yet there was a subtle dif ference. “We’ve got to go to Van Every, Keyes. He’ll know.” He nodded and reached for his overcoat. “Damn ruby again, but I’m beginning to see why Margalo Younger made the appointment with Joyce Van Every for tea; why she was so interested in the Camden ruby: why she was so eager to talk to Van Every. She evidently had bought the Camden ruby, too and CARO'GRAPHICS —by £% - 00 YOU KNOW WJTOf VOUR JTATf ? WO YOU KNOW™ DID YOU KNOW™ EDWARD HYDE,THE FIRJT /H AT THE CIOJE Os THE INDIAN GOVERNOR Os NORTH - /HI WAR, 1712/THERE WERE ONIY CARO2INA SERVED FOR2 VWJ | 32 BARREL Os PORK, AND , YEARf BEFORE HE WAS \y\)\ II ly 800 OFCORN If FT IN THE OFFKTAUY APPOINTED ' v // ENTIRE COIONY r\ m ROYAL GOV OF NC V C 0 ofF ,™ E STATf MEMOIV KEPT O { TOOCiQJf WATCH ON THE PDBIICFUNW / • THE EOlTJpfcS OF CARO'GfIAPHICSINVITe YOU TO SEND IN INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YO # Ufc COMMUNITY • ' 'i [ i f M|MiTv /frfJufllV M X He examined the stone methodically. was anxious to see whether hers was a forgery. '* “Van Every paid $70,000, Keyes, Margalo, SB,OOO. No doubt in my mind but that hers Is a fake." “Women and their bargains!" he sighed, and stepped into the taxi. Van Every’s house was lighted brightly, and when we entered the front door, McManus met us. “Everything O. EL, chief.” He led us into the living room where Van Every was reading. He greeted us kindly and ordered Soon to get some glasses for us. Pulling a silver flask from his pocket, he filled the glasses generously. “Chase you out of your library?” Keyes asked. “No, but I’ve no heart to stay there. I’m renting the house as soon as I can find a tenant.” Keyes finished his drink before he mentioned our errand. “Get me your ruby, will you. Van Every? I’ve something here, rather interesting to show you, but I must see your ruby first.” My friend seemed surprised as he called Soon. The Chinese was close by, and his master addressed him in a language I could not understand. Soon vanished and reappeared in perhaps 10 minutes with the box which I knew contained the ruby. Van Every opened it. took the chain in his hand and held it up to the light. Keyes dug in his pocket and brought out Margalo’s ruby. I heard Van Every gasp as he leaned for ward, then he swallowed and sat back weakly. “Heavens, what a start you gave me! Where’d you get it?” The officer explained as briefly as he could. When he had finished. Van Every arose. “Come up to my labo ratory. I’ll examine the stone. I don't think it’s genuine, but we’ll see." I had not particularly noticed the door leading into the laboratory when Van Every and I sat in his bedroom the night Margalo was murdered. I imagined the door led to a clothes closet. Now he opened it, and we found ourselves in a small room, no more than six by eight. Possibly at one time it had been a closet. The one window looked out on the garden A long narrow table, holding three powerful micro scopes, faced this. On the velvet cover near one of the instruments was a small box containing other paraphernalia for examining jewels. “My workshop.” Van Every said simply. “Rather my playshop. Now let me have the ruby." He went about examining the stone methodically. I had watched him before with the Khonivar dia mond at the Villa Maurin. with a powerful enlarging lens and some in struments which were unknown to me then. He had no laboratory there. Keyes and 1 waited silently for some 15 minutes, while Van Every went over every inch of the stone, measuring it, then tabulating the measurements. At his request when he had fin ished. we both looked through a lens at the stone. It was clear exoent sor 1 a tiny bubble at the center. Exam ining his stone immediately after wards, we saw the difference readily. The ruby. Van Every’s ruby was ab solutely clear, and there was a shade of variation in the color. “A fake, of course. I knew that when I looked at it downstairs. But I wanted to see how it was made." Van Every was saying, in his qu.et, well-modulated voice. “But it’s a clever fake. You had me guessing for a second downstairs. Me paying $70,000 for a ruby, only to find there was another one in existence. Yes, Captain Keyes, Miss Younger’s ruby Is a fake, but a good one. A good jeweler could have told her that after a brief examination. She evidently did not take it to a jeweler. The way women buy things!” he smiled. “But, here’s the point. Captain Keyes. The man who made the copy did it from the ruby itself. The measure ments are almost exact except that the cutting is far superior on the copy than on the original. Par bet ter, which leads me to believe the copy is new—that is. within the last 50 years. Perhaps older than that. The chain is almost an exact copy, except for the gold used. If you wish, you can take both of them to a competent jeweler, who will cor roborate my statement” “No need of that. Van Every. I have already found out that you’re an expert in your field.” Smiling slightly. Van Every told us as simply as he could how the imitation ruby had been made, of what elements it was composed. “Is a copy like this valuable?" Keyes asked. “I should say it would be worth around SSOO. Perhaps more. ,1 don’t deal in synthetic jewels, so can’t give you the exact value. If Miss Young er paid any more than SSOO for it, I personally would say she had been robbed. You understand that the copy is a fine one; no one but an expert could tell the difference. The ruby Miss Younger bought took some time to make—it was not an easy job. But there is no sale for a copy of a ruby as large as the Camden, so I can see no object in doing all the work.” “The copy, then, was made by an expert?” “Undoubtedly. And the person who did it compared it facet by facet with the real thing. His tools, though, were not so crude as the ones which cut the Camden. Gentlemen, if I were going to copy a stone, at least a stone cut as long ago as the Cam den. I would first study the tools of the period, make them, and then go to work. The person who copied the Camden ruby evidently did not think of that, or did not have the time.” “Do you think it was made abroad or here?” “T can’t tell.” Van Every was studying the two jewels again, com paring them closely. “Has it occurred to you. Keyes.” I asked, “that the person who sold Margalo Younger this jewel might want it back—in view of what has happened?” “It had not, until you mentioned it.” (TO HE CONTINUEDI May Get Money Post Morris Tremaine Morris Tremaine, above, New York state comptroller, is being mentioned as a possible successor to United States Comptroller Gen eral John R. McCarl, Republican, whose term expires in June. It is reported that Postmaster General James Farley has placed Tre maine’s name before the presi dent. The term is for 15 years. —Central !‘rrv.H _ CONTRACT * BRIDGE * WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS By E. V. SHEPARD -- & - NO EAST MADE Tri£ SLAM HERE IS A hand that appeared last evening in an invitation game for experts of the Knickerbocker Whist club. It was a I-lowell move ment. and for the moment my part ner, Charles E. Norwood, sat East, with only his pair vulnerable. Opposing us were Joseph Rothschild and John Ran. Several North and South pairs bid game and made either 5-Spades or 5-No Trumps. Our small slam attempt gave us bot tom on the hand, causing us to come in second for the evening; fulfillment of the small slam contract would have given us top score for tlie eve ning, so close were the three highest scores. $ J 10 t? J 4 ♦ 10 4 *Q J 9-6 5 4 3 * A K Q 3 SBS 2 M , VKIO 7 3 *Q 9 5 % 41 4AQJS $ K 8 2 s, & A K 10 44 8 7 ♦97 6 4 yAB 6 2 ♦97 6 3 *2 At our table bidding went: West, 1-Spade; East, 3-Diamonds, showing slam prospects; West. 3-Spades; East, 4-Hearts; West. 5-Hearts; East, 6-No Trumps, which Rau doubled. The opening lead was the 4 of spades. Dummy’s Q won. The re turn lead was the 2 of diamonds, that went to the J. A low heart was won with dummy’s Q. The normal ad verse division of the six missing hearts was 4-2, but how did the Ace and J lie? As readily may be noted from diagram, a return lead of the low heart from dummy would have given us 6-odd. Instead- of leading low from dummy and picking ui North’s J with the K, declarer leo the 9 from dummy, causing the K to tose to doubier’s Ace. Worse than that it gave South a second stop to the hearts with his 8. effectually stopping us from winning more than two heart tricks. Three spade tricks, two heart tricks, four diamond tricks and three club tricks were now needed for the small slam South led spades for the second time and dummy’s K won. The sole remaining hope for game was the possibility -bf winning three club tricks. The 8 of clubs led at this juncture, letting it run to the 10 unless North covered with Q or J. was the “only hope”, and should have been tried, as both spades and hearts were subject to the loss of a trick if led the fourth time. In case North split his equals, by covering the 8 of clubs with the J. the K would win. Dummy could be put in lead with Its K of diamonds and the last club led from there, insuring fulfillment of the contract, by overtaking with the 10, if not covered, and with the Ac* in case the Q covered. However. East did not think of the club possi bilities. but only of attempting the impossible, by trying to squeeze South, which could not be accom plished. as that player held as many diamonds as declarer had. and finally South had to be given a major suit trick or else North had to be given a club trick Wiie Preservers It will shrink woolens to rub soap directly on them. Wash them
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