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MURDER TO MUSIC
BY NARD JONES
COPYRIGHT, 1038
NEA SCRVICK, INC
CHAPTER IX
Finely troubled, Bob Tait went
into the alley and climbed into
roiled coupe. He was certain
it the janitor wasn't lying
:ca meant that Harris Rogers
utner Rogers had managed
re key made which would
the lock of Tait's aoartment
he had a ring ol skeleton keys.
ii urugged. There was noth-
o be gained in worrying about
Kojers now. The man
reasons ior wanting the
ol Ludden Dombey to stay
were good reasons, flnnrf.
Is, tor Harris Roizers. The
i to worry about now, Tait
himself, was the eventual
ol Myma.
turned the car Intn the
i headed for an arterial which
axe mm straight to head-
re. inside the dingy, gray
building he went at onrp tn
?' Office. That inriliM.l
! in a deep chair, his feet on
Mttered desk -i .
, , - an uga,
lJ!tanani!le in hit tnnntv,
es wandering over the sky-
MTOnd thu nnnrln,,,
fflL well," said Tait (nviiw
the way a dynamo of crime
on works?"
nie Feeley swuns hie fee
and turned to regard the
Tfper photographer with a
iou, he said, and that
' other. Robert Tait "
; n." invited the detec-
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v t u " '" io you."
ob Tait sat down an .si-j
iJ! in what he hoped was
arming lashion. "Dan-
hDombe;lleBOlMrs-Lud'
Cbtt. 1 ought t0 throw
F,,.h?.h??seKow- I may yet.
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Hi.;
tn JV Iact is- I've been
F i ifr. had t0 convince
cour .v?." nuiajy. I gather.
K'ralT you don'' think
Oast cv. oi com
may bebut :
don't think so. But you can't tell
me that you've got enough to con
vince you that she's guilty."
"That s why I want to talk to
her." He iixed Dannie with a
piercing gaze. "This isn't child's
play, Bob. And I m going to put
all my cards on. the table. I'm on
the spot with the chief. The chief
is on the spot with the mayor "
'And the mayor," put in I ait
pleasantly, "is on the spot with
the public. There's been a wave
of crime, and the newspapers are
asking why."
"That's it exactly. So I'm not
pulling any punches in this Lud
den Dombey business. I've got to
find out who bumped hurt off.
And there's another thing eating
me, too. Leonard Maey has show
ed up again."
'The devil you say!" Tait Knew
Leonard Maey. He was a wealthy
dilettante who interested himself
in criminology. Maey was clever,
too. He had a good mind and a
lot of fancy, expensive crime-detecting
equipment. He delighted
in nothing more than showing up
the police as a lot of blunderers.
Feeley nodded. "Sure. He's in
terested. This kind of thing is his
dish. Lots of publicity and all
that. I'm telling you, if Maey
turns up something important, be
fore we do, it means curtains for
me on thic job."
Tait took out a cigaret, lighted
it carefully. "Then you'd .let me
help you?"
'I'd be glad for it it lis neip
you'd be giving. What makes you
think you can?"
"I'm pretty sure I can. But I
want a square deal for Mrs. Dom
bey. I don't want her made a goat
because the department hasn't got
anything tangible."
Feeley nodded. "I'll do wnai i
can. But don't forget we've a
prosecuting attorney who's yelling
for blood. If I know Barkley, ne s
already got a case against Myrna
Dombey that would have a jury
straining to convict her."
"It's going to be tough, all right."
"Tough is the word for it"
Feeley leaned forward a little.
"And listen, Tait, I'm trusting you.
You're not to hold anything back."
"Not a thing." Tait reached into
his pocket, brought out Myrna's
silk handbag and tossed it on the
table. "That belongs to Myrna
Dombey." Then he brought out
the revolver, laid it carefully on
Feeley's desk. "This was inside
the bag when I picked it up right
after the shooting."
Feeley turned slightly purple.
"And you took it out of the bag.
and have been carrying It around
until the fingerprints are all
smeared!"
"My theory Is that the gun was
fired from the bag, Dannie.
Through an opening In the zipper.
I don't think there'd be any lin-
Feeley s thick fingers took up
the bag. How'd you get it?"
Tait told him. Feeley listened
attentively, and when the news'
paper photographer was through,
he said, "And so you think she
didn't do it? You pick up her bag
from beside her, and the gun is
still warm, and you figure, she's
innocent?"
"Yes, Dannie. I think some.
body got hold of that bag, slipped
the gun into it, and then tossed it
onto the table again after Dombey
was killed."
"It scunds fine. How are you
going to prove it?"
Tait was silent. Then, slowly:
"I don't know yet.
"If you don't have Myrna Donv
bey down here by noon, I'm going
to get out a warrant for you, and
it won t be a comic sheet, either."
"She'll be here, Dannie. But
you've made your agreement. I'm
going to help you, and in return
you're not going to use Myrna as
copy for the newspaper boys."
Feeley nodded. "I made the
deal, and I'll stick to it until I'm
convinced youre rooking me."
Tait got up. "Okay, then. You'll
see her here at 12?"
"At 12. She'd better be here
If she's not, I'll have you brought
in. And you'll be up on the third
floor where the old cells are."
(To Be Continued)
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