10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 3, 19501
Murder in New Orleans
By BRETT HALLIDAY
(Author of the ailchael Bbaynt Stories)
"Sorry, but your conscience worries me."
(Chapter Five)
Shayne turned the stubs swiftly
and came upon a third and Xourwi
check Issued to Sydney G. Jones at,
thirty-day intervals.
Why had Walter Carson suddenly
begun paying Sydney Jones 60u a
month? it looked as though Jones
had dug up something so hot he
ttgured Carson would pay more to
keep it quiet than Mrs, Bar stow
would pay to have It revealed.
lie weni quietly out ox the room
There was no one in the hallway
He went on tiptoe to the Iront
aoor ana eased out. tie stepped
from the porch to the driveway and
followed it to a triple garage in
the rear. Quietly he opened the
rjgnwiana aoimie doors and lound
bis car.
He backed out quietly, turned
around, then headed out with his
JighU off.
At the end of the private drive
he noticed a car Inconspicuously
parked. He turned on his lights and
aw that it had a New Orleans
police ucense.
Shayne chuckled softly as he
swung out past the parked car. The
cop made no move to follow. It was
evident that the cop had orders to
interceps oniy cars turning Into the
Carson place.
Shayne went straight through
Main Street. There were lights on
in the bank. Shayne turned off on
a side street and parked his car in
the darkness. There were a couple
vi tfucoMuuB jib wtuiieu to asK nar
vey Barstow before he left Cheep
wee. He approached the bank build
ing from the side. Through the
window he could see Barstow work
ing on the ledgers behind the tell
er's cage. He appeared to be alone.
Shayne circled along the dark
rear wall of the building to a
smaller door.
He rapped on the door softly
and waited. Thirty seconds went
by, then a bolt was drawn back
and the door opened a couple of
Inches.
Barstow let out a smothered
ejaculation of surprise.
"Shayne! What do you want?
The police have been here."
"I know all about the police,"
Shayne growled. He grinned at the
stubby nistol In Barstow's hand.
"I'm not going to hold up your
bank."
"Of course, not." Barstow cleared
his throat. "I'm afraid I'll have to
report your visit to the police.
They say Mr. Carson has been mur
dered.'' Shayne said, "Step out here where
we can talk without being seen.
I'm trying to solve your boas' mur
der. I've been talking to Mrs. Car
son and now I'm headed back to
New Orleans. Did you ever hear
Carson mention a man named
Jones?'
"I don't think so."
Do you know any reason why
he should have been paying hush
money to a private detective?"
"I certainly dont." Burstow's
tone was frigid. "Really, Mr.
Shayne, I feel it's my duty to in
form Captain Denton that you've
teen here."
Shayne growled. His left hand
closed over Barstow's pistol while
his right hand went around the
man's neck and closed tightly over
his mouth.
He wrenched the pistol away and
dropped it in his pocket along
with Belle's and spoke softly in
Barstow's ear. "I'm sorry, but your
conscience worries me."
He swung his left fist against
Barstow's jaw. pushed the door
open, dragged the senseless man in
side the back room of the bank,
pulled the door shut and trotted
down the street to his car.
Sydney G. Jones stood in the
doorway of his Park Plaza apart
ment and studied Shayne curious
ly. "Who're you and what do you
want?" he demanded.
Shayne said, "I want to talk to
you, Jones." He moved forward
and the slighter man reluctantly
stepped aside.
The apartment was small. Ash
trays overflowed with cigarette
butta. and a whisky bottle and
pitcher of ice cubes stood on an
end table.
"You'd better listen close, Jones."
Shnyne said flatly. "I haven't much
time. Tlie cops may be getting here
any minute."
"Tlie cops?" Jones' pale, ferrety
yes squinted drunkenly.
Shayne looked him over with dis-
Kist. "I place you now. You're the
use they call Skip Jones."
-wnat iney do?"
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"I'm interested in one of your
clients, Jones. This is a murder
investigation and I'm one jump
ahead of the cops. You'll save
yourself a lot of grief If you give
me the answers I want." Shayne's
eyes narrowed, "wnat did you lind
out about Belle Carson in Atlanta
four months ago?"
"Who are you?" Jones mumbled.
"The name is Mike Shayne. What
did you dig up about Belle Car
son?"
"I didn't get anything on the
uarson darner Jones wmnea.
Shayne smashed his right list into
Jones' face.
"Don't waste time lying." Shayne
crowled. "I know you dropped your
client and started blackmailing
Belle Carson's husband. Five Cs
a month. And now Walter Carson
is dead murde red."
Jones cowered back. "Carson
murdered?"
Shayne nodded toward the news
papers littering the floor. "Uni
dentified body found half a block
from here last night. A picture of
Carson on the front page. Don't
pretend you didn't recognize him."
"I never saw him!" Jones' voice
quavered. I got the checks by
mail. '
"What were you keeping quiet for
uarson v '
'That his wife was a bigamist,
said Jones shortly. "For Pete's sake
let me go to the bathroom and
clean up. I'll give it to you. I swear
I will. If he's dead like you say,
I guess I won't collect any more on
it anynow."
Shavne stood back and let him
go to the bathroom. Then Shayne
picxea up me wnistcy ooiue ana
tooic a long arinK.
As matters stood now. Shavne
didn't know how much difficulty
uenton mignt nave tracing Jones
to this address. Barstow would
certainly tell him about the inquiry
concerning Jones.
Jones came back to the living
room.
Shayne snorted his disgust. "How
do you know Bcile committed big
amy when she married Carson?"
"She was married to another guy
for about six years. His name was
Willis Dui'kln. They lived in At
lanta." Jones took a long sip of whisky
and water.
"About five years ago the baby
Kirl of the president of the lumber
company Durkln worked for was
Kidnapped. Big shot by tne name
of Crawford. The kidnappers want
ed fifty grand ransom, and sent
notes saying Willis Durkln should
be the go-between. Crawford cough
ed up fifty grand in small, old
bills. He turned it over to Dur
kln. and Durkln skipped out with It.
"ijatcr, tney caugnt tne Kidnap
per named Whitey Buford and got
the baby back. Buford accused
Durkln of double-crossing him. He
claimed he and Durkln figured the
aeai togeuier.
"Willis Durkln got awav. clean."
Jones went on slowly. "Belle left
Atlanta and resumed her maiden
name, Belle Brand. She turned up
in Louisiana a few months later,
got next to a small-town banker
In Cheepwee and married him. She
commuted perjury by stating sned
never oeen marnea Deiore.
Shavne thought this over, then
nodded, "I'm surprised . Carson
covered up for her," he said slow
ly. "I dunno," said Jones. "He was a
big-shot around Cheepwee. It would
have kicked up a big scandai."
"What did Carson snv to vou
over the phone last night?"
"He hinted he'd like to talk over
a lump-sum payment to keep things
quiet. He told me he was having
dinner at Dupree's Just down the
street, and how about coming up
nere anerwara around one ociock.
I got home at a quartet' of one and
waited for him. He didn't show up
by one-thirty, so I turned in.
Jones shrugged.
"That's a fair story " Shavne said
coldly. "But you're going to have
one hell of a time proving it. You're
the only person he called in New
Orleans the only one who knew
lie was nere."
Jones snarled. "He was my bread
and butter. He was ready to make
a Dig .settlement.
"That's vour storv." Shavne noint
ed out. "You've no proof he didn't
enreaten to expose you."
"Walt a minute," Jones said ex
citedly. "Maybe somebody else had
motive.
He went to a small desk and re
turned with a newspaper clipping.
"I happened to see that in the
paper two weeks ago. Whitey knew
iirne wnpii sjie was married to
Liurviii. nuw uu wo aihjw nuirey
didn't trail Belle here, and was
putting the screws on her the same
as me?"
Shayne took the clipping. Tt
carried pictures of two men, with
raptions saying they were Whitey
Buford and his suspected kidnap
ing accomplice. Willis Durkln.
Shayne read the clipping hastily
and with mounting excitement. It
described tlie escape of Whitey Bu
ford from a Georgia prison cairrft.
aner murdering a guard, and as
serted that authorities had reason
to believe the fugitive might be
headed toward New Oneans.
(Does Whitey figure in the mur
agnlnst Carson? Don't miss to
morrows concluding chapter.)
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