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CASE
A Necktie Noose
By PHILIP
Mxg '
The Man Was Desperate, Cornered, and a Multimurderer.
THE STORY THUS FAR: After
two-day binfe, Jim Royce Is
suspected of murdering Merle Ol
linger, his boss Dan's wife, who
was strangled in Jim's apartment
with one of his ties. He had been
aroused from his stupor in the
Bearer hotel by Lou Allison, a
friend, and had seen Cowley Cud
lip, the firm's bookkeeper, near
the death scene. When calling
on Carol Hughes, Ollinger's secre
tary, the boss arrived and knock
ed out Jim in a fit of Trier. Dan
apologized when Carol assures
him that Jim is Innocent. Jim's
friend. Detective Whit Denecke,
is trying to help but admits Jim's
alibi is too flimsy and urges him
to surrender. Jim and Carol meet
Whit and give him their theory
of the crime. Ben Sanders, Bea
ver hotel manager, is found slain
in his office and when Whit
tells Jim he must arrest him
for Merle's murder, Jim escapes
to Carol in her car outside. GO
ON WITH THE STORY:
CHAPTER V
They sped away with Whit shout
In from the hotel door. He had
drawn his gun, but didn't shoot.
Carol wheeled the car around the
corner and after a couple blocks,
slowed down. She asked Jim. "What
happened?"
He told her what he and Whit
had found in the hotel, and why
he had run. "Look at it like this,
Carol: As things stand now, Merle
was killed in my room. It's admit
ted that I was on a drunk. It would
be easy for almost anyone to be
lieve that in a sudden, drunken
rae, I killed her. The only alibi
I have is that I was at the Beaver
hotel at the time of the murder.
The hotel manager told the police
I wasn't there. He lied, but his
story can never be broken, for he's
dead. And Allison, who found me
In the hotel and who might be able
to help me, won't because Allison
Is the murderer."
"Maybe."
"But he is. He knew T was in the
Beaver hotel, for he found me there.
He could have come there and stolen
my apartment key. He left the of
fice with Merle this afternoon, took
her to my apartment where she
thought she would find me ill. He
killed her. then came to the hotel
where I was and slapped me awake.
He fixed the manager to say I had
not been there, and maybe killed
him, tonight, so that his story could
never be changed. If I am arrested,
now, how can I ever break the case
against me7"
"How can you break it by run
ning away?"
"I'm not running away. I want to
see Lou Allison."
Carol shook Iter head. "Even if
you arc right about him. do you
think he will admit it?"
"He might," said Jim. "He might,
tf he is frightened enough."
Carol shuddered, shook her head,
and said. "Jim, there must be an
other wal. There are other em
ployees at the hotel where you
stayed. Someone might be found
who saw Merle and Allison together,
near your apartment. Your detec
tive friend doesn't believe you killed
her."
"Turn left at the next corner,
Carol, I'll tell you where to stop."
She turned left as Jim had sug
gested. She pulled to the curb and
stopped as directed at the apart
ment house where Allison was a
tenant. It was late. There were
few cars and fewer pedestrians.
Jim left the car with. "Whit De
necke may figure I'll come here.
If he does, it's likely that other
police will show up. You'd better
drive on, Carol. And thanks a lot
for all you've done."
She shook her head. "I'll wait
here. What are you going to do?"
"Go in and talk to Allison."
A car pulled in to the curb and
stopped. A tall, wide shouldered
man got out of It. He looked quite
familiar. And Jim called, "Dan t
Dan!"
Olllnger hesitated for a moment
Oregon, Friday, April 21, 1930
of the
KETCHUM
then came slowly toward them.
scowling. He glanced from Jim to
Carol. "What are you two aoing
here? he asked gruffly.
"Maybe we've got the same idea
you've got," Jim guessed.
"What?"
"I thought I'd like to talk to Lou
Allison."
"Why?"
"I want to ask him how he hap
pened to know where to find me,
what hotel I'd gone to?"
Dan didn't seemed surprised. He
growled, "I want to see him, too.
He killed my wife."
"You're sure he did?" asked Carol,
brethlessly.
"Of course, now that I've put two
and two together. He was always
crazy about her. But I didn't think
hhe was interested in him. After
her murder I went home and looked
her desk. I found notes from
him referring to appointments. I
ound one demanding money, ah
that happened between them I'll
never know, but I do know this:
Allison killed her. And I'm going
to talk to him now. Then I'm going
to break him in two with these!"
Dan held his huge hands up,
gave a short laugh, and turned
away. He stopped and looked back
over his shoulder. "You can come
along, Jim," he suggested. "Come
along and try to stop me from
killing him."
stop him, jimi" carol wnisperea.
"Stop him!"
Jim nurnea alter unn wno was
now crossing the street. He caught
up with him at the apartment house
entrance ana graooca nis arm,
urging: "Wait a minute, Dan. Wait
a minute,"
"I've waited coo long," was the
grim reply. "I should have done
this months ago. If I had, Merle
would be alive."
"But beating him up won't help
ncr now."
"It'll help me."
They moved Inside the house
and were at the elevator. Don pulled
out a key. "I found tins, too. among
Merle's things a kev to Allison's
door."
"Wait, Dan." Jim begged. "Let's
talk this over."
"No. But if you're afraid I'll kill
him, you hold the gun. All I need is
my two fists."
Jim took the gun and put it in
his pocket as they stepped Into the
elevator and rode to the seventh
floor.
"It's 7-B." said Dan. "I was here
once before. Come in, Jim.'' He
oiwned the door. There were no
lights in the apartment.
"He'll be in his bedroom," Dan
muttered. "You wait here. Don't
turn on the light. I'll rout him
out."
Jim's hand slid into his pocket
and closed on Dan't gun. Suddenly
a flashlight stabbed through the
darkness.
"I half expected you, Ollinger,"
said Lou crisply. Now stand right
where you are, and get your hands
up. You, too, Jim."
Royce could sense the tension in
Allison's body. The man was des
perate, cornered, and a multimur
derer. He wouldn't hesitate to kill
iignin.
What chance did he and Dnn
have? Could Jim drnw the gun and
use It before Lou fired? His hand
tightened around it.
(The genuine nuillimunlerer is
trapped and romance rlilrs a wntrr
wagon In tomorrow's surprising, fi
nale of TIIK NECKTIE NOOSE).
(Copyright 1950)
(To Be Continued
Ladies' Aid in
All Day Meeting
Hubbard The Ladies Aid of
the Hubbard Community church
(ConKiocational) met Xor an nil
'f dny meeting at the home of Mrs.
A. J. Smith. Mrs. George Letter
presided. Devotionals were led
by Mrs. J. C. Morrison, program
was provided by Mrs. Riley
Mains. Announced was the meet
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in Salem, Monday, April 24.
The date of April 29 was set
for a food sale by the aid at the
Red and White store.
The next meeting will be held
in the home of Mrs. Morrison the
afternoon of April 26. Dedica
tion of the Woman's Gift will be
I conducted by Mrs. Levi Miller
I at the meeting.
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