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Newspaper Page Text14 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, August 21, 1950 The Case of the Negligent Nymph A Perry Mason Story By ERLE STANLEY GARDNER CBot Known U 71 try Writer la tht World) SYNOPSIS: Maybe Pete Cadlx will be the witness to aave Doro thy Fenner, charged with the i murder of George Alder. Pete ' picked up the bottle containing the letter charging Alder with the 1 murder of hU half sister and co inheritor, Corrlne Lansing. Doro thy stole the letter from Alder'i island home, and later (Incon veniently) wu In that aame house at the hour of Aider's murder. Perry Mason is not only defend - ing Miss tenner, dui is suspected of being an accomplice to one or both of the crimes. How go on with the story CHAPTER 19 The crowded courtroom was charged with an atmosphere of excitement. Claud Oloster. appreciating to the full dramatic possibilities of the moment, arose as soon as court had convened and said, "Your Honor, we have a witness under subooena. a Ronald Dixon." Ronald Dixon, tall, studious, slightly stooped, came toward the witness stand and Mason, catching a nuiclc elimme of the man s pro file as he walked by, whispered to Delia street, "i ve seen mat man before. He turned to his left and said to Dorothy Fenner, "Do you know this .man?" i "Night clerk at tht apartment,' ahe said. Mason Rrlnned. "Here's where they 'prove Aiders visit." "You're acquainted with the de fendant Dorothy Fenner?" Olos ;ter asked . . . "You have stated that ,you are one of the night clerks at the Monadnock Hotel Apart- 'ments7 . . . wnai are your nours? ' "From four In the afternoon until twelve o'clock midnight." I "On the third of August of this year were you so employed and j wonting .nose nours?" i "Yes. sir." ' "Now, Mr, Dixon, directing your 'attention to the late afternoon of Jthe third, will you tell us what hap .pened of your own knowledge with reierence 10 miss renners apari- pment?" ' "Well, she came In about five 'thlrtv. Then about an Hour later a gentleman came In and said he (Wanted to see her. He told me she i was expecting him so there was 'no need to announce him. Well, 'that's against the rules of the place, ;but he looked like the sort of man ,you could trust reserved, a gentler-man. Well, I sort of hesitated, and .when he handed me a five-dollar bill. I let him go on up." "Now, aid you get a good look 'at that man? Would you know .him if you saw him again? Did I .you see him again?" I "Yes, sir. Lying on a slab at the! 'Undertaker's' "In other words, this man was George s. Alder?" "I was Informed that was his .name." "I show you a photograph. Mr. 'Dixon, and ask you 11 you recog nize tms pnoiograpn." "That's a photograph of the man who came to see Dorothy Fenner .that afternoon and gave me the live dollars." "How long was this man up mere, ao you snowy Mason said, "He doesn't know that the man ever went to the defend ant's apartment. All he knows is that the man gave him five dol "lars and said that he wanted to see the defendant. That conversa tion isn't binding on the defend ant. Unless you connect It up In isome way. III move to strike it all -out." "Well." Dixon observed, erinnlns 'slightly, "If the man didn't go to see Dorothy Fenner. he wasted i five-dollar Investment.'' The courtroom broke Into laugh ter. 1 Judge Carey, pounded with his Ravel, sam. "inat win ao. ine wit ,ness will not volunteer any com-,ments." "Go ahead," Gloster said, a wide mlle on his face. "Tell us exactly what the man did that you saw." ' "Well, he got in the elevator and Vent up, and about forty minutes jHier tne man came down and said .'Thank you' to me and walked out.' Mason tilted back in the swivel chair and smiled nood nAturtv.lv TNow that his case had collapsed In mass of legal wreckage, he was trying to measure the strength of liis antagonist, to find some way of escape. However, his manner was that of one who Is completely cer 'tain of himself, confident of the .outcome. Suddenly his stomach .tightened as he heard Gloster shoot in the next question. - "Now. then, did von e thm rf fendant leaving the apartment house inter on curing me evening?" "Yes, sir. I'd Just stepped out of the little office there for a mo ment, and as I returned I saw the -figure of a woman walking rather tiuickly across the lobbv and to ward the street door. That woman jvan Dorothy Fenner." ; "And what time was this?" "About seven-thirty In the eve nine." "Now, did you have occasion to re the defendant again on that .evening?" J, "Yes sir. When she came back. p- "What do vou mean bv that?" - "Well, there are some doors we Veep locked. We lock the outside noor 10 the lobbv at night but any .of the tenants can open that door. opens It. The baggage room Is the The key to any 01 the apartments same way. It opens on the alley. its kept jock ea Dut any lenani can use his key to get in. But when that door gets opened an elec tric signal tells us at the desk. A I ouzzer and a little red flashlight come on at intervals, in that way we know when anyone s come in I from the outside through the trunk room." "Verv well, what happened?" "This buzzer and the light I'm telling you about came on about eleven-thirty. I thought la better investigate. I left the desk and started toward the stairs to the trunk room. While I was doing that. I heard the elevator coming down the shaft. Someone had sig naled ior it. I ran down the stairs. opened the door a crack, and saw the defendant standing mere wait ing for the elevator. She had on a white sweater, some sort of blue dungarees that she usually wears for yacht nu. and a Dalr of tennis shoes. now, nad you any means 01 knowing whether or not the de fendant was in her apartment be tween the hours of seven o'clock! In the evening and ten o'clock in I the evening of mat cay? jacpiain niea.se "Well. I have to make art In ventory every three months of things in the apartments the tenants nad to sign for. Id been wanting to I get up to tne aeicnuants apart ment, so when I saw her go out i rang tne night housekeeper and said now was the time to check on the apartment. I told her Miss Fenner was out. id already told Miss Fenner we d check her apart ment, sometime when she wasn't there so it wouldn't disturb her. SheJ saia mat was otcay, to go aneaa. ao I told the housekeeper to go on up." do you know whether the house keeper did or not? . . . Well, never mind, we'll prove that bv the housekeeper." Gloster said. "Now. there is one more Question. How was the defendant dressed when she went out? ' "She wore a litrht nla d skirt with Jacket to match. I don't know what color blouse she had on. But I do know she'd changed her clothes while she was out. She went out wearing a skirt and returned In sweater and dungarees." wouia you recotmize tne skirt she was wearing if you saw it again?" I would, yes. sir." "Now. then." Gloster said tri umphantly. I refer vou to the Peo ple's Exhibit D. the skirt and Jacket which the sheriff has testified were found on board the yacht owned by the defendant, the Kathy-Kay, and ask you if you have ever seen these garments Dexore." Yes. sir. those are the minus that Dorothy Fenner, the defendant, wore when she left the apartment." 'When she came back she wasn t wearing those things?" No. Blr, she was wearine a white turtle-necked sweater and yachting slacks and tennis shoes." 1 "Now. did you notice anything about whether she was carry ine a purse when she left the apartment?" "Yes, sir, she was carrying her purse witn ner wnen sne leu the apartment house that niKht. I dis tinctly remember seeing the purse in ner ngnt nana." 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