14 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."
And did she carry a nurse when
she returned and had the elevator
brought down to the trunk room?"
No, sir, she did not."
(To Be Continued)
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Willamina Organizes
Civilian Defense Plan
Willamina A special meet
ing of the city council was ,held
to discuss the organization of a
civilian defense group in Willa
mina. Attending were Council-
men George King, Otto Him and
C. C. Robertson, City Recorder
S. J. Smith, Police Officer John
Wanless and Mayor J. A. New-
VfkC Taaeaay A. M. 1I:M, Nawa
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Stirr.
ton. An advisory committee was
set . up, to consist of heads of
each civic organization in town,
who must reside within the city
limits.
A meeting of the entire group
will be held soon, when instruc
tions are received from Louis
Starr, director of the Oregon
State civil defense agency. Then
the advisory group and the
council will choose a director to
head the local civil defense
agency.
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