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IL L L 'S T R A T K D F R A T I ’ RK SRC T l ON
-J un* 21. 1930
Hubert Holcomb uncartbs the gruesome solution of
the Carlisle murder
BAFFLING MURDERS
y iU :
r n lfr U in ln i m om rnU cm n be «pru t in f a i l « « u ( rkrvrr. well
con>l riH led detective storie* with plenty of * us pcn.se. They make the
blood tingle a » well as furnish the mind with deligh tfu l me lion in fo l
lowing the unexpected maneuver» of arch criminals, tiruesome crimes
and the moot ingenious tricks provide the unusual thrills o f "Ha(Tling
Murders." It will be genuine pleasure to read the clean-cut. sophis
ticated. true murder mysteries related by Hubert Holcomb, master
detective.
! danly era-»«!
HU laxly drooped ev try. If you nut to lei me have U m coiih) examined II. then milled Ills
arms
Carlisle sank dejectedly Into
en furtlirr forward, hi» fw t twitch m t of Uw »lory."
IIVll urti Udì p«g* 'll
Carlisle remained »Unit (or n min
ed nrrvoitsly upon the carpet: lilt
finger* »tllTrnrd and trialed like n ute. then went an irtmleally "One
lu* »aid "
»iHwrrnl
] man llchln* for bUxxi
Inaudible of Ihr
ly llir Iratlrr, madr thrlr tmaltlon
1curie» escaped ki» hp»
Io'*
Holcomb roni|™-.»rd III* hp»; took rle»r. Tliry wanted mnnry
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1 (truly »at upright and glared at him. I rvfiutrd. hr runted mr threatened
d e rv "
I insanity In hi» ryea Ihundrr Ui h u , \owrd to »tuff my txxly Uito a gunny
voter
Stop III" lie raxprd
“ I »av »aok und lo** It Into Ihr Inkr
And
tp r o ln e d
¡»top iu
T h a t* Urr wav Uiat dor 11 brllrve hr would havr."
o n k l* f
, hounded mr ~ »land »till!"
And
('allude »uddanly »taggrrrd to III*
• thru nr Iwat hu tUl» upon Ihr arm i tern and. avoiding Ihr both on l i v
of thr > hair lurched forward again floor rruaaed the room to Ihr ma*-
By B R O W N IN G S T R E A T
and iroanad.
.»ivr library table
Krum a draw»!'
The d riertlvr .-areaed 111 * chin ) hr took somethin«. than racroMod
SYN O PSIS
BE. IN HEADINO ItTTiE
and fu a n r i t . \rt In. N f l f l M
a u . tha room a n d handed it t o tlolroinlJ
»pcwlini my v»c«*xm *1 * pUu catted IU|i*
K*.t ui Hi. Bli.uanOu.ii V oi»y 1 1 III pa thrtll rtlough
I *EII ap.
If f tould havr gotten to II* hr
b. .in* ».'»uAint*d with two ti-ry int.ra.tiug
men Hxiph Mil*
. t*»iur* wrtnr lur P t'd a tr your (rrling:
Mt larh -te
»aid »rtrnly
» »yudXatr of tiHio n**-*pap»ra, »nd Ktib*rt Holcomb former orach iwmbr OI ihe hr v* ul »u n d iii* over the m m . bu*
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THE CARLISLE MURDER CASE
Sloan’s
Liniment
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o lV d l)ep..i I :;*‘ t
h
than the k II io « came, or teaturc vrrilirg our co n v »r»a t ions would always drift .»round
to criminals ¿ h i crime
He. Miles and 1 twrgwi. to meet ou Ih* north veranda eveningt. a w M o oi used part
'o f th<* !*ttlc hotel. Ibcre to listen to H olcom b« \erMow» oi the Carlisle Murder Oa>*
the StDUmn» Murder C a r the M achel! M irder Case the Collins Murder Case. and the
lirifBn Mutdei C ase e ll at which l shall in due nm * record for you in the*e cohum*.
Br»eflv the first part o f Holcomb s evpertencr « tt h the Carlisle» was thus
One o dd January taort.mg some years ago Mia. Jasper Carlisle wealthy about
forty-ntnc >e;»rs old the wife o f one of the wealthiest Negruej in and about Mouth Psik
way at the time. caLed at headquarUr» m l sought out the Missing Persons Bureau
v here she »udd*uly broke into tears and stated »hat her husband had disappeared
was last seen by their chauffeur when he put him on the a Me Walk in the downtown
M ctw n about four o clock the pre-reding e-.ening
Hubert Ho’comb was given this case
A» a first
'ep hr, decided to . * ! on Mr
Carlisle and arrived s i h -r lu xjn o n » apartment a e c .i rwu hours alter her diaim.'.«*! at
headquarters
He found her dead %pr:. w!e«i on her ow n It . mg-r-axn «»or in
p* ol o f blood a
gaeh at her tejr.ple and a h**avv meta* book end on the ffoor b ’side her, bloom 1
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LAS’/ IN S TA LM E N T
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Alter telling Mile« and we about Uie ;n *u«>nce
bedy he had found sprawled on the j ..j
my r|uij about ten o'clock.* |
floor. Holcomb had lapsed into a era-
%
5 tarte»cl afresh,
and wus .stand {
ma tic silence
But noa’ h
e
! Ins on Indian» Avenue watting (or a '
discarded Ills pipe and plunged Int laxi _ our chao(Teur go«> o(T »round
the narration again I say plunied e,gh|
ah, n .utWonly » <ar dreA
because I lomrvenced o see
.
swiftly up and stopped directly In
...
.
. . .
... ____ front of me. A» quick as a ilasti.l
Holcomb suddenly Hi ed 1,1» e>e* #
hw h «
llMl lo% ,)V, r
from the lifeless body of the woman hJj
hu ,mndx stutTed Into hi» !
l rd
,
i f / , orercoat ,*xkeu». got to the Mdrw.lk
He had be<ome aware of a '••J11 »nil whispered gruffly, 'You're eov-
movement
Automatic in h‘ ~ l * * ered. see? Oet Into the car KquawV
listened and was drawn towaro wha .
, ,, drt„
M ove''
appeared to be a co.U closet. As hej .., got lnto thr c, r
s »vr my life !
neared it, the movement grew marc
soon as ttw door slammed. It shot
distinct and the doer Itselt began [orvar(] and Ht |ra, t three men pro
to open slowly _ then suddenly . ct^ , . d ,0 biIld and gag me. ruislll; 1
swung entirely o;»en!
I ai.d threafemng me all the while '
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Holcomb .toopetl and frowned
A
Where did they take you»' Hol
man — a little brown-skinned man comb questioned impatiently. 'Which
— stood half stooped, with his hand» Erection did they take?"
Carlisle »aid.
caressing his forehead and terror mj - t d on l »no*-
his reddened eyes
PH never know because the dog*
Who are you’ Holcomb .pat the chloroformed me!
The next thing
words
I remember I was sitting In a pooriy-
The man seemed to suddenly Jerk lurnlshcd. uglv room, bound to a
himrelf from out of a trance With squeaky chair, with the three cut
out uttering a word ho Immediately throats pacing the floor In front o ' I
passed the detective into the living me. whispering among themselves,
room and fell heavily upon the w o -1 smdklng cigarettes, and cutting at
mans body, weeping and poundm- me with malicious glanres
three
the floor madly.
"The dog!" he j brown-skinned men, they were, with
groaned
" ___ the dirty dog! O h.jth e mark of the underworld upon
Annie ---- Oh. Ood Annie ----- I ’ their faces"
you'd only stayed away a little lone- j The bereaved man s words sud-
And then lie collapsed.
For a minute Holcomb just stool
there ¡.nd pitied the poor devil. He
had to
He then started a series
o f questions — and It wa one sor
ry story!
Mr Carlisle — and It was he - j
pulled himself to his feet, then ha f i
stumbled, half fell Into a convenient;
chair, as wretched a figure as o n e r
would ever see. His hands covcre I j
hi* face: his body slumped forward j
“ I'm the victim of the rottenes! j
deal Imaginable." he told Holcomb'
between convulsions,
kidnapped
— held prisoner all night — an !
how this!''
For a split second his eyes focus- j
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