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Sally watched in silent terror I as her husband David faced death
to unmask a ruthless killer!
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A GREAT FEAR welled Up inside of Sally, as she watched her husband stand in front of the audience at the Crystal Theatreit was an audience of autograph fans, brought together through the efforts of MUdred Parker, the press agent for the theatre. As Sally stood in the wings, tensely waiting listening for the terrUying sound of a gunshot she reviewed the case in which David
had become involved Two murders had
taken place in plain sight of thousands in this very theatre. First had been the murder of Gary Cummings— handsome, famous bandleader, idol of mUlions— who had been giving a performance on the huge stage of the Crystal. He had been leading the band in a novelty number which featured whipcracks punctuated with music, and the sound of the shot had been taken for a whipcrack as he slid to the floor in front of the audience David had found the first clue— a slip of paper bearing Cummings' autograph The angle of the bullet established that the kiUer had stood in the wings when he fired the shot. Mildred Parker had said that, shorUy before the killing, she had escorted a large group of fans back to Cummings' dressing room before the performance-Cummings had given each his autograph before going
on stage. David had told Sally that he figured the killer had mingled with the fans and thus gained access to the vrings. . . . Sally had been with David when he met the first suspect—beautiful, glamorous Avis Harwood a society girl whose reputation for thrills had led to shocking newspaper headlines. Avis's worship of Cummings had been the talk of the theatre when she got herself a job as an usherette in order to meet him and pursue him. Finally, Cummings had become annoyed with the headstrong girl's attentions and she had been fired. Avis could have been tagged as a thrUl-killer, but something about the whole case made both David and
Liza Redfield, hot-tempered girl singer with the band. Cummings had brought her to prommence from nowhere, and then threatened to send her back into oblivion unless she was nice" to him. Liza had been heard nulled'' T *°.'^" Cummings if he ever pulled such a dixty trick. (This information had been given to David by Dick De Marco another famous bandleader, who once worked f^r i^^T^'-^ Cartridges that fitted the ore gn_-make murder pistol had been found m Liza s dressing room. ... The third suspect was Lester Jeffries, once a successM ar
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Unknown to Sally and David, the murderess watched their every move as they pondered the clues David had found.
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