Word: carma
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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During supper a man's face appeared at a screened porthole of the Wanderwell schooner Carma, onetime rumrunner bought at Government auction. The stranger asked: "Where is Captain Wanderwell...
Federal agents, ever vigilant for evidence of gunrunning, became interested in the case when 30 rifles were found aboard the Carma. But the murdering slug came from none of these weapons. One of the ship's company, all of whom signed on as crew when harbor officials declared the Carma unseaworthy, was Lord Edward Eugene Fernando Montagu, self-styled "remittance man," second son of the Duke of Manchester. He admitted having a .38 calibre revolver. He said he had lent it to a friend who had lent it to a friend. Lord Edward was taken into custody. So were...
...voted in the last election. But Suspect Guy denied killing Wanderwell. although he curiously paraphrased Mrs. Wanderwell's observation that many would have liked to kill him. An alibi supplied by several aviator friends, followed by his re-enactment of the stranger's visit to the Carma, convinced a coroner's jury that William Guy was not the man wanted. But both he and Lord Edward were detained for immigration authorities...
...Wanderwell insisted that she would lead the cruise to the South Seas as soon as police released the Carma from custody. Meantime, the 15 adventurers, confined to the boat, were charging 10? admission to all comers for a look at the cabin in which the murder took place...