ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939.
SEVEN
SERIAL STORY
5 WOULD KiLL
BY TOM HORNER
COPYRIGHT, 1939,
NEA SERVICE. INC.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
ARNOLD BENTHORNE Five
persons wished him dead.
If KLKN UKNTHOltNtl Ilia
charming young wife.
W I LLI A M A LSTON Ben
thome's father-in-law and busi
ness associate.
JOKY 1)1 TORIO Night club
owner and Kangsie,-.
ARA JOHNSON The mystery
Eitl.
JOHN DOUOLAS A young
finning engineer, in love with Ara.
CAPTAIN DAWSON A detec
tive who likes to listen.
Yesterday; After dl Torio is
killed, Dawson rounds ; up the
four, questions them. Ara was
resting. Alston still asleep. Mrs.
11 e n t h o r n e was telephoning.
Douglas had remained in the
study. "How do you explain the
damp mud on your shoes?" Daw
eou asks Douglas.
CHAPTER XVIII
"Oooh, John!" Ara's appeal
ing cry confirmed the truth of
Dawson's statement. Hour. us glanc
ed down at his shoes. The gray
brown mud accused him.
"You were in the study, ail
right, listening to everything that
Joey said to me." Dawson shot at
him. "You heard us come out of
the passageway, go Into the living
room. You stood, right where
you're standing now' and when
Joey peered around the corner,
you kilted him.
"Then you ran down the pas
sageway to the street, doubled
back across the lawn and climbed
hi the study window. You ought
to know your way along that
route pretty well by now, Douglas.
It's the second time you're been
over it."
"Hello, Captain! Sony I took
" Dan Klyiin's greeting froze In
his throat us he pushed through
the front door, stared nt the group
gathered at the foot of the stairs.
Before he could manage another
word, lie caught sight of di Torio'a
.body.
"Joey?" be asked, softly.
"Yes," Dawson replied. "Mur
dered. Just like Denthorne. Joey
kitRw too much . . ."
"He could have been a good guy,
If he'd been on the right side of
the fence." Flynn eulogized. "I'll
miss bringing you In, Joey."
"This man Douglas killed him."
Dawson Interrupted. "Put hand
cuffs on him and don't let him out
of your sight. Don't let any of
them out of your sight. Take
them nil into the living room and
keep them there. , . . Krone,
wnen did the coroner say he'd be
here?"
"Captain," Flynn began, "just
ns. J ULPP1'"? !n 1 EUl bunch.
"I don't care "about, your
hunches.". Dawson shouted, his
;.nger mounting. "Clet in that liv
ing room nnd stay there. When I
have time to listen to your
hunches, I'll send for you. Are
you going to obey orders, Flynn?"
'"Yes, sir."
Dawson turned back to Krone
nnd di Totio's body. "I want that
bullet first. Have it checked
ngaiiiHt the one that killed Ben
thorne nnd you'll find they're the
same. The gun was probably hid
den iu Bent home's study nil the
time. After you finish with the
coroner, have a look n round out
side for the revolver. Douglas
probably threw it into the- shrub
bery." "Maybe he brought it back into
the study with him. I'll have a
look. Get good pictures of all of
this. Krone." He hurried Into the
study.
There was plenty of evidence
' that Douglas had come In the
window. Dawson's eyes picked up
n moist outline of a shoe on the
carpet by the window and outside
he found almost perfect foot
prints. Douglas hadn't had the
time to cover up his trail as lie
had last night.
The gnu would he found soon.
Paraffin tests would cinch the case.
Maybe the Chief would give Daw
son a vacation. ...
Seemed to be a nice boy this
Douglas. . . . And all for an uncle
he had never seen. And that girl
Ara how deep was she mixed
uji in una. uwu iviu, iuu. tiuu
a lot of tough breaks. . . . Losing
Douglas wus only another one.
Dawson looked up, started as
Ara entered the study. "I told
Flynn"
"But I convinced him I had
something important to tll you."
Lll break that, frisbniun, so
help me!"
"Really, Captain, I couldn't go
far. Officer Krone is at tlie foot
of the front stairs, Flynn la hold
ing down the living room."
"There's the passageway. . ,
"I had forgotten it so you see,
I rreally wanted to see you. You're
going to try to pin these murders
on John, avert t you?
It s a pretty clear case.
"You believe, don't you, Cap
tain," Ara went on earnestly, "that
John came in the passageway,
killed Ben thorne, - blocked the
door, and went out the window?"
"That's about it. And today he
reversed the werformance with
Joey as the main actor. We've
got him "
"You're wrong, Captain." This
was u new Ara a girl fighting
not for hate, but for love. "John
Douglas was not in the pnssage-
way last night. I know I was
there myself!"
She hurried on before Dnwson
could voice a question. "I left the
taxi as soon as it turned the cor
ner, ran to the street enrnnce of
the passageway. I opened the
door nnd was feeling my way
nioug tne passage.
"I intended to kill Benthorne.
my father, nnd have John blamed
for it. He was going in the study
window. He was to surprise Ben
thorne, threnten. him nnd force
him to give up my proofs. John
also wanted to make Benthorne
tell how tie got hold of the mine
But John never intended to kill
him.
'I've lived on hate so anz.
Captain. No one ever loved me,
no one ever cared about me. ex
cept John. And I was fool enough
to try to blame a murder on him.
I know better now. ... I love
John. He's the first, the only
person I've ever loved. I've hated
all the others, even those who
tried to help a little. You vou
can't blame him for this Ben
tuore murder!".-
Dawson admired this changed
Ara. All the pretense, all the
hardness, even the smoky, sultry
lights in her eyes were gone. In
stead he saw a girl in love a girl
wno nas round love for the first
time. She was willing to do any
thing to nave the man she loved
'from the trap she had created.
She was weenink quite iihitshfim-
edly now, begging for John Doug
las ireeoom. . - ,
But Dawson could not lot, senti
ment, nor admiration, nor pity
sway his decision.- If ksho . had
prooT. . . , "You were in the pas
sageway, yon said. Where were
you when the shot was fired?"
Ara resumed her story, a little
more composed. " was nlmost
halfway to the hall door. I stood
there terrified. Then the v study
door slammed. I was afraid some
one would come down the passage,
so I ran back to the street. I hid
In the shadows and in a few mln
tttrs I saw Mr. di Torio come out
of the passageway. I'm sure it
was he. I saw his face when he
stopped beneath a street light.
"There's your killer. Captain.
The man who killed my father is
dead."
"I don't think bo because "
Ten minutes later she rose to
leave.
"It will be dangerous for you,
but I'll try lio see that you are
protected," Dawson assured her.
"I'm not afraid," she said, eyes
shining. "It's a chance I have to
take to prove John is innocent."
"By spreading the report that
you, too, like Joey, actually saw
the person who killed Benthorne,
we may tempt the killer to strike
again. But don't be surprised if
Douglas tries to take a shot nt you.
. He may have been planning to put
Vim 'mi I tin cnnl' tuct no vmi uurn
doing to him."
"If John shoots at me, T hope
be doesn't miss!" she said. And
Dawson knew she said it. ns If a
prayer.
(To becontlnued)
Civil Liberties Claim
Of Sptague Challenged
PORTLAND. Dec. 20. fAP)
Secretary-treasurer Ralph Peoples
of the State Industrial union (coun
cil CIO) yesterday challenged the
statement of Governor Sprngue
that he knew of no invasion of ci
vil liberties in Oregon.
People's comment was mailed to
the II. S. senate committee on edu
cation and labor.
He said no provision had .been
made to protect the rights of ne
gro and other colored workers in
hotels, restaurants and hospitals;
that cannery, agricultural and pack
ing unionists had obtained no re
course from an attack made on
them Oct. 21, l!t:t!: that the gov
ernor's commendation of District
Attorney James Bain of Multno
mah county for his drive against
"bookie" establishments failed to
heed the fact that many gambling
places are allowed to operate with
out interference."
' Peoples nsked an investigation
Into violations of civil rights of
Oregon workers.
9-Car Collision Costs
One Motorist a Leg
WILMINGTON, Calif., Dec. 19.
(AP) A nine-car collision in the
fog today, nt an intersection where
five persons recently were killed,
seriously injured three motorists.
One had his legs amputated.
Police said an automobile struck
the rear of a machine driven by
William B. Ashley, 59, which was
halted nt a boulevard stop, and
knocked the Ashley car into the in
tersection. Four automobiles plowed Into
one side of the Ashley car then,
officers said, nnd three crashed
into the other side.
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