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Thursday, July 5, 1934 T;A CRANDE EVENTNfi ORRERVER. T7A GRANDE, ORE. Page Five CCDISCOVERER OF RADIUM A MARTYR SALLANCHES. Prance, July 5 UP) A ftlmple funeral was planned today (or Mme. Marie Curie, who died a martyr to the cause of science, The co-dlscoverer of radium, physicians said, had accumulated radium rays In her system during her experiments and these contributed directly to the Illness, which ended In . her death early yesterday. IIKill DlVti IN FATAL VANCOUVER, Wash., July 5 UP) Probably rendered unconscious by the concussion as he struck the water from the great height, Roland Me Call, 22, drowned In the Columbia river here yesterday after making a beautiful swan dive from a pint form 110 feet high on the draw of the Interstate bridge. CONGRESSMAN'S MOT UK It I) IKS SALEM. July 5 (JPi Willetta Mae Mott, widow of the late Dr. W. S. Matt and mother of ' Congressman James W. Mott, died at her home here early Wednesday night. She had been a resident of Salem since 1899. IH.AMKS L.UtOK SALEM, Ore., July 5 VP) A de claration that the United States "is now on the verge oi" a social revolu tion," and that the American Federa tion of Labor Is to blame for the re puted condition, was made here yes terday by U. O. Mc Alexander of New port, retired major general and one of the candidates in- the May pri mary election for Republican nomina tion to the governorship. It HwuUx at" MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN BYSomtH: Ttco men have been murdered in Pierre llulreene'a bio hnttae. Ill the evidente vointa to the tart Unit thru altot each other, but ftruennt llnrver dure not be Her thru did. Ilnwart.' IJnttle 1W10 inndierteutlu hrouulit Mrs. t)u Ireane Into the innate ontu to hin t her tnlnt and tniuie heraell telle llnrver thnt ilia detertire will be otad the miatuke ua muiie. Chapter 13 DOYLE'S CONTRIBUTION 'TJERE'S tlie queer part. The Old 1 Man acted human Tor once but firm. I was oft '.he case and that wan that. H'a a puzzle, because I huve gnod reasons for doubting that Dufrcsne would go behind my bach about a thing like thnt." "Why shouldn't he Doyle? Mis. nufresnu was scared hulf to death and It led to an Injury that Is very serlnuB to any woman, and especial ly a beautiful woman." "Sergeant, I'm surprised! Don't you know a detective's ti rat duty Is to keep his mind free from all pre udlces. favorable or otherwise?" He laughed. Harper's face began to redden. "1 don't see anything funny about a beautiful woman having her face disfigured for life." he retorted. "Of course you don't. Sergeant, and neither do 1. Don't misunder stand me. In such a situation one must cultivate a philosophic atti tude, like our friend Dufreene. If that had happened to your wife, or mine, we'd have taken a poke at the chap who caused the trouble. "But Mr. Dufresne Is content to sit and murmur 'C'est la main du Seig neur.' In case your French Is a little rusty, that means 'It Is the hand of Ood.' Does Dufresne s reaction seem regular and normal to you?" Without waiting for an answer. Doyle continued. "I'm all washed up with this case, but I'm going to let fly a couple of broadsides Jjefore I. go and you'll be smnrf'enough to profit by them. "What has that, to do with you since you've been withdrawn from the case?" "That's what I'm coming to. Lis ten, you've talked with Dufresne about those 'crank letters; "Yes." "Didn't he sort of hint around the bueh that the writer might turn out to bo. shall we say. not a total stranger to him?" "Yes, he hinted something like that." "Didn't ho give you the linpres sion that there was something that he feared, but wouldn't talk about? He was pretty well shaken up over that ambush, wasn t he?" "Yes, but that's only natural. No one but an Idiot would make light of It." " "Don't you think It odd that the first time he wont out without a bodyguard he wus flred on? And that It occurred on a lonely road, far from the city?" "No. It's not odd. If some one were waiting for just such a chance." "That doesn't say much for the ability of Barry and Marklson, who were supposed to be guarding him. I've always thought they were pretty good men." "No one Is infallible, Doyle." . "I think both Marklson and Barry know their business." Doyle shrugged. ''But let's look at It from another ongle. Who knew where Dufresne was going on that trip?" "Only himself, Mrs. Dufresne. and the two detectives, so far as we know. Possibly Andrews, the butler, knew also." " A LL right, we'll drop that line. but think it over and see it It doesn't suggest something to you. Now, after you ran out on us so mysteriously, I got to thinking about the hints Dufresne had been band ing out and I guessed you had made the sudden dash to give the latest developments to the new widow, and. Incidentally, to find out lust how she had been spending the eve ning. I remembered having seen her name In the society column, so I looked up the notice. I found that Mrs. Crelghton Morion's house was only about a mile from here, eo I left and walked over. "And was I surprised when 1 got there and found you hadn't been near the place! And let me tell you that the lady was expecting trouble She didn't give me half a chance to tell my story. At the first words she rushed out of the bouse and Into a car. The rest of the story you know." Harper stirred restively. "1 don't see where that alters the circum stances." "Walt a minute, you haven't heard all of It yet." Doyle'a alert eyes were fixed steadily on the detective s through the cigarette smoke. "By and by the smart detective on this case It going to call In everybody concerned, one by one, and ask. January 10th?' When that time comes. Harper, you're going to find that Mrs. Dufresne will have an alibi that is really no alibi at all then what? Certainly. I'm aware that there was a dinner party at Mrs Morlock's last night and Mrs. Dufresne is a house guest there. But, you will hear that Mrs. Dufresne was so upset over the news of the attack on her hus band yesterday afternoon that she developed a severe headache and re mained In her room. She did not come down tor dinner. . I've found out that you tried to reach her by telephone from the Austerlltz and couldn't get an answer. Perhaps you haven't bad time to find out why, eo I'll tell you. By a most strange coincidence, there was a fire last night In the Morlock garage and the telephone wires, strung just outside It, were burned and put out of commission. When I got to the house the con fusion wns at Its peak Are engines all over the street, salvaged auto mobiles parked anywhere, guests and servants running In and out to watch the show. No one knew where auy one else was. or bad been." Doyle lowered his voice Impres sively. "While I was looking around I saw a woman's figure going Into the house through the side door. I couldn't see her face, but 1 got a good look at the fur coat and the shoes. This woman had come up the rear walk. 1 could see ber footprints in the snow. Everybody was over on the other side of the house, watch ing the garage burn. "TVELL, 1 Anally found a house- ' maid running excitedly around the hall and I asked for Mrs. Du fresne. The girl went upstairs and in a minute or two Mrs. Dufresne came down. Harper, you can Ima gine the Jolt I got y.l)an,3Lrecognized the slippers! 'i -..' .. j "Not only that, but they were soak ing wet from the snow, as wet as my shoes were from walking over a mile In it! And when Mrs. Dufresne sent for her coat, to go along with me, there was the same fur coat 1 had seen disappearing through the side door, the fur still damp from melted snow. Now, what do you make of that?" ...... Harper was silently digesting this story of the reporter's. "That will bear a lot of thought, Doyle," be answered slowly. "Get this my final broadside. Harper. I don't know how tar you've gone with your Investigations but It strikes me that there's something In this case resembling tbe state of Denmark In Hamlet's time." Doyle stood up and pointed through the window. "Do you see that stone wall? That's the boundary wall of Dufresne's property. On the other side of the wall are thick bushes. Last night some one hid there between the bushes and the wall, walked up end down and watched this house, most likely this very room. There is your witness! Find him, and you'll know what went on here last night!" A few moments later Sergeant Harper and his assistant. Lafforty. bent thoughtfully over the sketch the former had drawn of the Du fresne bouse and grounds. They just had come In from their Inspection of the spot Doyle had discovered by a fortunale chance. The reporter's final broadside had been very telling. Indeed, riddling Into holes the Inferential evidence so far provided by the killings. A witness, and a secret one. certainly substantiated Harper's doubts that the affair had been "!iapha-..-.rd." Here was the first hlnl of premedi tation. "That Is certainly a choice bit of luck." Lafferty chuckled. "Wall till we blaze away with that and see whose feathers fly." "That's exactly what we're not going to do," Harper countered. "It's an ace up our sleeve, but that's the best place for it at pres-.nl. It's some thing to think about quietly, not brag about." "Well, you're passing up a fine chance to put on the screws. Vou're giving them too much time to gel their stories ready. I'm sure that smart chauffeur. Donaghy. Is wise lo something, and then there Is old Andrews and that sour-faced Mrs. Wbllmore all likely material to work on. You con trust the servants to know things." Harper smiled. "Don't let your patience get out of control, Jack. I'm deliberately giving these people plenty of time to think It over. 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