Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1934)
Thursday,- August 2, 1934 LA GRANDE EVKNTtfO OftSTRRVER'. LA GRANDR. ORfc Pag Sdveri i 1-5 GOLFERS TO PLAY ALL TEAM MATCHES Aiiho'uhcement was mode today that all members of the Blngner-Sie-grlst golf teams who have not played ; their matches are expected to do bo before Sunday night or default. Sev eral of the matches have been' play ; ed. The losing team will furnish din ner for1 the winners at the Blngner cabin. Sl'OAR ANT FLOUR PORTLAND, Aug. 2 VP) Sugar Berry or fruit, 100s, $5.45; bales, 5.55; beet, 5.35. Domestic flour Selling price, mill delivery, 5 to 25-bbl. lots: family pat ent 98s. W8S 7.75; bakers hard wheat. M.85 w (7.80; blended flour. MOCKING HOUSE SYNOPSIS: Sergeant Harper litis lound the weapon that killed ont the two men found timr dered in Pierre Dufresne's house. It proves that the stranrier and tha volicomiin did not kill each other, but it does Aot indicate who the murderer was. Harper nans the in vestigation must not overlook tho possibility that a servant may have had a hand in the killing. ( Chapter 33 THE ACCUSATION T AFFERTY lit a cigarette and - blow the smoke) upward at a sharp angle. "Quit your hemming and hawing. Steve. You can make the pinch any time you please. You might as well make up your inlnd about it and have it over." Harper looked amused. "So you've got It all figured out?" "Sure. It you really want the killer, just march up the stairs, walk down the hall, and enter the first door on the left." ' "Mrs. Dufresne?" "Exactly. 1 know It. You know It. Dufresne knows It, too. He tried to! cover up for her by hiding the gun. fhat's why he's been playing cat and mouse with us, afraid we'd turn up something that would up set the apple-cart. Which Is just what happened." "You're wrong. Jack," Harper said qulotly. "This thing is a lot more intricato than that theory' of yours allows for. In fact, I'm just begin ning to realize what a Gordiau knot we have on our hands." "That's a very apt llguro of speech. Maybe you remember what happened to the Gordlan knot?" "Yes. Alexander couldn't unravel It, as there were no ends showing, so he sliced it with his sword." "Correct. I'd advise you to take tho tip from Alexander. You've got your eight suspects, but l( you look them over carefully you'll seo how the number dwfhafci. I take It that you are not trying to pin it on Mrs. Croyden or her1 pianist husband? Besides, they're really just visitors here. "Dufresne and Andrews weroshut up in the Austerlitz under heavy guard at the time, bonaghy was on duty there, too, and it Isn't likely ho had a chance to leave the place. Anyway, his statements are easily chocked. The Whitmoros were near tho' spot, truo enough, but they didn't leave their rooms after dark last night. The snow proves that. "What does that leave us? One person and only one Mrs. Du fresne, visiting at Mrs. Croighton Morlock's. " See what wo have there. She de veloped a headache and didn't come down to dinner. Headaches, you know. retlnlre seclusion. A atarfdard alibi. Then a mysterious outbreak of lire in the Morlock garage". Wasn't that a perfect opportunity lor get ting away for a while, unseen, un noticed? "By tho luckiest of flukes, wo have Howard Doylo's evidence, otherwise we'd bo completely In the dark. I make tlio fiat assertion that Mrs. Dufresne left Mrs. Morlock's, walked the mito or so to this house to keep her rendezvous and killed the man she came here to meet! And here's my bit of evidence for that." Lafferty paused dramatically, then brought forth a shapeless bundle, swathed In crumpled tissue paper, which he stripped away. A stained, warped pair of high-heeled shoes stood revealed. "Theso are the shoes' Mrs. Dufresne wore' last night," he explained. "They were on their way to tho traMi-bln this morning, via John Whitmorc, when 1 rescued them." CERGEAN'T HARPER picked up tlio once-dainty slippers, their' narrow brocaded sides now soiled beyond repair. They were still soggy to the touch. "I suppose," Lafferty jeered, as Harper thoughtfully set them side by side, "that she got them In that condition Just stepping into the car at Mrs. Morlock's with Doyle and coming in here from the curb to the front door, on a shoveled path. too. That lady" went for'a Jaunt through the enow last night and she camo here!" Harper paused in the charging of his pipe, the battle-scarred com panion of many a lonely vigil over knotty problems. "Does Mrs. Du fresne strike you as the sort of woman who would carry on a clan destine afTair. let alone sloop to murder?" he demanded. Lafferty snorted. "Stevie. old boy. years and years ago I gave up trying to figure out women by look ing at them. Sister Aline and Sister Sylvia may be very sedate and dig nified wives, but lu their debutante days, as tbe Bartcl! girls, they were a pair of pretty high steppers. I can tell you" Old Kan Bartell led each of them more money than was good i Tor them and they had a free head 6.50(a 7.30: bakers' Muestem, (6.65 IS 6.75. IMPROVEMM?' ISSUES WILL BE EXTeMDED (Continued xtom rg One) plan will bo satisfactory, . , With the refunding completed, the city financially will bo in better con dition than for several years, It was said at the commission meeting last night. Only the improvement bonds have been In a serious condition, and retirement of general obligation bonds has gone ahead during the last few years without curtailment. A sixteenth century Saxon suit of tilting armor brought (1,700 in Lon don. BY WALTER C. BROWN , , - and no one to answer to, ..I've heard plenty about them." J,'- "Been doing some tabloit nrcheol ogy on the side?" mocked Harper.' "No, but I was talking., to Bob Johnson. That lad covered . the so cial whirl when he fliat-. broke In with the Dally Lodger and" he's got a memory like a filing cabinet. Ac cording to him. the Bartelllrls had the polite circles ot theif tij stand ing on their collective ears. - "Incidentally,, it mlghtr Interest you to know that In thoQ days our good host, Mr. Pierr. Dufresne, was rushing little Aline. Thevsngage ment was rumored unoflicially sev eral times and there was plenty of buzzing and whispering, when he up and married Sister Sylvia in stead." "To hear you talking, one would think that Mrs. Dufresne and Mrs. Croyden were now a couple ot daw-, agers." "That was all ot fen years ago," Lafferty answered, "and ten years can ma.'te a lot of chnuges, but you never can tell when the old Are will flare up again. That happens often enough. Remember Mat Sylvia Bar tell married a nlan considerably older than herself, while her" sister well, I take Croyden for one of those artistic chaps, all nerves and temperament, charming as an ac quaintance, but damn hard to live with. Certainly Mrs. Dufrosne is still far removed from nh age where one could say, "This woman is past the time for love afTalrs." HARPER looked amused as he held a match to his pipe. "Very well put," he acknowledged, "al though the Implications' are some what libelous. But listen, , you old social philosopher, ' does Mr. Du fresne strike you as being tlio' sort of man who would connive at hiding Stove, nnd it takes -some queer turns. Many a mnn has - brazened down the world In a case like that and taken his own measures in pri vate later." ;j ;' ' "No, 1 don't beliovo you're on tho right track at all. There are plenty of gaps in your structure. What of this alleged lover, for Iniffimco? He was here in the city, buying his dis guise, while Mrs. Dufresne was still at her summer home. That doesn't sound much like a clandestine af fair." "Granted, but remember that the Dufresne summer home Is on an Island. Not much clmncejforjsocret meetings there unless thp third party camo as a guest. 1 think those two conceived the Idea ot writing crank letters' to Dufresne.- After a due Interval' he was to be.;bumped off. Then Mrs. Dufresiio' would be free and the police wouJd he busily hunting around for soniedown-at-theheels homicidal maniac who never really existed. I's a clever, scheme." f "I see.. Having decided "to-disencumber herself of the husband she no longer wanted, Mrs. Dufresne, In a fit ot absent-mindedness, killed her lover instead. Very clcveJack, very clever." Lafferty smiled sourly. "Just the same, old boy, I'm holding to my theory till you con produce a better one," he slated. "Everybody but Mrs. Dufresne has an alibi for the time' in question. Why don't you challenge her with It?" Harper shrugged. "You know the situation. Dr. Ulrlch has forbidden her to talk. What would be the use of trying to hold a vital interview like that when she can stop and think and write down tho answers at her leisure? "Since you're so set on your theory. I'll delegate to you the job ot visiting the Morlock house. You can check up al' you want, but don't let the cat out of the bag. Mrs. Morlock Is a relative of .Mrs. Dufresne and if she finds out that we suspect anything it won't take long for it to get bapk to this house. Go to it! Here's your chance to show mo up." "That's not tho Idea, Steve, and you know It. Of course, there's an alternate theory, built on' the same base. Has that occurred. to you?" Harper took a long bull at his pipe. "I'm full of theories," he re plied. "With little encouragement I could build up a case against almost any of the eight you picked out. But who is Involved In your alternate theory?" ; "Pierre Dufresne hitiiself. Per haps he discovered this affair and killed his rival. I'm convinced the elementary motives In ,my theory are right, whatever the individual moves may have been." The Sergeant's glance sharpened. "I've been toying 'Wltlf jtome such idea," he stated slowlj-j'-" - (Copyright. t9Ji, bv IValttr C. BrotenJ Tomorrow,' Harper w6rks out ' . freh thtory, Jj.;v :. OUT OUR WAY ' 2T f D 7 1 SEC YOU' HAVE )( . 7 OH. MY ONLY BABIES ACE i f xJ';:-c;,Vjr5 SaJ--C J , ( a cpadle.howold f my ideas on the uplift j i CP' C f AOTCLES MID' TOOr ' -ANOArTE t GET SETTLED WE'LL fV OTT-Sru-- v"'-:: "7 -lVi lire i ufv 1 pertaining to hv cultural I ooganite a club so you can all I - ''''' JOE PALOOKA " " MickeTAgaln!'' If"" OU- FOOL- i TMOT EES BETTER Y I r H , f' $EE I'M GLAD .1 S f Ir1 MY WORD ( CERVNy. I I I LOCK ' N f I I ,T ,N A STILL.' I NEVAIR : f TWE KINS j J1ST COULDN'T WORK L f IT'S HOT ) 1 AINT A tfjaBfff THEM GATES . QUICK--V ' . THE WRONG SOUP.' AXPACTSUCH IS MUCH WORRYIN' ABOUT HIM . F MAY V HAVE I TOUCHED L Ml DON'T LET I GET THE: -It THE KING GOT IT J LUCK- BOT DON' : I BFTTER Msx, . , I DRINK IT VET. F Ml, NOBUDDV f I DOCTOR ! L INSTEAD' OF J WORRY- PALOOKA . TODAY, jVv f W':4 A J OUT OP fp , yf I IN OR OUT. J V. r-' ' 'f ' ; ' SCORCHY SMITH " ' '1VXT ' " Invitation Accepted1 I r-YoO UND6R4TAND' ulTTLe ffMM W"TH"E?lf H.I'.oOB LftTSP -AT Xt. PlMCl( '. I I CORChY HuRP-IEOLY CONrWS TH TEX "NP RAlNSoW,,. f . '" . i ' li 'ieiiEP might cteif? up a Few twh -IVJKjH? 1 s , x TZT " TTT "jnmi rrtoRg Xme1 eoMiNS, eoficHY!,'X ; s ; -i-rMsiuin,- unur a - iium kSW J'JST PHouBD HIM ..J SURE -cam't TEu WiAr Ms SjSTPciP ?2!, - I Tiuyte u rue tkhten. TUt- I 3 81 sftEAg HIS CWjCIjCg-' Ti6 Mt, iXl M Be IIP' OM THIS HNTTRviPiA) K Wl6rr gE TBOUBU -- ' ISWX (frf T1T til ''"' f STSVnT : ' I I ll 1 '"" " " ' II "r ' OLLY OF THE MOVIES by Ollendorff HELLO) CHIEF? '-Pete, SS TALkiN6-Come out Were, OLLY LANE. OUR NEWEST STAC.- HAS GEEN CAgglED S'lUV niCAonciOcn 1HE OLE MEWi-HDuraj; - e a ciuoi j , , ; I MB BM i Ji-"-1I- i-w-ircu. fcs'l n , . . . I II VI JTI I DIANA DANE 'TSor' ' Politeness Plus S f WISH 'DIANA COULD fMAVBE Mel I VELL--OfW( 'LO U'L VT I I "JiJ SAY-DIDN'T lU j I I T y JeST DROPPED IN T'DAv I S f .KEEP THAT SAP, . V XtP RE"D ALL TH'fU GALS ' fiT-V ?JT i f LteLL VOU TO " .p crcn mMii M lELMEIX.AAV PROmL(4 rrHEKEEP ZsrT:CK?y?J-' VVX 5TAV OUT-Yn I APOLOGIZE FER, COMIN' g P-ter7sHEBE'rl?WOuTsieN Xf7jTv X A-rCmL -J(or Hbizb) P, IN YESTIDDyAN' DAY B'FOR-E l) a THE DILLYS Brief Ownership WrTT" . -v Hi THIS IS LUCK I I f Iri' YOUGO, OLD GIRL, GORILLA WILL I F' '"'' &UKzjj T rnwHrr RUN WITH A FREIGHT JUST YOU'RE MV ELEPHANT MAKE MINCE MEAT v-v. (fa S LY"F DALTON, SUSIE) ) BEADY TO PULL S?S? J NOW -WEVE .SEEN OUT OF THAT M , " rjrKSaMrri 1 PAPA WILL OUT.'! - ITU. TTa-Ti -7 THE- LAT OF YOUR BIG SIDE OF BEEF) :-' A 1 iP&M S 5 pictures, rV 5AVPBAQED P-Suee, I Gotcha, quick Ocrt -Ot I r5i iri WHY, DONTCHA -A OTP -! a M CJUT A fYlilNUTK ; HfcTdt 3 WII-VLY, Ml iHE OLE NEWS ITCHIN' A By F. R. Williams - TJ T IKIY tzUV TJi i-r THINK OP A NEW ONE,' WA,HA' ., .- . .,nw" - HOUND.' -HE5 CJUST GOOD YARN THE NEWFANG'LES" O.-k-r Pete. oLe -GtoY Got the Pad an' pencil -Tell it To me slowlV IF GOOD PSESS STOUV Stop SWoutin'- Mrs. Van Swankt6n Has Ideas! I've i tSeadY -PUSWER,' DO Yfau WANNA DUCTION on A TtoR A Publicity'' Stunt 9-OUVS GONE, I -TELL YOU , Wolf-Wolf! NITWIT PENCIL- You THINK I'D Wold UP PRO Picture A-prm it's stawted. - PUT THAT H-ATFDOT ON If 4r m . a Ml HI M m M m a m m N H H M
