Tage Four
LA CKANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE.
Friday, 'August 10, 193-1
U. S. Bases Its Gangster Drive
On Centralization and Secrecy
Hy Hlchitrd Kendell
WASHINGTON W Centraliza
tion and sccrocy are regarded by John
Edgar Hoover, director of criminal
Investigation for the department of
Justice, as two major factors In the
sxicceas of any federal man-hunt.
They resulted directly in the elim
ination of John Dillinger as Public
Enemy No. 1.
"We received hundreds of tips dur
ing the four and a half months we
were looking for DUllnger," Hoover
fifild, "and most of them were cleared
through the Washington office.
"When our offico in New York or
Lqs Angeles or anywhere else re
ceived advice on Dillinger's where
n bouts, the tips were sent in here
and relayed to the office nearest the
place he was supposed to be.
"That Is the fastest and least ex
pensive way to do It," the director
explained -
Checked All Tips
Centralization of direction soma
times goes even further than that.
In big cases, Hoover directs the qucs
tlordng of prisoners on the boats of
telephonic reports received from, the
field.
He Is in uii.'.zzt constant telephonic
touch with men out on the Job. Ho
has a private line strung from the
department building to his house ao
he can be reached at home day or
night.
Sifting the Dillinger tips which
MOCKING HOUSE
, WAITER C. BROWN
SYNOPHIS: Although Sergeant
Ilarpet hat proved that the
stranger and the policeman found
dead in Pierre Uulreane'e house did
not ahoot each other, but ioere mur
dered, lie cannot uin the crime on
milone until he can eltoio how the
murderer escaped, and ioho the
etranoer la. lie ia questioning aire.
Oroyden, and has teamed that the
and her husband have an atmarent
hi airtight alibi. He notice partic
ularly a handsome diamond ring
the weara.
Chapter 36
DUFRESNE AGAIN
HARPER leaned forward. "Now.
Mrs. Oroyden, 1 would like to
know more about the servants In
this houao. Has there been trouble
with any of them In the past, or any
trouble between themselves? I don't
mean potty squabbles."
For the llrst lime Aline Croyden
hesitated, and Harper felt the low.
erljig o( an Imperceptible veil of
aloofness. With her hands lying mo
tionless In her lap she stud led the
detective's fnco with cool eravlty.
In all the houso there was not a
'sound at that moment.
' "1 am afraid there Is nothing I can
tell you that would be relevant to
the Ideas you bold," she answered
at last, quietly.
I ''What about Andrews? I gather
that he Is greatly In Mr. Dufresne's
confidence."
''Andrews has spent his wholo
adult life In the service or the L)u
fresno family, starting with Mr. Du
fresne's fathor. Naturally, ho Is
treated almost as a member of the
family."
Harper thought that over. "How
long have the Wlillmores been em
ployed?" ' "It must bo about ten years. We
wish we could find some one hair so
eSlclent and conscientious fur our
own house."
"What about Donashy, the chauf
feur?
Mrs. Croyden shot hlin a quick.
ponetrallng look, which the detec
tive did not miss, .and as she thought
over her reply, she kept turning
that unusual ring around and around
op tier linger.
"Joseph Is considerably younger
than any of the others," she an
swereil at last, "less settled In his
habits and no doubt he has more
)Utslde Interests. But he Is courteous,
prompt, and obliging, and 1 believe
there baa bceu no question at all as
to his conduct either on or off duty."
"Then there has been nothing In
the nature of friction or bod feeling
between Andrews, say, and the
WliltmorcB? Or between Uonnghy
and Andrews?"
"No. Indeed."
"What of the housemaid who was
here last year, mien Becker? She
left rather suddenly, I bellevo. Was
there an undeclared reason for her
departure?"
"1 think not. Ellen never fitted In
very well here. Sho was a reserved,
rather melancholy girl, from what 1
saw of her. I'm suro she left of her
own accord. My sister would have
said something to me had It been
otherwise"
"How old was this girl'"
"Thirty, or perhaps a year or two
older. Not an attractive girl at all,"
she added, "and a ratber sullen do
tneanor that did not Improve her
any."
Harper rubbed bis chin reflective
ly. "In spllo of what you say." ho
remarked, "all has not bceu as tran
quil as the eurfoco seems to Indi
cate. That much Is obvious, for,
asldo from tho murders. Mrs. Croy
den. we know there have been re
peated secret meetings held in litis
room, a thing extremely unlikely
without tho help and connlvntieo of
ome one In this houae. 1 valuo your
opinion and Judgment. Mrs. Croy
den. but last night's occurrences
will not let mo accept them at face
valuo In this particular mniter."
"OU must do ns you think best."
Aline Croyden answered, in n
non-committal tone. She looked
down nt her relaxed Imnds and no
tlced Harper's eyes following the
Hashing glitter of the twin Bern.
"J see that my heirloom tias heen
attracting your attention." she said,
extending her hand In a graceful
gesture. "It came from Mr. Croy
den's mother, and 1 can't bring my
self to separate the stones or mod
ernize the old setting."
"Clems are fascinating tiling."
Harper replied. "I certainly would
not diminish their sentimental value
for the sake of a modernized act
,1111(5."
They wero Interrupted by the ap
penrnnro of Itlchnrd Croyden and
I'forro pufresno. The dapper mas
ter of the houso had donned a per
fectly tnllorcd double-breasted suit,
closely butioned. so that his erect
tics And swagger gave him more
than ever an air of aggressive vigor.
Croyden looked somewhat tired and
distraught and was smoking n cig
arette with nurvouj haste.
"Richard, I have Just been telling
Mr. Harper about your concert last
night," Allno greeted him.
Croyden laughed. "The police are
going In for subtlety, Aline. What
Harper really wanted was our alibi,
Are you qulto satisfied, Sergeant?''
Harper smiled, "it's one of the
best alibis I ever heard, I don't sea
how wo can do a thing with It," he
Jested In return.
Pierre Dufresne faced the detecr
tlvo suddenly, and asked bitterly.
"Harper, bow long are you going to
keep up this business? Vou have
brought a vary serious charge
against my household and I'm wait
i'lg (or you to hack It up with proof,
sound, legal ovldenco. It It turns out
that you can't 1 warn you that It's
likely to cost you your stripe."
"Pierre, you mustn't talk like
that!" Allno Croyden tried to
smooth tho ruffled waters. "Mr. Har
per Is only doing IiIr duty "
Without the slightest warning
came tho sudden crack of a revolver.
The report seemed to come from be
neath their very feet, sharp and un
usually loud in that silent house.
They exchanged startled glances.
"j3on't he alarmed?' Harper urged.
"Detective Latterly Is testing the
real murder gun. Fortunately we
havo found It, hidden In the gutter
of the roof. That answers your ques.
Hon. Air. Dnfrojne. We now have
sound, legal ovldenco' that there
was a double murdor here. We'll be
llulshed when wo find out whose (In-
ger pulled the trigger last night!"
Richard Croydon's hands had
Jerked so nervously at the sound of
the shot that he had to recapture
his cigarette In midair. He stared at
the detective Willi frowning Inten
sity. Aline Croydon leaped up In her
fright, hor hands clasping each
other and hor ring still flashing Its
multicolored sparks,
But I'iorro Dufresne went on
quietly lapping tils cigarette against
the plat fniiui case. There was mock
ery und dellauce In his glittering
look, and Harper caught a faint reek
of brandy on bis breath.
"Don't let us slop you!" ho
uneered, "but I'll be damned If wo
wish you any luck !"
LAPPERTY looked through the
pocket lens at the crystal body of
the goblet and then nguln at the sheet
of yellow letter paper Harper held
out for his inspection. "It's a smeary
print," ho stated, "but there's no
doubt about It that's Andrews'
thumhmark In both place. Well,
let's have another round with tho
model butler. We'll soo If he can
think fast enough to get out of this
one."
Tho lanky detective took tho let
ter and road it over. It was the third
of tho eight crank lettors Dufresne
had turned over to the police when
he had llrst placed the matter In
their hands, about a week before.
Tho thuuibmnrk appeared about
midway of tho loft margin.
"It was .'ust a lluko," Harper ex
plained. "I was Bhowlng Mrs. Croy
don how a llngerprint Is brought out
for photographing and I happened
to pick up this glass for the experiment."
'It would have como out long
ago," uiftoi-ty grummet!, "ir Du
fresne hadn't opposod tho finger
printing of tho staff. Como on, let's
put the screws to tho old boy. I'm
going to enjoy this."
'Not so fust. Jnck. not so fast.
There's no profit In going off half
cocked. Nobody's going to run awny
whllo wo llguro things out. It might
bo n help If some one did," ho added
is nn after! bought.
Lnfferly threw his superior a sar
donic look. "You're hard to con
vince." he protested. "What are you
holding out for now. a hand wrluou
confession from the murderer?"
"No, but we're not a couple of
i-ooklcs out after big g:imo for the
llrst time. If we mado an arrest
every time we slrllck a clue we'd
have Mia. Dutiesiio locked up be
cause she went out last altu and
Dufresne hecauso the gun dlsnp
peared Trotn ills room this morning.
Before we ttickle Andrews lei's have
a good look at those letters. We've
been so busy with other matters
thi'y haven't had tho attention they
deserve."
"The llrst tiling that Is apparent."
ho went on, "Is that eacli was mailed
downtowu. That gives us no help
with everybody nt the Auslerlilz ex
ccpt the U'hltmores. The first four
w-eru exactly one week apart, then
came n np of eleven days with the
last tour sriowhat Irregular. Ilu
tiesno placed them before Director
Connors on the 4th of January. On
the morning of the Tib came the Inst
letter, tit least up to tho present."
"At least? Do you think there nre
?olng to bo any more of tlajtu?" Laf
feroy questioned.
(Copyright. i J I . by M'ulfrr C. ItroH'n)
came to tho department required
lot of time.
"We couldn't afford to overlook
Dingle one." Hoover said. "Sometimes
we got ns muny as a dozen a day.
All were checked."
Police exjjerts' often have expressed
wonder nt the amount of work the
480 men in the division accomplish
A war chest of 2, 000,000 voted by
the last congress haw corrected the
lack of personnel in part. About 30
recruits are to report for duty within
a few clays.
Operate In Secraey
All will go through the division
training school in crime detection
and will bo given training in marks
manship at one of the nearby army
posts. Then they will be sent out on
tlie crime front.
Hoover shifts his men from office
to office about every two years. This
he explains, gives them an "adapt
able" attitude.
Movements of the operatives are
cloaked In secrecy.
The kldnnping of Charles Boettcher,
II, of Denver was nn object lesson
for federal agents. Boettcher helped
locate tlie hideout of the kidnapers
by recalling the approximate time he
heard an airplane pass overhead while
he was held prisoner.
In every abduction case after that.
Hoover says, kidnapers stuffed the
ears of their prisoners with cotton.
It has been Indicated Hoover leels
something was said or done In con
nection with the Dillinger affair
which may have repercussions later.
'If I'd had my way about the
whole thing." ho says, "I'd have Is
sued a simple one-sentence state
ment: 'John Dillinger was shot and
killed by federal agents In Chicago
last night at 10:40 p. m.' and then
rung tlie curtain down and forgot
ten it."
On May 1, 1934. there were 4.2G0.42O
fingerprint records and 6.397,220 In
dex cards In tlie division's archives.
Instruments used in technical
work include the comparison micro
scope, in which tile images of two
separate bullets are brought within
a single eyepiece for comparison; the
binocular microscope, which uses low
magnification for tlie examlnnatlon
of handwriting, typewriting and
similar specimens.
Tomorrow, th. situation near.
erisi.. q
New Fish Types
Are Discovered
In Klamath Area
PORTLAND. Ore. At In the small
tepid and yellowish waterholes of the
wide expanse of land embraced by
south central and southeastern Ore
gon, strange forms of Xlsh life
sjjccIcs believed yet unclassified, have
been found.
Dr. Carl L. Hubbs. Icthyologist of
international repute, who led an ex
pedition Into tho fast vanishing des
ert lakes, is reported by word re
ceived here to have netted several
strange types of fish from the holes
of tho urea a region once covered
to great depths by a pre-hlstoric In
land sea.
A strangely-stunted fish about five
inches in length, and believed by Dr.
Hubbs to bo tho descendant of a race
of giant fish that lahabltated the
Krcul Oregon sea. is regarded as tlie
most Important of the specimens so
fur t:.krn. Some newly-discovered
sub-species of other forms of fish
lifo were caught in water areas of
Klamath and Lake counties. Several
most unusunl forms of crustaceans
wero found in the underground lake
In the Malheur cases water barren
of fish life.
All these are to be sent to Dr.
Hubb's laboratory nt University of
Michigan for classification. His re
search will continue until September.
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WATERFOWL LIFE
NEAR EXTINCTION
1 IS MIDLAND FEAR
Uy Cy Platte
ST. PAUL W) - Thundering shot
guns and the phantom-like beating
rustle of wings through silent air
soon will signal the opening of the
nation's waterfowl season for some
3,000,000 hunting enthusiasts.
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new version, "you should have been
here two years ago."
For those va'it legions of waterfowl
that darkened the sky In years past,
ofrering sport to millions on liberal
limits and shooting periods, are no
more.
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conservation authorities, of a state
that has taken the llon'a share of the
midwest duck flight annually.
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years have taught them lessons on
waterfowl decimation, an deven the
radical assertion of alarmists that
waterfowl will be doomed 10 years!
hence If the depletion continues, lias
found credence with many.
Conservation Is t-.j point to 1930 when
Minnesota's reports showed more
than 1,100.000 ducks and shore birds
taken. Then they skip to last sea
son and the unsavory figure of 450,
000 combined bag total.
liiick HlckiuW In Canada
Word from Alberta, the great duck
"Incubator" In Canada, holds that
botulism or duck sickness has claim
ed thousands of birds this summer.
Saskatchewan nnd Manitoba re
port drought, unfavorable breeding
conditions, and other adversities
thinning the waterfowl ranks.
However, it'll be up to.the hunter
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One fact remains the total of
ducks killed In the United States
next autumn may make or .break one
of North America's greatest resources
waterfowl.
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been a resident of Walla Walla for
the last 21 years during which time
lie has been connected with tho
Drumhelljr company. He was deputy
to Sheriff Chllders and made his
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