H IL L S B O R O
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bruised indentation on the scalp
along the hair lute. T hen he lifted
Coe's upper Up slightly, and seemed
to inspect hts teetn. which appeared
bloodstamed from where I stood,
j Alter a close inspection of the dead
m an's mouth, he again focused his
I attention on th e bullet wound in
tlie right temple.
S. S. V a n Din«
Presently he stood up straight
' and fixed a calculating gaze on
•
Vance.
Copyright by W. U. Wright
"W hat's in your m ind?” he asked
1 truculently.
WNU Servie«
“Nothrng a t all—the brain's a
mere vacuum." Vance took his cigar-
, ette from his lips and yawned. "Did
THE STORY
i you find any thing illum inatin'?"
C H A PTER 1 - P h o T V .n.-e. « r - . in !
'» ^d ed . h is eyes still on
w»
H IL L S B O R O ,
Thurmlny, February 28, 1936
OREGON
i . ... .
.» ,,
a cavernous yawn, stretched
the closet, and then nut the dress admitted, even If It were true
M„(1 ,, ‘u lu d (or Ids hal
mg gown on the slabbed man.
winch, of course, we don t know n •
placed on the Lorn
Why me niurui 1»,
Vance par-1 And i l l adm
it 11 the
_sounds
liicredlble.
made
suggestion.
by | l)1>hldt, (jic tx d
mr
indications
out " He
son'ie on‘e";ise“ cam e'hcro m ter Coe way of tmilcalmg i t a i . « this stage ^ w e . ^ »
j
...
Doremus drew a sheet over the
prone figure on tile l i d . t u id m a il.
pul an order for lit.........
»1 tl..
body lie shook hands eordluli
willi every one and Wanted brisk
¿¿Ward
N. „
MURDER CASE
By
aoftytng crim e m y s te r i« , ia called in tv »
*.
ingBB tiff ate th e auppuaed suicide of Arche«
P le n ty !
Cxfc w ealthy collector of Chine»« cecu- |
" O h . r e a lly . HOW?
n.gh.
P u t n e t A ttorney Markham
ha* ingratiatingly “And
learned th e circum stance» over the tele-
suicide?’’
V & nC t
k
VUIIVV
a-ex-s» as.*... ««««,
VUIVIIUII/
- •-
7_
News L etter Glv-
ghllghts ol oflldnl ac-
Kvery week In the
tf
Semi-Annual Report of Receipts and Disbursements by County Clerk
Beginning July *• 1934, and Ending December 31. 1934
fax Collection and Penalties
Motor Vehicle and T ransportation Fund
Irre d u c ib le S ch o o l F u n d
High School Tuition Fund
Land Sold Through Tax Foreclosure
sales Rock. Gravel and Rond Oil
Sales— Miscellaneous M aterial
Equipment Rental
1 Fees and Fines—Justice Courts
County Recorder's Fees
....
—
S m ile d
yOU StiU think
Doremus crammed his hands into
.... hi* em p lo y « '* he'll,-on, J,x,r Gambia his pockets and made a wry face.
»*¡4 he k«d looked th r c iv h th e keyhot< '
‘ H—4, no! . . . There s something
and had .«eon Coe »rated, a revolver m queer here—something d—d queer,
hi« rqrht hand and a bullet hole iu hi*
Has eyes Shifted to Coe's body
u ^ ? le ..Th.e* <,oor T".. bol'rf
°i* 1 "There's blood in his mouth, and
h 'i^ r m, r N™m York -a' *7tw “ih ^
fi^d he's 8°t a slight fracture of the
» iSJd ¿r Co.'*
i skull on the left frontal. He's had a
S i«»or Craaai. a rueat. Sen tean t Hoaih dirty blow by a blunt instrum ent
and D etective Hennm aer burst in the of some kind . . . D—d queer!"
door, revealing the death chamber. Coe
Markhani. his eVCS mere slits,
C o u n ty S h c r itt s F ees
Temporary Auto License Fees
\
.....
Fax C o llectio n s
Interest on Bank Deposits
R e fu n d s
B e h in d o n G a so lin e
(370.858 84
40.271.01
11.234 85
457.12
3.450 30
4.409 34
123. Id
1,714.25
1.094.12
3.'295.45
350 00
279 25
53 44
78.28
26 90
1,240.20
County Health Nurse
County Herd Inspector
Dog Fund
law Library Fund
Court House Building Fund
County Agent
Delinquent Tax Foreclosure Expense
C ounty Fair tR acing Fundsi
Peace Officers' Contribution
District Scaler
T ualatin River Flood Control Project Expense
Personal Property Tax Collection Expense
Audit Comity Books for 1st Half of 1934
Tax Retunds
- —... - —
Indigent Soldiers' Fund
Damages for Injury Sustained by Dep. Assessor
Refund ot Money Collected Through Sale of De
------
lin q u en t lax I a n d
901) 27
285 80
1 „..'I pi
229 37
50 50
l.ooi 18
882 03
413 08
19 1 111
93 54
04 00
44 80
1311 (Ml
10.33
II 50
till IX)
338.50
Despite th e ta c t th a t her
Dog Fund --------------------------------------------
22.20
ia clothed in a dreaaing gow n, but wears
fo r w a r d
1,348 91
Trust Fund
yard, situ ated on a bluff, was a
atrtet »hoar. Heath -or* it •» * Plain
- w h a t a b o u t t h a t b u l le t w o u n d
ca se <rf su icid e V ance aaru it ia murder.
« H a t a b o u t t f la t DUIlet WOUllti
77500
S
a
le
G
rav
el
1’it
» 00.191 20
ta rg e t fo r fierce winds which
C H A PTER II H ilda Lake. Coe'» nieee. U1 his right temple.'
Total Amount Brawn on General Fund W arrants
576 39
County F atr Fund t Racing Funds» —
say» Coe deserved d e a t h - t h a t he col-
DoreniUS looked Up, took one
uprooted h er plants and shrubs,
175.00
WARRANT DISBURSEMENTS ROAD FUNDS
C a re C o u n tv H o s p ita l
......................... .
lected ceram ics through unfair mean» fra u d from his pocket, and pointed
111 00
Mrs. F red erick H. Meyer, right,
Board of Federal Prisoners
and incurred th e enm ity o f C hinree; also t o w a r d the dead m an's head,
District and Special itoads
» 5.901.33
th at aa her guardian he controlled her
- Mr M arkham." he Said With of G rand Rapids. Mich.,
133.45
5.390 45
M iscellan eo u s
M ark et R o ad s
f«*rtunc and waa p a n ta lo n i ou*.
, precise solemnity, "th a t baby had
,'! :.t; 39
County Roads ...
been dead for hours when th a t b u l- , needed iu creatin g a beautiful
»442.401 78
(Continued from last week!
garden which won first place,
A minute later Dr. Emanuel Dore- let entered his head!"
RECEIPTS BY COUNTY CLERK
» 02.9*5 17
Total Amount Drawn on Itoad Fund Warrant«
The only person in the room who unanim ously, in th e 1934 Na
nnjs was ushered into the room
1.478.00
Circuit Court
He was a wiry, nervous man. cynic was not staggered by this unexpect tio n al Yard and G arden Con
512.50
Probate
Court
...
»131.29« 43
Total Dlaburwmrnts on General and Koad Fund«
al, hard-bitten, and with a Jaunty ed announcem ent was Vance. H eath test. A glass-enclosed garden
57.50
County Court
m anner He resembled a stock sales stood staring a t the corpse as if he room , a stone te rra c e bordered
MISCELLANEOUS
D18BUR88MENTH
HY
COUNTY
TREASURER
219.00
Marriage Licenses
m an far more th a n he did a doctor. almost expected it to rise. M ark by a solid wall of tall ever
AND COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
1,030 00
He greeted us with a wave of the ham slowly took his cigar from his
Fines
» 47.520 29
greens,
an
d
a
low-growing,
County General Fund
hand, and glanced about th e room. m outh and looked vaguely back and
40 00
Retail Beer License Applications
3,130 48
Then he teetered back and forth on forth between Doremus and Vance picturesque cherry tree, fea
D istric t Hoads
329.30
Miscellaneous
..................................
his toes, and pinned a baleful eye As for myself. I m ust adm it th at a tu red the Meyer entry . A sec
54 538 95
K c I iimi I Districts
---------
» 3.600 20
cold chill ran up my spine. The tio n of th e g ard en Is pictured
on Heath.
24.901 22
Cities and Towns
“More shenanigan," he complain- sight of a dead man sitting with a above.
29,030357
Elcm rntary School
» 4 4 0 .1 2 7 .9 8
Total Receipts
ed. “I was in the midst of hot cakes, revolver in his hand and a bullet
49.007 02
t'ounly ScluMtl
109.133 09
Total Cash on H and July 1, 1934
and sausages when I got your mes- wound in his head coupled with the
14.311 25
; coiffure a n d sartorial condition
H ig h S ch o o l
-----------
sage. You always pick on me at knowledge th at th e bullet had been rigor mortis had set in.”
Though Vance's eyes were mov-1 along other lines."
1.450.00
C o u n ty F a ir
meal time, Sergeant. . . . Weil, what fired into him after death, affected
Total Receipts and Cash Balance
»355.201.07
SSien1
^
e
t
t
K
X
^
a
“
H*
*
a
th
studlPd
V“
<*
me like a piece of African sorcery.
have you got for me now?”
33 00
County Fuir i Racing Fundsi
224,600.22
Less O utstanding W arrants July 1. 1934
Vance, as I say, was unaffected. tion.
H eath grinned and Jerked his
24.838 55
Non-lllgh Scluxil
I "You mean he changed his clothes
thum b toward Coe's body. He was He merely nodded his head slightly
45 40
Game Fund
"There is.” he remarked, in a low i himself and combed his hair after Total Receipts and Balances
»330,000.85
used to th e medical examiner's and lighted another cigarette with
2,247 50
voice, “ano th er possibility. F a r - his head w-as bashed in?”
Drainage D istrict No. 7
grousing.
steady fingers.
WARRANT DISBURSEM ENTS-GENERAI, FUND
1.400 1)2
F ire P a tr o l
_____
" £ ‘‘ .2 °! ln,poss‘bI.e'" sald V‘ nce Registrations and Elections
“In terestin ’ situation—eh. w hat?” Menh ^ v l 1U n mknobw^ f e w
Doremus turned his head and let
» 3.67170
In th at case M arkham askpd o
1.231 29
O arden Home W ater District
his Indifferent eyes rest on the dead he m urmured. "Really. M arkham, M t n n s » e oeen Known to do Queer
7.885 06
things after death. There are re- why did he n it also change ItLi'
„
m»n for several moments.
a man doesn't ordinarily shoot h im corded
-
1,117 58
Metzger W ater Dtstrlct
6.461.80
instances of suicides who I shoes?"
* m s W1<iows Pension — ------
“The door was bolted on the in self after d eath ..............I fear vou
1.540-28
West Slope W ater District
Old Age Pension
7.232 97
au w l_ „
nv , ,
side. doctor," M arkham volunteered simply must elim inate th e suicide have shot themselves and then
3.967 00
Union High School No. I
County Jail Expense
2.885.90
thrown the weapon thirty feet away nounced excitedly
theory."
"We had to break it in.”
Union
High School No. 2
9.590 05
fur' U n t? r s ? c h ^ } ic h te r 'H“'ndbUCh
We a11 drew f,ose to the
£ ° Unty Hos‘,iu l ■»«*“ «
5,622.93
Doremus drew a deep sigh and
M arkham frowned deeply.
2.3 1 Hi H
Union High School No. 3
But th e bolted door—”
turned back to H eath with a grunt
■
a h ., K
h , r —,
..
and >oolied down at the area on Court House E x p e n se -----------------------
2.554.96
11990 28
Union High School No. 5
of disgust.
"A dead m an doesn't ordinarily
..S iiL a o a twrh
a
r
c
U
y
, t h e body at which Doremus was Circuit Court Expense
— ............
3 440 63
“Well, w hat about it?" he asked bolt doors, either,” Vance returned.
Union High School No. 8. Joint
_ 1.515 00
Pom»"«-
Commissioner's Court Expense
4.112 33
Impatiently. Couldn't you have let d ^ ^ t o ^ r a m u s ’ 1“ 1 Sll8htly mg CK h L ' ' " QUlU?
475 00
Union High School No 7, Joint
Ju st a n eet'
J u « below Coe's right shoulder-i Justice Court Expense
478.35
mo finish my breakfast? All you
Union High School No. 8. Joint
80 20
wound ^ u ? ¿ S ’ c t a T **nd I’n ’‘" U° n
EXP““ S<‘
HIM 99
npeded was an order to remove the lumCadno c & detennin" ' What klIled n eMn trk^ m StUdl? J ” 1" “
2.623.29
body." He reached in his pocket him doctor?
m ent; then turned back to Dore- half an inch in diam eter. It was
Tout
»3M.I97 94
and drew out a sm all pad of p rin t
1.045 92
»'If given time.” Doremus had be- mus.
. . . ul wound etched wirn
a v™
clean-cut
with County Treasurer
ed blanks. I'd have sent an assist turn6 ofU'event«e d ‘d " Ot
INTEREST ON ENDORSED WARRANTS
3.886 338
the . "Did Coe die of th a t blow on the coagulated blood Apparently there £ ° uni,y ,.S h e r l I , r
,
ant." His voice had become peevish
1.961 17
County G eneral Fund
3.99194
-i «V
•• draa-ieA v«nee head?
had been no external bleeding. This Tax Collection D epartm ent
“Mr. M arkham told me to call
23)06 80
t h i i t a f e 'n f rianr L e t in
The medical examiner teetered on fact struck me as unusual, and County Recorder
la w Library Fund
1 81
you personally, doc." H eath explain o •wha?«
ír x-ictoD"
“ Is toes, and p u r e d his h p f
M arkham must have received the County Assessor
3.483
32
County
Road
Fund
2.709 97
ed. “I t ain 't my funeral."
^
•
¿
.
-
»
«
h
i
n
g
.
funny
here.
^
T
s
'
^
^
'
h
e
^
^
k
i
e
^
»
84.99
M
arket
Road
Fund
_
.70 t 8.704 48
Doremus. holding his fountain pen
"It's well advanced. Dead eight to
_________
There's been an internal hemor- '.'him* i t * * * * ' hC asked DorcmiL' County School Superintendent
1,821 85
poised, cocked an eye a t M arkham . twelve
hours.
“Straight case of suicide." he an
“C an't you come closer th a n rhage—w hat m ight be expected from
. v, . r Teachers' Institute
Total Blsburarmrnt*
35 50
»487,£58.87
severe blow on the head. Blood nal^ ‘- n ^ r e i X e x X n M "-Aix w ' 8th
nounced breezily. "Nothing to worry th at?" asked H eath sourly.
8th G rade and
and T"°
Teachers' Exams
13 30
Less Cancelled W arrants
1,753 65
"Give me a chance." The medical ‘n the m outh and all th a t . . . But. especially t r u e s t r?ean m .lck’lra lS 4-H Club Work
about. I'll give you th e approximate
38.80
time of death, if you want it. And examiner was irritable. “I ’m going Mr M arkham. —Doremus s p o k e
S h S i ? Countv Attorney
721 30
to take I a go. closer
im k at
mtv fr°n
lmpressivelv_“th
at blow nn
the left
branes county
Attorney
— Expense
■— •
»405.505 22
the routine autopsy. , .
. . . Lend
me tHi«
a haUd
tal wasn’t powerful
enough
to »nai pass
ft? , through
viscera: thin
th -e V mem
frequently
Insane and
Feeble-minded
182.55
Cash Balance nn Hand December 31, 1934
88X50 M
"I say doctor.” Vance asked lan
Sergeant,
and
w
ell
put
him
on
W1
a
man.
A
S
ig
h
t
fracture8
bm
?
^
’
Health
O
,nc*
‘r
450.00
guidly; "would it be unprofessional
the bed............. ”
nothing serious—just enough to stun
™ TJi!K b i ^ , ? g . L' H ealth R egistrar ------- -------- ---- —
Total DlaburaeinrnU and Cash Balance
if you looked a t the body?"
38 25
,445.7 '. . ' '
“Ju st a moment. Doctor." Vance 'h him
_ he didn't die of m iSuSitv .n n j ,Ji!ilSi,ataD, c,‘?sea lm7 f™ 11 H orticultural Inspector
Doremus spun round.
"Ju
im . . . Nope.
N ope.'he
242.00
L e u O utstanding W arrants December 31. 1934
215,154 37
“I ’m going
to look a t the body " spoke premptorily. Take a look at concussion of a fractured skull."
in h e re d ' A»d tm tem il°h Jm o reh « iCi County Coroner
3 . ' . ’ . 'l l
1‘ the h and on the desk. Is it clutch-
;And he didn't die of the re- «as Taiise* Veil ™mDie
Now C a ttle Indemnity
88
Total Receipt« and Balance«
»338.6*0X5
U a P“ 1 m or' 1118 the revolver. taking great care volver shot." added Vance
Most we have an e x n l a n a t m n o f
everv ------------------------
tem W hat more do you w a n t? '
not to make any finger prints on fascinatin'! . . . still the johnny's thine ” a ” expianatlon oi ever>'
Total Itn'rlpt»
R nianrw
Ju st
why. Doctor,” pursued it.
dead, don't y know ”
v / L . .»,,i»a
Tranafrra
K creipta
Italanre,
and
Dlaburaam anta
Tran»r»ra
Iloranibar St,
In
Ila lanca*
X ™ t t S / i v s ^s5cWe»” tbe C0°* ^
‘r
t
fOX
* nM
DOremUi SWUnR about t0 Health
"o S .
w e have
Jul» I. 1(34
Out
IM4
50.50 f
D oreniis sighed im patiently.
d r o ^ ^ i t in a lm-ge^Sockl? hand^
"Come on- Sergeant.”
only an examination of the cause Court House Building Fund
and
1.581
81
I,
307
99
1X3131
“The g u n 'e in his hand; the bul- kerchief, and placed itPon the blot-
and Heath lifted Coe's body
fha t explana-
213 82 )
Jail Annex Building Fund
aPd a carried it to the bed. To- 1"
^on " complicates cue
the situation nor-
hor- ------------------------------------
let wound is in the right place; and ter.
an
45 40
128.082 49
23.413 60
13,338 28
29.128 78
I know a dead m an wnen I see one
"And. Doctor." pursued Vance 8 « h e r they removed the clothing
n makes the case even more County O eneral Fund
152.141 49
109.674 43
57039
VM H
446 00
130 39
Furtherm ore, the door—"
"was
Coe's finger pressed
pressed dir^ct^y
directly from £b e dead man. hung
. .
County F air (Racing Funds)
___
_______finger
___ » them
_— - ov-
M arkham shot him a
quick County F air Fund
1.451.52
"Was bolted on the inside. V ance1 against the trigger?”
er a chair by the bed.and Doremus
1,450 00
1 40
1,451 52
40,371.01
48.507 94
finished. Oh quite. B ut w hat ab o u t| ""Yep." was'Etoreinus' curt answer began his examination. The body gla? c®a n .f
h» «« m - u
County Road
952162
98.300 57
7.644 32
M yM M
—
—
w
its
back,
and
as
Dore-
,
I
can
t
see
that,
he
said.
It
at
county
School
Fund
th e body?"
47,218.08
County School Fund
II. 946 33
"Then we may assume th a t the was I j mg on
59.165 01
10,154.29
49.010.72
have
"W e ll'w h a t about it?" D orem us! revolver w as'placed In Coe s” h an d mi*s Pressed his hand over the right
Siti.i.i«iSr,o.Onexv^°lnnr«w e « ™
« i Drainage Dtstrlct No. 7
2,580 It
204.04
530 65
2.784 15
2.247 50
began fili in the order. “There's before rigor mortis set in. w hat’ "
5“*® * e could see him pause and
,?
Fire Patrol
1,423
79
358.44
1.400 02
1.782.23
31021
the body—look at it yourself."
"Well. I'll tell you. H e"-p o in tin g bend for’ ard-
u h a .1 st"PPed him In the middle Estate Fund
520.12
520 12
“I have looked ¿ t i " d o n 't y - to C r ts ¿¿ d y -" m a y have had the
"F lfth ” b broken." he announced, of changing his clothes."
520.12
330 51
know."
3 gun in hU hand when he died I "And a decided bruise."
"I » ondcr . .
Vance crushed Escheat Fund
330 51
33091
865
100
00
“You see. Doc." H eath explained wasn't present y' n n d ersu n d And
"Dld “ happen before or after out his c lg y e tte In an ssh-tray institute Fund
108 05
35.50
73 15
296 60
with a grin of satisfaction
Mr if the gun was akeadv in hts hand death? ' asked M arkham.
on l h® n ^ h t-ta b e , and picked up Land Indem nity Fund
296 60
3M '¡il
Vance and I made a bet. I said then nobody put it there la te r"
Before. Otherwise there'd be no fhc dressing-gown which Coe had T rust Fun<1
3.994 80
1.348 91
5.34371
5343.71
you'd say suicide, and he said you'd
“In th at case how could it have epidermal discoloration.'
bee n wearing when we found h m.
d ........
338 50
2,309.92
I 669 31)
2.648 42
979 12
say murder."
been fired?”
Ahd th a t blow on the b rad was He held It up to the light and in-
3.110 66
3523
38
1.340 00
0.634
04
5.294
04
" I’m a doctor, not a detective” " It couldn’t But how do vou also before death. I take it."
spected it minutely. There was
It
High
8chool
Tuition
12.769
62
1,575.66
14,345
28
14.311
25
34 03
Doremus returned acidly. "The guys know it was fired? Theie's no wav
thing. He got a little bunged !i?
or,^2!S . of„„aI’yi„kln.d .22«i
90 80
Fund ... — ......
90 80
45 40
45 40
dead, with a bullet hole in his right of telling until the post m ortem “ P
dl®d ' bul th a t lsn 1 sdenre all looked on in stupefied Game
entary School
6.09
29.028 78
29.034 87
29.030.07
4 80
temple. H es holding a gun in his w hether the b u lletin his head came wbat killed him.
« MarkJiam,” Vance said, plac- Elem
Law Library Fund
“
■ •
- of - wound frorw
h e e m
in h
c r h a D s . s suggested
u g g e s t e d V Vance,
a n c e “ t —
he
77.07
209 0 0
right hand. It's the
kind
from t th
gun
he e «rec
was holding." »»
< P Perhaps
nf
, -------------------------
39 49
247 18
280 07
th a t could have been self-inflicted.
"Do the caliber of tlie revolver bIow on the head and the broken
1
' O arden Home W ater District
488 93
1.124 55
1.61348
382 19
1.231 29
on his
W s position Is natu ral—and the and th e wound correspond?”
^ have^
32 11
1.194 06
1.220 17
1 gun's a n b are related. He may have been
^ ^ “ d “ ^ ^ ^ C r o c e h ^ d â id
n n ^ t w
a s ^ “ ^
'
w V s ^ lo ^ W .t^ D ts tr lc t
100 59
1.11758
door was locked on th e inside The
"Yes. I'd say so. The gu
449.71
1.109 60
1 5 5 9 31
19 113
I...-HI ?H
F ?1
‘L i * up
you Allows In .38 and the wound looks the
»—»»«
-
.
.
.
.
.
.
2,713.70
84891
he same
t
b i
• ^ S t u i “ an d a X ' W H eS h*e J S ' ' D istrict Roads
3.502 07
432 19
3.130 48
from th e Cg u n bd on 7 'fiIL the* autop- ^ A n d . ' put hi H eath, one cham -
' Was the blow on the b e a d '? 1} ' g^ '
hhe h<3?d the CiU eiiand^Tow n
3,07951
4.310.23
2 .1 0 0 09
7.389 74
5,280 65
8.087 87
21,311 68
sy il show it. You’ll get all the data her of the gun's been fired "
jxnverful enougti to h a lt rendered d.®rhuib £ ..robe
hen
dld th
apd Towns
29.399 55
24.901 22
4 498 33
16,598.19
53.040 29
tomorrow Then you can draw your
M arkham nodded, and looked at bim unconscious?” Vance was look- stat*>‘ng
D istrict Sc boots —
09.038.48
54.548 45
15.000 03
OTO conclusions.'
the medical examiner.
ing around the room a t the various^ .YS?“ ¿ ‘“ ’i *L“ rJ£ 'ad,
Land C ontract Fund
1,370 44
1.370 44
1.370 44
Vance had sat down in a chair
If it should prove to be true, Pieces of furniture, and there w a s;
* ou wl° b u t t l e d ttg h tl^ and Highway Fund
40,271.01
40,27 1 01
40.271.01
near th e west wall and was smoking Doctor, th a t the revolver in C oes a X^'ed in te re s tin his eye».
. r.
¿r d a r o u n d Non-High School Fund
7,04197
23 834.81
30.876
58
24.840
09
6.036
49
Placidly
hand fired the shot in his head . , , ° b - yes.’ Doremus told him. “ » t V je belt was neatly tied aroimd Union High 8chool No. 1
2.106 80
3.890 79
5.997 05
3,967 IMI
2.030 65
"Would you mind. Doctor, taking then we could assume, could we M°re ‘b an likely.
i Coe s middle^
.
But let us see Union High School No. 2
4.184.10
7,65295
11.837 11
9.S96 U
2.240 46
a close look a t th a t bullet hole be- not, as Mr. Vance suggested, th at . Vance s gaze came to rest on a » » e can verity tn e m atter
4.850 14
21.575 30
127.50
20.552 94
25,140 85
fore you retu rn to your hot cakes the revolver had been »laced in heavy teakwood chest n ear t h e , , Me. *.a *“Cd quitxiy io tne ciotnes Union High School No. 3 ....
1,406 09
and sausages? And you might also the dead man's hand before rigor east *?ndt?"5- G° lng ,t° il, he ° p -
w S 'lllS itiv 'a y a ^ O M n in V th ^ dooi ' fin!°n
w °'s* ’ JOlnt i « '
{jsrutmtze tb r f l t i l i n w s m o u th .' . mortis set in ?”
ened th e I d and looked in. Then
»lightly ajar. Opening the door union High School No. 5
150.: .35
13.383 70
13.540 06
12.000 11
127.50
1,400 44
Doremus stared at Vance a mo-
Sure you could.' Doremus' tone be closed it almost immediately.
» ‘de. he stepped .inside A mom ent Unlon Hlgh
No fl Jo(nt
75( OH
1.881.45
1950.53
1.515 00
441 53
ent: then he approached
annroached Archer
A rch er w
a s greatly
a r e a t l v modified.
tn n d ifie r t "W
nhnrfv rr
a ild .
pursued Vance, turning haneer from
f rrim which
w h ic h
HeraenHcH
a Union High School No. 7, Joint
166
166 ' 78
m ent;
was
"Nobody
could
? And,
.'
Parsued
depended
355 02
521.80
475.00
46 80
S ^ c ? c d ° iL and
OTer‘t. | He ln : have forced the gun into his hand
°c^ h
“ ¿ainedrncon- coat8 and waist-coat o f^lh e same | Union High 8chool No. 8. Joint
59.58
37 83
97.41
HH .'II
17.21
spected the wound carefully, and and m ade it appear n atu ral after ^ g ^ e ^
v e ri soon l f t « th a t somber gray m aterial as th a t of the
»109.133.09
»446,127 98
( 69.572.69
»624,833 70
»475,011.07
» 09,572 09
» 80 250 00
blow on his head?”
trousers Coe had been wearing
Vance ran his fingers over the i
____ ____
__
“T h at's problematical.” Doremus
ln the vicinity of the right
OUTSTANDING WARRANTS DECEMBER 31, 1934
straightened and screwed up his coat
shouder.
and
there
was
revealed
a
O
eneral
Fund
.................
.....—
.....
»137.208
49
face into a perplexed frown. "He
77.945.88
m ight have rem ained unconscious slit in the m aterial the exact at» Road Funds
of
the
wound
in
Coe’s
back.
There
Total
O
utstanding
W
arrants
December
31.
193t
»215.154.37
for twelve hours, and he might
have come to in a few minutes. All was a sim ilar slit ln the back of
depends .
B ut th a t’s not w hat’s tbe wast-coat. coinciding with the s ta te of Oregon, County of W ashington, as.
bothering me. There are a couple of, on® bi th i, *»?&»*, .
*i ,
Edw. C. Luce, County Clerk of W ashington County, Oregon, do
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
sm all abrasions on the inside of t h e ' .Vance held the two articles ot h,.reby certify th a t the foregoing is a true and correct statem ent of
the seal of the County Court of Washington Countv. Oregon, this
c‘u8tht; n antdhefiX c k l e - a dn d a they’re " < ? th T T ltts V th hU ^iingere
the receipts, disbursements and balance« by funds of W ashington
22nd day of January, 1935.
S il f r e s h
T'rik s a v h e 's n u t 1 » n a
"These holes," he said, " a r e County, Oregon, for the period commencing July 1, 1934, and ending
EDW. C. LUCE,
scrap with whoever cracked him 3liRbtly stiffened at the edges, as December 31. 1934. as appears upon the records of my office and in
(SEAL)
County Clerk of Washington County, Oregon.
over the head. And yet his clothes ‘f «omTe, *absla"?e„ , , ^ „ drlXd„ ? ? ' niy c>^ » d y
su n , clerk.___________________________________________
were certainly neat—no sign of hav- ^bem I think th at substance will be
Edward C. Luce, Clerk of
1928
ing been mussed—and his h air’s
4,320.9.1
C“
h aannd "th ere w T a gim i n ' when he w a ? ? ta b £ d . a ^ t h a ^ e W ashington County. Oregon.
1927
2.491.99
1920
h is’S i d . ^ndd ¥ % W” tt?ng8U?esS b ^ on thef dagger, or knife. ..hied Dear Sir;
1.309.47
The following Is a statem ent of the am ount of taxes collected by
1925
788 85
ful-like a n d looking peaceful,"
J. W. Connell, Sheriff, from July 1, 1934, to December 31. 1934.
C
o
lle
c
tio
n
s
u
n
d
e
r
te
n
-
p
a
v
m
e
n
t
piny,
not
In
clu
d
ed
In
above
added H eath with puzzled disgust. ’l .'i.“ *
Year
Amount Collected
am ounts
3,798.67
Somebody m usta dolled him up
?h
e?»
»193,913 64
after th e battle A swell situation " PnR}aed„,l? l« ,1'llOugl1' uPPcrm ost ln 1933-34
00.009.11
1932
»357.880.14
sho?sUi ^ t y ind Mnark h am n8e
the case. Vance, the 1931 -
36.209 42
Respectfully submitted.
•^Whieh “exolains his still wearing murderer m ust have taken Coe’s 1930 —
40,585.27
hlsWs trre teX&
with hts ba" h? eoat and vest off. hung them In
J. W CONNELL. 8herlff,
13,852.79
1929
By Gladys Eisner, Tax Deputy.
robe.” H eath addressed this re
m ark to Vance.
Vance gazed mildly at the ser-
! geant for a moment.
"Why should anyone re-dress a
Beginning July 1, 1934, and Ending Decem ber 31, 11
person he has Just knocked uncon
scious, and then comb his hair?
AnAlffn-
A
«A
e*H
or*a
Receipt*
TranAfffn»
Warrant!« Interrai nn
Baiane«*
Total
Sheriff
Hon'l» anil
A»»iirn-
Trannfers
I t ’s a sweet, kind-hearted thought,
Total Dia-
( aah on
mento
Ml AC.
June 30
an«l Vouch«*™ Warrantn
Tax
ItareipU
I niara»t
m in li
"Blue M onday" originated with a 16th
hi i ratonen tn hand Jan. 2
Sergeant, but somehow It’s not the
* 9,119.67 » ........... $
45.40
»
23.413.60
»152.141
49
*3.991
94
»108,682.49
»21.45
»119,541.37
County
Fund
»29.128.78
»138.803.21
usual
procedure.
.
.
No,
I
’m
afraid
»13.338.28
century European custom of decorating the
9,471.66
9,521.62
40,271.01
98,300.57
87.886.28 2,769 97
7 64
39.028.64
County Road
we’ll nave to account for Coe’s
90.658 25
7,844.32
11.80
848.91
3,562.67
3,130.48
2.701 98
D istrict Road
churches in blue on the Monday before Lent.
3,130.48
432.19
3,079.51
7,389.74
5,280.65
4.31023
Special Road
5,280 65
2.108.09
3,523.38
6,634.04
5,293.28
.76
3,110.66
M
arket
Road
Then, for years "Blue Monday" referred to
5.294.04
1.340 00
11,710.02
11.946 33
59,165.01
49,010.72
6.61
35,502 06
County School
49.010.72
10.154.29
washday. That was when washday meant car
89,638.48
478.76
16,598.19
44,93369
2.99
62,558 54
.17
District School
9.61459
64.548.45 15.090 03
60,375.99
275.18
11,598.95
41,759.36
48,490 51 11.35
13.67 11,013.78
Union High School
rying in water from pump or rain barrel,
52,786.81
7,589.18
612.29
1,575.66
13,679,88
14,345 28
• • a
631.37
12,157.33
High School Tuition
14,311 25
34 03
waiting for it to heat, filling and emptying
3.40
7,041.97
30,876 58
24,637 57
339.13
23,492 08
202.52
Non-High School
24,840.09
6,036 40
C H IC K S T A R T IN G M A SH
6 09
29.034 87
29.028.78
29.030.07
awkward tubs— drudgery.
Elementary School
29.030.07
4.80
358.44
1,782.23
1,423.79
1,468.02
Fire Patrol
1,460.02
31621
970.75
75.65
4,39896
3,889.15
3,352.56
W ith m ilk and yeast, with
* • •
W ater Districts
Both "Blue Mondays" are now things of the
3.689.15
509 81
8,087.87
29.399.55
115.56
21.196.12
24,901.22
• • •
Cities and Towns
milk, without m ilk or yeast.
24,901.22
4.49833
past. The church custom is no longer followed
520.12
520.12
Estates
5
2 0 12
3.994.80
Chick Scratch, Chick Grit,
1,348.91
5,343.71
T ru st F u rd
........
and the convenient service your water com
5 343 71
296.60
296.60
Land
Indem
nity................
phick Fountains, Feeders,
pany offers has banished washday blues.
1,451.52
1,451.52
1,450.06
County F air
1,460.06
1.46
find Brooders. Buy the best.
570 39
576.39
446.00
County F air—Racing C.
440.00
130 39
209
00
77.67
286
87
County
Library
245.37
1.81
Our prices are right.
247.18
39 49
204 04
2.784 15
200 00
Drainage Dlst. No. 7
2.580.11
2,047.50
2,247.50
538 65
40,271.01 8.580.98
46,851.99
Highway Pund
8.580.98 40,271.01
48,851.99
1,307.99
213.82
1,581 81
Building Fund
50.50
50.50
1,531 31
90 80
90 80
O ame Fund
45.40
45.40
90 80
2,309 92
338.50
2.64842
Dog Fund
1,669.30
Feed - Seed - Eggs and Poultry
1,669.30
979 12
8.65
100.00
Institute Fund....................
108.65
35.50
RICHARD E. WILEY, Manager
35.50
73.15
Escheat Fund
330.51
330 51
I
Phone 3001
.............
330Al
Hillsboro, Oreffon
Land C ontract Fund
...........................
1,370.44
..........
1,370.44
1 370 44
T o ta l........................... »309,059.77 »53.44 »70.414.77 »8,580 98 »69.446 19 »109,133 09 »633,287.24 »444,722.99 »7,812.21 »22.675.87 »8,580 98 »89.445 19 »553.037 24
»553.037.24 »80.250 00
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Semi-Annual Report, Treasurer Washington County, Oregon
BLUE MONDAY
Hodgen-Brewster
OREGON-WASHINGTON WATER
SERVICE COMPANY
Farmers’ Cash Store