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; UT REOISTEH-GUARD, EUOENE,-OKtOOfN1 By HAr6ld GRAY J MURDER IN CONVOY a iiviec. umL k. i. lit""4 f riPTEH V U rt of Investigation jot P.fitwlieMon himself Ka was comply ld Lieutenant ttttiT PLTV! lo been a tew- Pi Ajt Watt medical officer, h had been sum- Cto V d Bbout S 'dock lptain Tees lytog Just I.tTw under a corridor C I wu informed by the or p - k.n nn dutv. Lieu- ILnonlM he had d to captain on the deck. It ullch black and due to black- I toes, wj - loside and summoned me. j wu almost immediately ev- tt tot captain ira wa uu. k. ,wMsed had been stabbed th throat It waa a strong (nana . . ." rntiin Murdoch interjected a K: "How did ypu establish the i oi aeauu L pardon me." Ihe M. O. Lh from his dull professional Eton and displayed enthu kte the first time. "Ihadre Cl verbally to the colonel Uy after the body was die ted and forgot that you were iware of the details. I arrived conclusion from two find In the first place there waa absence of post-mortem llvid- KtMt explain," interrupted taunt Miley. post-mortem lividlty I to ashen hue of death lh would normally be evident Kb a cold temperature with iprojdmately four hours after it." Captain de Watt i it Mlley who sodded. U ibsence of that Uvidity to ad tot the deceased had died time lew than four hours ft My second finding was after the orderly officer de- ltd the position of the body louna it xne deceased was The sera waa damp with spray, and it dipped attd ran with even mewure. lying face down on the deck with his arms beneath bun. "I tested the armpits and found definite traces of warmth although the rest ol the body was cold. quite cold. The armpit warmth, in view of the body's general cold ness, told me the deceased had been dead quite some time less than four hours. The total ab sence of post-mortem lividity made the opinion definite. The stiffening would indicate about two hours. So, putting everything together, I can positively state that the murder must have oc curred at or close to 1 o'clock or two hours previous to my being summoned. . P ATTAIN DE WATT paused and looked at the three officers with a tinge of professional Bride. "Your conclusion seems entirelv logical," commented the colonel; "Now did you, by any chance. uunK or testing we victim to de termine whether he had been drinking?" 'Yes, Sir, I conducted a test shortly afterwards in the aureerv of the ship's hospital ..." "Please describe that test. Doc tor." Captain de Watt shifted his oo- sltion and began to describe in minute detail the pathological tests ha conducted to ascertain whether the victim had been drinking. Even some of the more seasoned officers in the room were forced to wince occasionally. When he had finished his vivid description, the colonel inquired, s a result or tnese tests, were you able to arrive at any definite conclusion?" "Yes, Sir." "What was that conclusion?'' "The deceased had positively not been intoxicated nor was there any evidence of his having taken any alcoholic drink for several hours previously." Lance Corporal Slater, owner the bayonet that had figured in the killing, told his story In forthright fashion. He had been on sentry duty on "A" deck until midnight. About 11:20 the ship's roll was sickening him, and he had taken off his overcoat, hang ing liis belt with scabbard and bayonet attached over the deck railing. In plain battle dress, he had walked to the fore end where toe lashing spray seemed to help him. He stood there for ahnnf an minutes before returning to where he had left his equipment. Then he noticed the favnn.t was missing. Thinking It had slid across the deck Into the trough by the rail, he went to look then noticed, for the first time, a man's figure in the shadow of a lifeboat The wind was howling loudly and apparently the man he seemed to be an officer hadn't noticed i sentry. Slater, on the other hand, "guieu no nugni nave to explain the lost bayonet by admitting he hadn't been doing his full "rounds" and decided to w. h bayonet go until first thing next morning. JIEUTENANT GREGORY ROL- uuiu was naggara ms usual zip seemed to have gone:from his step as he marched into the lounge auu saiuiea me court. "You were speaking to the late Captain Tees about 11:30 o'clock last night, right?" the tough col onel spoke with astonishing gen tleness. "Yes, Sir. I was getting a breath of air at the stem after playing in the bridge tournament and Captain Tees came alone. InlcW. ly asking whether I had ever heard of 'Lights Out" We walked togetner to the nearest door and stood inside chattine for a coudIa of minutes before I left hlra . "Pardon me. Mr. Rollins." Mur doch interrupted, "but were you standing in the shadow of a lifeboat?" "No, Captain. I walked directly from the door to the open space of 'A' deck at the stem. And Cap tain Tees and I walked directly from the stern to the door." Miley dropped a question. "You were alone at the time Captain Tees found you?" Rollins paused for a SDllt sec ond. "I was alone," he lied. To Be Continued) r 1 . - p-t ;'vv. -V-fcS 1 fife W r3 'ONSULS ENJflV AlPPntfT biotv n.:T. ..:.: t: i a. . 1 10 New York. Cnni VrUm VUUA. A n. tt r..t.; -c . II nf c t-v,. . . " h u wiuiu, uti mail vuusuisi nui .i a Vancj,sc nl New York regpectively, and the members of their party the San Francisco airport bar for a party. Mrs. Borcher (hand to face) talks Xc.0rai?anion.whiIe P- Wiedemann chats with another member of the group weiea to three chartered planes. They went to New York to board the naval trans- SIDEGLANCES Sava Tribe. Staae " Civilized Congo War KANSAS. CITY, Mo. (U,B When It comes to war, savage tribes living In the Congo region of Africa are more "civilized" than the Western World, according to the Rev. Martin Engwall, a missionary. The Rev. Engwall formerly was minister ot a Baptist church in Kansas City before he became a missionary. On a return visit to the church he explained some of . the difficulties that a missionary faces. When a single native is killed In one of the numerous tribal wars, the missionary said, both aides generally call a truce for several days - to give time tor proper ' mourning and burial rites. "That's why It to hard to de fine 'civilization' to the natives," he said. "They hear about our Christian wars, our ruthless mass slaughters, and wonder. You see, In the Congo, murder is still sensa tional." The Rev. Engwall expects to re turn to the Congo with his family soon. . ' RESTLESS CHILDREN NORMAN, Okla (U.B It's the school children who twist, wiggle and squirm who are the hope ot the world. That's the opinion of Dr.Elbert K. 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