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By HAr6ld GRAY J
MURDER IN CONVOY
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U rt of Investigation jot
P.fitwlieMon himself
Ka was comply
ld Lieutenant ttttiT
PLTV! lo been a tew-
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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)
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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. . '
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NORMAN, Okla (U.B It's the
school children who twist, wiggle
and squirm who are the hope ot
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Dr.Elbert K. Fretwell, Columbia
university professor who lectured
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