Image provided by: Ashland School District #5; Ashland, OR
About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1946)
S o u th e rn O re g o n N e w s R e v ie w . T h u rs d a y , A u g u s t 15, 1946 a n cf be / n u fle c o s D * íp m T H E STORY TH U S E A R : Reynold« question« M e * at her home. T h ere 1« a knock a t the door, and M a rth a E vans, T o m F a llo n 's sister-in -law . enters. She w an ted to te ll them about the knife. M a rth a 's story Is th a t A licia was not m u rd e re d w ith the kn ife that was found T h a t k n ife , she d eclared , was one she and T o m had ta ken aw a y fro m Tom s w ife , L e fty , the in v a lid and m e n ta l p a tie n t. M a rth a d eclared th at To m did not know his w ife's true condition, believing her to be getting be tte r. " H u t she Is vio len t at tim es.** M a rth a insisted, as she told how L e tty had attacked her w ith the knife one night. “ T h a t night you said you fe ll and h u rt your an kle? *’ M eg asked. M a rth a denied it. CHAPTER XV M iss M a rth a said h u skily, "O n lv I d id n 't fa ll—she pushed m e down the steps.” Bob w aited, and a fte r a little , she w ent on h u s k ily , “ Tom and I saw to i t th a t there was never any—any in stru m e n t around th a t she could use to h u rt herself—o r anybody else. T om thought she was bedridden; I h a d n 't told h im th a t she was g ro w in g stronger, th a t she could w a lk — not v e ry fa r, but at least she was no lo n g er helpless. 1 knew , of course, the danger th a t was gro w in g around h e r—danger th a t she m ig h t s lip aw ay fro m me and—do some h o rrib le th in g —” M iss M a rth a flung up her head. H e r eyes blazed. “ She d id nothing o f the so rt! Use yo u r head, young man. It's a m ile fro m our house to M rs. Stevenson's place—she couldn’ t tra v e l th a t fa r. And she hasn’ t been out of m y sight one single m in u te since the n ig h t she attacked m e ." she blazed at h im h otly. Bob said gently, “ We have only y o u r w o rd fo r that. M iss E vans.” M iss M a rth a 's stocky body slum ped a little and she said w e a ri ly , "Y e s. o f course—you have only j m y w ord fo r i t —" “ A nd the knife. M iss E v a n s ? " | asked Bob v e ry q u ie tly . Megan w ent to her and put an a rm about her, and fo r a m om ent. M iss M a rth a resisted; then she turned and hid her face ag a inst M e gan, w hile the tw o m en w aited. Laurence was sick w ith p ity fo r this tire d , harassed wom an who had c a r rie d her h e a rtb re a kin g burden fo r so long w ith such in d o m ita b le cour age; Bob’s expression was intent, w a tc h fu l—w a itin g . ove Theo she turned and hid her face against Megan, while the men waited. the kitchen, got the kn ife , and a sheet out of the linen closet. I also took a good stout w a lk in g s tic k th a t I som etim es use when I go to the g ro c e ry —th e re are so m any h a lf savage dogs around—and I put one of T o m ’ s hats on the end of the stick, and held the s tic k above m y head, under the sheet. I im a g in e I m ust have looked p re tty fearsom e. But, you see. I wanted anybody who saw me to th in k he was seeing a ghost—and i f such things as ghosts exist, su re ly th e ir fa v o rite place would be som ething lik e th a t old overgrow n garden. I never dream ed th a t anybody seeing me w ould stop long enough to see w h a t I was do ing—or, i f he did , th a t he w ould re p o rt i t to a n y b o d y ." “ You d id n 't see A m os?” asked Bob q u ic k ly . “ N o ," answered M iss M a rth a , and hesitated so oddly th a t Bob’ s a tte n tio n was caught and i t g re w s tro n g er. “ Whom d id you see then?” de manded Bob. “ No one,” answered M iss M a rth a M is s M a rth a w e n t on, ‘I firm ly . Too firm ly . Too e m p h a t scream ed, and th a t roused Tom , and ic a lly . “ I saw no one at a ll—no —w ell, between us we managed to one.” get the k n ife aw ay fro m her. She Bob said s te rn ly , “ Y o u ’ re not te ll fought hard, and then suddenly—she ing me the tru th . M iss E vans. Up w ent to pieces, ju s t slum ped be to now, I believe you. B u t if you tween us lik e a ra g d o ll th a t's lost s ta rt te llin g m e lie s now, don’ t you a ll its sawdust. We got her to bed. see you’ re lik e ly to m a ke me believe We knew there was nothing we th a t a ll you’ ve told m e is a l ie ! ” could do fo r her. The doctor warned M iss M a rth a said g rim ly , “ You us— any sudden exertion, e xcitem ent can believe a n y th in g you w a n t to, —w ould alm ost c e rta in ly re su lt in young m an. I ’ ve to ld you a ll I'm a b ra in hem orrhage— ” She paused going to te ll you. A nd I ’d never again and then went on. *‘I le ft her have to ld you w h a t I d id i f I had not w ith Tom. I wanted to get rid o f that fe«t so sure th a t y o u 'd ju m p to the a w fu l knife, once and fo r a ll tim e. conclusion th a t the k n ife Am os So I hid it —w here you found it . " helped you find was the one th a t She was lim p w ith exhaustion and k ille d M rs. Stevenson—and once you ne rve stra in and Bob let h e r rest fo r were convinced o f th a t, yo u 'd not a m om ent before he asked ve ry stop u n til y o u 'd hauled in some poor gently, “ And—yo u r sister, M iss E v d e v il th a t was as innocent o f that ans?” c rim e as—m y poor L e tty .” M iss M artha said in a voice th a t She got up and Bob said ste rn ly . was a ghost o f sound, “ She—died 'T 'v e not finished y e t— ” z e a rly th is m o rn in g ." M iss M a rth a eyed h im as though I t was an hour la te r, a fte r Miss he had been an im p o rtu n a te beg M a rth a had had a cup o f coffee and gar, and said co o lly, "H a v e n ’ t you? a chance to rest a little , th a t Bob W ell, I have. Good da y to you a ll.” " w ent over the s to ry o f the kn ife She looked at M egan and said again. tonelessly, “ T om and I are— ta k in g “ I t seems q u ite a coincidence, L e tty home. We’ re le a v in g today, M iss Evans, th a t a ll th is happened so th is w ill be good-by—and—thanks the same n ig h t th a t M rs. Steven fo r a ll you’ve done.” son was k ille d ,” he pointed out. “ M iss M a rth a , w hom d id you see " I d o n 't know a n y th in g about that, th a t n ig h t? ” Bob dem anded sh a rp young m a n ,” said M iss M a rth a , ly. “ I can fo rb id you to leave, you w ith the fa in te s t possible trace of know —I can hold you as a m a te ria l h e r old brusqueness. “ A ll I know w itness— ” is th a t when I heard yo u ’d found “ A witness to w hat? I w a s n 't w ith the k n ife , I was a fra id some inno in a m ile o f the Stevenson p la ce ,” cent person w ould be accused o f do M iss M a rth a pointed out. “ Am os is ing aw ay w ith the Stevenson worn- m y a lib i, ju s t as I am his. I'd say an by means of th a t knife. And I j th a t he and I are the tw o peop!« 'White Swan' Design Embroidery Crochet This Pineapple Runner W.N.U. R E L E A S E knew I had to come and te ll you about it. since te llin g you c o u ld n 't cause m y p«x>r L e tty any tro u b le — n o w ." Bob nodded, s ittin g on the edge o f the desk, his eyes fastened on M iss M a rth a 's face. f “ Amos, who saw the k n ife being hidden, spoke o f a ‘th in g in w hite, about eight feet t a l i '—” he m en tioned. T here was the fa in te st possible tra ce o f a sm ile in M iss M a rth a ’s tire d eyes. “ I know*,” she told h im q u ie tly. " I t was a b rig h t m o o n lig h t n ig h t and you never know who m a y be ro a m in g around late at n ig h t in these p a rts .” and fo r ju s t the barest in sta n t h e r glance flicke re d tow ards M egan and away. " I d id n 't w ant anyone to see me— you can u n der stand that, of course. And it oc cu rred to me th a t th a t old place would be an id eal place to hide som ething you d id n 't e ver w ant found. B u t if somebody saw m e— and recognized me—you see?" Bob nodded. “ O f c o u rs e ." he an sw ered q u ic k ly . "W e ll, T om was w ith L e tty ," M iss M a rth a went on. " I slipped out in to Bob said s w iftly . “ Then you mean th a t she managed to get away and k ill M rs. Stevenson.” She seemed to w ince as though he had s tru c k her. She drew a deep b re a th and lifte d her head a little though her shoulders sagged. “ Yes, the k n ife ,” she repeated. " T h a t was—n ig h t before last. As I said, Tom d id n 't know th a t L e tty could get out o f bed, o r w a lk ; he thought i t was a little foolish o f me to keep e ve ry sharp-pointed in s tru m e n t in the house under lock and key. He thought as long as we kept them out o f h e r room , out o f her reach—” She shrugged tire d ly and then she went on in th a t heavy, ex hausted voice, “ so he le ft a k n ife out on the kitchen sink n ig h t before last. I 'd —had a good deal o f tro u b le w ith L e tty and I was v e ry tire d . I slept in her room , and I thought th a t she was sleeping soundly, and so I le t m y s e lf go to sleep. When I woke up— I don’ t know w hat woke me. but — suddenly I was w ide awake, and—there was L e tty stand in g beside m y bed, bending over me, the m o o n lig h t on—th a t k n ife in her hand— ” She set her teeth hard in her lo w e r lip , and her hands crushed each other, and in spite of her e ffo rts a t self-control, tw o swollen te a rs slipped fro m h e r eyes and down her w hite cheeks, leaving little m a rk s in the th ic k powder spread so in e x p e rtly there. NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS who c o u ld n 't possibly have had any th in g to do w ith the m u rd e r." “ B ut you d id see someone that n ig h t—" began Bob. By P aul M allon ^0 * She m et his eyes s tra ig h tly and said co o lly, “ D id I?” HrlruarU bv W eilern N ru R p .u xr Union. Megan d re w a deep b re a th and said le v e lly , "Y o u saw me, didn't TRIAL OF MIIIAILUVITCH you. M iss M a rth a ? " A PROPAGANDA STUNT Bob flung her a s ta rtle d glance, | W ASH IN G TO N The Anal de but L a u re n ce 's m outh only tightened | fense o f M ih a ilo vite h . hero of the a little . Ich e tn iks, was little reported in th is Miss M a rth a looked s tra ig h t nt country A m e rica n popular interest Megan and then she sighed and nod in him wuned when he was reported ded. “ Yes. I saw y o u ." she a d m it to have “ a d m itte d acts of co lla b o ra tio n " w ith the enemy d u rin g the ted. Bob said q u ic k ly , "L o o k here, M is s ' w i,r- O f such a c h a ra cte r is our M acT uvish, you haven’ t to ld m « !> cu ll! sense o f justice. But in this a n yth in g about being up there th a t|® *se 11 ba» been successfully abused and misled. n ig h t—*• "Y o u d id n 't ask m e! Megan re M ih a ilo vite h spoke fo r fo u r hours m inded him . fro m notes he hud made fu r 30 “ I said th a t i f you w ere in bed days, ending his speech at m id n ig h t and asleep, you c o u ld n 't have heard w ith this fin a l accounting fro m an a scream —" anti-N azi resistance soldier: Megan nodded. “ And I said, no, I "I had against me a competi c o u ld n 't—but you d id n 't ask ine i f 1 tive organisation, the Commu had been in m y bed a sle e p ," she nist fiarty, which seeks its aims re m in d e d h im again. 1 was •'Who was w ith y o u ? " he asked j w ithout compromise. s te rn ly. “ Don’ t te ll m e you w e n t1 out alone at th a t tim e o f n ig h t." Megan said q u ie tly , “ No, I w a sn 't alone. I was when I le ft the fiouse B ut when I reached the R idge—M r. F a llo n was there and we ta lke d a little w h ile ." Bob asked a b ru p tly , " Y o u r fa th e r was in vo lve d w ith M rs. Stevenson, w a sn 't he?” M egan gasped as though he had s tru c k her, and L a urence said sharply, “ H i. la y off, Bob. You have no rig h t to ask h e r such a q u e stio n ." faced with changes In my own government and accused of connections with every possible secret service, enemy and Al lied. I believed I was 03 the right road and called on any for eign journalist or Red army mission to visit me and see ev erything. Hut fate was merci less to me when it threw me into this maelstrom (between the western democracies and Rus sia). I wanted much. I start ed much, but the gale of the world carried me away from my work.” Bob m e t his eyes sq u a re ly and said co o lly, “ H a v e n 't I? ” BROKEN HY TORTURE "A s h e r counsel—” began L a u This is a Serbian soldier o f re rence h eatedly, b u t B ob's g rin was fa r , . fro m the . e a cool, amused, and i t silenced h im . , sistance, , . „ ... , rly tim e Bob lit a c ig a re tte , firs t securing when hc a" d B ritis h alone were p e rm issio n fro m M egan. , re sislln e «»• Nazis bu‘ Ru” la wus And then he looked at M iss M a r . '" 01' •P«al‘ in * a f,e r c le vcr Com m u- tha and said v e ry gently, "M is s n ist to rtu re in a m ockery of tria ls E vans, ju s t w hy did you k ill M rs I w hich could ftnd a coun‘ c r Pa r‘ Stevenson*’ ” Moscow treason tr ia ls to r . . . . 1 Russian propaganda purposes. The It was so unexpected, and the tone me(hod, of t(jrtu re w hlch broke of his quiet, even voice was in such nund have bcen (re q u e ntly d c. c o n tra st to the th in g he sa.d th a t scrlbed UJ booRs a va ila b le a t our fo r a m o m e n t e ve ryb o d y in the room | , ib ra rie g (Ian V a ltin .f „ O ut o f lhc w ent r ig id ; and outside the door, in N igh r ) . Thus w a, thc s la v ic tc m . 6 » k a ° " - v 1,1 • 1 e*"e " a s 8 1 peram ent and m in d led to confess sm othered gasp fro m the unseen, i „ anything his captors w ished fo r but liste n in g , A nnie. th e ir purposes o f propaganda in M iss M a rth a sat v e ry q u ie t fo r a .. .. , s, u a u ij • u; . strengthening the d islike d T ito gov- m om ent. her body held u p rig h t bv . ■ .. . . , . . t e rn m e n t in Y ugoslavia, and fo r e t her g rip on the a rm s o f her c h a ir. , , . .. u . »«. d i . • • u > l .... ■ fee1 upon people throughout the Bal- W ith o u t ra is in g her face she lifte d , . j ■ i j . A . „ L , kans. <Our own house fo re ig n af her eyes and looked s tra ig h t at Bob. , ■ , .. — . R I fa irs sub-com m ittee says T ito was He was w a tch in g her q u ie tly , educated in Russia, was a soldier steadily, and in com plete silence. of the Red a rm y and ruled Yugo- A fte r a m om ent. Miss M a rth a slavia fo r the Com m unists by ma- sagged back in her c h a ir, lim p and chine guns, although he had the vol- beaten, a ll her defenses down. u n ta ry support of only 15 to 19 per " A ll rig h t.” she said, her voice a cent of his cities and “ fro m 5 to m ere thread of sound. “ I —d id it. ’ zero per cent” o f villa g e rs and M egan caught her breath on a fa rm e rs .) s tra n g le d sob and swayed a little . ! Before the “ t r ia l” of the C hctnik And Laurence, w ith o u t ta k in g his com m ander-in-chief, on our side up eyes o ff M iss M a rth a 's white._ ra v - t0 D ecem ber, 1945, his C om m unist aged face, put his a rm about Megan p a rty a d ve rsa ry T ito w ent to Mos and d re w her close. cow. W ith h im he took his m ilita r y "W h y , M iss M a rth a ? " asked Bob, leaders and the head of his secret v e ry gently, w ith p ity in his voice. police—the Ozana. A fu ll m ilita ry Miss M a rth a d re w a hard b reath agreem ent was reached iT ito can and lifte d her hands in a little ges co n trib u te an a rm y of 800.000 to any tu re o f helplessness before she Russian cause) and a propaganda gripped them once m ore about the agreem ent fo r M ih a ilo vite h . a rm s of her c h a ir. “ I —hated her This is the same Tito govern She was a w icked woman. She ment which later Informed our m ade so m uch tro u b le fo r e v e ry state department that the body. She had sta rte d spreading crimes of Mihailoviteh before lies and slander about Tom . I was the trial, had been Judged to be a fra id th a t L e tty m ig h t h e a r—in one “too great and terrible for any of her periods o f lu c id ity . Tom told discussion" — or for Ameri me about the things she was saying. can t e s t im o n y . Its foreign He had been foolish enough to go to minister had announced before her house one evening and face her the trial (May 11): "Mihailo w ith a s to ry she was spreading vitch will be shot.” about h im a n d - M iss M a cT a vish —" The Russians took no chances on The three m em bers of tht The tire d voice died and she it. opened her eyes and looked a t M e “ c o u rt” w ere officers fro m the Tit< gan and said fa in tly , ‘.‘I'm — so rry, a rm y , and m em bers o f the Com m u The spectators hissed but I m ig h t as w ell te ll you the nist p a rty. and booed statem ents, such as the whole s to ry .” “ So M rs. Stevenson was broad- tru th fu l assertion of a defense at- casting the fa c t th a t M iss M acT av- ' torney th a t the law under w hich th * ish and M r. F a llo n w ere frie n d s, men were being trie d was m ade up and h in tin g th a t there was m ore to by the C om m unist governm ent aft it than th a t, and you decided to e r the supposed “ c rim e s ” were have a ta lk w ith h e r—was th a t it? ” co m m itte d . The v e rd ic t o f death Bob’ s gentle voice asked M iss M a r fo r M ih a ilo v ite h was cheered. TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE tha. To ca ll th is propaganda fa rce by She rubbed her hands together as though the palm s were dam p and her the name o f tr ia l is an accusation voice steadied a little , “ Yes, th a t against ju stice . M ih a ilo v ite h fought was i t , ” she said evenly. “ And M rs. la rg e ly under the supervision of the Stevenson was curious about L e tty 's B ritis h m ission against Nazis— but illness and she cam e p ry in g and he did not fig h t foi* the Russians. snooping. Tom and I knew th a t if This was his real crim e. He fought the people here in Pleasant G rove fo r the B ritis h and A m ericans as knew th a t L e tty was—of unsound w ell as his Serbs, but he did not m in d , they m ig h t be a fra id o f her, fight fo r the Russians. fo r a ll th a t she was co m p le te ly help M ih a ilo v ite h was not " tr ie d ” in less, and th a t Tom m ig h t lose his Belgrade. W hat was trie d in B el job, o r worse s till, th a t he m ig h t be grade was Russia and com m unism . forced to— put L e tty aw ay in an— In evidence were her methods and in s titu tio n . We co u ld n ’t bear the techniques, her foolish a tte m p t to thought of th a t." Once m ore the ape Anglo-Saxon ju stice w ith a voice died away, and w ith o u t a staged “ t r ia l” to create an Anglo- sound A nnie m a te ria liz e d beside Saxon excuse fo r a Russian propa M iss M a rth a 's c h a ir, o ffe rin g her a ganda death. glass in w hich there was some pun RUSSIA BLOCKS PEACE gent-sm elling, m ilk y -c o lo re d fluid. J o in t e ffo rts fo r peace so fa r Bob w aited p a tie n tly u n til Annie have resulted in stu ltific a tio n of had p e rfo rm e d her act of kindliness U. N. in a series of Russian vetoes, and had once m ore vanished, as si and adoption o f our plan to get w o rld le n tly as she had come. approval fo r a Russian peace along “ So you went to have a ta lk w ith the Danube and in F inland, togeth M rs. Stevenson,” Bob p rom pted e r w ith $100,000,000 of reparations M iss M a rth a , his tone gentle and fro m Ita ly , in w hich she never set a frie n d ly . w ar foot, and a denial of peace to “ Y es,” said M iss M a rth a , and A u stria o r G erm any, as Russia now she was p le a ting th t c ris p per wants. Who is m a kin g the peace? cale of her housedress o ver her Russia. Out of a ll this, we get noth knee w ith tw itc h in g fingers, her ing, except the d w in d lin g shadow of eyes on the task. an ideal w hich Russia has long since vetoed IT O B E C O N T IN U E D ) of the ll'z -in c h squares. I t ’s so easy to do—and will m ake a lovely bullet or table runner. 5148 White Kwan M o tif U E R E is an unusual and very 1 ■* handsom e design to em broider on pillow cases, d re sse r scarv es and guest tow els—a w hite sw an in a pool of pink and w hite w ater- lilies. Use a satin stitch in white for the sw an, outline the edges of the w aterlilies in white buttonhole stitch , and do the cen ter in shaded pinks. Lily pads a rc buttonhole outlined in g reen and filled in with running stitch. • • • T o obtain tra n s fe r*, color c h a rt for w o rkin g , sketches ot a ll stitches used in e m b ro id e rin g the Swan and W a te rllly Designs (P a tte r n No. 5148) send 20 cents in coin, your n a m e , address and p attern nu m b er. a a • To obtain com plete crocheting In sli ac tions for the S f|uare P ineapp le D o lly (P a tte r n No. A03t)i send 20 cents In coin, yo u r n a m e , address and pa tte rn nu m b er. D ue to an unusually la rg e de m a n d and c u rre n t conditions, slightly m ore tim e Is req u ire d In tilling orders fo r a few of the m ost po pu lar p a tte rn num bers R E W IN D < l i t t I E N F K D I.K W O R K 70S Mission Nt.. Nan Francisco, C a lif. Enclose 20 cents fo r pattern No______________ N am e.. Address- (jSullg Doily or R unner I" HIS a ttra c tiv e , showy 'pine- * apple' is ideal to use as a i 'Get O'Sullivan SOUS as well as Heels next time you have your s e p a ra te doily or com bined in a ru n n er m ade up of th ree or four shoes repaired. MORE MILEAGE W ITH GREATER comeort : To rem ove dust front wall pa per, wipe with a soft wall brush or soft cloth. H ard rubbing will streak and roughen the paper. — • —- To help resto re tbe original lus tre of gilt p icture fram es rub with a sponge m oistened slightly with turpentine. — • —■ It is e a sie r to iron d resses and blouses in this o rd e r; sleeves, back, fron^ and collar. — • — H eavy roof paint applied to in side of m etal g u tters will prevent rusting for a long tim e. A M E R IC A ’S N o .l H E E L • •••an d s o lo A Safe, Sound Investment— Buy U. S. Savings Bonds! — • — Let a child’s going to bed be a p l e a s a n t experience. Then he w’on’t be as ap t to rebel at the ' idea. N ever send him to bed as j a form of punishm ent. Builds up wrong attitu d e. KoobAid — • — L ate fall is reg ard ed as the best lim e to do house painting, for by then the long su m m er sun has re m oved all m o istu re from the wood. 6 FLAVORS-AT GROCERS Tempt/ng, /tot PARKER HOUSE ROLLS 1 • Tasty, tender Parker Housa Itolls anytime-with Fleischmnnn's Fast Ris ing Dry Yeast. IF YOU BAKE AT HOME-you’ll cheer this baking dis covery that stays fresh for weeks on your pantry shelf—ready to help you make delicious bread, rolls, buns at a moment’s notice. Dissolve according to directions—then use as fresh* yeast At your grocer’s. Stays fresh. or your pantry shelf