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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1928.
WHAT HAPPENED BEFOSE
Simon Judd, amateur detective, and
William Dart, an undertaker, are visit
ing John Drane, eccentric man of wealth
at the Drane place. Suddenly the house
hold is shocked to find that John Drane
is murdered. The dead man is first
seen by Josie. the maid then by Amy
Drane and Simon Judd. The latter
faints.
Police officers call and Investigations
begin. Dr. Blessington Is called, and
after seeing the murdered John Dane,
makes the astounding revelation to
Amy Drane that her "uncle" is not a
man but a woman.
Dr. Blessington discounts the theory
of suicide, saying that Drane was defi
nitely murdered. Dr. Blessington com
ments on the fact that all the servants
in the household of Drane are sick, and
that Drane has never discharged a ser
vant for 111 health. Dick Brenan, the
detective, arrives to investigate the case.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"Yes. Dr. Blessington made the
examination; victim dead several
hours, cause of death stab wound to
heart Suicide theory untenable,
Dick, because the old lady couldn't
have used so much strength. And
there ain't no knife around, either.
Dick. She's been murdered, all
right Well, the queer part is she's
this old John Drane that's been
living here, see? He was a she all
the time; wouldn't it jar you?"
"Yes. Hang around. I'll just take
a look or two.
He went to the bed and looked
down at the victim of the murder
and, turning, surveyed the room,
He walked across the floor and
opened the door of the closet Here
hung many suits of men's garments,
on proper hangers each on its own
hook, while a dozen pairs of shoes
stood in a neat row on the floor.
He stood on a chair and examined
the shelf, taking down several hats,
looking into each and noting the
makers' marks in them. He moved
the hanging clothes and tapped on
the' inner wall of the closet
His next act was to open the door
leading into John Drane's private
bath. Here the walls were tiled to
the height of a man and the porce
lain tub was built in, as was the
shower. The whole was immacu
lately white, as was the wall above
the tile and the ceiling. On a glass
shelf stood the few toilet articles
any man might use a safety razor
in its gold-plated case, talcum, bay
rum, and so on. There was no open
ing out of the room except the door
into the bedroom and a narrow win
dow the lower part of which was
in leaded glass.
"The door wasn't locked, huh?"
Brennan asked.
"No. This maid Josie came up
to call the old lady. And when no
body answered she opened the door
and fainted. Door couldn't have
been locked. It don't look like the
old lady was expected to be killed
Dick, does it?"
"Nothing stolen out of here that
youve heard of?"
"Not that I know of," the officer
said. "We didn't ask. We waited
for you."
"All right!" Brennan said, going
to the door. I'm through here,
guess. You better telephone the
coroner, Henry, and Joe you look
around for a knife or something.
You might keep your hands off any
thing smooth, in case of finger
prints. Reach in under the mat
tress and around and anywhere you
think a knife might be. Sometimes
these killers shove things in under
when they get a panic. I'm going
down. What did you say the girl's
name was that saw in here first
"Josie. But she ain't downstairs.
She's in that room across the hall
She's got a weak heart and they
took her in there to bring her to,
There's an old dame with her the
housekeeper."
"I'll see them," Brennan said. His
interview with Josie in Amy's room
yielded him, however, nothing we
do not already know.
"And you " Brennan demanded
of the maid Zella.
"I don't know anything," Zella
said. "I was down in the. kitchen,
along with George he's the chau
Drane of her we thought was Mr.
Drane," Zella explained. "Him and
her was the family the rest of us
was just the help."
Then Josie was the first to open
the door, and Miss Amy was the
first to follow her, and then this
Mr. Judd came. Who else after
that?"
Norbert he's the colored house
man. Mrs. Vincent she's the house
keeper. Maggie Maney, the cook.
George, the chauffeur. And I came.
We just stood at the door; nobody
went in."
And about when was this?"
Around nine o'clock; maybe five
or ten minutes arter. airs. Vin
cent sent Josie up because break
fast was ready and Dr. Drane had
n't come down yet."
Everyone else had?
No; not Mr. Judd and not Mr.
Dart" Josie said.
Dart? What Dart?"
The undertaker man," Zella ex
plained. "He's an old friend of Mr.
Drane's and sometimes he comes to
play cards and stays the night He
always has the blue guest room
But last night he didn t stay."
Not that I knew it," Josie in
terrupted, raising herself on her
elbow. "I knocked on his door when
I came up the first time. That was
about half past eight I thought'
she hesitated. "I thought he an
swered that time."
I see!" Brennan said. "You
knocked to wake him up and you
thought he answered. What did he
say?"
"I thought he said 'all right! Yes!
or something like that So then I
went to Mr. Judd's room aniknock-
ed and he said 'All right; I'm up'."
But, that first trip, Mr. Drane
did not answer?"
'No, sir, but I didn't think any
thing of it Mr. Drane don't often
have to be called; he always woke
up of himself. I thought he was
in the bathroom, likely, and would
be down. I just knocked on his
door and went on, sort of remind
ing him. The others I waited for
an answer because they were
guests, and guests ain't sure."
'And the second time you came
up you got no farmer than Mr.
Drane s door? You fainted there? I
"Yes, sir; that's it"
'Show me these two guest rooms,"
Brennan said to Zella, and she went
with him, first to the yellow room
Judd had occupied and then to the
blue room with its untouched bed.
Brennan looked around the rooms
without much care, but on his way
to the stairs he called the officer
named Joe and told him to look into
the two rooms carefully. Zella went
back to Josie and Brennan went
down to the lower floor.
As Brennan reached the lower
hall the screen of the front door
was pulled open and a young man,
his face betraying his excitement,
came in.
"Oh!" he exclaimed. "I know who
you are; you're the detective I
saw you it was when our house
was robbed and I was before the
grand jury to tell what was stolen."
"Yes. You're Robert Carter,"
Brennan said simply. "Seven three
four Beech Avenue. You made a
good witness. Your man went to
the pen. You a friend here?"
"Yes, Amy," young Carter said,
reddening more. "We're we would
have been engaged. I just heard
of this awful business and I came
as soon as I could. Is she "
"Eating breakfast I shouldn't
wonder," Brennan said. "Go right
in, if it's the usual thing and you
want to. I've been put on this case
and I'm looking it over a bit.
"If there's anything I can do "
Carter suggested.
"No; never mind that now," Bren
nan said. "I'll take it up with you
if I need to. I want to talk to Miss
Drane next and you can help me
most by steadying her down if she's
excited at all. Tell her I'm out here
on the porch and will see her when
ever she's ready. No hurry. Tell
her it's nothing to be afraid of,
her; "If I didn't have you I would
n't know what to do!"
"Yes well, you've got me all
right, honey," he said. "Don't you
take it so hard. It's bad enough,
but you want to buck up. No good
in letting it get you too hard. We'll
stick it out together."
"It's so good to have you here.
she said," wiping her eyes again.
I don't mean to break down. I'm
trying to to not"
'That's the idea!" Carter agreed.
"And now, look here, honey there's
a detective fellow out there wants
to talk to you. Just don't let it
worry you, that's all. He won't be
rough; hes a nice sort And we
needn't go out until you're ready;
he says he's in no hurry."
I'm ready now, Bob," she said.
"You'll come, Mr. Judd?"
Sure!" cried Simon Judd widely.
"Surest thing you know. Detec
tives are the thing I want to see;
I'm going to be one myself."
"You'll see a good one when you
see this Brennan," Carter said.
"None better."
"That's the kind I want to see,"
said Simon Judd, and they went out
to the veranda. Brennan arose as
they appeared.
"Miss Drane," he said. "And this
would be Mr. Judd? My name's
Brennan as Carter has probably
told you. I've been put on this case.
I've got to ask some questions of
you, Miss Drane, but if there are
any you don't cars to answer in a
crowd we'll leave them until later.
No, you men need not go; I'd rath
er have you here the young lady
is less apt to be nervous. Let's sit
down; we may as well be comfort
able." "I've had the officers make a
search of three rooms up there,"
Brennan said. "Mr. Drane's room
we'll call him that, or call her
that and the room Mr. Dart was
to occupy, and your room, Mr.
Judd."
Suits me all right" Simon Judd
said heartily. "Anything you do
suits me; I'm going to be a detec
tive myself, and the way you do it
is what I want to see."
"We'll talk that over later, then
said Brennan after a glance at the
huge Westerner. '"I don't suppose,
Miss Drane, we'll find anything in
those rooms that will mean any
thing, although a man can never
tell. I've talked to Josie and got all
she could tell me, and Zella has told
me her story. You, they say, were
the second person to reach Mr.
Drane's door. Just tell me why you
went there and what you saw."
Amy, folding and refolding her
handkerchief, told what we already
know.
"Yes! nothing in all that," said
Brennan. "Now, have you person
ally any reason to think any partic
ular person killed" He pointed
toward the house with his thumb.
(Continued Next Week)
NEW "DO KM" BEADY SEPT. 24.
Oregon State Agricultural Col
lege, Corvallis, Sept 12. One hun
dred and fifty students have already
made reservations for rooms in the
new men's dormitory which will be
ready for occupancy by September
24 the first day of Freshman week.
With many additional inquiries
coming in daily regarding accomo
dations in the new building, the re
maining 188 places available aro ex
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Finally all the candidates have
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feur and Maggie Maney, the cook,
and we heard Josie screaming and
heard her fall. So we came up as
quick as we could. She was fainted
on the floor, and Mr. Judd, too"
"Mr. Judd? Fainted?" Brennan
aked. "Who's Judd?"
"He's a visitor, a friend of Mr.
Drane's, I guess. He come last
night and stayed over. He saw the
blood and fainted."
"He reached the romo before you
did?"
"Yes, but after Josie, didn't he,
Josie? Josie was flrut then Miss
Amy came "
"And who is Miss Amy?"
"The grand-niece like of Mr.
"That's fine of you," Carter said,
putting out his hand Impulsively.
"Brennan is the name," the de
tective said, shaking Carter's hand.
"Trot along now."
Bob Carter found Amy and Simon
Judd finishing their breakfast and
about to arise. Mrs. Vincent at her
end of the table had eaten nothing,
merely sipping tea, and her face
showed that she was still in great
pain. Impulsively Amy arose as
Carter entered and he was holding
her in his arms before he was
aware he had Intended to do any
such thing.
"Oh, Bob, Bob! Isn't it dreadful!"
Amy cried as he tried to comfort
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