Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 24, 1932, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text(PAGE BIX MEDFORD irXTL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, 'OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 24, '1932. Gamblers Throw BYN0P8I8? Jerry Calhoun tn a Moh-powered airplane, with a de tective and a friend, is following the hydroplane of a mystertoue kidnaping gong. The abductore have captured Nancy Wentworth, a musical comedy actreee. and Ave men tour wealthy buninese men and a gangster. The oddly aeeort ed group, cloeely Guarded, wait in the tropical heat of the place to which they have been taken tor tome newe of their tate. Uallory and the aangeter. Lucct. are rival for Nancy, and ehe ie kept under - . the strain of handling a tente sll ballon. 41! of the men ehow eome evidencee of being undermined by the waiting and lack at acllirtly. A etrange man arrives by plane, whom Lucci hall as "Limpy Aeh wood." He ie cultured and intel ligent an unusual gnnoeter chief. He telle the vrteoncre he is col lecting board money from their . relatives. Lucct aeke why Aeh wood is not satisled (o let Iflem oo. Chapter 12 KILL OR BE KILLED "IT Is possible tbat I shall bava to collect one more bill from jour loving friends and relatives," Ash- wood said. "Moreover, my abnormal curiosity has been aroused. "It haa come to my eara that some of you bava become what shall wa say? elemental. That Is a psychological phenomenon that Kill be absorbing to watch In Its development "Sometime It may give me pleas ure to write up caae histories on all ot you. It you should go-now, 1 should be denied tbat pleasure" . "Maybe so," nodded Lucct, darkly, "but le'aie tell you that a week after wa been turned loose, It you play as like tbat, I'll be here with my mob and tear thla place to pieces, yon with It At that I'll bare to work fast to beat the coppers down hers, but I'll do It It It costs me my Wast grand note!" "Very Interesting." conceded Ash wood, unruffled. "But how, pray, are you going to And thla island? When the time comes for me to break op this delightful party and Invite a new guest list down. I'll play th proper boat and return you to approximately the spot where I picked you up. And In the same manner, so far at transportation la concerned. - After a day's trip In a curtained airplane, who among yon will be able to direct; a searching party hare?" There was a thoughtful silence while Lucci and the others consid ered. Ashwood's voice went on. "No, let's not look too far Into the future. Just continue to enjoy your selves, ach In your own Inimitable Banner. We'll not Interfere unless yon become entirely too bolstorous." "Bo that's your Idea of a good tlmo. Is It?" Mallory broke abruptly Into the conversation. ' Something In the timbre ot the stockbroker's voice caused Hamil ton to put down his cards and to re gard the tense, u$ly New Vorker with unfeigned Interest. The dis cussion botween Aebwood and Lucci had goaded the brooding man Into 'a state bordering upon freniy, His heavy, atuletio figure waa leaning forward la bis chair, his bands clamped about the arm rests. His ruddy face waa auddenly drained ot all eolor. Ashwood was about to answer him carelessly but, glancing at him, be stopped and looked at him With undisguised curiosity. "Shut up, you!" Lucci faced Mal lory, snarling. "I'm doing the talk ing, sea?" It appeared to Hamilton that the gangster was deliberately adding fuel to the all-consuming flame of Jgillory's sudden anger. The stock broker made a mighty effort to hold himself In leash. The card player could see the muscles under bis mighty thighs tremble under the atraln of his suppressed anger. The eye ot the cripple were upon him, too, seeming to probe Into the mad dened man's very mind. ' : "Is this the gentleman who has been cave-manning . Miss Went worth?" asked Ashwood carelessly. "Yen," sneered LuccL "I had to alap him down thla afternoon. I got mind to get rid ot him cow. I'm getting so I can't stand him around, guttling llkker all the time and sneaking up on Nancy every time my back la turned." There was a hiss ot ' Indrawn breath from the Intent watchera aa Mallory, casting all restraint aside, leaped. Like the athlete that he waa, he dashed like a whirlwind acroas the floor, hla arms bent to punch or to parry. Lucci, a bead ahorter, twenty pounds lighter, smiled grimly as though ha wel comed this sudden reversion to brute physical action. Victor In many a bar-room brawl, he had no Illusions aa to fair or foul play. To fight at all waa to fight to win. He reached Instinctively for hla hip. but drew hla hand away empty. Quick IES REMEMBER CHIEF CTNOmNATl. Ohio, July S3. (AP) Betide railroad water tanka and In "Jungles," box cars and flop houiws the nation's hoboes paused today to pay tribute to their departed leader and benefactor James Eada flow. Today waa the second anniversary of the death of How, a Harvard grad uate, who scorned a millionaire's llfs to ride the rods with the "Wander ing Willies." Jeff Davia of Cincinnati, now "king" of the hoboes, haa passed the word along Vie cross nee to "com mune today with the spirit" of the znaa who established the Interna tional Brotherhood Welrare associa tion that every hobo, tramp and bum euJ4 e. aa light he pivoted on hla left foot, awayed bla body far away from the onruahlng Mallory and launched a sidelong kick that waa as awlft and as deadly as the stroke of an en raged cobra. Mallory, by an almost superhu man effort, twlated bla body and caught the terrific blow on the hip. He crashed Into One-shot and the two fell to the floor, Mallory on top. Hla face convulsed with hate, he clutched two bandfuls of his ene my's aleek hlac'c hair and butted Luccl's bead again and again against the floor. Nancy Wentworth. standing rigid with horror, gazed wild-eyed at the frenzied pair. The dull thumping aa the dark head rose and tell seemed to echo against her own body, yet she could neither move nor cry out. She beard Mallory grunting, beast-like, aa bis arms and body rote and tell, rose and fell, hammering Luccl's head against the floor, At last she looked away, her eyes darting around the room. Why did no one move to atop those fiends t She saw Williams rise from his chair aa though to Interfere, then relax again aa be glanced at an auto matic In the slender hands ot the white-haired cripple. Toe latter then laid hla gun on his thin knees snd watched the struggle with un disguised pleasure. In the frenzy of despair, Lucci struggled convulsively. Mallory slipped from his seat on the gang ster's body. Lucci writhed like a snake. Then, auddenly, lie rolled over on his stomach, pushed him self to bis hands and knees and threw himself backward wltb a bucking motion. The two toppled over, sprawled full lengths on their backs. Now Lucci was uppermost Mal lory rolled over and tried to puab himself to bis hands and knees. Perched on the other's back, Lu:cl reached two clawing bands beneath the other's face and searched with clawing finger-nails for Mallory's eyes. They were down again, rolling over and over. Tor a brief Instant they had broken away and crouched there, facing each other with expres sions that Nancy had never dreamed tbe human countenance could as sume. Half a dozen deep gashes marked the progress of Luccl's fingernails from Mallory's forehead to chin. With a leap so swift It could scarce be followed by the eyo, Lucci hurled himself at Mallory, at the same time bringing bis right flat up frorr the floor In a tremendous sweeping arc It atruck the other's chin With a thud that echoed across the room. The stockbroker plunged to tbe floor as though he had been bit by a aledgehammor. There was a long, biasing sigh from the spec tators, who thought the fight had ended. But tbe prone man rolled over. Tbe gangater reached for '.he other's throat, but with a quick up ward Jerk of his ,leg Mallory kneed lucci in tbe groin. Luccl's sob was like tbat of a wounded animal. Nancy knew that this was a battle to the death. Mallory, the suave, polished gentleman ot Wall atreet and the country clubs, was now an abysmal animal, gouging and maim ing, fighting to kill or be killed. It waa Incredible. It happened to other people, somewhere In for-olf worlds. She would wake up In a moment, pull the blankets over her bead and He trembling, trying to banish the nightmare from her brain. Yet her wide brown eyes missed no detail ot the atruggle. She was shocked to realize that she was losing all feeling ot horror. Her pulses were hammering with excitement Lucci. again on his back, writhing In agony, was trying to push Mallory away. The other, shaking his head to clear his eyes ot blood, waa beat ing down with both fists on the gangster'a upturned face. There was a sudden flurry of arms and legs, a quick change ot posture. Lucci was tree again. He struggled to his handa and knees, then to his feet, where he swayed gently, steadying himself by sheer force ot will. He apat teetb and blood to the polished hardwood floor. He lunged forward and seized Mallory In a clinch, his left arm encircling his opponent's neck. Mallory screamed and threw him self away. One-shot followed, Jab bing rigid, prong-like Angers at his eyea. The other, off-balance to avoid the spearing fingers, tottered backwards and Lucci leaped for his unguarded throat (Copyrioat, Dial fYssi) Would Ashwood permit murder, as h watches ths msn's tmotion under his akllltul taunts? Hs ana lyees his Intsrsst In tht struoglss Monday. E PORTLAND, July as. (API Opt! mlstle over measure enacted by congress to stimulate Industry and start business "on the road back," H. B. 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