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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1933.
BXtfUrtSiaz inwp m nun
doeen pn-ifliu tcho mioht have
murdered the misterious etranqer:
Lovechlem. Idatinme Grethe Lory
schism. Sue Tally. Father Robart.
Marcel, the porter ot the hotel
in which this strange crew is oath'
sred. All Jim Bundeun knows is
that he didn't commit the murder
himself vet he has been orreeted
for it. Bvndean alto knows that he
didn't much like to find Sue and a
new arrival talking tnaether fust
beore the police arrived.
Chapter 14
A VISITOR C0ME8
AND I wanted Srst ot all a law
yer; I felt rather cold aa I sud
denly recalled that In France there
Is no writ ol habeas corpus. It Is
true that I was an American cm
sen, a (act clearly set forth In my
passport, but this had not appeared
to relieve the situation In the least.
It didn't seem at all legal that
they should simply throw me Into
jail and keep me there, but every
thing I had ever heard about the
remarkable freedom ot the French
police In such matters returned to
my memory, and I began to feel a
degree of anxieiy which, I was to
discover, was Quite Justifiable.
Night comes early In the winter
at Armene, and the room was quite
dark, and no one had appeared to
light It, and I was smoking my last
cigarette and wishing I had the
pompous old commlssalre by the
beard when I heard footsteps and
Tolces and a key turning In the lock.
The cold, dark little room was
flooded with light, and a visitor, a
man, was UBhered In to see me.
I got to my feet and was blinking
In the unexpected light as he Insin
uated something tbat rattled gently
Into the hand ot the man who had
opened the door. Then my visitor
turned, and I saw the man who bad
arrived at the hotel during the
afternoon.
He said briskly:
"I'm sorry to see you here, Mr.
Sundean. My name Is Lorn David
Lorn." He paused and then added:
"Miss Tally asked me to see you."
His words were neither promis
ing nor exactly explanatory; still,
things looked suddenly better, I was
not, after all, entirely without a
friend.
"Sit downr .
Be drew up the small straight
chair, and I sat down on the cot.
He put his hat on the floor, opened
his coat, and drew out a folded
paper. While his chin was no larger
than It had been In the afternoon,
I'm bound to admit that the eight ot
his countenance was very welcome.
He handed me the paper, and It was
a note from Sue Tally. It was brief
but nice.
8he had written:
"Your being throat Into Jail la
absurd and Intolerable. This la Mr.
Lrn. Ho knows the whole affair
and thinks he can do something
about It"
She had written hurriedly and, I
thought, agitatedly, and her signa
ture was a spirited S. Tally.
"Miss Tally la very good," I said.
I put the note In my pocket.
He cleared his throat and looked
at the floor by my feet
"She thinks you didn't do this."
"She's right," I said with some
heat, ...
"IN fact," he went on ratuer cau-
tlously, "after hearing her story
of the whole affair, I am Inclined to
agree with her. At least," he con
tinued before I could speak, "there
appear to be a number ot rather In
teresting points ot which she has
told me which may mind, I only
say may prove to bo evidence."
"Evidence?"
"Evidence In your favor, I mean
to say. However, you er " I
thought he looked directly at me
and he said unexpectedly: "It's Just
as well to start with a clean slate,
however. I take It you really didn't
murder the man."
"You're damned right, I didn't
murder him. I never even saw him
before"
"Nevermind, nevermind. I didn't
think so. Sit down, Mr. Sundean,
It down." He looked at me doubt
fully. "There, now, that's better,
Mr. Sundean. Let's be calm about
this. First, however, do you feel
like er accepting my help?"
"Am I In a position to refuse
helpT"
- He smiled faintly.
"No," he said as If I had expected
reply. "Nice that you can keep
your spirits up. You aren't In a very
nice position, you know."
I said more graciously:
"It's very good ot you to otter to
F
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PORTLAND, Ore, April 31. (AP)
The first dog racing meet under
the new Oregon law permitting and
regulating horse and dog racing will
be held here from May 33 to June 3.
A second meeting will beheld June
10 to July 1.
The Oregon state racing commie -Ion
yeeterday granted the first per
mlt ever laaued In the state for dog
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LOOK FOR THE RED (APE OPENER
e Cocltafoo
n 6. Eberharl '
neip. 1 need help, nut wuut exactly
Is there to do?"
"First, Mr. Sundean, you told the
police that there were five revolver
shots last night while you were In
the court with some person whom
you did not see?"
"Yes; live."
"H'mm. Then I may be right In
my surmise. It's a possibility at
least "
"What Is a possibility?"
"That the other revolver shot, the
sixth"
"But there was no sixth; there
were only five."
"He fired twice at your flashlight,
three times over your head. You
still remained In the courtyard "
"I couldn't get away," I said.
"Exactly. Therefore It Is reason
able to suppose that It the sixth shot
had atlll remained In his revolver
he would have again tried to er
shoot you."
"I don't see," I said, "that that
has anything to do with getting me
out of here. The man was murdered
by stabbing. Look here, perhaps
you can tell me Just why I'm here.
What's this new evidence Lot
schiem was so afraid he'd tell m
about?"
"H'mm. Well, It's rather bad, Mr!
Sundean. But still not at all con
vincing. There's the matter of the
clock sword being from your room:
they are divided In opinion at the
moment regarding your seemingly
frank bringing the thing to their
attention. At the moment I fear the
weight of opinion Is that It was only
a clever ruse on your part"
.1 .
"TJOW do you know that?"
'Tve been talking to the of
ficer In charge. I took the liberty ot
telling him, Mr. Sundean, that I was
your legal representative. And
owing to a matter which I brought
before him he was Inclined to talk
to me at some length."
"That's very good of you," I said
warmly,
"Then there's your , shattered
flashlight."
"But It was shot out of my hand."
"Yes, ot course. But unfortunate.
ly It Is so completely shattered that
It is difficult to tell Just what did
happen to It. Pieces were found Just
Deiow the landing on which there
was a patch ot blood from the mur
dered man; those pieces might be
taken to mean that you simply
dropped your flashlight In a strug
gle with blm."
"But that's why, that's no evi
dence."
"The police are apt to take a dif
ferent view from what we expect.
But there are two other things, Mr.
Sundean. There's a matter of a
soiled towel; a towel which bears
traces of blood. They, say you dried
your hands on It."
"Why, ot course, I washed my
hands! Remember, I stumbled and
went down on the body. And then
when I discovered what It was I
dragged him through the door and
Into the corridor."
"That's what you say."
"It's the truth."
"Oh, certainly, Mr. Sundean. But
there's the other way ot looking at
It. And the conclusive thing to
their mind Is this: Letters were
found among your things, as well as
various articles ot clothing and pa
pers, that proved you have been in
Russia, near and In Moscow tor the
last two years. Yet your arrival
bulletin, on file here with the police,
makes no mention at all ot Moscow.
In It you claim your home Is in New
Yorlc Is your home New York?" .
"Yes. That Is, no. That Is I have
no home, exactly. New York does as
well as any place. And I've been on
a construction Job In Russia. I'm
an engineer."
"So Miss Tally told me," he said.
He was at last looking directly at
me, but I could not measure the
look In his dull deep-set eyes. He
added expresslonlessly: "Perhaps
I'd better tell you that I cannot pos
sibly help you unless you give me
your confidence."
"Hang It, man, I am telling the
troth. I've told the truth all along.
There was' no reason not to. I've
been In Moscow, certainly, but what
ot It? Many people have been In
Moscow; the city's full of people."
"Well, you see," said Lorn slowly.
"The murdered man they have
reason to think that he's a Russian,
too."
(Copyright, 1IJJ. Ulanon O. Bberhart)
Mr. Lorn tomorrow, Injecte s
atartllng faot Into tht slnlatar
tangle.
racing to Peter O'Connor Of Clan
Francisco. The races wilt be staged
at Multnomah clvlo stadium, and a
crew of men will be put to work to
morrow preparing a racing track.
Salem Will Seek
Funds For Dock
SALEM, Ore., April 31, (AP) Ap
plication for a $05,000 loan for con
struction of a municipal dock here
will be sent to the reconstruction
finance corporation tomorrow. The
plan was outlined as self -liquidating
over a 35-year period.
The number of motor vehicles used
for commercial purposes In France
has increased 71 In six years.
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principal hope of trainers condition
ing nominees for the (50,000 added
Kentucky derby to be raced at Chur
chill Downs May 6. Muddy tracks
have been the tracks at both Louis
ville and Lexington for more than a
week.
Col. B. R. Bradley, whose entry of
Boilermaker and Broken Tip may
produce another surprise victory for
Vie three-time derby winner, will not
Jose Hits A Snag!
Will The Harvest Be?
K1CTW
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THE
start In the prospect purse at Lex
ington Saturday unless the track la
good. Bradley's horses, as yet un
raced this spring, are working out
at his Idle Hour farm near Lexing
ton. C. O. Van Meter says he has about
decided to drop the derby from the
stake engagements of his Red Whisk.
This nominee has shown a dislike for
mud, and the continued bad track
By C. M. PAYNE
WMSM VOO 'GET TO THE
EX.CUOS1VE CLUB.VOU WILL
ABLE TO CONVEWS ABOUT
PE19ATOTMEM- MEM OF I
TWEir MEIMTAUTT ARE.
MUICAUVM" IMCLINED-
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at Lexington has prevented his con
ditioning for the mile and a quarter
Journey.
Swedes Teach Idle to Sing
STOCKHOLM (Pj Free instruction
In choral singing Is one of the voca
tional and cultural courses offered
unemployed young people here. One
group of young men recently gave
their first concert with great success.
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
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. THE WIMPLES BV PiEADlKfc A FEVERISH - ,
COLD, VOU PROP OVER TO THE PIMMICKS FOR
A LIlTLE BP.1P6E, ANP DISCOVER , AFTER RIN6IN6
THE BELL, THAT THE WIMPLES HAVE HAD THE SAME IDEA
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SAY ALIENISTS
FLORENCE. Arts.. Aplrl 31. (AP
With her life at stake. 38-year-old
Winnie Ruth Judd, blonde confessed
(Copyright, 1933. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
slayer of Agnes LeBol and Hedvig
9amuel50n. beard three alienists tes
tify today for the state they believe
she la sane, knows she is under death ,
sentence and knows why.
Dr. Joseph Catton. San Francisco
psychiatrist, said she Is "suffering 1
from the neurosis of the condemned." t
but he did not think her condition
satisfied the legal definition of in
sanity.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
ttj GLENN CUAFFIN
and UAL FOBUE8X
By EDWIN ALGER
By SOL HESS"
By George M.cManua (