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IT PAGE TEN MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, AfEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1934. eyMwuUx at MOCKING HOUSE BYNOFSIS: rum Uuln afler receiving a series ot threu ening letters. It shot at on a lone., road. Sergeant Harper, aeelonea to protect him. doce not understand Dutresne's hint that someone close to him may have ambushed him. ' They decide to open Dufresne's Powhatan Terrace house oe bait for the hitler; Harper is talking ' with Sheriff Doyle, a reporter, when word comes that Officer Ham ill and another man have been found dead in Duresne's house. Chapter Eirht CRIME SCENE r ET us to back a abort tlnio and follow the adventures of Bandit Chaser No. 18. With Hllleary driving and Con nail; calling the turns, tbe speedy little car beaded for Officer Ham Ill's territory. They bad to drive (lowly, for the headlights could not cut very deeply Into the teeth of tbe storm and tbe automatic windshield wiper just about held Us own against the fiercely-driven snow. Connally kept a sharp lookout, but In vain. At every street Intersection Hllleary sounded tbe whirring siren call, familiar to every patrolman's ar as the signal of the "Flying Sauad." Hllleary brought the car to a halt beside the call-box from which Ham Ill should have reported. It bore a conical cap ot snow, leaning cranlly ts one side from the force of tbe wind. All around was a wblte wilder ness. Inches deep, and gaining stead ily. Unbroken In Its smooth, wind drifted reaches, only a gentle bulge bowed where the curbstone was set Connally borrowed the heavy flashlight from the car's equipment and got out of the machine. The po liceman turned on the beam and flashed It In a circle. Here and there were unmistakable ridges and filled ln hollows which roughly outlined the Imprints a shoe had left earlier In the storm. By going - little farther afield he could distinguish two sets of tbe old tracks, presumably made by Ham ill's coming to the pillar for bis arller "pull" and his subsequent departure. ' There were a few tire-marks In the street, but no otber tracks along tbe sidewalk, and, having struck tbe cent, Connally automatically start ad along the trp.ll. Hllleary drove tbe ear at a snail's pace on a parallel line. For two blocks they continued o, when, upon- crossing an Inter vening street, Connally found that be bad lost tbe trail. Retracing his steps, be found that, a radical alteration bad taken place In Hamlll's course. The old tracks howed that Hamlll had crossed bout a third ot tbe width ot the street, when something bad Induced him to set off at a sharp angle. Tbe almost obliterated footprints led along tbe intersecting street. The trailars followed this tangent, but had not proceeded very tar be- fore they became aware ot a boom ing sound. Futzled, they came to a bait, awaiting a repetition of tbe noise. When it came again, tbey reo egnlied tbe sound at once. The front door of one of the nouses near tbe far end of the block was un latched and thn wind was banging It to and fro with thunderous force. SOME prompting ot Instinct In duced Connally to break into a run. He pulled up, panting, at the ntrance to the front lawn, a flat, desolate level of virgin snow, bound ed by bare hedges and skeleton bushes. The flashlight showed that the footsteps had turned In there. It also picked out tbe bronie nu merals, "34," on one ot tbe stone pillars ot the gate. Tbe massive front door, after Its fitful booming, stood open Invitingly, due to a lull In the wind. .Hllleary go, out of the car, and, side by side, the two policemen walked up the path and scanned the front ot the house, a three-story tone mansion standing In Its own grounds. There was no light, no sign of life anywhere about tbe place. Tbe ball beyond the yawning door waa merely a black cavity lead ing Into tbe unknown. . 1 "I guess we followed the wrong tracks," Hllleary suggested; "these are just from somebody going home." "What about that doort" Connally countered, "People don't leave tbelr front doors banging In a storm. We'd better look Into this. Come onl" Connally pulled off a glove and pressed the electrlo bell button, holding It down with bis Anger. Thar, was no answering sound. Af ter waiting a suitable time, Connal ly stepped gingerly across the threshold. The Inner vestibule doors were closed. He turned the knob and peered Into a still deeper well of darkness. "Hello! Hello!" he shouted, and .BY WALTER C. BROWN. jded against tbe framework ot jo inner door. One of tbe cold glass panels shivered under tbe vibration and came jingling down over the floor. Still there was no answer. A dead silence reigned within. Tbe flash light, sweeping from side to side, gave fugitive glimpses of a wide, deep hall with paneled woodwork and richly turnished. But there was something eerie about this silent place with Its teetering door and the snow seeping over the sill. They looked at each other, then started as tbe door thundered shut behind them. "Prop that damn tblng open!" Connally shouted, and Jerk ing out bis service revolver, ad vanced warily Into tbe ball. He bad glimpsed a taint line ot light under a door farther down tbe ball. He tried the knob cautiously, then flung the door back with a quick motion. Hllleary bad found tbe electric light switches near the front door, but could get no response from any of them. Armed and alert, Connally peered Into the room and stood rooted to tbe threshold. Over his shoulder came the sharp bias of Indrawn breath trom his companion as he, too, saw. Connally's brain was swift In re action. A moment's examination of the gruesome burden of that room confirmed his worst fears. "Don't touch anything here," he warned, backing away toward tbe door. "1 saw a telephone out In the hall. If It's disconnected you'll have to drive back and report this." To bis satisfaction, when he lifted tbe tele phone receiver he beard the familiar buzz, and In a tew moments his call was through to the Fourteenth Pre cinct. CONNALLY had no sooner re placed tbe telephone receiver than the clammy silence ot this trag lo bouse weighed down upon them again. The wind went whistling down the deep ball, stirring up tor tlve rustlings, as of unseen draper ies, while the silent snow sifted tar ther and farther over tbe threshold. The one room In the house they had entered bad been fairly warm, but the exposed hallway was as chill and biting as the outdoors. Hllleary swung his torch In ex ploring circles. The questing beam discovered a refectory table bear Ing several bronze candelbra with tall, tapering candles. These sput tered and flickered a great deal be fore they consented to burn, turn ing the ball Into a place of leaping shadows and shifting visibility. "Ton take one light, and I'll take the otber, and we can make sure there's nobody hiding on this floor. anyway," Connally suggested. "We can let the upstairs go until the others come." . A rush of wind extinguished the 'candles In one swoop. "We'll bave to fix that front door," Hllleary said. "You light the candles again, I'll attend to tbe door," Connally re plied. There was a sturdy Yale lock on the Inside, but he found that tbe lock bar had been releaaed while the door was open, and that, conse quently, tbe door could not be closed until that was aet back. He did this and It locked automatically. He also noticed an old-fashioned koy bang ing beside the door jamb, and, on trying it, found that this was tor tht ordinary lock below the knob. Ouns In hand, tbey lifted tbe can delabra and looked In all the rooms opening trom the central hall. Ths search was quickly made and yield ed nothing In tbe way of Interest There were two doors In the rear ol the house. Each was not only locked, but bolted on the inside. Connally found a key that fitted botb locki and put It lb bis pocket. There wai also a short corridor that led to side door. This was locked, but thi key was not present. The door to th cellars had no lock, only a latch, but was bolted at the side and top, s It was left as found, after Its securl ty had been tested. Connally was just returning from this survey when there came thunderous pounding at tbe fronl door. The policeman hastened to open the door. He was surprised when be saw that the first mat to cross the threshold wore civilian clothes, but soon recognised Detective-Sergeant Harper, and saluted. Next came Officer Clymer, then Smith, and lastly a figure In a gray overcoat slid jauntily past just as he swung the ponderous door shut. Once Inside, Doyle was all eyes, as alert as a pointer In the middle of tall grass field. Harper pulled off bis gloves. "Where are they?" he asked, sim ply. "In there." Connally pointed to the closed door on the left. (Copyright, JtJ, by Walter C. Brown) Tomorrow, Harpsr Invtitloitos a gruaiome crime. CLEVELAND, May 10. (AP) Five former bankers and a former county official were Indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of mak ing a false statement end using tht metis to promote a scheme to de fraud. The latest Indictments, climaxing a year of investigation by department of Justice agents, center around al leged "window dressing" of state ments of condition ot the Union Trust company and Guardian Trust company, which waut into liquida tion. Those Indicted today were Joseph R. Nutt, former chairman ot the board pi the Union Trust company.. INCREASES APRIL R E L I E FSPENDING Federal Report Shows More Families On List Than Same Time Year Ago Resources of Many Gone WASHINGTON, Mh? 10. (AP) The department of commerce report ed today that the number of famil !ea on relief aa of April 1 was larger thla year than at the same time last year. In Its monthly survey of current business, reporting generally Im proved conditions In most sections of American business and Industry, the department noted: "Notwithstanding th progress made in recent months in absorbing Into Industry a portion of the unem ployed, the number without work remains large. "The exhaustion of Individual re sources, together with the - demobil ization of the CWA workers, has re. suited In a substantial Increase In the number of families on relief as of April 1 la estimated to be larger than a year ago." The survey reported substantial galnc In employment and payrolls be tween the middle of February and the middle of March, with 79 out of 90 Industries studied showing Im provement In this line. Statistical Information on other aspects of the business scene for March and early weeks ' of April showed expanding productive activi ty, a gain in retail sales, higher for-1 elgn trade and an advance In distil-1 button. 1 Only the construction Industry, characterized aa the "outstanding ex- j ceptlon to the general trend," failed to go along with other Industry and trade, its index falling 23 points be low December. ' Manufacturing production increas ed during March by more than the usual amount, and stood at 85 per cent of the average for 1923-1925, taken as normal. JUNIOR AT THE MOVIES HAMMOND, Ind.. May 10. (AP) Prosecutor Robert C srstm of Lake county, whose picture taken .with Desperado John DUUnger caused na-! tlon-wlde comment, today conceded j victory In the Democartlc primaries , to his opponent State Senator Fred j A. Egan of Gary. i On the basis of early returns, Es till was running far behind. I On the basis of early returns, Es till was running far behind. j r ' t'HE court (VER HONOR, N y,mmM UNDERSTAND&- hb Sure ws ( (Judge -1 CASE HlTTlN 'Eft f jidn't realize It DISMISSED k up! it- L was trying Wi tr f out some of y- Y that Standard vl. - f Gasoline with 0J By GLUYAS WILLIAMS M . JB LA - NL: HOBfS JUNIOR IrtfO SEAT AND SEfflEf) BACK TO ERJOV MOVIE LA JOHIOR PRE5eNlW LETS rf BE KNOWN. "IrlW HE CftNY SEE MAKES A P1M0W OUf OF GOBTS FOR JlM IOR -fO SI-TON 60 HE Will BE H16HER. HOBft HIM UP AND TRIES TO PICK UP 1HREAD OF TALE I I J. I 2 I I f t I I 1 t-' I I 1 C ' K V 0WIK6 lb WRI66UN6 JUNIOR SLIDES OFF coAfs onto aooR PICKS JUNIOR UP AND W01DS HIM IN LAP DOESN'T SEE MLW OF MOVIE BECAUSE SHE HAS 0 KEEP PdS&INjS TO AVOIP JUNIOR WHO IS GETTlfte RESTLESS JUNIOR FlHAaV66K10 SLEEP, 6IYIN6' HER CLEAR AKD UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW 6f SCREEN, JUST Wb , TiLM ENPS wiUiArft 5-10 (Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) S MATTER POP- By C. M. Payna By Hal Forrest snd former treasurer of the Repub. Mean national committee: Wilbur M Baldwin, former Union Trust preal- j Hnfr .T Arthur Mimim fftrmw final. dlan president: A, R. Frawr and Harry C. Robinson, former Guardian vice president, and Alex Bernstein, former chief deputy county treasurer. rf now, lst'4 SE.a. MVPo-pii,n) - BP -Me.SAi3 it vjuzTIIP Y NT1 VWSLOFPlOvWIl,!!! ZI'P 4lMMEA3IMtb-v -"- I A T3 AT2 6AI rj , AKl' C (ek HE. 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BUT LOWY SPeSJD HOURS TT- J ABOUT THE -3l"Z.Ei OP A PF.MO SOV N, BUT REMEMBER THERE'S TLLO TRAlMS I ARSUIIOGj UJITW A SUEST ABOUT HIS 'teSfj ( OWLV IT WAS OME MORE WIWDOW VtTT I A DAY OUT OF t-tER.EC AMD A BUS LinjE fcT ROOM ? 1 STATE IK ALL OUR ADS TWAT I J 1 V'ASJD YOL OPEN! THAT FOR. A. BREATH . . t ENERY PEW HOURS VO( DONJ'T HAVE L GUESTS SHOJLD MAKeRESBWATIOWSi " L. - 4 V OF FRESK AIR. AKJD YOU'VE &OT TOi , ! ILTO STAY WERE - I Do. SO 6NE ME J " Q-: 5-10 l II ) yv jSTr tlui ih o eriom If "i 1 tiiiiii -. - PUB I ll'll III 1 1 By Edwin Alger if BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManuj TYPEWRITER MAKERS WALK OUT IN STRIKE BYRACU8E, N. Y., Msy lft.(AP) Mors thsn S.OuO men snd women em ployes of the Remington Rsnd Type writer company walked out on strike here snd st lllon this Afternoon In whst their leaders described ss n pro. test agtlnst failure ot the company officials to recoRnllse their union. RALEM. May 10. (API Salem gro cery store operators met today with Ma Oehlhar, director of agriculture. I In an effort to fix minimum retail potato pilot. VILL YOU HUT UP COr-lPLAlNIMG? THt HOUSE HAft TO SE CLEANED AMD YOU'VE GOT TO DOOUt WARS' FSOM THE AMOUNT or WORK I'VE GOT TO DO I MUT OWN ALL The SHARES WILL N-OU KEEP OLHE.T?THERE.t VERY LITTLE TO BE DONE NOW- I'VE GOT EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL CLEANED UP- WELL, That's SOME GOOD ; news- HELLO-MlS-b CARRIE GOSIOE I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OVER-YOU HAVE SUCH GOOD ideas amo might help ms in REARRANGING my FURNITURE- I irrm i ifi lit 1st . C:rtt Pf 'i i r(-h (ffT-J I ( RATS'. lIIS 5WEET x Hess
