Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 16, 1934, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, JfEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, HAY 16, 1934. MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN d, A man made up to edmbl Pierre liufresne. eontrao. tor and political power, and a po liceman apparently have shot eanh other in tJutteane'e houee. lire. ) treene hae tainted and out her cheek at the eioht : Dutieene hae not yet arrived from hie doumtoum hotel. 8eraeant Harper- hoieever, cannot Quite believe that the ehote ieere i.red ae the evidence eeeme to Indicate. Chanter 13 OR. ULRICH FURTHER Investigation was tem porarily Interrupted by the sounds of a new arrival at tbe bouse. Harper went out Into tbe ball to find out who It was, A tall flguro, wearing an enormous tur coat, strode toward him. "Dr. UlrlchT" be Inquired. Tbe tall man nodded curtly. "Are you Sergeant Harper?" Tbe detective nodded. "Mrs. Du (resne Is n her room, I'll go up wltb you." "What are all these policemen do ing around here and that ambu lance outside?" Ulrlcb demanded. "We found the bodies of two men In tbe breakfast-room here, one tbe policeman from this district. The evidence seems to Indicate that they killed each other, but we haven't bad time enough to go Into tbe details." The doctor stopped dead In bis Harper Irowueu. . . . ou won derlng wby be Jumped to that con clusion so readily. At tbe moment I see no necessity for questioning Mrs. Dufresne about anything. 1 only bope that It turns out ei be ex pects. I'm more tban'iorry It hap pened at all and 1 e m't help feeling that 1 am partly to ilame." "Nonsense," Dr. ,'llller declared, "It wasn't your fault." "All right. Doc, let's drop It. I'll have something to say about that later. Let's get on with this before there are any more delays, you're examined the bodies?" Dr. Miller nodded. "SuperOcIally, of course, but I doubt that the au topsy'll tell us any more than we can see with tbe naked eye. Matter of form In a cut-and-drled case like this." "Well, I want a complete post mortem report Just tbe same and an analysis of tbe stomach con tents. It might be helpful to know wben and what he had last eaten and tbe amount of alcohol con sumed. Just a matter of record, Doc, Is it possible that this could havt been a double suicide, or murdei and suicide?" "IMPOSSIBLE. The nature and location of the wounds maki that absolutely Impossible. Besides, there are no powder burns. The TRADE SECRETS OF GRAIN KINGS That strange corpse. tracks, his eyebrows arched In sur prise, "So that was the 'little trou ble' you mentioned over the tele phone? Who Is tbe other victim?' Harper shook bis bead. He had taken an Instant dislike to tbe sg gresslve, patronizing manner of the medical man. Tbe detective bad left blm and was half-way down tbe stairs, wben Dr. Ulrlcb, costless and wltb bis blrt sleeve's rolled up, came strid ing after blm and seized blm by the arm. "You damned clodhoppers!" be blazed, glaring down at Harper from tbe height of bis seventy-odd Inches, "What bave you been doing to Mrs. Dufresne? If you've been trying any of your dirty third-degree methods on her I'll see that you answer for It." Harper pushed the restraining arm aside. "There's no use bluster Ing around here, Doctor. This place bappena to be in the bands of the police and I am In charge. You will please confine your efforts to your patient. Wben that la done. I'll be glad to answer any questions about Mrs. Dutresnes accident." I1TITH an angry growl, Dr. Ulrlcb 'V ran down tbe steps and seized the telephone. Harper returned to tbe breakfast-room where Carlln was once more absorbed In study Ing the mark on tbe wainscoting left by the spent bullet. The deteo- tlve revolved slowly around that strange corpse In the chair, study ing the body from all angles. A few minutes later Dr. Miller ap peared, "Dr. Ulrlcb has sent tor a nurse," be announced. "He says It will be best not to move Mrs. Dufresne, "What does he say about the cut?" "He thinks It can be healed with out leaving a scar, but Mrs. Du fresne will bave an uncomfortable time of It for a few days. She'll bave to be ted through a tube and she won't be able to talk or move about. Any sudden Jolt or move ment of her Jaws would open up the cut and undo all the work. "Ha warned me that sba Is not to be eross-oiamlned or annoyed In any way. Wby Is be so hot under the collar? He seems to have an Idea tbat wa've been grilling her about this business." shot each other and dropped In theli tracks." "Can you fix tbe time of death?" The police surgeon approached tbe murdered stranger. He moved the dead man's arms slightly, bent tbe ringers, and tilted the bead a little to one side. He went through mucb the same performance wltb Officer Hamlll's body. "I'd lay tbat death occurred somewhere between seven and nine o'clock. As you know, Sergeant, rigor mortis sets In anywhere from three to twelve hours after death, depending on the aurroundlng tem perature, tbe physical condition of the subject, and so on. In each case tbe muscles sre Just beginning to set. Tbls tallies wltb the coagula tion of the blood at the wounds." Harper nodded. "We've net bad much of a chance to trace things." he explained, "and of this one man we know nothing whatever. We do know that Officer Hamlll 'pulled his box' at eight o'clock. His failure to ring up at nine led to the discov ery .of the crime. Tbe search party that went out after htm beard tbe door of this house banging In tbe wind and Investigated. That was about ten o'clock or a few minutes 1 after." Dr. Miller tucked away his watch. "That fits In all right. Yes, It is my opinion that they died at the same time." "Well, then, what about this. Doc? Carlln thinks that the wound In the bead could only have been made by a .45 caliber steel-Jacket bullet. The one we found was a .83 blunt-nose." "Nonsense," he snorted In con tempt. "You can't tell offhand, that way. Bullets are tricky thlnga. no matter what the caliber. Wben they strike a bony surface there'a no telling what course they'll take. Be sides, you've got the bullet, haven't you ?" Yes, we have It We assume thai It's from Hamlll's gun." . "That ought to settle the argu ment," Miller's voice took on shrewd pitch. "Have you turned up anything that looks fishy t" "No, I haven t," Harper was forced to admit. (Copyrtoht. mi. bv tfolter 0. Brounl Tomorrow, tht tsnglt growl sud denly wort. Bare Driver Din BAKERSFIELD, Calif. May 19 (AP) Bern Palmer, well known Pa clflc coast automobile racing pilot, died In a hoApltsl this morning from Injuries he suffered when his ma chine turned over nesr hero lsat wefk. Palmer waa hurt while driving to Loa Angeles from Oakland. electrical energy converted Into heat whhln the tissues of the body la now uaed to heat deep-lying tis sues of sick persona. CHICAGO, May 18. (AP) Pur ported trade secrete of the master minds of grain speculation were dis closed today as the - federal govern ment continued Its Inquiry Into al leged secret wheat deals by which the department of agriculture charge Arthur W. Cutten, prominent trader, manipulated the market in 1830. Secret number 1 was .the part numbers play In the opening of trading accounts with brokerage houses. Cutten, for lnstsnce, car- rleri ajl rtf hi aCAiint ft num. ! ber Instead of under his name, one broker testified. The broker, Richard P. Uhlmann, secretary of the Uhlmann Oraln Co., said Cutten opened an account with his (lrm May 19, 1030. "Mr. Cutten asked that the ac count be carried as number S," said Uhlmann.1 "We already had a num ber 07, but no other number would do, so we created account Q7 spe cial." Uhlmann was the flrat witness at the second dsy of the hearing, in which Cutten Is cited for disbarment from grain .markets of the United States on the contention of the gov ernment that he failed to report grain holdings aa required under the grain futures act. The number system, said the brok er, was a characteristic of Cutten's market strategy. "When Cutten was trading heavily In 1031, frequently making deals of more than 60,000 bushels, he used this kind of account," he told tbe court. Leo F. Tlerney, government coun sel, asked why Cutten's accounts never exceeded 496.000 bushels. Ac cording to the law, accounts over 600,000 bushels must be reported to the government. "He probably wanted to limit his rlak," sail Uhlmann. "Every man's blood pressure rises at a certain point." NEW . YORK, . May 19. 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