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ft paop: sre MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAT 22, 1934. MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN Hy.' t WQ men have been murderf.it in I'ierra Dufreene'e bio house. All the evidence point to the tact that theu ehot eaoh other, but Sergeant Harper doee not 5 lleve theu did, Howard Doule. who inadvertently brouaht hire. Du treene into the tanale. onlv to have her taint and inture hereelt. telle harper that the detective will be Olad the mistake tnae made. Chapter 18 DOYLE'S CONTRIBUTION "TTERE'S the queer part The Old ti Man acted human for once but Arm. 1 was off the case and that was that. It's a puzzle, because I bare good reasons tor doubting that Dufresne would go behind my back about a thing like that." "Why shouldn't be, Doyle? Mrs. Dutresne was scared halt to death and It led to an Injury that Is very serious to any woman, and especial ly a beautiful woman." "Sergeant, I'm surprised! Don't you know a detective's Qrst duty Is to keep his mind free from all prej udices, favorable or otherwise?" He laughed. Harper's face began to redden. "I don't see anything funny about a beautiful woman having ber face . disfigured tor life," he retorted. "Of course you don't. Sergeant, and neither do L Don't misunder stand me. In such a situation one must cultivate a phllosopblo atti tude, like our friend Dufresne. If that had happened to your wife, or mine, we'd have taken a poke at the chap who caused the trouble. "But Mr. Dufresne Is content to alt and murmur 'C'est la main da Seig neur.' In case your French Is a little rusty, that means 'It Is the hand of God.' Does Dufresne's reaction seem regular and normal to you?" Without waiting for an answer, Doyle continued. "I'm all washed up with this case, but I'm going to let fly a couple of broadsides bofore I go and you'll be smart enough to profit by them." "What has that to do with you, since you've been withdrawn from the case?" "That's what I'm coming to. Lis ten, you've talked with Dutresne about those 'crank' letters?" "Yes." "Didn't he sort of hint around the buih that the writer might turn out to be, shall we say, not a total stranger to him?" "Yes, he hinted something like ' that." "Didn't he glva you the Impres sion that there was something that be feared, but wouldn't talk about? He was pretty well shaken up over that ambush, wasn't he?" . "Yes, but that's only natural. No one but an Idiot would make light of It." "Don't you think It odd that the first time he went out without a bodyguard he was fired on ? And that It occurred on a lonely road, far from the city?" "No. It's not odd, If some one were waiting for just such a chance." "That doesn't say much for the ability of Barry and Marklson, who were supposed to be guarding him. I've always thought they were pretty good men." "No one Is Infallible, Doyle." "I think both Marklson and Barry know their business," Doyle shrugged. "But let's look at It from another angle. Who knew where Dutresne was going on that trip?" "Only himself, Mrs. Dufresne, and the two detectives, so far as we know. Possibly Andrews, the butler, knew also." " A liL right, we'll drop that line, but think It over and aee It It doesn't suggest something to you. Now, after you ran out on us so mysteriously, I got to thinking about the bints Dutresne had been hand ing out and I guessed you bad made the sudden dash to give the latest developments to the new widow, and. Incidentally, to And out just how she had been spending the eve ning. 1 remembered having seen her name In the aoclety column, so I looked up the notice. I found that Mrs. Crelghton Morlock's house waa only about a mile from here, so I left and walked over "And was I surprised when t got there and found you hadn't been near the placel And let me tell you that tbe lady was expecting trouble. She didn't give me half a chance to tell my atory. At the first words she rushed out of the house and Into a car. The rest of the story you know." Harper stirred rostlvely. "I don't see where that alters the circum stances." "Walt a minute, you haven't heard all of It yet." Doyle's alert eyes wore Hied steadily on the dotectlve's through the cigarette smoke. "By and by the smart detective on this case Is going to call In everybody concerned, one by one, and ask. 'Where were you on the night of BY LARGE VOTE POLLED IE SALEM, May 23. (AP) flute Sen ator Bam H. Brown of Mnrlon county, who waa runner-up to Joe K. Dunne In the Republican gubernatorial nomination, today Issued the follow ing statement! "Unpledged and without money, standing on my legislative record ol It years, t made a tight to see If a man of the people could ever atteln the office of governor. I (eel that my effort was not entirely In vln with the support that rallied to my January 10th?' When that time comes, Harper, you're going to And that Mrs. Dufresne will have an alibi that Is really no alibi at all then what? "Certainly, I'm aware that there was a dinner party at Mrs. Morlock's last night and Mrs. Dufresne Is a house guest there. But, you will hear that Mrs. Dufresne was so upset over, the news of the attack on her bus-; band yesterday afternoon that she developed a severe headache and re mained In ber room. She did not come down for dinner. "I've found out that you tried to reach her by telephone from the Austerllts and couldn't get an answer. Perhaps you haven't had time to And out why, so I'll tell you. By a most strange coincidence, there was a Are last night In tbe Morlock garage and the telephone wires, strung just outside It, were burned and put out of commission. "When I got to the house the con fusion was at Its peak Are engines all over tbe street, salvaged auto mobiles parked anywhere, guests and servants running In and out to watch the show. No one knew where any one else was, or had been." Doyle lowered bla voice Impres sively. "While I waa looking around I saw a woman's Agure going Into the house through the aide door. I couldn't see ber face, but I got a good look at tbe fur coat and the shoes. This woman had come up the rear walk. I could see ber footprints In the snow. Everybody was over on the other side of the house, watch ing the garage burn. "TIfELL, I Anally found a house ' maid running excitedly around the hall and I asked for Mrs. Du fresne. The girl went upstairs and In a minute or two Mrs. Dufresne came down. Harper, you can Ima gine the jolt I got when I recognized the allpperBl "Not only that, but they were soak ing wet from tbe snow, as wet as my shoes were from walking over a mile In It! And when Mrs. Dufresne sent for her coat, to go along with me, there waa the same fur coat I had seen disappearing through the side door, the fur still damp from melted snow. Now, what do you make of that?" Harper was silently digesting this story of the reporter's. "That will bear a lot of thought, Doyle," he answered slowly. . "Get this my Anal broadside. Harper. I don't know how far you've gone with your Investigations but It strikes me that there's something In this case resembling the state of Denmark In Hamlet's time." Doyle stood up and pointed through the window. "Do you see that stone wall? That's the boundary wall of Dufresne's property. On the other side of the wall are thick bushes. Last night some one hid there between the bushes and tbe wall, walked up and down and watched this house, most likely this very room. There Is your wltnessl Find , him, and you'll know what went on here last night!" A tew moments later Sergeant Harper and his assistant, Lafferty, bent thoughtfully over the sketch the former had drawn of the Du tresne bouse and grounds. They just had come In from their Inspection of the spot Doyle had discovered by a fortunate chance. The reporter'a Anal broadside bad been very telling, Indeed, riddling into holes the inferential evidence so far provided by the killings. A witness, and a secret one, certainly substantiated Harper'a doubts that the affair had been "haphazard." Here was the first hint of premedi tation. "That Is certainly a choice bit of luck," Lafferty chuckled. "Walt till we blase away with that and see whose feathers Ay." "That's exactly what we're not going to do," Harper countered. "It's an ace up our sleeve, but that'a the best plaoe for It at present. It's some thing to think about quietly, not brag about" "Well, you're passing np a Ana chance to put on the screws. You're giving them too much time to get their stories ready. I'm sure that smart chauffeur, Donaghy, is wise to something, and then there Is old Andrews and that sour-faced Mrs. Whltmore all likely material to work on, You can trust the servants to know things." Harper smiled. "Don't let your patience get out of control, Jack. I'm deliberately giving these people plenty of time to think It ovor. If they're concealing something, they're sure to elnborate too much and take enough rope to hang them selves." (Copyright. If Jl. by Walter C. Brown) Tomorrow, ths doteetlvoi begin s cold, rtltntltn sorting of ovl done. "To those many thousands through out the state X express my deepest gratitude. Ours, though a losing bat tle, was a clean tight for the com mon man." Rufus C. Holman, third In the rsce for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, Issued the following statement: "1 wish to thank those who sup ported my candidacy for the gov ernorship In the hope that thereby the happiness and prosperity of the peoplt could be promoted. "Their steadfastness under a bar raae of personal attacks upon me Is deeply appreciated. I herewith pledge a continuance of my fidelity to the public welfare." PORTLAND, May 31. IIP) Ly'.S Klrkwood, 21, of Salem, was Injured about the head early today when the automobile In which he was riding figured in a collision with a freight 791 ARRESTS BY STATE POLICE IN SALEM, May 22. (AP) The atato police activities for the month of April resulted In 701 arrests In the three divisions of law enforcement general, traffic and game. Sentences totaling 31 years were meted out and fines assessed were $10,001. Fees col lected In the traffic division totaled 2610, Charles P. Pray, superinten dent, reported here today. Of the 182 arrests In the regular law enforcement, the most were for larceny under $50, of which there were 26, One murder arrest waa made, but the case was still pending. The largest sentences wore also meted out to the petty larceny cases, while the greatest fines, 91000, were for Illegal transportation of liquor. In the traffic division, most ar rests, 101, were for failure to have public utilities commission permits. Pines totaling $1452 wore assessed for driving while Intoxicated, also result ing In sentences of 1330 days. Failure to have license plates resulted In fees collected amounting to $1051. Fishing without licenses and hunt ing In closed season netted $2025 in fines In the game division. SALEM, May 22. (AP) Harry E. Beardsley, 61, of Salem oled In a hos pital here Sunday following a crash between a car In which he was riding as passenger and a Southern Pacific work train at the Wallace crossing In West Salem. S 'MATTER POP TAILSPIN TOMMY Ready -T S rtXNIHS LOT VT4 roti OCOAG 010 ri, me BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER VOll BEEN BACK 1 TO THE GALLEY , LATELY. SEN? -18- 3 ' Jl siar'"- S 'i tL (Copyright. 1934, by Th. 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