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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since you've been withdrawn from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
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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.
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registration card, made out to M. J.
Flnnegan of (106 N. W. First Ave.,)
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ANTHONY ADVERSE!
BUT MY DEAR MAN
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slough In the Columbia river here to
day. The body was standing In six feet
of water, with only the top of the
head showing above the surface. The
body had been In. the slough but a
few hours, physicians said.
The appearance of the body indi
cated the man had deliberately
walked Into the slough, police re
marked, although an investigation
was ordered to determine whether
foul play was Involved.
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British strawberries are growing
fewer, and experts have failed to dis
cover either the cause or the cure.
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By 0. M. Payna
By Hal Forrest
By Edwin AlgeP
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THANKS,
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