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MEDFORD MAIL TRTJ3TTKE, IfEDFORD, OREGON, STJXDAY, JUT 27; 1934.
MOCKING HOUSE
BYNOlSlS: Appaii.n.ty a po
Veaman and a itranger hove ehot
each other dead In the breakfast
room at Pierre Dutreene'e house.
Yet Sergeant Harper doee not be
iteve it ie eo, although the only evi
dence eo tar that he le right seems
to connect the beautiful Aire. Du
freene with the deed. With Detec
tive hafterty, Harper I carefully
reconstructing the murdered
stranger's actlone on the fatal
night.
Chapter 21
HELP AT LAST
rHB nun seemed to be quite fa
miliar with the house." Harper
continued, "for he disturbed noth
ing. He started a Are In that hearth,
very likely as soon as be arrived,
for It was chilly. The logs were pret-
ty well burned when we arrived on
the scene."
"Wouldn't some one have noticed
the smoke from the chimney when
be started It?" Laflorty questioned
"The Whltmores, for Instance?"
"We can Inquire, but 1 tblnk the
chances were against It. It was a
gray, lowering sky, and with the
snow coming down so thickly I doubt
If It would have been noticed. Our
man set out a decanter of whiskey
and one of brandy, took a glass from
the cabinet yonder, and sat down at
the head of the table, as comforta
ble as you please. He lit a cigarette,
threw the match In the fireplace, and
relaxed. Doesn't that suggest that
he was there to meet some one?
"He smoked Ave cigarettes, tor
there are four stubs In the grate
and five matchstlcks. The fifth cig
arette burned Itself to ashes be
tween his dead fingers. As he
smoked, he carelessly Sipped the
eshes toward the fireplace. Some
teU a little short. He Is still sitting
there when Officer Hamlll enters
the room and the shooting begins,
LaSerty made a wry face. "That
brings as right back to the mystery
of why they did It What made them
'go tor each other1 simultaneously?"
Harper said, "It's all very put-
(ling. If our unknown man had been
trailing Dufreane, be must certainly
save realised that Dufreane would
guard himself In the Auaterlitz, last
night of all nights at least. What
made blm come up here and dress
himself like Dufreane? The mystery
of this man's clothing Is going to
five us plenty to think about. The
outfit must be part of bis mas
querade, his own clothing must be
bidden somewhere In this bouse.".
Harper turned out the Inner
breast pocket of the jacket. An em
bossed silk label furnished the mak
er's name Barr, Tompkins & Barr,
one of the exclusive tailoring firms
of tbe city.
"Look here, Jack, this fellow was
no customer of that firm. There Is
too much discrepancy between the
quality of his under and outer cloth
ing. Nor did his bands exactly Indi
cate the gentleman of leisure. These
nose-glasses were put on, along with
tbe false beard, to make bis resem
blance to Onfresne more striking.
The pincers of tbe glasses made
deep red marks on the sides of his
nose.
"Was be so anxious to conceal his
Identity that be removed a ring
worn so long that he had to skin
his knuckle to get It oft? There are
lome leading questions for you."
"Well, Barr, Tompkins & Barr
Ihould be able to give us some In
formation about the dress suit."
"I think we can get the same In
formation much nearer home," Har
per replied, rising and pressing the
lervice bell. ,
'CTEVE," Latterly began, "I've
J been mulling over what you
laid about that man having shaved
ere In the house. Thst suggests
lust one thing to ma he was going
to meet some one and that some
ne was a woman. Tou can't escape
the deduction."
Harper nodded. "Yes, but you
can't be so positive about a woman
being mixed up in It. Every time
you see a man shaving It doesn't
mean that be's going to a ren
leivous." "Steve, you're certainly bent on
throwing a screen around Mrs.
Dutresne. Why are you so sure she
bad nothing to do with It?"
Harper answered patiently, "That
Inference will not be overlooked. I
hold no brief for tbe lady, but I
bare an Instinctive feeling that she
Is entirely Innocent, Not, as Doyle
suggested, because of her air of fra
gility or any chivalrous duty to beau
ty In distress."
"Mrs. Dufresne tainted when she
ssw the dead man unmasked," Lat
terly continued doggedly. "Perhaps
that was from shock or the sudden
relief from strain but I think she
knew that mini And I'm going to
take that as a working basis."
"That's quite all right," Harper
inswered good-naturedly. "Mrs. Du
Iresne's movements last night will be
looked Into thoroughly. Don't for
let that this pow wow began with
ER
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BAN FRANCISCO, May 35. (AD
In the hard and violent (union ot
the Orient, a Japanese mother car
ried her 11-month old son to a flam
ing death with her In the Jspsntss
tea garden ot 8n Francisco's Gold
en Oste park Itit ntRht, police said
today.
The woman, Mrs. A Haglwsra.
23, police aMd, drench si herself and
her ton with gasoline, applied a
match and leaped Into a rubbish
burning pit at the tea garden where,
under the hanging willow trees, she
had served guests. The women left a
note saying: "It Is beat that I do
tUf, OopdbjiV
BY WALTER C. BROWN
tbe Idea that there may nave oeen
a third person In this room last
night even," he pronounced slow
ly, "that these killings did not take
place as suggested by tbe evidence.
A dozen watchers beyond tbe gar
den wall wouldn't alter that, It they
didn't enter the house"
Harper broke off short at tbe door
opened and Andrews entered. .
"Andrews, can you teU us the
name of Mr. Dufresne't tailors?"
The butler showed no sign of sur
prise at the seemingly irrelevant
question. "Barr, Tompkins & Barr.''
Harper picked up the coat, trous
ers, and waistcoat. "I want yon to
examine these carefully, Andrews,
and tell us If these are part of Mr.
Dutreane's wardrobe."
Andrews looked closely at the
various articles, fingering the seams,
examining tbe linings, turning out
the Inner pocket for the label. "Yes,
sir, I am quite sure this Is one of
Mr. Dufresne's suits." .
Harper handed over tbe nose
glasses, with their black silk cord.
"How about these?"
"I think they are his. Mr. Du
fresne has all bis glasses made up
In duplicate pairs."
"Can you Identify any others ot
these clothes?"
Andrews obediently picked over
tbe shoes, socks, underwear, shirt,
collar and tie. He put tbe last three
articles aside. "I believe these came
from upstairs, sir. I am sure tbe
others did not."
"Hat Mr. Dufresne awakened yet,
Andrews?" ,
"Oh, yes, sir. He is having break
fast now."
"Have you been In Mr. Duf resne's
rooms since yon came up from the
Austerlits last night?"
"Naturally, sir, several times.
Both last night and this morning."
"Did you notice any sign ot dis
turbance, anything to Indicate that
this man had been in those rooms?
Or did Mr. Dufresne mention any
thing of that nature?"
"No, sir. So far as I could see
nothing had been disturbed. I can
not answer tor Mr. Dufresne, but
doubtlessly he would have men
tioned It to me."
Harper put the clothing back on a
chair. "If this man changed Into
some of Mr. Dufresne't clothes he'd
do It right there In tbe room, An
drews, take Lafferty here np to the
dressing-room and help him look '
through the closets."
LAFFERTY went out In the wake
ot the butler, and Harper, left
alone, began to walk up and down
the room, bis eyes turning again
and again to that armchair In which
the baffling Intruder had met his
death. .
He came to a stop before the
wainscoting at the vertical panel
that bora the bullet mark. The bul
let bad not wedged Itself Into the
wood, but had been found on the
floor, whence It had dropped after
the Impact The detective used bis
magnifying . lens on the scarred
place.
Carlln's puztled suggestion that
the bullet wound bore all the mark
ings of a heavy caliber steel-jacket
had stuck In his mind. Tht lens af
forded a much clearer view ot the
jagged dent in the wood, from which
tiny partlclea bad fallen to the floor.
Thla enlarged scope ot the eye
gave the detective a tudden and
startling Insight Into the matter. He
fitted tbe bullet Into the rough-edged
cavity. It matched very badly. He
tried the bullet from various angles
but with no better success.
Harper squatted back on hla
heels, the light ot discovery dawning
on him. The center depth of the bul
let mark In the wainscoting was un
doubtedly deeper than Officer Ham
ill's bullet could account for. Fur
thermore, the mark In the wood ran
to a distinct conical pit, while the
nose of the policeman's bullet was
distinctly bluatl Here was the first
tangible bit ot evidence to give col
or to bis suspicions.
It looked aa If the sharp-eyed Car
lln's hesitancy over acceptance ot
the caliber of the fatal bullet at a
.38 was going to be justified, if tbll
unidentified masquerader bad not
died by this particular .38 bullet
then Officer Hamlll had not killed
him. The attendant corollaries ot
this thought leaped Into Harper's
grasp, full-armed and clamoring tor
attention.
It meant that the bullet which had
really killed the man In the chair
was definitely missing! It had been
carried away. Soma phantom third
pretence had dislodged it from the
wall and substituted a bullet fired
from the policeman's gun.
Officer Hamlll had not killed tbe
unknown man. Then the dead man
In the armchair could not hare killed
Hamlll!
(CopvHaht. iSJl, si; Walter C. Brovm)
Hsrptr, U.iiorrow, finds still an
othtr ixoltlng elus.
A Farm Tragedy
RAMSEY, 111.. May 2d. HP) Bn
raged when a young farmer called to
mary his housekeeper's daughter.
Thomas Hayes, 69, tod it shot and
killed three persons. Including the
brtde-to-be and the mother, then
committed suicide.
Japan Accepts
TOKYO. May 25. (IP) The Jspsn
eee government wis understood today
to have accepted a British Invitation
to carry on diplomatic talka with the
United States end Oreat Britain Sep
srttely preliminary to the 1835 naral
conference.
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Brighter Dlrldends
NEW YORK. Msy 29. p, Then
were twenty favorable dividend
changea last week against 13 In the
previous week, ths Stsndsrd Statistics
Co. reported today. Unfavorable
changes numbered two against seven
ih seek pefgrt, .
Jubilee Sidelights
Construction of th setting lor tbe
historical pageant, "Oyer-Un-Gon,"
(Land of Plenty) Is steadily progress
ing at the fair grounds where the
pageant will be presented Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights. The
setting Is 40 feet high, 160 feet wide
and 100 feet deep, a true replica of
pioneer scenes before which more
than 600 people will participate In
the memorable production. Rehear
sals have been under way for weeks
under the direction of Prof. Angus
Bowmer of the Southern Oregon Nar
mal school. He also wrote the pag
eant. Over 50 members of the CCO will
take part In the Lewis and Clark ex
pedition entry In the pioneer parade,
an event of Thursday, June 7, dur
ing Oregon's Diamond Jubilee cele
bration. The expedition will be faith
fully reproduced In costume. In ad
dition to the 48 white men on the
expedition, there were Bacajawea, In
dian girl wife of a French-Canadian
guide of the party, and one colored
man. The parade entry la being pre
pared under the direction of Lieut.
Roy Croft of the district headquar
ters. Taking advantage of the advance
ticket sale, quite a number of local
people have been purchasing tickets
for the pageant, "Oyex-Un-Gon" and
the Diamond Jubilee roundup, two
of the Important features of Jubilee
week. A tloket office was establish
ed a few days ago at the celebration
headquarters In the Sparta building.
Mall orders are also arriving,
A miner whose efforts have yielded
many ounces of gold, George Hersch
berger of Willow Brings, Is looking
forward enthusiastically to Oregon's
Diamond Jubilee next month. Mr.
Herschberger came to southern Ore
gon over 60 years ago and spent most
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of that time In hills surrounding tbe
valley. There Is much gold yet to be
, found, he says, and he has never
f given up the quest.
Entries are wanted for the min
eral exhibit to be open during Jubi
lee week to lend further assurance
f A1 Af Vi keif ellinlaiH
; shown m the state. Quite a number
: of entries have already arrived, with
. the first offered by Jude Beldel, who
10 operiLving in umtea meiais prop
erty in Josephine county. One of
his exhibits has been assayed at 3,
500 per ton.
"We were on our way north to
Seattle and Canada when we first
heard about Oregon's Diamond Jubi
lee celebration, and now we are go
ing to stay until it Is over," H. O.
Mallory of Oakland, Cel., said yes
terday when a visitor in the Jubilee
headquarters. Mr. Mallory is accom
panied by his family and said he
figured there would be a large num
ber of visitors from California. "You
would be surprised at the interest
there Is In Oregon's birthday party,"
he said.
Jubilee caps, adopted as the offi
cial headgear for the celebration, are
in great demand, often exceeding the
supply. The caps are of an attract
ive dealgne and will be the vogue
rest of the 1 month. - Local residents
are urged to procure tliem before
the supply is entirely exhausted.
W. E. (Shorty) Morris was out un
til 9 o'clock last night looking for
wagons for the pioneer parade to be
held during the Jubilee celebration.
He has located many vehicles In all
parts of the county. George Carter
has been as busy looking for horses
and received co-operation from many
sources. Mrs. C. L. Hopkins has a
list of local people who are to be in
the parade, and is looking for more.
J. Verne Shangle, parade chairman,
has been In touch with his commit
tee members constantly in working!
out further plans for tbe parade.
which promises to be one of tbe
largest ever presented in the west,
A display of Indian arrows is com
ing to Medford from Hood River, Ore.
T. J. Miller of that city has been
Jubilee conscious for weeks and some
time ago said he was arriving to
spent the entire week at the celebra
tion, bringing a display of several
thousand arrows.
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SOMERVTLLE, N. J., May 36. (AP)
Henry De La Bruyere Carpender,
one of those Indicted for the slaying
of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor Mills In 1022, died at bis
home today. He was 61 years old.
Carpender was a cousin of Mrs.
Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the
slain clergyman, who was acquitted
after a sensational trial In 1026, Car
pender never was tried for the crime,
but two other cousins. Willie and
Henry Stevens, were tried and ac
quitted along with the widow.
Carpender was a Wall street broker.
He suffered a paralytic stroke soon
after the trial and never regained his
health
The bodies of the rector of the
fashionable Episcopal church of St.
John the Evangelist, New Brunswick,
and his attractive 33-year-old choir
singer were found beneath the crab
apple tree on De Russey's lane. Just
outside of New Brunswick, Septem
ber 16, 1923.
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