ipAOE SIX
MEDFORD M5TE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934.
MOCKING HOUSE
BYNOP8I8: Sergeant Harper
has found vroof that the policeman
and the etranger found ehot to
death in Pierre Dufreene't house
did not kill each other. But one bit
of evidence eeema to connect the
beautiful ilre. Dutreene with the
deed, and the other, which ie the
fact that the etranger died of a
wound from a .45 ealibre revolver
instead of from the .38 ealibre bul
let found in the room, points to
ward Mr. Dufresne. A .is revolver
seen in hie room hae disappeared.
Chapter H
AMBIGUOUS REPLIES
THE usual place for Mr. Dufresne's
gun Is In the highboy In bis
dressing-room?" Harper asked.
Andrews nodded In agreement.
"Now, does any other member ot
this household keep a gun or re
volver on hand?"
"Donaghy, sir. He has a special
permit to carry a weapon. Mr, Du
fresne's order."
"What type of gun Is it?"
"An automatic I am not familiar
with calibers."
"Any others?"
"Not that I know of, unless you
want to take account ot tbe guns In
Mr. Dufresne's urmor room."
The detective smiled and shook
bis bead. "No. I've seen them and
they're all antique collectors'
pieces."
"Are you still positive that you do
not recognize tbe murdered man?
Look at these photos again."
Tbe old man examined the three
laclal views without the slightest
lgn of hesitancy or repugnance. "He
la a complete stranger to me," be
reiterated, returning them.
"Then how about Hamlll, the po
liceman? Did you ever talk to blmr
"No, sir. No doubt I have seen blm
in the neighborhood at times, but I
never paid any particular attention.'
"All right, Andrews. That will be
all for tbe present. If there are more
questions we'll deal with them as
they arise."
Tbe butler withdrew as quietly as
he had entered, leaving Harper feel
ing highly elated over the success of
his ruse. It was plain that old An
drews suspected nothing about the
revolver which had reposed In his
master's room, and, since It was
gone, Dufresne himself had probalv
ly made off with It The promptness
of the biding, too, suggested that Du
fresne had been the eavesdropper by
the cellar stairs.
The Important thing was to gain
possession of that gun. At that mo
ment Lafferty returned to the breakfast-room,
"There's no doubt ot Its
being gone," he reported. "I looked
everywhere. Dufresne walked In
while I was searching."
"How did he act?" Harper asked
eagerly.
"Suspicious and Inclined to be a
trine nasty about It, How did you
come out?"
"Andrews readily admitted that
tbe revolver Is Dufrosne'a."
"Then Dufresne hid It," Lafferty
declared emphatically. ''It's too bad
we have to tread so damned quietly
there."
"What do you mean?"
Latterly gave a wry smile. "Why,
Dufresne's the one man we almply
can't pin It on. He's the only one ot
tbe lot with a 100 bulletproof alibi.
. He was not only dead drunk at the
time ot the killing but locked away
under police guard. Yet he knew that
the follow was shot with that gun
and not by HamlU's, otherwise ha
wouldn't have hidden It. Say," he ex
claimed, looking startled, "how In
thunder did he come to know that?"
HARPER echoed his wonder. "Yes,
how did he know that? Maybe
we're barking up tbe wrong tree
again. Suppose it wasn't Dufresne
who removed the gun? Either the
murderer himself slipped away with
that gun or else confided the story to
Dufresne, and he's covering up for
blm. Now we know that the mur
derer is not only alive, but walking
round In this house."
Lafferty scratched his chin
thoughtfully. "If we could only got
that dead man Identified. Somebody
in this house knows and is deliber
ately suppressing his identity."
Harper smiled. "We can wear kid
gloves, too, but we'll keep the brass
knuckles slipped on under them."
"You mark my words, Stove. The
minute you let fly with the facta
we've uncovered there'll be a yelp
and they'll try to run us off this case
so it can be nailed up and burled In
a hurry."
Harpor's lips tightened. "Just let
them try It, I'll carry this light right
up to the Director's office. Powerful
aa Dufresne may be, Connors won't
let tbem hush it up by pinning It
on Hamlll."
They hoard Officer O'Connell'a
Tolce from the hall greeting some
one and a moment later Acting Cap
ting Qulgloy, ot the Fourteenth Pre
cinct, entered the room.
Couldn't Rrilut Morns.
LOS ANGELES (UP) Kan t.
Wilson had no ear for music, but he
could cot resist the raucous hooting
of automobile horns, according to a
complaint Issued by the district at
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"I got your message, Sergeant,
Qulgley explained, "What's on your
mind?"
"There are plenty of puzzling fea
tures, Captain. But what I wanted
was to ask some questions about
Officer Hamlll. First, what was bis
rating on marksmanship?"
"First class," Qulgley answered
promptly. "HamlU's had a sharp
shooter's citation tor years."
As Harper remained silent, tbe
Captain of the Fourteenth went on,
"I see what's In your mind, Harper,
but even a rotten shot could pop his
man over at that distance."
"There's much more to It than
that," the Sergeant answored. "What
about Hamlll personally? Was' be
nervous, hasty, quick to use his
gun?"
"No, no, nothing like that. Just
the opposite. Hamlll was a quiet,
cool cbap, very sure of himself. His
theory was that guns should be used
only as a last resort."
"Tell me this, Captain. Did Hamlll
know Mr. Dutresne by sight? Did he
know that the DufreBne house was
untenanted at this time?"
"Your first question I can't answer
definitely, but I don't believe he did.
I've been attached to the Fourteenth
tor eight years and I never met blm.
The answer to your second question
Is 'Yea.' Last June 21st a notice was
tiled with us that the Dufresne fam
ily was leaving for tbe summer. This
notice was given by a John Wb It
more. Know him?"
Harper nodded. "He's one of the
servants here."
"Have you any record of an auto
mobile found abandoned in this dis
trict? Were any cars tagged last
night for Illegal or overnight park
ing?" Qulgley looked surprised. . "Not
one, Harper. Nobody with any sense
would have left a car out in that
storm."
"Well, I appreciate your help,
Captain. I've got a much clearer pic
ture of Hamlll, at any rate.
TpHH commander of the Fourteenth
Precinct took bis leave and Har
per rose from the table. "I guess It's
time we twisted tbe lion's tall," he
remarked. "We'll get Mr. Dufresne's
personal opinion on guns that disap
pear Into thin air."
The detective, however, was
spared the trouble of sending for the
master of the house for at that
moment Pierre Dufresne himself
walked Into the breakfast-room.
"Good morning, Mr. Dufresne,"
Harper greeted htm. "This Is my col
league, Detective Lafferty. You prob
ably saw him around here last
night."
"Yea, and this morning, too ex
ploring my wardrobe. How are
things going, Sergeant?"
"Oh, as well as can be expected,"
Harper replied casually. "There Is so
much routine In a case like this. By
the way, Mr. Dufresne, I must list
the firearms on the premises. Can
you give me a list?"
'Firearms, Harper? Well, taking
myself first I have a gun, of course,
and a police permit to carry It, al
though I have never availed myself
of the privilege. Do you requlr- 'e
tails, Harper?"
'If you please."
'This gun Is an automatic action,
caliber .38, I believe, though I am
not sure. It Is so long since I han
dled it It has never been fired, I'm
glad to say."
"And where Is It now?"
"At the A'usterlltz."
Harper was making notations of
these replies. "Do you not koep a gun
here In thla house?" He kept his
voice as casual as possible.
'Certainly the automatic. 1 keen
It wherever I am ataylng, but I do
not carry It about with me."
My chauffeur, Donaghy," he con
tinued, "carries a gun whenever he
Is on duty.
'Quite so, Mr. Dutresne. You did
not have your gun with you yoster
day afternoon when you were am
bushed?"
'No. As 1 said, I never Carry It It
Is too awkward, too bulky. I would
feel ridiculous wltb one bulging out
my pocket."
The detective grinned. "Are then
any more guns In the house?"
'Not of my knowledge nor my con
sent"
"That settles that then," Harper
pronounced, treasuring tbe Innei
meaning ot his words.
Dufresne's glance played over tht
miscellaneous objects scattered
across tbe detective's work-table.
"Now that the thing Is over, 1 don't
mind admitting that I was fright
ened by those threats and after that
advonture yesterday afternoon I felt
pretty shaky. When do you expect
to close up shop here?"
rcopvriaM. list. tv Walter C. Broun;
Tomorrow, Dufroine flloi off the
handlo.
torney's office charging him with
petty theft. Wilson was accused ot
stealing horns from automobiles. He
was said to have selected only horns
with tones varying from "raseberry"
notee to those Imitating Swiss
vodelers.
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Ethnologist Reveals Facts
About Famed Longfellow
Character Poet Con-
fused Personalities, Claim
WASHINGTON (UP) Belief tha-.
Hiawatha, legendary hero of Long
fellow's famous poem, woe an actual
historic figure, who lived between
1650 and 1600. has been expressed by
J. N. B. Hewett: Smithsonian Institu
tion ethnologist.
Hewitt has made a lifetime study
of the Institutions and history of iM
Six Nations, and believes that Hia
watha's character waa affected so by
personal misfortunes that he welcom
ed the doctrine of human brother
hood preached by Dckanawlda, great
Irlquols redeemer. He became Dckana
wlda's first dlaclple and most active
associate In establishing the Irlquols
League which Hewitt said, was the
tangible embodiment of the law-maker's
advanced philosophy.
Characters Confused
In Longfellow's poem, Hewitt point
ed out, Hiawatha, Dekanawlda. and
various other mythological characters
were confused. Consequently, "tho
ethnologist haa cleared the tale of
pure legendary and secured what he
believes to be the true story of Hia
watha, Hiawatha, Hewitt began, waa a
brother of Dehadodaho, chief of the
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Onondegaa. who hated him and al
legedly murdered his wife and chil
dren. Exiled from his ruined home,
the heart-broken Hiawatha soughs
sympathy from other Irlquols tribes.
He finally found refuge with the Mo
hawks, re-marrted and became the
father of a second family.
However. Hewitt continued, his mis
fortunes stirred him so that, In true
cannibal fashion, he killed a stranger
and took the body home to eat. De
ksnawlda, a friendless wanderer, af
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watha, climbed to the toot of the slay
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Hiawatha, astonished at the reflec
tion of a human face In the boiling
water he had prepared for his civ-
tlm's body, Immediately forswore can
nibalism, experienced a great change
of heart, and wandered again into tho
forest.
It was here, the ethnologist believes,
that Dekanawlda talked to Hiawatha.
The redeemer's ideas were extremely
radical and, it was though, proved
difficult for Hiawatha to grasp.
Nevertheless, the two returned to
the village and laid plans for estab
lishing the League. It Is believed that
Hiawatha and Dckanawlda labored 30
years before their new gospel of hu
man brotherhood waa accepted.
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