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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, "FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1934. PAGE POUR MOCKING HOUSE 8YNOP&IS: There are many fan gled threads about the baffling murder of a policeman and a stranger in Pierre Dutresne'e house. One of them, the disappearance of a mysterious .ii calibre revolver, eeeme to lead to Dufresne himself. Sergeant Harper i the more sus piciout because Dufreene is too an tcioue to stop the investigation, and f et the police out at his house. Du resne hat called in Harper's save' rlor officers. Chapter 2J PEACEMAKERS "OERGEANT," the Director began u In bis booming voice, "Mr. Du fresne bas asked me to see wbat can be done to expedite tbls Inquiry. Of course," be contlnueu quickly, "It bas never been my policy to Interfere ar bitrarily with any man In my De partment, as you know, Harper, but Mr. Dufreene Is an old friend of mine and I want to be as accommo dating as 1 can, especially In view of Mrs. Dufresne's mishap." "I think It would be Inadvisable to move from he scene of the crime under present conditions," Harper replied, quietly but Ormly. "But why. In Heaven's namei" erica Dufresne. "Am not I the one most concerned? Tbere will be no mort threatening letters, no more shots from biding. I don't care who he was or wbat be was. It Is enough to know that he will not trouble us again. He was undoubtedly a homi cidal maniac." "Wbat makes you think so?" Har per challenged. Dufresne stared In surprise. "What else can we tblnk? You have every characteristic of a violent homicidal mania." "Apparently, yes, and of the most virulent type," agreed Harper. "But you forget that we have no proof whatever that the man who was killed last night was the same one who wrote the threatening letters and shot at you yesterday." Dufresne broke In excitedly. "Ser geant, you are deliberately manu facturing difficulties. To call such a train of events a coincidence Is to stretch a remote possibility until It snaps ot Its own thinness." He snorted bis scorn ot sucb an Idea. Captain Macklln bad been taking In ttils verbal tilt Intently. From the first be bad sensed some underlying current of hostility between Du fresne and the detective. Ho Injected himself smoothly Into the conversa tion. "Harper, have you any direct evidence tbat this man was not the one who wrote the crank letters!" "Captain Macklln, I would prefer to make my report privately." "Come, now, Sergeant," Connors boomed, "there's no need to take that line. Tbere seems to be a little friction between you and Mr. Du fresne. We don't want anything like that." "Gentlemen," said Dufresne with great dignity, "my wife needs peaoe and quiet after the shock she bad last night She Is the Innocent vic tim ot bungling methods" "Mr. Dufresne," Harper snapped, his temper rising, "you will please remember that 1 had nothing to do with Mrs. Dufresne's mishap." "I am not blaming you, Harper. Tbere was nothing personal In my complaint, but the fact atUI re mains." "Let's not get side-tracked," Mack lln resumed. "Is tbere any such evi dence, Harper?" "Not direct evidence, sir." "Ot course there Isn't," Dufresne Interrupted again. "What happened In tbls room last night Is plain to be seen. There Is no need to twist It Into still more fantastic shapes nor In trying to rationalise a madman's actions." TVRECTOR CONNORS waved his LJ big, blunt cigar In the air. "Yes, Harper, If you've got anything sub stantial to build on, let's hear about It." Harper drew himself up stiffly. "Very well, Director. I have been re luctant to part with tbls Information for fear It would hamper my further work In this case. Manlao or not," he answered Impressively, "this msn was murdered, not by Officer Hamlll, but by a third person who was here In this room! This same unknown person also .killed Hamllll The scene was died, the evidence tam pered with so tbat It would look as If the two men hsd killed each other. At first this was only 4 theory, a suspicion ot mine, but now I posi tively know It to be a fact." "You have the proof?" Captain Macklln asked with restrslned ten sity. For reply tbe detective briefly re counted the doubts he and Carlln had shared concerning the wound In the murdered man's head and how It had led to the recovery ot the original .45 bullet and tbe roll of carpet with the telltale bullet hole. Harper had hem keeping a wary tye on Dufresne during his recital, Dropped need Dlcglng Orsve . HARDY, Vs. (UP) While helping to dig a grave here, A. O. Bpradlin had a heart attack and fell dead into tbe grave. 17RIGLEY' GUM cVUvuLui. at BY WALTER C. BROWN hut the latter appeared as non plussed as the others. "This Is utter nonsense," he cried. "It cannot be. The bullet tbat killed this maniac came from tbe police man' gun. It was found right here in the room." The detective held up the steel jacket "Why was this bullet bidden away so carefully?" He stood the roll of carpet by the table. "Why does this carpet have a bullet hole through It? We tested our theory of concealed murder by bunting for concealed evidence and we found It And we're going to find more of it!" "But these are not proofs," Du fresne continued, "A strsy bullet, a bole In some old carpet." "There are traces, Tbe substitu tion of bullets Is one. It Is true tbere are no fingerprints but this criminal was too astute tor tbat No doubt he wore gloves. Tbe murderer sat In this room with bis victim. They even drank together and perhaps It was at tbat moment the killer chose to fire. After the murder the extra glass was washed, dried, and put back In the cabinet But we have found tbe glass, with traces of Its recent use still In tbe bottom. "Tbe murderer's first thought was to melt down the bullet by holding It In tbe flames of the log fire with these tongs. A systematlo effort was made to hide the victim's Identity a ring was forced from his finger. an emblem from his coat lapel, what ever papers, keys or other articles he had were rifled from his pockets. Even the labels were ripped from his own clothes. None of these things has come to light In the house we assume thst the murder er carried them away," '""pHAT Is all guess-work, Harper," a Dufresne rebutted. "If there was a third person, as you Insist how did he escape from this house after the crime? I'll admit finger prints can be wiped away but you can't wipe away tracks In tbe snow." "I can't answer that question. yet," the detective replied. "I don't know how It was done, but I know that It happened. We've tad men murdered In locked and sealed rooms and the solution turned out to be quite simple. If the murderer planned a way to escape without leaving tracks in the snow I'll find how It was done before I'm through!" Harper looked directly at his com manding officers. "I have other evi dence tbat cannot be divulged In this house without seriously Injuring our chances of suqeess." Dufresne sneered openly. "It's for tunate I waa under your own police guard last night, Harper, or you would crown this brlllant fantasy of yours by accusing me of being the master mind behind this affair." Harper's face reddened at-the In sulting tone which barbed these words. He stepped forward so that he stood faou to face with Dufresne. "Those two men were murdered," be repeated, "and I am sure that at least one person In this house could Identify the man who masqueraded In your likeness. I'll go even further. I believe thst you, Mr. Dufresne, are helping to shield that person from us and that Is a dangerous game to play." The master ot the house threw back his head and laughed taunting ly. "Now I know you're crasyl" "Mr. Dufresne," Harper purred, " little while ago you told me that you had only one gun In your possession an automatic." . "Yes?" "Perhaps you'd be Interested to know that you own another weapon, a revolver of large caliber. This waa usually kept In the upper right-hand drawer of the highboy In your dressing-room. Early tbls morning that revolver was still In Its place. It has since disappeared Can you tell ua anything about that?" Dufresne looked at him out of a face suddenly sobered. "I own no sucb revolver," he stated firmly. "Your butler, Andrews, says tbat you do." "Ring for him. We'll soon get to the bottom ot that," Dufresne re plied, sharply. They waited In an nneasy silence until the butler made hla appear ance. Andrews stood looking from one to another Inquiringly under hla tufted white eyebrows. "Andrews, what In the devil have you been saying to the police? Oo on, Harper, you started this." Harper faced the old man. "A lit tle while ago you told me tbat Mr. Dufresne kept a revolver In a drawer of the highboy In his room. Mr. Dufresne denies thst" Andrews lifted his head. "I never saw such a revolver," was his calm statement (Copyright. II JJ, by Kalttr C. Broicn) Tomorrow, Sergeant Harper da lles Dufresne. T. D, R. Invited to Colorsdo DENVER, Oolo. (UP)-An Invltstlco to spend his summer vacation In Colorado has been extended to Presi dent Roosevelt by Governor Edwin 0-Johiuon. PLANE FLIGHT LURK PILOTS 1934 Contest Sponsored by Aero Club of Poland, Will Have Entries From Many Nations Start August 29 WARSAW (UP) The hlggeet Eu ropean sport flying contest, the "Round Europe" flight for 1934, will be organized by the "Aero Club of the Polish Republic," to which the winner of the last raoe in 1932, Fran clszek Zwlrko, belonged. Zwlrko was killed a short time later. The first "Round Europe" flight ac tually was started snd organized In 1929 by the "Aero Club of France." Participation for 1934 Is sasured t7 Polsnd, Germany, France, Italy snd Czechoslovakia. But the failure of Britain to file notification has causej great dlaspolntment. The Route The flying route covers 9,400 kilo meters, as follows: Warsaw-Koenlga- berg - Berlin Cologne - Brussels. Paris - Bordeaux - Pau - Madrid-Seville - Casablanca - Meknes-Sldt Bel Abbes - Algiers - Biskra - Tunls-Pel-ermo - Naples - Rome - Rlmnl-Zag- reb Vienna - Brunn - Prague-Kat-towltz - Lvuv Vllna - Warsaw. 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Roy Connaster, second baseman for the Unlveralty of Alabama, made only two errors In 64 chances snd batted .415 in the first 13 games this season Sandy Oarrlsuu Caasanovs. Los An geles boxer. Is now in Mexico where he has launched hla career as a mata dor with success. Washington State col'teye scheduled a dual track meet with the'Unlversl'.y of Oregon this year for the first time since 1928. ff0rVr.46t J3y tot.ArV& . . . 1 DIFFICULT DECISIONS JlCK BGACe l I'LL. GT "YOU POS. THAT-- IT TXK-eTS t7 THE jeESTOrrtV 1 WHEte TO 61VE IKl AND EW VOOR SPINACH , THE DESSERT (Copyright, 1834; by The Belf gyndkalitlnc. - CO Ho Bill 30L7S, torn &4tO TO lOL?. "SOr? C34NNSO. AJ3 .yr ?rlS4 OF77ESW(S YCUtA e C4AWZONC- By GLUYA3 WILLIAMS UJIUIAOS By C M. Paym ZMNtSCHECG 'a40vtigl'E& isxtirr THE vS4CSO SiOOO THE SOOSrat?-- SMS4V AVEVGE MY fSTSG- JSBaSUBUUaiMMfMbAvl. By Edwin Alger 7
