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.
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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.
This route Is 3,000 kllometera far
ther than that of 1932. The distant
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and Sept. It. thst Is over 1,100 kilo
meters per day. With the Inclusion of
the African laps, for the first time
the flight crosses the frontiers of Eu
rope. Starting Time
The flight starts officially on Aug.
39 with the technical examinations,
which lsst until Sept. 7. This hard
trial Includes: minimum speed, start
and landing within the shortest
stretch, examination of gasoline con
sumption, and dismounting snd re
assembling of airplanes.
After the "Round Europe" flight,
on Sept. 10, Is speed test, always
awaited with great curiosity.
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third. 20.000; the fourth, 10,000, snd
15 prizes of 8,000 francs each.
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
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