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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1934.
JUT MOCKING HOUSE
r by WALTER C. BROWN
SYNOPSIS: The gun mat killed
one ot the two men found murdered
in Pierre Dufreene'e house i still
about the place, although Sergeant
Harper haa not been able to find it.
He has found a wet piece ol etrlno.
however, which eeeme to have a
connection ictth the myeteru. How
he hat located the coetumer Uiho
sold a dieaulee to one of the mur
dered men, eo that he might re
temble Dufresne,
Chapter 29
CRANK LETTERS
"THIS man came In with a pie-
ture." Pagliottl added, "a clip
ping from a newspaper, showing a
man with a beard. He aald It waa a
friend of his and that he wanted to
make himself up like him as a Joke.
We studied over the picture and f
myself trimmed the beard and mous
tache to match as he wished."
"Was there a name printed under
the clipping? Would you recognise
the picture again?"
. Pagliottl shrugged hla regrets. "1
do not remember. 1 would have for
gotten all, except for the clipping."
Harper pondered a moment "Can
you recall anything else about this
man? Was he well-dressed? Did he
come In an automobile? Was his
manner norvous or secretive?"
"There was nothing out ot the way
about his manner. The other Ques
tions I cannot answer."
The detective took a long pull on
his pipe. "One more question, Mr.
Pagliottl. You know the man who
bought that disguise from you has
been killed. It has been suggested
that he was crazy a dangerous ma
niac. What do you say to that?"
Fagllottl's answer was Immediate,
explosive. "Oh, no, no. I do not be
lieve It Not that man."
Harper smiled. "I'm Inclined to
agree with you. Thank you very
much. Vour Information should be
bolpful to us."
The Italian bowed politely, shook
, hands, and departed with the alert
Mr. Harris, leaving Harper with a
new and puzzling addition to his col'
, lection of data concerning this mys
terious affair. The detective began
to look through the packet ot crank
letters which Dufresne had turned
over to the police.
There were eight of them In all,
the earliest postmarked November
(th, a little more than Ova weeks
after the purchase of the disguise.
What had the masquerader been do
ing those five weeks? Why had such
a long Interval elapsed before his
alleged lottera began bombarding
his Intended victim? Dufresne bad
not even been back In the elty from
his summer vacation when this man
had appeared at Pagllottl's.
If this nameless man had really
Intended to kill Dufresne, why had
he not done so without all this fan-
-fare of threats and hard language?
" His course had certainly been that
ot the cowardly "crank," not that of
the determined killer. ' ;
; The butler appeared. "Mrs. Oroy-
den thought you might like a bite of
lunch, sir. It can be served In here,
o that It will not Interrupt your
work. Is there anything special you
would like?"
- "That's fine, Andrews. Anything
you happen to be serving will be
quite all right Thank Mrs. Croyden
for me, please." , . . ,
"It will be ready in halt an hour,
lr." .
"Fine; In the meantime, will you.
ask Mrs. Whttmore to come here?"
' MRS. WHITMORB took at least
" ten minutes to make her ap
pearance. The detective wondered
what the servants were saying about
the murders, for he knew that In the
sanctity ot their own quarters every
tongue would be wagging unrestraln.
edly. A great deal ot the talk would
be mare Idle gossip and conjecture,
but mixed with this must necessa
rily be many Items' ot first-hand
knowledge that would be Invaluable
to him, could he bu hear them.
When Mrs. Whltniore did make
her appearance, her attitude and the
expression ot her face left no doubt
as to her persona1 stand. The bet
llgerent gleam In her eye, the twist
ot her tightly shut Hps promised lit
tle aid and no sustenance for the
police processes.
"Mrs. Whltniore, I have some ques
tions to ask. As all ot you now know,
thero was a double murder here last
night To withhold Information of
any kind Is a serious matter. In a
caso like this It can mean prison.
1 want you and all the others to un
derstand that clearly."
Harper pausod, feeling that this
prologue was wasted on the de
termined woman. Mrs. Whltmore
nodded curtly, "1 understand that,
but I didn't have anything to do with
It and 1 don't know anything about
It she answered haughtily.
"Ot course not Don't misunder
stand my purpose In sending for
you. Let us start a little way back,
EN.
EFFECTS REMAIN
(fly the Associated Press)
The parched middle-west cooled off
totay under June showers, but the
effecu of Msy's unparalleled aridity
remained.
While week-end rains brought the
mercury well below the century
mark In sections where It soared to
record heights last week, government
orilclsls met In Washington at the
eall of President Roosevelt to con
sider various proposals for alleviating
the distress of farmers and stock
men In the devastated areas.
The weather men aided with a
promise of continuation of cooler
weatue and rains.
As I understand it, you and Mr.
Whltmore were left In sole charge
of this house while Mr. and Mrs.
Dufresne went to their summer
home at Moose Head Lodge?"
"Yes, sir."
"The Dufresnes left early In July
and did, not return until late Oc
tober?" "That's right
"During all the time ot their ab
sence, there were no disturbances,
no attempted burglaries, no prowl
ers at night nor suspicious charac
ters seen In the grounds?"
"No."
"Did you have any visitors of your
own, relatives, or friends?'
"We did not" .
"The house was never left unoc
cupied, then, even for a day?"
"Never." The housekeeper waa
rapping out her staccato replies as
quickly as the detective Bred bis
questions.
"Which rooms did you occupy?"
"Our usual ones the double bed
room on the third floor, front"
'Oh, I thought your quarters wert
over the garage?"
Those are only temporary." ; . . .
HARPER struck off on a new line.
"Did you know Officer Hamlll,
the policeman who was killed?"
"Only by sight 1 remember seeing
him about the neighborhood. I
didn't know his name."
"Did he ever atop to talk?"
"John, my husband, talked to him
several times over the fence In the
evenings. He never came Into the
grounds, that I saw."
'How did you know when the
house waa to be opened again?"
"Mr. Dufresne sent me a telegram
the day they started home. All the
preparation needed was to replenish
the food supply and notify the
maid." , .
'Oh, there was a maid? What be
came of her?"
"She left"
"Discharged?"
"No, she left of her own accord."
"What reason did she give? Had
she been with the Dufresnes long?"
"About a year and a halt. I didn't
ask her reasons for leaving. She
gave Mrs. Dufresne the usual two
weeks' notice." Mrs. Whltmore'a
tone made It plain that she had not
been overly friendly with the maid.
"What was her name?"
"Ellen Becker."
"Do you have her 'present ad
dress?"
"I do not I believe she has rela
tives somewhere In the city, but I'm
not sure. Mrs. Dufresne would
know."
'Surely you have some Idea as to
why she left, Mrs. Whltmore? It
seems very unusual that she should
wait all summer to resume her du
ties here In the fall and then leave
after a few weeks. Surely she bad
some explanation to make?" .
Ellen was always olose-mouthed
and stand-offlsh," the housekeeper
replied. "She never made friends
with any one.".
"Why waan't she replaced?"
"By that time the re-decoratlna
been decided upon and started.
Mr. and Mrs. Dufresne went to the
Austerllts. There waa no need for a
maid until, the house was opened
again."
I understand Mrs. 'Dufresne di
rected the ehanges. I suppose she
was here a great deal while the work
waa going on?"
"Oh, yea, she was In and out all
the time, consulting about this and
that But Mrs. Croyden helped a lot
with It, too."
"Did Mr. Dufresne come out
often?"
'Perhapa twice a week, to aee how
things were going. He left all the de
cisions to Mrs. Dufresne, though."
"Well, that gives me a pretty clear
Idea ot how things stood over the
summer but I need a tew more de
tails about this re-decoratlng. It
sooms to have been a thorongh un
dertaking. Was the whole thing han
dled by one Arm or were the various
Jobs given out to different firms?"
"No. Johnson A Caraw handled
everything, the painting, papering,
upholstery, even the outside paint
ing." "Then the only workmen who
were In this house were In their em
ploy?" "Yes. There was quite a lot ot
them, working at various times. Per
haps a doien altogether."
"They were under supervision all
the time?"
"Yes, Indeed. A Mr. Holllday bad
charge ot the whole Job. He was up
here every day."
"What were the working hours?"
"From halt-past eight to four
o'clock."
fCenvrisM, Jilt, ev Walter 0. BroumJ
Tomorrow, Harper elves Mrs
Whltmore some atartllna tttforma
tlon.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 8. (UP)
The federal PWA In Washington,
D. C, haa approved the Mo.OOO bond
Issue for the Klamath Palls armory.
0. O. Hockley, public works engineer
for Oregon, notified R. X. Bradbury,
In charge of negotiations tor the loan
for the city of Klamath Palls, to thst
effect today.
Legal objections threatened for a
time to prevent the loan's approval
Bradbury made first application tor
the loan In September of 1933,
through the Portland PWA office.
Children's "bean bags" may be fill
ed with corn In Qulncjr, Mass., play
grounds, because it la obeapef,
KLAMATH ARMORY
FUNDS APPROVED
0. S. C. GRADUATES
CORVALLLS, Ore., June S. (P)
Nearly four hundred students of Ore
gon State college were awarded de
grees, and four honorary degrees con
ferred as the 65th annual commence
ment exerclacs at the college reached
their climax.
At the baccalaureate services yes
terday Dr. Titus Lowe of Portland,
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church, made an appeal for Individ
ual and progressive thinking by
American youth.
David A. Wright of Salem was
elected president of the Oregon State
College Alumni association at the
annual meeting here Saturday.
At the graduating exercises today
396 students were awarded degrees,
and senior honors conferred by the
administrative council upon members
of the class who had maintained the
highest scholastic average throughout
the year were announced.
DILLINGER HIDING IN
HOSPITAL IS BELIEF
BOSTON, Jun 8. (AP) Th Bos
ton American today quoted Joseph B.
Keenan, asaiatant United States at
torney general, as saying that John
Dllltnger, notorious mid -western out
law, Is In hiding in an Illinois hospi
tal eufferng from gunshot wounds.
Keenan, & native New Englander, was
In Boston to address the Massachu
setts Credit Union league and to sur
vey the affairs of the closed Federal
National bank.
It has been ruled Illegal to ship
slot machines Into New York state.
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JUBILEE FEATURE
One of the most complete displays
of Oregon Industrial products ever
presented In the state ie Included In
the Industrial exhibit which opened
Monday afternoon In tho Natatorlum
building for Jubilee week.
Several hours can be spent Inspect-
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Ing the numerous exhibition booths,
some of which are unusually out
standing. The list of exhibitors Is so
extensive It Is difficult to announce
and do Justice to all. The exhibit
must be seen to be fully appreciated.
Free entertainment will be pre
sented during the afternoon and eve
ning programs. Doors will be open
dally at 1:30 and will close at 11
o'clock at night. Merchandise gifts j
will be given to visitors throughout
the week as well as thousands of
samples of food, etc.
Siamese kittens usually are . left
with their mothers until they are
three months old.
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