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MEDFORD JIAIL TRIBTTNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934.
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MOCKING HOUSE
RY WALTER C. BROWN
8 i a urts; Heroeant Harper
haa needed to find o certain .it
calibre revolver to eetablieh hie
theory that the two men found dead
in Pierre Dufreene'e houee were
murdered by a third vereon, and
Aid not kill each other. Dufresne
and othert of hie houeehold have
placed obetaclee in hte wav. Stow
. he haa found the oun hidden in one
of t'- roof guttera.
Chapter 81
A GUN TALKS
TN bit eagerness Harper bent down
to
reach the revolver, but lf-
ferty jerked him back by the collar.
"You can't get It that way; you'll
lose your balance. We need a rake
or a pole."
"I'm not going to wait for that.
Here, hold me while I crawl atter It"
Harper stretched down the slope
head first, while Lafferty kept a
tight grip on hla ankles. Lower and
lower he crawled until he picked up
the gun by the barrel.
Lafferty promptly hauled him
back to safety. Without even both
ering to shake the snow from his
clothing, Harper stood up and broke
open the revolver.
"There you are! One empty shelll
Jack, this Is the real murder gun.
Now, If we only knew who bid It up
here I"
They hurried downstairs, and
Lafferty sprayed the heavy revolver
with the insufflator. He tapped the
working brain. Not many people
could think up a good trick like that
under sudden pressure. If he hadn't
dropped the twine we might still be
at aea."
"Just a moment. Jack. We really
have no proof that Dutresne bid
the gun. We're assuming that the
twine fell from the pocket of bis
robe, but we must remember that
every one In the house, except Mrs.
Dutresne and her nurse, was there
at the time. The fact that it was
found near where he was sitting
doesn't prove he dropped it."
"But didn't you yourself see Du
tresne searching the room for It,
later?" ,
"Let's not Jump to conclusions,
Jack. We've got to weigh every
thing down to the last grain. If we
solve this thing at all It will be only
because we strike Just the right bal
ance." "Who else could have been smart
enough to engineer It?" Lafferty
challenged.
"'TpHAT'S a dangerous way to rea-
ton It out We know the gun
was In Dufresne't room this morn
ing, for you saw It there. But did
Dutresne know It was there? The
fact that It was there to be seen as
late as this morning's search raises
a doubt It you had such a gun to
conceal, wouldn't you nick a better
He ploked up the gun.
I un with steady strokes of an un
opened pocket-knife, to dislodge all
loose particles, then bent his tall
body oyer the table as he adjusted
the circular lens to the proper
height and squinted through the
glass at the magnified surfaces.
Sergeant Harper atood bealde him,
watching closely. But his expres
sion did not reflect the extreme dis
appointment of Lafferty's aa the lat
er straightened up and muttered,
"Not a mark curse the luck!"
"I didn't expect to find any," Har
per commented. "We've got to be
content with having recovered the
gun and that's something at least
Direct proof of chicanery la what
waive needed most In this case."
He picked up the distorted bullet
rescued from that dark cavity under
the stone steps and held it beside
the discharged metal shell, "I'm
sure these belong together. It they
do, we've got our cornerstone In
place. It won't be hard to check It
up."
"Sure, It's a hundred to one this
la the gun. Only one bullet has been
fired and the caliber looks right
The barrel's fouled, too." Lafferty
anlffed at the muztle opening.
"THAT certainly was an lnaplro-
1 tlon, looking In the gutter of the
root. Whoever put It there was a
fast thinker, no doubt about that"
"Mrs. Whltmore's chance words
gave me the Idea. For no particular
reason they called up a vision of a
window being raised and the gun
dangling outside with the string
doubled through the trigger guard.
At the same time I remembered how
the eaves projected over the top
floor windows. The gun could be
swung higher and higher until It
landed very neatly In the gutter
overhead and out of reach.
"Free one end of the string, draw
It down, close the window and there
you have It The wet section, where
It rested in the snow, ehould have
told me that and I suppose It would
have eventually, but Mrs. Whltmore
unknowingly Jogged up the procese."
"Well, If Dutresne did it we've
got to credit him with a smooth-
and eater place than an unlocked
drawer in your own room for It?
Of course, you would.
"And If you had the time, early in
the morning, for instance, wouldn't
you have taken the gun, cleaned
and oiled It, and replaced the empty
cartridge? Mind, I'm not trying to
olear Dufresne, nor denying that ha
had the best opportunity for doing
It but there are arguments on both
sides of this fence."
"It's too slick a Job to have been
done by any one except Dufresne,"
Lafferty Insisted.
"No, I don't agree with you there,
It's a cunning trick and shows a
thorough knowledge of the house
and Its construction, but I wouldn't
eay that neither Andrews nor Don-
aghy could have thought of It."
Lafferty thought It over silently,
"And the window from which the
gun was swung Is In a spare room?"
It's a guest room, furnished but
unoccupied."
Well, there's one thing you can't
deny, Steve. This gun Is a man'a
weapon. You can't imagine any
woman toting that thing around
with her. The site and weight of it'd
be too much of a load."
Yea, I'll grant you that It it was
brought to this house a man prob
ably brought it But we don't know
that Perhaps It was here all the
time. There'a nothing to prevent a
desperate or an Infuriated woman
from firing It That fiasco of mine
with Andrews seeraa to have ended
all hope of getting at the ownership
ot tne gun. They all know about It
now and they'll deny ever having
seen it"
"You can't expsct them to alve
their boss away at this stage ot the
game. You know how servants are."
"There are two ways of looking
at that These four walls enclose
two aoparate and distinct stages.
There Is one tor the Dutresnes and
the Croydens and their friends ol
the same class. Vhe other stage Is -
for the servants."
(Copyright, 1114, by Waller ft Brourn)
Tomorrow, Lofttrty makes a twU
oua accusation.
A RIDE-TO JAIL
BKNB, Ore., June 7. (AP) Angtr.
td, polio said, because pasting motor
Uta would not give him a "lift," men
Ott, a hitch-hiker, barricaded Thi
Dallci-Calitornla highway north ot
Bend with boulders lut ugnt. He
' 4..lln ma - .1 .4 . V. . uxK,,a
county JtU, with Sheriff Clr.udt Mac
Cauley. Ott today entered a pita of guilty
to a charge ot Illegally blocking a
tute highway, and was sentenced to
90 days In Jtll. The Mntance was sus
pended with the understanding he
leave the county.
... I
New Bowling Record '
ST. LOUIS (UP) Ray Holmes at.
Ubllahed a new three-came bowling
record in a match here. He totaled
Ul, W .i. v. " " ( v.... i
fcanv4 to to old mjik oj( HTj
AUGUST 1 1S OUTLOOK
SALEM. June 7. (API The etste
of Oregon, on the basis of present
funds end expected revenues, will be
able to remain on a cash bants until
August 1, Pred Psulut, deputy Stat
treasurer, announced today.
Paulua reported that a tabulation
on June 1, showed a balsnc In the
general fund of tSSa.Me.
tn addition corporation department
fees approximating 350.000 wtll be
received by July 1, as ts second
qusrter state taxes from counties,
estimated at 1300.000.
The June 1 tabulation alto show
cash on hand totaling 4 932,377 and
Investment In custody of the state
treasurer amounting to et.B37,1 14 03.
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RECENT CAMPAIGN
SALEM, Ore., June 7. (AP) John
It. Rand spent (311.60 In his cam
paign for re-election to the Oregon
supreme court bench, lat reports
filed with the secretary of state to
day revealed.
David P. Graham, Republican can
didate for congress from the second
district, defeated by Jay Upton for
the nomination, spent (393. Ralph
M. Erwln, who sought the Democrat
ic nomination for congress from the
third district, spent (3S1.B9. J. W.
Leonhardt, who won the Democratic
nomination for superintendent of
schools, spent $147, he reported.
W. A. Johnson spent $100 In Ma
rlon and Polk counties In support
of Joe E. Dunne, Republican nomi
nee for governor, while Frank B. Reld
reported he spent $80 fo? Dunne's
candidacy In Lane county, -
Carl E. Wlmberly apr.V 311.35 In
his campaign for nomu-;.:ion to the
circuit court bench from the second
district. W. M. Duncan spent $308
In his race for circuit Judge1 In the
13th district.
The largest Item filed late was an
expense of $812 additional spent In
the campaign for Willis Mahoney for
the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor. Other expenses of his cam
paign were previously reported.
Walter B. Oleason spent $140 in
his campaign for the Democratic
nomination for congress from the
third district. Hardin C. Blackmer
listed expenses of $248.63 In hla race
for the Republican nomination for
district attorney of Klamath county.
Other expenses Hated were: W. S.
U'Ren, SI 64.81; Joseph E. Harvey, $84;
R. N. Kavanaugb, $70; Stewart Weiss,
$78, and Bylvanua Kingoley, $74 In
their campaigns for the Republican
nomination for representative from
Multnomah county; Fay Morris, Re
publican, for district attorney of
Klamath county, $80; Otto K. Pau
lua, Republican, for state sen&tor
from Marlon county, $98, and Eugene
E. Marsh, for state senator from the
10th dlatrlct, $98.
Phone 643. We'll haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
PORTLAND POSTMASTER
APPOINTMENT LISTED
WASHINGTON, June 7. (AP)
Appointment of Dr. E. T. Hedlund u
acting postmaster at Portland. Ore
gon, was announced today by the
poet office department,
Housing Conditions Revealed
NASHUA, N. H. (UP) A housing
survey here, financed by CWA funds,
revealed that the city's 4,646 residen
tial buildings, 3.629 needed repairs
end. 90 were "unfit for human habi
tation." Of the total, 630, or 11 per
cent, were more than 75 years old.
! 1 WE ARE WAITINCx fiPiiii
THE FAMILY ALBUM-FAMILY FINANCE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
AJfeWERS DOORBELL .
CALLS TO WIFE rf'S A
C.0.0. TftCKh6E FOR
HER, Wlti4 44.50
DUE OK If
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MOnltY OCT OF HER
BLACK Bf6 ON THE
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WEHTdftLtf LOCATES EM RUDS HIS OWN RE- ,
ON SEWltte MftCHIrVE. BA6 SOURCES CONSIST OF
CoNTJMrfc RACILY I-15) 40 CEMft ANP A FlVE
Wife haAN6 forgotten dollar biu which
6HE TAID ftjRTHf LAUNDRV' MAKl CWOf CHANGE
CAUS UPSTAIRS TO ASK
WHAT TO DO? MILDRED
FINALLY SCRATCHES
Together 2. to and
Takes the 45 biu
explains that mother
owed her 4 x, and
she can owe it To
him instead, and he
CAN TAKE THE tO CENTS
OUT OF HER AUOUANCE
THIS LEAVES ONI
35 CENT'S SHY, WHICH
WILFRED CONTRIBUTES
EXPLAINING HE OWED
MOTHER A QUARTER SO
NOW SHE OWES HIM A DIME
(Copyright, 193 by Th Bell Syndics!, Inc.)
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BR&lN REELING RE
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ti6ure it oirt
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