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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, 1IEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934. gsrrri CVLwuUa. of" MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN at.ursis: At fail lieia la u rllt in the wall ot eilenco that hat enrrounded Sergeant Barper'a in teatigation ot the murder ot the atranger and the policeman in Pierre Dufreane'a nouae. Ellen Becker, formerly a houaemaid.for tlie Dutrcance. haa admitted receiv ing money from both Ur. and Ura. Dutreane to keen quiet about eomt notea demanding a rendeevoue aha had found aonoealed in the houee. Harper accueea her of working fith Donaghy. the chauffeur. Chapter 43 THE AU8TERLITZ "II7E HAVE not Pt told you ' ' everything I know about It. Joe and I have been going around to gether and he wormed tho truth out ol me about why 1 left But.lf he'a been getting any money out of It, t don't know anything about It. Don't take me back to that house," she pleaded. "Honestly, I'ra told you all I know." "You'll have to face the music," Harper declared, "but for the pres ent I'm going to hold you In reserve as a surprise witness. You'll have to atay In this house, though, until I'm ready, and there will be a detective right here to see that you don't run away. You will not be allowed to (end any messages betori morning." "I'll stay here and the longer the better." So It was settled. Detective Har ris was riven his Instructions and over tiie details ot the top door, tha twenty-eighth. "Perhaps you would be Interested In seeing this. Sergeant," Mr. Corn stock suggested. He brought out a leather-bound box-case. "These are Mr. Dufresne's original sketches for the building," he explained. Harper closed Folio B-3 and looked at these original plana, sketched with clean. Incisive strokes. Was the artist who could do these things the same man who could be jerked back by primitive emotions to mur derous savagery, a puppet to dance so Ignobly to the string-pulling of such as Ellen Becker? The artist de nied, but tbe man had lettered and signed each sheet, and there were A'a, and G"s, and M's, and S's that cried aloud to the detective's trained vision, that recalled those printed crank letters. SERGEANT HARPER put the pa pers back In the case, quietly, almost reluctantly. "Mr. Comstock, I'll have to ask you to let me have these papers." The manager's expression re vealed his astonlsLment. "This Is for official purposes, that's all I can tell you," Harper continued. "You will have our re ceipt against their safe return." Mr. Comstock nodded, repressing his curiosity. "Don't take me back to that house," aha pleaded. Installed In a chair In the hallway, while Harper and Lafferty resumed their Interrupted journey to the 'Austerliti. , . f ': They rode In silence for a while, '' both absorbed In turning over to tartllng atory Ellen Becker had Just unfolded. "Imagine that girl get ting away with that," the tall detec tive said, "playing both ends against tbe middle. Our usual luck la still running true here we have two persons trying to shut her up." They pulled up at the canvaa marquee of the palatial Austerllti and the military-looking attendant opened the door of their car. As the two detectives walked toward the entrance Harper said, "We're going In here and I'll try to break down one of the neatest alibis that was ever put over,", "Saying so Is easier than doing io," was Latferty'a retort "THEY stepped up to the elaborate-'"- ly grilled desk In the Austerllta, where Harper asked for tha man ager. The affable manager looked Inquiringly at Harper. "What can I do tor you, Sergeant?" "I would like to see a floor plan ef the Austerllta, Mr. Comstock." "Certainly." The manager pressed a button, and a silent efficient sec retary appeared In tha doorway. "Miss Summers, bring me Polio B-3, please." When she had gone he turned to the detective. "I suppose this has some connection with laat night's affair!" "In a email way," Harper con ceded. "How long baa Mr. Dutreane occupied that suite?" he asked In turn. Mr. Comstock smiled broadly. "I tee you're not acquainted with the Austerllts's history. Mr. Dutresne has had his suite here ever since It waa built In fact he designed the building, helped finance kk super vised Its erection, and still haa the controlling stock Interest" "That was quite an Individual feat then," Harper answered. "He Is a truly remarkable man," Comstock asserted warmly, "and a genuine artist" Mlsa Summers returned with a wide, flat folio. Harper looked at each diagram, from that of the base ment up to tha roof. He lingered one or nis assistanta rode up with them In tbe elevator and opened the Dutresne suite. It was very quiet up there. The assistant detached a key from his ring, hand ed it to Harper, and retired to tbe baokground from whence he watched the detectives with discreet curiosity. Harper atood long In Dufresne's bedroom, recalling the sight ot Du fresne's body sprawled Inertly, the reek ot brandy, the gaunt Andrews' panic-stricken eyes from the door way. The detective opened a closet door and looked Inside, He bent down to examine the double row of shoes on their racks. He borrowed Latferty'a flashlight and went on hands and knees to ican the floor ot the closet under the bright circle ot light Harper atood up and olosed the door. "I'm ready for the test," he announced. "I'll lock myself In these room a and you stand out there and wait by the elevators, where Markl son and the others kept watch." Lafferty, grinning, etepped out In to the corridor. He saw Harper close the door from the inside and heard tha lock anap. "Yell when you're ready to give up." he called through tha door, then went over and sat down beside Mr. ' Comstock's as sistant "What's going onT" asked the lat ter, with pardonable mystification. "The Sergeant has a Houdlnl com plex," Lafferty ansv ered. "Say, Is there an emergency atatrcase In this place?" "Right beside the elevators. Tha door with the red bulb over It" Lafferty settled back, sctlsfled. Sitting In silence, the lanky de tective finally pulled out his watch. Leas than five minutes had passed. He kept a wary eye on the corridor and the door to the Dutresne suite. Tbree more minute ticked away. Then, with the faintest swishing noise, an elevator shot up to tbe floor level, the grilled doora slid open, and Sergeant Harper, smiling blandly, stepped outl Copyright, ttn. by Walter G. Brown) Who wit thtt mint" Harp.r asks Mrs. Dufmns, tomorrow. T, CALLED E 10 Y CHICAGO, June 21. (AP) The "planned eoonomy" Col. Frank Knox told the Chicago Association of Com merce today, can be maintained only at the "sacrifice of popular freedom and free democratic Institutions." He ! said that In Europe it has stood 1 "squarely across the path of econom-1 lc recovery." j "In free government and In tree', competition In business, sanely reg ulated to protect' the weak against the strong, Ilea the hope of the world," the publisher of the Chicago Dally News said. Col. Knox's talk was a summary of observations made during a two month tour of Italy, Austria, Russia and Germany. In Italy, Col. Knox said, the plan ned economy under Mussolini has re sulted In "the utter and complete destruction of every vestige of popu Isr government" with democracy "scorned and laughed at as a huge mistake." Austria, he continued, "Is the most absolute dictatorship Europe has yet seen In the person of Chancellor Dollfuss, who professes and, I think, sincerely believes that he Is appoint ed by God." Russia, he said, presents the pic ture of one man, who Is merely sec retary of the communist party, rul ing 16S.000.000 people through this 3,000,000 communists and an army, he said which Is one of the most ef ficient in the world today. CLOSED FOR SEASON PORTLAND, June 21. fAP) Be cause of fire hazard, about 13,000 acres of land In the Ashland creek watershed of the Rogue river nation al forest has been blocked off In the first forest closing of the year In this region. O. J. Buck, federal forester, made the announcement last night. Only settlers or persons who ob tain permits will beta llo wed to enter the restricted area. Buck said. i THE FAMILY ALBUM NOT THERE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS THE DALLES, June 21. (AP) The first grain field fire of the season In this district was limited to 40 acres 1 of wheat as fire fighters battled a blaze here Tuesday. The fire was b-' Heved to have started from a cigarette tossed from a passing automobile Milwaukee department of health records for. 1933 show that only rhnaa hplH Ast da -ita V a 1 atrpA e m twsen 05 and 75 against 24 biide I grooms in this age group. "WHAT I Vni) YeH- BUT DONTCHrV WORRV LADV" TV nni iuy s-tm mc ut?i dcd xiii i c?c basis im a FORGOT VOUR W . tTlFFV VA SEE WE GOT ' 5 ! ivf) A-TAMDAPn rt-AtiOLIMP WITH ( I TPTgAgmVL UNSURPASSED I fcv TOOL? CALLS WHERE 15 HIS OLD 6RM SWEATER ? wife sws rf5 in The copt closet, she saw it There This morjin& WALK6 WTO COffCU&H WALKS OOT A6R1H, fALLr IN6 IT ISN'T 1HER NOW, HE JUST 100KEP Wirt maintains IT'S iHERE IF HE'LL JUSTUS HIS EVES. 60K IN AND 100K& VA6DELY ARoUNP WIFE CALL If MIGHT BE UNPER S0HETrllK6. RUMS ONE HAND UNDER HER RAIN COW GIUVAS 1 cans rfposntony isn't -There, he has LOOKED HI6H AND LMl WIFE Wlfri A S16H SPfrS she'ii find tr. -reus HER IT'S NO USE LD0WK6 MYvECClTftoy-f - WIFE IMMEDISTELV Finds sweater, wfcrf ON MUTTERING. WELL. IT WASNVf THERE WHO HE WAS LD0WK6 R)R tT. (Copyright, 1884, By Tha Ball Byndieata, W) S MATTER POP ES55 By 0. M. Payn By Hal Forrest GIRL SCOUTS LEAVE 10 COOK HOT CAKES AT EUROPEAN MEET ' NEW YORK, Juna 81. (AP) With a reclpa for buckwheat cakes, Amer lean style, four girl scouts sailed to day on the liner Manhattan for tha annual International girl scout en csmpment at Adelboden, Bwltterland. They wore wooda green scout dresses and hats. A troop of Nev York girl ecouta saw them off. Ahead of them are two weeks In Switzerland, three days In Psrls and threa In London beor tha return to the United States. "We want to see everything." eald Margaret Davis, IT, a vivid, bron- (ally Wettmlnlster Abbey and tha Old Curiosity Shop." Marguerite Minion of Firth, Idaho, I small deeplte her 19 years, eald ehe I new had been In a big city until j aha saw New York on Monday. ' She ' looks forward to meeting girl scouts In Switzerland. " None of the girls had been on an ocean liner before. j They will cook buckwheat cakea' aa their contribution to an Interna tional girl scout dinner. They took maple ayrup and popcorn with them. PRESBfFlmrNSTSK CLEAN FILMS, PEACE WOOBTER. Ohio. June 31. (AP) Resolution supporting the move menta tor better and cleaner motion pictures and for world peace were adopted by tha Ohio Preebyterlan eynod today. Tha movie resolution commended the stand taken by the Roman Cath- olio church and It "Legion ot De-leancy x "mwrf v,.ow mA,..A,,Ai -nKw ' -ou '-Particular A V'Tt icul-a-r! . ' soVooTRets., I 'Jf(FfLyy &f&i&A-r lei! Tl-irrl I oPT-rfH.C-HlCiTE.kj y (See.- we. wamt TbS X, JL- ( 15 1 4 T J L4T 7 ' II TAILSPIN TOMMY The Fingerprint Theory Fails ! H SORRY, TOrHV. BUT jBi SOCIEHOtO I OUST CAN'T 1 1 RUT THEV FOUND BULLETS INUiHQE-VEft. BROKE IHTO t-l SEE., MP. 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