PAGE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORL), OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1934.
MOCKING HOUSE
SYX0PS18: Sergeant flu.
list hae explained to Pierre I.
fresne that the powerful polil.
eian'M alibi on the nlaht when two
men were murdered in hie home in
worth nothtua at all. Harper Mm
telt has eecaped from the looked
and guarded apartment that sup
posedly held Dureene while the
murders were taklnff place. )
rrene maintain a tcornul attl-
Chapter 47
AGAIN DEATH
"OU appear to be armed at all
points, Harper. It's a very pret
ty yarn. You've almost convinced
me of Its truth!"
"We've had all these pieces of
evidence," the detective continued
calmly, "but we couldn't get them
Into a pattern. After we had a talk
with Ellen Becker we began to un
derstand," Pierre Dufresne jerked as though
he felt a knife at his ribs. "Ellen
Becker?" be echoed faintly.
"Yes, and once again I can t ill
you something you didn't know be
fore. Your bribes to ber were a
waits of money. She bad already
put her silence In pawn else
where!"
Dufresne leaped up, bis face
working, his eyes glittering In stark
rage. He gripped the detective'!
shoulder. "My wife T" he choked.
Harpor nodded. "Ellen Becker
bas been taking money from both
of you. When she confessed about
those notes In the sand, it became
obvious bow you must have planned
to catch that man In your bouse and
murder him. But you have hope
lessly prejudiced your case by being
secret and subtle, with the result
that a perfectly Innocent man lost
bis life as well. That part Is not so
easy to forgive."
Dufresne faced the detective.
"Harper," he exploded, "what would
you say If I denied everything, com
pletely and absolutely?"
"You may deny all you like, but
you'll find It pretty hard to explain
away Ellen Becker's evidence, or
those letters. Then there's the pres
ence of the master-key on your ring,
and the murder gun, first hidden In
your room. Besides, there Is any
amount of corroborative evidence."
"But didn't you tell me you had
two suspects on your list? Or were
you lying to try to trap me?"
"Not exactly that, Mr. Dufresne."
Harper threw his bombshell. "Mrs.
Dufresne' actions are under equal
scrutiny. She Is known to have been
away from Mrs. Morlock'a house
during that mysterious fire. She has
refused to give any explanation or
. account for her movements."
Dufresne halted In his tracks, a
peculiar lntentness coming Into his
eyes, as though looking at some
thing far away.
"I suppose you threatened my
(vlfe with arrest?
"I am giving her every chance to
reconsider ber decision," Harper re
plied, "but continued refusal to an
swer my questions will force my
hand."
Pierre Dufresne threw back his
head and burst Into harsh, jarring
laughter. "Are you mad?" he cried.
"No one In this house Is ever going
to stand trial tor murder."
"'T,HB prise quandary of all lime!"
Sergeant Stephen Harper, still
clad In pajamas, was shaving him
self. He had just started the raior
down the aide of his face when the
telephone by his bed began to ring.
In a moment a voice be did not rec
ognize was pouring out an excited
tale.
"Walt a minute. . . . Stop shouting,
I'm not deaf," Harper protested.
"Who Is It? . . . O'Connor? ... at
Dufresne's. . . . Yes. . . . Who? . . .
Donaghy, the chauffeur? . . . Yes,
yes, go on . . . Whltmore found him?
. . . You've kept the others away?
That's the stuff, O'Connor! Hold
everything! I'll come right out!"
Harper sat down on the edge of the
bed.
Joseph Donaghy, the chauffeur, a
ulclde In his living quarters over
the Dufresne garage! And there was
a letter be bad written an open
letter explaining bis action. So this
was the end of the trail for that
cocky young fellow.
He hurriedly finishing shaving,
dressed, and was ready at tbe door
when tbe car from the Homicide Bu
reau stopped to pick him up. In the
back seat were the fingerprint man.
a police surgeon, and the official
photographer, hla two black boxes
of equipment wedged between his
knees,
Tbe enow-laden streets made tor
slow driving but there was not much
conversation exchanged on the run
up to Powhatan Terrace.
WASHINGTON, June 9. (AP)
In response to a number of Infla
tions, Senator Borah ( R-Idaho) plans
to deliver several speoohm this sum
tner attacking features of tbe "new
deal" which he opposes.
These Include what he regards aa
monopolistic tendencies of the NRA,
compulsory crop reduction programs
and monetary policies.
Borah has been planning tor
months to take the stump during the
summer. Definite arrangements,
however, have not been made.
He told reporters he had received
Invitations to speak In many south
ern and western cities.
Beports (not carried by The Asso
ciated Preas) that he would arrange
a campaign tour to follow the presi
dent and other "new deal" orators aa
he did Alfred E. Smith, the Demo
rratlo candidate tor president in 19M
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The uniformed policeman on
.uard at the front door to the Du
fresne house looked alert and ex
cited when be saw the official group
coming up the path. "Plenty of ex
citement In there this morning, Ser
geant!" he volunteered.
The four men from Headquarters
walked Into the ball. They heard
voices coming from the rear of the
bouse and found an excited group
back In tbe kitchen. A policeman
had taken his stand at the back
door and Andrews and the two Wh lt
mores were holding a lively discus
sion with blm.
The appearance of Sergeant Har
per and his party choked oft this
talk. The detective greeted them
briefly, tben turned to the police
man. "Where's O'Connell?"
"He's out there, with the body,"
nodding toward the garage.
"All right, boys."
They went out the back door,
crossed the porch, went down the
wooden steps and along the brick
path under a covered pergola. Tbe
snow that had fallen the night be
fore had thrust Its spearheads be
tween the latticed sides, but the
middle of the walk was clear. From
the pergola to the stone garage was
a matter of about fifteen yards and a
number of tracks In tbe otherwise
smooth snow led to the side door of
the building, where there was a
small porch with wooden Colonial
benches on each side, under a little
pent roof.
'"pHE four men crowded around the
bed where Joseph Donaghy lay
dead, lying back at an angle from
the edge of the bed, with bis head
sldewlse on the pillow. He wore no
uniform, but had taken off the coat
and vest of his civilian suit. The
automatic gun was loosely held In
hla right hand. His feet rested on
the floor, bis arms were In a natural
position. The bullet had been fired
Into the right temple.
The Coroner's man picked up tbe
ejected shell from a told of the bed
clothes. He looked closely at the
wound, then bent one of the fingers.
He nodded to Harper. "Been dead
six or seven hours."
Harper, satisfied with his scrutiny,
gave tbe signal to tbe photographer
and the police surgeon and they set1
about their routine procedure. Then
the detective turned to the pltce de
resistance of this unexpected cli
max.
A chain with Donaghy's feet still
under it, was drawn up close to the
bed. On the chair stood a portable
typewriter and In it was a typed
letter. The arrangement suggested
that the chauffeur had finished typ
ing, reached for his gun without get
ting up, pulled the trigger, and fal
len sideways across the bed. Harper
carefully released the lotter and
read it. This was the lettor:
I'm going to kick off In A minute
bscAuss 1 couldn't stand going- to
Jail, maybe to tha chair. Tonight I
tried to win enough lack to make a
sure getaway, but Instead I
dropped my roll. Harper li wlee to
me I know although he goee around
hinting that he's got something on
the boss.
I'm not sorry I bumped oft Harry
Dorey but I'm real sorry I had to
bump off the cop. 1 knew him and
he was a good guy but I had no
oholce when he butted In.
I never had any luek after J got
In with Harry, we started on easy
Jobs but when Harry wanted to try
the dirty ettiff I wanted to pull out.
He got nasty and said he would
turn me in If I didn't play ball. So
I figured out a way to get rid of
him.
Look In the old tire hanging on
the wall of the garage and It will
save a lot of explaining. My scheme
worked out fine and my allhl held
up and everything would have been
all right If It hadn't been (or the
eon.
Nobody will shed a tear because
Harry has gone, so I burned all
hla papera. Harper can figure out
the rest of It for himself. Anyway
I swore I'd never jro to jail and I
won't. I can't find anything to elgn
this with, but I guess that won't be
necessary.
Harper read this startling confes
sion through twice and put the let
ter aside thoughtfully. "Hare yon
been down In the garage, O'Con
nell?" "Yes, sir. It's Just like It says In
the lotter an old tire hangln' up on
a big spike."
"All right, bring the tire up here."
Presently the ruddy-faced police
man came back with the designated
tire. O'Connell held It upright on
the window-scat, while Harper's
eager finger dislodged the content
of the circular hiding-place.
The Drat, and bulkiest portion of
the treasure trove proved to be
neatly-akelned length of a very thin,
but exceptionally strong and dur
able rope. It was a brownish yellow
In color and to each end of It a metal
ring was bound. These rings bad the
olrcumference of a fifty-cent piece.
tCopyrignt. Jfl, by Trotter 0, Brown)
Tomorrow, the piece of reps Is
explained. .
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era) funds to the extent of III0.00O,
000 soon will be flowing Into 620 pub
lic building project selected and ap
proved yesterday by Secretary Mor
genthau end Postmaster General Par
ley. An emergency appropriation of I85,
000,000 provided In the deficiency
act will be used on sol projects, and
the remainder will get underway with
funds already available from other
sources.
Poatoffloe will account for moat
of the work, which Is to be scattered
throughout the United State and
territories.
The project selected to date by the
secretary of the treaaury and the
postmaster general tinder authority
of the emergency appropriation act,
I with flgurea taken from the detlclen.
1 cy appropriation Bill when available,
I included, for Oresoni
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SALT LAKE CllTf, June 36. (AP)
A warning that the state must
harmonize motor freight and pasaen-i
ger regulations "or the federal gov
ernment will,'- was voiced here today
by Henry W. Toll, Colorado state leg-1
lslator and a director of the Ameri
can Legislators' Association, In open
ing the three day western bus and
truck conference.
Outlining the aims of the confer
ence, Toll, who acted as chairman
during the preliminary sessions, de
clared "defects In the machinery of
government" must be corrected.
"When the federal government has
Jurisdiction, we have uniform regu
lation of traffic conditions," he said.
"Where It does not, we have a state
of chaos. This state chos cannot
continue. There are two remedies.
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will take over control, until the
states become little more than ves
tlgal relics of authority, or the state
must cooperate."
Continuing, he added:
"The states must harmonize con
trol regulation, or the federal gov
ernment will harmonize It for them."
PORTLAND, June 26. (AP) Car
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land, drowned while swimming at
Crystal Lake park near Mllwaukle
yesterday. She was last seen In the
water about 3:30 p. m., but was not
missed until nearly 7 p. m. The lake
was dragged and her body was re
covered about 10 o'clock.
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A farm mother who "did It for the
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two eons, critically wounded her two
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