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PAGE SIXTEEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHU. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934. iMMMQdi) SPEEDY JUSTICE By VICTOR BRIDCES, ; rnn niinnr SVAOi'Ss: Nicholas Trench ts IbIIIiiij friend Jerry Uardaunt. the strange circumstance that hue united Sicholas and Molly O'Brien in an effort to recover the .ftluoMfl formula ttoten from her bu John Osborne. Sicholas iust hoi heen acquitted of the murder of Osborne: now he has been threatened by o pair ot murderous Russians who heliere he has the formula. Sicholas tells Jerry that the itiry very nearly sentenced him to be hanged. , Chapter 16 MOLLY'8 8TORY "T SHOULD hive been distinctly annoyed," Bald Jerry. "I hate losing pala, especially when I'm out of England." He stuffed some vil lainous looking black twist Into the bowl of his pipe and rnmmed It down with his thumb. "Anyhow," he add ed. "I gather that it's all over now, and that I've Just dropped In for the tall end of the banquet." "Don't be In such a hurry," I said. "What you've beard so far Is only the overture." He raised an Inquiring eyebrow. "Oh!" he remarked hopefully, so there's more to come, Is t iero?" "Plenty!" In as few words as pos sible I went on to describe my Inter view with Seymour, and then amidst a profound silence I con tlnued my story till I reached the unpleasant point wben Mr. Stlllman had stepped forward with the coll of rope got back this paper ot hers, Molly lias already offered to present you with a new Daby Austin." "I didn't do anything of the kind!" She darted an Indignant glance at me. "1 said ..." "Never mind Nick," broke In Jorry. "Ha always eiaggerat.es. Be sldos, mercenary as I am, 1 don't want any bribing. I've been yearn ing to have a cut at the sleuth busi ness ever since 1 was t small boy, and now that the chance has come . . . " He rubbed bis hands together gleefully. "Trench, O'Brien and Mordaunt Private Inquiry Agents Murder a Specialty Telegraphic address, Eureka, London." "Well, that's very comforting," I said. "You'll make a magnificent 'toe especially If tliere'B going to be any more ot the rough stuff." I paused. "Now let's be dead serious tor a minute. We've told you all the tacts and I'd like to hear your opin ion about them. Coming on to It with a fresh mind, as you have, you may bo able to see some point that Molly and I have missed." JERRY sobered down promptly. "There's one thing as clear as mud. Osborne must have known that uo'd been followed from Amer ica and he'd got the wind up pretty badly. That was why be was trying to do a bolt on the quiet. Wanted to VIENNA (UP) With all the speed It could summon. Justice has disposed of -handsome Alois Oaldasch. 31. Three hours after a special light ning court had sentenced Alois to death for the murder of his father he was hanged. Even then, the proceedings might have been quicker, but Alois kept fainting, and ths Austrian law re- i far A 1 4fi '9 4- 4. "We're on the right trackl" exclaimed Jerry. "The awlne meant business all right. Jorry," I said: "one could see It In his face. Don't know how It would have struck most people, but personally I much prefer being shot to being tortured. I was Just get ting ready to give him a plug In the law and take the consequences, when a beautiful voice up In my bed room suddenly began to telephone lo the police." I stopped and turnod to Molly. "This Is where you come In, part ner," I added, "But look bore!" Jorry straight ened himself and eyed me suspi ciously. "Are you trying to pull my leg or Is all this Drury Lane stuff an absolute fact?" "It's tho plnln, unvarnished, strike-me-dend truth," I protested. "You wait till you hear our young friend hero. Sho'll spin yon a yarn thnt will mnke you sit up and whistle." Til "MIL'S encouraged Molly sot to work. In her soft Southern ac- eont, with Its faint hint of an Irish brogue, alio recounted once again the strange and drnmatlo chain of events which had brought her to Queen's Sludlos. She told It all very simply, hut watching Jerry a expres sion as the tale progressed. It was easy enough to sco that he was VI ready completely fascinated. He mndo no attempt to Intorrupt or question hor until she hnd reached the end. and oven then ho sat for a moment or two pulling at his pipe his eyes riveted on her face. "By Jovo, you've got some pluck!" he snld slowly. "Ilo you mind It I shako hands with you?" Ho gut up, end having performed the ceremony with becoming grav ity, re-seated hlmMf In his chnlr. Molly smiled. "I hate being cheat ed," she ohaorved. "It was father's Invention snd I want him to have the full credit ot II." "How does It appeal to you. Jerry?" 1 Inquired. "Would you like to throw up your Idle, pleasure hunting life for a few weeks and Join us In a spot of detective work? You wo'i'l nnd us ungrateful. If we In the most approved American gang ster fashion. Up on the slopes of Montmsrtre. dotted with night clubs, dsnce halls, exotic cafes and all night bars, shoot ings have taken place to determine the leadership of what Parisians call the milieu. The first victim of the Montmartre gangseters' guns was Louis La Febvre. known to hts Intimate associates as Louis the Surprising, who ran a i chain of lucrative gambling Joints. He was rubbed out as he emerged from a tiny bar on the Ruo Fontaine. Louis the Surprising came into ganstcr prominence at 2d, when was the bodyguard of Dede of the Broken Nose. That was back In 1917. He soon became more prominent and then he was not beard of for several MANY THEORIES IN PORTLAND SLAYIG THE WORLD AT ITS WORST SALEM. Ore. (UP) Examining ; 26-year-old records of applications of ' attorneys for admission to the stSyt? ( bur, Arthur B. Benson, cleric of the ' state supreme court, has found the names of more than 200 lawyers in- I he eligible to practice in Oregon. j The attorneys never completed I their requirements, Benson said. The I court Is expected to declare the ap- ! pllcanta void. ' Benson said many of them came to Portland and Oregon during the aroused the ire of less prosperous members of the milieu. Anyway, he was snuffed out and tne following victims were his closest friends. Use Mall Tribune want ads. and others are dead. , Germany's aluminum industry is . enjoying a boom as the result of j governmental restrictions on the use ' of copper, tin and zinc. 1 milrM that th fonrirmne1 man shall be conscious when the noose tight-1 m of th, de r-'irf..i, tin... hi. fatw 4,in. preeslon It became known that he was Lewis and Clark fair of 1005 and In , Oaldasch killed his father during h ,mm.rtl.fv fn : MlT'ln,.,. . ill. .,,11 ., ; ' ' clandestine gambling dens. I Many of them did not stay, others n.irfB..u . I His success at such a time apparently , changed to other lines of business crowbar, which. It was established, ha premeditntedly hid in hts home. When he had killed his father, he hid the body In a loft and Invited his woman friend to spend the evening at his home. The next day he told his neighbors that his father had gone abroad. Eventually, when the odor became noticeable, he sewed the j body In a potato sack and burled It. ) Before his execution Oaldasch be- 1 rjuethed all his possessions to the j woman. FRENCH APACHES USE GANG TACTICS PARIS. (UP) French Apaches or the underworld here have started putting rival racketeers on the spot By GLUYAS WILLIAMS S j 12-4 WHO HAS ALL HER CHRISTMAS WORK DOr-JE WHEK VOl) ARE OMLV BEGINNING VoORS (Copyright, 1934. by The Bell Syndicate, Ins.) S 'MATTER POP- Payno Jo. Miw! vjJa-t li -TIat mo 4 . Va- W7 MAkt JtlJ A EAT louP OH 5lT CoFCtt. NOI6E. J J !t?Sf' rV Py"ght' mi- bT The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) TAILSPIN TOMMY- sltp off hefore they found out his address." "All very sound as far as It goos," 1 admitted. "The snng is that It doesn't In any way account for the murder." "Of course It dopsn't," admitted Jorry cheerfully, "Murdor always takca n lot of explaining. I've no doubt that If these two toughs of yours had run across Osborne they'd have bumped him off without turn ing a hair, but as things are I'm Inclined to think that they wore Just a little bit too late. Somebody else stepped In and did the Job In front of them." "Isftnk tbn wp.y anyhow," ! said. "You enn't sell an invention with out talking about It, and Osborne may have given tho show away to half a dozen different people. It's my belief thnt somebody had al ready mnde him an offer. After all, he'd boon over here qulto a time, and ..." "Resides, theio's the money," In terrupted Jorry. "Where do you sup poso he got thnt five hundred pounds from? According to Miss O'tlrlen's story ho'd precious little of his own wben he left Now Or leans. Ho must either hnvo sold the thing outright, or ebo ho'd signed up a contract and heen touching for a hit on account." ! looked at him In admtrntlon. "Well done, Sherlock," 1 snld. "Thai's a point thnt had never oc curred to me. Now I wondor ..." "Show him iho letter," sug,es(pd Molly. "Lot him rend It for him self." 1 produced Fir William Avon's eommunicntlon from my pockot. "This arrived Inst night by speetal messenger." 1 said. "Me must have sent It off directly after the verdict." Jerry took the sheet of paper and ran his eye over Its contents. Then ho whistled softly. "We're on the right track that's a certainty! Avon's a tremendous swell In his own line. He must bo mixed up with the business in some way." ( lH'if;M, IMi, I'fin lulHshing Co.) Nleholni mnkfli n Important engagement, tomorrow. PARDON, SeNORITA.I AM CURIOUS-. 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