MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOIiU. OBEGOX, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1935.
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Chapter 44
DEAD DOQ
THE sergeant gave a algb o( satls
. faction.
I "That's tha car wanted In connec
tion with tha Warley case," ba said
Importantly.
"1 want to ring up my solicitor,
please," said Guy flrmly. "And I'd
like you to get In touch with Chlet
Inspector Grlce at Scotland Yard, he
knows me. Can I speak to him from
here?"
"You'll have plenty ot time to
ipeak to him," said the sergeant
grimly. "Take him along to the cellB,
Futcher, I'll ring up headquarters.
It was exactly one-thirty that a
car stopped at the police statlun and
Chief Inspector Grlce himself, lean,
ferret-faced and red-haired, got out
"Grlce!" Guy atarted with relief as
the door opened. The Inspector held
out bis band.
"Well, now, sir, what's all this?"
be asked.
Guy's statement of the facts took
Just three minutes.
"Quite so, quite so," said Grlce
soothingly. "1 understand! But ot
course, whatever he did you
shouldn't have pushed him, sir."
"1 know but well 1 was In a
hurry. I'll apologize, anything, but
can you get me out of thlB?" urged
Guy. "1 tell you, Grlce. I'm scared
blue! This lady the young lady I'm
telling you about, who was with me,
has gone to Mrs. Poynter's flat now
and Lord only knows what's hap
pening!"
"I'll do what I can," Grlce prom'
Ised, "but I'll have to ask you a few
questions first.
"Make 'em snappy, then!"
"I'll try to," Grlce conceded. ''Put
In a nutshell, the position's this:
Mrs. Burners or Poynter, or whatever
ber name Is, came round to see ns
this morning. Mrs. Burners had said
that she knew nothing that her
furniture had been moved, that she'd
only been down there to aee It out
and that she'd not been near the
collar. That was confirmed by the
movers' men, who said the door was
locked and the key gone. Anyway,
there wasn't any doubt she bad an
alibi."
"Well?" Guy's eyes were on bis
watch; he was sweating lightly.
"Well, this morning she came
round with a tale that she bad tbe
number of the blue car that was
seen up on the downs. Said ber gar
dener had spotted It coming by his
cottage round about nine-thirty the
next morning and bad written to
her though why I don't know!"
"1 see," agreed Guy. "What do you
want me to tell you?"
"Can you explain, sir, what your
car was doing down at Warley that
nlRht?"
Guy hesitated. "Officially?" he
ssked.
"Yes," said Grlce.
There was a pause that lasted a
bare fraction of a minute and their
eyes met
GUY took out a handkerchief and
wiped his face. It had a set,
grim look.
"By the way, how's your wife?"
be asked pointedly. "All right
gain?"
"Getting on fine now," said Grlce
r ep ro ao h fully. "But that's not
trlcket, sir, If 1 may say so."
"I know It's not," said Guy. "But
for Heaven's sake be human!"
Grlce looked at the door and at
die captive. But be saw neither. He
was thinking of a woman who bad
lain 111, despaired of, and this man
beside him who had saved ber life.
"Go on, sir!" he capitulated.
So Guy told for the second time
that day the story of his movements
on the night he went to Warley, and
of hla meeting with Alison.
Grlce heard him through without
expression.
"You yourself saw no ont, in the
bouse that night except tha young
lady?"
"No one," agreed Guy ftrmly.
"Could you tell me a little bit
more clearly what you did down In
the cellar?" he asked.
"As far as I remember, Miss Rede
and 1 went through It very care
fully, flashing the light about and
looking Into all the corners. We
found the main switch ana turned
on the eloctrlo light"
"Just a moment sir you didn't
do anything before turning on the
main? Didn't shift anything?"
"No." Guy looked at him wonder
lngly. "Ohl Yesl There wss one
thing."
"What?" Grlce was leaning for
ward, bis small pale eyes glittering
eaKerly.
"Tbore was a big roll of linoleum
In one corner, near tha recess under
the stairs," said Guy. "It fell over.
A rat ran out I suppose he'd got
IG PROJECT
ALLOTTED BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. July 3.(AP
PrfMdent Roosevelt today allotted
160.000,000 of work relief funds for
low cost housing projects.
Secrotnry Irkes announced that ap
provnl by Comptroller General J. R.
McCnrl had made the money Imme
diately available.
Fifty projects were Included. Ickeit
aatd. Including $00,000,000 Announced
yesterday as approved by the presi
dent. Ickes said one oi the projects was
the 4 .700 .000 development In Har
lem, New York City. He declined to
reveal other developments.
Phon 543 We'll haul iwaj
refuM. City Sanitary Service.
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frightened at our moving about
Why? What's the matter?"
Grlce did not answer the ques
tion. Instead he asked, "Did the
linoleum fall lightly?" '
"Lightly? No!'1 Guy looked up
startled. "It fell over with a terrific
crash. Why?"
"Linoleum's heavy stuff, of
course." said Grlce. "But there
wasn't much of It"
"Not much? There was a huge roll
about eight feet hlgb, 1 should
think."
"How big around?" Grlce snapped
out that question.
"Nearly three feet In diameter, I
should say." Then grasping tbe im
port of the question, be cried, "Good
Lord! You don't mean?"
"1 can't be sure, of course," ad
mitted Grlce. "But It's possible. You
see, the roll we found was quite
small."
OU think be was hiding In there
i all the time?" Guy was esger
now.
"More likely to be hiding in the
cellar. He might've heard you com
ing and have gone and got Inside
the linoleum. It's only guesswork,
of course."
"But If he did that, why should be
fall over?" Guy was frowning.
"That's lust it," said Grlce. "Did
you see a little deal stool about two
foot high, sir?"
"No-no. Nol I'm sure 1 didn't"
"There was one, when the body
was found," declared Grlce. "If he'd
put that Inside the roll and stood on
It to get the edges wrapped 'round
him"
"He'd be topheavy!" ended Guy.
"Exactly."
"You mean he got killed like
that?"
But Grlce was cautious.
"It's possible. You see, we found
him with his skull fractured and
his head cut open at the back where
It had hit the edge of the Iron brace
across the stairs, and that must've
killed him. But he was lying with
both arms straight down beside blm,
That'a what made it look like mur
der or manslaughter his arms be
ing at bla sides like that and the
key being gone."
"But I don't understand." Guy
spoke slowly. "The linoleum fell
back Into the recess. If he was In It
and got killed like that what was
there to puzzlo you?"
"Ah!" said inspector Grlce. "But
there wasn't nny linoleum when we
found him. The stool was by blm In
tha recess but nothing else. The
only roll of linoleum we saw was on
the top of the electric switch box!"
"The electric switch! Hut there
was nothing there! 1 switched on the
lights myself and Miss Rede
turned them off In the morning!"
"Exactly, sir." said Hrlce. "That'a
why 1 believe your story."
"But If the linoleum was movod?"
"Who movod It?" ended the Inspec
tor. "Who Is there who'd an Interest
in making nn accident look like a
murder?"
"1 can toll you that!" said Guy.
"But for Heaven's sake get me out
of here first!"
'All right, sir. You stay hero, .I'll
speak to the sergeant."
'pHEY were coming. Alison found
herself trembling all over ns she
saw Daphne, with the coarse-faced
woman behind her.
"All right. Bob. You'd better go
and leave us." Dnphne was calm
again now. "This Is your new maid,
Preedy, Alison. She has brought
some smelling salts and sal volatile
and Bob, don't eat that!"
Robert started and look 'round;
he had taken a chocolate from the
box.
She Bald quickly, "I'm aorryl
Thosa are the creams I made for
Alison. I've some of the nutty sort
you like out' In the car."
"Oh! All right" The little white
dog, scenting the sweetstuff, had
been begging and Robert let the
chocolato drop Into Its mouth.
Come on, we're late." said
Daphne.
But no one either listened or
obeyed. Tbey were all three staring
at the dog who was running 'round
In little circles.
Daphne repeated angrily, "Bob!
Come on"
But Robert Rede paid no atten
tion. He dropped on bis knees. His
hands went out to catch the dog as
It rolled over on Its back with
convulsive struggle both legs stiffly
In the air.
Then with a Jork Its head fell'
back. A faint, sickly reek ot bitter
almonds lingered In the air.
'Cyanide," said Robert Rede
slowly.
Above the body of the dead dog,
he looked up at AllRon and their'
eyes met f
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Robert Red Is oonvlnced, to
morrow.
AAA PROCESSING TAX
NEW YORK, July 3. (AP) The
constitutionality of the agricultural
adjustment act and the riftht of the
government to collect M09,B7fl due
In prooi'ss'iiu taxes was challenged
Tuesday In a It-iUMal court action by
four larpe cereal companies.
Federal Juiie Henry W. Goddard
granted a temporary order restraining
the district collector of internal rev
enue from colleetinti the taxes, due
July 1. and set Tunsday for arnu
mfiits on conilimiiin the injunction
until settlement of the suits.
A 1,000,000-bushel pram elevator
under construction at Knid. OKla.,
will bring Hie city's capacity to 11,
500.000 buhcls.
BRIDE OUT $735
AND HUBBY SHE
II ON STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3. (Pi
Authorities of San Francisco and
other Pacific coast cities today search
ed for Jack Franklin Mills, whom his
bride. of three weeks charges deserted
her after mulcting her of t735.
The dlsilllusloned bride, Mrs. Ger
trude Washburn Mills, advertising
woman of Toledo, O., swere out a
grand theft warrant for his arrest.
Mrs. Mills told police here that
she met Milts In "a sidewalk fllrU
tlon," three wee lea ago. He told her
he was a radio star, screen actor and
an engineer for both the Golden Gate
and San Francisco - Oakland Bay
bridges.
They went to Reno the next day
end were married. She said she fi
nanced all their expenses, accepting
Mills' statements that he was tem
porarily without funds, but would
soon have money.
Last week he left her, declaring he
had to make a business trip to
Seattle. She checked up on some or
his claims, she anld, and when she
discovered they were false, she ap
pealed to the police.
A search of Mills' abandoned apart
ment, police said, yielded several
fan mall" letters, all addressed to
Big Brother Jack, Angelus Temple,
Los Angeles." Most of them were
from children asking that they be
enrolled In Almee Semple McPher
son's Angelus Temple Radio club.
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Mrs. Mills said she has a mother
and two younger brothers living in
Houston, Tex.
SAYS SKILL NO FACTOR
WITH SLOT MACHINES
ASTORIA. Ore., July 3. (AP
Whether slot-machines in Clatwp
county are so constituted as to h'ive
an element of skill appeared today to
be a question the courts may have
.to decide.
Sheriff J. V. Burns brought a score
of the devices here from Seaside. He
claims they have no element other
than gambling, In opposition to the
state law.
The Seaside cl ty council recently
licensed their operation.
The Bherlff said Irving Allen, Sea
side city attorney, had Intimaied
that court action would be taken to
reclaim the machines.
Use Mall Tribuue want ada.
WELLESLEY
DISAPPEARS AT SEA
NEW YORK, July 3. (AP) Miss
Angle Eames of Wellesly, Mass.,
daughter of the late Francis Eames
of Philadelphia, was lost at sea from
the Italian liner Conte Grande under
unexplained circumstances, ship's of- j
fleers reported when the liner docked
In New York today.
Miss Eames, 40, a Wellesly college
graduate, was returning to the United
States after four years of teaching
English in private Italian schools. '
Dstroyers Go North
MARSHFIELD, Ore., July 3. (JP)
Thirteen destroyers, en route north,
have been sighted off Coos Bay dur
ing the past few days. They were
believed to Wfe on their way to north
ern Oregon and Washington points
to participate In Fourth of July observances.
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