Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 12, 1936, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE STX MEDFOKD MATL TRTBUXE. MTCDFORD, OHEHOX. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12. 1936. tii MiliiHMi SUICIDE "ITS about this 'era business on Monday night, mister," AH Dur- ley said to Hylton at the Moreches ter station. "What I told you about meeting the young gennelman who 'ad the clgaret case was gospel, I'll swear to that In the box. It's about when 'e left I thought ' might to tell you of, like." "What happened then?" "Well mister after the young gen' nelman 'ad gone I thought to myself, 'Alt Durley Where's yer supper?" and seeing I was near the big 'ouae up the lane, I thought I'd go up and tee If there was anything doing " "See It you could steal anything,' tbe Superintendent put In. "Go on." Durley blinked bis eyes virtuously at this Interruption. . "To see if there was anything do ing. 'Corse I knew the old boy was pretty close and all that, but I'd thought 'no 'arm In 'avlng a look 'round', so up I went. There's a kind of a back drive runs up to the 'ouBe from the lane and I was Just about turning in there when I 'card some one acomlng down It. I drew back a 'bit Into the shadow and in about 'alf a minute along comes the ser geant " "The what?" Hylton askod. "The police sergeant from Ender- ton, the same one as you took me to see last night " Hylton looked from Durley to the Superintendent "You're talking through your hat Durley, you must have made a mistake." . "Not likely. I saw 'lm as plain as plain. I've seen Sergeant White about on the ro.di fifty times and I reckergnlzed him. "What time was this?" "Not many minutes after the 'art- hour." "What half hour?" "Seven, mister, I was In Enderton before eight." Hylton stared at the tramp with a worried expression on hla face he was recalling vividly that unex plained moment In the police cot tage when Alice White had plucked him by the arm. "You're spinning a yarn Durley," he said suddenly, "what's at the back of It? What have you got against Sergeant White?" "Honest to Qawd mister It's the truth. I haven't got a thing against the Sergeant, 'e'a never 'ad me np or anything. All I know Is the truth and that Is Sergeant White come down tbe back drive there as near after 'art past seven Monday night as doesn't matter." "Urn. Supposing we pretend to be lieve you for a minute, what did you do then?" - "Mister," Alf Durley said with groat earnestness, "I beat It straight to the 'Oops at Enderton I was there before eight. I can prove It." "Why are you suddenly telling us this yarn Durley?" Hylton aakod, "Why one tale last night and an other now?" "Because I've been thinking Mis ter, and I'm not quite a fool yet. First thing I saya to myself when I 'card the old boy had beon klboshed was 'You old your tongue Alt Durley; them as don't speak can't get Into trouble,' I saya. All right. Then comes yesterday, me asking for a lift Innocent-like and copping all this packet of trouble. "I wns fair put about I can tell you, especially when you ran me into Sergeant Whlto't 'ouae. I told the tale as I thought best at the moment loaving out about going any nearer the big 'ouse than the end of the lane. But last night In the celt I 'ad time to think a bit more, and I thought, 'suppose the Sergeant saw me same time as 1 aeon 'lm'. "My Gawd, that put me in a sweat. I don't mind telling you Mister. I could see meself 'anglng next So this afternoon I decided I might aa well tell the extra bit, and that's Gawd's own Gospel truth mister If it's on me death-bed." "CEND him back to the cells 8u " per," Hylton salt after a long pause, and when Mr. Alf Durley had been duly disposed of the two pollee officers faced each other. "Well, what do you make of It?" the Superintendent asked. Hylton shook his head. "I honestly dm t know what to make of It. He must be lying of course, but why?" "Why should he go to all this trouble to He?" "Dammit all that's Just what I'm asking." EG10N UNDER NEW HEAD PORTLAND. Au. 13. (API An nminofmtnfi waa muta hr lodnjr by Earl E. Popp of the airport auction of tlie burrau of air commerce of the entAbllaliment of a nw admlnUtra five pes ion of the airport aectlon with office In Portland. Popp will tw in rhurne of the territory, assisted by Paul Morrla, formerly of the Ban Francisco office, aa regional airport engineer. The new region, which include Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Montana and Wyoming, waa prevlomly admin istered pnrtly from Ban Pranclaco and partly from Salt lke City. "The purpooe ot thla new realign ment of territory in the west la to en able the bureni better to oo-operate with the Works Prog res Admlnlatra tlcn in tha airport building program now underway." aald Popp. POR PKHHONAL LOANS Of AU KINDS. W. E. rouma, 43 8. Centra. : TM VliT tU3I I "Unless he really la scared that White saw him there then." "But White wasn't there then, that's the whole point; he didn't get to the house until well aftot- line, we know that" "No, that's right Inspector. I won. der if White has had any dealings with Durley before had him up for vagrancy or anything?" "He didn't say so last night, but It's possible." "Do you know, Inspector, I can't help thinking that fellow is telling the truth, somehow." "Who, Durley?" Hylton laughed. "Well, to put your mind to rest I'll go straight back to White and see what he aays about the whole thing." "Well, maybe that's best. Shall I, order the car for you?" Hylton stopped the car at the Hoops and sent it back from there. He was feeling so ravenously hun gry that he decided his Interview with Sergeant White could be post poned for twenty minutes. This in terval was put to excellent use in the back room at the Hoops and it was a more cheerful Hylton who set out on foot later for the Police Cot tage. Reflection during his meal time had made it more evident than ever to htm that Alt Durley's tale (for some Inscrutable reason best known to that strange individual) must be a tissue of lies. Men usually He from vanity or fright, the Inspector knew. Vanity is a quantity so Incalculable that it admits of no reasoning; but if Alt Durley 'Was lying from fright, what was he really frightened of? Hylton sincerely hoped that White did know something about the man, for more, certainly, would have to come to light before they could be satisfied. Ail this went forwaru on the surface of his mind; underneath, aided by the feeling of ease conse quent upon good food and tobacco, waa the comfortable thought that when the Durley business was dis posed of a game of chess with Ser geant White would be a very pleas ant thing. No light was showing In front so the Inspector made hla way round to the back. All this, too, was In dark ness, rather to his surprise sur prise which was increased consider ably when on making to knock on the kitchen door he found It to be ajar. TIB FELT certain that the house 1 would hardly be loft unlocked with nobody In It and pushing the door wide open he stepped Inside and cnllod "Whlto." Hla voice ran round tho '.Ittle kitchen and died away In' the dark interior of the cottage. Thore was no answer; but the Inspector stand ing there on the threshold of the dark kitchen got the distinct im- presBlnn that something moved nonr him, Once again he called out "White" and once again there was no an swer; he took an undecided pace Into tho kitchen to Investigate and then abruptly stopped. His atop had brought his faco Into contact with something twlxt floor and celling which gavo at his touch. In complete bewilderment he put up his hand to examine this unexpected objoct, and found that It swung awny from him with a ponderous fnclllty. His fingers encountered the roughness of serge, oloth, the smooth roundness of a button. "What thedovtl " he muttered to himself and thon suddenly stopped In a cold aweat of horror and fear. "God," he swore stupidly to him self and without more ado backed away until he hit the kitchen wall and hla hand atumblcd on the elec tric light switch. The merciless yellow efficiency lit up the small kitchen. The table had been pushed, or kicked, to one aide, and what now adorned the centre of the room was the body of Sergeant James White dependent by a stout piece of rope from a tie rod that ran close to the colling. Sergeant James Whlto's face was not a pretty sight to look at; It waa the face of a man who has deliber ately choked himself to death by slow strangulation which is what even the most skillful of self hang ings amounts to. Ills hands were handcuffed In front of his body. On the kitchen table, weighted down by a long, sharp bread knife lay some sheets of paper, the top one In scribed, Detective Inspector Klngsley Hylton." A very blind lead becomes a very good ene, tomorrow. FOR RELIEF ONLY WASH I NO TOM. Aug. 13. (AP) President Rooaevelt gve new notice to local communltlet todny that all federal aJlotmenta on puhho worka administration project must be anent in employing relief labor, but explained they could employ other workmen with their fund. With eleven atates ao far without ne PWA projecta beomiae of their xhortage of auitable relief workmen, the president emphasized at his prew conference that the government would reimburse municipalities for every dol lar they spend on wages taking peo ple off relief rolls. Explaining that with the exception of certain projects which tho federal government felt normally bound to finance, substantially all f eder.it money would go for relief labor, the president aivtfested that communities might import workmen from neli boring cities' relief roll. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX for further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for raoly Roc U S. Pt Off. flench Warming Pluggcr. When Carl Edmonds, Toledo batter. slapped out an Infield hit hi the sixth Inning, the Columbus manager dash ed out onto the field to protest that Edmonds was batting out of turn. Upon Investigation it was learned that the manager of the Toledo team had written Al Cohen's name on the batting order Instead of Edmonds". Edmonds was thereupon cnlted out by the umpire for batting out of turn. but Cohen was given official box score credit for nil of Edmonds' perform ances In the gamo up to that point. These, Included four put-outs and one hit out of threo times at bat for an average of .333. During the plays for which ho was given credit, Al Cohen was complacently observing the game from the bench I (hosts or the ( Upper Hhlps. In these, tho days of tho mnohine age, there are actually more than 000 ships of the U. 8. merchant marine which depend entirely for their means of propulsion upon snlls. Of these vessels, there is a surpris ingly large, number operating In the deep sea trade as passenger ttxi, freight ships. Civil War tinmen. Beginning Jnnunry 0. 18(11. the Civil TAILSPIN TOMMY Hades Hath No Fury Like a Bilk L-a 0 SUOULDA KNOWN J? CUT IT 0UT,n FjHOW AM I WOKAY, VIOLET, T fjfwOT WAS TU' T7 IMDDiiONH) NT BtTTE-R TO AISPIKE-...YOUM BOOING TO GlrTVOKAY, BUT IF-B B BIG IOE-A...ff AT Tuf UOL&Tf-B ALrAVE- YOU ALONtV GOT THE-) ?SUPPtrR ...F-OR OTHAT SAP oTE-LLIN THAT A. 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