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MEDFOKD MATL TRTBUXE. MTCDFORD, OHEHOX. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12. 1936.
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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."
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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.
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"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
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deep sea trade as passenger ttxi,
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