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MEDFOHD MAIL TRTBWE, frnflyFORP, OREGON", MONDAY.- OCTOBER 5, 1939.
Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS
THE FAMILY ALBUM-BANG!
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The Wrong Murderer
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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By HUGH CLEVELY
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SYNOPSIS- Terence Mahony Hat
, returned from four years in China
to London, and the apartment 01
hit friend Billy Ross He lindt Rote
nsrvous, irritable teartul. And
then the triendt ttart down to
' Rose father's country place for
dinner, and Ross's eat it forced
purposely into the ditch and fioee
himself it seriously injured. Ross
confesses that he knows who tried
to murder him and that the man.
as well as Rose himself it a crook.
He is hurryinn to finish hit story
beore losino consciousness.
Chapter Two
FANCY DRESS
'"-pHB man behind the whole thing
Is Ambrosa Lawson," he said Id
. a strong, clear voice.
Ross' grip on Mahony'i sleeve re
lazed. He gave a faint sigh and lay
still.
Far away In the distance a glow In
the sky announced the approach of
another car. Mahony rose to his feet.
His obvious next move was to stop
the approaching car. And then
what? ...
If Ross were not dead already, he
would probably die from bis Inju
ries. Mahony hoped that he was al
ready dead. A man who had been a
member of a dope-peddling and kid
napping outfit was better dead. He
had no doubt whatever about that.
r
fie 'f
Billy Ross was
Yes, that was quit olear, as tar as
It went. But It did not go far enough.
Standing there, waiting, Mahony
thought of another Ross, Billy Ross
as he bad been tour years ago, rock
, less, unstable, but generous and
good-natured to a fault The Billy
Ross who had saved his life.
He knew perfeotly well what he
was going to do, Ha wasn't going to
the police. If he went to the police
with his story about Ross and Law
son, they would certainly believe the
story about Ross, but It was not so
certain that' they would believe the
part about Lawson, or, even If they
did believe It they might not be able
to get proof of Lawson's complicity
In the dope trade.
Ross had wanted things hushed up
for the sake of his parents, and Ma
hony proposed to see that his wish
waa carried out As for Lawson and
bis associates, he would deal wltb
them himself. It would give him
something to occupy his mind before
he went abroad again,
Ai the approaching ear came
nearer, be stepped out Into the road
way and held up his hand. At the
scene of the crash the car stopped; a
couple of men sprang out and came
running forward.
"What's happenedt" aaked one of
thorn excitedly. "Good heavens, what
a frightful crash! Is anyone hurt!"
"Yes, 1 think my friend haa been
killed," answered Mahony quietly.
"We burst a back tire and the car
overturned."
He paused.
"There was anothor car Just be
hind us. but It didn't even stop," he
added.
The three of them got busy. Ross
, was lifted Into the newcomers' car
and taken to a hospital. Mahony telo
phoned to Captain Ross, telling him
of his son's accldont, and had a long
Interview wltb the police. The story
that he told them was simply that a
back tire burst at speed and the car
overturned. After that lu returned
to the hospital to await Captain Itoas.
At a late hour that night, Hilly
Ross, waa unconscious but still alive.
There was, the doctors said, a faint
chance that be might survive. But
Ihey held out no hopes whatever
T
August was the busiest month In
thfl 10-ymr history of the Pacific
cot airway between Brattle, Mod
ford and Han DIcro. iih a total of
10,268 revenue pftwenitpr, 94,731
pounds of air mail and 88,408 pound
of air exprcM having bn flown
ovei the route. It waa r ported by L.
O. Devaney, field manaRrr of United
Air Lines here. The pawnger total
ippirvnted a gain of 4 5 per cent
over July.
On the Pacific Ntorthwcat-Satt Uke
division of United Air Mnea' cont-
to-conAX route. 17P8 revenue pa?n
gera. 1.960 pound of null and 7361
of anything like a complete recov
ery. Whatever happened Billy Rosa
would be a helpless cripple tor the
rest of his life.
TERENCE MAHONY was not a
man who would strike the casual
observer as being remarkable to look
at His age was twenty-six, He was
of tough, stringy build, stood about
five feet ten In holght, weighed
about 175 pounds, and was inclined
to be careless what clotbeB be wore.
He carried himself wltb a slight
slouch that made blm look shorter
than be really was. His eyes were
grey, and very calm and unworrled;
his smile, though Infrequent, was
goodnatured: bis cbln was obsti
nate; bis hair was a reddish brown
color and Inclined to wave.
His manners were quiet and self
contained; when be was bored be
was apt to show It by inattention.
There were certain contradictions
about him which puzzled, and some
times annoyed, people wltb whom he
came Into contact He was an excel
lent natural athlete, and had repre
sented his school at football and box
ing, and his county at lawn tennis,
but be was Incapable of taking any
game really seriously.
From his father, an Irishman who
had been Professor of English liter
ature at a minor English university,
still unconscious.
he had Inherited a love of reading.
Sometimes, tor long periods, he re
mained silent; at other times, wltb
tbe most serious air, he talked the
most fantaatio nonsense.
If he made up his mind to do any
thing, he did not waste time talking
about it; he simply sot about doing
it He liked to make his own plans
and act on them, and the opinions of
other people did not worry blm.
THE day after the smash he re
turned to London, took a couple
of furnished rooms tor himself, and
removed all his things from Ross's
flat He also took the opportunity of
going thoroughly through Ross's
possessions In the hope of finding
something whlcb might abed light
on his criminal activities. But be
found nothing. One possession only
of Ross's, howovor, he took away
with him a fancy costume which
Ross had Intended to wear at the
Cinema Ball.
That costume bad arrived the pre
vlous morning, and Mahony had ex
amlned it with sonte curiosity. It
waa a long, brightly colored gar
ment with a colored head-dress, and
was obviously meant to disguise It;
wearer aa an Arab sheik. But Mn
hony noticed, both robe and head
dross were lined with black and
were made roveralble, so that the
could be worn equally well tnsldr
out
Worn thus, with a slightly differ ,
ent arrangement of the head-dress
the costume transformed Its wearer
Into a black.garbcd, cowled monk.
He had asked Ross whore, and foi
what reason, he had obtained such
a curiously mado costume, and Host
had become fidgety and Irritable
and had replied crossly that b
didn't see anything curious about i
and he neltbor knew nor cared
where It had originally come from:
he was wearing It because It hat)
been sent along to him by a friend.
Recalling that Ela Little was to
havo been kidnapped at tbe Cinema
Hall, Mahony connected the costume
with the deed. He derided to attend
the ball and to wonr Ross' costume.
(Copyright, true. Hugh Clevely)
Mshony make, a call on Ilia
Little, tomorrow.
pounds of expveM wore carried In
August, also marking new record.
Hern the passenger gain waa 8.8 per
com over July, On this division
planes completed every mile of the
104.643 miles scheduled ror them
out nf the company's monthly total
Of 1,033.736 miles.
For United's entire Pacific coast
and coast -to -coast system. August
ftgures showed 24 07(1 revenue passen
per, B60.5&H pcnmds of air mall and
178.000 pound h of air exprfw, repre
wcntlng substantial Increases over AU
gust of 1035 and approximately the
same volume of tinlttc as that car
rled tn July.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. fi (AP)-The
treasury post office committee ac
ceptcd today the proposal of Ira A
Tlllncton for property musted at
Center and O streets. Uikevtew Ore .
for a new poM oifu-f biitldliw The
price was 13.600 for a plot 300 by 100
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The Most Costly Birthday,
Today, uaed aa barracks for Portu
guese soldiers, Marfa Convent stands
monument to the improvidence
of a king John V, of Portugal.
Vowing that he would convert his
country's moat humble monastery
Into the most magnificent upon the
birth of his first child, King John
fulfilled his pledge of six years after
his queen gave birth to a boy.
The poor Franciscan friary at Mar-
fa was choaen and on November 17,
1717, the first atone was laid for the
structure that was to cost 930,000.
000 and employ the work of 46,000
men before Its completion In 1735.
Portugal's national treasury, already
shaky, collapsed on the expenditure
of this amount and the nation waa
plunged Into bankruptcy.
Synthetic "Air."
So far as la known, no single gs
will sustain animal life, according to
J. Willard Hershey, noted chemistry
instructor of Mcpherson College,
Kansas.
In a aeries of painstaking experi
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that the average animal died within
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