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

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE STX MED7WD MATT, TTITBTJKE, MFWOTeT), OTIEOOy. MONDAY. OCTOBER 12. 193g. i 1 1 I. ATTENTION GETTER By GLUYAS WILLIAMS fi The Wrong Murderer STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For fwrtirw proof adtfmes th author, taelosiac rttUDped cimfcip for rpty W 0 S- Pat- OC By HUGH CLEVELY 4K . .fiil&: Terence Stahony hot . . .jnvd Lisa Liltla, the cinema .tar, irom a patio of kidnappers at a fancy dress bait. 119 has brought her homo, and while ho to placing her on a couch tn her homo hot undo to murdered. Terence sees only the back of the asoatlant ao hr. escapes. Terence also rcalixes that ho to in a dangerous position : when ho sees that the police are at the . door he makes a sudtlen plan. And then Ambrose Lawson, luho reall killed Littlo. drives up to the curb , Chapter Eight KENNEDY ARRIVES ! MAHONY went through the front doorway with rush, and put all hli force Into a right-hand punch that fairly lifted the unauspectlng policeman off the door-step and knocked him out Oat on the pave ment, . While the policeman waa atlll fail- . tng, he laahed out again with hl left in a punch that aent Lawson stag- , gerlng, and followed It up with an- 1 other right that put Lawaon out for the count beside the policeman. He eprang quickly acrosa the pave ment, atepped Into the car which he bad taken from the kldnappera, and v drove off. He had little fear of Imme dlate purauit, tor he knew that nei ther the policeman nor Lawaon would be In any condition to follow - blm tor several aeconda, and by that time he would be well out of sight. After Mabony's suddenexlt, Elsa , itared for a moment at the doorway through wblcb be bad gone. Then he ran out after him. Her Idea was lot to puraue him, but to get help. She heard the smack, smack of hla ' suncbes as he knocked out the po liceman and Lawaon, and reached the front door Just In time to see his lar disappear down tho street. ... Two Inanimate figures were lying n the pavement; by the light of a earby street lamp she recognised ne of them as Lawson. The eight terrified her, baiting bar abruptly In the doorway; she thought the two ten were dead. , . Then aha conquered her terror and , went forward quickly, and bent over L&wson. He stirred, opened hla eyes, and muttered a word which caunot be printed. Then be slowly raised , himself on one elbow. "What the" be began. ," "Mr. Lawaon! Mr. Lawsonl" Inter rupted Elsa. She shook bis shoulder , slightly. Lawson blinked. But his brain waa clearing now, and he recollected ' all that had happened. He had a part to play, and he played It. "Elsa ... 1" he exclaimed In a lone , of the utmost astonishment. "Who , was that follow? How long have you been bere? When did you get home?" But Elsa was In no state of mind to answer questions at that moment. She gripped bla sleeve and tugged at It, trying to Induce him to rise. "My uncle please come quickly he s been murdered, she gasped. "What's that? Vour uncle mur dered!" exclaimed Lawson In a star tled tone. ' At this moment the policeman stirred and began to sit up. Lawson took charge of the situation. He helped the policeman to his feet. To gether they followed Elsa back Into the house. Lawson waa kind and efficient. He took Elsa to the kitchen and Insisted on making coffee tor her, wbtle the ' policeman dealt with the murder. The policeman did not waste time ' looking for cluea or asking ques tions. When he was sure that Mr. Little waa dead, he simply locked the room In which the murder bad been committed and telephoned to hla superiors. Twenty minutes later another car drove up to the house containing two detectives, a camera-man, and police doctor. The leader of the detectives introduced himself as In spector Kennedy of Scotland Yard. TTH3 was obviously one of the new, public-school type of detectives. In appearance he was a tall, lean man of thirty-four or five, dreased - by a good tailor. His features were regular and good-looking, his dsrk yea were a little sleepy, his bands were well cared tor. There waa nothing brusque or bul 'lying in his methods; hts msnner was civil and his voice well modu lated. There was about blm rather the appearance of an army man on leave. That appearance did not alto gether belle him. Before Jolnlns the police he bad tor three yeara held a short service commission In the R. A. F. He seemed to know exactly what to do. The study was examined, photo grapha were taken, and tho doctor made his examination of the body. 27 Days will he sUihed rrom Mint: tig travel time between Med ford and Pacific ocean points witri inaugura tion, October 31, of Tgti:ar passenger plane mtyIcc fr:m San rrancleco to Honolulu and the Ori ent, exrordiiy to a bulletin released today by I., o. Devaney. Held man eer of United Air Lines h.. Only three boms are requltd for United a planet to fly from ..ere to San Franrtnco .vhere connections aje made with lan American's overseas Clipper ahlps. Through this all-elr ervire, passenger time to Honolulu will be twenty-tour hours and to Manila, fire day. Th flight from Honolulu to Manila Then Inspector Kennedy began to ask questions. To begin with he obtained Law son's story, whjcb, on the face or it, appeared to be quite almple and straightforward. Lawson stated that Wsa had been missed from the Al bert Hall when the film stars were due to be Introduced; that he had made Inquiries for her and learnt that she had last been seen being carried toward the door by a party of black monks; that he bad rung up Mr. Little, and that Mr. Little had announced his Intention of calling in the police. He had '.uen driven to Mr. Little's bouse In hla car, and had seen a constable on the door-step. He hod been about to Join the constable, when he door had suddenly opened and a man dressed In monk's cos tume bad emerged and attacked him. - Taken by surprise, be had been knocked out before be had time to defeud' himself. He bad recovered consciousness to find Elsa bending over him. He and the constable and Elsa had entered the house, and he had seen Mr, Little's body lying on the floor of the study with a knife near It. That was all be knew. The Inspector's assistant took down this story In a note-book. The Inspector turned to Elsa. I'd like to have your story now. Miss Little," he said. Elsa waa looking pale and 111. The shock of her uncle's death, on top of the effects of the drug which bad been given to her at the Albert Hall, had left ber dazed ind hardly able to concentrate. The contrast betweon her gay Queen of Hearts costume and pale face and sad eyes made her look extremely helpless and pathct ie. Inspector Kennedy felt very sorry tor her. But be bad his duty to do. I'm afraid 1 can't tell you much," she answered. "A lot of monks start ed dancing round me at the Albert Hall. One of them picked me up, and then something pricked my arm and 1 lost consciousness. When 1 came to 1 waa lying on a sofa In bere, and a man dressed as a monk was stand ing by tbe window. Then the door bell rang, and I turned my head and and saw Uncle Vincent" SHE! blinked. A tear trickled slowly down her nose and dropped down on to the front of ber dress. Crying did not make her look ugly; It only made her look helpless and child like. . Inspector Kennedy felt very sorry tor ber indeed. And then, Miss Little?" he asked sympathetically. I 1 think 1 waa going to scream but the monk caught bold of raj wrists and shook me and said: 'You are not to,' or something llko that 1 said, 'You've killed blm.' and hi said, 'No, I haven't' Then he picked up the knlte and wiped lu and rat out of the room. 1 ran out of tbi room too, to try to got help tor my uncle, and saw Mr. Lawson and thi policeman lying on the pavement' "I suppose you've no idea who thii monk waa?" asked the Inspector. She hesitated, putting her bant) to her head aa If it pained her. "No. At least ... no, I don't- know who he waa. But . . . somehow hli vole did seem a bit familiar,'' sbi answered. . "Oh! You knew the man's volci vaguely, but can't give a name tt him," said the Inspector shrewdly "That seems to suggest that It wai somebody you've met but don't know very well. Think hard. Miss Little. Try to remember. Whose voice wai It?" There was a lopg psuse. Elsa eat In a rather huddled position staring at nothing. Occasionally a tear ran down her face and trickled on to her dress. Sbe did not want to think. She wanted to cry. She could Imn glna no greater luxury than simply being alone and crying to her heart'a content. She wished these people wouldn't make her think. Perhaps if sho could think of the man's name quickly they would leave her alone. One after another the names of men she knew passed through her mind, but that voice did not seem to HI any of them. "Think of all the men you know whose names begin with A. Then think of all those beginning wllb B, and so on through the alphabet." suggested the Inspector. Again there wsa a pause. Adam son. Arlington, Alnsworlh, Harring ton, Barton, BorlsoR a host of names passed one after the other through Klsa'a mind. Kvory now and then, In the midst of the G's or J'l sbe would think ot another 0 or E; It was atnatlng the number of peo ple she knew. Lawson, Lavertree, Lee-rtamsden, Leasing , . . Mackin tosh, Msddershaw . . . Her expression changed suddenly. CopvlnM mi . Ilueh Clexslyi Mahcrty hai, tomorrow, an im portant inspiration. will be made in daylight only with Intermediate stops at Midway, Wnke and Guam. Until lrplne service opened between the phHpiMt.ee and China, passengers will bewrd steamer at Manila, nuking the elnp.ed plane- steamer time from Med ford to Hum? kong and Canton seven days and to Shanghai, ten days, Although air paenr fares across the Pacific aie approximately twice those chanted by stertmshlp Pma, the service to Honolulu Is five times f.wt, IVvaney paid. Air mall postage to Honolulu m 3V per half ounce and to Manila, llciytkoiiff and ahanghal. 7 cent per half ounr. The rite on atr rxpm to Honolulu la S3 77 per pound and to Manila, SJ3, Jailed Aa Vagrant RO.SKl.una, Ore.. Oct. 13. (API Herbert Uflrrence Knott, alias King nerving a 30-day term tn the tounty .lull for vagrancy, was surrendered tit Sheriff Percy Webl today to ivpul? Sheriff.- rrank P, McfaMin and H. Co of Imperial county, California 7! ft NhTuRfaW fcRM Wick"" Wi imo6ANGeL&5WfV5PON&UN0eRArU6 , ViN - 1feCHRrlBrl,STlMTHftOPfWepir I'rVSv 3 ?om A e&crt 6fwe ... ,-v.77 Hr op mmi lire rno i3bfo Kjf f fM-wwtft wxS?A ToRfffl) (ft?RHIfe PES&ft " . Life hi Death Valley Ptritt applied to tho Cnllfornla dfts- 1 ert by an emigrant of '49 who had aeen 18 membero of his party pariah there Death Valtay has done well In : living up to Its gruaome name. ' A lind of scorching heat and stark desolation, It has claimed tho lives of many thirst-crazed prospectors and adventurers wno came to search for Its fabulous gold deposits and re mained to leave their skeletons blanching on lta burning sand. ' Yet, strange as It seems, this arid region actually supports more than 180 forms of arid plant and animal life. Hardy mountain sheep, wild Jnckawa, snnkes, coyotes, tarantula lizards, skunks, gophers, badgers quail, and wild geese are among tho animals which manage to aubslat on the water found In the few small water holes that dot the volley's floor. Carnivorous animals obtain their food by preying on weaker lal Idw denizens of the desert while the others depend on the sparse vegeta tion found there. The species of plants found In Death Valley are a strange assort ment, so mo of them found nowhere else In the world. Moat, of tbe vege tation Is arid flora, capable of exist- TAILSP1N TOMMY Tho Voice From the Sky I M MOTHER TRAP f Afl HAS BEEN SET TO SNARE THE PHAIITOn POKIER... SHOULD IT MAKE AMOTHCR GHOSTLY VISIT TO THREE POinT..AT niOMIGHT. ARMED GUARDS, UITH ORDERS TO 5H0OT TO KILL.. IF tlECESSARY. ARE POSTED ABOUT THE BIS AIRDROME .-A CABLE IS SET TO SMAG THE VEIRO SHIP.... t6r BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER THAUK. VOU,UDEE0T XLL, 00 S MV OEArTmR. TUMMY, OOWflX 1 -6EBAL0 VOUUfcY FOR A PURPO&E MM. 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