PAHi! SIX
MEPFORT) MAIL TRTBTTNE, MTTF0TID, OT?"ROQy. MQyp AY, OCTOBER 26, 1936 '
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ff The Wrong Murderer
SYNOPSIS: Lte-K,., guai
dlan of ItHth Prater, had engaged
Ambroee Lawaon and hi gano of
kidnappera to make away with hi
ward. Hut Terenoe Uahony, much
to everybody'a annoyance, reecue
Ruth, who return tht favor by
providing Terence a fata alibi
againjt a murder he did not com
mit. Terence ie on hi way home
Irom telling I,e-Ramaden thing
he ehould not have told him when
he meet a ehabby individual who
claim to have known him in China.
Terence doe not tuevect Lee
Ramaden; he know Lawaon i a
crook but can't prov U.
Chapter 20
TERENCE TRAPPED
"TTAVES you still got th noter
asked Mahony of the shabby
man.
"Yea, I think io."
Tba ahabby man fumbled In a
breaat pocket and produced a crum
pled envelope,
"Here It It. I'm auppoaed to de
liver It at ten tonight It I want that
Job, but I'm not taking any, I'd
rather pick pocketa or try my hand
at a cat burglary."
MaLony considered for a moment
He looked the ahabby man up and
down.
"I'll give you a fiver for that
note," be said.
"What . . .1" exclaimed Mllaon
"But . . . surely you're not thinking
of trying for that Job, are youT"
Mahony did not answer the Ques
tion. "Do you want that flverr' he
asked.
Mllson ahrugged hit shoulders.
"Of course I want the Over; I al
ways want fivers," ha remarked.
"And if you don't mind taking a Job
like that, I suppose that's your fu
neral. Here you are; deliver it to
Mr. Drown, 1 87 Jamaica Road, Pen
nyfloids, at ten tonight. And good
luck to you."
Mahony banded over the flver and
received the note. lie declined Mil
son's urgent Invitation to come some
where and have a drink, and left
him.
When Mahony was out of sight
Mllson entered the neareat telephone-box.
The man he telephoned
wae Ambrose Lawson.
"He fell for It all right," he stated.
That was all he said. Then he rang
off.
MILSON was not altogether right
in saying that Mahony had
fallen for It At the beginning of
their conversation Mahony had
been ready to bellove that he might
have mot Mllson In the Shanghai
Bar and forgotten meeting him.
Then there had come a little dis
crepancy In Mllson's atory the
mention of Kosoft. Mahony had
never known Kosoff In Shanghai.
Hut ha had mentioned the name of
Shulti as a dope trafficker at the
Little's that morning. nd the fact
that he had been a newspapor cor
respondent In China might easily
be known to Lawson: Billy Ross
might have mentioned It,
It occurred to Mahony that Law
son had put together all he knew
about Mnhony'a career In China to
try to lure him Into a trap.
Mahony Intended to walk Into
that trap, not blind and unaware,
but with hie eyes open, expecting
trouble and roady tor It. One precau
tion only he took; he wrote a note
to Lec-Rnnisdon telling him what he
proposed doing, and the address he
waa going to.
That note would reach Lee-Rams-den
by the first post In the morning,
and Mabony asked Lee-Ramsden to
communicate with Inspector Ken
nedy If he should not ring him up
before eleven the same morning.
Just before ten that night Mahony
rapped at the door of 187 Jamaica
Road, which was a tall, dingy, tum
bledown house, In a row of dingy
tumbledown housea. The door was
opened by a bent, shrivelled old
man, who looked up at Mahony out
of bleary eyes. Mahony handed him
the note.
"I waa told to bring thla here at
ten tonight," ha said.
The old man took the note and
looked at Mahony suspiciously.
"Wait here a minute," he said.
He closed the front door. Mahony
walled. After about halt a minute
the front door opened again and the
old man beckoned Mahony Inside.
Ilia manner this time was more civil
and conciliating.
"Mr. Brown says you're to come
In and wait In his room," he said.
"Ho won't keep you longer than he
can help."
Mahony's hand was In his eoat
pocket; he was ready for anything
that might happen. But though be
atralned his ears to hear the slight
est sound near him he could hear
nothing except his own footstops
and those ot (he old man; the house
seemed surprisingly silent, almost
deserted.
Cautiously, everr sense on the
FIND 11 GUILTY
LOfl ANOKIJS, Oct. 21. (AP) A
Ruprtor court Jury today convicted
11 of 13 defendant who I.ava bwn
on trial for a month oharged with
conducting a coatitwlde I'lfwsl surg
ery ring.
Tht j u ror a, a ( t cr m vc n h ou ra ot
actual deliberation, agreed on 117
c pa rate verdict, covering all count
charged to the defendants. Court
Attaches aaid this - was the largest
total ever recorded In criminal
trial In Los Angeles county.
K, L. Rankin, who the prosecution
contended waa the buMncaa head of
the opera Hon- ring. a convicted
of conspiracy tu.il complied;. Jcwep;i
fihlnn and John Creeth wrt eon
By HUGH CLEVELV
aiert, he followed the old man up a
dark, tumbledown staircase to a
landing. The old man opened the
door of a room.
"Walt In here," said the old man.
Mr. Brown said you were to make
yourself Quite at 'out, and 'elp your
self to anything you want"
He ushered Mahony into a room
that by' contrast with the rest ot
the house, waa surprisingly well ap
pointed and comfortable. The wall
paper was clean and fresh; there
were a couple of comfortable arm
chairs, a solid-looking roll-top desk,
a good thick carpet, and on a ma
hogany table were whisky, soda,
glasses, and a box of clgarete.
" 'Ave a drink or a smoke If you
feel like It," said the old man, and
he went out closing the door after
him. Mahony heard hla slow foot
steps going down the stairs.
Very puszled, Mahony glanced
round the room. So far as he could
see, he appeared to be Quite aafe
for the moment; the window was
Inaccessible from the road, the door
waa olosed, there were no apertures
or ventilators In the wall through
which he could be shot at. He had
no doubt that he bad now walked
Into the trap prepared for him, but
what waa tbe nature ot the trap?
Was It In the drink or the clgareta
on the table?
EVERYTHING was very QUlet ex
oept for the slow tlck-tock, tick
tock of a clock on one of the walls
ot the room. Minutes drag by very
slowly when a man'a nerves are
strained and alert waiting for
something to happen. Five minutes
passed, ten minutes passed, and
still the house remained quite quiet
Mabony smoked; he walked np
and down the room; he glanced cau
tiously at the articles en the desk.
At last very aoftly, ha pulled at one
of the drawers.
It opened, and Inside were a num
ber of thin paper packets. One of
the packeta had burst slightly at
one end, and from It had spilled a
little ahlny, white powder. Mahony
wetted one finger slightly, and taat
ed a tiny particle of tbe powder.
The eold. numb sensation on the
end of his tongue told htm Instantly
what tbe powder was. It waa co
caine. The alienee ot the house was sud
denly broken. From down below at
the front door came a sound of
banging, and then ot men'a rough
volcea In the hall. Mahony closed
the drawer swiftly. He had no doubt
that whatever waa going to happen
would happen now, and he waa
ready and waiting tor It
There waa a sound of footsteps
on tbe stalra leading up to the room.
Mahony atood leaning back against
the mantelpiece In an easy attitude,
one hand in tbe pocket ot hla coat
The door ot the room was flung vio
lently open and a man stepped In.
He waa a very large man, and
very ugly. A shabby cap, pulled
down at an angle over one eye, en
tirely failed to conceal hla shock of
untidy red hair. Ills brow waa low;
hla eyes were small and deep-set
hla lower Jaw was underhung like
that of a bulldog.
He closed the door deliberately
behind him and stood In front of It
scowling at Mahony, a huge, menac
ing figure.
Good evenln' to ye, Mr. Brown,"
he eald with a kind of savage po
liteness. "I Just called In for me
money."
"I'm not Mr. Brown," replied Ma
hony.
"Are ye not so?" said the man.
He took a pace forward suddenly
and brought hla huge right fist
down with a loud crack Into the
palm ot his left hand.
'What In hell do I care what ye're
after calling yourself tonight?" he
roared ferociously. "Isn't It enough
trouble ye're after causing me, with
the cops looking tor me and all, with
out standln' there arguing the toss
about what name ye'd be passln'
byT Give me me fifty quid and let
me go or have I got to squeese the
money out of you with me bare
hands?"
It was obvious that he was In a
real Irish temper; nothing would
have pleased him better than a
fight The last thing Mahony wanted
waa a fight with a stranger at that
moment.
"Don't be a damned tool," he aald
sharply. "I've told you I'm not Mr.
Brown. I'm waiting for him myself."
The Irishman made a gesture ot
disgust.
"Do you think you'll wriggle out
of paying me that way, ye twletlng
elnrlcaunr he demanded angrily.
"Didn't 1 have the tip that you'd be
here at ten tonight? Wnan't yom
seen to come In at ten? Didn't the
ould fellow below tell me you waa
here?"
(Copyright, llll, Hugh OUveiy)
ut Tsrtncs tin to light, tomer
row.
vtcted of consptrscy. waa William
Byrne, former state medical board
Investigator.
Doctors Valentin St. John. Jesse
0. Roe and Oeorge C Watt and
Mlaa Ortoe Moore and Mia Lillian
Wilson were found guilty of con
spiracy, Wife Mayer In Cell
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 3(1. (API
Cell bar replaced a hospital cot to
day for Frrd Weldner. saserted by
police to have attempted suicide by
firing a bullet Into his brain after
the strangling of his wife, rrauces. In
their Burn aide street beer purlo Sep
tember 23.
Pioneer Editor Passe
ST. HELENS, Ore., Oct. 3fl. (AP)
Oregon lost one of lt most, colorful
plonwa and newspaper men with
the death of Emmanuel H FIngg at
hla home here. Hi nee coming to the
stt from South Carolina in the '80s.
Plagg had been Identified with nu
merous ncUNpitpor entcrprlM In
western Oregon,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN KLK
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A checkered career waa that of
Sam Houston statesman, military
genius, school teacher and patriot.
Running away from home at 13.
be crossed the Tennessee river and
took up lire with Indians ot the wild
region, being adopted as a son by
one of the chiefs, Oolooteka.
Houston returned to hla family tn
Tennessee, 1811, opened a school,
gave It up two yeara later and enter
ed the army as a buck private. With
in year he rose from the ranks to
win his commissions aa a lieutenant.
Veteran of many an Indian war,
he became fed up with the army in
1817 and went to Nashville to study
law. Here he became consecutively
district attorney, major-general of
the mtlttla, U. 8. congressman and
governor of Tennessee.
In 1830 Houston resigned aa gov
ernor when his bride of three months,
Etlra Allen, deserted him. Arrived In
Texas, 1B33, he waa elected com-
mander-ln-ohlef of the Texan army
at the outbreak of the Mexican war.
The campaign was short lived.
Meeting the entire force ot the
Mexican army under General Santa
Anna In surprise attack, Houston re-
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one of the most smashing defeate In
military history.
with 743 Yaw troops, tiie Texas
general completely routed approxi
mately 1600 Mexican veterans, April
21. 1836, In 20 minutes on the banks
of the San Jacinto river. Nearly hall
the Mexican soldiers were killed and
the rest captured, including Santa
Anna himself. Only six Texans were
killed I
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the newly formed .Texas republic,
subsequently becoming U. S. senator
upon the Bdmlsslon of Texas to the
union. Elected governor In 1889, he
was deposed because of northern
sympathies during the Civil war.
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