Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 28, 1936, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAfliJ RDT rPTDFORD MATT, TRTBTTNTE. TVfEPFORP. OREfiON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1936. 01 THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS The Wrong Murderer STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX rot farther proof addreu the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply Reg. 0. 8. Pat Oft By HUGH CLEVELY ..- ? S SYNOPSIS': Terence Uahony is determined to bring Ambrose Law eon and hie gang of kidnappers and dove runners to luettce He oatk deliberately into a trap and ie nl moat kilted by an Irteh butlu who mistakes him tor a mysterious Mr. Brown, Now Terence and the Irish' man allies tor the moment, are both fleeing trom the police. And thev and the trapdoor leading to the flat roof of the house securely padlocked. Chanter 31 FIGHT "1-VA5INI" Bald Mahony. "Here, lot mo come," aid the Irishman. He sprang up beside Mahony on the ladder, and seized the lock. His ugly features twisted in a lerocious scowl. He braced hlmsolt, sotting his teet firmly against the sides ot the ladder, took a deep breath, and Sung himself backwards, tugging the lock with all his Immense strength. There was a sharp, splintering crack of woodwork and a heavy crash as the Irishman fell bodily from the ladder to the floor below. But In bis hand he held the padlock, still securely locked. Mahony pushed tho door open and mounted to the roof; the Irishman made haste to follow him. From where they stood a line of flat roofs He took a deep breath and flung himself backward collided with a chimney stack, and came to reBt. Immediately after him came the Irishman. He, too, cleared the dis tance, but only Just: had not Ma hony grabbed him, he would have slipped back and fallen. And then, with a defiant yell, the foremost of the pursuing policemen essayed the Jump. It was a plucky effort, but It did not succeed. As Mahony and the Irishman turned to run, the police man struck the edge ot the root with bis knee, grabbed frantically at the hard stonework to try to save him self, and then fell with a heavy thud to the ground thirty feet below The other policemen hesitated. Handicapped as they were by heavy boots and uniform, they did not feel Inclined to risk their comrade's fate AHONY and the Irishman did not see the policeman fall; their backs were towards him, and they were Intent on getting away. But other people saw him; there were cries of horror from the street below, and a crowd began to gather. Policemen forced their way through the crowd, and a couple of them laid their comrade on an im provised stretcher. He was uncon sclous and obviously badly Injured, but he wae still living. Mahony and the Irishman tra p stretched away on either side of thorn. Thoy bogan to mako their way quickly along the roofs away from the trapdoor. The police woro not far behind them; as they were crossing the roof of the house next door the foremost emerged from the trapdoor. "There thoy go," he ihouted, and started In pursuit. Threo other po licemen came hard on his heels. Prom the stroet below came con tinued sound of excited shouting; poll's whistles were blowing shrilly. They crossed about six roots ai top speed, gaining slightly on the pur suing policemen. Then Mahony topped suddenly, and the Irishman gave a shout of dismay. In the darkness ot the housetops. It was not possible to see far ahoad. But even In that darkness their eye sight carried far enough to show them that a eouple of roofs farther on the line of houses finished with the end of the street. With the police behind them, and a drop ot thirty feet to the ground about twenty yards ahead ot ihem. It aeomed that their esrnpo was en tirely cut off. NE chance ot escape Mahony saw v a allra chance. At the end of the line of roofs along which (hey were running, and at right angles to it. waa another line of roofs covering the houses in anothor stroet. Be tween the end roof ol the row on which they stood, arid the nearest root In the row running at right an gles to it, was a 'wide gap. Mahony turned to the Irishman. "Are you game to take a chance on It T" he asked. The Irishman noddea. "I'm game," he answered. From behind came an exultaii. shout: the pursuing police had see the predicament In which they stoc'1 Mahony laughed; he burled hlnm . forward at top speed, roached the e treme edge of the roof, and Jump, for his life. For a moment be fr, himself rushing through the air. be low him he could see dimly the pu tines of an untidy garden. Then hi' ftt landed safely on the edge nt th roof; he staggered a couple of Mr versed four or five roofs, and then paused. There waa no sign ot pur suit on the housetops now, though the stroet below was In a tumult; from every house people had rushed out to see what was happening. The Irishman started to the side of the roof to look over, but Mahony laid restraining hand on his arm. "Don't let yourself be seen from the street," be said. "Listen, no on can soe us at the moment: beyond knowing that we're somewhere on these housetops, no one can be quite sure exactly where we are. If we can bnly get down Into one of the houses without being seen, and then get out ot the front door and mingle with the crowd In the street, we stand some chanco of sllpptns; away In the confusion". "There's sense to that," said the Irishman. "What we have to do Is to find a trapdoor that we can break open from the outside pretty easily," went on Mahony. "Come on, and keep your eyea open." Luck was with them; the next house they came to had better than a trapdoor leading to the roof; It had a skylight. The Irishman put one massive foot down hard on It twice; with a sharp tinkle the glass caved Inwards, falling down Into the house. Mahony and the Irishman dropped through the opening to the landing at the top of the house. Swiftly, but cautiously, they made their way down a dark, narrow stair case towards the ground floor. Luck was still with them; all the Inhabi tants ot the house except one had gone out Into the street to see the fun. The one porson loft In the house was a very old woman, crippled with heumatlstn; she came hobbling to -ie door ot a downstair room lust as ty gained the nail. Her feeble hrlck of alarm waa lost In ths imor from outside They opened :,n front door qulotly and slipped t. mingling with the excited orowd " the squalid. Ill-lit street fCcpvriaM ti. Hugh Clsrsly; Tomorrow, Tsrenca and hit Irish man And a frlond In tho street. 4 Burn To Death In Farm Residence WALL, 8. D., Oct. 28. (AP) Four persons, including the bed-ridden mother of a soven-day-old baby, burned to death today when their tsrm home woe destroyed by tire. The dead: Wealey Oslbrnlih, ad; hta wife. 2a; two children, ages five and 3, daughters of Mrs. Grace Hem neas, sister of Oalbralth. who madt tier home at tlie larin. Mrs. llemuess rescued the oaby of iter sister-in-law. but her own chil dren, trapped on the second floor could nut be reached. Kdio Divorce Afrked. BRNO. Nev. Oct. 38. (AP) Divorce suite tiled here today Included : Rose 8. Bragdon vs. Jeretta Brandon; mir rled oranu rase, Ore., November 11. lt30: separation for mory than fire years. Tuue in Ksl cvi-iv evening HSL UUU tVii, I 40. . Mod Body Of Missing Captain Is Found NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 38. (APIThe body of Captain James V. OUfln. S, master of the freighter "ooldtn Mountain." lay In a morgue here today pending funeral arrange menu by the San Francisco man', family. Reported missing from the vessel auna.ay, captain omin's body was found at Waterford yesterday. Dr. Prank M. Dunn, medical exam iner of Waterford. performed an au topsy and said heart disease caused death. lon A Peach, &L TIMES HTlrtEBae of & 7o-v&tuM&-mis i successive umes fisrtiR&r walks PftTFlsrt, ofCerrfr&lkmeNca, HtWlJ-lBSSWiTHWHicrt TriSV WfA-K ONTrlE SEA CofioM 0RfclNfiU.Y AA7CjG,-r'' ' -A (fnm-fheOaetic "uiSGEsmm") NlWM fly Ml iflRou6ri 1557 feerof rtJf mm -iHg work of NsruK& rjrrr- frik' iPf J Natural Tunnel. Situated fur back in the rugged re gions of Powell mountain, tho extt- enc of the huge natural tunnel In southwest Virginia has In the past been little known. Cut through solid walla of lime stone by a small stream. It required countless centuries for nature to com plete her work. The entire length of the tunnel, including a naturally formed amphitheatre and a smalt ad joining tunnel, is 16S7 feet. The tunnel's height varies from 100 to 200 feet. Through the natural pas sage runs a railroad, telegraph line and a good alscd stream. Stock creek. Its railroad, originally the South Atlantic and Ohio, waa put through In 1683 and now forms part of tho Southern Railway ayatcm. Roads re cently constructed through the dis trict afford an opportunity for auto mobile travelers to visit the nnturnl formation. Walking Fish. The quadruped bat fish (Malthe VAspertllllo) a native of Central American and Cuban waters, is a truo fish, In spite of Us strange leg equip ment, believed to bo undupllcated In all flahdom. Science declares that In no way doe the queer denizen of the deep represent a link between ordinary flh and amphibious animals such as f rogs I - ' 1 ' jd AMD DUSTY J 7 THROAT TR 1 -p- WRIGLEVS it; p and beavers. 1 A bottom feeder, the bat fish walks along the ocean floor, now and then using Its powerful hind-legs to spring upward and forward while its tail fin performs lateral swimming move ments. Strongman at 63. . George Elliott Flint gave striking illustration of the physical fitness a man may retain at an advanced age through a lire of strict training hab its. On August 28, 193a, the Long Beach oldster pushed up two 80 pound dumb-bells 13 successive times without Jerking them In any way. January 10, 1036. at the age of 66, Flint performed the same feat 17 suc cessive times with two 70-pound dumb-bells. WRIGLEY'S Th PERFECT GUM a. I 0-23 CERTAIN MEMBERS OfffiZ HOUSEHOLD WILL BE OAD WHEN THE aECfiON 15 OVER 50 1'rtAl' Af H HOUR OF A FAVORKE "PR06RAM HE FAMILV WON'T' ALWAV6 BE N0NOP0LIZ1K6 TrlE RADIO 0 LISTEN 1b f TOUfiCAt. BROADCAST (Oopyrig-ht, 1936, by Ths Bell Syndicate, Inc.) S MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNB f 5ITTIH VAimt! )"H-W ) AtUV VJ6.U. VfE. 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