PA(TE FOUR
MEBFORT) MATL TRrBUN"E, MTTDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1936.
$k$ The Wrong Murderer
By HUGH CLEVELV
BYHOPHta: Terence Uoshony
Wllfcj deliberately into one of Am
brose Latoson's traps trying to get
information against him and hit
dope and kidnapping gong. A mys-
. terioue Irishman accuses Terence
of being an equally mysterious Mr.
Brown, however, they light, and
when the police eonte escape to
gethet to a den run by Fatty Bos
eett. And now it appears that Law
son put up the Irishman to fight
Terence, and expected to have
them both arrestedra trick uihlch
even Bassett't gang doesn't ap
prove. Chapter 24
TURNING TABLES
f'HE bit Irishman took pice for
ward. Ills battered feature! were
eontracied la an nglj scowl. .
"So It wai yon. Mister, that tent
till fellow down to that houie to
night," he aald to Lake. "An' It waa
your pal Scrubby Redman that tare
me the tip that If 1 wlnt to that houie
I'd find Mr. Brown there, and ad
rlaed me I might have difficulty In
gettln' me money and maybe Pd have
to batter It out ay 1m with me two
lists. An' It was somebody known to
you, maybe, who tipped the police off
that they'd find me In that house tonight"
There was another short silence
after this accusation. Then Mtlson
spoke again.
"Well, what If It waer he de
manded defiantly.
He turned to the fat man.
"You'd better get rid of these two
tfOt of this place as quickly as yon
can," he went on. "If the Big Boss
wants them out of the way It's not
your business to shelter them." ,
Barney made a slight movement,
as If to hurl himself at the speaker,
but Mahony suddenly gripped his
arm. restraining him. For a couple of
seconds no one spoke; no one
seemed to know what to say. The fat
man fidgeted uncomfortably.
"I don't like It," be said. "I dunno
as I'm very particular, an' If the
Big Boss wants a couple of blokes
knocked off It's not my place to In
terfere, but when It comes to squeal
In' on 'em to .he cops ..."
He looked round at the faces of the
other men In the room. The little
bow-legged man nodded.
"Squealln's a dirty game," he
stated.
"Autl quarrelling with the Big Boss
Is a mug's game," put In Lake
sharply. "You know what happens to
people who quarrel with him."
"He geta jomeone to squeal on
them and the police arrest them,"
said Mahony sarcastically.
Lake made an angry gesture. In
his anger ha said quite the wrong
tiling.
"A i-o you going on sheltering these
two? Do you want the police to
come and find them here In your
place?" he said roughly.
"Because If you do, the Big Boss
will willingly arrange to have them
tlppod off that we are here," put In
Mahony.
The fat man drew himself up.
Frowsy, greasy, horrlbl to look at
as he was, there was yet a curious
air of dignity about him.
"I don't want no trouble with the
Big Boss, but I ain't goln' to put no
one out to be run In by the cops, not
If 'e was me own worst enemy," be
stated.
pHB other men, as Mahony could
see by their expressions, were
not all of the same opinion; two of
them were evidently frightened of
what the Big Boss might do. Be
fore they could speak Mahony in
terposed, i
"Thanks very much; that's decent
of you," he said to the fat man, and
then to the others: "If any of you
don't agree, you'd better keep quiet
about It, because I'm not going till
It suits me."
He drew his pistol from bis pocket,
and made a motion to the Irishman.
"Now then. Barney, let's hear
some more about Mr. Brown," be
aald. "He owes you some money,
doesn't he?"
"Sure he does," replied Barney, "I
was to steal a big book from a sate
In the house of a rich feller named
Ambrose Lswson. I got me directions
from Redman, who got them from
Mr. Brown. I waa to get fifty for
trying the Job, and a hundred and
fifty If I brought It off."
"And did you bring It off?" asked
Mahony,
"Bring It off! Sure. If I'd known
what like of Job It waa I'd nlver
have taken It on at all. What with
burglar alarms and electiio wires,
'tis lucky I was to get out with
me whole skin. At that I was rec
ognised; the cops was after me
the very next morning."
"That was tough," said Mahony
sympathetically. "When did all this
happen."
"It would be Ave days ago to
day," answered Barney. "And never
a sign or a smell of me fifty quid
have I seen, though I wrote In and
asked tor IL All I got was a type
written note saying there was no
money for me. Then, tonight, I got
the tip that Mr. Brows would be
there, and It was you."
Obviously, If Ross had been Mr.
Brown, he had not been at the house
when the Irishman first called for
his money because ha was In hos
pital. As he saw things, Mahony
reckoned that Ross, desperate, had
employed one of Larson's own
crooks to rob Lawson's house and
get that book. But why had he
wanted the book? That book would
be worth getting hold of.
"And you think that Mr. Brown
was annoyed wltb yon because you
tailed to get the book, and so he
refused to pay you and then squealed
on you." said Mahony.
He shook his bead.
"It wasn't Mr. Brown who
squealed on you," he said. "It was
your chief, the Big Boss himself.
He waa annoyed with yon for try
ing to rob bis house, and so be
meant to get you put away."
"The Big Boss I"
All the men In tts room stared
at him. Mahony stood there quite
calm and sure of himself.
"Yes, the Big Boss," he repeated.
"He and the man you call Mr.
Brown had a quarrel, and Mr.
Brown sent .you to rob his Douse.
The Big Boss Is Ambrose Lawson."
'The 'ell 'e Is. Are your sure of
that, mate?" asked the fat man Incredulously.
course I'm sure" answered
Mahony. "That's why be Is out
to get me. because I know who be
Is. I figure that be had me sent to
that house on a fool'a errand, and
then tipped Barney off that I'd . be
there, and the police that Barney
would be there, hoping that Barney
and I would start murdering one
another and the police would arrive
In the middle of it
"He wanted them to catch Bar
ney, and And me, apparently quite
at borne In a room with dope and
other things In It. He's already tried
to frame me for a murder I dldn t
commit. He doesn't like people
knowing who be Is."
Gawd!" exclaimed one of the
men In a frightened voice. "Then
e 11 be arter us, now we knows who
e Is."
"He certainly will." argrood Ma
hony cheerfully. "He'll be out to
saupper the whole lot or you. ex
cept our friend Lake, who may be
in his confidence. But 1 don't sup
pose he'll be too pleased with Lake
after the mess he's made of things
tbls evening."
He paused.
"Aftor all. though, it won't' be
like fighting against someone yon
don't know and can't get at," he
went on. "Now you know who he Is
you can fight back at him."
The fat man stared at Mahony.
"1 reckon you told us who he Is.
Mister, so that we should have to
fight back at him whether we
wanted to or not," he remarked.
Maybe I did." agreed Mahony
coolly. "I'm out to fight Lawson
from start to finish, and 1 mean to
beat blm; but 1 can do with a taw
tough guys like you on my side.
who would you raiher have at
your Chief anyway, a dirty squealer
like Lawson who plots and plans In
a sly way and lets other people do
the dirty work, or me?"
Sure, I'm wld yes," cried th
Irishman. "A man that can lay me
on the flat of me back with a blow
of his fist Is the chief tor me. and
to hell wld Lawson."
Mahony's next move was a Discs
of clever bluff. He gave nobody th
opportunity to argue whether hi
was going to be their Chief or not
He took It completely tor granted.
and asserted his authority straight
away.
I'll lead you. and help you to fla-hl
Lawson, but I want you to under
stand this 1 mean to be obeyed,
he said sternly. "You fellows dont
have to argue with me; you Jusl
have to do what you're told. Oi
else you'll strike such a heap ol
rouble you'll wish you were safe Is
tall. Is that clear?"
The fat man nodded.
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Taranca rinds out about ths Bis
Book, Monday.
ELKS HALLOWE'EN
AobafttUn Apollo's darn- bind will
ftirnJisJi the muMc for th big Hal'ow-
ten danot Saturday night t the
feiJc tempi, for El its tnd their In-v.t-M
guests, it -u snnouncM todsy
by Del Lupr. chairman of the dam1
rommltreo,.
"In Mr. Apollo's muMc w have the
icst." Mr. Uiper Mid. The A,k11o
t-rcJiccstra has played for wveral
rcla eventa in and around Medford
-nd has established an enviable rpu
uion, he enld.
Aside from the regular dancing,
:t!re will be novelty numbers to be
: ent1 at lntermlulon. It waa an-
"nced.
Tt.e dance will be the firat big
o:lM event of the fall and winter
eaon. and a hiute crowd la antici
pated. Cloaiii Li.ae tui IYk, lAta to CU
iLTj Ada U U0 p, m.
MARTIN LAUDED FOR
BEATTLr. Wean.. Oct. SO (API -roriwr
dor. Roland H. Hartley con
tlnuuMt hl s'liwruatorlal campaign
today iit.r thrw ipwhii nre la
wntch he commended Governor Mar
tin of Orejot, tor his hanrlltns of as
sorted tnrm pro.nu- lnterreren,- at
Portland yesterday.
Hartley amisrd Governor Martin
of Washington or "pussyfooting" on
the same Issue.
"Governor Martin of Oregon Issued
ordure that law and order must be
malntamrd In Portland aa we l' as In
every other pity In that state,- Hart
ley said. ' Oregon hai a man who
faced his duty squarely."
Faneull Hall, sometimes railed the
"cradle of AmerKon liberty," is in
Boston. Masa.
Nal cenor?hlp ha: ny American
mov:o II any member of the out Is
"non-Aryan,"
KLAMATH RECALL MOVE
LACKS PETITION NAMES
KLAMAT HFALLfl. Oct. 80 (AP)
Failure to obtain sufficient names on
petitions baa baited efforts to get a
recall move against County Commis
sioner Hoy Tuber on the November
ballot.
Petitions with 400 names have been
tiled while lols are required. Re
callers still have BO a ays to complete
their petitions but a special election
would be necessary.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
FUNDS ARE RECEIVED
SALEM, Oct. 30. (AP) The state
board of vocational education reoelved
today 114.a31.21, under the Smith
Hughe act, tor the first quarter of
the fiscal year 1937. The total in
cluded: Cooperative vocational education In
agriculture, S64M.32: cooperative vo
cational education In trades, indus
tries and home economics, SS364.69,
and co-operative1 vocational educa
tion, teacher training, (2500.
BANDONITES TO SEARCH
ASHES FOR 13TH VICTIM
BANDON, Oct. 30, (AP) Band on
citizen will search the fire rulna
Sunday for further traces of Jay G.
Aflhton, Bussing since September 36
vrhen the town was destroyed by fire.
His knife and watch were discov
ered under a bedsprlngs and It - is
feared he lost his life
Confirmation of his death would
bring the toll to 18.
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voyage waa retired from service.
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With John Adama elentjul neeMnf
by virtue of a "scratch" victory of
three electoral vntaa. the mmiuinn
of 1796 presents an all-time high in
United States history for the num
ber of candidates running In a presi
dential campaign.
Only two parties were represented
In the contest. One candidate ran
on an Independent ticket Oliver
Ellsworth. The Pedoral party ran
eight candtdateu: John Adama. Tbom-
as Plnck-ney, John Jay, James Iredell
ueorge waanington. John Henry, 8.
Johnson and C. o. Plncknoy.
The Republican party presented
four candidates: Thomaa Jefferson.
Aaron Burr. Samuel Adams and
George Clinton.
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