MED FORD MAIL, TRIBTOTE, MTCDFORD, OREGON". TTXESDAT. NOVEMBER 3, 1986.
-
M The Wrong Murderer
SYNOPSIS: Tersnos Mahony has
con-ierted part of Ambrose Law
son's gang to the plan of "getting"
Lawson. the racketeering chief Of
a kidnapping and dope running
band. But Terence has troubles of
his own. Blsa Little believes that he
stabbed her uncle, and Ruth Fraesr,
intending to help Terence in return
tor his reecuing her from Lawson's
gang, has given a false alibi for
him which does harm. Now Blsa,
beifffvinji Laweon an honest man
and a friend, is telephoning him for
help against Terenos,
Chapter IT
THE SLY EL8A
r AWSON'S impatlencs wai In
creasing to get off the line; he
'.isrdly thought what he was saying.
"You could get him away from her
all right, my dear Elsa, If you liked,"
he replied. "I think he's a lot more
Interested In you than he Is In her.
If yon could make her Jealous she
might turn against him."
, "What . . . I" exclaimed Elsa.
Lawson smiled. Actually the re
mark he had Just made Idly, on the
spur of tue moment, struck him as
an Idea with possibilities In It. But
he didn't want to ko Into that now.
"Don't yon both-jr your head any
more tonight about Miss Fraser, or
anybody else," he said In a Arm but
kindly tone. "Yon go tc bed and get
n good night's rest. I'm not going to
talk to you any mora now. Good
sight, Elsa."
. With that he rang oft.
Elsa replaced the receiver slowly,
and then sat down to think some
more. Lawson's suggestion had
started v curious train of thought
-working iu her bead. A prominent
film actress, noted for her beauty,
can hardly fall to be conscious of
her powers of attraction. Elsa was
not conceited, bnt ahe knew from
oxperlence that men fell easily in
lore with her. Both Ruth and Law
son had suggested that Mahony was
attracted by her. If be was . . .
A curiously Intent, set look came
over ber lovely face us she sat there
lone In that room thinking. She was
considering a plan which she hated,
but which she meant to carry out
If Mahony was attracted by her, she
meant to use that attraction to free
Ruth from his clutches, and to bring
about bis own downfall and avenge
her uncle. It would be hateful doing
It, but her only weapons were her
wtt and beauty, and sho was entitled
to use them In the fight against her
rncle's murderer.
At last, with a sigh, she rose from
ber chair, walked wearily to her bed
room, and wont to jed. Mianwhl'.e
Lawson sat on In his study, smoking
clgnrot at or clgaret, and waiting for
a tolcphone call which did not come.
VT AHONY had Juat finished break
fast, and was smoking a clgarst,
when his landlady announced that a
lady wished to see him.
"Please show her in," he said.
His landlady withdrew. There was
a sound of footsteps crossing the
hall. The door opened, and Elsa
Little stood In the doorway,
, Mahony rose quickly from his
ehalr. Ho folt confused and awk
ward, and utterly astonished.
"Miss Little!" hi exclaimed, as
if he pould hardly believe It was she.
Elsa was not an actress for noth
ing; she knew how to play a part.
She entered the room shyly, hesitat
ingly, as If unsure ot her welcome;
her voice, when she spoke, was sub
dued and timid.
"I I don't auppose you want to
aee me, but I had to come," abe said
falterlngly. "I want to Bay how aorry
I am tor the things I said yesterday
morning. I I was epsot: I hardly
knew what I was saying."
"You mean you Jon't suspect me
of killing your uncle!" said Mahony
In a delighted tone.
Mahony's hoart beat fastor with
excitement as he waited for her an
swer. "Well ... 1 did think I recognised
your voice In the room," she admit
ted hesitatingly. "But I couldn't have
If you wore with Ruth when It
happened. It must have been some
body with a voice something like
yours."
That made Mahon feel rather
awkward. He had a momentary Im
pulse to tell her the whole truth
that It had been his voice, but that
all the same he had not killed her
uncle. Bettor not, though, he thought
not yet
"I can' - tell you how glad I am you
don't suspect me any more." he snld.
"I hated your thinking that It was I
who had killed your uncle."
His voice and mannor gave the Im
pression of absolute sincerity, and
for a moment Elsa was puttied. If
Price Of Copper
Jumps In Export
NEW YORK. N..V. S. (fl) Price
of copper for export to European port
snsrrd again toclny and touched HMH
eenta a pound, the Muheet ln
March, 10.11, when sales were made at
10 &8 cents.
Hr-avy armament demand, depleted
risible stocks and general Industrial
expansion have been credited for the
mounting price which has climbed
from 0 8A cente In a little more than
a month. On Saturday transactions
were made at from 10 3B to 10.37A
cente.
PORTLANdT OretNov7 a' (Pi
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. a. (API
August Berg, 7J. widely-known Port
land grain exporter and art patron,
died In a hospital here following a
long lllnree. Berg, who retired from
active bmtnrss In 1020. waa born at
Frankfort am Main, Oermany. May
14. 16(11. and came to Portland wTten
30 j-ears old. I
By HUGH CLEVELY
this was acting, It was very good
acting. And then she decided that It
was acting. But she smiled charm
ingly. "I didn't like suspecting yon," she
said. "You see, I I -ather liked you
when I met you before.- and It was
an awful shock to me to think thai
that you'd done that."
"I'm Just as anxious to bring the
murderer to Justice as you are," said
Mahony.
He hesitated.
"Now that you don't think I did
It, may I see you again some time?"
he asked awkwardly,
"Oh, yes, I'd like to see you again
Come to dinner at my house tonight
That will show everyone 1 don't bur
pect you," she answered promptly
"Thank you very much," said Ma
bony gratefully.
There came a knock on the door ;
the landlady announced a gentle
man to see Mr. Mahony. The gen
tleman was Inspector Kenaedy, ac
companied by another plain-clothes
man; they entered In an abrupt,
business-like manner, but stopped
short In surprise on seeing Mabony
and Elsa together In the room, ap
parently engaged ' in friendly con
vernation. fiOOD morning, Inspector," said
Elsa. "I've Just been telling Mr.
Mabony how sorry 1 am tor all the
silly things I said about him yester
day." Inspector Kennedy did not know
what to make ot this at all. Actually,
be had coma to the house In order
to arrest Mahony. But now he
thought be would wait a bit.
"You mean you've withdrawn the
accusations you made yesterday,"
he said. "I expect Mr. Mahony Is
pleased."
"I am. Very pleased," answered
Mahony. And he looked pleased. The
fact that Elsa said she no longer sus
pected him was a groat weight off
his mind.
"I must be going now," said Blsa.
"IU see yon this evening, Mr. Ma
hony." "I'll walk with you to your car,
Miss Little," put In Inspector Ken
nedy quickly.
He escorted her to tho car, and
held the door open for ber to enter.
Thon be stood for a moment with
one foot on the running-board, eye
ing ner keenly.
"Am I really to understand that
you have abandoned your suspicions
of Mahony, Miss Little?" he asked.
Elsa shook her head. Her face was
pale; the Interview with Mahony
had been a strain o . ber.
"No," sho answered In a low voice.
"I haven't abandoned any of my sus
picions. But I want him to think I
have."
Inspector Konnedy said nothing;
he morely looked at her enquiringly.
It seemed she folt that some further
oxpanlatlon was called for.
"I I think he likes me." she went
on in an embarrassed manner. "I
want to get him away from Ruth
to save her from blra, and to to try
to make him fool ijulte confident,
and relax his guard, and sny more
than be menns to."
"I soe. You moan to vamp him, get
him where you want him, and then
hand him over to me?" suggested
tha Inspector.
Put like that It did not sound very
nice. Elsa nushod.
"Do you think I care what I do. if
l can convict my uncle'a murdoror?"
she asked pnsslonntely. "Besides,
what's going to happea to Ruth If
If things go on as they are? She's
much too nice to ruin her reputation
and get bersolf Into all kinds of
dreadful scandals tor the sake of a
man like him. Somebody's got to In
terfere botwoen her and him."
"You think she's completely un
dor his Influence at proscnt, do you?"
snld the inspector.
"Yes. complotcly," answered Elsa.
"Though how he obtained such an
Influence over her In one meeting I
don't know But ho'a clevor, horribly
clever; be sooms so honest and de
cent, and he's such a rotter under
neath It all."
Inspootor Kennedy's quick mind
pounced Immediately on one sen
tence In her last speech.
"You say he obtained his Influence
over Miss Fraser In one meeting. I
certainly had no such Impression
In faot, I had a very different one.
What do you mean by that?" he
asked.
"Ruth told me that before they me t
yesterday at my home, sho'd only
aoen him once," replied Elsa. "At
least, she didn't exactly tell me. It
sort ot slipped out."
The young Inspector's keen face
was alight with Interest. Evidently
he regarded what Elsa had Just said
ni very Important lndoed.
Copyright. IMS. Bugh Clsvely)
Mahony undergoes, tomorrow, a
harp quaatloninci.
Find Charred Body
Of Bandon Victim
BANDON, Ore.. Nov. J.fl)Dls.
covery of the tire -charred body of
Jay c. Ashton, a, definitely account
OA fnr the Inst known victim of the
Btuuton destruction on September 'it.
Albert Nnrrls. member of a search
ing party, lound the body in a clump
of Irish nirw about a quartor-mtle
south ot the Aahtnn home. Identifi
cation waa made by Wllford Ashton.
aa. his son.
He was the ninth known victim of
the fire from direct causes, rour
other persons have died since of exposure.
WA81IINOTON, Nov. t. (,) P
Hannah, secretary of the Junior Bar
conference of the American ttsr as
sociation, announced today Richard
P. Morris. Portland, had been ap
pointed stnte chairman of the Ore
iron Junior intriM!-c.
tf Mall rrlbuue want ads.
TAKE HEM TOLL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. (Pj The
Interstate commerce commission re
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Jor. further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Beg. U. 8. Pat Off.
fVeSiDEKTlftL ELECTIONS
HMC &EEN WON W CANPlPfSTfes
WHOSE NftMK ENPEP IN vOH
lW- WtertlNfjTON
flfe- WfrSHIrOM
ifvpg-pinyrwri
WL-JACK'S ON
1088-HARRISON
-WILSON
Right to Vot.
Strange aa It seems, the U. 8. gov
ernment does not give the privilege
of voting to the citizens of the United
States. Today tno right to vote la
conferred upon the citizens by the
Individual state governments, but at
one time even the states did not
authorise their citizens to vote.
In drawing up the Constitution It
waa provided that each state was to
have as many electors as it had rep
resentatives and e perm tors In congress.
The legislatures or the individual
states were to make their own rules
in their method or choosing the
electors.
This provision In the Constitution,
wmj s. tmesis-'
TAILSPIN TOMMY Paul Recognizes nn Old Enemy I
An investigatom
Of-7Hf WRECKED
PHANTOM KXK.ER
DISCLOSED TO
TDMMV AND 6mrs
HOW IT HAD BEEN
FLOWN BY ITS PILOT
L.UMSEEN, WHILE
LYING PRONE- ON
THE MOOI? OF THE
5HIP, OBTAINING
VISIBILIIY RY
MEANS OF PttP
HOLES EQUIPPED
WITH INVERTED
MIRROP5...
MEANWHILE...
264fo
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
THE NEBBS-Good Advice
IT-i -luJeA ( BUT HOW A ?JUW Tri'r MORWIKJO, VJHEJjN I BESUTEO ME FOR eNIW6 PERCY "V 1 f MR. TUMMV, TrlERE''i '
I MR.TUTTLt -) OVO YOU PERcV PETTY VOIFB CAMC THE 5ACK-YOUNJB KICKEO MY 1 Bl3 MOWEV U TMll j
V I "SWEAR.- HEAR IT, I HERB TO COLLECT &OME OF OLD MAW RIGHT 1MTO THE LAP OF A Til ill II' I SOME PLAC&-VM QOUS
It 14 J I MRi. f Hl BELOUaU6'5-OH,SHE esfjS MILUOMAlRE'S AfiEKIT, BUT BAD LUCK , -1 TO AMERICA, TOO. p-r
"iMEBB COULDrJ'T MAO W' HER V MB N II 7 -rviATS POMAMCe"- MEBBE HE VWOUUDIO'T'nJ' fsOJ OOTT KKJOMJ HOOJ LUCXV " .
vJft.rr UMTIL W5 Wire MGHT Or TW ED TO ) uilSH MY seT OEAVOUS AWO ( VOO ARE THAT SCU AlOV MARRIED-)
rlWE wl RJ OWER RXW A ciu WAS (TOMAkrTTC.VoUL.O VWALki OUT-AMD UeM VOL. ET MARRIED YOU
lMK MEWASS W SO BUT HE COULo) 'feM 1 KXJOLOED NOO GO OM YOUR tOOEES I V SIP .
rn VPTER ALU iSEL rtxV -CeALOOS "NOO OKJCCj-GET OkJ YOUR "O P S?
ported today there were 21 grade
crossing acldents In Oregon Involving
collisions between trains and motor
vehicles during the first six months
of 1036, compared with 13 during the
corresponding 1036 period.
Fifteen of the 1036 accidents oc
curred during the daytime, resulting
In six deaths and Injuries to six per
sons. Night time accidents number
ed six, with one killed, five Injured.
WtBmZZf cm 3mm through
pSffffijX, ONE lUHQ ATA VMS
citizens WTrte U.-5. aowRmav
article II, section I, part 2, reads In
part:
"Each state shall appoint, in such
manner as the legislature thereof may
direct, a number of electors, equal
to the whole number of senators and
representatives to which the stato
may be entitled In tho congress . . . "
Thus there was no provision that
citizens of the states were to be given
the privilege of voting for the elec
tors who in turn wore to elect a
president.
Amendments adopted in 186A and
1870 provided In part that the right
to voted was not to bo denied to
any citizen because of race or color,
but still did not CONFER the priv
ilege of voting upon any citizen. This
Mr. Tuttlo's Decision
v .. r
J f WHAT ) (WE BEEN HUNTINl.N II
HAPPENEDA )AN" WE BAG6ED THIS S
. BOYS? y VKU--KOO BIRD.
Orade crossing accidents for the
nation during the 1036 period totaled
1,710, compared with 1,625 during
the 1038 period. The national day
time toll was 461 killed, 062 Injured;
night time. 100 killed. 1,108 Injured.
WINDOW QLABS We sell w.ndo
U&b and will replace your biokD
wli dows reasonably Troworidge Oab
in Works.
iVtRNtAEKT
of Trig PEoPLfc.
lite RiGnnbVoTe- even m?&m$-
condition still stands, it Is entirely
up to the governments of the Indi
vidual states as to whether or not
its citizens, as a whole, may vote for
any candidate for office In the United
States government!
Liner "Tag."
Sailing down the Clyde river. Scot
land, at a high rate of speed, the
British -owned ship, "Cameronla." cre
ated so great a wash that the surge
of water broke the moorings of two
ships tied up In the river basin.
As a consequence, the owners of
the "Cameronla" were haled into
court and. on the basis that the ship
was traveling at an excessive speed,
were "fined" $700 in damages.
Tomorrow! Puppet of Mystery!
THE CRUMB
BEAMS AROUND HAPPV
FflMaV DINNER -Table AND
NIBBLES V)ICS 6F BREAD
WMER JWUH6 1b HEIR
IS lbi.D fO HOLD ARMS
UP. D0E5 SO, TACE A
FREW SHftDE OF REP
.6U)Y
uiituows iQ-iq
8 MATTER POP
05OMY VJrWT Yo-rrAV&
No DETE.C rCATtV Srr!cy
IT IS LIKE...UDOKIN& AT
RET UI?N E D .-FROM THE
3OWY vjrWT Yo-rrAveA ( NO JAY suTiCiOMb -AT3ouTi
NoTETE.CrfATtVSrriOJ yS f U I MCJIOBV '0?OIM KIOTIJ'm')
TIM5 MOyW j ( I't-LTAK-E. J )) ' J 1
MlitlM TTZOM Ko A V T-rJ-A. J U
I PLACE. ,MB.iX4e.K- j ) (f CAS- ) 'ftV CT
sfc. W '-At. S 'pi loprrlyhMMbjr Tht'Bril gyndlests, Inc.) T-Jm
MT IS INDEED COUNT VON HOCHT
lN r
U 1
CHDXK Orl W 8BEAT
MAKES QUEER SPUfftR
IN6 NOISE, FAMILY
DRlHK OF WKftR
wife comr round
jd -Thumps him on
buck
CJrfCHB BREMrl Mtf
EK0U6H 1b PRO-fES-f
iuere's wo need -fo
frlOMP SO HftRD
(Copyright, 19M, by The Bell Syndicate,
ON& WHO HAS
TOMMY,
GUAVE...BUT 1
HIM TO
.SHEETS
WAIT
flr HAL
WAIT HERE I
vil
By uLU i A a WILLIAMS
GROPES BL.HDLY T6R"
WrYtfeK, 6tiHG ONE
Fltf6ER 1Mb If, AND AL
MOST 0PEIN6 6LASS
REALIZES CRUMB HAS 60tf.
FEELS APAM'6 APPLE 6IK68H
LV, "TAKES SIP OF WATER.
uro cautiously resumes
WrJER.)WCH IS MOW COLW
Inc.)
By 0. m. Payne
By HAL FORREST
YOU FLY
GOSH HE'S
BEEN OUT
3-POINT
, YOU
COLD . . A
MERE.'
UOflG TIME..
you DON'T
.SUPPOSE.. ..
FORREST V
J
s 2J( I
By EDWIN AL0EB
By SOL HES3
V
t