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MEDFORD MATI. TRTBTTNTE, BEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1936
W$M The Wrong Murderer
faJy By HIGH CLEVEIY
BYHOFSIS: Terence Uahony (s
well along toward catching Am
brose Lawson. murderer ol Vincent
Little and leader ol a vicious nana.
But Lawaon, through hie friend
Lee Rametlen hae tangled ths
skein, and now Terence Is unknow
ingly waiting in a houee tor almost
certain death and hie gang It
about to be ambushed in their hide
out. Ruth Fraier who lovet Ter
ence but won't admit it, has man
aged to get to Terence's friends,
and has warned Patty Bassett,
however.
Chapter 31
AMBUSH
WITH that Bassett turned away
and made (or the stain that led
down to tht basement. Ruth hesi
tated for moment. It anything was
going to happen, she wanted to see
It, so that she could tell Mahony all
about It before be rang Bassett up.
She sllppHi quietly Into the room In
which B'ssatt had given directions
tii his men. and hid behind a curtain.
Bassett descendeu the stairs
which led to the basement and
crossed th kitchen to the back deor
of the house As be wss crossing the
kitchen the three knocks, pause, and
anotbet knock, sounded again.
"Orl right, orl right, don't be im
patient," be called out, and he
opened the back door.
Immediately the barrel of an auto
matic plsto. was thru' Into his stom
ach, and a stern voice said: "Stand
back from this door and stick your
hands up."
ed In a chair placed against the wan
opposite to the cupboard wss Lake.
Hir hands and ankles were tied se
curely to the chair, and he was
gagged.
The leader of the invading party
gave an exclamation of satisfaction
and hurried forward. His two men
followed him. For one moment they
were off their guard; their backs
were towards the cupboard as they
clustered round the chair, untying
Lake. Fatty Bassett coughed.
Then everything uappened with
Incredible swiftness. The .Joe ot the
cupboard auddenly flew open, and
Fatty's three men sprang out, their
pistols In their bands. They did not
sboot, since their pistols were not
fitted with silencers, but In the same
movement with which they left the
cupboard they burled themselves at
the three Invaders.
THE Invading party, taken utterly
by surprise, bad bardly time to
oner any real resistance. Before
they could even aim their guns,
Flynn's huge list, with a big Oolt
clasped In It, bad smashed one of
them to the floor; Chippy bad
knocked mother senseless. But the
third man of Fatty Bassett'a party
was unlucky.
Just as be hit at the other man
ol the luvadlng party, the man
moved; tbe blow
which bad
meant for
been . ,-7
HI' liih
Hi ,
The punch knocked Flynn across the room.
"Wot the . . exclaimed Bassett
n a tone of utter astonishment; but
ha stepped back from the door, and
all hands went up above his head.
Three men quietly entered the
kitchen, closing the door after them.
They were tough, hard-hltten, evil
tooklng ruffians and In their hands
they carried small automatic pistols
fitted with silencers. Their leader,
the man who had already spoken,
prodded Bassett roughly with his
automatic
"We've come for Lake," he stated
harshly. "You know who sent us."
Bassett'a bands, held up above hie
head, were trembling visibly; his ex
pression was one ot julverlng terror.
"Lake," he stammered. "I ain't
seun Mr. Lake. You can search the
place, mister; you won't find 'tm
ere."
"I know damned well I can search
the place and 1 shan't find him," re
turned the olhor man curtly. "If I
thought I could find him by simply
earthing the house I'd have plugged
you stra ght off."
Things were going exactly as Bas
sett had planned.
"taad on." went on the other man.
MA"d If you so raich as squawk
you'll get shot where It will hurt like
hell, but won't kill you."
THERE was apparently no fight
left In Fatty Panotu
"If ... If I take you to Mr. Lake,
you won't (hoot me tfterwards," be
wblnipereu.
"If you don't take us to him I'll
shoot you right away, through the
knee to start with," replle. the lead
er of the Invaders contemptuously.
"Get on with It."
Shivering, Bassett led the way up
the stairs. Tbe three men followed
close on bis beels, their guns ready
tor instant action.
None of Fatty's friends sppeared;
the bouse seemed quite silent and
empty. Fatty led the way through
the hall and up a dlght or stairs.
There be paused for a mo;ncnt on
small landing, and then flung open
the door ot a room.
It waa a long, narrow room, with
a large, built-in cupboard stretching
the entire length ot one wall. Seat-
head glanced off his shoulder. Tht
man staggered, and In the act ol
staggering he Bred. There was I
short muffled rap as the silenced
automatlo went off, and Fatty'a man
clasped both hands suddenly to bis
chest and, with an agonized gasp,
sank to the floor.
With a roar like that of an angry
lion, big Barnay Flynr turned and
sprang; before the man had time
tc Are again hla huge fist landed
with torrlflc impact under the man's
chin. It waa a punch that lifted the
man off hla feet and knocked him
senseless clean across the room.
With a tremendous crash of glssi
his limp tslllng body struck the win
dow. and went slap through the win
dow, falling ten feet Into the street.
There waa a pause of utter con
sternation Inside the room.
"Oawdelpual" exclaimed Bassett.
"That's dope It. We'll have the cops
'on In a minute now."
He hent swiftly over the man who
hud been shot.
"Sllm'a got 'Is, orlrlght," he went
on. "There ain't nothing we can do
for 'Ira. It's up to is to get out of
'era as quickly aa we can. Catch
old of that bloke, Jarney. and toller
me. both of you."
Barney seised the bound figure of
Lske and lifted It e.istly. chair and
everything. In his powerful arms,
fbey mounted another flight of
stairs, and there, to a small attic
Bassett hent down and pressed
strongly on a portion of the welt.
Silently It swung back, disclosing t
hidden doorway Into the house next
door. They went through the door
way and Bassett swung the wall to
behind them.
"Walt 'ere a moment," said Baa
sett. He swiftly descended the stairs to
the pawnshop on the ground floor.
Nominally that pawnshop was
owned by one Ell Solomon: actually
"Look 'ere, Ell, I've been In your
It was owned by Fatty Bassett.
back room for the last hour," said
Hassett swiftly. "Is the furniture
van In the yard at the back?"
(CooyHgM. list. Bugh Clevely)
Tomorrow the pollee arrive
with Ruth stilt In the house.
PORTLAND, Or. Nov. 7(API
Prohibition problems returned to
Oregon today ss ths state liquor
commission considered tbe situation
provoked by the "dry" vote of thr-e
communities et tbe general election.
Confronted by varied Interpret,
ttons of the Knox law, the commis
sion has turned the Issue over to
tbe attorney general.
The law was regarded from two
angina. The first wea that beer par
lor operators at Halaey. Newherg and
Monmouth would he permitted 'o
stay open until the eiplratloai of
their HcenM-s on DeremNr 31. Tils
second was that the three cities could
legally ban liquor as soon aa the
election return were made official
and certuied to the court.
It Is possible, however. Halaey will
have to lollow the general vote In
l.tnn county which rejected prohibi
tion, the county clerk sala.
Borah Is Confined
r To Bed With Cold
' BOISE, Ida., Nov., 7. (AP) Sena
tor William K. Borah (E-Idaho), re
elected Tuesday to a sixth term, wat
confined to hla bed today with a cold.
"He Isn't running any temperature,
but there 1 a alight congestion In
hla chest and the doctor told him to
stay In bed today," said Mrs. Borah
She predicted he would be "up and
around again tomorrow."
Fr. Cougiilln Quits
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 7. AP)
B. P. Stephenson, Michigan supervisor
of the National Union for Social Jus
tice, said today that Rev. Charles Z
Cough It n plans to "suspend all activi
ties of his national union until there
Is again a demand from the people.'
TVA Suit Upheld
COOKEVILE, Tenn., Nov. 7 (AP)
U. 8. District Judge John W. Gore
refused today to dismiss a suit of If)
private power companies against the
Tennessee Valley authority on the
cjsim of the authority that the bill
was vague and Indefinite and raised
no specific Issues.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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Princeton's football dynasty of Poes
started with S, Johnson Poe, of th?
class of '84, a star halfback on the
Tiger grid team and also a member
of tho first AlUAmnricrin lacrosse
twelve to make a tour of Europe.
All grandnrphews of Edgar Allen
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only namesake among tho "Princeton
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crosse team in th same years.
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ter's freshman football team.
Probably the most sensational grld
der of the family was Arthur Poe,
clatsa of 1900. who in 1898 -recovered
a Yale fumble to race 80 yards down
the field for a winning touchdown.
With all the regular kickers of the
Princeton team out of the game In
the last minute of play because of
injuries, he again was the winning
factor in 1899 when, for the. first
time in his career, he was chosen to
attempt a field goal and kicked the
bat neatly between the Ell goal posrs
for a score of 11-10.
Oresham Poe, '03, was the last :o
hold up the Poe laurels on the Prince
ton eleven. A quarterback in foot
ball, lie also played wing position on
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adopted the name "Democrat-Republican"
and subsequently dropped the
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name which the party bears today.
The modern Republican party held
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nominating John C . Fremont for
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band In hand for the second time
since Tuesday's btllotlng.
Jneepu Janaon, M. returned to ths
ntllre of Klamath couuty surveyor,
died In the hospital following an op
eration. Ha was graduated from Harvard
univerpity and taught engineering at
Utah Agricultural college for several
year?.
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