PAGE SIX
A The Wrong Murderer
By HUCH CLEVELV
SYNUI'siai Inapaotor tlennecj
. euapeota Terence ktahony ol know
tng more about the Little murder
than he ahould, and he alao eua
peota Ruth Fraaer ol guilty knowU
edge. Hut ha ta agreeing with Ter
ence that Terenee and Huth may
have two houre atari ol the police,
lor Mahony hae a plan to oatoh the
man he knowe did the murder
Ambroae Lawaon. And although
Lawaon ta oatenelbty a moat up
right gentleman, even Kennedy ie
eurtoua about certain thinge Re
dote.
Cbaptsr 40
LAWSON CALLS
" A LL right," Kennedy laid brisk
ly. "I'll you a eoupl ot
hours' start atter you lears this of
fice. Tben If you're arrested, that
will be your look-out. You'll simply
be charged and brought up tor trial
In the ordinary way; any evidence
tbat 1 shall give will necessarily be
against you. Does that suit you?"
- "That suits me," answered Ma
bony. ' "I see your Idea all right," went
on the Inspector. "But I'm not cer
tain that it's a good one. Obviously,
wltb a bue and cry out after you,
you hope to lull Lawson Into a false
sense of security. Well, suppose be
does feel secure, and Just sits light
and does nothing. What then?"
rlnced tbat Mabon was a murderer
made him take a far mora optlmls
tlo rlow of the situation.
His appointment was In an upper
room In a home In Bayswater, and
the people be tad to meet were bait
a dozen men cho bad been working
for him for ine last year. Now tbey
all knew twt, so far, he bad been
worsted in his tight with Mabony.
As the rasult bis authority orer
them had weakened. It was his In
tention to reassert bis authority and
ginger tbem up a bit.
Tbey were sitting waiting tor
him: sit hard, crafty specimens ot
humanity. They were .weighing him
up, prepared to turn on him as a
pack of wolves will turn on Its leader
when be gets old and bis strength
(alls, Wm.
Lawson was fully aware of their
attitude, and had bis own plans for
dealing wltb them. He entered tht
room nonchalantly, glanced wltb a
cool, haughty . Indifference round
the circle of faces turned towards
him, and took his place casually la
a seat at the head ot the table round
which the men were sitting. His
manner when he spoke was cold,
precise, and dlgnllled.
"I want to talk to you men," he
said. "I've called you here heranpe
you're all Important members of my
organization, and I want tu mil yuu
1
It i
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AT POOR o'clock that afternoon
the early editions ot tbe eve
ning papers contained large bead
lines, and below these headlines
were descriptions ot Ruth and Ma
bony. and all the Information the
newspaper reporters bad been able
to dig up about them.
Lawson read bis evening paper
while seated In his car on his way to
keep an appointment, ll read It
with some pleasure, tlfough the
news contained In It was already
known to him. Earlier that after
noon he bad had a talk with Inspec
tor Kennedy.
During that talk the Inspector
had told him that, owing to tbe con
versation be had overheard between
Mahony and lia Little the pre
vious night, he was now fully con
vinced that Mahony had murdered
Mr. Little, and that ha Intended to
arrest htm and Ruth as soon as pos
sible. "I hope you'U soon get hold ot
them." said Lawson. "They're a
dangerous pair to be at large, par
ticularly that man Mahony. I was
pretty sure he was a wrong 'un the
flrst time I met him. I wish you'd
let me know It anything turns up.
Naturally, as a friend ot the Littles,
I'm very Interested."
"I'll let you know what progress
we make," promtsod the Inspector.
Lawson was not only pleased, but
delighted with this Interview. As
he sat in bis car driving to his ap
polntment, be was reflecting that
things were not quite so bad as he
had supposed the previous night, j
Tbe fact that the police were con-1
I'm not satlsDcd with you, I've put
you In the way ot making a lot ot
money in the last year, and now
you've got slack and buy. Tbe re
sult Is that tilings are going wrong.
That's got to stop at onco or there's
going to bo trouble."
"If you're arrested, that'll be your lookout."
"That might be a hit awkward,"
admitted Mahony. "But I have an
Idea that he won't sit tight and do
nothing. 1 don't think he's at all
inxlous that Miss Fraser and I
should be arrestod; ho has an un
easy suspicion that we know a bit
too much."
"Perhaps you're right," agreed
tbe Inspector. "I'll take a chance
on It, anyway. I'll do more than
that. If you like to ring me up here
very morning at ten, I'll give you
a hint or two what's happening. But
this Is all quite unofficial, mind. If
you're arrested, you'U have to look
out for yourselves,"
LTE) PAUSED. Ills opening had
taken tbem by surprise. Be
fore they had recovered he went on.
"Betore we go any furtber, 1 want
you to understand this: I'm your
boss. If I fall, you all fall. I'll tell
you why. You all know my name,
but you know practically nothing
about me. On tbe other band. I've
got wrltton evidence that would
send halt of you to prison tor at
loast seven years, and would bang
the other half of you. If anything
happons to me, or If my organisa
tion breaks up, the police will get
that evidence.
"This news may be a shock to
some of you, but Cnrford will know
that It's true. He's seen the evi
dence. Ask blm."
He made a gesture towards one
ot the men; the man nodded.
"Ho's got It all In a big book," he
aald. "I've soon It."
Lawson smiled. He enjoyed the
oRect which bis anuouncement had
created.
' I've told you that Just to show
you that, so tar as you're concerned,
tbero's no question of any of you
getting out from under. Now I'll
tell you something elso. The man
who has been causing most of the
trouble Is Terence Mahony. He's on
the run now; the police are after
him for murder.
"In the circumstances, If any
thing happens to blm, if he gets his
throat cut or Is found with a knife
between his rlhs, there aren't likely
to be many awkward enquiries. I
tell you plainly, I don't want the
police to et Mahony."
There waa a murmur ot voices
round the table. Dm one voice was
raised slightly above the rost
"That sound all right." It said
"Kut how are we to get hold of this
teller Mahony? He won't be walk
ing about advertising himself."
fCopyrlsM. ttsl. Hugh Clevely)
Tomorrow, t-nwion offtrs a re
ward tor Torenct'i death.
FOR HARRY BQIVIN IS
SALEM PAPER'S CLAIM
C A I.EM, Nov. 18. (API The Cap
ital Journal raid today frlftvta of
Harry Dovln, Klamath Fa.la Dr mo
cm, predicted hltt election a peak
r of the house of the Oregon legis
lature based on an aaaured S3 vote
and a prospect of from S to 8 more.
Thirty-one vole of the 80 mem
bers are required for election.
The Journal aald ita Informant
atated that "the pledge to Bntvln
were unequivocal and ao certain that
he already la proceeding with the
problem of hous orgnnlratlon "
Bolvtn'a At remit h cmbiAoed mm..-' i
WaxbtXB iioux atrn and aoullieru
Onyon and the Willamette valley,
with at lrnM. three vote from the
Multnomah delegation, the publica
tion stated.
Boivin'a only statement alive he
tar ted hit campaign for apeaker waa
tlwt he would seek to formulate an
organization which would cooler la
to the fullest extent with Governor
Martin tn the enactment of hi leg
islative program.
HUMANE HUNTER KILLS
MISGUIDED CIVET CAT
HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Nov. 18-AP)
The atory tfoes that at lea: one
hunter waa willing to wiule outlet,
intended tor an em, to mv from a
atarvntlon death a much-avoided
akunk.
Score of lumtcta aped paased the
civet cat, ita head etude firmly In
a discarded food can, a It raced
V.Uidly nloryt (he ,Min Hay highway.
Then n mo,f humane uportMtian
upp'ned along and the episode
ended.
EAGLES HAVE NEW
BACK DUES POLICY
Under a new national ruling;, delin
quent member of the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles may not be reinstated
to membership after December t un
ices they pay the usual Initiation fee
and go through ,tJio lull Initiation
ceremony, It waa stated today by
William Peck, chairman of the delin
quent membership committee of the
Mcdford aerie.
Members are considered delinquent
If their dues are tn arrears for, four
months or more, Mr, Peck explained.
Under the present policy, delinquent
members -may lw reinstated to full
membership by payment of the back
dues, he said.
To take advantage of the present
policy, delinquent members of Med
ford aerie were urged by Mr. Peck
to seek reinstatement Immediately,
He emphasized that only two meet
ings remain before the new ruling
goes Into effect December 1. The
aerie meets at the West Main street
lodge hall every rriday night At 8
o'clock. Initiation of new members
will be held Friday, Mr. Peck said.
The neighborhood league
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(Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, lnc )
n-13
By C. M. PAYNE
(Town Mlanumer.
Until 18B0, the town of Wichita
Falls, Texas, had a fi-foot waterfall
near the present site of the Burk-
burnett road bridge. It was destroyed
when a nearby dnm washed out, fill
ing In the river bed beneath tho
diminutive "falls."
According to a fnlrly authoritative,
version of the naming of tho town,
many years ago a Comanche Indian
squaw was delegated to test the
depth of the river now known aa Big
Wichita river. The woman waded out
to Ita greatest depth and, finding It
came up to her waist, expressed "waist
deep" In the Comanche tongue by
shouting "Wo-chee-taw." The river
waa ao nnmeri and Inter the town.
The liliU'ri IjIkIiOioukc.
One of the oddest memorials to a
U. 8. President's death was that ac
corded by the citizens of Blloxl,
Mississippi, upon the death of Abra
ham Lincoln. Strange as It seems,
the town's lighthouse waa painted
black In mourning. A year or two
later the structure was returned to
Its original color.
Hark ward First Down.
Early football turned Into a dull
game under the rules allowing a team
to retain possession of the boll until
fumbled. The team first getting the
ball would push over a score, then
simply hang on to It until the end
of the game, making little or no ef
fort to again score.
ui&sn Lis tied with this "blocking"
type of game, an official ruling wa
passed In 1882 providing that: "If
on three consecutive fairs or downs
a team shall not have advanced the
ball 5 yards or lost 10 yards, they
must give up the ball to the other
side at tho spot where tho fourth
down waa made,"
Frozen Hrenth.
Sounding like a pack of exploding
firecrackers, Polar explorers actually
hear their own breath freeze during
unusunlly cold weather, according to
Lieutenant Commander O. O. Noville.
executive officer of the recent Byrd
Antarctic Expedition.
Tomorrow; The l,W Temple!
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