MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER
PAGE ETGHT
25. 1936.
f$.M The Wrong Murderer
I .: f By HUGH CLEVEIY
Chapter 46
YEGG MAN PRO TEM
. "T7IRE!" Mahony shouted at the
4 ton of his voice.
His intention in making all this
noise was to bring everybody In
the house rushing straight Into the
hall. He succeeded admirably.
Another man came running from
the back regions of the house, and
yet another came clattering down
the stairs. Mahony stepped well back
out of sight till they were In the
middle of the hell. Then he stepped
forward, and In his hand was a
pistol.
"Stick em up," he said curtly.
The men turned, they stared wide.
eyed; their hands shot up above
their beads. One of them spoke In
a voice of stupefied astonishment
"But . . . how the hell did you get
In here?" he asked.
Mahony smiled. 1
"Quite simply," he answered. "I
knew all the windows were fitted up
with the latest Idea In the way of
burglar-alarms and other electrical
gadgets, so I got your kind-hearted
master to provide me with a spare
key to the front door. Now Just turn
with your backs to me and put
your hands behind your backs.
Quickly."
His voice was smooth and quiet.
but there was a snap In It that
Showed that he was not to be
trifled with. The two men obeyed.
"You know," said Mahony stepping
toward the two men to truss them
up, "I'd like to know Just how much
you know about your master."
But It was not necessary for either
to reply, tor Just as he reached the
, men he stumbled on the small nig
which decorated the center of the
hall floor, and lost balance.
They wore quick to seize their ad
vantage. Both turned suddenly on
Mahony, and before he could recover
himself, one bad lashed out with a
nasty blow to his chin. Mahony stag
gered back against the newel post, a
little dazed and a good deal' more
angry.
He had returned his pistol to his
coat pocket In order to handle the
handcuffs. Now he tried to regain It,
snd was too late. The taller of the two
men flung his long arms about Ma
hony's middle, and dragged him to
the polished floor of the ball They
rolled over and over, and the shorter
man followed them, waiting to land
a blow which would knock out Ma
hony. "You damned fools," panted Ma
hony. "do you want to go to prison
for life?"
But there was no time for conver
sation. Quickly Mabony sized up his
desperate situation. The second man
was upon him when Mahony struck
out with his foot, and tripped him
up. At the same time he lunged
madly against th front door, catoh
Ing bis other assailant sharply
against the Jamb.
For an Instant the man's grip re
laxed, and that was all Mahony
needed. He flung the man away, and
grasping the door handle he yanked
. himself to his feet. Out came his pis
tol. "Back off," he 'shouted. "I've got
you covered."
Snarling, the men backed slowly
toward the stair.
"And don't try running for It," Ma
Vony went on. "1 would as soon plug
you as not."
More carefully this tlnio, Mabony
advanced on his charges. He forced
them to separate, so that while he
was busy with one, the other might
not attack him.
From a sldo pocket of his cost
Mahony took a couple of pairs of
handcuffs which ha snapped on the
men's wrist Then he tied their
ankles and thrust gaga Into their
mouths. By this time the butler was
stirring feebly and trying to sit up;
Mahony treated him In the same
way.
For the Um.i being he was master
of the Inside of Lawson'a bouse. Ho
glanced round, went to a small built
in cupboard In a corner of the hall,
and took from It a heavy fur over
coat Then be made his way up
stairs to Lawson's study and
crossed the room to the big safe.
For fifteen minutes be worked
hard on the sate door and then
draped the fur coat over the front
of the safe, propping an arm-chair
against It to keep It In place. In his
hand was a tiny switch from which
a long wire communicated with the
safe. He crossed the room, pressed
over the switch, and waited.
THERE came a dull, muffled rum
ble; the fur coat bulged outward
suddenly: the arm-chair fell over.
Mahony crossed the room again,
pulled aside the torn, singed fur
coat, and examined the safe door.
The thick Iron was cracked com
pletely across; the combination was
shattered. In another ten seconds
Mahony had that sate door open.
Mahony's heart was beating fast
with excitement as he looked into
the safe. Inside were masses of pa
pers and documents, and a big,
thick, heavy volume. He seized the
volume, drew It out of the sate, and
began glancing through It But the
first page told him that this volume
was what he sought and his heart
gave a leap of exultation.
Every page of that volume con
tained evidence against Lawson's
associates; letters, agreements, re
ceipts, admissions, and every bit of
evidence pasted in the book had
little comments and observations
written beneath It In Lawson's neat
handwriting.
Half-way through the book Ma
bony found the page he sought
the evidence against Billy Ross. He
tore It out and carefully burnt It
Then he replaced the book In the
safe, left the study, and went down
and opened the front door.
Standing In the front doorway he
whistled shrilly twice, and three
men came hurrying along the pave
ment towards the house. He stepped
down to meet them.
Detective-Sergeant Mannerlngf"
he asked.
Yes," replied one of the men.
Inspector Kennedy told you thai
you'd probably receive this signal
from this house tonight," went on
Mabony. "Now you'd better come In
and take possession. You'll And
three men tied up and handcuffed In
the hall; leave them there till the
Inspector comes. Till then you can
amuse yourselves looking through a
volume you'll find In the safe up
stairs In the study. I'm Just going
to telephone."
He found the telephone, lifted the
receiver, and got through to Inspec
tor Kennedy at Scotland Yard.'
It came off all right," he said.
"You'll find all the evidence you
want here to convict Lawson and
practically the whole of his gang."
"That's fine," said the Inspector, .
It seems that I shall get promotion
after all. Instead of getting the sack,
which I rather feared. Are yon going
on to the other place now?"
"Yes," answered Mahony, "Are
the cars ready?"
They are," replied the Inspector.
'Give me Ave minutes start and
then send 'em along," said Mahony.
"Are you going along with them
yourself?"
"I am," replied Inspector Ken
nedy. "I wouldn't miss this for any
thing." "Good, said Mahony. "I'll be see
ing you soon then."
THE house In Claphara was an
almost derelict building atandlng
on a plot of waste land. Round the
outskirts of the waste land, build
ing operations had been taking
place, and a number of bouses were
In the course of erection, but none
of them was yet finished.
Lawson had at once perceived the
advantages of those half-built houses
as a means of hiding a number of
men with little fenr of discovery.
Elsa arrived on the scene of the
appointment a minute or two early.
She had Instructions, and knew what
to do. With steps that faltered a
little dcsplie her resolution, she
crossed the dark waste ground to
tbe house, pushed open the front
door, and entered.
In a room on the left of the hall a
feeble gas Jet was burning. It was a
sordid room, with faded, damp wall
paper, and rotting wooden linear
peted floors; the only furniture It
contained was a rickety table and
two plain wooden chairs. Else sat
down to wait
An envelope placed on the mantel
piece caught her attention and she
stepped across to It and found It
was addressed to herself. Inside was
a brief message. It ran:
"I may be a few minutes late.
T. M."
fCoplnijM. JJI. Hug Ctetvly;
Two glrlt nest, tomorrow, vary
Itranaely.
S. P. CARLQADINGS
HIKED BY STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. . (AP)
Southern Pacific company's cat-loadings
ran 20 per cent over last year
for the week ended. November 21,
with traffic diverted to the railroads
from shipping tied up by the strike
of marine employes.
Loadings on the company's own
lines were 32,633 cars, compared with
25,325 in the 1035 week, and 31,394
In the preceding week this year.
Total cars bandied, including re
ceipts from connecting lines, were
42,572 against 32,802 last year and
41.102 In th preceding week.
FREAK WEATHER BRINGS
FLOWERS TO ML HOOD
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Nov. 25. (p)
It's snowtlme at Mount Hood, but
the flowers are blooming In one of
the strangest weather freaks In years.
George McMullln, Inn operator, said
the weather was more mild . at this
time of the year than at any corre
spondtng period for 20 years.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
for further proof addrees the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. U. S. Pat Off.
TO
Tr M. irVwithrford, pastor-evan
gellst, speaking at the Naearmifl
shurch Sunday, UMd as hi topic
"Cease!!- Prayer, life of Thanks."
He drew his text from first Thees.
6-17-18 "Pray without censing. In
everything give thanks: for this U
the win of God in Christ Jesus con
cerning you."
In part, be said as follows:
The first Thanksgiving Day to
be officially snd nationally recog
nised was ordained by King David In
Israel, as revealed In 1st Chron. lfl-7.
The ocean I on being the return of the
Ark of the covenant, tbe national
symbol of the presence of Ood. It
was a day of greet praise and thanks
to Ood for His favor and His national
restored presence.
"Tha thankful heart begins with
reflection and meditation and pro
ceeds to apply that gratefulness to
Ood In the various erpreaalona of
life. Thankfulness seeks an outlet
In the service of giving.
The first not of thanks that
should be heard from our Hps is
thanks to Ood for bis Infinite supply
tsourcAf. Then we are to demonstrat
that thanks by making known His
doings among the people. The
Psalmist says 'Declare His glory
among the nations. Show forth His
salvation from day to day.'
"I think we owe a greater thanks to
Ood for the way and perfection of
His plan of salvation through Jesus
Christ, than from any possible source
by which we may be prompted to
thanksgiving. It 1 lamentably pa
thetlo that so many among us have
not tapped this fountain of Joy and
thus remain Impoverished through
time and eternity.
The beginning of a truly thankful
heart In the broadest sense begins
with a vital revelation of Ood to life
through redemption as provided by
our Lord and Saviour. Thta Is dons
through the simplicity of faith tn
prayer and surrender of life to Ood.
"The giving of thanks and pray
ing without ceasing is the secret of
every happy Christian life, for this
la the 'will of Ood tn Christ Jesus
concerning you.' He oNises to pray,
loses contact with Ood. It Is a Jay
mortal and eternal to have the glory
of His presence In one's life."
HOOD CANNING PLANT
FINISHES RUN FRIDAY
HOOD RIVER, Nov. AV-The
cannery plant of the Ai'pls Grower,
Morlatlnn made plans today to clow
operation Friday. More lhau 3.SO0
ton of Bnrtlett prara and 4,000 torn
of apples hare been packed.
Balis n composer,
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TH0U6H IT& IH CMIFORNA .jJSS
Atlantic Coral. i
The strange com formation on the
dome of Coyote Mountain, near El
Centro, California, has furnished
geologists with a fascinating prob
lem. When tales of prospectors leaked
out of the region and came to the
attention of scientists !n the early
'80s, the thought of speclesjof Atlan
tic coral being found at an altitude
of 2600 feet and about 3000 miles
away from the Atlantic ocean was
considered incredible.
Investigation In following years
proved the stories to bo true. In an
attempt to explain the phenomenon,
a theory has been advanced to the
effect that the west side of the Im
perial valley, along which the Coyote,
Mountain runs, once bordered upon
water connection, believed to have
linked the Pacific and Atlantic oceans
during the upper Eocene age. Terrific
earth upheavals and gradual changes
are thought to have made many
mountains become seabottoms and
many seabottoms become mountains.
Quarterback.
Not until 1003 was & rule passed
In football allowing the quarterback
to run forward with the ball. Even
then limitations were enforced allow
ing a man playing that position to
run forward with the ball only be
tween the two 25-yard lines. He had
to cross the scrimmage line B yards
away from where he received the ball.
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(Copyright, 1938, by Th Bell Byndlcst,, Ino.)
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Prolific Composer.
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