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PAGE TWELVE TrEDF(VRD MAIL TRIBUNE, fEDFORD, OftEOOy, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1937. SHY oy GLUYAS WILLIAMS the dark shins STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the anthor, Inclostnc a stamped envelope or reply. Bee. V. 8. Pat. Off. BY HULBERT FOOTHCR SYNOPSIS: When lathy Pret. colt Fanning abduct Janet from Baltimore on his yacht, the pen toord to Weill, a young ederat aaent uiho loe her. Daihinp to Absalom's Harbor, he boards the yacht and finis, in a locked cabin, Fannino shot dead and Janet in a faint, a sun beside her. Weill hides her nearby in a disused liner, then joins Mark Bonniger, fceen local inDesligalor, to keep tab on development!. Returning Irom a trip to the liner, Weill is seized, bound and bllndolded by a tounlt who wants f'annina's "ituff." Queer little Eyiter, who hated fanning, helps Weill escape. Wext day Kelferinn, a Baliimore law yer, has a tcord with Weill. Chapter 24 In The Clothes Cupboard "A NY news in the case?" Ketler inff nslrpH. "Nothing's broken," said Neill Ketterine lowered hi vnip "1 the federal government interested in tnia case?" He asked tho nupntlnn nrlih malicious smile that made Neill uneasy, iie regretted that Ketter ing had been told who he was. .wny no," he said easily. "Why? vu, just your oein nere. That was an accident " "Remarkable coincidence. Don' woric too nara on the case. " "1 don't itet vou." said Neill "Don't you agree that it would be better if this ugly mystery was "I don't get you," said Neill. .Kettering smiled, "Well, they j a woiq to tne wise is sum cient." He went into thi tnr leaving Neill in a state of inward confusion. Kettering's words had the sound of a threat. What was rveuorings interest in the matter7 How much did he know? Were the Ketterings connected with the events of the night before? He was still looking for the lowers wnen Bonniger came up, Thev rowpd nut n L Maii i, ins Walter, the steward, with them to answer any questions about the yacni mat might arise. Walter was a nionci, characterless young man, atill badly shaken by his experi ences of the past 24 hours. He moKea one cigarette after an other. On the yacht they found v-onsianie rorsytne. Walter was Jen with him while Bonniger and Neill went below. The cabins showed the effect of ine crowds that had swarmed : through them on the previous day. Practically everything movable i had been carried away for sou- venirs. The lock on the door of the 1 after cabin which had been partly wrenched off when the door was xorcea, was now missing. "How do they expect me to re construct what happened?" grunv bled Bonnlcer. They stood in the dnorwav with. out speaking, searching the little cnDin iooi oy loot. It was a luxuri ous room with a pair of twin beds, seat lockers under the portholes on each side and a capacious, chintz covered easy chair. At the foot of inn dcus an ugly Drown stain had dried on the rug. Neill's eyes flew to the door of the clothes cupboard to the left of we Deas. ine sight of it stirred up f auuui in mm. ne wouia have liked to believe that the real killer of Prescott Fanning had locked himself in that closet, but me story was too far-fetched. Bulldlnr Cp Theories DONNIGER said: "All agree that y Fanning was found lying on his back with his feet to the door and his head near the foot of the bed on the left as you look in. That's where the blood stain is. He must have been moved the instant ne ten, Decauae there's no blood anywhere else in the room." Neill was not inclined to help ouiuiiKur out in nis reasoning. "I know he was moved," Bon niger went on, "because a man shot in the back naturally falli on his face, especially if he's leaning forward. The bullet entered the base of Fanning s skull, came out of his forehead and then struck the drawer under the port seat locker. It was almost spent and has left only a slight dent in the wood. Its course indicates that Fanning was bending far over when he was shot. If the ensv chair was where they say it was, he was bending over that chair. ... Do you agree?" "Absolutely," said Neill primly. "You'd beat a nrofpssinnnlt" oonniger snook his head like a llvvlnH Inn t . He spoke to the steward from the companionway. "Where is the key to the clothes closet in the after cabin?" "Isn't it in the door?" returned Walter. . "If it was, I wouldn't be asking you for it." "It has always been in the door." "Was it in the door when you discovered the body?" "I couldn't tell you that, sir. I didn't notice such things." "Are there any duplicate keys?" "There's a bunch of keys in the pantry. I'll fetch them." Neill relumed to Bonniger with the keys. After trying several, he was able to unlock the door and throw it open. The closet was emp ty. "Have vou vour maanifvini? giassf ne asKea. It was handed over. "What's in your mind?" "Nothing as yet But It seems funny that anybody should make away with the key. Before using the glass, Neill pounced on a little bright object lying on the floor of the closet. "Look at this!" he cried. It was a tiny spoon-shaped piece of nickel that had been broken off another piece. Bonniger turned it over on nis hand. "Do you know what it is?" "Sure. It's for cleaning out the bowl of a pipe. It's part of a little combination gadget that is sold to smokers." Neill had dropped to his knees and was searching the floor of the closet through the glass. . . . "Look!" he said, handine over thm glass. "Crumbs of bread and shreds or tobacco." Bonniger looked. "What do you make of that?" he asked. Neill crumbled some of the bread and some of the tobacco be tween thumb and finger. "The bread is drv. but not comnlctelv dry," he said. "The tobacco is fairly iiesn. it cannot nave oeen lying there more than two days. Within the past 48 hours some man has been concealed in this closet- While he was shut un here he ate some bread and he filled his pipe." "He couldn't smoke his pipe if he was hiding." He couldn t light IL but a con firmed smoker gets a certain amount of satisfaction out of a drv smoke." Neill was picking up shreds of tobacco, examining them under-the glass and tasting them. "He smoked a mixture containing Lalakia, perique, burley and per haps other tobaccos. It would be an expensive mixture." Well. Im damned!" said Ron. niger. "This puts a new complex ion on the case!" Are vou telline mn?" pripH Neill. He was so happy he could hardly play his part Janet had not lied to him. It was not she who had shot Fanning. They're Both Guilty!' OONNIGER argued quite differ ently. "Now we know where the man came from." hp said. "Sh brought him on board with herl" "What!" cried Neill. "Sure! It's as Dlain as a nikpsiafP! No wonder she came aboard will ingly. It was a job between the two to get Fanning." wnat torr For his monev and valuable. We don't know what has been taken. . . . The girl inviled Fanning into her cabin, and while she was keeping him occupied, her con federate sneaked un behind and shot him. It all fits together. It doesn't matter which of the two shot him. They're both guilty!" weui runDed nis up. This was ridiculous, but it was dangerous too. According to his premises. Bonnlger's reasoning was nerfert. ly correct. Janet was innocent, but every hour that passed strength ened the case against her. It would be fatal to come out into the open until he could produce the real killer. Neill said drvlv: "If vou are right, how about the door?" Oh. when thev went out thev would lock the door and then break it in to make it appear as if Fanning had asked for what he got After they had broken in the door they would put the kev on the inside." It was an lnaeninu pTnlnnntinn though perfectly false. Neill thought: By God, as long as I live I will never convict a man on cir cumstantial evidence! He said: "Well, anyhow, our job is to catch the man. "And the girl," added Bonniger. A new anxietv seirpd Neill Tf Bonniger gave the Dress thtt now slant on the case. Domilnr nntnion would run high against the missing ri. ho tar, public opinion hm puziled dog. "Every theory I try I been Indulgent towards her he lp build up runs into a coritradlc- I cause it was believed that she had neen lured aboard the yacht. But tion. The most natural explanation la that Faning broke in the door with the intention of attacking the gin. diii u ne nao turn an aim, if people thought that she had plot ted with another man to bring about Fanning's death, every hand WhV had he snvpn hpr a kpv In lnpW Would he rnipd rrnlnt hnr herself in with?" The tho.ight suddenly leaped "Perhaps he had no such jiUen ; mto Neill , mind; Evster! That's Uon In the beginning " suggestjd I wm It Is exactlv the Nalll. "Parhaps he .lidnl eitpwt m i rs7 sort f thing he would dol be rnilad. tnj when Ha iu y- 1 The r the "arrangements" he pulsed ht warn enury " itaikad ibout He was always i net pauiourr. Bat Bating broken at violently how sou Id ta be to J Is aa t Vat the lrt r bhad vm' Neill shnuu-td Us fhvuVden. Re went to the door tf the gVothej closet and tried It I) u tacked. "Wt ought to have a look la here. I'll ask Walter where the key ia." snKnini tna roiiowine Fanning. At triMti board the vacht! It eras Crater who shot Fanning and that's why he's sucking up to me Mirt Crtrri,it. mi, t, swim r,t) usprctlni Fyster, Neill son te his room, Monday, to question him. W mr.m,. J ' moose oryeuoYjtjone ONCE MA UFEUMS I JMl6 12 iT V WlTrtlMft Morgenthau Mum On Budget Balance WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP) BpcirtAry Morgrnthitu declined today to prwllct whHhrr the trorwuy will Achieve a balanced bud art this llarM year. PrsMdent Roowvplt ntt Mid gov ernment income nnd outgo will be balanced in the next (W period, which begins next July 1. The tii'ftaury la mnklti a mrvey drftlRned to bring about all porWhlc aToemment economlra In the cur rent enr. POHTLANt), Oct. 1. AP An order on rlln m circuit oourt today Mt-abliahed the 8tM Inhe-rlUnre tux on the tvtate of the late Rmma L, Corbett at lfiB.son fll. The appraised Talue renrhed 7H4 42 (17 and bf-ne-flriar.es hnd tvnht lo hue the fed raJ uu of lUH7o.BJ deducted. Pussy In Tractor Runs Four Hours MONIIOK. Wit. Oct. 1. .P A cat that entered a amall opening Into the trend or nck Erb s tinctor prob ably had eore feet today. Erb operated the trftcttir on a road pn.jtvt (or tour hour continuously. The cat hnd to keep moving aa the tread revolved abaut the cog wheel, tVveinl times Frb thought he heaid cat Found., but could ("f nothing. When hi ntopjwd theirm-ior the animal ran through the opening Into a wood?. Another CHllfornU (Vmtt V15ALI A. Cal. PP rrank Day bell doe not think eo much of the famou Bmjllnh fo. After living a few year In England and a few yeari in the San Joaquin valley, he declare the tatter can produce fctjia that uU1 make the Enllh variety look lame. a I 3 V Wi 13 INCHES LON&i m a,J aiVL.1 ' KM rVTtk M3nMIM V4 If YoTeoPrSfWMgMPKOr5 'l ""- ?yCWIN toofo, frte BROTHER OFtiNCOWt fe$AS$N, VoIZO OWLV ONCE INHlG UF w nw wiV5 for a&rmam Lincoln" Awn fiooth 'I voted for Lincoln tho othnr day the first I ever chM," were the words written to a friend. Mlsa r Carry, by Edwin Booth one day tn 1804. shortly after Abraham Lincoln's re-election to tho Presidency. The brother of John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot Lincoln, never voted aflat n. About the beat-toved and greatest American actor of his day, Edwin Booth was severely shocked by his brother's horrible crime. For a year after the assiuwlnatlon, ro remained In strict seclusion, then returned to the stage, to find his popularity nnd not Buffered In the least. Never ngaln did he appear on a Washington, D. C, stjiiie, however. In 1867, Booth obtained permission from President Johnson to have his brother's body removed from under the flnsjstones of a Washington nrse nnl where U had been and with great iecrecy had the remains transported to Baltimore where It was Interred in the family burial ground. rngsc in a Jest Habeas Corpua, the law compelling authorities to show legal reason for holding a person prisoner, Is consid ered one of tho most Important pieces of lelMntlon over pnssed In Emtltsh SON OF MINISTER DIES IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH McMINNVILLE. Oct. 1. (AP) Sher iff O. W. Manning or Wiwhlngton county today Identified tho body of a boy killed In an automobile crash noir Dundee nt Jnck Warner, 14. eon of Rev. nnd Mrs. J. M. Warner of El Icnebtirg. WftAh. Tho boy, reported mining tram his homo ulncc Inst Tuclny. has been visiting none of Mr. Ethel Ciu-lnr. Mo.Mhmvllle Is the Warner's former home. 15 COILEP powris-fflrtts -To B SHOWN TO wrfn robi, AS MOTHER suvs To sum MAVJpS UKPA NICE 61RU AT-ftR A 600T5 DfAl OF SCuJlRWIrte ElWErlDS THE WR0W6 HAND While wfrlER AMD TOEMP siW"fnE T'ER SOfJAL REMARKS, AMUS ES HER6HF SfANTDIN6 Oti SIDES Of HER FEET SfAPS Wlfrt ONE FOOT ON-triE OTHER ,TRVifJ6 0 MOUE UNDERKEAIr) FOOf FASfENS AtTENfiOM 0 RTAD2ES WSlfOR HA& WR166XES lK0 fEft CRACH IN CElilN6,5fAKD- A5HEP HER A AUESflOrJ TABLE. AMD UNDER- N6 0M ONE lE6 AND AMD GEfclriS fo WR166LE COVER OF THIS DlVER- HOLDING THE CrfriER ArJC TiE HERSELF INTO SION, ESCAPES FROM KNOTS ROOf? TAILSPIN TOMMY Bontly r 9'ZO (Qopyrlgtt, 1937, by The Ben Byndlcte, the.) J 'TylvJkk S MATTER POF By 0. M PAYNE MELT T-4e 6ouDVutf-J T (,KI1 )f 3OKJT HI Cqc '-V-v oit 1 ? iT k hlrtory. Here Is the etrange story of ir T A1Mw I JLfTLy tt ennctmont by the English House I Jl f V-J'' of Lords. 1079. ns told by Bishop Bur- I 4r 'JaiX r' V net, noted clergymen and historian of , 11 ) O, I 2TJ IfJttrVM) f) s-TZT'1 "Lords Gray and Norreys were I II 'fcjli. n "A li ( Hf- r ) (( named to bo tellers. Lord Norreys be- BaJC7" , fe rfeJ" 1 L 'Tf-tli ' F "V I Inif a man subject to vapors, was not e-iy lb J" liirlW 'O J at all attentive, so a very fat lord , 1 " J ffinin ' 'fgjaSe-- -jfTy coming in. Lord Gray counted hlm for . , . . . . 10. as s Jest at first but seeing Lord MT cv" a I -"Bl Norreys had not observed It, he went U W 3 E.T?6T A KlTj ?7 I -rfl-1-M ) aUI on with the mls-reekonln of 10. so TDOr-J-T TSE 1-Tl TT ' J .vl It vne reported the House had dc- . J L L LiL A. L L- V I l j J" clnred that they who were for the IICVIKI6 ZJ5glygA 5 I I bill were the majority, though Indeed IT V f r 1 r? 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Wyo.. rancher, hay will be grown on the levees tc J SFftu IUmA L C jyfjAM eloped nnd were married at Oerlnc. provide funds for n,ni, XWW na (Copyright, 1937, by The Bell Bymllcste, Inc ) 6 t .avl 'TaIU" for Botty-Loul Bv HAL F0EEEST fSa- J FZ&U LI but. . i'll expect to have a jj BEN WEBSTER 8 CAREER Reporting In . By EDWIN ALOE S use 6TW( :mM fGS&'&lllilimJi r --r--' 3 Myi't dr.v behiwd the ears vet.... ) 3 THE NEBB3 It's a Secret ' " " ' By SOL HESJJ
