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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.
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ONCE MA UFEUMS I
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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.
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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
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HOLDING THE CrfriER ArJC TiE HERSELF INTO SION, ESCAPES FROM
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