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. MTCDFOTCT) MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1937.
GOOD TRY
By GLUYAS WILLIAM!
the dark shins
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SYNOPSIS: Null, a iotms Jed
tral agent, ftndt hit beloved Janet
in a locked cabin aboard Pre
eott Fanning'! yacht at Abialom'
Harbor. Fanning it (hot dead and
Janet in a faint, a gun betide her.
Weill hldee her nearby In a dil
uted liner, then Joinj Mark Bon
niger, keen local inveetigator, to
keep tab on development!. He
think Janet shot Fanning until
he learn a man woe hiding on
the yacht Then he uipect queer
little Buster, who hated Fanning.
Alto in the picture are Kettering,
a Baltimore lawyer down to flth,
and Ira Buckleti, a tough who
trait Weill. Cutter tip enable
Weill to find wealthy old Mitt
Rayner In Baltimore.
Chapter 2T
A Cool Million
"rON'T you read the newspa
U oers. Miss Rayner?"
"Certainly not. I've something
better to read.
"Mr. Fannine Is dead."
She took it more calmly than
Neill expected. Death 1 a com
monplace affair to the very old,
"Dead?" she echoed sharply.
"Where? How?"
"He was found dead on his yacht
tn Absalom s waruor. -"I
didn't know he had a yacht."
"Murdered."
"Bless my soult . . . Why do you
come to me about it?"
Neill endeavored to soften his
story. "We can t find out anythin
about him. Who his folks are. am
so on. We thought perhaps you
could help.
"I liked the man." said Miss Ray.
ner, "but I was hardly what you
would call a friend. We had some
business dealings.
This was what Neill was after.
"Who brought him to you?"
"My estate agent, Edward Bar
nev. I have a house for sale on
Linden avenue. Mr. Fanning was
thinking of buying It for a specu
lation, Dut ne mougn' i was asiung
too much for it. So he persuaded
Mr. Barney to bring him here. I
wouldn't come down in my price
but, as I said, I liked the man. He
stayed on here chatting after Mr.
Barney left and he came to see me
t number of times after that"
"Have you confidence in Mr.
Barney?." asked Neill.
"Absolute. A good, faithful crea
ture. He's too dumb to be crooked.
He's only my renting agent. He
knows nothing about my affairs."
"Well, about Fanning . . . ?"
"He was a man of large means,"
the went on, "and we had a com
mon interest in our investments.
He told me that he had established
an Investment trust in New York
which paid 6 per cent and over on
Us stock. I was getting less than
three on my government bonds. I
am interested in many philan
thropies and I need all the income
I can get my hands on. So in the
end I exchanged my bonds for
stock in Mr. Fanning' trust. I took
a little at first, and as the price
continued to rise, I got more.
"Without any investigation?'
"Certainly not! I investigated it
tnorougniy. i received very nne
references and testimonials on Mr.
Fanning' behalf from New York
neople. I'll show them to you."
"Didn't you consult with any
Baltimore business men, or with
your lawyer?" he askea.
"No. I prefer to act on my own
Initiative;'
"Do you know a man here called
Horace Kettering?"
'The name is familiar."
"He's a lawyer in town."
"I've never seen the man nor
had anything to do with him."
"Did Mr. Fanning ever speak of
him?"
"No."
"Did Mr. Fanning Introduce you
to any of his friends or associates?"
"Nol"
"Did you ever hear the names
ba Buckles or David Xyster?"
"No."
"Of course, they might have
gone under other names. They are
peculiar looking men." He de
scribed Eystcr and Buckles.
"I don't know any men of that
sort," she said scornfully. "Is all
this leading up to the suggestion
that there is something crooked
bout Fanning?"
Neill didn't answer.
"That's ridiculous on the face of
It!" said Miss Rayner. "He only
promised me 6 per cent. A swindler
would have guaranteed 10 or 15."
The Fake Certificate!
IN SPITE of her confident talk,
Neill had roused an ugly doubt
In the old lady's mind. Hoisting
herself out of her chair, she tot
tered to a safe that stood open
against the wall. Taking from it a
portfolio, she brought it to him.
Opening it, Neill thumbed over
sheaf of beautifully engraved
certificates. Not worth the paper
they had spoiled.
"Aren't they all right? Aren't
they all right?" she demanded.
He had not the heart to deliver
the blow. "I reckon so," he said.
"I know nothing about such mat
ters. How much did Fanning
charge you for the stock?"
"It sells at par over the counter,"
tnn eagerly explained. 'That's 10.
He let me have it for 9 V
The certificates in the portfolio
represented 123,000 shares. So
Fanning had rooked her for over
a million dollars. Neill inwardly
gaped at the thought of such a sum.
What had become of it? He handed
back the portfolio.
"The first dividend was paid on
the nail," said Miss Rayner.
Naturally! thought Neill.
She brought him a sheaf of let
ters. 'These will tell you all about
Mr. Fanning. Who his associates
are, and so on."
Neill took down names and ad
dresses in order to satisfy her, and
got out as soon as he could. It made
nim feel a little sick to think of
the brutal awakening that was in
store for the frail little old lady.
In the street he thought things
over. Beyond establishing the
Identity of Fanning's victim, he
had not got very far. The manner
of Fanning's introduction to the
old lady suggested that the estate
agent was in no wise implicated
and Miss Rayner had confirmed it
Neill drove back downtown and
called at Mr. Osgood's office. He
louna mm a conservative speci
men of the genus Family Lawyer.
Impossible to suspect such a one.
Mr. Osgood claimed not to have
met t anning. lie was dcenlv
shocked to learn that Fanning had
been a frequent caller on his client
I must iook into this, he mut
tered. Neill didn't envy him that iob.
Mr. Osgood said that his acquain
tance wnn netienng was very
slight He made it clear that he did
not care for the man. "A successful
criminal lawyer, I understand," he
said condescendingly.
Before returning to Absalom's,
Neill had himself carried over to
Washington. In the treasury de
partment he cashed a check for all
he had coming to him in order to
be ready for anything. He looked
in on his chief.
"Having a good time? asked
the latter.
Swell! said Neill. If you knew
the half of HI he thought grimly.
i n nave an assignment tor you
on Monday."
As he started out of town. Neill
bought the latest Daners and found.
as he had foreseen, that they were
now playing up the theory thai
Fanning had been decoyed into the
girl's cabin and killed by a man
for his money. Neill flung down
the sheets with a groan of helpless
anger.
The Mob Mutters
IT was approaching seven o'clock
when he got back to Absalom's.
Lately the papers had been sent
down from town as fast as issued
and the latest story was already
having its effect From the crowd
that pressed around the store, Neill
heard a new note, a slow growling
sound thnt once heard can never
be forgotten.
As he crossed the porch on his
way in, he overheard a snatch of
talk. A man said:
When we catch them two we
ought to string them up."
' Not the woman," answered an
other. That s never been done.
"Well, we can string him up and
let her. watch. That'd learn her!"
Neill swept a glance around.
Every face bore the same dark
look and he knew then what It was
to be alone. Hyenas! he thought,
hardening.
He found Bonnlcer with Ser
geant Wilson and the constables in
the loft over the store, and made
his report.
uood work, said Bonnlcer. "It
fits in with other information about
Fanning that has come over the
wire today. During the past four
or five weeks he opened accounts
with half a dozen banks in Wash
ington, Baltimore and New York.
Large sums of money passed
through these accounts. Just be-
out and got his checks back, thus
blocking our investigation of his
operations."
rretty slick, said Neill.
It's clear that he converted his
million into something easily
portable," said Bonniger. "He
must have had it with him, and
mere s your motive for the mur
der! A cool million! This case
looms bigger and bigRerl"
neill noticed with considerable
uneasiness that all the constables
with the exception of the man
f Harding the yacht had been called
n. He had evidently interrupted
a conference. "What are you get
ting ready for? he asked.
we have not been idle while
you were away, snid Bonniger.
"This afternoon a fisherman called
Jake Loker brought me a packet
containing 100 new $5 bills that he
had found floating In the river."
Neills heart began to sink like
a piece of water-logged wood.
tie picked it ud at a bomt oft
Northern's pavilion," Bonniger
went on. "The tklo was then at
half flood. The money had been in
the water more than 12 hours, but
not much more, because the paper
was not yet pulpy. Of course the
fact that the bills were bound in
tight bundle helped to protect
them. Through the Merchant
National Bank of Baltimore. I es
tablished that these same hills had
been drawn by Prescott Fanning
last Monday."
"So what?" aked Neill.
tCrtnitU. Kit. r HmliTl
Bonnlcer and hit men Urt te
search the dark ships, tomorrow.
War Time Methods
For Jobless Count
WASHINGTON, Oct. . (API
Some of the technique of the "Lib
erty Loan" campaigns of World war
days will be rerived, officials aald
today, to aaaurv national cooperation
In the unemployment censua next
month.
School, churches and public offi
cial will be asked to carry out pre
liminary education campaigns. Help
of labor, agricultural and Industrial
o-. gaulraltons also will be sought.
President Roosevelt, official aald,
probably will launch the campaign
witb a "flrealde chat."
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attempted to brake It near the
Marshfleld roumlhouar Thome Coa.
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BALTIMORE. Oct. 6. J.
Edgar Hoover, chlrf of the frdrral
bureau of tnvrM Ipat Ion, blufd to
day at "tntrfcrlna mcddlfru" who
intercede for criminals and at "con
vict -cod rill n, acntimental. ailly par
ole boards" who Tree prisoner un
m-tnely.
He addrtMtd the International As
sociation of Chiefs of Poll re after
Chief Leon V. Jenkins, of Portland,
Ore., tn the prfaldent'i add row. had
taken the members to tank for "tria!
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TriffTWAV&WMH CLEAR V
Vice-President lo Senator
John C. Calhoun, elected vice-president
of the United Statfa under
John Qulncy Adams In 1624, wo a re
tained In office under General Jack-
on. Jackson and Calhoun found
running the government together a
bit difficult, due to strained per
sonal re lot tons. .
Mr. Calhoun liad sought to have
Mr. Jackson called to account for his
acta In the Seminole war. Mr. Jackson
resented this. Puhthermore, Mr. Cnl
hunt refused to havp anything to do
with Mr. JacUnon'a attempts to have
a certain Mrs. EntDn reinstated In
WaHhlngtonlon society. Mr. Jackson
resented this, too.
As a last straw,. Mr. Calhoun, a
southerner from South Carolina, com
plained bitterly niltist a protective
wfeNaBftl Srdni, lac
tariff of 1828 that bore havlly on
southern farmers the "Tariff of
Abominations" and Mr. Jackson
would not help Mr. Calhoun effect Its
repeal.
So Mr. Calhoun tendered his resig
nation to the secretary of state In
Aiich haste that he misspelled the tat
ter's name. He wrote "Hon H. Living
ston, Sec. of State; Sir, Having con
cluded to accept a seat In the senate,
to which I have been elected by the
legislature of this state, I herewith
resign the office of vice-president of
the United States. Very respectfully,
your ob. avt., J. C. Calhoun." The
secretary of state's first name was
Edward.
No official recognition of Colhoxin's
resignation was taken, however. It
was tendered on December 38, 1B32,
and forwarded to the senate on Jan
uary 4. 1833, but nothing was done
about it other than to stop Calhoun's
salary on January 4. 1933, and renew
It when be took the oath as senator.
Calhoun Is the only U. S. vice-president
to have resigned office.
Vnrter-Water Island
Only 12 miles long and two miles
wide, Anegada, tiny island of the
Lesser Antilles. Is swept by waves
from one shore to the other In rough
weather. Four hundred and sixty
three natives manage to maintain an
existence on the Island, although It
Is nearly devoid of vegetation. Fish
ing plays a large part in their strug
gle to Uve.
Tomorrow:
Pile!
The Hero In a Trash
Turkey Crop Early
In Central Oregon
THE DALLES, Oc. 5. ( AP) Esti
mates that the 1P37 turkey crop will
start moving 3Q days ahead of last
year came today from producers of
central Oregon.
The Redmond-Prlnovllle section
has 10.000 birds almost ready to ship
and producers estimated they would
send 2.325,000 pounds of turkey to
Thanksgiving tables.
Fiery Crosses Burn
Near F.D.R. Estate
POUOHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct. 5.
(AP) Deputy Sheriff Harry Wicker
aald today he was Informed by vil
lagers In Hyde Park that two fiery
crosses were burned near President
Roosevelt's estate, last Friday night
at the time Justice Hugo L. Black
made his radio address.
Wicker said no complaints had
been filed and no investigation
was bring made.
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