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PATTE TWELVE MEDFOTID MATL TRTBUNE, MEDFOTW, OREGON, FRIDAY, .TT7LY 1, 1938, Octagon Uoute BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR i.jc ury So Fan Aiey Muyo, Cape Cod detective, U investigating the murder of Marina Lome, uhote hui' band'e pott office mural hae arouted Qua no met, 5he uai Killed by a te;t handed biou from her itetere Knife. Aiey knows Pam Fry is innocent, at well at Tim Carr, boarder at the Frye'M Octagon House. Marina was married to Tim, unknown to Jack Lome, and also had played around toith Roddy Strutt, who i noto beino "menaced." Then the barn burnt down. Tim and Asey are knocked out in the woods, and Pom's father It found unconscious in the Lome's cot' luge. The problem uppermost in Asey mind is a 150.000 lump of am bergris Pam found the day of the murder. Pam hid it in the coal bin, and her father moved it to the barn. Chapter 30 Aiey'f Opinion "rID Aaron hear anyone in th s-i house when he came to7" Dr. Cummings asked. "H didn't hear anvthin' or any. one," Ascy said, "until Pam called mm. lie didn i nave a waicn, an the time element's all confused. He must have been out for a good while, though." "How'd he get the ambergris la to the barn?" ' "Believe it or not," Pam said, "he just casually wheeled it there jesieraay morning. . "He didn'tl" Cummings said. "He did," Asey assured him. "Same order of things as my paint In' an' Duttvin' yesterday. With troopers to the right of him an troopers to the left of him, he wneelea it out to tne Darn in an offhand manner it was stiU cov ered up with the tarpaulin an' dumped it into an old zinc unea feed bin. The cops didn't say a word. Aaron was bein' open an' iboveboard, an' they was sort of losin' interest in aoggin nis roov iteps by then anyways, an' Han. son was away at the time. That's how that happened." "And Asey doesn't think that the ambergris was in the barn when it burned," Pam said. "Of course, that particular bin uios near tne aoor, ana i suppose it would be the first thing anyone would look into but see here, Asey. If the person who fired the barn actually had looked around beforehand, he'd have found the ambergris right oil the batl And then there wouldn't have been anv need of burning the barn at all. unless "No." Asev said. "He looked around, an' couldn't And it so he burned the barn in order to get us to point It out. ''Listen, Asey," Pam said. "Take It slowly. Get the whole picture. I put the stuff in the coal bin. Father rinds it, and has a fanciful notion that it'll be safer in the barn. So he takes it there. Someone wants to know where the ambergris is. You claim that they looked around the barn well, if they did any hunting at all, they certainly found it in the bin. And if they didn't hunt for It, then it just got burned up. 'They looked for It," Asey re peated, "an they didn t Snd it. so they set the barn on Are to see if" "If they didn't find the ambergris In the bin," Pam interrupted, "where in heaven's name was it, Asey? You just aren't makln iensel" "Sure I am," Asey said. "Your father put it in the bin. But some one moved it from the bin after Sour father put it there, an' before le person who fired the barn be- f;sn his huntin. That's clear, ain't tr "Asey Mayo, do you mean that there's more than one person after this ambergris?" "I'm sort of beglnnin' to think, Asey admitted in a characteristic understatement, "that maybe per haps there possibly might be." Barn Burner Or BifferT "TWOI" Cummlngs said. "Two? What do you mean, two?" "Two people, or two sets," Asey aid. "Maybe more. Probably more. I wouldn't know. That's what I been wrestlin' with in my mind. I think the feller that dred the barn ain't the one that biffed Tim Carr and Aaron an' me. The barn burn er uses his head. The Differ seems to be a violent sort of lad. The barn burner" "You certainly can't call him any quiet shrinking violetl" Pam inter rupted. "And after all, arson isn't one of the gentler crimes!" "I know. But I think the person that burned the barn hunted through It first, and then waited around to see If his burnin' theory worked out. N'en I think he called it a day, an' left N'en I think that someone else carried on the violent part, biflln' your father before the fire, an' Tim an' me after it. An'" "And what about those two troopers, O'Mallcy and what's-his-name?" Cummings asked. Asey shrugged. "No one knows. Hanson's tryin' to solve that one right now. P'raps they landed up with the violent gent, p'raps they didn't They're not within a mile of this place, anyway. It's been looked over again this morning." "Listen," Pam said. "I've got an other idea. Suppose someone found the ambergris in the bin, removed it, arid then Hied the Darn to make us think the ambergris was burned up in it. What about that side, Asey?" "I thought of it, but I don't like it," Asey told her. "If he'd have swiped it, he'd have beaten it and not passed for the fire to call atten tion to things. Firin' the bam then might of lost him too much time, ana of course, how an' when could anyone of got the ambergris away, with that mob in the woods, later." "Perhaps that's why Shorty and O'Malley are missing. , Perhaps they saw the man take it away, and perhaps they went after it" "Wait an' let me get straightened out," Cummings said. "Aaron put it in the barn. Someone else call him B, removes it Someone else call him C hunts for it an' can't And it, an' so he burns the bam. And now you think there's still another person, D, who's respon sible for the violent bifflngs that went on. Well, that leaves you with three people, or one person three times, or oh, it's beyond mel And suppose the ambergris was taken from the barn where was it taken to?" "Not very far," Asey said. "And who did it?" Pam demand ed. "Who is this B. and who's C. and who's D? Who are they?" Who, Asey returned, "did your sister Marina tell about the amber-, gris before she was killed?" i flnn t tnink marina told i soul." Pam insisted. "I truly don't She was out to get that for herself. And supposing that she did tell someone. She and the person would have teamed up and whisked, it off long before I got over there to the garage at ten- thirty. And" . "Wait." Cummings said. "Wait another second. Suppose for the sake of the argument that Marina told someone about the ambergris, and suppose the person decided to get it for himself. And with the ambergris as a motive, suppose they killed Marina, and" Good An' Thwarted' "JOV can stop supposing right 1 there." Pam said. "If someone killed her for the ambergris, why in the world didn't they take it after they killed her, Friday night? Why did they leave it for me? "How do you know they did leave it for you?" Asey asked. "You left it in the garage because you didn't have any way of re- movin it its perlectly possible that the person who killed Marina was in the same position. You've hunted ambergris all your life, but you never thought about trans portation problems. Marina could nave been Killed for the ambergris, and the Derson could of been stumped on the transportation angle just tne same way. now, let s suppose " "No. Cummings said, "don't let's suppose. Let's stop supposing. I can suppose up to a certain point beautifully, but from there on into higher mathematics, my mind doesn't function. And my mind's had enough. Except just this suppose that the person who killed Marina didn't know anything about the ambergris at all. and suppose they killed her because she put Lome up to doing those caricatures In the mural. That's what everyone in the town of Quanomet firmly believes, any way. Asey, do vou think she was killed for the ambergris, or be cause of the caricatures?" Asey shrugged. "You must have some ODinion " Cummings said. "Seems to me," Asey remarked, "that $50,000 worth of ambergris is a sounder motive than just bein' mad at bein' painted into a pic ture. You could fix the picture up some dark night with a can of paint or a bit of paint remover. In fact you could chip off a little of the offendin' face each time you went for your mail. But with a person like Marina, I don't think you could put your Anger on one special thing an' call that the mo tive. She seems to have been the sort who inspired people with mo tives for murder." Pam ashed. "Thit'i tm enough," she said. "Oh, dear, this gets so complicated Asey, if this person found the ambergris in the bin, what did they do with it7" i flon t think they got It away very far," Asey said, "an" I don't think they'll get far with It tryin' to sell it Because I did soma phonin' last night I'd ought to have, before. There's only a limited number of people who'd buy that stuff. If anyone has managed to get it away, and if they manage to get it to Boston or New York, they're like to And themselves good an' thwarted." "Asey," Pam said, "this Is in sane! Consider if they didn't get it away, it's still here, or here abouts! But you've gone over the whole vicinity hunting for those troopers hundreds of people have and if the ambergris had been around, you or someone would have found it. But you didn't And ir you ask me, the ambergris was burned up last night and if it got re-stolen before the Are. then it's hundreds of miles away. Musi be. As far as I'm concerned, tho m. bcrgris is gone!" (CetrtitH, Itll. Tnlm) Tomorrow: Tralllnf the troopers. The Grange JttrkM.nTl.le OmniEf JeVkjtonville Ornnge enjoyfd cor red dih dlnnnr In hir hall June 94 and held a regular mwtlng Im mediate! 7 following. A ahort program prcarntM by Alice Marah conalated of a piano oio by Jfeal Stone of Central Point, a rend ing by Oellta Jennlnva, two piano numbers by Joyce Nlrdermryrr and a reading by Paul Henspeter. Mr. and Mrs. Beck were given the third and fourth dfyreea by Master Otto Nledermeypf after which a ahort recena wna deolared and member of Juvenile Orange obligated two new candidate and three honorary mem ber!. A. E. Brook way reporting for the Seglalatlve committee (rave an inter acting comparison of the tartffa of Tarloui count run. Henry conger la led In hi report for the agriculture committee that Jtwkflon county had the beat or ftanlred and newt active commttt in the atat. Nellie Nledermeyer and Olive Floyd tinned attendance at the annual Home Maker camp to be held at Lake O' Woods July 31 to Auguat 7. Chester Wendt gave an Interesting report for the co-op. committee, re iterating many things streamed at the AtMe grange aea.Mon. Mrs. lioula Brock m-ay announced purchase of a new Distaff. Mr. ftinden reported for the band uni form committee. Mr. and Mra Otto Neidermeyer nave rporta on their recent trip to the atate graiue at Klamath mils. Win Arnold waa appointed by the lecturer to take charge of the pro gram for next meetlrg, T0WNSENDITES TO HEAR REPORT OF DELEGATES All TowiuendltM are Invited to at- STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof addrenthe author, IncJotmg a stamped envelope for reply. Re. TJ. 8. Pat Off. fix I V c i .,w.'?c?: ya U WrVS NM60 IN iIm.im. 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Kadlo Antennae A single, well -constructed aerial Is capable of picking up all the raldo programs In the world capable of reaching It, yet not more than 10 programs can be transmitted from one antenna. According to the Federal Communi cation Commission, there Is a prac tical limitation to the number of sta tions using a common antenna be cause the broadcasts would Inter fere with each other. Forty kilo cycles Is approximately the closest they could be spaced. "Practically speaking, such opera tion la limited to perhaps five or ten programs since It la necessary to have the transmission frequencies fairly well separated In order to obtain ef fective filtering w'thout undue loss of power," says C. A. Priest, General Electric Rad'o Transmitting engineer. Naming of July Originally named Qulntllls because it was the fifth month of the old Roman year, July got Its present name to appease Julius Caesar be cause he was not elected Emperor by the Romans. 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