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MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OTCEC.Oy. WET)ERT)AY, JULY 20. 1938.
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SUBURBAN hclUHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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BV PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
the Story So rri Atey 41 a io, Capt
Cod dettctlut, u muftiisallno th
murder of Marina Lornt. whose nui
band's pol office mural hoe enragea
Quanomel. She woe Wiled by a
handed blow from the fcmf of Iter
tiller Pam Frye. mttrjd partlu
are. Tim Carr, once married to Ma
rina. Roddv Strutt, whoee allDipnp;
plane crah was deliberate. Peggy
Boone, an artist. Jennlno. an irate
plumber, and perioru unfcnoum who
burned down the Fryee barn, de
ttroued Jack Lorne'i mural nketche
and delared the mural Iteeit Miuino
ti a $50,000 lump ol ambergrie be
longmo to Pam Then Roddy Is killed
by carbon monoxide poieonino.
Chapter 45
No Clcwi.
"CTho'IT said they expected
- trouble." the officer a I d
They don'l seem to know just
what Kind, out they expected it
They nad the place all armed and
fortified Under those circum
stances, now did anyone get nere
without being seen7 And why did
Strutt unlock the garage and go
In? He must have, too. The garag
kev is on the same ring with th
car kevs that were in the roadster.
and they tell me that no one else
had a key to mis garage, seems
there'd been a bit of trouble with
the servants swiping the roadster
for their Joy rides, and that's why
it was here all by Itself. What was
the idea. Aseyr
"No one knows any ideaa," Asey
said wearily. "It's my opinion that
the servants was fed up with this
armin an lortiiyin and mat ex
cept tor the two at the driveway
gates, no one was doin' any guard
in' at all. I've got some pretty good
evidence that the rest was mostly
occupied with a crap game an' field
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uay, in mio vaacmciiiH h was bbii.ii
dark when Roddy disappeared
Someone could have sneaked along
41.. mU nil rink .with,, hflin
seen. 1 can't find out why Roddy
come here.
"Date, maybe?" Lane suggested
"He had every opportunity to
make dates, Asey said. He s been
phonin' people right an' left all
day, an' they been phonin him.
Carveth put his foot down on a
couple of parties Roddy'd planned
here for today, but you can't tell
how many other dates he might
nave made.
"But if they were afraid of trou
ble," Lane said, "would Roddy
have made dates, or come down
nere without telling anyone7 And
if he'd seen a prowler, whyn't he
yen?
Asey shrugged. "I think, my
self, that he must of had a date
with someone that he wanted to
keep quiet about, or one with
someone he never thought of as
Dem a menace. He came here, met
'em, went into the garage for a chat
this is a secluded sort of place,
here. An' durin' the chat, he got
his. Did you find anythin' in the
carnoe, by the way?
"Clews? No. It's a clean garage.
rhsre were things In the car, but
jusi tne son or tnings you d expect
to find in a Car of his. Hairpins and
a lipstick or two, and a glass bead,
and compacts, and a powder puff
all shades lead me to feel that he
preferred blondes. Come on and
look.
Asey went into the garage.
"You know," Lane said. disDlav
Ing the articles, "you don't get
ciews in ining or tnis sort, un
less "
Less, Asey said, "you have
someone step into some fresh ce.
merit, or write names an' addresses
an' phone numbers on the corpse's
snin iront. uoc, i m drivln back
in Tim's car. You're comln' to see
Aaron, ain't you? Well, I'll meet
you at the Octagon House. Thanks.
Lane. HanDV huntln'."
Offhand, he thought as he drove
along home, offhand he couldn't
remember when he had ever felt
more bitterly ashamed of himself.
If only he had gone to the Strutt
home the night before! If only he
had gone to see Roddy, and Ironed
out the situation. If only he had
shown some trace of common
sense! If only he had, Roddy might
still be alive.
He reproached himself steadily
and forcefully all the way along
the beach road.
'Gentle Philosophising
rF COURSE, even if he had
gone, he'd only have learned
about the Jennings episode, and
considered Jennings the menace.
That wouldn't have helped matters
much. He might have talked with
Roddy, but he wouldn't have gone
far without the pilot's side of the
story to use as a crowbar in prying
out the truth.
The chances were that whoever
set out to kill Roddy would have
killed him in any case. Everyone
in the town knew of the guarding
and the fortifications of the Strutt
house, but the preparations had not
deterred the murderer in the least.
He had made up his mind to kill
Roddy, and he did Just that.
And Marina had been killed in
that same grimly determined way
The barn had been burned by
someone with the same determina
tion and disregard for conse
quences. The mural had been ob
literated with flnalltv and delib
eration. The key stealing was neat
and deliberate. Everything, in
fact, that seemed to matter wat
characterized by the same quiel
and efficient force. By neat timing
and firm thinking. The fellow
thought things out, and things went
with a fine smoothness for him.
He turned Into the driveway ol
the Octagon House.
Mrs. Carr, followed by Emma
on her leash, walked down from
the porch to meet him. They were
the only ones up. she informed
him.
"Pam and Peg were tired tc
death, and so was Tim. 1 packed
them to bed. Aaron's asleep, merci
fully, but he Asey, what's hap-
fened now, you seem so dejected
know. You need food!"
"I always wondered," Asey saio
as they went indoors, "why a wo
man always thinks that all anyone
needs to make em feel better Is
just a little food. I do." he added
hurriedly, before Mrs. Cart could
retort, "need food. An if you can
And me some super-spinach that'll
ive me the brains to settle this
on't yell at the news this murdei
of Roddy Strutt, I'll be willin' tc
trail you around on Emma's leash.'
"So he's been killed, has he?'
She didn't s'eem perturbed by the
information. "It doesn't surprise
me oh, here's the chicken Pam
was saving no, not a bit Nothinc
would surprise me at this point
Why was he killed?"
"I ain't at the who or why stagt
yet." Asey said, attacking the
chicken.
"Is it the same one who killed
Marina that did this? Really?
Why?"
"I can't give you facts." Asei
said. "Only a sort of gentle philoso
phizin' about the simple murder. I
don't think I ever seen anythin
more simple than these two mur
ders. Girl stabbed with someone
else's knife. No clews. Man stunned
an stuck under exhaust nine. N
clews. There you are. Smart
Smooth. Unobtrusive, like. Use
guns, an' ballistlcs'll you get Ust
E olson, an' toxocol'glsts'll get you
ut use a stolen knife an' carbon
monoxide, an' combine em with a
passion for removin' finger prints.
an' a lack of collar buttons an' false
teeth left behind oh, you gol
somethln' here, you have! We got
to prove you took the knife, we
got to prove you started the car.
so to speak. An' very faw murder
ers Invite audiences." -
'Some Nice Person?'
WHAT were the motives?" Mrs
Carr asked.
"Roddy an' Marina," Asey said,
sort of inspired motives. The
place is littered with reasons for
people to kill 'em."
"Why," Mrs. Carr asked, "do
people kill people, anyway? 1 was
trying to think, today, just why J
wanted to kill Marina, and all 1
could think of was, she'd hurt Tim .
That seems so vague!"
usually its love or money.
Asev said, "or variations on 'em
There are others, of course. 1 once
knew a man who killed anothei
man on account of bein' unduly
sensitive about his toup6, but thai
ain't a normal one."
Well, murderers aren't normal
anyway, Mrs. Carr said.
"Emma." Asey said, "is a nor
mal cat She eats, an' she sleeps,
an shes bright enough to be
trained to a leash. How normal
would Emma be. if she got a real
chance at that parrot?"
i almost wisn, ivirs. iarr saia
sincerely, "that she would. Toots
is the most inhuman bird just sits
and stares and stares, and never a
wordl 1 suppose that Toots and
Emma, between them, know the
whole story. They pretend to, any
way, uut Asey, murderers aren '
normal. They can't be."
i don t see why there s this far
re'achin' theory," Asey said, "that
murderers have to be either ec
centric people with too mani
brains, or dumb clods without any
More often than not, it's a nici
person who turns out to be a mur-
erer. Course, by the time th'
experts get through, they've got
all the symptoms listed in the doc'
book, an' you wonder why the
wasn't put away behind bars at thi
age of three an' a half."
You think it was some nice nei
son who killed Marina and Rod
y? Mrs. Cnrr asked anxiouslv
Oh. dear. I thought it would bf
someone well, not wilh a beard
and teeth missing, but some
one "
With a leer and no socks." Asev
said. "I know. P'raps it Is. But they
got a nice way ot ininkin . I give
em credit.
"How'll you And him?"
"By time," Asey said. "Time, an'
some other odds an' ends, like who
ruined the mural" '
Oh. has that bpen ruined? Hnw
perfectly splendid! How perfectly
wonaeriuu
Asey chuckled. "An' 1 got to Ann
out who burned the barn," he said
"an' who saw Roddy Strutt on Fri
day night"
'innt sounds terribly difficult:
"It is." Asev said. "An' I ant I.
Ilnd out If Lome's drawings wa
burned for soite. or a mirnn- A,
just the time clement alone i.
enough to keep one msm busy fc
the end of his days."
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i. En&and, April ?, 377)
Dr. M. Corey Tlioman
One day In November, 1877, the
board of trustees of year-old Johns
Hopkins University was confronted
with the problem of deciding whether
or not women should be admitted
as students.
The immediate problem was Miss
M, Carey. Thomas of Baltimore, a
daughter of one of the trustees. Well
qualified, she had Just graduated
from Cornell university with an A. B.
degreeat , the age of 20. Miss
Thomas was admitted but with a
moat unusual stipulation; she would
not be permitted to attend classes!
t She had sought admission to con
tinue her studies in Greek under
the late Professor Basil L. Gilder
sleeve, but strange as It seems, the
faculty did not allow her to enter
i .,
his classroom along with male stu
dents. Instead, Professor Gtldersleeve
coached her "after school" for a year,
after which she wfthdrew from the
university.
In later years Miss Thomas dem
onstrated her friendship for Johns
Hopkins In the face of her unpleas
ant memories there by securing the
aid of Miss Mary E. Garrett, wealthy
Baltimore benefactress, In founding
a medical school at that university
on condition that women be ad
mitted. Miss Garrett contributed over
8300.000 to this fund. Another $15.
000.000 she left Miss Thomas for
educational uses at Bryn Mawr where
the latter served as president and
trustee.
After ending her studies at Johns
Hopkins, Miss Thomas studied for
three years at the University or Leip
zig, only to find hersslf refused a
degree on account of her sex, Got
tlngen too refused her, but In 1883
the University of Zurich consented to
admit her to examination.
After presenting a dissertation on
"Sir Gawaln and the Green Knight"
she was catechised for three hours
and awarded the Ph. D. degree, sum
ma cum laude, a distinction never
before given either a foreigner or
a woman. Then followed a year's
work In Paris at the Sorbonne and
College de Prance, after which she
returned to the United States to
assume leadership at Bryn Mawr col
lege. Tomorrow: The church that struck
oil.
MUST KEEP SILENCE
LOS ANGELES, July 30. (AP) A
sentence of 10 years silence concern
ing the private life of Slmone Simon,
petite French film actress, was Im
posed on Sandra Martin, ti-.e star's
former secretary, when she was tved
from a state prison term today by
Bui r lor Judge A. A. Scott.
Ml.sa Mat tin, convicted on three
counts of forging the name of net
former employer, must serve nine
months In the county Jail, however.
H she violates the strange 10-year
probation order, Judge Scott set
forth, she will be sent to the women
prison l Tri achnpi ( r from throe
to 43 years.
BANKER WOULD PAY
FINE FOR CORRIGAN
SANTA MONICA. Cnllf.. July 30.
W. E. ( Bill l EMtrrwcod. Dallas,
Texas, banker, m11 Unlay he will pay
any fine the United Statet bureau
ol air commerce twwi against
Dougtu Corrlunn for any Infraction
of rulea In connection with, the flight
from New York to Dublin
The Tr-xaa financier. w:o backed
Capt. DlJudonno Coalea and Maurice
Bellonto on their fllsht from Europe
to the United Slates In 1B30. also
cabled Baldonnel airport authorltl
at Dublin that h will take car of
any expend, that mluM tv,u!t from
the voun Cnllfotni-Mi Utulin there
Monday.
:RAiMKLIN, junior, is
PRnun PAPA flF enw
PHILADELPHIA, . July 19. (Ah-A
son was born Tuesday to Mrs. Frank
lin O. Roosevelt, Jr, wife of tho third
on of the president.
The baby, weighing slightly .mo.u
than seven pounds, was born shortly
after 4 p. m. .astern standard time)
at the Pennsylvania hospital. Mrs.
Roosevelt, tho former Ethel DuPont.
was brought there Monday by her
husband.
The brief announcement was made
by young Roosevelt to reporters wait
ing In the hospital lobby. He said
no name had been selected for the
baby.
The boy Is the eighth grandchild of
President Roosevelt.
Name Roundup Head.
PENDLETON, July 20. (ff Lowell
Stockman. Pendleton rancher, wbj
elected treasurer of the Pendleton
Roundup association at a board of
directors' meeting here last night.
He succeeds Mark Barthel, .resigned.
SLASHED!
Coats and Suits cut to $10 96 up.
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.
FREP PERLBf" H65E WoK'f PEACH HIS BACK LAWN FROM
HIS OWN FAUCFf, 50 ALTH0U6H HE HASN'T BEEK ON SPEAKIM6
WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, HE HITCHED ON TO HIS FAOCEf
MOWING HIM TO BE AWAV FOR -friE WEEK-END. FREP WAS
THEREFORE FWHER EMBRRRA55ED WHEN friE NEIGHBOR NOfCNLY
RETURNED ONEXPECtEDlV-BOf LEFT HIS CAR ON FRED'S HOSE
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