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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1939, by FrancM YESTERDAY. At (ha Inquest Charlottt J tan denies poisoning Ihe food eerved. Mrs. Dean re ports thai Miss Limy wot not herself, because she wore a slip that did not match her dress. Chapter 3T Testimony "THANK yon, Mrs. deane." The ' coroner's, eye were very (rave, and his lips firm. "1 realize that this is a very Important piece ef evidence indeed. You offer it to show that Miss Lissey was dis turbed in her mind before she came to the party at all?" "Yes, Dr. Mayhew." "Thank you. Mrs. McBaln. please." Mrs. McBaln in a dark dress that emphasized her pallor, took the chair he indicated. Her hands shook a little, and she laid them together in her lap. Dr. Mayhew looked at her sharply. "This has been a shock to you, Mrs. McBaln?" "Yes." Her lips trembled. "Miss Lissey was an intimate friend of yours?" "I knew her well." "You were her confidant In her personal affairs, perhaps7" "To a very slight extent." The coroner leaned back, and folded his hands together under his chin. "You have not been sleeping very well, Mrs. McBain?" She moved a little, restlessly. "You would not expect me to. Dr. Mayhew." "No, no. I should hardly expect you to. Tell me is there some particular thought in your mind which keeps you from sleeping? Did Miss Lissey tell you some thing, or did you, perhaps, see something last Sunday afternoon, which is troubling you greatly?" She put a hand to her eyes sud denly. "No," she faltered. The clock ticked again. "You are certain?" "no." "You mean, you are not cer tain?" "Must I tell here In front of everyone?" The coroner glanced around slowly at the tense expectant faces before him. Dr. McBain glared at him openly as if to compel him to allow his wife to go; the coroner's glance passed him blandly, past the Deanes, past Michael and Tuck nd Bunny, past Charlotte Jean sitting wide eyed on the edge of her chair to Jared Devoe, upon whose upper lip the tiny beads of perspiration stood plainly. "Ira afraid you must, Mrs. Mc Bain." She sighed. Her husband rose suddenly, went to the water cooler in the corner of the room, and brought her a drink. She took It, and held It in her hands as she talked. "Sunday afternoon 1 was sit ting beside her. On the wicker couch. She thought no one was near us. Suddenly she said to me ... 'If he pays attention to that girl, I'm going to tell her exactly what I know about him, it's enough to to put him out of the sight of all decent people.'" She stopped. "Yes?" . "He heard," she said dully. "He bad been right behind us. I saw his eyes." "To whom are you referring, Mrs. McBaln?" She turned slowly, with an air of dread, and her eyes went down the row of faces until they rested on those bright, staring, brown eyes, on the pallid countenance, on those telltale drops of perspira tion. There they rested. "It was Jared Devoe," she said. Poison Cabinet "IlfHEN was this, Mrs. McBaln?" ' "We were )ust beginning our tea." "That was before Mr. Devoe earried out the tray, then?" "I do not know. I know nothing else." She leaned wearily against her chair. Her face was very white. "I'm afraid you do, Mrs. McBain. Who wca the girl to whom Miss Llssev alluded?" "Miss Temple." "Have you any Idea what Miss Lissey meant? Do you know what she knew about Mr. Devoe that made her speak so?" "No, I do not know." She sipped at the water. Mc Bain was frowning. "Very well, then. Mrs. McBain. Dr. McBaln, we will talk to you now." He was very straight and tall, and he walked with military pre cision across the floor. "Captain John McBaln?" "I do not use the military title," he said briefly. "Your wife has already told you of this remark of Miss Llssey's. and that it had been overheard? "Yes." "Why did you not wish to have her tell it? "The answer seems obvious. Be cause it probably means nothing at all, and it will give her great anguish of mind until the matter Is fully cleared up, if she has caused trouble for anyone. "Can you add anything to the events of Sunday. Dr. McBain? "Nothing whatever." "You knew Miss Lissey quite wen. Dr. MCBoini "We have been eolleanues for I fourteen years." I Y I Ruby M. Miller, 35, passed way in a local hospital early Sunday morning following lingering Illness. She was born at Oaktown, Knox county, Indiana Decem ber 6, 1904. During her resi dence here she had made her home with her sister, Mrs. D. H. McKay on Kings highway. Besides her daughter, Marcel la Mae Miller, she leaves her GELS Shtlloy Wo "Can you suggest any reason for her death by poisoning?" "No, I cannot. It seems Impos sible." "Most deaths of this kind do, Dr. McBain. Your attitude is that you are unable to understand her sui cide, and unwilling to believe it anything more sinister?" "I cannot conceive of such t possibility for a single moment" "You know something of poi sons, perhaps, Dr. McBain. Can you tell us now the poison which killed Miss Lissey might have been obtained?" "If it is the one which was named here this afternoon, I may say that it Is a common one, and can be obtained at any drug store." "Without a certificate?" "I am not sure of that. I am not in the habit of buying poisons in that way. Dr. Mayhew." "No. Now here is a point on which we need enlightenment. Dr. McBaln. There are stocks of this poison on hand at the University, are there not?" "Yes." "Where are they kept?" "In a laboratory." "A laboratory open to the pub lic?" "No. Certainly not" "Then, what laboratory? And who would have access to it?" McBain hesitated. "The poison cabinet is kept in Edgar Murchi son's laboratory," he said slowly. "You are speaking of Professor MurchLson now? Who is away at present?" "Yes." . "You say the poison cabinet Is it then, kept locked?" "Yes.!" An Enemy, Too "PJR. McBAIN," the coroner's -'eyes were round again. "Who possesses the keys to that cabi net?" "I do," he said flatly. "No one else?" "No one, except Professor Mur chison himself." "Yes. Professor Murchlson is away, I understand. Did he take his keys with him?" There was more than one person in the row against the wall who held his breath at that question. But now it was on Duncan Murchi. son that the attention seemed cen tered. It was his face that drew all eyes, his deep slow breathing and nervous nanus tnat compelled their Interest Conscious of that In terest he drew himself uo in his chair, and locked his hands to gether. "Did he take his keys with him. Dr. McBain?" I cannot answer that onpstlnn. Dr. Mayhew." McBain swallowed hard. Do you know, or do vou refuse to say?" McBain looked at Michael fleetingly, but Michael's head was bent. I do not know, he said. Higgins was called next He had dressed himself for the occasion in a suit of brilliant blue, which set off the inadequacies of his figure rather pitifully; but he was chiefly concerned, not with bis un accustomed garments, but with a lock of hair which persisted in falling Into his eyes every few sec onds. He brushed it back as he faced the coroner. "Mr. Higgins, vou are the cam pus gardener, ! understand, hav ing charge of all the gardens on the Horseshoe?'' 'Yes, sir." 'You took care of Miss Lissev's garden7" es. sir. All them gardens. sir." "So that vou were fremientlv employed where vou could ob serve unobstrusively what might be going on out there?" "Beg pardon, sir?" Hiuslnn shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. You often worked where vnu could see what was going on with out anyone noticing you?" -xes, sir. wot as ow I ever watched m, sir." "No. Mr. Higgins. Of course not We can understand that vou couldn't avoid seeing whatever there was to see, under the cir cumstances." No. sir. Higgins straightened his shoulders, and darted a swift glance at Michael. "Then, now that we understand each other, let us come to the point Mr. Higgins, did you ever see anything that would lead you to believe that Miss Lissey had any enemies7" "Far as that goes," Higgins said loftily, "I shouldn't 'ave been at all surprised if everybody was 'er henemles. She was that snoopin' and sneakin' all the time. Always standin' be'ind a 'edge to 'ear somethink wasn't none of 'er busi ness, sir. She was an awful curi osity box, sir." "You have seen her at such times, Mr. Higgins7" "Yes, sir. I d be weedln' of the garden, maybe, when I'd see 'er slippin' 'ere and there listenin'. She knew as 'ow I'd seen her, too, sir, and she didn't like me a bit We used to quarrel somethink awful over her garden and flowers." "So you were an enemy of hers too. Higgins?" The pale little eyes widened with alarm. "Oh. no. sir. I never said nothlnk like that I wasn't a "enemy, sir. I iust didn't like her." Continued Monday father. William E, Wittenmeyer, of Enid, Oklahoma; and three sisters, Delia B. McKay of Med ford; Iva Fuhrmann, Hennessey, Okla., and Gertrude Baker of llalstcad, Kansas. Funeral services will be con ducted by the church of the Latter Day Saints, with Irving P. Becsley officiating, at the Conger chapel at 10:30 Tuesday. Interment will be in the Siski you memorial park. Ships Released Portland, Ore., Dec. 18. W) Twenty-two ships, most of them barbound inside the Columbia river during last week's severe storms, put to sea in a mass exodus yesterday as weather cleared. Six vessels crossed in. On the RADIO CHAINS STATIONS Where to rind Them or the Dial. Ku, Portland. 1180; KFI, 640 Loa Anjelti; KOa. 1470. Spokane; KOO, 780, Ban francUco; KUtt 620, Portland i KJB. 870, Seattle; KNX. 1050. Los Antelei; KOA, KMl. Denver; KOIN. 840, Portland: HOMO. 926. Seattle; KPO, 630. San PranrlKo; KSL, 1180. Salt Lake Monday 5:00 Party, KPO, KFI, KOW: Prank and Archie, KJR; Sunset Shadows, KOO. 8:30 Time and Tempo, KOW, KFI; True or False, KOMO; Kelsey's Orch., KOO, KJR; Master Singers, KPO. 6:00 Library of Congress, KOO, KEX; Radio Theater, K8L, KNX; Quiz Program, KPO, KOW, KFI. 6:30 Rochester Civic Orchestra, KOO, KEX; Templeton Time, KPO. KOW, KFI, KMED.. 7:00 Ball of Fun, KOO, KJR, KEX; Hour, KPO, KOW, KFI; Lom bardo's Orch., K8L, KNX, KOIN. 7:30 Blondle, KNX, KSL, KOIN; Sensations and Swing. KPO, KOW, KFI: Radio Forum. KOO, KJR, KEX. 8:00 Amos and Andy, KNX, KOIN, KSL; Doe's Music, KEX; Fred War ing, KPO, KOW, KFI; Aloha Land. KOO. 8:161 Love a Mystery, KPO, KFI. KOW; Lum and Abner, KNX, KSL, SUBURBAN HEIGHTS FRFP PERLEt AMAZED EvFRYOE WHEN, AFfERTtSREEfiklS HIS WIFE, WHO HAD COME DOWN fO YriE 5: IS 10 MEEf HlNl HE '. SPMZ Art AMGJISHED CRY", IEAPEP ABOARD THE MOVING TraiN AND DISAPPEARED IMTO "THE NISHI". NOf UNTiL HE MADE HI5 WAV HOME SOME HOURS LMtR, COULD HE EXPLAIN THAT HE HAP LEFT ALL HI5 CHRISTMAS (Helmed TAILSPIN TOMMY Customer n Ex"') P!iC5UL0 tfr- LEM,VOURE AUu'M SORRY, f yEAH.TOU PWIN5 ROTTEN WHY.'' THAT I ?aP J VWY.WU HALF-- BORM FLYER.) I MISTER. TOM KINS A ( ALL RI&HT, L6M.' YUM C0NCE TE& 6O0FM ttPA T J&AP'tlfcY'iJaS S YOU MADE A vA .... KNOW I V LISTEN TOO MWCH TO THESE I'LL 66ND Ml PIZTrSJS J 1191 P yW J PERFECT THREE 0ONE TURRIBLE PUNK INSTRUCTORS... NOW NOSE SACK OF i&i.IN ABOuT PLYIN' ? J POINT LANDING)? ...YEWRE JUS' LEMM6 TEU YUH HOW TO HIS THK NECK ') lthat.'w s Nt v';." uJSicrmmxsssL - r r ' lIIP BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Trickery Afooil THE NEBBS My Partntrt VNELL, PW3TNER D BEGINNING TO n LOOK. UK.E LKSOMETM1NG KOIN; Doe's Music, KOO; Courtney's Orch, KEX. 8:30 Voice. KPO. KFI, KOW; Breeze's Orch., KEX, KFI; Potato Bug Band, KOO; Model Minstrels, KNX, KSL, KOIN. 8:00 Sherlock Holmes, KPO, KFI. KOW: Tune Up Time, KNX, KSL. KOIN; True or False, KOO, KEX, KJR. V 0:30 Hawthorne House, KPO, KOW, KFI; Hawkln's Orch.. KOO; Welk's Orch, KSL. KNX; News, KJR. 10:00 News Reporter, KPO, KFI, KOW: Heklt's Orch., KOO; New. KSL, KNX, KOIN. 10:30 Muslo by Woodbury, KPO, KOW; Prima'! Orch., KOIN, KSL, KNX; Foster's Orch., KOO, KJR, KFI. 11:00 Ravazza's Orch., KPO, KFI; This Moving World, KEX, KJR; Or ganist. KOIN, KSL; News, KOO, KNX. KOW. Tuesday 6:00 Aldrlch Family, KPO. KFI, KOW; Frank and Archie, KJR; Drama, KSL. 8:30 Sherlock Holmes, KOO, KEX. KJR: Heldt's Orch., KPO, KFI, KOW. 6:00 Little Ol' Hollywood, KOO, KEX: From the Muslo Rooms, KPO, KOW. 6:30 Fibber McOee, KPO. KFI, KOW; Crosby's Orch., KNX, KSL, KOIN; Human Side of Literature, .KPO, KEX; News, KJR. 7:00 Talk by Welles, KOO, KEX; Variety Program, KPO. KOW, KFI; Calling All Cars, KNX; News, KOMO. . 7:30 Sports Huddle. KNX. KOIN; Drama, KJR; Mammoth Minstrels. by ni Mll Syinlnm,i. , , Is Always RIghtl "VF DCiOTTOPQ I'M tirwiio( A VJUT nUMt.7 IN Hli f TWNG BUT IVe. NOTHING, IN WRITING TO -SHOW SK 1M A PARTNER H r "..AND IT'S AmEH! OKAV, WARNER -SIT BACK ; HOW, lLL HEAD OFP THEM fp I'LL HAVE A NEW COMPANY I EVEN A HEH'. I I ON THE UOB1 WE'LL CALL ) f TWO YOUNS RAW POTATOES Y TAKE OVER THE OLD ONE ''' ' tiBmmk BI06ER K MlMl JL - I IT BLACK PANTHER WELL IN HAPPY VALLEY AN' THE ) AN' I'LL NAME IT THE I OUSHER f US5?fe V NO- 1' THAT'LL START PUNKIN' HEAD THEY HAVE SUSHERUP OIL COMPANY) - . riSt -- TM THAT'LL RAIZLEAZZLE pp KOO; Dog House, KPO, KFI, KOW; News, KSL. 8:00 Fred Waring. KPO, KFI, KOW; Amos and Andy, KNX, KOIN. KSL; Information Please, KOO, KEX, KJR. 8:15 Jlmmle Fldler, KSL, KNX, KOIN; I Love a Mystery, KPO, KFI. KOW. 8:30 Aldrlch Family, KOO, KEX, KJR; Johnny Presents, KPO. KFI. KOW; Big Town. KOIN. KNX.' 0:00 Dance Hour, KOO; Oood Morning Tonight. KPO. KFI, KOW. S:30 Battle of the Seies, KPO, KOW, KFI: We. the People. KNX, KOIN; Messner-s Orch, KOO; News. KJR. 10:00 News Reporter. KPO, KFI, KOW; News. KKX, KSL; Heldt's Orch, KOO, KEX; News, KOIN. 10:30 Foster's Orch, KPO, KFI. KOW; Saunders Orch, KOO, KEX, KJR. 11:00 Ravazza's Orch, KPO. KFI: This Moving World, KEX: Oray's Orch, KSL, KOIN; News. KOO, KNX, KOW. Fret, Ambulance Banned Salem, Dec. 18. (P) Under takers are prohibited from oper ating free ambulances to solicit business, the attorney general ruled today. ' Salem, Dec. 18. (VP) Ernest Teske, Salem taxi driver, told police today that he was robbed of $20 Saturday night by a pas senger who hired him to drive from Salem to Mt. Angel. pV GLUYAS WILLIAMS fciOYflS tz-ii mitLiflrts - C VOUVe. GOT HALF WITHOUT YOUR HALF SO ou could there. Be more evidence of my sincerity in OUR PROPOSITION! f .guarded your,half faithfully START SUP PLAN San Francisco, Dec. 18. lP) Federal food stamps were to go on sale in San Francisco today. inaugurating in California a system under which relief STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author. Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat Off. r c SkrtP' Wm t3SN piano accompanist 5feTTV"' RPATRWNeyi,fill$SDWARl$,flu5VAN, C 2G 'L 1RVIN6 UfiRMN, 30PHI6 TUCK6R 3 f l KUU. RocK- ( weird ztone formation In 'ayifr Su Hidden MegJoshuaTree Nat'. Monufnerr, V?f?y ihel3ftidormm&(fo&, MM WsparmMs Jumps IN " YEARS Of ruYlNa Cer. Ill Kr tMM FrtLr. trodlcmlc 1m. sn. aw. a a ru. o&ui ritbu imms PARACHUTING DOG A pioneer barnstormer in early post-war days, Arrigo Balboni, Los Angeles' "flying Junk, man." in 1925 formed a strange team with a little dog named Anna. Balboni rigged a small parachute for ihe dog. flew her up lo 3,000 feet over Columbus. N. M., and let her go. Anna made 648 jumps with safety, in seven years. "Anna was never hurt," Balboni says. "Once in Wisconsin she landed on a church roof and ihe fire department got her down. In Reno, Nov., I was warned by ihe dog catcher that I would be fined $10 if I let Anna jump. Well, I got $30 for the jump, paid the fine and left town." . Anna died in 1937. Airline pilots, who had long been her friends, attended ihe funeral. Tomorrow: The Soap-Bubble Scientist. OP MY OH-C WE. CAKlY ER -Y E.S. SUREv, YOU WAVE. HOPE clients may buy $1.50 worth of food for $1. After the plan is established here, it will be placed in opera tion throughout the state. Relief officials here estimated the stamp plan would Increase business in San Franeisco by $1,500,000 annually. Boy vuts Camp Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 18. OP) Executive O. E. Hoover MOW WHAT DID HALF OF THE. BUSINESS ? I DlDNT PAT MUCH ATTENTION TO IT WHEN HE GAVE. IT TO said today Boy Scouts of the Blue Mountain council will es tablish a new summer camp near Wallowa, Ore., as result of the gift of a tract to the dis trict organization by the Pacific Power & Light company. The Society of Hydraulic Force of Sila recently inaugur ated a new dydroelectric plant capable of producing 70,000,000 kilowatt hours of power an nually. . By HAL FORRES HOLD IT, SKEETS REMEMBER VIHW THE CHIEF SMD ABOUT GIVING TME customer: COURTESY.' By SOL HES I DO WITH MY ME L THOUGHT,! By EDWIN ALGER