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MEDFOBD MAIL TRTBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 31. 1940.
Gasual Slauakt
By VIRGINIA HANSON-
VASir..., -,uul ques
tion Kay minutely about San
dra's murder, atking if anything
in the room hat been couched.
She think not Sht mnts over
to the Pennants and poet with
Julia to eee Jeff.
Chapter 32
Tha TThole Truth
THE man on guard closed the
door and flayed outaidt the
barred room. He may have been
listening, but I don't think Julia
thought of that, or would have
:ared if she had. She went
itraight to Jeff and put both her
hands in nil.
"We'll get you out of this." she
laid in the voice you would use
to a frightened child. "It isn't
that Dan thinks you did it: he
lust has te take some action. It's
the aecond murder and they
haven't got anywhere with the
Utah. 7 c
"It's worse than that," he aaid
through stiff lips. "They found a
blood -stained towel in my -auiv
dry hamper. Dan asked me to ex
plain it. but how could I? I don't
know how it got there.
Julia's eyes blazed. "Someone's
Irvine to frame you. Any idea
who?
"Don't you suppose I'd tell If
I knew?" he asked wearily. "Who
gave her that black eye? I didn't"
She drew a deep breath, and
her face warmed almost to a
smile.
"I knew you didn't." she said.
I looked away trom them, be
cause it wasn't decent to see their
defenseless area. But I had
learned something. It was the first
time I had seen Jeff with the bar
riers down.
They stayed down only an In
stant Suddenly he freed his
hands from hers and backed
away, fairly bristling with
barbed wire defenses. 1 don't
think it was anything she said
or did: it was just reaction from
that moment of forgetfulnrss.
"How would it be." Julia be
gan bravely, "if we sat down and
talked it over? Maybe we could
think of something "
There's no place to sit except
one chair and the bed," he said
churlishly. "And there nothing
to talk over. If you've come here
to pump me you can get out" He
glanced at Julia's hurt bewilder
ed eyes and seemed to grow an-
Srier. He was like a man fighting
is own ahadow.
"You've probably heard," he
went on. with a cold look at me.
"that my wife was afraid to oc
cupy a room with me. You can be
lieve that or not lust as vou
please. It's a matter of Indiffer
ence to me. I married her. I don't
know who killed her. I don't know
who killed Ivan. And you can
pump until you're black in the
lace and still go back and tell
Dan that s all you found out
Julia stamped her toot.
"I did not tome here to find out
things for Dan. she stormed. "I
came here to help you, but I don't
know why I bothered. ' I've al
ready lied myself blind, and so
has Kay "
She stopped, appalled at what
he had said.
Then you'd better tell the
tru.h from now on," he said Icily.
"When I need lies told for me I'll
let you know."
He went to the door and opened
It, held it until we had passed
through.
Head high, Julia marched down
the corridor and out of the hospi
tal, but as soon as we were in the
ear she gave way to a storm of
tears. I took the wheel and drove
aimlessly for a while, waiting for
her to get control of herself.
Cold Fury
"IF ONLY Adam were here." I
said finally, out of the depths
of my thoughts "Julia, he was
right Jeff was right. We'd better
tell your father the truth "
"Oh, no. Kay, vou don't mean
that not with Dan already think
ing Jeff killed her!"
But the only way we can do
anything to help Jeff if he isn't
the murderer is to find out who
la. And how can we expect to ar
rive at the truth until we all pool
our knowledge?"
"But don't vou see all we've
withheld is just what will make
It look blacker for Jeff. And I
know he didn't do it!"
"Oh no. that isn't alL How
about Miml you said it was her
car that night at the barge. We
naven t told that
"I never said that," she said
quickly, desperately. "You're im
agining things."
So that was the way of It. 1 fell
silent thinking, until we drew up
once more at the colonel's quar
tera. Then, before I got out I
gave her my considered decision.
"I'm sorry. Julia. If Aflam were
here I'd go to him with it Since
ne un i u win nave to be vour
father.-
"You mean you're going to
tell him everything?"
She looked stunned, as If her
last friend had deserted her, and
I had to steel myself against sym
pathy. "Everything." I said firmly "It's
different now Sandra's death
and the way she was killed
There's no use talking. Julia,
someone around here isn't hu
man. And every lie we tell la in
that creature's service. I'm not
going to take the responsibilty."
"I see." she said.
Her tears were dry. and there
was cold fury In her voice. She
got out of the car and walked,
without a backward glance, into
the house and up the stairs to her
roonv
I had to see the colonel at four.
I followed her into the house.
MERRILL POPULATION
TREBLED IN DECADE
Klamath Falls, July 31. (P
The town of Merrill In south
ern Klamath Vounty has treb
led its population In the last
10 years, census figures showed
today. The 1940 total ia 943.
Other totals are: Donanza, -VM:
Malin, 373, and Clnloquin, 740.
lers
Miml must have been lying
down, for the living room and li
brary were untenanted. So pres
ently, feeling myself an unwel
come guest f went up to my room
and put my things back in my
overnight bag.
I went down a soon aa I heard
the colonel come in, and faced
him with inner quaking across his
big desk in the library.
"Colonel Pennant I have a con
fession to make." I began.
"I hope you don't mean that
literally," he aaid with a nice
smile. The smile put me a little
more at my ease. After all, I had
danced with this man and laughed
at his jokea and warmed to his
good-natured flattery. He looked
a little tired this afternoon, and
his eyes were sad, but he was not
formidable.
He placed a chair for me, found
cigarettes and supplied me with
light Then he went back to his
chair behind the desk and looked
at me expectantly.
"I've been holding something
back," I said, looking him atraight
in the eves. "This isn't going to
be easy, because Julia and I don't
see alike about it and it's sort of
like telling tales out of school to
come to you with it"
"You mean Julia has been hold
ing out on me, too?" he asked
impassively.
"Yes. but with the best of mo
tives. Please don't let me get her
into trouble. I'm fond of Julia.
I know ahe'a atraight I just think
she's mistaken about this. But
where Jeff's concerned you see,
she's in love with him."
"Good Heavens!"
He atared at me serosa the
desk.
Blacker For Jeff
"fAYBE I ahouldn't have told
I' a you, but I thought it would
make you understand better. It's
quite true," I assured him.
"I hope you're mistaken," he
said simply. "Jeff will almoat cer
tainly stand trial for murder."
"You mean you think he's
guilty?"
He opened his hands aa If to
show his helplessness.
It isn t a matter of what 1
think. I'm not all-powerful. I
can't obstruct justice by shielding
my friends. Civilian authority
can't simply be flouted"
Julia said " I began.
'I know. Julia thinks all I have
to do is wave a hand. But these
things are ticklish. Civilian au
thorities were called in about
those cars and about Ivan's mur
der. He was a civilian. So wa
Sandra, though in one sense she
colics under my jurisdiction. But
murder is different Its a mili
tary crime, but it's also a civil
crime. Even if Jeff were tried by
court-martial he could still be
subject to civil trial. And I doubt
if 1 could successfully oppose the
arrest for murder of any of my
Fersonnei. except by the one step
have taken."
"You mean by arresting Jeff
yourself? Oh, but why didn t you
explain all that to Julia? It would
make her feel so much better. She
thinks you're convinced of Jeff's
guilt "
I saw his fact then, and my
words trailed off.
"Jeff has been like a son to
me." he said slowly, after a little
pause. "Don't you think I'd rather
believe him innocent? But what
am I to think? First Ivan, now
Sandra. There's only one com
mon factor, and it'a Jeff. Then
there'a that blood - atained towel
"But don't you think that waa
too stupid to be true?"
"Murderers aren't all as clever
aa the ones In books," he aaid
dryly. "And he had obviously
manhandled Sandra "
"He told us he didn't give San
dra that black eye"
"Would you expect him to ad
mit it? Then the chaplain he has
rooms next to theirs at the club
told me reluctantly thia morn
ing that he heard them quarrel
ing for about an hour, after they
got home from the reception. He
said he couldn't hear any words,
but they both sounded angry.
And Jeff didn't deny it He lust
refused to say what the quarrel
was about"
"It may have been merely be
cause she had appeared in public
looking like that But the fact that
they quarreled doesn't necessarily
mean that he killed her, does it?
Colonel Pennant looked deeply
troubled.
"I don't want to think the boy
Is guilty " he said. "But if he isn't
who is?
"1 wish I knew." I drew a deep
breath and plunged. "And the
worst of it is that what I have to
tell you is only going to make It
look blacker for Jeff. That'a why
Julia doesn't want it told. And
maybe she's right But I have an
old - fashioned belief that when
you get together all the pieces of
the truth that are available you'll
begin to see the whole truth. And
and if Jeff really did kill her
Julia might better find it out as
soon as possible. Because I think
he's in love with her. too."
He looked at me helplessly.
"It isn't polite to tell a lady
she's demented." he said with a
quirk of his moutn that didn't
quite make a smile, "Well, never
mind. I'm accustomed to female
intuitions and admit to my sor
row that they're often sound. Sup
pose vou tell me what you know."
So I told him of our seeing San
dra and Ivan embracing on the
barge, of Jeff coming up the lad
der and Julia sending him off
down the beach alone. And how
Sandra had come down presently
and left Ivan up there, and that
ss far as we knew he had not left
the barge alive.
Te bs cdntlngrd
PASSENGER CAR SALES
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
Detroit July 31 iR. L
Polk i Company reported to
day that a tabulation of new
passengrr car registrations !u.t
completed shows that 1.RMR14
units were sold during the first
six months of 1910 In the like
period of 19J9 the total was
1,409,102.
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Wednesday
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KOIN: Orean Hornet. KOO. KEX.
KJR; Organist, KOW; Introducing.
KPO.
6:30 Shield's Orch.. KOO. KEX,
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8 00 Paul Buinrao. KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Martln'a Orcb, KPO.
8:80 Stanford 17, KPO. KOW;
Publlo Affairs. KNX; Kent's Orch.,
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10:00 News, KPO, KP1. KOW;
Jurgen's Orcb, KNX. KSL.
10:SO Oarbers Orch, KNX. KOIN;
Prtml. Jr, Orch, KPO. KOW; Duch
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1 1 :00 Pltzpatrtck'a Orch., KSL,
KOIN: Nottingham's Orch, KPO: Or
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KNX: Kaws, KOO, KOW; Tropical
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KGW: Major Bowes. KNX. KSL,
KOIN.
5:30 Voice of Camilla, KOO: Con
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8:15 Toronto Symphony, KOO.
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KNX. KSL, KOIN.
6:30 War News, KNX. KSL. KOIN;
Park Concert, KPO, KOW.
7:00 Amos and Andy, KNX, KSL.
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183 KARAT DIAMOND
IS FOUND IN BRAZIL
Rio de Janeiro, July 31.
(U.R) The newspaper Anoite to
day reported the discovery of
183-karat white diamond val
ued at $100,000.
The diamond was aaid to have
been discovered by Bermudes
Affonao Alves at Patos in the
state of Minaa Ceraes, a rich
diamond producing area in the
southwest of Brazil.
Occupational HasardT
San Francisco, July 31. U?i
Guido Grasso, beauty parlor
operator, brushed his hair, and
almost scalped himself. A razor
blade had fallen from a shelf
and lodged in the brush. Eight
stitches were required.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
hooks -fern over back or chair,
Atft BY DltffOF 0ERV HARD WORK
rfe Hri HEAD OWlbTnT FRONT
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Southern Oregon College of
Education, Ashland, July 31.
(Spl.) Fifteen students com
pleted the teacher education
course at the Southern Oregon
College of Education July 19.
They are Leland E. Ammerman.
Kent Norman Ashcraft, Kathryn
Bergstrora, Ralph N. Brickey,
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SWASTIKA ORIGIN
The sign of the cross has been used as a religious symbol since the dawn of civilisation,
long before Christianity adopted it. Strange as 11 seams, the swastika, one form of the cross,
was used by long-forgotten tribes of American Indians, Chin-ese, Greeks and innumerable
other peoples.
Significant today as the emblem of Germany's National Socialist party, the swastika dele
ter (right-handed) was adopted in 1849 by the Benedictine monastery at Lamback-on-Traun.
Bavaria, where Adolf Hitler was schooled for two yeara as a boy.
TOMORROW: From Cripple to Champion!
They look,
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PlU. PACTORV.
1 COOLO MAKE,
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these,
IMPROVEMEMT
Mary Esther Davis, Escoe Ful
ler and Helen M. Thomas, all of
Ashland; Alma F. Hitt, Roberta
G. Ivanhoe, Mareta Reynolds
and Virginia Rhoda Stout, all of
Medford; Jo Norien Carlson of
Reedsport, Darrell E. Davia of
Myrtle Creek, Robert L. Dusen
berry of Cottage Grove and
Jack R. Kemnitzer of Portland.
Vancouver, Wash., July 31.
(JP) A contract to construct a
six-story county courthouse for
Clark county was awarded the
Ross Hammond, Portland, com
pany yesterday on a $307,000
bij.
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MIRY ACCEPTANCE
10 AUG. 27
Portland, July 31. (VP) Ralph
Cake, Republican national com
mitteeman, said he had been
advised today that Senator Mo
Nary had moved his vice-presidential
acceptance from August
28 to August 27.
No details of the reported
change in the Salem fairgrounds
event were given.
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