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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1942.
Chapter 25
O'Conner
"IVHAT about the bonds?"
Thorndike was not yet mol
lified and bi manner continued
hostile and aggressive.
They haven't turned upt
-No."
"We'd like the dope on them.
Denominations, names, numbers,
things like Uiat"
"They're not registered," Thorn
dike said "They're all ' coupon
bonds. Clarke insisted on that.
Anyone could sell them. 1 haven't
a list witn me But you can get
one at my .office any .ime."
"Good. Bacon said. "Then well
know what we're looking lor." He
had Dressed a button on th desk
as he spoke and presently a
Iain-clothes man looked in. Get
Ir. Allen." Bacon said.
Delia Stewart was on her feet
when the. door opened again, and
ran along the length of the table
to meet Ward Allen, who stopped
at the sight of her eyes widen
ing with surprise and something
else that might have been alarm.
"Oh. Ward!" There was a catch
In her voice and she stumbled on.
"You're all right, aren't you,
darling . . .?"
She put her arms about bis
waist, but even then he did not
touch ner, standing quite stiff
with nands at his side, a straight,
tall figure in chalk-striped gray.
Only the pallor of his face sug
gested that anything was wrong;
that and the tightness in his voice.
"What are you doing here.
Dee?"
She lifted her head. "I had to
come. 1 would have come any
way. And vou mustn't worry,
darling. Please. Everything will
be all right ..."
"I know. I know."
Joyce caught the strange re
moteness of his voice: so did
Delia. She drew back, looking up
and searching nis face. Only once
had he looked at her and now his
gaze was directed over her head
and he seemed intent on getting
her back to her seat as he touched
her arm and turned her towards
it
Delia went along in front of
nun. ner eyes nurt and bewil
dered. She sat down and looked
at the table.
Vaguely, Joyce heard Bacon
Introduce O'Conner. but it was
not until the investigation began
' that she could really listen or
take ner eyes off the grim lines
or ward Alien s tace.
There's no stenographer this
time." Bacon was saying. "All I
want you to do is give Mr. O'Con
ner the real story of what hap
pened tne otner nignt.
Tlght Spot
TOTTRE in a p etty tight spot,
Mr. Allen." O'Conner said.
"if you can explain"
"I ve already told the lieutenant
my story. Waro Allen said. ' Yes
terday morning."
"I read that part," O'Connor
said, out there s more now."
"Is there?"
"A lot more. Where did you get
ma gun you tnrew away at aoout
eleven thirty the night before
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Joyce stared In dismay, hear
big Delia's muffled gasp.
Without moving, ward Allen
aeemed to flinch. His cheeks grew
ashen and although the protec
tive mask he had fashioned to
hide bis feelings was still Dretty
food something had happened to
im. inside he was scared and
shaken: it showed in his eves.
"Well, Mr. Allen?" O'Conner
said.
"I'm afraid I don't follow you."
Allen's voice was cold again.
"What gun is that?"
"Was there more than one?"
O'Conner was leaning forward
little, smiling Joyce hated him
right then because something told
her that in this battle of words
the District Attorney's man held
all the cards. Allen looked across
th table saying nothing.
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"I mean the one you threw Into
the trash can on the corner of
Commonwealth and Regent,"
O'Conner said. He was still smil
ing, still waiting. When he again
received no answer the smile
went away and nis voice grad
ually became curt incisive.
"A taxi driver found it" ha
said "after ne nad seen someone
throw it there. He was sittinr: in
his cab there's a two cab stand
back on the next corner and be
saw a coupe slow down ahead of
him, lulling in to the curb. A
man leaned out and tossed some
thing in the can. and because ha
.wasn't busy and was curious he
walked down the street and look
a look. It was a .32 automatic.
O'Conner pulled out a pack of
cigarette waiting until he had a
light Defore ne went on.
"Unfortunately for us he de
cided it was a pretty nice find
and he'd keep it Being on at all
night shift ne didn't get ud until
late a'ternoon. He saw the piece
in the paper about Clarke, but he
was a little scared then and didn't
get nis nerve up until evening.
After he'd turned it in, it took
some time to check and nave the
ballistics man go over it Other
wise we would have had you
down last night Mr. Allen. Be
cause that gun killed Perry
Clarke."
Denial
THIS time nothing changed in
Ward Allen's face, and bis
voice was composed.
"I suppose all vou'U have to do
now is compare my fingerprints
with those on the gun or may
be tne taxi man can identify the
arm that threw it"
O'Conner's glance narrowed Ir
ritably. "There wouldn't be any prints,
except the taxi driver's. And we
don't expect him to identify you
since ne only had a glimpse of
your profile and that at a iitince
we're not kidding ourselves
about that But he did take down
the number ot tne coupe and '
checks with vours. Your car was
out on the streets a', that time and
was not delivered to vour garage
until between eleven thirty and
a quarter of twelve."
Lieutenant Bacon had been
listening to all this with tll-dis-guised
impatience. Now he blew
His nose loudly and cleared his
throat.
"Why don't you come clean and
stop giving us the run-around?"
he said
Allen looked at him and smiled.
"You already have my story," he
said.
"I suppose you didn't throw
that gun away?"
"No"
"Why dont you tell us some
body stole your car?"
"You've already thought of
that. So I'll say the taxi driver
must have been mistaken about
the license number."
O'Conner shrugged and stood
up. his glance narrow and resent
ful. "I'll explain It to the chief." he
said. "Meanwhile you'd better
hold him downstairs."
He out on his hat and went out
Bacon went to the window and
looked out his legs wide-spread
and back stiff. After that there
was silence for a few seconds, un
til Dean Thorndike shifted in his
chair.
Take it easr. Ward. Well ret
a lawyer for you and"
lhat isn t necessary. Ward
said. "They really haven't any
case, you know."
"But there'll be publicity If
you
You know there 11 be nub-
llcity," Bacon spun about. "We're
looking over vour place now. Al
len with a warrant. Just xake
yourself comfortable downstairs
and we'll see now long you stick
to your story."
ne strode back to tne desk and
pushed a button. Presently the
plain-clnthes man appeared. Ba
con nodded to him and he wilked
up to Ward Allen, touching him
on the arm.
To be eontlnaeel
Pennsylvania State college at
mitted Its first student on Feb
ruary 18, 1859, when it was
known as Farmer's High school.
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Navy Patrol Boat
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San Francisco, July 15. W)
An eighty-three foot U. S.
naval patrol boat ran aground
early yesterday on the Seal
rocks near the entrance to the
Golden Gate, but the ship's
company of three officers and
10 men were rescued by
breeches buoy.
The men, under the command
of ensign W, B. Sims, were
treated for submersion and ex
posure, but no one was injured
seriously, the navy announced.
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Evacuees Describe Work of
Young Fliers Native
Aleuts Scatter to Camps.
An Alaskan Port, July 15
UP) In the first eye witness ac
count of operations against Jap
anese occupying Kiska in the
western Aleutians, evacuees
from a lonesome Aleutian Island
described the courageous work
of young navy fliers who blasted
enemy forces with thousands of
pounds of bombs in continued
attacks.
They told, too, of a futile Jap
anese bombing of an unprotect
ed Aleutian island, witnessed by
natives who hid in a near-by. sod
hut awaiting evacuation.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Mo-
Gee, Indian service teachers,
said a force of navy pilots drop
ped their flying boats Into their
little harbor one evening after
Japanese had occupied Kiska.
Sink Transport
Then, for two days and nights.
McGee said, the navy pilots,
working in two-hour shifts.
dropped bombs on the Japanese
at Kiska, sinking large trans
port, a submarine, and other
ships; downing two defending
Japanese Zero fighters.
(Attacks on Kiska and sinking
of Japanese warships by army
and navy aircraft have been an
nounced in navy communiques.
and the evacuation of natives
and whites from Atka and the
Pribiloff Islands was reported
June 26.)
"The young navy flyers got
tougher after each raid," the
teacher reported. 'The proced
ure was to fly high over Kiska,
dive through the clouds, level
out, sight objectives and then
dive to bomb from about 300
feet. There were two zero fight
ers there for the first attack.
These were shot down.
Pilots Pussled
"Some of the pilots were
puzzled when they scored direct
hits on a large transport and it
failed to go completely under.
They found that rocks were
holding the smashed vessel up."
Mr. and Mrs. McGee (he was
an ex-marine from San Diego,
and her home is Ottawa, Kan
sas) turned their schoolhouse
over to the navy for barracks
where the pilots grabbed cat
naps. Most of the planes came
back with bullet holes in their
pontoons. The McGees remedied
that by donating the school's
stock of pencils which were
broken and stuffed into the pon
toon to keep them floating.
Then, the McGees reported, a
Japanese reconnaissance plane
was sighted. The navy ordered
the evacuation, and the fun was
over, with the score much in the
navy's favor.
While the navy was using
their village as a temporary
base, the native Aleuts had scat
tered to fishing camps. The navy
pilots left for their home base,
and a vessel took the McGees
and 62 of the natives.
The Japanese attack on the
Island was described by Steve
Gardner, young chief of the
natives, who was among 24 left
behind by the vessel. He and his
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tribesmen were hiding ' in a
barabara, or sod hut, near the
village when Gardner sighted
five four-motored Japanese
bombers coming in from the
east.
Hit Vacant School
"The planes' first target was
small island In the harbor.
used only the day before for
stores of gasoline, Gardner re
lated. "Next the bombers made
two trips over the village, and
scored a hit on the vacant school
house. Then they dropped six
bombs all wasted."
Returning, the enemy planes
swooped low to machine gun
tents in one of the fishing vil
lages. Then they left, roaring
directly over the hut in which
the natives hid, unharmed.
Gardner and his 23 compan
ions were flown out the next
day by two navy planes. None
of the Aleuts had been in a
plane before. Said one 68-year-old
native: "Very good ride.
Alia same like duck."
52d LIBERTY SHIP
Portland, July 15 VP) A
freighter named for Oregon's
first territorial governor Jos
eph Lane was launched today
bv the Oreeon Shinhuildinrr wir.
poration. It was the yard's 52d
uDercy snip launching.
Us Mall Tribune want ads.
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