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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1930)
» IL L L 'S T R A T K D F R A T I ’ RK SRC T l ON -J un* 21. 1930 Hubert Holcomb uncartbs the gruesome solution of the Carlisle murder BAFFLING MURDERS y iU : r n lfr U in ln i m om rnU cm n be «pru t in f a i l « « u ( rkrvrr. well con>l riH led detective storie* with plenty of * us pcn.se. They make the blood tingle a » well as furnish the mind with deligh tfu l me lion in fo l lowing the unexpected maneuver» of arch criminals, tiruesome crimes and the moot ingenious tricks provide the unusual thrills o f "Ha(Tling Murders." It will be genuine pleasure to read the clean-cut. sophis ticated. true murder mysteries related by Hubert Holcomb, master detective. ! danly era-»«! HU laxly drooped ev try. If you nut to lei me have U m coiih) examined II. then milled Ills arms Carlisle sank dejectedly Into en furtlirr forward, hi» fw t twitch m t of Uw »lory." IIVll urti Udì p«g* 'll Carlisle remained »Unit (or n min ed nrrvoitsly upon the carpet: lilt finger* »tllTrnrd and trialed like n ute. then went an irtmleally "One lu* »aid " »iHwrrnl ] man llchln* for bUxxi Inaudible of Ihr ly llir Iratlrr, madr thrlr tmaltlon 1curie» escaped ki» hp» Io'* Holcomb roni|™-.»rd III* hp»; took rle»r. Tliry wanted mnnry This Is an exclusive Illustrated Feature Section feature provided at lra*t flv* thou»*üd When | u> paclnti In and fro Carlltlr >ud- oi II lor your entertainment. Look forward each week to '’ Baffling Mur 1 (truly »at upright and glared at him. I rvfiutrd. hr runted mr threatened d e rv " I insanity In hi» ryea Ihundrr Ui h u , \owrd to »tuff my txxly Uito a gunny voter Stop III" lie raxprd “ I »av »aok und lo** It Into Ihr Inkr And tp r o ln e d ¡»top iu T h a t* Urr wav Uiat dor 11 brllrve hr would havr." o n k l* f , hounded mr ~ »land »till!" And ('allude »uddanly »taggrrrd to III* • thru nr Iwat hu tUl» upon Ihr arm i tern and. avoiding Ihr both on l i v of thr > hair lurched forward again floor rruaaed the room to Ihr ma*- By B R O W N IN G S T R E A T and iroanad. .»ivr library table Krum a draw»!' The d riertlvr .-areaed 111 * chin ) hr took somethin«. than racroMod SYN O PSIS BE. IN HEADINO ItTTiE and fu a n r i t . \rt In. N f l f l M a u . tha room a n d handed it t o tlolroinlJ »pcwlini my v»c«*xm *1 * pUu catted IU|i* K*.t ui Hi. Bli.uanOu.ii V oi»y 1 1 III pa thrtll rtlough I *EII ap. If f tould havr gotten to II* hr b. .in* ».'»uAint*d with two ti-ry int.ra.tiug men Hxiph Mil* . t*»iur* wrtnr lur P t'd a tr your (rrling: Mt larh -te »aid »rtrnly » »yudXatr of tiHio n**-*pap»ra, »nd Ktib*rt Holcomb former orach iwmbr OI ihe hr v* ul »u n d iii* over the m m . bu* H * Utile Coll automatic Hot- THE CARLISLE MURDER CASE Sloan’s Liniment . o lV d l)ep..i I :;*‘ t h than the k II io « came, or teaturc vrrilirg our co n v »r»a t ions would always drift .»round to criminals ¿ h i crime He. Miles and 1 twrgwi. to meet ou Ih* north veranda eveningt. a w M o oi used part 'o f th<* !*ttlc hotel. Ibcre to listen to H olcom b« \erMow» oi the Carlisle Murder Oa>* the StDUmn» Murder C a r the M achel! M irder Case the Collins Murder Case. and the lirifBn Mutdei C ase e ll at which l shall in due nm * record for you in the*e cohum*. Br»eflv the first part o f Holcomb s evpertencr « tt h the Carlisle» was thus One o dd January taort.mg some years ago Mia. Jasper Carlisle wealthy about forty-ntnc >e;»rs old the wife o f one of the wealthiest Negruej in and about Mouth Psik way at the time. caLed at headquarUr» m l sought out the Missing Persons Bureau v here she »udd*uly broke into tears and stated »hat her husband had disappeared was last seen by their chauffeur when he put him on the a Me Walk in the downtown M ctw n about four o clock the pre-reding e-.ening Hubert Ho’comb was given this case A» a first 'ep hr, decided to . * ! on Mr Carlisle and arrived s i h -r lu xjn o n » apartment a e c .i rwu hours alter her diaim.'.«*! at headquarters He found her dead %pr:. w!e«i on her ow n It . mg-r-axn «»or in p* ol o f blood a gaeh at her tejr.ple and a h**avv meta* book end on the ffoor b ’side her, bloom 1 NO* | j j I I i j P IN M H TH E S TO R Y LAS’/ IN S TA LM E N T • ed uixiii his wuV^ Holcomb wait**0 1 Alter telling Mile« and we about Uie ;n *u«>nce bedy he had found sprawled on the j ..j my r|uij about ten o'clock.* | floor. Holcomb had lapsed into a era- % 5 tarte»cl afresh, and wus .stand { ma tic silence But noa’ h e ! Ins on Indian» Avenue watting (or a ' discarded Ills pipe and plunged Int laxi _ our chao(Teur go«> o(T »round the narration again I say plunied e,gh| ah, n .utWonly » <ar dreA because I lomrvenced o see . swiftly up and stopped directly In ... . . . . ... ____ front of me. A» quick as a ilasti.l Holcomb suddenly Hi ed 1,1» e>e* # hw h « llMl lo% ,)V, r from the lifeless body of the woman hJj hu ,mndx stutTed Into hi» ! l rd , i f / , orercoat ,*xkeu». got to the Mdrw.lk He had be<ome aware of a '••J11 »nil whispered gruffly, 'You're eov- movement Automatic in h‘ ~ l * * ered. see? Oet Into the car KquawV listened and was drawn towaro wha . , ,, drt„ M ove'' appeared to be a co.U closet. As hej .., got lnto thr c, r s »vr my life ! neared it, the movement grew marc soon as ttw door slammed. It shot distinct and the doer Itselt began [orvar(] and Ht |ra, t three men pro to open slowly _ then suddenly . ct^ , . d ,0 biIld and gag me. ruislll; 1 swung entirely o;»en! I ai.d threafemng me all the while ' | Holcomb .toopetl and frowned A Where did they take you»' Hol man — a little brown-skinned man comb questioned impatiently. 'Which — stood half stooped, with his hand» Erection did they take?" Carlisle »aid. caressing his forehead and terror mj - t d on l »no*- his reddened eyes PH never know because the dog* Who are you’ Holcomb .pat the chloroformed me! The next thing words I remember I was sitting In a pooriy- The man seemed to suddenly Jerk lurnlshcd. uglv room, bound to a himrelf from out of a trance With squeaky chair, with the three cut out uttering a word ho Immediately throats pacing the floor In front o ' I passed the detective into the living me. whispering among themselves, room and fell heavily upon the w o -1 smdklng cigarettes, and cutting at mans body, weeping and poundm- me with malicious glanres three the floor madly. "The dog!" he j brown-skinned men, they were, with groaned " ___ the dirty dog! O h.jth e mark of the underworld upon Annie ---- Oh. Ood Annie ----- I ’ their faces" you'd only stayed away a little lone- j The bereaved man s words sud- And then lie collapsed. For a minute Holcomb just stool there ¡.nd pitied the poor devil. He had to He then started a series o f questions — and It wa one sor ry story! 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