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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1931)
J III! - IB M 1nhe Advocate 1 C le a n F ic tio n ¡P [ H u m a n In te re st ft F e a tu r e s i « »1 ** ZM f ( '• *•* ld t # M l « l N | n | i r « i b m n Ml M rpri • r n t d l i r i Marlon Hubble and Freda Littleton urn- pat*. girlhood chums who went to »rtiuol togrlhrr, attended aorlal I milt loti* togrther. Ill t«ct tllrrp wan seldom i timr In the drat rlthtirn |r«r* of their live* when they wrrr •Intrt. r m i at night; and they had been born Jitat aernaa a tall board truce from one a not hr r They wrrr called "til* Inarparablr chums." by thoar who knrw Lhrm H im inuai havr horn a »Iran«» and domineering love that guided I I tear gtrla safely through the early part of their interesting llvea togeth* er. iliat kept down Jealuuatea. hatred«, envy, and all other alnlater emotion* Uial lead to dralructton and tragedy They never had any trouble until they had reached twenty-two year» of age Marlon waa Juat dvr day* older than Freda, and waa prrhapa llie brighter girl of the two. although r io t * waa th* it ntt latter waa a trtdr taller, allm and willowy, and Marlon, on the other hand, waa aolld of build, with deatiler artn* anil leg. ‘ But ahe |»i**e«.ed a |irr*onahty that stood out like a yel low lamp In a thick f o g , attracting all thoar with whom *hr came In contact with conaummatr raar When It narrowed down to a mira tion of popularity. there waani much doubt about who waa the leader of tlicae rhuma. A few pgoplg were of the opinion that Marlon Hubble "mfid** the bull*“ and r-- 11 f.uivton "threw them There ii mi tloub Out tti.it ttiey n .in im . I Utile team The parent* of these two gtrla were wenlthy and occupied excellent aoclal poallloiu In the little town In whirl« they lived Marlon'a father waa a f irmer who lived In town, and Fre da a father waa a porter In a bank, but hr had Ini rated hi* earnings »tar ty which rnab*ed * - » > ' - quite a fortune ~oey realded In ala’.c.y UUKicimalic hn.jie*. one while alone, the other Colonial brick The latter waa the luma, in which M irlon lived Her mother died whrn ahe was eighteen, lint Fred»'* mother, father and one other sister made the latter * home konirwliat happier than waa Marlon* home life "The Hubble girls aunt, a spinster, who hated men and be lieved tn going to lest eartv, made her life Ulipleaaan' .die waa not allowed to have com pany, and for fhla reason she fitted up the room above her garage for a boudoir, where It I* said, she not In frequently entertained maaculhie company Of courar her aunt didn't know anything about llila rumor, and If word ever fell on her ears to the effect that Marlon waa enjoying ro mantic episodes In the back yard, there la no record to ahow It Anyway, the Hubble girl became MMWhal ilk. i ht N iiA V Ia IrtU rt Jr. M H »r TIIK ILLUSTRATICI) FKATURK KKCTION - January 17, 1931 T r u e S to r ie s A c h ie v e m e n t S t o r ie s f i c t u m In th* I l i j l t r .t r d P t i t g r , S ection v e r t p o r.4 , vnd d o noi d .p le t principal* u n i«.* *o u p t lo n e d n J oJL ILL 1 t^Ji =4 Unfortunate Marion Hubble, whose brilliant mind, but wanton personality brought her to a life of crime and untimately a tragic death. vaauj ilffw iot penaina, and prrha|M the above expe rience canard It One of thoar prr- aoiia waa a pleasant, milling girl, the other a snarling ahe-wolf. who riatmed the atreeta at night and promiscuous- ly begged clgareta from men ahe en countered When the time came for her to find love. Iter dual prraonallty led her to a iierullarly tingle end Marlon Hobble and Freda l.lttlrton fell lii love with the same young man, Henderaon Stout, who rarrled special delivery letter* and worked lit* way through achool, hut who waa linnd- aonic and who could write atlrrlng poetry He flirted with both glrla, but The force of the blow felled her. but Marion Rot to her feet. When Freda rushed her back toon made lit* preference known, airainat the wall, ahe broiitfht dtfcwn the hand holding the hnt pin and killed her old chum. which caused the breach between the Freda was dead when she hit the floor. . . devoted chums .......... I h th «tight more of Freda Notwlthatandlng Ilia ill-con . m i n e d dlacloeure lie kept oil aeelng Million In her garage boudoir, without Fre da learning the facte. However, Fre da watchrd him one night, and when he had entered the garage room of the pretty Marlon, ahe followed and confronted the clandeatlne lover* from the threshold. "And no I've found you out," ahe aald to Marlon. "You're the thief who ha* been trying to rob me of haiiptnean, trying to «teal the only man I ever loved, trying. In fart, to liktst my future prospect*. and truatrd you. I've been a serf to your least desires, Marlon Hub ble, but I'll never do anything for you again. I don't want you to speak to me after this, never look at me; I don't want, to meet you at all. And as for him " Here aliq^ paused, unable to con tinue. But he begged her to take him bark "I'll never havr anything more to do with Marlon Hubble." he pro claimed. “ I'm through with her. "And all the*.- jvmr» I have loved Hlie's lmt tlie right kind She walks 111 dark streets and has promiscuous Marion Hubble a. They found the body of the young affairs with men. I've heard nil a- bout her. Thnt's why I came here man under a huge tree a block bark of Marlon Hubbles garage residence. tonight, to tell her I waa done. You He had been stabbed In the throat ran believe that or not, but I swear with a long hatpin, a steel Instru to you. Freda, that you are (tie girt ment that made a dangerous weapon. I love and the one I want.” But the hatpin was not found. She must have been favorably Im Tlie crime completely baffled the pressed with whst he said, and when authorities and there Is a possibility Marlon Hubble stood with her head that the real killer would never have bowed, not saying anything and pos been found out had not Freda taken sessed of sn air of guilt. Freda agreed a hand In the matter In an effort to to tnko Mm bark. They left the solve the mystery of her sweetheart's building together, but thetr love af- murder. fV r e -te 1 f »>•*♦ ntuht tust n* did A week after the finding o f the coipae under the cottonwood, ahe sought out Marlon Hubble, who had been vTCarlng mourning, and was stricken apparently with great grief, and pointing an accusing finger at her. said: "You killed him. and I've come here to settle things with you for good and all I loved him. He was more than the world to me. I long for him even now and I'll never be happy again You've not only taken from me the man I love, but you have driven me Insane "You'll pay for this, Marion Hub ble. you'll pay this very night. I'm going to beat you to death with my own two hands and leave your poi soned body here for the vultures to pick You coward Why did you have to kill the man I love?” She threw off a fur coat that she had been wearing, and putting her rings and watch in one of the pockets, advanced towards Marion who. In a scarlet negligee, was watting to see whether she meant her threat. And when she found out that the other girl was very much In earnest, she ran to a fireplace and grabbed down her hat off the mantel. From this she extracted a long steel hat pin JUst as Freda struck her tn the face The force of the blow felled her. but Marion got to her feet. When Freda rushed her back against the wall, she brought down the hand holding the hat pin and killed her old chum Freda was dead when she hit the floor, and after seeing what she had done, Marion fled Into the night. She was found In a fisherman's cabin on the banks of the nearby river, but she wasn't taken from this place alive. She still had the hat pin. and whrn the authorities came to get her, she stabbed herself. The fisherman had given her shel ter from a vicious snow storm, he said, but It was thought that because he was a young bachelor, he had at tempted to hide her after she had admitted killing Freda Littleton. This tragedy which cost three live# happened ten years ago. but the col ored folk residing in this section of the state never tire of relating the occurrences to every stranger who cros-es the threshold of the com munity. They speak In glowing terms of the beauty of those girls, and then when thev come to the point wlier# the murder took place they lower their voices as if afraid of being over heard or discovered by the ghost of the strange Marlon Hubble. * • • Marion's dual personality is best exemplified by her diary, excerpts of which are quoted here "Today Henderson kissed me a thousand, times " "Henderson says I'm like lava froyi a volcano "Last night Henderson and I erect ed chateaus in the blue of the sky. Hr talks like his poems read. Red ashes from red roses—I love that poem. It speaks of warm lips of Egyptian princesses upon the necks of stalwart slaves." “I shall don a gown (she refers to night gown) and stop the first man that passes our house tonight, a transparent gown through which he can see my alluring figure; and If he stope— ” i " I think Freda is waking up to my influence over Henderson. But what a costly Influence." (Here, she does not make her meaning clear.» “The sight of human blood fasci nates me. Today I cut my finger Just to see the blood flow, so richly crim son." (This is fhe first hint we have that she was capable of two mur ders.! "My aunt says I am immodest. But have 1 not occasion to be? How many women have my beauty of fig ure? Not even Freda Her legs are as thin as broom-sticks." “ Oh, my Ood—I am afraid I'm go ing to lose him.” Those two women in one, made Marlon Hubble a criminal who has been studied and torn apart by stu dents of criminology since the day of her second murder. Such a char acter has been often chronicled, but seldom found in real life. One moment Marion was a lovable sweetly smiling creature, and as quick as a flash she eould become a glower- (fo n tin a e d «n Page t l