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T h e Fin e st W riter« Send T h e ir Storiea First to the Illu s trated F e a t u r e Section The Advocate MM < • . MM i OfllkH« Ml . I IM ILLUSTRATICI) FEATURE SECTION— November V), 19X2. AtlsrilUlNg «*!*• r»»««t at t»a« T h e C o n g r e ssm a n ’s « tu « « latto * n c Tío* M r o í *i) i v r «i Tiir »rftTl'KK MM TIO* «vi».« in F a m ily youiiK Luca* o n th is evidence an y . “ N ever, sir. T liere *a< n o th in g th em s tall sle n d er w h ite w om an for ua to arg u e about “ I not Iced Im m ed iately t h a t she ws< T h e Inspector tu rn e d w ent to th e • b e a u tllu l c re a tu re , slig h tly along C o n g re ssm a n s offlre. an d re tu rn e d In age but exquisitely fe a tu re d and b earin g th e m y sterio u s bo te whose ta ste fu lly dressed O n ly tire g reat a u th o rsh ip Ire h ad so long been m ass ol gleam ing w h l' h a ir w hich 1' n ^ * vor‘n« to E r m i n e . . Hove you ever k?en t h u before?** U he wore b ru sh e d b ark a n d k n o tted ¡,r ■ over each e a r revealed th a t khe woi* “Of course." «In* said a« th e look« I mi * f inMkllr age *** * l ll* - w rote it!" .......... .*,1 M M well w h a c , »11 you WrU ca n ex p lain wmU' w h a t It T ,,- m e n a n s’ " •III** tin s a b o u t’ “ as sire e n te re d th e S h e shook h e r h e a d an d sm iled. T h e l a « s e i t a n U a a e it h e I u< a s a d e a t h : room t«s a n K U O ol head tf la e a a a b u t !»*• |" I t d o esn 't m ean a th in g I w as la t t ic e d o t l a « a l t e r e a a n it n a t t a n d a c ia ie a j Mr L ucas h as been m u rd ered s lttln # th e re In M r Luca»« otBc« l i t at U o * • « • po t v o lt ed th e inspector Ur fram ed h e r gravely ev ening w aitin g for him to A lin o R | a e a tfh af th e ai*attM *e«%t •Yes. your m en In fo rm ed me I ch an g e hia clo th es We were going f e v e a t a »*»1» • « # « »u a a l y | K M i lH # » » n a l * ' leea ti« »g t o t l « n * l u » e M i l i t e n h e •«*»****»*»•; c a m e rig h t over Is th e re a n y th in g o u t to d in n e r to g eth er I h a c n o th - « t t e t o t ia lf a it fa N t t lia i M tin • « > * » * M i» i* i I r a n do? I'm only a frien d of Mr m ( to do so I s ta rte d playing w ith The t*A»«e le a d « R e lie f M ltk 1« » « « • Lucira, you know, b u t a r a th e r close o * . ty p ew riter You see w hat I l i t « I. MM t e le l a d le * Ml >UU I I I t g l H II T l» e a u ' h s f i l l t it le h o t# C « U »1 h e f o u lt d i frie n d " w rote I t s crazy I t d id n 't m ean b u t a d e is s r lt e e a e l a h lla h e a I h a f a d th a t ' S o I ve h e a rd * In sp e c to r P a in e a n y th in g T he w ords Just h ap p e n e d H « a * V f it t e n on l . u i f t t s e n I f p e v n la c said w ith slight s a rc a a r to nu UrrougL m y m in d I n ev er I I«* tto u ae h e e p e t l e l l a a a l r a n g e * ( M | • H ave you fou n d th e m u rd e re r’ did m uch t y p i n g - t h a t 's why th e re re d l v ta s t tt « th a t ah # la I he ra t a t a m la « M ite <»( I h a r * | » l # « * h t a l | » * , * h a la t * a l t f “Not yet We th o u g h t you m ight so m a..y e rro rs.” a H eg sa Ml>e a la o d ta c to * » * t h e f a r ! I h a l have an id e a - a ! u e - t o co n tri- in sp e cto r P ain e b it his Up H e h e h a d b e e n L a s i n g a n a f l a l f M l lb a W t t h b u l' “ felt Instin ctiv ely th .t th is w om an in g t tit • s n t a ii n l i l l e a n d a Mti««»M t i m e h i« a n it ii in th e ra p tta l c it y o nce But of course I never knew a n y - t e l l i n g th e tr u th Realizing th a t a I l l ' l l s it * r a n I ru t i te d h i n t a lte » a y a . 1.« th in g ab o u t th e C o n g ressm an s p rt- th e t,a ,K..v wi„ c h h e h a d placed u p - t a t t h i e a i e n e t l t u d l l It - f but her vale a ffa irs " rm t h e cry p tic n o te as a clue a e ro iu « h e d m a n d * • » * * ! Ite r I I I * W h at were your re la tio n s w ith un fo u n d ed , h r decided to tak e a n - l e s t « M i a * t h a t t h e c u it e * a |it lle a l . w j ( h e r u g b y H u t* » 'In » o n r o it t e in a d e f in it e ! hlifi?" o th er tack lla m e a a l a t a m i r p u i » o u i ii « 1 he t* t » ir « I , "I w as h is frien d A so rt of very He said T h a t s »11 for you. lady, to r H e * III# h u |l» r a n d th e I t m i I s p rria l friend Just now If I need you ag ain I l i e a r It m a t e a r*»|»r Of I I I * «»ote f o u n d o n I so«* Did you know th a t h e (-a « • • • l u í a « * d e a t h l o a re M h o o r i g i n a l l y n t o t * I I . h u t l o I l i a a u r p r la e f in d * t h a t b o t h a t e l h a d - a fam ily ? i "T h e n I m ay go?" e a p e f t t y p i s t * a n d I h e t e l u t a n o t llfe e lp l o l A fam ily ? ..... * N°. A * y r ig h t h ero I ’m « »mg d o « b u h g lt n g M i » u r h a » ( l i e o i i g t n a l l \<‘ s A w ile A g ro w n -u p child, to get a t th e bottom of th is tilin g h o t» r e a r a tr tl r . r t h n q u e s t io n i n g b r i n g * o u t m a i r e e l , He told me h e was n o t m a rrie d in „ te w m in u tes I m ay h av e a few d *n « re i I nm u I a ll of » h lr h p o in t * to j I took h is word for it j_1B_ . . : . , . questions to ask vou H o t c a a I l i a g u i l t y p e r w in T h e tn j rtre n you ve never seen or h e a rd »!»*< t o r U a b o u t t o p i a r e h t m u n d e r a t te a l | o f—th ese |ieople?" T ire In sp ecto r "A n y th in g you say,“ sh e a s se n t- « It r n i t * m d e t e lu p h ie t it H u n t u p I . C f t t j ; I « lu te d to L ucas's w ife an d h er ed cheerfuU y. w ilt l i t * %«»<• o f R t h e l M a y H a t t t U M #»»< ¡ • lu t e M l * lu s a » la d l a r o t e r e d h i d i n g i n | son * Tire In sp ecto r tu rn e d h is a tte n tio n l i l t n t t l h e r a r l a s e t b y I n o p a lr o lt a ie n M ho I d o n 't rem em b er W ho a re once a g a in to young L ucas "T h ere re h a v e b e e n m a k i n g a I h o io t t g h a e a t r h o f tlie-y ’ still a few Iroles tn y o u r sto ry .” b e C ite lu e m t a e a . Are you sure yon d o n 't know ?" .aid M (> W H O O N W I T H T i l l « T U R Y Oh. of course T h ey re h is se rv - B ut f v t told you ev ery th in g I C H A P T E R IV a n ts T h e w om an was h ts h o u se- know ab o u t th e case s ir.” | keeper. I d o n 't know tire young “Are yoi su re y o u 're told ev ery - W e ll " lic e IrcMpeclor «ddreobed I i n a n '' . th in g ? " P mii I Luco*» «on. -Ju n t wliol «re I W ould It e u rp rts . you very m u c h ,1 "Yes. s ir " you tloiit« i r r f f - Miss, if I inform ed you th a t th e “C an you tell m e a n y th in g ab o u t an wer L u cas» w ife?" an y of th e o th e rs inv o lv ed —a n y - llie boy n e tv o u * «I All of ri stilili«'it I remem bered that I w'as a reporter i w om T h e w om an s jaw d ro p p ed m th in g we h a v e n 't discovered fo r o u r- f i h i b i d b « M i( t o b ' e a k d o w n 'selv es?" Have you ever seen th is n o ie be- m ts-sp acln g s th e «m e le tte rs nfl am azenrent. “ I wma h id * , A ir.“ I "A nd th a t th is young m a n is h is “ No sir I d o n 't believe so .” ¡ a lllg n m e n t. . . " OH t are H iding You knew.! fo re? " h r slug «1 llir bov i>on7" I W h at ab o u t H u tc h in so n ? His l l i u i th a t your la llie r h ad been Y oung L ucas looked k l It In as- B ut th e ty p e w rite r's old sir." th e B ut th e y cou ld n t be!' sh e p ro - story so u n d s suspicious to me. D idn t UMliahm 'lit "N o-o. s i r ” he fin ally 'b o y p ro tested l t d do th e sam e ‘«»ted 1 hey re - 1 hey re Negroes ¡he h a r e som e reaso n fo r w an tin g m u rd ered ?'* It# M l \ It I I MWNON W H A T H A A M A P r a N S II « • t il « ill It» In o rtw « H * | M * b * t * l # l l* # J ««>•1 U m » , ( ‘ u n g ie tM it» « n It«»»» M l« * l* * i|» i» t 1 ||« t a (» t t • >* p e t a u n » M O ik l t t f *• • ( « • II» <J»et M l* d e e d bod* M m o v iu fl II j I m u i • « f « M c b i l t t i l l p l« r ln g I I W i h i t M t »ts# la • M ian ita tt» » 4 H M lc h ln a o ii. Casalt^ r a u d i l i a o i l i « i • M»‘ d d k * •«« * » It M # I t a t t r s l l a i r I f b e a u t i f u l M«»«g • u « to a « » M ilt s # * h a t a a l l u U t M » houa«* f r a i l i h a p u l u a ( • h a n t l l a II * « (« « • ...4 « It * I !»• *t«*M 1« m * I»« I»*» N u M it n w u Id e a la a a ra p « lo |lM .iu |lt th e a m d o a « M l* ih a p e lt í» <M* it» « • • » t»«il I h a t d H im * u n t i l I h e f “I knew th a t h e was d ead ' "T h e n why w eren 't you ill th e re w ith him w hen lie d ied? W did yon ru n aw ay a n d h id e .Ike th a t? " "1 h e a rd th e , d ic e ro m ln " . I knew tliere was so m e ..d u g w rong I d id n 't w ant to get m i ml u p in It " In sp ecto r P a in e g ru n te d ' T hai so u n d s p re tty fishy to m e. so n .” lie .......— . •» ■ « » « - — | * ............ .... *■»> All rig h t You see It now You 'y p in g ei|>erience. An expert m ay- o f course lie w asn t How did h e W h it do you m ean , you re not ean le a d w lial II »avs r a n t you? or, could h a n d le It w ith o u t any get Into the House of R p r e s e n t.- - u r e ’ toyour hU-iic“ ri.d^."m yZii regret it ' It d oesn't m ake sense. 1 know * I*-«- *»•«» *¡2?, 2 2 2 ^ 1 . ' "W'" '"‘pfc,or- 1 ^ kno* ,hU He was light en o u g h to get by —H u tch in so n was r a th e r m ad ly in h o i' B ut th a t Isn 't th e point now T h e lo n e - w ith my m o th e r!” d o n 't u n d e rsta n d it " ^ ■ « " W e II Me s I khi I t h a t " T ile m - point is tlr-it vou ve g o tte n youraell Y oung L u e a ss s ta te m e n t, like a All r ig h t,” In sp e c to r P aine apector beckoned to a |» lii i s r r - w teo d up in M* afTans We ll h av e su d d e n e l 'c tr tc shock, stu n n e d us « .P lie d h im " It du rsn T need to g ra n t sta n d in g beside h ln . to question you to see It you know *11 f r a m om ent A nd b efo re we n u k e sense Hut I trr r t w liat I “B u tler, d id you evei le a rn to m y th in g ab o u t th is m u rd er U n - knew w h at was h a p p e n in g th e re Mild w ant you to do. I w ant you to sit ty p e ’ I m ean, a rc yon in an y way ;"ss of course, you w an t to tell w h at was a flash of m ovem ent across th e " I t ’s th e r u th , air.' th e young m an dow n a t th is ty p ew riter an d m ake a n ex perienced ty p i s t ? ' ;vou know v o lu n tarily ." room T h e do o r was to rn open an d p ro tested m e a copy of it just s you see tt| "No sir. inspect.n I never h ad ! 1 do n 't m ind telling." th e worn- H u icln n so n whose m otive for kill- "W hy were you so a fra id of th e W ould you m ind doing th a t an y need for Ira in m g u nivscll 111 Si,‘J '* d o n 't know very m u ch , p o ller? W h at h a d you done to liere C o n tin u ed on Page Two f S onic se rg e a n ts h a t e to m ake o ut ’'»«thing th a t would sh ed an y light ra u se you lo w orry about th e m ? '' tor m e?" "Bui I c a n 't tyiiew rlte, str I: ty p e w ritte n report», b ut I do m ine l,n h l* d e a th .” N othing But dow n In M ississip never h a 1 an y ig-easlon 1 1 le a rn ." in |ieu a n d Ink ” I "All rig h t. Let s h e a r w h a t you pi. w here 1 com e from N EXT W EEK C O M IN G "Ju st p u n c h It o ut a n y way you' All rig h t, B u tle r Now you've <•<» k n o w " T ills Isn't M ississippi We w o n 't can Yim r a n see h o - badly typed seen w liat I've d o n e w ith th ese th re e T l,f w om an san k Into a n easy lynch you '' th e original was You r o u ld lti <1“ persons h e r e —th e b u tle r, th e h o u se - ch air an d played w ith a sm all lace ' You'll sen d m e to th e c lisir " m uch worse th a n th a t " keeper a n d Mr L ucas's -i I w a n t' h a n d k e rc h ie f a m om ent before she 'N o n se n se , kid Kor w h at?" "All rig h t, sli Y -ling L ucas se at-! you to d o lust ex actly tlx- sam e u>,d ,«‘r st<>r>' "Y o u 'd say I killed m y f a th e r ill him self at th e desk an d la b o r -'th in g Ih a l th ey d id .sit down h e r e 1 ’ • met R e iiresen laliv e L ucas only "IHd y o u ?” kiuslv liegau lo work w ith th e at th e desk an d m ak e a typed copy » l < "" weeks ago." sh e said "He "No ii I i l i . I ni ty iiew rtter It was M-vcral m in u te s ,g u ,P m ysterious note Uo you h a d n 't been In C ongress long, but Who Killed Ernie Gough, " n i e n why w orry? You ca n |irovc In i i ire he h a ‘ d ” “ flm died -*-*—-* m in d ? ” | he was g e ttin g lo he p re tty well Leavenworth, Kansaa th a t you d id n 't? " T h e Inspector look Hie com pleted a t all. sir I t's all p a rt of know n a ro u n d W ash in g lo n H e was Detective? 'T h a t 's Just It, sir I can t prove e.giy a n d se ru lln lre d It closely. Isio k - m y "N j .g ob" * g reat ta lk e r , you know, a n d w hen th a t I d id n 't." lug over his sh o u ld e r, I saw th a t at Nobody saw the killers, T h e s e rg r a n ' sat dow n a t th e desk, h e talk ed he said aom eU iing. He "W h ere w ere you w hen th e th in g last he had h ren successful. T he In sp e c to r P a in e in se rte d -i sheet of 'im de iieople sit u p a n d tak e notice, and Ernie died without occurred?" eiror.s III III,' original note a n d those! |M | nm in to th e ty p e w rite r for h i m ’ I hked hts iierso n alitv He w as ' H ere, In th is a p a rtm e n t." telling. IMd you know ttia t your f a th e r in Y oung L ucas's copy w ere alm o st T h en , laboriously, th e serg ean t be- about m y ow n age -a lm o s t tlfty — Id en tical! g a n to pick out th e le tte rs o l th e <*'id he w as In terestin g to ta lk to The mayor of the city liail h ern k illed ?” In sp ecto r P a 'n e l.niked up w tth a o rig in a l note W hen he h a d finish-. We s t a n k i q u ite a frie n d sh ip bc- a n d Congressman De- "I Wk» III th e riHim w hen they fa tn t sm ile "IKi you still w a n t to )K|, p,. .(row out llie sheet an d h a n d - <ur(' long, a n d adtenever h e went fo u n d th a t h e w as dead " ro n te n il Unit you d id n 't w rite th e ed it to Ills su p e rio r lo r Inspection. ,tnv place, h e'd la k e m e alo n g I Priest spoke at the fune "B u t you h a d n o real reaso n U /toriginal lu g e on Ills ty p e w rite r? " he a T h e Inspector looked It over, a n d w a s a widow m y h u sb a n d died ral July 28.1932. su s|a 'i'l Unii he Inni liccn lailso n cd ?” a s k e d th e d e a d tiia n 'a s o n Ml expression of com plete Im ttlr- nearly te n years ag o so I w elcom ed This month the three “ No. I linci n o reni resam i lo 'T never saw th e n o te u n til Just incut creased Ills lace He picked u p ; 1' 1* com pany. He was alw ays very on trial for stia|ierl llia t h e liail b r r n — |s>l now, sir I d o n 't know w h a t It th e copy w hich h a d originally b een I kind to m e a n d th o u g h h e never killers go aoned " m oans yet." (m ind mi th e C o n g ressm an 's desk •poke of g e ttin g m arried . I Im agined murder . "All rig h i Now collie m i III licrc T h e Inspector eyed h im closely. a n d th e one w h irl. Y oung L u c a s Ih a l he w as la tlie r fo n d f m e I How were they caught? l u to th e offler. I wa 't jrou to try "Lucas," h e said, "you m ay n o t know had m ade T h e .h r r e of th em co r-:k n o w th a t I was begiiiulng to love; ao m eth ln g a u n ii' te .i * it. b ut you've given yourself nway resp o n d ed exactly! |h lm . B ui of course th a t was before; T lie liis |a 'rto r led th è wny back com pletely. T h e typing w hich you "I gue.ss we've gone to all o u r l knew a b o u t th is te rrib le th in g | ! rm igh tlie re p re se n ta tlv e ’s « i m i I- Just did for m e Is so Identical w ith trouble' for n o th in g ," lie said d u a lly .!And before I knew, loo th a t h e was n ie n t to tlie olii ce rumi) H e |Ho- h a t of th e original n o te t h a t It "T h e ty p e w rite r's old: a n y perso n a N egro.” d u ie d tlie n o ie fo und m i Lucaa'a leaves no q n e d im i In m y m ind as unex|M 'ileuerd In ty ping would m ake! 'You never h ad an y a rg u m e n t! «lesk lo who w rote Ute original H i e sam e th e sam e e rro rs W e co uldn't hold w ith h im ab o u t a n y th in g ? ” T r u e Detective* S to ry See N ext W eek 's iiz m e r