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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-09-26, Page 2THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1985 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Six persons are in an inner office vt the law firm of Dawson, McQuire & Locke at Philadelphia. A mas­ ter hearing in the divorce case of Rowland vs, Rowland is under way Mrs. Rowland, represented by her (lawyer brother, Mr. Willard; Mr. Rowland, the defendant, and his attorney, Mr. Trumbull; the court clerk and Mr. Dawson, the master are the six persons. There is a new development in the case. Af­ ter failing to defend himself against the charge of adultery in earlier hearings, Mr. Rowland digs up evidence and asks the court's permission to produce wit­ nesses and resist the suit. Judge Dawson overrules the heated ob­ jection of Mr. Willard, and orders the witness brought in. Rowland’s lawyer goes to get the witness but finds her dead—chloroformed. She is Mrs. Barbara Keith, wife of a prominent Philadelphia business man. Judge Dawson phoned for the police. Detective Tommy Ran­ kin is assigned the case. He is now questioning all of the parties involved in the case. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. “If you don’t mind, Mr. Trum­ bull,” said the detective, ‘‘I’d first like to straighten oiut what occurr­ ed this afternoon. I understand you alco. summoned Mrs. Rowland’s . . . companion — the man with whom you claim she is involved?” “Chiefly because the law requires he receive due notice of the libel, so he may defend himself. I don’t need his evidence and hardly intend­ ed to. call on him. Naturally, he’d be a hostile, difficult witness1; he’d never willingly confirm Mrs. Keith’s story and admit an illicit affair with my client's wife.” “Is he here? Did he answer the summc/ne or disregard it?” Rankin asked. “I noticed him in the outside of­ fice, after Allen and I both arrived,’ Mr. Trumbull stated. “But I’ve had no reason to speak with him. If he didn’t leave before I . . . before the tragedy occurred, he should still be there.” The detective absent - mindedly drew lines' on a sheet of paper. ‘And who is he, Mr. Trumbull?” “I know’ little more about him than that his name is Hugh Camp­ bell. He isn’t a Philadelphian; he comes from New York and has some sort of connection with night clubs. I believe he supplies talent and pro­ duces entertainment for them.” Had he been j -watching Rankin carefully, he might have observed that he gave an abrupt start. “Hugh Campbell?” Abruptly he changed the subject. “With regard to Mr. Willard and his sister,” he queried; “as far as you’re aware, did either of them enter fifteen-o- five before the meeting, if only for a minute?” Mr. Trumbull pondered. “Not while Mr. Rowland and I remained with Mrs. Keith, I know. Of course I can’t say what happened after we left the library and Allen went be­ low. As I recall, Mrs. Rowland preceded us into the main office and talked briefly with Mr. Campbell. Then she returned to this room for about two minutes, I suppose to join her brother. And while I was phon­ ing my qwn office o.u.t there, ehe came out again and rather hurried­ ly left the suit altogether, by the centre door.” “She went into the corridor? Have you any idea how long she stayed away?” “More than five minutes, certain­ ly—closer, perhaps, to eight,” the lawyer replied slowly. “Mr. Row­ land had rejoined me over three minutes before she came back. Then she spoke to Mr. Campbell again and re-entered the library. Mr. Wil­ lard stayed in here throughout and did not come out.” Rankin pushed back his chair as a signal to conclude the interview. “Thank you, Mr. Trumbull, that will be all now,” he dismissed him. “Will you please ask Mr. Rowland to come in next?” A brief space after Mr. Trumbull departed, his client dropped into the chair he had vacated. A bronzed giant, still under thirty, Allen Row­ land had the broad shoulders and stalwart physique of an athlete. He had silky and blond curly hair, a broad nose and full lips, which with a twist might easily relapse into sullenness. Attractive though his virility was, thick hands and a heavy neck betrayed a natural crudeness and uncouthness. He was fully cog­ nizant of his pleasant appearance. He carried himself with perfect ease, yet Rankin sensed that his poise was acquired. He was not “to the manner born.” Mr. Dawson introduced them: and appreciating the gravity of the situation, he ack­ nowledged the detective’s greeting somberly. Then his face pale and anxious, he lighted a cigarette, and waited foir the first question. Rankin opened sympathetically. “I realize this is a most regrettable affair to you, Mr. Rowland. But 1 must at'k you to bear with a few in­ quiries, mainly about Mrs. Keith’s movements this afternoon. You ac­ companied her to the meeting, did­ n’t you?” “Yes, I called for her at the Ald- wich Apartments at two o’clock." Allen Rowland answered. “We drove to town in her car, with Mr. Keith’s chauffeur; the trip took us about half an hour.” “Did Mrs. Keith ever say anything, either then or before, to suggest she anticipated any danger to herself? Or that 6>he had reason to fear some one?” “No, I had no warning anything so terrible might happen. Naturally, she -was a bit anxious about the hear­ ing; but otherwise she seemed per­ fectly normal.” “And after you arrived,” Rankin queried casually, “did you remain with her the entire time until the hearing started at three o’clock?” Mr. Rowland’s answer accorded with that of the lawyer. “Oh, no, Mr. Tr.umbull and I both left her in that empty office next door, after about ten minutes. She wanted to be alone and preferred not to wait outside. Then I- went below to dismiss her chauffeur, since Mr. Trumbull had consented to escoirt ner home in his car; I didn’t return to her again. Rankin was satisfied at this check, through Rowland, of Mr. Trumbull’s iccount and movements. “I think that covers th points I’m interested in at present,” he said. He turned to Mr. Simpkins: “Be good enough to request Mrs. Row­ land to come in.” With a nod, the court clerk rose to doi his bidding. Adele Rowland followed him from Mr. Dawson’s chamber. She was a large woman, in both body and features, yet per­ fectly proportioned; and, without being beautiful, was extremely hand­ some and striking. Willful and dom­ inating, Rankin clearly perceived? she was accustomed to command. “I only wished to ask, Mrs. Row­ land, if yoiu entered the office where Mrs. Keith met her death, after Mr. Trumbull and your husband left her there?” asked Rankin. Taken unawares, at the abrupt inquiry, as though to gain time to re­ cover her poise, she repeated ithe question slowly. “Did I enter that room? No, I never went near Mrs. Keith; they had closed this door between, and I stayed in there with my brother, waiting for Mr. Dawson.” “How about the outside door in the corridor, when you quit the suit altogether? That was unlocked; why did yo.u go out?” Mrs. Roiwland caught her breath nervously. “I went below to the stand in the lobby to purchase . . . a newspaper,” she answered. “That was the only place you went?” the detective asked incred­ ulously. “That little errand took you the eight minutes or more you were gone?” “No ... on the way back, I stepped in the lady’s retiring room on this floor.” Though the reply came too glibly to be convincing, Rankin appreciat­ ed her self-possession in producing an excuse he could neither investi­ gate nor disprove. “I believe you are acquainted with Mr. Hugh Campbell. Before you left these offices, you spoke to him and then returned to the library. Could you tell me what you talked about?’ Haughtily and disdainfully, she drew herself to her full height. “That is none of your affair, Ran­ kin,” she replied scornfully, her mouth curled. “I don’t care to dis>- CUiss my coinnection with Mr. Camp­ bell, which is wholly private and has nothing to do with Mrs. Keith’s un­ happy death.” Rankin nodded, unabashed. “As you wish, of course,” he agreed, un­ pleasant amiable. “Then I may as well have Mr. Campbell in next and question; perhaps he will be less re­ ticent.” He observed a sudden ilaeh of alarm and fury illumine her eyes. They hardened and she had to bite her lip to restrain a resentful retort, as Rankin stepped to the office en­ trance, still smiling provocatively, “Jenks!” he called, and when the detective approached, he said: “I think there is a Mr. Hugh Campbell ■waiting out there; ask him to join us1, please. “Hugh Campbell?” he repeated. “There’s no, one ...” Abruptly, his eyes lighted. “Oh, yes, the phone clerk did say a Mr. Campbell arriv­ ed for the hearing just around two- forty. A few minutes before three he got a phone call; he left the joint right away and hasn’t come 'back.” Tommy Rankin was more than ordinarily interested in Hugh Camp­ bell. For he was a power to be reckoned with in the bootlegging business, commanding an organiza­ tion to' import liquor from Canada to a chain of roadhouses and ‘joints’ in Connecticut and Long Island. Though he had never met him, Ran­ kin knew he was no gangster: on the contrary, urbane, shrew and well-bred, he traveler in good so­ ciety, a picturesque and somewhat mysterious individual. He had in­ fluence in political circles and never personally participated in the ag­ gressive activities of his agents. But it was his audacity and ambitious management that developed an ef­ fective and profitable (smuggling ring, controlled the racketeers in his employ, arranged for the acceptance of his wares and paid the necessary protection. Then this was the • man Adele Rowland had chosen, • her husband claimed, to be her lover. If she con­ templated a fresh martial venture, her new choice, the detective reflect­ ed in grim amusement, was certain­ ly more romantic and exciting than either the late Tom Marshall of her present incubus. He received quietly enough Jenks' announcement of Campbell’s depart­ ure. “Did he leave any message to ex­ plain the call,” he inquired, “or indicate wlfere he was going?” “No, he didn’t,” Jenks replied. “All I learned is that some chap rang the office and inquired for him and the phone clerk summoned him to her desk, where there was a con­ nected instrument, to' take the call.” Rankin’s interest quickened. “At her desk? Then she might have caught some of the conversation.” “Yes,, she could hardly help hear­ ing several things this Campbell said he spoke so loudly and . . . well, violently. First he shouted, ’What?’ and then, very much alarmed ‘Oh, my God!’ Next he cried, ‘You, fool!’ and said he’d join him; he hung up, greatly upset, and hurried out with­ out a word.” “Perhaps Mrs. Rowland,” Rankin turned inquiringly toward the wo­ man, “can offer a reason for his dis­ turbance or has an idea where he went,” He could not judge, from her dif­ fident manner, whether she was re­ lieved or troubled by Campbell’s ab­ sence. “I don’t know anything about it, Mr. Rankin,” she returned brusque­ ly. Rankin drew his assistant into the central office, but beyond the hear­ ing of both the staff and those con­ cerned in the divorce. (Continued next week) TEA GRAND BEND SCHOOL FAIR tClje Exetsr Simra-Aimorttie Established 1873 and 1887 Published every Thursday morning at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION—$2.00 per year in advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c. each insertion for first four insertions. 25c. each subse­ quent insertion. Miscellaneous ar­ticles, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c. per line of six words. Reading notices 10c, per line. Card of Thanks;, 50c. Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per line. In Memoriam, with one verse 50c. extra verses 25ic. each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Don’t Neglect Your Kidneys Don’t Endanger Your Health Disordered kidneys are too important to ignoro. It is well, therefore, to deal with even minor irregularities promptly. One should keep careful watch of the kidneys and assist thorn when signs of disordered kidney action persists. When nagging backaches exist, when too fre­ quent calls to empty the bladder take place, it is well to take prompt measures. For 50 years Doan’s Kidney Pills have been recommended in these con­ ditions. They stimulate the activity of the kidneys and assist them in freeing the system of poisonous matter, If troubled, why not give Doan’s Kidney Pills a trial? WOMAN WINS POSSESSION OF $6,000 Was in N. Dakota Bank in Joint De­ posit with Brother BISMARK, N.D., Sept. 19—The state supreme court upheld the right of Mns. Sarah Emeline Green, of Hay Twp., formerly of Exeter, to posess $'6,000 balance of a joint bank ac­ count she had shared with, her brother. Court records show Mrs. Green’s brother, William John Carlisle, of Fargo, kept a joint account in his and his wife’s name before the lat­ ter’s death. , When his wife died, Carlisle ask­ ed Mre. Green to live with him at Fargo. He withdrew the money, establishing it in a joint account with his sister, the survivor to have all rights to the balance. The First National Bank and Trust company, of Fargo, adminis­ trator of the Carlisle estate sought to recover the money.—The London. iFree Press. BRIDE-TO-BE HONORED In honor of Mfas Elva Jefferson neighboring ladies and girls enter­ tained recently at her home in Tuck­ ersmith. Little Misses Marilyn Chesney and Betty Doig dressed in pink and white, presented the bride­ to-be with a silver tea service nicely concealed in a pink and white dec­ crated basket. Choice weather and keen compe­ tition in the various classes featured the Grand Bend School Fair on Sept. 13th under the direction of Agricul­ tural Representative Ian McLeod. Especially was competition keen in the horticultural and the oratorical sections. In the live stock section though entries were not up to' nor­ mal yet the quality was excellent. ,A circumstance which fosters the endeavor to improve the quality of stock at this fair is the donation of trophies by public-minded citizens as outlined in the prize list. The school parade and Strathcona exercises, were interesting features which drew a crowd of spectators. Winners in the public speaking, reciting and spell­ ing coimipetitione, will be heard later in the autumn finals. Following is the prize list; Grain Section. .Spring Wheat, Melvin Gaiser; Winter Wheat, Willa Carruthers, Shirley Murray, Mabel Harlton; Oats (banner), Jack Pickering, Junior Mason; Sheaf, Junior Mason; Bar­ ley (O.IA.C.) Roes Pickering, Bessie Webb, Alice Volk; Sweet Corn, 6, Ollace Desjardines, Ruth Love, Har­ riet Manore. Roots and Vegetables Cabbage, Burton Green, Willa Car­ ruthers, Pauline Eagleson; Mangolds Emerson Desjardine, Elsie Gaiser, Morley Love; Turnips, (can. gem.) Pauline Eagleson, Jack Hartle, Phy- lis Geromette; Beets, Charles Aitch- eson, Marion Sherritt, Phyllis Ger- omette; Carrote, Burton Green, Elda Brown, Willa Carruthers; Onions, Helen Love; Parsnips, Stewart Swit­ zer; Potatoes (Irish Cobblers) Mar­ garet Taylor, Isabel Taylor, Orva Bestard; (Dooleys), Orva Bestard, Stewart Switzer. Flowers Asters, Melvin Gaiser, Burton Green, Ruth Love; Scabiosa, Lsabel Taylor, Irene Pearson; Zinnia, Gra- hm Mason, Jack -Hartle, Russell Sturgeon; Cosmos, Dorene Aitche- son, Harry Desjardine, Edwin Bes­ tard; French Marigolds, Helen Love Doris Ravelie, Pauline Maison; Snap­ dragons, Morley Love, Margaret Ratz Elsie Gaiser; Calendula, Mil­ dred Sharrow, Pauline Eagleson, Or­ ville Truemner; Helechrysum, Ella Motsseau, Doris .Sharrow; Pinks, Audrey Gill; Dining room bouquet, Stewart Switzer, Pauline Mason, p. Eagleson. Fruit Apples, (Nor. Spy) Eloise Gill, G. Volk; Snows, B. M. Webb, Shirley Ulens, Rayburn Ulens; Ripe toma­ toes, Alvin Wanner, Orva Bestard, Margaret Ratz; Plate of pears, Paul­ ine Eagleson, Eva Balker, Shirley Murray. Poultry and Eggs B. Rock, cockerel, Audrey Gill,. E. Desjardine; B.R. pullet, Audrey Gill Emmerson Desjardine, Eva Bestard; White Leghorn cockerel, Erwin Bes­ tard, Ila Bestard, Rayburn Ulens, Pullet, Erwin Bestard, Ila Bestard, Rayburn Ulens; Brown eggs, Willa Carruthers, Isabel Taylor, Shirleyq Murray; White eggs, Rayburn Ulens Anna Schroeder, Pauline Eagleeon. Dive Stock Section Beef Calf, Donald Ratz, Stewart Switzer; Dairy Calf, Stewart Switzer Emmerson Desjardine; Agr. or draft colt, Everett Desjardine, Norris Webb, Erwin Bestard, Stewart Swit­ zer; Ewe lamlb, Eloise Gill, Stewart Switzer, Emmerson Dove; Haiter- broken colt, Erwin Bestard, Everett Deisjardine, Stewart Switzer; halter- broken calf, Emm&rson Desjardine, Stewart Switzer, Donald Ratz. Domestic Science Sandwiches, Shirley Murray, Mary Turnlbull, Margaret Taylor; -Dough­ nuts, Mildred Sharrow, Mona Ravel­ ie, Shirley Manore; Sour Milk bis­ cuits, Ruth Love, Orva Bestard, S. Ulena; Butter Tarts, Shirley Murray Elda Brown, Joyce Pfaff; Ginger Bread, Shirley Murray, Pauline Ea­ gleson, Mildred Sharrow; (sewing), padded holder for pots and pans, Pauline Eagleson, Shirley Murray, Mary Turnbull; Cut-outs of 2 ward­ robes, Shirley Manore, Mona Ravelie Winnifred Tudineau; knitted cover for hot water bottles, Orva Bestard, Jean Grieve; Household Science, scrap book, Helen Gill, Orva Bestard Dorene Aitcheson; Plasticene or soap model of bottle, Morley Love,'Chas. Tiederman, Ray Ireland. Wood Craft, Miscellaneous Model of rustic chair, Donald Brenner, Ollace Desjardine, Stewart Switzer; Painted sign, Carl Manore, model of hog trough, Melvin Gaiser, Stewart Switzer, Morley Love; ,Col­ lection of Snapshots, Margaret Ratz Stewart Switzer, Orva Bestard; Ag­ ricultural Scrap book, Erwin Bestard Donald Ratz, Grace Volk; collection of .fungus diseases, Helen Love, Ruth Dove, Alice Volk. Writjng and Drawing Writing (iprimer) Elsie Gaiser, Leonard Gossman, Morley Love; 1st class, John Willed, Donna Hayter, Audrey Gill; 2nd class, Alan Turn­ bull, Mary Turnbull, Shirley Mur­ ray; Writing (Christmas Carol) Phyllis Geromette, Ada Keller, Her­ bert iSchroeder; Writing (Waterloo) Ruth Love, Willa Carruthers, Flor­ ence Truemner; Writing (The Down­ fall of Wolsey) Leonard Dewey, H. Walper, Joyce Pfaff; Drawing, map of Huron, Isabel Taylor, Margaret Taylor, Pauline Eagleson; Map of North America, Russell Sturgeon, S. Manore, Phyllis' Geromette; Map, Europe, Jean Grieve, Irene Peariso, Ruth Love; Rainfall map, North and South America, Helen Walper, Joyce Pfaff; Drawing, annimal, Elsie Gais­ er, Junior Mason, Lois Switzer; Crayon drawing, (fruit), Donna Hayter, Leila Finkbeiner, Ross Pick­ ering; Poster ‘Drink Plenty of Milk’ Helen Gill, Mona Ravelle, Midred Shrarrow; Landscape, Ruth Love, Alice Volk, Helen McGregor; book cover, (Wild Life), Joyce Pfaff, Hel­ en Walper, Monica Dewey; Essay, Ruth Love, Ruby Hicks, Leona De­ wey. Public Spv«*;ing Ruth Love, Shirley Manore, Hazel Pickering; Recitation, Margaret Webb, Cecil Desjardine, Elsie Gaiser Spelling-match, Chas. Aitcheson, M. Harlton, Helen McGregor; instru­ mental solo, Ella Mousseau, Emer­ son Desjardine, Rayburn Ulens; mental arithmetic contest, Charles Aitcheson, Leona Dewey, Ruth Dove Darning wool sock competition, Shir­ ley Ulens, Ella Mousseau; Dive stock judging compeition, No. 8 Stephen team of two boys, Rayburn Ulens and Alvin Wanner. iSchool parade—Prize of $1 each School, Sections number 7, 8, 10, 12, Stephen and No. 15, Hay. i .Strathcona Exercises—7, 8, 10, 12 Stephen and No. 15, Hay. Special Prizes T. Eaton prizes—Stewart Switzer, No. 7, Stephen, 59 pointe, winner of trophy; Ruth Love No. 10, Stephen, 51 points, book prize; Pauline Ea­ gleson, No. 10, Stephen, 44 points, book prize. ISilver cup donated -by the Credit­ ton branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce for the best beef calf, won by Donald Ratz, No. 7, Stephen. ■Silver cup donated by Mrs. Geo. Eccleston for the best draft colt, E. Desjardine, No. 8, Stephen. iSilver cup, donated by Mrs. Ed­ ward Strathmeyer for the best ewe lamb, Elsie Gill, No. 8, Stephen. BOY RECOVERED Joe Eckert, 15-year-old McKillop township boy, who1 lives about five miles' north of Dublin, has now fully recovered from an accident which happened several weeks ago. (He was riding home just after dusk and did not notice a buggy approaching. He crashed into the shaft of the ve­ hicle and the shaft went clean thro’ his body. Entering the left side of his dhest, barely an inch below his heart, the shaft came out his back just beneath his shoulder blade. He pulled the Shaft from his body himself and held his hand over the wound to keep the lung from com­ ing out until reaching a doctor’s of­ fice at Seaforth. He has now fully recovered carrying only two scars to remind him of his narrow escape. .. ................................................ 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