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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-11-21, Page 6THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, W35 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE I BY MILTQN PROPPER 11 pent Philadelphia is murder in a side ivuree east . She the husband, business ed as she waits room to testify in > of IU was to vs. QJIjv lExvirr (Jinua-Aiiunrate Established 1873 and 1887 Published every Thursday morning at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION— $2.0.0 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 Meinoriam, with one verse 50c. extra verses 25c, each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Edwardsburg [R0WN BRAND CORN 5YRUP I "THE FAMOUS ENERGY FOOD" 4 product of The CANADA STARCH CO., Limited lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll from the files. “The description tally to?; and these pictures settle it that Ellen Trnt and Mrs. Keith were the same woman.” Worried, Rankin studied the pris­ on pho tv graph i f the woman he had seen only after her death. She did not look a hardened 'criminal and it bothered Rankin that she should be involved in that sordid existence. “No, there’s no mistake about her identity, Mns. Anderson,” he agreed. “It tells you here that she was really slated for concealing as well as disposing- of stolen goods,” the woman read on. “They were .found in her rooms, at Fort Wayne. And the fact that she lived there with a man not her husband increased the penalty for a first offense as a moral delinquent. We have no further ac­ count of her crimes in this state.” The detective shocita'his head per- “That isn’t a bit like my She he­ llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli^ tr> n replied. “Garrett had a pawn ticket in his pocket that gave away his own name and address. The, po­ lice went there the same night and found the Trent girl in bed and held her. Only a little of the loot from the Chanley and Ordway robberies was hidden there; but still, is was enough to implicate her. “I suppose the police found a way to make her talk about Garrett’s confederate?” asked Rankin. “She did it without force, almost eagerly, she was so bitter, as if she hated him for leading her .man as­ tray. She told his name, where he lived, where he kept the rest of the booty.” Mrs. Anderson hesitated and shock her head. “I’m not certain whether he was captured or not. I was only concerned with Miss 'Trent’s story and didn’t 'follow up later develop­ ments. You can learn about him from the Fort Wayne police.” “I’ll zee them shortly,” the de­ tective promised, “and Miss Trent, as she was then, served her sen­ tence?” “Naturally,” the woman ed uncompromisingly. “After all must have helped the robbers some way; sold a >few penses. “Then I the detective said. “If much contact, she more intimate details these formal records ally, if she w enher “I’ll get her at once; v •charge of the cells again.’’ The superintendent pressed a buz­ zer at the side af her desk, summon­ ed to the office door a slatternly prisoner in grey. Through the iron bars, she ordered Miss .Stafford, and fled away. A 'few .minutes appeared in the -corriddr, and her superior pressed- another butten; a clicked unlocked the door, permit­ ting her to enter. She was surpris­ ingly different from Mrs. Andersen, or from what Rankin expected, tho’ just as efficient-looking. Revealing- little of the hardness that inevitably develops from dealing with incor- rigibles and delinquents, her were deep and understanding her chin firm 'but gentle. She about thirty-five, and she -2- Jwland have testi- friend, action, is az­ police a the Rankin case from ^llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllllllll SYNOPSIS: Bahram Keith, wife of a pro mi man. alone the d Rowland fied for who was defendant in Detective Tommy signed to the headquarters. His preliminary in­ vestigation disclosed that both Mr. and Mrs. Rowland had gathered evidence against the other of in­ fidelity. The will of Mrs. Row­ land’s first husband directed her lawyer brother, Mr. 'Willard, to handle the estate until she remar­ ried when the new husband was to come into control. Detective Rankin finds motives and the evi­ dence of guilt for the murder of Mrs. Keith, leading to the doors of virtually all of the principals involved. These principals are, the two Rowlands, Mr. Willard, Mr. Keith, husband of the mur­ dered woman, Hugh Campbell and his underworld confederates. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. THE MESSAGE OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH Sunday, Nov. 24—Ezra 3:1 to 6: Psalm 84:1-12; Haggai, Chap- 1, 2, Zechariah 4:1-10. 22; ters Golden Text y a a between When Rankin reached the Central Detective Bureau, a special delivery letter had come from the State Hos­ pital for Women. In the press of complications, he had almost forgot­ ten his inquiry to Allerton, Indian- na, about the empty medicine bottle he had found in Mrs. Keith’s med­ icine chest, that had once contained pviamidon. Whatever her connect­ ion with the hospital, it predated her marriage; and the slender link had appeared relatively insignificant Tearing open the envelope, Ran­ kin perused the message. And as he read, his brows slowly wrinkled in astonishment. Friday, June Mr. Thomas Rankin Central Detective Bureau Philadelphia, Pa. My Dear -Sir: In reply to your inquiry about Barbara Keith or Webb who was patient in this hospital 1924 and 1928. I would advise you we can locate no record of treating hei*. Appreciating the im­ portance of your search I have thor­ oughly questioned our staff of doc­ tors. nurses and matrons without re­ sult. Sinde we serve only inmates', I would suggest Mrs. Keith might have served a term under another name, in which case we would have her re­ cords. If you cauld send us a more complete description, including her photograph and fingerprints, I will examine our files .personally and try to identify her .for you. Very truly yours, Martha Anderson, (Superintendent of Wards and Matrons.) But is was not these contents, startling as they were, that so amaz­ ed the detective. For on the letter­ head, in large black type, he read, with a tremor of excitement, “State Penitentiary for Women, Allerton, Indiana”; and only underneath in smaller print the words, Hospital Department.” He gave vent to a low surprise and satisfaction, message suggeted, the hospital was not public and treated only patients incarcerated in the prison, there was just one conclusion. “But a jailbird!” Rankin marvel­ ed under his breath. “Barbara Keith sentenced to a term in the pen! If she was really at Allerton under how long did she in Heaven’s name, “Women’s whistle of If, as the another name, serve? And what, for?” Late the next day the Superinten­ dent of Wards and Matrons at the State Penitentiary for Women at Al­ lerton, Ind., produced a sheaf of papers from her desk and passed them to Rankin. “I’ve collected all the information I could about . . . Ellen Trent,” the stated, “in anticipation of your arrival. Here is all the data we have about her offense and confine­ ment here.” “Thank you, Mrs. Anderson,”* Rankin returned, “I appreciate y-our cooperation greatly; it will spare me a good deal of trouble.” Mrs. Anderson indicated the re­ cord's. “There, you can see for your­ self how her prints -coincide with those of Mrs. Keith.” She placed the prints Rankin .brought beside a sheet plexed. impression of iMrs. Keith, gan her term, according to this, on March twentieth, nineteen-hundred and twenty-seven.” It was in the summer of ’28, in Detroit, he recalled from Mortimer Keith’s account, that she met her future husband. “That’s right, over six years ago,' Mrs. Andersen pointed cut the dates. “She was sentenced only a few days after she was caught—-about March tenth or so; and by pleading guilty, waved expense and time of a trial. She finished her imprisonment one year later, in March, ’twenty-eight.” “You say the girl dealt in stolen goods in iF'ort Wayne, Mrs. Ander­ son?” he now inquired of the ma­ tron. “What made the authorities suspicions of her?” Mrs. Anderson shrugged. “She didn’t do it herself, I suppose,” she admitted grudgingly, “and it wasn’t her fault they traced her. The man she shared the apartment with was the thief—or rather, one of a pair— and her sweetheart. When they caught him, they got his address and found her there with some loct.” The detective hitched forward. “■Then the police know all about her companion?” he asked eagerly. ‘Wh-o and where he is—whether, he's serv­ ing a term new?” “Yes, his name, in the accounts, was Dave Garrett; they had no pre­ vious record of him either.” The matron spoke bluntly. “And it’s pretty certain what’s become of him, Mr. Rankin, you see, he’s been six feet under for over six years.” Rankin’s features dropped in dis-' appointment. “Dear?” he repeated blankly. “How did that happen? Are you positive -of your informa­ tion?” “It was all in the papers at the time of his last robbery. It’s a long story and I can give ycu only the main details; the rest you’ll have to get from them or the .police re­ cords in Indianapolis and Fort Way­ ne. For about a year around nine-- teen twenty-six, both towns suffer­ ed from an epidemic of robberies, to which there were no clues. In this last 'business the robbers were masik- ed and used, a stolen car, which they later abandoned in the country. Af­ ter the Munson robbery, it was known that two youngish men were the thieves.” Mrs. Anderson paused to clear hei' throat. “Finally, they made an attempt on a shipment of negotiable bonds lodg­ ed in the American Express office in Indianapolis,” she related. “That was a different matter altogether; they were worth seventy thousand dollars, and were guarded hy a burg­ lar alarm and by armed men who could shoot straight. It isn’t known how the burglars learned -of the ship­ ment. Because of the guards, it wasn’t even put in the company safe, but kept ip a suitcase behind the counter , .1. 'Anyhow, they ipried open a wiudo/v leading into a back alley at feli/near of the .building and set off jtW alarm. The guards, warn­ ed (tfHheir approach, waited for themAbo reach the main storeroom they opened fife. Both men w^re fairly trapped, shut -only one re­ turned the fire; no gun was found | on Garrett-—he was little more than twenty-tone when they searched hjs body afterwards.” "That’s pretty tough,” Rankin commented glumly. “What about the -other chap?” “He made a geteaway, though of course without the bonds,” the ma- and it was shown articles for household re turn- she in she ex- had better speak to her,” they had should know alb out her than give. Especi- confidence.” she has .her to 'summon the woman sliuf- later the matron eyes and was had smooth, brown hair and a resonant, soft voice. “Yciu really thinik Miss Trent was innocent and that Garrett’s -confed­ erate instigated the crimes?” kin asked. (Continued next week.) Ran- “A fine rain right now would do a lot of good for the gardens around here, Miikie.” “Sure, an h-our of it now would do more good in five minutes than a month of it would do in a week any other time.” ZURICH were week-end visit­ parents Mr. and Mrs. Weber, of London, ip a rents and son -week-end Dr. Woods NORWAY PINE SYRUP The Danger of Cough Concerning Children In young children a cough or cold is not a thing to be disregarded, as it is often a grave matter, and unless attended to at once may cause serious trouble. On the first sign of a cough or cold the mother will find in. Dr, Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup just the remedy required. Its promptness and effectiveness in loosening the phlegm is such that the trouble may be checked be­ fore anything of a serious nature sets jh. Children like it; take it without any fuss. Mrs. J. Rutledge spent a few days with her daughter Mrs. L. Birk at Guelph recently. Mr. Carl Burn, of JJtoronto, was a week-end visitor with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Greb and family were week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Brenner. Mr. and iMrs. Whi. F. Braun, and family, of Forest, were week-end vis­ itors at the home of Mr. William Lamont. Misses Catherine and Mary Mern- er, of Elmira, ors with their J. W. Merner. iMiss Clara spent the holiday with her Mr. and .Mrs. Louis Weber. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stade Harold spent a pleasant with 'friends at Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Siebert, are spending a few weeks visiting, friends at Plattesville, Kitchener and Galt. .Mr, and Mrs. Henry Eicher have returned to 'their home in Pigeon, Mich., after visiting with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Menno Beck- ler. Mrs. T. L .Wurm and brother Mr. Neslbitt Woods, of Toronto, were recent visitors in town. .Mr, and Mrs. Jeff Dickerson and little daughter were visitors at the home of Mns. Dickerson’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Alex Foster. Mr, Edwin Thiel .has purchased the house and lots on Edward .Street from Mr. Jacob Kipfer, .Mr, Jacob Merner has returned to her home in Detroit after assisting his brother Mr, J, W. Merner his. sale. HURON COUNTY TAN SALE with land,Thirteen of 32 parcels put up ifor sale for taxes Treasurer A« H. Erskine, fet $850.00. Forty-five were redeemed before the sale by owners, who paid $4,000 tax arrears. of by County were sold properties unto Let us go into the house of the was glad when they saidI me, Lord (Psa. 122:1.) The Jew cannot be destroyed. At­ tempts to destroy him have been nade repeatedly through the centur­ ies, ever since the mighty King cf Egypt, Pharaoh, “which knew not Joseph,” decided to put an end to the Hebrew nation bj’ having every new-born Helbrew man child killed at birth. It was a royal edict “But the midwives feared God, and -did not as the King of Egypt command­ ed them, hut saved the men chil­ dren alive” (Exod. 1:17.) A Jew­ ish baby Iboy named Moses was born at that time -and hidden in a basket of bulrushes in the River Nile—and later on, when he had grown God commissioned him to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt into land of Canaan, to which they returning today from every part of the earth. .Spain, several centuries ago, tried to destroy the Jews. Russia has tried it in recent times; and the latest notorious attempt is that of many. 'The Jews are still alive and flourishing. Russia and Germany have done them, unconsciously and quite unintentionally^ a great favor in forcing them to save their lives by returning to their divinely covenat- ed homeland in Palestine. For the Jews are God’s Chosen People, and those who would destroy the Jews must first destroy God. Woe to the nation that decides upon antiisemi- : “I and and and all the world, and when Christ shall come again to reign over this .earth, “Fo.r thus salt'll the Lord of hosts yet once, it is a little while, and I will! shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and ■the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts’, The silver is mine, and the igood is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. The glory of this latter house ©hall the former, saith and in this place saith the Lord -of ■Only God can bring this to pass: and He said, through Zechariah: “Not 'by might, nor by power, but by My spirit ,saith the Lo.rd of hosts.” Professional Cards GLADMAN & STANBURY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c- Money to Loan, Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vaults for use of our Clients without charge EXETER and HENSALL up, all the are be greater than of the Lord of hosts: will I give peace, hosts.” 4 CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, LOANS, INVESTMENT'S, INSURANCE Office; Carling Block, Mjain Streep EXETER. ONT. CENTRALIA J. E. JACKSON, M.B., L.M.C.C. (Tor.) Physician and Surgeon « Phones: office 2 6w; residence 26j. Office over Browning’s Drug Store General Practice—-Night or Day calls given prompt attention. Successor to Dr. Browning Ger- sev- neigro spirituals were read and Margaret Fletcher a solo; prayer was Arthur McFalls. The “The New Africa” delighted offered by new study was com- Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTIST Office: Carling Block EXETER, ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoons Centralia AV. M. S. The W. M. S. -of the Centralia United Church met at the home of Mrs. Lome Sholdice on Tuesday af­ ternoon with a splendid attendance. The devotional program was in charge of .Mrs. Allie McFalls. The Scripture was read by Mrs. Fred Bowden; the devotional leaflet was taken by Mrs. R. N. Stewart; eral Mrs. with Mrs. book, menced and was in charge cf Mrs. Allie McFalls. A short temperance palper was given by Mrs. Fred Bow­ den. Plans were completed for the Bazaar and -Chiclkien (Supper to be held November 21st. At the close Mrs. Sholdice served lunch. Successful Training' School Course A very successful Leadership Training School under the direction of the Stephen, Exeter and Usborne Religious Education Council con­ cluded on Friday evening. There was an attendance of approximately fifty at each session throughout the week and in all twenty-eight credits were granted. The School was held in the Evangelical Church, Credit- on and was attended by students from eight Sunday Schools within the area. The leaders for the var­ ious courses were Rev. A. E. Elliott, Exeter; Rev. A.'E. Pletch, Crediton and Rev. J. B. (Mccre, of Bend. Mr. Pletch acted as while Rev. R. N. ISt.ewart of lia acted as Dean. Centralia Y. P. U. The Young People met Uniteci Church on Tuesday with a good attendance. The presi­ dent, Garfield Thomson presided fo’r the opening worship period. The program for the evening was in charge of Lillian Kennedy. Prayer I was offered by Cecil Skinner, Flor- i en-ce Mitchell favored with a solo; Beulah Sikiinner; the address of the evening ■ was given by Clifton Mitchell who J dealt with the life and career of ' Lord Tweedmuir, the new Governor- General of Canada, in a very inter- e ting and intensive way. The Bible study was in charge of the pastor l who also, "took charge of the election of officers for the coming year. The election resulted as follows: Honor- 1 ary President, Rev. R. N. iStewart; President, Evelyn Clark; Vice-Pres., Kenneth Hodgins; Sec’y-Treas., Don­ ald Blair; Treas., Beulah Skinner; Pianist, Wanda Willis.; Asst. Pianist Betarice Essery; 'Christian Fellow­ ship Dept., 'Clifton Mitchell; Chris­ tian Missions, Florence Mitchell; Christian Culture, Dorothy Hicks; Christian Citizenship, Bill Elliott; j Recreaton and Social, Marly® Mc­ Falls. Following the closing hymn the 'meeting .was dismissed with the | Miz-pah benediction. Dr. H. H. COWEN, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Successor to the late Dr. Atkinson Office opposite the Post Office, Main Street, Exeter Office 3 Gw Telephones Res. 36j Closed Wednesday Afternoons tism, f-or God said to Abraham: will .bless them that bless thee, i curse him that cu.rseth thee,” ; God always keeps His word. But God .warned the Hebrew ti-on that, while He had pledged Himself to -give them eventually a glorious future on earth, neverthe­ less* if they turned away from Him He. would have to deal with them in judgment, and they would -be taken into captivity by other na­ tions and .brought down into suffer­ ing and misery. This was brought to pass with inexorable justice When Babylon took both Israel and Ju­ dah. After seventy year® of cap­ tivity the divinely predicted return of the Jews to Canaan began; and now we study the message of two of the great Hebrew projphets who brought God’s word to the restored remnant back in their own land. The temple of Jerusalem had been saclked and 'burned by Nebuchadnez- | the 'Scripture was. read by zar, and the Jews who were back in Palestine longed to build again the house -of the Lord. But some of the people were say­ ing: “The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built,” They were weakening the hands and hearts of God’s people by their defeatist spirit and pro­ paganda. God spoke in stern .rebuke thro’ His prophet Haggai. “Is it time for you, O ye, to dwe^l in your cieled .houses, and this house lie waste?” The prophecy reminded the people of their destitution, the failure of their crops, the drought that had come; and God said plainly that the reason f-or all this was their interest in their own pleasures and posses­ sions, and their failure to give him the place in. their lives that people must if they would know real bless­ ing. Is there not a lesson in this for | nations today that are so concerned ' about building and removing cam­ paigns, but that let the house of the Lord stand in neglect? This was God’s message through Haggai: “Consider your ways , . . Ye look­ ed fo.r much, and lo, it came to little . . . Why? said the LOrd of hosts. Because of Mine house that is waste and ye run every man unto his ’house. Therefore the heaven you is stayed from dew and earth is stayed from her I called for a drought land.” Haggai did not speak ing ears. Priests and people heard and obeyed, and the rebuilding of the temple began in earnest. Then the (Lord looked down th.ro’ the centuries to the time, not yet come, when Israel shall have tutn- ed to Him Jesus 'Crist, tion 'Which - JOHN WARD na- I fruit, upon own over the And the to unhear- and a' ter shall her time Messiah, the great tribula- ccme upon Israel Grand director Centra- in the evening NOMINATED FJOR MODERATOR Rev. Donald C. MacGregor, for 21 years minister of St. Andrew’s church, in London. Ont., was nomin­ ated by the Winnipeg United -Church Presibytery to be moderator of the United Church in Canada. The mod­ erator will be elected at the General Council meeting in Kingston, next September. Ont., THOMPSON—MORLEY The marriage of Mr. Leslie Thomp­ son, of .Lieury and Miss Gladys Mor­ ley, of Brinsley, took place quietly on .Saturday at Parkhill on Novem­ ber 9th, at the United Church par­ sonage. Rev. w. M. Kitely officiat­ ed and the young attended trip, take farm Mr. up on After a and Mrs. residence the 18 th •coufple wefe un­ short honeymoon Thompson will on the groom’s 'concession. CHIROPRACTIC, OSTEOPATHY, ELECTRO-THERAPY & ULTRA­ VIOLET TREATMENTS PHONE 70 MAIN ST. EXETER ARTHUR WEBER LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY PRICES REASONABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. No. 1, DASHWOOD FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron, and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER P. O. or RING 138 USBORNE &ZBTBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY , Head Office, Farquhar, Ont. W. H. COATES President SAMUEL NORRIS Vice-President DIRECTORS F. McCONNEILL, JOHN T. 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