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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-07-15, Page 7T THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, JOTW 15th, 1943 •tr- NEW SERIAL STORY ... Tragedy of X by ELLERY QUEEN u Mr, Drury Lane, the somnolent, chose this instant to spring star­ tlingly into life. He rose, whipped off the concealing hat and coat, and turned to face the conductor. The man stared blankly. Lane plunged his hand into one of the patch-pockets of his sackeOat, pro duced a silver case and, snapping it open, took out a pair of eye­ glasses. He did not put them on, merely regarded the conductor' with a reflective, curious preoccupation. The conductor’s hand stopped in mid-air, holding his ticket-punch. His mouth popped open, his tall burly figure sagged, the winy col­ oring of his face vanished in a flood of dead-white. Out of his mouth came a single woiid: “Long­ street . . The artificial lips of Harley Long­ street smiled and his right hand, dropping the silver case and eye­ glasses, went again into his pocket and came out clutching something metallic . . . At tiny click and the conductor tore his eyes away from that smiling face to look down daz­ edly at the handcuffs on his wrists. Whereupon Mr. Drury Lane smiled again, this time at the un­ believing faces of Inspector Thumm and District Attorney Bruno. Lane said calmly: “Did you bring the inking-pad as I requested,. Inspec­ tor?” Thumm struggled to his feet, and while he grasped the man’s nerve­ less hand and proceeded to press on the pad, Lane picked up from his seat the discarded topcoat, searched one of the pockets, and brought forth the consular manila envelope. Thumm handed Lane the wet impression of the conductor’s fingertips. Lane held the paper side by side with the photographic prints, cocking his head critically. Then he returned the wet impres­ sion to the Inspector, together with the photograph. “What would you say, Inspector? You’ve compared thousands of these, no doubt.’’ Thumm scanned them carefully, “They look the same to me,” he muttered. . Bruno faltered to his feet. “Mr. Lane, who—what—?” Lane grasped the arm of the manacled man in a not unfrietndly manner. “Mr. Bruno, Inspector Thumm, allow me to introduce one of God’s most unfortunate children, Mr. Martin Stopes, alias Conductor Edward Thompson of the West Shore Railroad, alias an unknown gentleman on the ferry boat, alias Conductor Charles Wood!” * * * EPILOGUE As it had done five weeks before, an automobile wound up the road to The Hamlet with Inspector Thumm and District Attorney Bru­ no. “The papers have informed me Slopes has confessed,” said Lane. “Anything interesting?” “Interesting to us,” said Bruno, ■“but I suppose you know the sub­ stance of it.” “iOn the contrary.” Lane smiled. “There are a number of things in connection with him about which I am at sea.” From Bruno he learned that it had been Stopes who in 1912 had discovered a manganese mine, While he and his partner, Crockett, were prospecting in* the interior of Uru­ guay. Because the two men needed •capital to work it they had taken in as partners, on smaller percentages, two other prospectors—- Longstreet and DeWitt. Stopes made it clear that the crime he had been accused of subsequently was committed by •Crockett. Crockett had attacked Stope’s wife one night in a drunken lust, while Stopes was at the nearby mine, and when she resisted, had kill­ ed her. Longstreet had concocted the plan whereby the three were to accuse Stopes of the murder, and, Since no .one knew the mine legally belonged to Stopes, they could take over the mine themselves—it had been unregistered. Crockett was shaken by his Crime and accepted the plan eagerly. DeWitt, Stopes Said, wag dominated by Longstreet and forced by threats to join the conspiracy, The shock of his wife’s death, the realization of his partner's perfidy had unbalanced the young geologist. It was not until after his conviction and imprisonment that he regained his normal faculties. From that moment his thoughts were diverted to revenge. By the time of his es­ cape, close confinement had taken toll of his features, although his body was as strong as ever, and he felt reasonably certain he would not be recognized by his intended vic­ tims. “These things, however,” con­ cluded Bruno, “aren’t nearly so im­ portant now— to me, at least—as your uncanny solution?” “In the street car murder one inference stood out at once;” said Lane, “and I cannot comprehend how it escaped the intelligence of both of you, The nature of the weapon was such as to mdke it ap­ parent that it could not be handled with the bare hand without fatal re­ sults to the handler. I felt certain, then, that when the murderer slip­ ped the needled cork into Long­ street’s pocket, he must have worn a glove. Now we knew the cork was dropped in the pocket after Long­ street boarded the car. Please recall, inspector, that I specifically asked you at the termination of your recit­ al whether gloves, among other things, had bfeen found; and you re­ plied in the negative. So, although the murderer was still in the street car, there was the peculiar situation of an object, which must have been used in the commission of the crime, not being- found after the crime. It could not have been thrown out of a window; no window was open from a period even prior- to the boarding of the Longstreet party. It could not have been thrown through a door, because Duffy open­ ed and closed the doors on the only occasions when they were used. If the glove could not have been thrown out of the car, and yet it left the car, it could have done so only on the person of someone. But only one person left the car! That was the conductor, Charles Wood, sent by Sergeant Duffy to summon Officer Morrow and notify head­ quarters. “So I was forced to conclude— wild, as it seemed—that Wood had taken the glove from the scene of the crime and disposed of it some­ where. That reasoning made him either the murderer or an accom­ plice. Naturally, he could not have anticipated being granted the op­ portunity to leave the car and dis­ pose of the glove. So he must have accepted the possibility of having the glove found on him if there were a search and he had had no oppor­ tunity to throw it away. But as a conductor, handling money all day long, he knew a glove on his person would not excite suspicion. “As a conductor he had two other advantages. First, his coat con­ tained leather-lined pockets, afford­ ed absolute safety to himself while keeping the weapon ready to use. Second, he was certain of an oppor­ tunity to drop the weapon into his victim’s pocket, since everyone must, in cars of the Crosstown type, pass by the conductor. Un­ fortunately, I did not know Wood was the author of that anonymous letter, and by the time we dis­ covered it was too late to prevent the second tragedy. But when I saw that Wood had written that letter, it could only mean he was giving the police a false trail. But there was something wrong here. Wood himself wag murdered.” Lane sighed and stretched his legs. “You will recall, inspector, that I took the inexcusable liberty of impersonating you when I went to Wood’s rooming house in Wee­ hawken. My purpose was to pur­ sue lines of inquiry unhampered by the necessity of explanation. I did not know definitely for what to look. The bankbook was Wood's crown­ ing touch. He actually forfeited what must have been to him a con­ siderable sum, merely to lend col­ or to the illusion he was creating. When I visited the personnel man­ ager of the street oar company, still on the trail of I knew not What, I became aware of an intrig­ uing fast, The autopsy on the man identified as Wood mentioned a two- year-old appendicitis scar, yet I dis­ covered Wood had worked every working day for five years without vacation.” Lane’s yoice throbbed: “At once all. th© elements of the second mur­ der rearranged themselves, Wood literally hud hilled two birds with one stone. The body supposed to be his had a peculiar scar on the calf of one leg, and red hair; other fea­ tures being so mauled and smashed as to be useless for identification. We knew that Wood had red hair and, from Motorman Guiness, an identical scar. Yet the body was not his! Wood’s scar then must have been false—.and false for at least five years, since he showed the scar to Guiness immediately after going to work foi' the car company. That meant the plan for the ferry-boat crime must have been of at least five years’ dura­ tion, But since it was the result of the Longstreet murder, then that also must have been planned five years or more before. Another con­ clusion: Since Wood was seen boarding the ferry and was not killed, he must have slipped' off the boat before Thumm gave instruc­ tions to hold everyone, or ...” • “As a matter of fact,” interrupt­ ed Bruno, “your correlative suppo­ sition is the true one. Actually, he was one of those who were de­ tained on the boat. Stopes says he was Henry Nixon, the jewellry salesman.” “Nixon, eh?” murmured Drury Lane. “Very clever. Thus he could carry off the ferry the cheap hand­ bag which as Wood the conductor he had carried onto the ferry to transport the salesman-disguise, a blunt instrument and weights with which to sink the victim’s clothing after having framed DeWitt with the cigar band. Patently DeWitt’s strong motive against Longstreet made him the most natural suspect in the eyes of the police, or Wood’s motive against Longstreet also ap­ plied to D.ewitt. If the frame-up were successful and DeWitt was tried but acquitted, there was ev­ ery reason to expect an attack on DeWitt. This was why I was will­ ing to allow his trial to be prose­ cuted, despite my knowledge of his innocence. For so long as DeWitt was in danger of conviction by the legal method, he was physically safe. Also I had not the slightest idea of what form Wood was taking and I hoped that the seriousness of DeWitt’s predicament would force him to reveal facts which I knew him to be withholding about the still obscure motive.” (To be continued) A housing shortage is being blamed for the recent race riots in Detroit. O’Neil—McRoberts In the ^United Church parsonage, Lucan, the wedding was solemnized by Rev. W. J. Moores, uniting in marriage Evelyn Leona, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon McRoberts, Lucan, to Daniel ROy O’Neil, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. O'Neil, of Denfield. s The bride wore a floor-length white sheer crepe gown over taf­ feta, and finger-tip embroidered net veil, and carried a shower bouquet of Better Time roses and maiden-hair fern. Her pearls were the gift of the groom. She was attended by her cousin, Miss Hazel Langford, Granton, wearing a floor-length turquoise blue sheer crepe dress over taffeta, with mat­ ching headdress, her bouquet being deep pink roses. Clayton O’Neil, brother of the groom, was best man. * Following tile reception at Glen Allen, the couple left for Muskoka, the bride traveling in a Churchill blue dressmaker suit, with which she wore British tan hat and acces­ sories. They Will reside on the groom’s farm near Denfield. Home Process for Tomatoes Experts Advise on i’repaimtioji Of Ju R e, High in Vitamin C Tomatoes rank high as a practi­ cal Canadian source of vitamin C* Chemical analyses of tomato juice processed by a large number of housewives in the Okanagan Val­ ley of British Columbia revealed that 66 per cent of the samples contained sufficient vitamin C to be classed as “excellent”. F. E. Atkinson and 0. C. Strachan of the Dominion Experimental Sta- ■ lion,, Summerland, B.C., say that where home processed juice fails to retain adequate quantities of vitamin C the cause may be (1) the failure to heat the juice to almost boiling (190 degrees to 212 degrees F.) be­ fore extraction; 12.) failure to fill the warm bottles with juice while it is practically boiling; and |3) failure to fill bottles to within one inch of the top of the neck. The process that is recommended for use in the home is as follows: Thoroughly vine-ripened toma­ toes are stemmed and cored. The fruit is slightly pulped and' placed on the stove in a covered kettle and heated to boiling. As many toma­ toes are placed in the kettle at the commencement of this step as possible in order to exclude the air and. prevent destruction of vitamin C. After the pulp has boiled 4 to 5 minutes, it is ready to be passed through a sieve to remove the skin and seeds. At this point, the nec­ essity of haste cannot be over- em­ phasized as the juice will lose much of its vitamin value if ex­ posed to the air. If the juice is kept near the boiling point the vapour given off during the ex­ traction will keep the air away from the product. The extracted juice should be returned to the kettle and brought just to boiling. At the same time have enough sealers or bottles being kept hot in the oven. Fili these with juice, seal and place in boiling water. If the juice is kept hot, bottles may be filled to within one inch of the top of the bottle. If bottles are used, sterilize caps in boiling water for 5 minutes before use, but not long enough to cause cork to bulge. Aluminum or parch­ ment spotted caps do not require this treatment. Cook bottles on their sides for 10 minutes in boil­ ing water. Quart sealers should reeive 20 minutes cooking. The juice considered to this point is pure tomato suitable for feeding to babies instead of orange juice. If it is to be used by adults as a before-breakfast drink or cock­ tail, It is improved by the addi­ tion of salt at the rate of one level teaspoonful to each gallon of juice. CLINTON MAN AWARDED DAMAGES AGAINST TOWN James E. Johnson has been awarded $26 6.50 and costs by Mr. Justice Mackay in a non-jury action, heard at the recent sessions in Goderich, the case arising from an application for an injunction re­ straining the Corporation of the Town of Clinton from maintaining or continuing to maintain a public nuisance in or about the town hall and for damages. H. G. Meir was counsel for the plaintiff and Camp­ bell Grant acted for the defendant. Mr. Justice Mackay’s judgement announced in Osgoode Hall, July Stu, says: “Since the undertaking by the town before Mr. Justice Kelly the nuisance has been ’for all practical purposes abated , . * and the plaintiff has abandoned his claim "for an in­ junction ... I am respectfully of opinion that the plaintiff is entitled to damages for nuisances committed in or about his premises during the years 1941 and part of 19 42' . . . There will be judgement, therefore, for $266.50 and costs, together with costs of the motion before Mr. Jus­ tice Kelly.” Now you con be sure your family gets gppd Rpfritlpn, Follow the 63 varied menus ijn this Free booklet. Here’s the book you have been waiting for,,. thepratticalvtay to good nutrition. No need to be a student of dietetics! You simply follow the menus planned for you, confident that you . are serving meals as healthful as they are appealing. This is an important part of your war effort ! For proper food is vital tp health, and therefor to all-out production, Yet Government surveys show that 60 per cent of Canadians fall short of good nu­ trition, even though seemingly well-fed. So learn the way to meals that are as healthful as they aye ap­ petizing! Send for your copy of “ Eat-to-Work- to-Win”* now! F, Valuable Authoritative 1mhnihkm Sponsored by THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) in the interests of nutrition and health as an .aid to Victory. ONTARIO TO SUBSIDIZE FEED GRAIN FROM WEST P. M. Dewan, Ontario minister of agriculture, announced a subsidy to Ontario farmers buying feed grain from Western Canada, as part of a program to increase hog production. The subsidy—in addition to any freight or other subsidy offered by the Dominion Government— is on a sliding scale. Subsidies apply on carload orders, based on the fol­ lowing scale and dated at the time orders are placed and confirmed- On and after July 12 to July 31, 3 cents a bushel; during August, 2i cents a bushel; during Septem­ ber, 2 cents a bushel; during Octo­ ber, 1J cents a bushel; during November, 1 cent a bushel; during December, i cent a bushel. OHTARIQ i tfcTbe nutritional statemenu in >'Eat~ to - WorA - to -Win” are acceptable to Nutrition Services, Department of Pen­ sions and National Health, Ottawa, for the Canadian Nutri­ tion Programme- LUCAN—Proceeds amounting to $46.60 were realized from a Junior Red Cross bazaar and tea at which presentations were made to Mrs, Durham, retiring maintenance wo­ man, and to Miss Smith, leaving to take a position in London, “ Stand up, soldier,” “I am, sir—it's the uniform that makes you think I’m sitting down!” rwanos Ontario Election Act, 1937, R.S.O., Chapter 8 and Ontario Voters’ Lists Act, 1937, Chapter 7 THE ONTARIO ELECTION, AUGUST 4th, 1943 Notice of Sittings of Revising Officers TAKE NOTICE that the sittings of the Revising Officers for the purpose otf hearing complaints or ap­ peals with regard to the Voters’ List to be used at the pending Election of a member of the Legislative As­ sembly for each of the Electoral Districts of Huron-Bruce and Huron, will be held for the respective municipal­ ities in said Districts, at the following times and places, mentioned in the schedule below, with, the names of the Clerk of the Revising Officer for each Municipality, and the last date for making complaints or appeals to tlie said Clerk. Municipality Date of Sitting Grey Township .......July 10th Howick Township ...” 12th Wingham Town .....” 17 th Brussels Village ....” 14 th Mildmay Village .....” 13th Carrick Township ....” 16th Huron Township .....” 15 th Ripley Village .......” 20th Culross Township ....” 21st Teeswater Village ..” 19 th Morris Township ....” 21st Turnberry Township ” ’ 20 th East Wawanosh Two ” ... 13 th Blyth Village ........” 12th Ashfield Township ..” 14th Colborne Township ” 15th West Wawanosh Twp ” 13th Lucknow Village .....” 17th Kinloss Township ....” 16th HURON-BRUCE BY HIS HONOR JUDGE COSTELLO Places of Sitting Time of Township Hall, Ethel ............. Townshij) Hall, Gorrie ........... Town Hall, Wingham ............. Town Hall, Brussels ............... J.A.Johnston’s office/ Mildmay J. A. Johnston’s office, Mildmay Townshi$vHall, Ripley ............. Council Chambers, Ripley ....... Town Hall, Teeswater ............ Town Hall, Teeswater ............. Township Hall, Morris ............. Last Day for Sitting Clerk of Revising Officer Complaints 10 a.m....J. H. Fear, Ethel ............ July 10 a.m...’Isaac Gamble, Fordwich.„. ” 10 a.m...W. A. Galbraith, Winghaxn ’’ 3.30 p.m...R. S. Warwick, Brussels.. ” 10 a.m...J. E. Johnston, Mildmay.. ” 10 a.m...J. E. Johnston, Mildmay.. ” 3.30 p.m...D. McKay, R.R.3 Ripley ” 3.30 p.m...Gideon H. Ruttie, Ripley ” 10 a.m...J. S. McDonald, Teeswater ” 3.30 p.m. M. Jacklin, Teeswater..., ” 3.30 p.m...George Martin, Bluevale ..” BY D. E. HOLMES, ESQ. Township Hall, Bluevale ......... 2 p.m...W. R. Cruikshank, Wingham ” Forester’s Hall,»Belgrave ....... 2 p.m...A .Porterfield, Belgrave No.l ” Community Hall, Blyth ........... 2 p.m...Gordon Elliott, Blyth ..... ” Township Hall, Ashfield ....... 2 p.m...C. E. McDonagh, Lucknow 3 ” Township Hall, Carlow ............. 10.30 a.m...Wm. Sallows, Goderich 5 ” Township Hall, W. Wawanosh 10.30 a.m...Durnin Phillips, Lucknow ” Town Hall, Lucknow ................. 10.30 a.m...J. E. Agnew, Lucknow ” Township Hall, Holyrood ....... 2 p.m..,J. R, Lane, R. 2, Holyrood ” Municipality Date of Sitting HURON BY HIS HONOR JUDGE COSTELLO 7th Sth 14th 10 th Sth 13th 12th 17th 17th 16 th 17th 16th 9 th Sth 10th 12 th’ 9 th 14th 13th Painful, Pus Filled Boils the Cause of Much Misery If you suffer from boils you know' how sick and miserable they made you feel. Boils ate an^ outward indication of impurities in the system, and just when you think you ate rid of one another crops up to take its place and prolong your misery. All the lancing and poulticing you Cab do coming* „' . . ., „ „ ' , . _ that old, reliable uiuuu. lucuiumc, juuruuun. juiuuij. jjjvlcih, what it will do in helping you get rid of them? Thbusknas this purpose, fO!r the past 60 years. Why not you? Tho T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. may not stop more To help overcome hoiks you should purify thb blood, so why not give old, reliable blood medicine, Burdock Blood Bitters, a chance to show have used it for KELLY—RUSTON The marriage was solemnized at St. Peter’s Cathedral, London, of Angela Mary, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Ruston, of Seaforth, to Sylvester Leo Kelly Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kelly, Blyth, Rev. Father McMahon officiated. The bride wore a pink 'Chiffon gown with white accessories and corsage Of sweetheart roses and bouvardia, Mrs. Hubert O’Reilly, sister of the bride attended her as matron of honor wearing blue chiffon with white accessories and corsage of pink carnations. Albert Kelly, Jr», Of Blyth, was his brother’s best man. The wedding breakfast was served at Wong’s. The young couple after a brief honeymoon Will reside in London, WOLFF—MILLION Delphiniums, Canterbury bells, peonies and snapdragons were used to decorate St. .George’s Anglican Church, Goderich, when Miss Mayme Marguerite Million, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Millibn, Goderich, was united in marriage to George Al­ bert Wolff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolff, Hensail, Rev. W. H. Dunbar officiated. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a floor-length gown of white triple sheer, and carried pink roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Marjorie Million, sister of the bride, as bridesmaid, wag gowned in pale blue triple sheer, with pink roses and lilies of the valley, Benjamin Horton was best man. Mrs. William Haggitt, aunt of the groom, played the wedding music. Supper was served at the British Exchange Hotel. Aunt: And were you a very good little girl at church this mottling? Sallie: Oil, yes, Auntie. A mail offered hie a big plate full of mon­ ey, arid I said: “Nd, thank you.” Hay Township ....... July 14th I-Iullet Township .... ” 13 th McKilloj) Township .. ” 16th Stanley Township .. ” 10th Stephen Township .. ” 17th Tuckersmith Twp... ” 12th Usborne Township ” 15 th Seaforth Town ...... ” 19th Exetei’ Village ....... ” 20th Goderich Town ........ ” 21st Goderich Town ......„ ” 22nd Places of Sitting Time of Township Hall, Zurich ............ Community Hall, Londesboro.. Carnegie Library Hall Seaforth Township Hall, Varna ............. Township Hall, Crediton .,..... Walker’s Hall, Brucefield ..... Township Hall, Elimville ....... Town Hall, Seaforth ............... Village Hall, Exeter ...... .. Court House, Gbderich ........ Court House, Goderich ............ Last Day for Sitting Clerk of Revising Officer 'Complaints 10.00 a.m. A. F. Hess, Zurich...........July 10th 3.30 p.m. J. W. McCool, Londesboro ” 9th 3.30 p.m. John McNay, Seaforth ? ” 13th 3.30 p.m.C.C..Pilgrim, Varna...... ”7 th 3.30 p.m.H.K. Eilber, Crediton 14 th 3.30 P.m.D.F.McGregor, Seaforth 3 Sth 10.00 a.m.A.W.Morgan, Hensall 1 12 th 10.00 a.m.D.H.Wilson, Seaforth....H 16 th 10.00 a.m.C.V.Pickard, Exeter....17 th 8.00 p.m.S.H.Blake, Goderich....17 th 8.00 p.m.S.•H.Blake, Goderich ...»19 th BY D. E. HOLMES, ESQ. Goderich Town ........ Goderich Town ....... Hensall Village 1.... Clinton Town .»....... Goderich Township July 20th ” ?ist ” 19th ” 21st ” 22nd Court House, Goderich .......... 10.30 a.m. S. H. Blake, Goderich.,., ” Court House, Goderich ............ 10.30 a.m. S. H. Blake, Goderich.... ” Town Hall, Hensall .................. 2.00 p.m. J. A. Patterson, Hensall ” Town Hall, Clinton................... 2 p.m. and S p.m. M. T. Corless, Clinton ” Miss S. Acheson’s home, Holmesville 10.3 0 a.m.R. G. Thompson, Clinton ” 16th 17th 15th 17 th 19 th All persons are called upon to examine the Voters* List to ascertain that their names ate correctly entered therein. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the list to be so revised is Part I and III of the Voters' List pre­ pared for the above mentioned municipalities, AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any voter in any part of the said municipalities who desires to complain that his name or the name of any person entitled to be entered on the said list for that municipality has been omitted from the same, or that the names of any persons who are not entitled to be voters have been entered thereon, may as above set out apply, complain or appeal to have his name or the name of any other person entered on or removed from the list. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that such appeals must be by notice in writing in the prescribed form (in duplicate.) signed by complainant, and given to the Clerk of the Revising Officer or left for him at his ad­ dress, as stated above. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that all Agents holding Appointments as Proxies for Active Service Voters must submit their appointment forms to the Revising Officer at the proper sittings at tlie time and place, above set forth for confirmation of such appointments as required by Sections 29 and 39 of the Active Service Election Act, 1942. $ The list of voters may be seen at the office of the Clerk of the Revising Officer in each municipality as above. For further information write to Mrs, J, B. REYNOLDS Box 444, Goderich, Clerk for the Election Board, of the. County of Huron. T. M. COSTELLO Dated at Goderich the 3rd day of July, A.D., 1943. Chairman tor the Election Board of the County of Huron