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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-09-09, Page 6Business and Professional Directory SYNOPSIS: A card game is in ses­ sion in Elmer Henderson’s penthouse atop a New York skyscraper. The players are; Henderson, Police In­ spector Flaherty, Martin Frazier, Ar­ chie. Doane, Max Michaelis, and his friend, Williams, a stockbroker, They are waiting for Stephen Fitz­ gerald. When he fails to appear, a telephone call brings the information that he is out with a girl. Fitzgerald and Henderson are both romantically interested in Lydia Lane, the famous actress, but Archie Doane reveals that she is engaged to marry him. Doane leaves the party early when . Fitzgerald fails to appear. A short time later he telephones Inspector Flaherty with the frantic news that he has found Fitzgerald and Miss Lane dead in Lydia Lane’s penthouse apartment. ' ‘ ‘ Doane leaves the partly early when Fitzgerald fails to appear. A short time later he telephones Inspector Flaherty with the frantic news that he has found Fitzgerald and Miss Lane dead in Lydia Lane’s penthouse apVfelcnl. -j^Avhen Flaherty and the medical ex- amihUf read! ths apartment, they,find that MiSs Lane is still alive. She is rushed to a hospital where blood transfusions and care promise to re­ store her. All circumstantial evidence points to Archie Doane as the murderer, espe­ cially when the murder gun is found carefully planted in the chimney clean-out in the basement. All circumstantial evidence points to Archie Doane as the murderer, es­ pecially when the murder gun is found carefully planted in the chimney clean­ out in the basement. Miss Lane’s French maid, Adele Marceau, has been overheard threat­ ening to shoot Fitzgerald if he did not stop annoying her. The janitor reports that Mademoiselle Marceau works in a night club on her day off and that she had talked to him in the basement on the night of the mur­ der. Medical examination reveals that Lydia Lane had been given a hypo­ dermic injection of a hypnotic drug before being shot, and that Fiztger- ald’s body also shows the mark of a hypodermic needle on his leg. * # * “Shall I explain to you, Render- “But we were all playing poker right hour of consciousness before he laps­ es into the sleep from which there is no awakening. Am I right, Hender­ son?” “Suicide?” exclaimed Martin Fraz­ ier, as Henderson nodded in confirm­ ation of Michaelis’ statement. “We can’t allow that.” “Suicide, I understand, is not a crime,” Henderson suggested. “It is much preferable to’ death by electric­ ity.” “No, but attempted suicide Is a crime, and connivance at suicide is • also a crime,” said Frazier. “We would all be guilty. I shall telephone at once for a physician.” “As you please,” Henderson as­ sented. “It will be. useless, I assure The deed is already done. It son, wherein your plot failed, and at* is as irrevocable ... as irrevocable the same time explain to Inspector’as Stephen Fitzgerald’s death. There Flaherty and Assistant District At­ torney Frazier the modus operandi of your crime? How much we?” Henderson glanced at watch. “I shall be able to time have his wrist check you is no antidote known to science for the virus which is already coursing through my veins. However, if it will satisfy the law to send for a doctor, I have no objection. You will find the telephone in the foyer, Frazier.” B •convenience* h Importent to you then by eB Mean* select Hotel Tuller* right in the heart of downtown Detroit-close to stores, theatres, ' office buildings, and aO transportation. Excellent food served at low prices in the Tuller Coffee Shop and Caf«taria,..Detioit’s friendliest botch 'hotelTULLER HARRY F. O’BRIEN, M»«s« ALBERT i FINEST LOCATION •eWtom wrcnjcMwt,.tociIer DAYTON, OHIO • MIAMI COEUMGUA OHIO... CHITTENDEN <X>t UM DUG. 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I confess I am curious to learn how your suspicions were first directed in my direction.” He shrugged his shoulders expres­ sively, with a courteous smile. “What’s this all about?" demanded Inspector Flaherty, very impatiently. “Henderson, did you kill Fitzgerald?” “Not only that,” said Max Mich­ aelis, “but he administered to him­ self a dose of slow-acting poison'— hypodermically, I presume* Hender- ^on—which Assistant District Attorney to the telephone, while Dan | Flaherty looked at the unperturbed ment was mingled with admiration, “I owe you. an apology, Hender­ son,” he said, 'pfter a moment’s steady scrutiny. “Last night I said you were a great poker player and a good win­ ner, but that I thought you’d show a yellow streak if the game went ag­ ainst you. I take that all back. You are a rat, but you’re a game little rat, at that,” “Thank you, Inspector,” Henderson, politely, “I am a of fortune—a gambler with replied soldier gives him another (Concluded Next Issue) you. here at the time,” Flaherty objected, you like—and when I lose I pay with-, out grumbling.” “There’ll be an ambulance from Bellevue here in a few minutes,” re­ ported Frazier, returning from the telephone., “I’ll make my recital brief, then,” said Michaelis. “Martin, am I right in the belief that it was Henderson who suggested to you the idea that the revolver might be found at the bottom of the chimney?” “Yes, that was a suggestion casu­ ally dropped by him when • I called him up last night and reported that Miss Lane was still alive,” agreed Frazier. “We naturally talked about all the details, so far as we knew them at that time. I told him, I re- me'mber, that the weapon had not been found, but that we had not yet looked outside the apartment for it. He said-something to the effect that it might easily have been thrown off the room into the street, down the chimney or into the elevator shaft. I attached no special significance to what he said then. It was merely following out my own line of thought.” “But it was said with a purpose,” Max Michaelis resumed. “The pur­ pose was to pin the crime irrevocably on AfGhie Doane, which the discov­ ery of the gun in the chimney would have done, had the evidence of the snow not proved that he could not have, put it there. “The snow ruined your plot, Hen­ derson,” he went on. “It was obvi­ ous after the first minutes, gentle­ men—to me, at least—'that both Miss Lane and Fitz had been, shot before the snow fell. Regardless of what the Medical Examiner said as to the time Fitz could have lived with a bullet through his heart, I was convinced that he had lived for three hours, pos­ sibly longer, after being shot. A vague memory of a similar case stir­ red in my mind. While we were hunt­ ing for clues and discussing those we had found, the memory came clear. “It was a case which was widely reported in the newspapers, of a man, shot through the heart, who had been kept alive for several hohrs thereaf­ ter by the prompt administration of a hypodermic injection of adrenalin, the drug extracted from the supra­ renal glands, which control the pres- ’ Siife of the blood in the arteries. “As soon as I remembered that, I asked- the medical -examiner to look for arty abrasion of the skin on Fitz­ gerald’s body. You know what he re­ ported—a puncture that could have been made by a hypodermic needle. “That did not connect specifically with the crime, but the finding or that revolver at tom of the chimney did. “It was the ideal weapon for the crime. Access to it could be attrib­ uted to Doane, Ahd it was equipped with a silencer. “Only five persons concerned, so far as we know, had an opportunity to abstract that particular weapon from the Highart studio, dThose five persons were Fitz himself, Miss Lane, Adele (Marceau, Archie Doaue and Elmer Henderson. "The circumstances eliminated both anyone the bob* Archie uncon- on the Doane Fitz and Miss Lane. They also elim­ inated Doane, because of the absence of any way in which he could have thrown the pistol down the chimney without leaving tracks in the snow. We did not know then whether the maid was involved or not, but I drop­ ped her from consideration for the time being, after hearing the janitor’s story, “I decided to concentrate first on Henderson, and the more I reviewed the situation, the more clearly it all pointed to him, yet there was noth­ ing conclusive, “If my theory was right, then Miss Lane did. not telephone, to Doane. She was lying there, scions, with Fitz’s dead body floor. Who did telephone then? And why? “Miss Lane had been making voice tests in Henderson’s studio*—record­ ing' her voice on film by his new me­ thod. Archie Doane confirmed my suspicion that the words he heard ov­ er the ’phone were the exact words from a“part she had been taking in. a sound picture. What would have been easier than for Henderson to have called up Doarie’s rooms, switched on the film and let Archie hear the frantic call for help in his fiancee’s own voice? “But we. were all playing poker right here, at the time,” Dan Flaher­ ty objected.. “A perfect alibi,” Michaelis ad­ mitted, “except ‘’that you may recall that at just about eleven o’clock Henderson called attention to the time and went into the other room on the pretext of hunting for the whiskey, saying hi^ man had gone “Overboard!”, shrieked the watch. A thousand men and women rushed to the rail to see a woman gasping and floundering in the cold, green, sinister water. “Sharks!” screamed the multitude, as white flashes darted towards the body below. Before the rope was lowered the terrified assembly, gazed in wonder as each of the vicious, fish darted up—only to turn away disap­ pointed. “. . . and what do you attribute it to?” inquired the newspaper report­ er, when the boat reached port. "The fish wouldn’t touch me,” said the lady, modestly. “They were man- eaters, you know.” NEWS of the DISTRICT | ? Dog Attacked Small Girl With a gaping wound in her neck and lacerations on her body, alleged­ ly inflicted by a large collie dog in a vicous attack, Patsy Blake, 7-year- old daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Edward Blake of Detroit, cottagers at Bay- field, was rushed to Clinton for me­ dical treatment. Though the child is in no danger, the gash in her neck narrowly missed the jugular vein. Dogs Kill Chickens Albert Hoffarth, whose farm ad­ joins the village of Carlsruhe, raised an exceptionally fine lot of pullets this summer, and the birds were just beginning to lay. Unfortunately his flock began to dwindle about six weeks ago, and all efforts to detect the cause failed, until the other day when a dog belonging to a Carlsruhe resident Was seen in the act of vvor- rying a chicken. Evidently this can­ ine had been responsible for twenty- six chickens that are now 8 missing from the flock.—Mildmay Gazette. Spark from Blower Starts Fire * The barn on the farm ’ of Alfred Sherwood, Ashfield, Con, 10 narrowly escaped destruction by fire Wednes­ day evening while threshing was be­ ing done, A spark from the blower ignited the straw which was being blown into a heap outside and beside the barn. Mr. Sherwood noticed the fire as he was bringing a pail of water from the basement of the barn and shouted an alarm. With, plenty of men close at hand and water from the threshing tafik the fire was for* tunately subdued before the barn took fire, Cat Nearly Defeats Express Agent iM- McKellar, genial Seaforth ex­ press agent, despite many years’ ex­ perience in handling all manner of express on an ordinary bicycle* found himself nearly Stuck, It dll happened as Mac picked up a cardboard carton for, delivery to the morning train; Shortly after he had mounted the bicycle a head poked itself from the box and Mac found to his surprise he w&s taking a cat for a tide. With* in a short distance the cat was «t~ tirely out of the box* Mac was off his Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. \ Risks taken on all clasises of insur­ ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Qnt. ABNER COSENS, Ageflt Wingham. DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. I Dr. Robt. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S, (England) L.R.C.P. (London) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR, W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19, W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of the late ' Dr. J. F. Kennedy. Phone 150. Wingham wheel trying to hold the cat by the tail and getting well scratched for his trouble and a quantity of milk which had been put in the box for the cat’s journey, was running over his clothes. Constable James V. Ryan entered the picture at this point and he and Mr. McK-ellar .finally ran the pussy to earth and put it back in its box was shipped, as intended.—Seaforth Hur­ on Expositor. Diedl (from Injuries Received at South Beach In Victoria Hospital, London, with a broken back, since she was injured in a traffic accident near Kincardine on July 14, Miss Helen Heywood 23, pf 72 Rectory Street, London and for, merly of Exeter died Friday night. Miss Heywood was injured at South Beach, near Kincardine, while on a holiday trip there. According to officials there she fell from the fen­ der of a car on which she was riding and the wheels parsed over her frac- Lucknow Bowling Club, turing a vertebra in her back. | Both (Mr. and Mrs. Huston are en- ...--- ------------- / s / $ Of course they mean it” Overheard between innings First fans... what? Oh, yes.,. I’ve been reading them. It was a good solid point they made in that last advertisement. Second fam I’ll admit that.. . but I was just Wondering if even now the whole story is being told? First fam You mean, are the Brewers just being selfish? Well I’d say of course they are. But I also think that this is a case where private interests and the«public good are one and the same thing, Second fam How can you figure that? First jam This way: it’s to the public good to promote moderation, to foster true temperance, to keep a few agitators from trying to block an0 adequate trial of a soundly* Written law. Second fan: Of course, but . . > Fifii fam And at the Same time, even on the most selfish basis the Brewing Industry must support temperance education .. * because the drunkard and tfee bootlegger are their most dangerous enemies! Second fam Bui aren’t there regular temperance organizations? First fan: Yes, but the worst of it is that instead of teaching true temperance, which is se/f-control.» . instead of realizing that properly supervised beverage rooms ate the best defence against the excesses everybody wants to avoid . .the prohibition extremists clamour for changing the rules to force people to be ’ good”. Which is not only Un-British and Undemocratic ., * but it won’t work! ' Second fam At least it seems like a good thing that both sides of the story should be told, . , • Tbit adrcrtisc’mtnt it inserted ty ifn Brtittfae Industry »‘rt Ae inloretf of a bettor public under* etancii'np of eMain aspects of the problems of temperance loictl option. Dr. W. A* McKibbon, B.A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEQN Located at, the Office of the Late Dr, H. W. Colborne. Office Phone 54.Nights 107 J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc, Money to Doan. Office — Meyer Block, Wingham J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone. Wingham Ontario R, S. HETHERINGTON BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Office — Morton Block. Telephone No. 66. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre St Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ---- . Had Hand Severed William Stanley, 35, who resides tw'o miles west of Lucknow had the misfortune Wednesday to have his left hand severed. He had been as­ sisting at a threshing at the home of his father, Garnet Stanley, who also resides west of Lucknow. When the separator became clogged he reached, in to remove the grain and his hand became caught and was completely severed. Lucknow Couple 50 years Married Mr. and Mrs. David Huston, resi­ dents of Lucknpw for over 40 years, celebrated thein.golden, wedding at their home on Havelock street with all their family present for the happy occasion except Andrew of Regina. During the day many friends and relatives called to extend congratu­ lations and best wishes besides re­ ceiving many gifts as well as tele­ grams and cards. Among the gifts was a large silver relish dish from the HARRY FRYFOGLE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance {Service, Phones: Pay 117, Night 109, THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER > real estate SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 231, Wingham. It Will Pay Yop to Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See T. R. BENNETT At The Royal Service Station. Phone 174W. J; ALVIN FOX r Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment. Phone 191. ° , Winghamr __________ ’i A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC anti ELECTRO- THERAPY North Street — , Wingham Telephone 300. thusiastic bowlers. Mr, Huston was\born in London­ derry, Ireland, and. came to this country 52 years ago. Fifty years ago he married Elizabeth Cook, who came with her parents from Middle­ sex, when she was six years of age. The wedding ceremony was perfor­ med by Rev. R. Shaw, rector-, of St.- Peter’s Anglican Church, whose death occurred about two years ago. ✓ , Seaforth Mayor Passes Andrew Duncan Sutherland, mayor of Seaforth, died Friday in Scott Memorial Hospital. He was a life­ long resident of the town and for many years one of its most prominent citizens as well as one of.the. most widely known men in Western Ont­ ario. Mr. Sutherland had been in poor health for the past 18- months and for the ^past few weeks had been confined to the hospital. Born in Seaforth 63 years ago, he was a son of the late Alexander Suth­ erland, one of the town’s pioneer re­ residents. ♦ MbH * J