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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-10-06, Page 6© AurocAwren MMN«m v T*W ‘The FEUD at SINGLE SHOT: By Luke S/iort THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, (Moltar 6th, 193$ SYNOPSIS With his partner, Rosy Rand, Dave Turner is on his way to his ranch at Single Shot. Both are returning from prison where they have served sen­ tences for unjust convictions. On the ’ train, which is carrying a large sum of money, Rosy’s quick action and straight shooting foils a hold-up while Dave saves the life of Martin Quinn, a gambler, who is being threatened by a desperado. Stopping at Single Shot, the sheriff tells Dave he is not wanted, Quinn defends Dave but Dave and Rand go to Soledad to meet Mary, Dave’s sister, and proceed on horseback to the ranch. Mary reveals she is married and tells Dave that the ranch is doing poorly, being beset by nesters and involved in a claim dispute. Suddenly a shot from the darkness topples Dave from his horse. Rosy fires and kills the unknown as -sailant and they rush to the ranch to treat Dave’s severe scalp wound. Next morning, at breakfast, Dave and Rosy discover that Mary is now cooking for the ranch hands—a bad sign. Af­ ter discussing financial matters with Mary, Dave and Rosy saddle horses and leave for Single Shot to deliver a corpse to the sheriff and see the town banker. Identity of corpse re­ veals him to be ex-employee of Ham­ mond’s. Dave, Rosy and the sheriff • immediately confront Hammond with facts. Fight between Hammond and Dave prevented by sheriff. Dave plans to raise alfalfa on his land and use money to pay off mortgage. Someone blew up the lake. Hammond thought it was Dave, and Dave accuses Ham- -niond. A chance meeting of the two gives them an opportunity to clear away this false impression. The hunt now turns to Crowell, the mysterious man of means and ambitions. Rosy rushes to Winter’s home to tell Mary of his suspicions about her husband and asks her help to prove his find­ ings. Laredo, evolves a scheme to ar­ rest Crowell as a murder suspect in order to hold him for questioning. By a clever ruse, Dave escapes his cap- tors and then frees Dorsey who was held prisoner for ransom. “He’s dead,’’ Rosy said. “Trials are expensive, the sheriff thinks.” “I’m talkin’ to you now, Crowell,” Rosy said. “I was under the daven­ port when you were talkin’ to Mrs. Winters and her husband. I heard the conversation you and Winters had when Mrs. Winters went out of the room. Dave overheard from Say­ res that you ordered the kidnapping of Dorsey Hammond, and the deed signed was in your favor. More than that, you left orders before Hank ar­ rested you to burn the D Bar T, so jas to make her sign away her ’half ■ the spread. What’ve you got to say?” “Prove it,” Crowell said calmly. “I demand to be placed in jail and have this go through the regular channels!” Rosy sighed -and turned to the sheriff. “Hear that, Hank? He de­ mands a trial.” “Yeah. I heard it,” the sheriff said. “Better let me take him to jail.” Rosy shrugged. "All right, Dave’ll go with you. I’ll talk to Pearson.” “I can handle him alone,” the sher­ iff said. There was menace in his speech. “Gimme them keys,” he said to Quinn. Suddenly, Mary cried out. She took three swift steps and faced Rosy. “Rosy, don’t do it! Don’t do it! You know what will happen!” The room was deathly still. Rosy shrugged, avoiding her eye. “I ain't the sheriff, ma’am,” he muttered. Mary wheeled to face Dave. “Dave, are you going to let him? Are you—are you that callous?” She sank into a chair, sobbing quietly. “You better be careful, Hank,” Hammond! said cautiously. “Yeah, I will,” the sheriff grunted. “Come on,” he said to Crowell. No one spoke as they heard the front door shut. Rosy watched Pear­ son’s face. The banker sagged. Two muffled shots from some dis­ tance came to them, and they looked at each other, “Mr. Pearson,” Dorsey broke in from Hammond’s side, "if you know1 any thing, tell it! It’s—it’s awful!” “For God’s sake, yes, Everett!” * Hammond broke iii gruffly, Pearson hung his head, The outer door opened and heavy footsteps trailed through the house, The porch door opened to let the sheriff in again, "A quick trip” Laredo said quietly. , "Uhdrnh,” The sheriff rolled a cigarette and lighted it, then looked at Rosy. "Well?” "No go.” The sheriff walked over to Rosy’s side and stood looking down at Pear­ son. There was a faint smell of gun­ powder on his clothes. "Better come along, Pearson,” he growled. “One's enough, Hank,” Hammond put in curtly. "It might be for you, but it ain’t for me. I got elected on a oath that I’d do my best to prevent crime. If you think I’m goin' to let him go and have this to go through all over again, you better take a longer guess. “How you goin’ to cover it up?” “Crowell's over at Pearson’s place now, lyin’ on the floor with a gun in his hand," the sheriff said brutally. “Pearson can be across the room with a gun in his hand when I come in with my deputy in the mornin’ af­ ter the bank asts me to find him. Just a plain case of two men shootin’ each other.” He turned to face Pearson, but the banker had crumbled. "Oh, God, get him away!” Pearson moaned through his hands. He crawled down the bed against the wall, where he huddled like a small boy fearing punishment. "I did it! I did it! Get him away!” “Pearson, let’s hear you first. No. Wait.” Rosy’s eyes sought Dave, and he leaned over to him. "What about it?” he asked softly, motioning to Mary. “Is it about Ted?” Mary asked calmly. Dave nodded. "I’d rather hear it now,” iMary said. Pearson drew a long breath and began. "It starts when I offered to buy the Draw Three, Buck,” he said to Hammond. "You remember when I had the expert come look at'it? He told me there was gold there, lots of it. He said you were missing most of it. He said it would be over to. the north more, in the quartz. So I tried to loan you enough money so that the control of the mine would be in my hands. It didn’t work,” ’ “And there’s gold there now?” Hammond asked incredulously. “Enough' .to make you rich,” Pear­ son said. He addressed Rosy again. “Then I got hold 'of Winters. He tried to forge a check once and I caught him.” Rosy looked at Mary. Her eyes were moist but her chin was up. “Was that before he was married?” he asked. “Yes.” about thia Eastern genius, The lake was ready to blow when Dave got home. When Pearson heard about Turner coming home, he lost his nerve, He hired Freeman to bush­ whack Dave, and make it look like Hammond did it. Then he had Sayr­ es blow the lake ont. When Ham­ mond wouldn’t sell, even then, he or­ dered Dorsey Hammond kidnapped. Hammond would have xto sell the mine to get the money to ransom her, and of course, Pearson’s money that I would give Hammond for the mine would go to Sayres and back to me and then to Pearson again.’’ Crowell sneered, and smiled evilly at Pearson. "He even ordered the D Bar T spread burned, so Mrs. Win­ ters would be frightened into selling her half the place.” “And I was to be murdered,” Dave put in quietly, "Murdered by those whippoorwills of Sayres’ after they tortured me into signing away my half.” "C’mon,” the sheriff said stolidly to the two of them. “Put out your hands. He leaned oyer his fat belly to handcuff them together. With the swiftness of a ’striking snake, Crowell whipped one of Lar­ edo’s guns out of the sheriff’s belt and pointed it at the sheriff. Crowell backed away a few feet across the bed, his gun nosing steadily at his captors. He was laughing quietly, a little insanely, in the still room. "You'll never make it, Crowell,” Rosy said softly. “You’ll only get one of us before we cut down on you.” (Concluded Next Issue) Pearson worked his way to the wall crying . . . “get him away!” “Why didn’t you prosecute him?” “I can always use men that have brains but no courage,” Pearson said. The sheriff made his way out of the room. “I reckon it begins with the train hold-up, don’t it, Pearson?” Dave asked. Pearson. nodded. “How did you know that?” “That ranny by the name of Chinch out at Sayres’ place,” Dave said. Quinn frowned, then turned to Pearson. “The money in the baggage car was goin’ to your bank, was it?” Pearson nodded. “Crowell gave Sayres the order to stick up the train. Part of the money wotild be given to Sayres, and the rest turned over to me. You see that money was in­ sured. I would get that same amount back from the insurance company—” “And about three-quarters of wSial was stolen back from Sayres t&rongjh, Crowell, is that it?” Quinm ssM, “That’s it,” Pearson sardL The porch door opened! atriS. ell stepped into the by the sheriffs gum Pearson’s jaw slacked asd -he star­ ed at Crowell. Rosy grinned at Pears&ra, Crowell walked to his seat Iby Pearson, glaring at the sheriff- “Want to go on?” Rosy said to Pearson. The banker shook his head. Rosy grinned. "It’s a little too Sate to stop now, I reckon. YcuVe con­ fessed to robbin’ a train and fafeify- in’ reports to the insurance company. That ought to be worth about twen­ ty years apiece iri the pen.” Still Pearson said nothing. "Maybe it’s that you don’t want to mix Crowell in this? Is that it?’ he asked. He laughed softly. "I reckon you will, though, Pearson. To begin with, you couldn’t stand to see him turned loose, freed, while you were servin’ a life term in the pen, could you? He did all the dirty work, and was responsible for all the crimes and he goes free. It isn’t fair, it is?” "Maybe he’ll send you some tobao co around Christinas time/’ Rosy taunted. - "He will not!” Pearson suddenly snarled. "He’ll go with me!” Crowell’s fist drove into Pearson’s face and Rosy leaped on the two fig­ ures. Crowell struggled as if insane, clawing Pearson’s face in a maniacal rage, kicking biting and cursing im- potently, Laredo stepped in to help Rosy and after a mild clubbing with gun barrels, Crowell gave up. Rosy and, Laredo sat down again. "Let’s have it, one of you,” Rosy said. Both men began to babble at once. “I was repaid, all right. A little while after he had been married, he came to me with the story of gold on the Turner place. He wanted to buy the place from his wife and Turner, and then we’d work it .together. That was when I conceived my plan. I wanted a man with brains, with courage, with resourcefulness—and who was poor. Crowell fitted that order. He was out to get rich, and when I found him in Walpais, I knew my scheme would work. Crowell was a gambler—and • a poor one.” !f “A fool, you mean,” Crowell said. ;; “So I was careful to work it all Pearson said. “I knew that Sayres was a blackgua’rd, and that he ’;©©asM be bought. So I put Crowell 2S my front, for I was to remain Crowell tried to buy the ,! D Bar T, from Mrs. Winters. She sell. He tried to buy the ilfca.'w Three. Hammond wouldn’t j sell I knew of the quarrel over the ; Cate, and that fitted into my scheme -'to ^perfection. I thought if the lake j 3f3s out, both the ranch and jlhe mine tgouid be ruined, and that Turner and Hammond would both ‘’sei!? to Crowell. Winters was to per- Isuarie Mrs. Winters.” “And he was cheating you all the rime" Quinn put in quietly. "He was mining that gold on the sly and sell­ ing it, and gambling the money away/* He told them of his discov­ ery of the room Winters kept in the barber shop and the source of his money. “That’s why I went to see you this afternoon, Pearson. And” *—he smiled slightly—"that’s what’s goin* to get you hung.” “Why?*” Rosy cut in. “Because Pearson told Winters I was snooping around and Winters decided to kill me before I found out too much and told Pearson.” He told them of the note, and the killing in the hotel room, The sheriff listened intently, nodding his satisfaction. "And. when I caught this jasper that was with Winters down in the alley,” Quinn finished, "we had it out, I downed him. Then I knew Winters could have learned about me from only two people—^am, the barber, and Pearson, And Sam was too scared to talk. So I headed for Pear­ son’s,” Rosy looked at him for a long mo­ ment, then turned to Pearson, "Go on.” "I’ll go on” Crowell rapped out, sneering at Pearson. "Let me tell WINGHAM H. S. FIELD DAY ------ % ■ Boys’ Events Senior Running, Broad Jump — 1, H. Pos- liff, 2, K. Johnson, 3, J, Bateson. 16 ft, 3%". Standing Broad Jump — 1, J. Mill­ er, 2, J. Bateson, 3, K. Johnson. 8 ft., 4". Running High Jump — 1, H. Pos- liff, 2, J. Bateson, 3, J. Miller. 5 ft., Hop, Step and Jump — 1, J. Miller, 2, K. Johnson, 3, J. Bateson. 33. ft., 8". Pole Vault — 1, J. Bateson^ 2, M, Phippen. 9 ft., 2". Shot Put — 1, H. Posliff, 2, K. Johnson, 3, J. Bateson. 27 ft., 7". High Hurdles — 1, H. Posliff, 2, K. Johnson, 3, J. Bateson. 100 Yards—H. Posliff, K. Johnson, J. Bateson. 11 sec. 220 Yards—H. Posliff, K. Johnson, J. Bateson. 30 sec. 440 Yards—K. Johnson, J. Bateson. 1 min., 10 2|5 sec. Intermediate Running Broad Jump—1, B. Burg­ man, 2, R. Irwin, 3, F. Johnston. 16 ft 5 Vs". Standing Broad Jump — 1, R. Ir- wjn, 2, R. Burgman, 3, L. Adair. 8 ft., 4&". Running High Jump — 1, K. Jack- son, 2, R. Irwin, 3, B. Burgman. 5 ft.-, 1%". Hop, Step and Jump — 1, B. Burg­ man, 2, R. Irwin, 3, F. Johnson. 32 ft., W. Pole Vault — 1, D. Adams, 2, J. Gorbett, 3, R. Irwin. 8 ft. Shot Put — 1, R. Irwin, 2, B. Burg­ man, 3, J. .Carter. 24 ft., 7". High Hurdles — 1, B. Burgman, 2, R. Irwin, 3, J. Gorbett. 100 Yards—B. Burgman, J. Gor­ bett, R. Irwin. 12 sec. 220 Yards—(B? Burgman, J. Gor­ bett), R. Irwin. 26 sec. 440 Yards—B. Burgrnan, J. Gor­ bett, R. Irwin. 1 min., 14 sec. Junior Running Broad Jump—1, G. John­ son, 2, N. Fry, 3, C. Proctor. 17 ft., 10%". Standing Broad Jump—1, G. John­ son, 2, N. Fry, 3, C.' ProctOr. 7 ft., 11”. Running High Jump—1, G. John­ son, 2, N. Fry. 4 ft., 8”. Hop, Step and Jump—1, G. John­ son, 2, K. Baker. 34 ft., 7V2". Pole Vault—1, G. Johnson. 8 ft. Shot Put — 1, G. Johnson, 2, C. Proctor, 3, G. Rich. 31 ft., 11”. Low Hurdles — 1, G. Johnson, 2, H. Coulter. 100 Yards—G. Johnson, G. McGee, C. Proctor. 11 sec. 220 Yards—G. Johnson, G. McGee, H. Wettlaufer. 24 3|5 sec. 440 Yards—G. Johnston, G. Mc­ Gee, C. Proctor, 1 min,, 11 2|5 sec, 880 Open—K. Johnson, J. Bateson. In the softball game played after the field events Wingham High High School defeated Kincardine High School by the score of 25 to 9. Wingham Line-up: Adams 'c, Wheel­ er ss, Posliff lb, Miller If, Bateson 2b, G. Johnson rf, Baird Bb, Sturdy cf, Hamilton p. Alternates, Phippen, K. Johnson, . ’ Girls’. Events Senior Basketball Throw—1, I, Harrison, 2, M. Coulter, 3, M. J, Preston. Baseball Throw—1, B. Rae, 2, y, / Walker, 3, M. J. Preston, Running Broad Jump—1, B. Rae, 2, P. Parker, 3, V. Walker. Standing Broad Jump—1, B. Rae, 2, P; Parker, 3, V, Walker. High Jump — 1, P, Parker, 2, B. Rae, 3, I. Harrison. Hurdles — B. Rae, I, Harrison. 100 Yard Dash—I, Harrison, V, Walker, B, Rhe. 150 Yard Dash—L Harrison, V. Walker, I. Clark, Intermediate Basketball Throw — 1, V. Currie, 2, I. Clark, 3, L. Dore, Baseball Throw — 1, L. Clark, 2, M< Merryweather, 3, M, Lane. Running Broad Jump — 1, J. Ir­ win, 2, M, Radford, 3, J, Wehvood. Standing Broad Jump — 1, J. Ir­ win, 2, J. Welwood, 3, I. Clark, High Jump — 1, J, Irwin, 2, M. ’Merryweather, 3, |M. McLaughlin, Hurdles — 1, M. McLaughlin, ,2, J. Irwin. 75 Yard Dash—J, Welwood, J. Ir­ win, M, McLaughlin. 100 Yard Dash—J. Welwood, M. McLaughlin, J. Irwin, Junior Basketball Throw — 1, H. Thom­ son, 2, L. Bateson, 3, A. VanWyck. Baseball Throw — 1, M. Tervit, 2, L. Bateson, 3, A. VanWyck. Running Broad Jump — 1, A. Van­ Wyck, 2, L. Thompson, 3, M. Con­ nell. Standing Broad Jump—1, M. Con­ nell, 2, G. Hingston, 3, A, VanWyck. High Jump — 1, L. Thompson, 2, L. Bateson, 3, G, Hingston. Hurdles — 1, ,G. Hingston, 2, L, Thompson. 75 Yard- Dash—B. Gannett, G. Hingston; A.. VanWyck. 100 Yard Dash—B. Gannett, G. Hingston, A. VanWyck. Wingham - Kincardine Basketball game, Wingham won, score 15-12. Wingham line-up: Guards, Mamie Merryweather, Verne Walker, Mary Cruickshank; forwards, Margaret Coultes, Dorothy Golley, Muriel Lane; alternates, Rhoda Robertson, Betty Rae, P. Parker. HANOVER PACKED FIRST GAME AWAY Small Crowd Saw Best Game Since Port Elgin Series. , Hanover won the first game of the Bruce League Championship series from the Hurons here on Wednesday last week 5-4. It was a tough game to lose but the boys from Grey were forced to go ten innings to get the decision. Q “Pin” Thompson, shortstop for the visitors, was a thorn in the flesh from a local standpoint. He executed a double and triple play unassisted to stop rallies that looked as if they would produce runs. In the 5th he grabbed Mellor’s hard smash and touched second to put J. Tiffin out and retire the side. In the 6th Som- £nt*a.n&a. io REAL in DETROIT ‘There li no show or erti lice rt Hotels Msdlion-Lenox. 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Chalmers played the ball to Groves to catch Wendorf and as he was chased back and forth be­ tween first and second Brown scor­ ed the run that put the game on ice for Hanover. In the Huron half of the tenth the batters went out one, two, three. A small crowd saw the game which was much better than any of the games in the Clinton series. With their regular line-up the Hur­ ons would have taken the Red Shirts but the lads who filled the gaps did Well and deserve a lot of credit, es­ pecially Groves for his playing at 1st base. Pete pitched nice ball but er­ rors and misplays did not help. Som­ ers and Doran made a double steal that was a peach. ♦ £ ♦ Wingham—< A.B. R. H. PoA. E. W. Tiffin, 2b ....... 4 0 0 0 5 2' Mellor, ss ............ 4 0 1 4 5 0- Somers, cf ........... 4 11210’ Doran, c ......... 4 2 2 6 2 0- Chalmers, 3b ..... 4 1 2 4 0 1 Peterson, p ........... 4 0 0 0 5 T Waram, If, rf ....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 Groves, lb .......... 4 0 0 14 0 1 Gurney, rf ............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 J. Tiffin, If ......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 ♦Gray, rf .......... 0 0 0 0 0 0- Totals ............... 35 4 7 30 18 T *—Batted for Waram in 9th. R. H. E. Hanover 020 010 010 1—5 10 3 Wingham' 000 200 002 0—4 7 7 Runs batted in, Kruger, Chalmers 2, J. Tiffin 2; two base hits, Kruger, Chalmers; sacrifice hit, Mellor; stol­ en bases, Kruger, Brown 2; Somers 2, Doran; triple play, Thompson un­ assisted; double'play, Thompson un­ assisted; left on bases, Hanover 9,. Wingham 6; base on balls, of Bridge­ ford 4; struck out, by Bridgeford 12,, by Peterson 6. Umpires—Wylie and Brawley, of Teeswater. Close Doesn’t Count Hanover— A.B.R.H. Po A.E. McDonald, 3b ... 5 1 1 1 0 0 Krueger, c ........ 5 0 2 9 3 1 Moore, If ........... 5 0 0 0 0 0 Magwood, 2b'..... 5 0 0 3 2 0 Brown, cf .......... 5 2 3 3 00 Wendorf, rf ........ 5 1 0 1 0 0 Thompson, ss ..... 5 1 1 .5 0 1 Ebel, lb ............. 4 0 1 8 u0 0 Bridgeford, p ..... 4 0 2 0 1 0 —————— Totals ............. 43 5 10 30 6 2 A PLEA FOR NJEWS If anyone has— ; Died, ' ‘ ’ Eloped, _ ‘ Married, Left town, ‘ 1 , ' Embezzled, j ; Had a fire, . ‘ ’ Had a baby, A Sold ca farm, : Been arrested, I Broken a limb, Moved to town, ’ Bought a home, Visited your home, Swiped your silver, Been in a car accident That’s news »— Telephone 34. . * Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken on all classes of insur­ ance at reasonable rales. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. ’ ABNER COSENS, Ageist. Wingham. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Located at the Office of the Late Dr. H.‘W., Col bo me. Office Phone 54. 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