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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-06-11, Page 3ueen's �er�'s Hall Murder By Adam Broome SENOPSF$ Signor Parent of Milan, famous com- poser, collapses and dies while he Is conducting his own symphony at tho Queen's Ball, London. At the inquest it is disclosed that a rare poison, .curare. caused the death. Inspector Haynes receives a call from Oxford stating that a supnlY of curare has been stolen. in an up -country bungalow in West Africa District -Commisielener Westcott receiyes a package of strings for his 'c tin• --he •opens the package and a few minutes later collapses—dead. The theft of the curare is confessed by an Oxford student, 13ragksome, who hands it over to a Dr. Hawkes, who believes in deadening pain of animals used for vivisection. ):,entice Manton, ber mother. grand- mother and 1•lephen clarton, of the Foreign Office. are all keenly interested In the solving of the crime. "Mr. Chesterfield," said the mag- istrate, handing the exhibit. to the clerk, "wonlld you mind handing this back. to the Sergeant?" Perkins received the glass with trembling hands, "If you look—down in the left -hand bottom corner of the baron the back 'if/lore there's no printing—Ton may be able to make out something." Sergeant Perkins adjusted • his spectacles carefully: every eye in the little court was upon hint. He search- ed in the place that Shaw had in•• dicated, and could just make out, in. the scrawling` hand writing of a child, a pencilled sentence. He started in spite of hiniself as he remembered the card he had found in the pocket of the prisoner, as he read the words, ."Too ----- for Doctor Hor::." Lettice gave a very slight nod to en- courage him. Sometimes the ladies at the Rosary would, give her com- missions, Her mother had asked the ladies, if they wanted to give her any little present in return for what she did for them not to give her money, unless they gave it to her to.. save up. For Mollie had a passion for sweets and didn't know when to leave off once she began to eat them, and would make herself ill. The ladies at the Rosary had agreed at once. She was quite honest and would not have dreamed of pilfering money from any given her to spend h;/ other people, to spend on sweets. He proceeded from generalities to particulars — to the girl's movements on the clay on which she had been found dead in the lane by the smithy. Mollie had been in to dinner after school. She was in her usual good spirits, though both he and her mother had noticed she hadn't, per- haps, chattered quite as much as usual. She hadn't said anything about going over to Brightmouth. She had been going over .to Brightmouth the Saturday before to et some things for her mother. But it had rained very hard and she had not gone after all. Her mother had given her her fare, but as she had not been asked for it back she probably still had it. Here the Sergeant interposed to the effect that no money had been found on the. body. Her father continued, and said that either she must have gone and had returned at the time she met her death, or else had left the money at home. He had not look- ed into the money -box in her bed root*. Sergeant Pergins again interposed for the benefit of the Bench, and said that he °hadinterviewed the drivers of the two motor ..coaches which plied daily through the village to Brightmouth and back, and that neither of thein remembered having taken Mollie as a passenger on the date in question. He had asked the Station Master at the Southern Rail- way station a mile from the village, but neither he nor any of the porters on duty that day, though they knew the girl well, could remember having - seen her take a ticket or travel -by train., A diversion was caused at this point. A thin, vinegary looking, an- gular woman on the Bench, wearing steel pince-nez and a very demode hat, asked the witness whether he or his daughter knew a man called Dr. Hawkes. (To Chapter :n+11.1 PARELLI AGAIN Lettice Manton was as much taken aback as anyone else in the :12i1I Dean Police. Court by the revelation just made by Mr. Jack Shaw. Hawkes. Hawkes again? Hawkes and • Bright - mouth -=- both seemed inextricably mixed up with the Parelli .affair. Then there was that strange West African affair—the sudden death of the District Commissioner Westcott as the reslut of a packet posted from ]Brightmouth. Coincidences—very odd coincidences tooe-did occur in real life as well as in novels Bot she did not have much time to pursue the train of thought — if such a combined jumble of improb- abilties could rightly be called a train --any further for the moment: for the next witness had already (leen summoned to the box. A. murmur of sympathy, which the Sergeant made no attempt to sup- press, went round the spectators -as the bereaved father of Mollie Crow- ther took his place in the box. There was little that he had to say without • prompting, and the greater part of his evidence consisted of replies to questions put as sympathetically as they knew how by the Clerk of the Court and the kindly Sergennt. His daughter would have been 'ten years old come January. She'd not been ill since Ivo years back when she had had the. measles. Witness knew the prisoner: his daughter knew him tot. ITe and the prisoner had al- ways been quite friendly: they'd never had any serious quarrel. Mollie was a high-spirited girl, and very popular with the other children in the village. She had begun to learn music -•-- from Mr. Lawford, the church organist But they could not afford many lessons. Sometimes she would go off by the railway or the motor -coach to Bright- mouth—it was only twelve or thirteen miles from Shallow—with a cheap ticket, and and buy things for herself or for her another. Sometimes for other people in the village. The wit- ness looked apologetically at Lettice Manton, seeming to wonder whether the should mention her name in court. 13e Continued.) Skaters 'Boys and girls, conte out to play; The moon doth shine as bright day!" as A girl's soprano and a boy's Accompanied by the pleasant noise The whirring slur of troller skates In perfect time and perfect rhythm. The two sweet voices travelling with then] Coming neaier, swelling, rising, Growing fainter — fainter — dying. Youth commands tine moonlit street, Skating in a passage fleet, Through broad bands of light and of shade Thrown upon the asphalt .white. Gliding through the tender night, Youth advances, youth recedes, Lost among the shadowed trees. "Boys and girls come out to play; The moon doth shine as bright as day!" Anne Wolter, in the N,Y. Times. VE11,IroIT a. canDY, 3'reeleent The Ge Brock Niagara Falls Dine in the Rainbow Room on the roof, and obtain the finest view available of both the Canadian and American Falls, and the illumination: Don't forget the General Brook Hotel Open Golf TOtu^nanieut on Mune Lith, 12th and lath at the Lookout Point Golf Club, Foattliill, Ont. R. B: nenvenX E, iirealdent Manager MAKE LAURA WHEEL= PUPPIES 1KITCI • , ' MASCOTS CROSS STITCH PUPPY TOWELS PATTERN 1188 _ Seven frisky puppies, full of the Old Mischief, are Laura Wheel- er's suggestion for brightening up your winter -weary kitchen. And they will, too, for, embroidered on a set of tea -towels with your gayest bits of cotton floss, they'll keep you amused and cheered while you work. The actual embroidery stitches are few„ and easy to do— just simple cross stitch with a ..bit of'running and outline stitch. " Pattern 1188 comes to you 'aPith a• transfer pattern of Seven motifs (one for each day of the week) averaging about 4% x 7% inches; material requirements; illustrations of all stitches needed. Send 20 cents in stamps er coin (coin preferred) for this pattern to Needlecraft Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. Children Think Members Do Not Look Very Clever Visitors in House Gallery Also Couldn't Hear What Was • Going on Below OTTAWA, — forty little girls, aged 10 and 11, seated sedately in rows in • the visitors' gallery, absorbed what they could hear of the speeches in the House of Commons as part of their education. Afterwards, in a bay win- dowed recess of a parliamentary cor- ridor, they were questioned by their leacher, Miss Margaret McLean. The girls have been studying "ci- vics" all year and after this trip to -give them a general idea o! how the laws.. are made by men whose pictures they had seen in the papers, they were keen to show their knowledge. Did they know who was the Prime Minister? A dozen hands went up, "Mr King." The gentlemen cluster- ed around Mr. King were the Liber- als. Who were those closest to Mr. King? A hand or two went up. They were the Cabinet ministers. What were the gentlemen doing? One solitary hand went up. "They are making rules for Ottawa." No, that was not quite right, said Miss Mc- lean, they were not making rules for Ottawa, but Canada, nine provinces and one territory. And what did they do this afternoon? There was a gen- eral silence, then an outburst: "We couldn't ileal." • Finally an onlooker asked a ques- tion: Did the children think the mem- bers looked very clever? The answer, the most unanimous came with one voice. "No," said the 40 little future voters. English Divines Are Divided On Yiar orikeys Revealed by Tests As Rf g e I alists more difficult to speak with accuracy. Only about 10 Anglican clergymen have joined the pacifist group pledg- ed to take no part in war and to make it impossible. Rough corresponding figures of the free churches are: Methodist clergy, .691 out of 3,000. Congregational, about 350 out of 2,000, Baptists, possibly 200 out of 2,000. In addition, Unitarian ministers who have renounced war number about 100, Presbyterians 70, and the Church of Scotland about 200. It is clear that the proportion of the whole is comparatively ema]I. The attitude of Anglican glergy is complicated by the church's close as- sociation with the State and by per- sonal family ties with near relatives serving in the armed forces. (London Letter by David Darrah 1n Chicago Tribune) That English churches are seriously split in their attitude toward war and toward the government's recruiting campaign is disclosed in outspoken Utterances of British religious lead- grs. t A number of ministers are already Pacing the prospect of going to prison 1t event of war, Another group is asking — Should iiacifists pay income tax — especially the new additions expressly for arm- aments? The cleavage it appears, is usually between clergymen over 40 years of age and those below. A large proportion of the young Men aro pacifists who would not even succor wounded soldiers on the ground that to do so is to take part in war. Among the older clergy are a ma- jority who are strong supporters of the League of Nations, who uphold sanctions, and who would approve of the use of armed forces in case of need. Conflict exists over what pacifism is, since these for the most part call themselves pacifists also. It is difficult to arrive at estimates of the strength of the various groups within the free churches, but after discussions with well-informed per- sons it would sena that about a tenth to a fifth are extreme pacifists. A fifth take an approximately Tory view that the British Empire must be preserved and fought for le the need •arises. The remainder support the League of Nations and collective security, a great many of them favoring an In- ternational force to do police work, 'Of the Church of England, it is still e Lerease i frut th eart Disease etoFast Life KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Boys and girls who stay up late of night, drinking and smoking and carrying on, are likely to come down with hear disease. Dr. Howard 13. Sprague, of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, made that statement before the American Heart Association. "Coronary heart disease," he said, "is increasing among the youth of to- day as 'a result of the faster tempo of the life they are leading." The apparent increase in other forms of heart disease, he said, "is really due to the longer life periods of human beings as a result of. modern advances in medicine." He warned against taking exercise "in leaps and bounds." "It is foolish," he added, "to play 36 holes of golf one day and then wait three months before going to the course again. "If unused to exercise, the indi- vidual .should not take on a program too heavy for his abilities." Issue No. 23 '36 There is, however, "no such thing as athlete's heart," "What is generally referred to as _athlete's heart," he said, "is really a nervous disorder which causes the heart to beat more quickly." comomMENteeeaswebremeMernmeememrarsoakatiarne BE YOUR OWN BOSS MEN WOMEN Establish yourself in business or snake money in your spare time. Un-, limited possibilities, xtiliremarkable - turnfor very 'little effort. Im- mediate n mediate reply necessary. Dept. C., 1006, 465 Bay 8t., Toronto EVANSTON, Ill. --Socialistic prac- tices, a psychologist reports, are un- known in monkey'iand. Rugged individualism is the stan- dard there, Prof. D. L. Wolfel of the University of Mississippi, told the Midwestern Psychological Associa- tion. Monkeys have no sense of co-opera- tion, the professor said he determined in a series of experiments. Wolfel said he placed two monkeys in cakes side by side, In front of the cages was a long lever mounted on a platform corresponding in length to the combined length of the cages. The apparatus was so arranged that the monkey in Cage A could pull a chain and move the lever so it could carry a cup of food to the monkey in Cage B. On the opposite side of the cages, another lever could be man- ipulated by the monkey in Cage B to feed the monkey in Cage A. All the monkeys four pairs were used in 24 tests daily for more than a month—pulled the lever when there was food in the cup. They pulled just as regularly when the cup was empty. Then a screen was placed between the cup and the monkey who did the pulling. The monkey in the other cage, able to see the food which was shielded from its partner, evidences excitement to which monkey No. 1 paid no attention. Next one Monkey was removed from his cage. His partner pulled food into the empty cage as readily as when it was occupied. Wolfel said his results proved the fallacy of legends of co-operation among animals. The British recruiting campaign is proving to be very unsatisfactory tram . the government's atandpoint. The War Office had hoped to enlist 30,000 men during the year. Twenty four weeks have passed and only about 9,600 men have been enlisted. The government's three minutes re- cruiting film, in which War Minister Duff -Cooper appealed for men, coupl- ed with scenes if army life, was not an unqualified success, A well-inform- ed person in the film industry said the film was unfortunate — did not have a good effect." Dr, Donald Soper, minister at Is- lington Central Hall, London, and a joint secretary of the Methodist Fel- lowship of Peace, makes no bones about his opposition to recruiting. He speaks against it on Tower Hill. "If the situation becomes really cri- tical I should have to take upon my- self the task of inciting to disaffec- tion," he said. "I should advise sol- diers to throw down their arms." He forsees that his action might land him in jail. The Graphochart ?r;3hows .how to read character from handwriting, at a glance. 10c PREPAID Graphologist Room 421 73 Adelaide St., W. Toronto Cow Raising Motherless Colt Adopted at birth, last Februarf by a Holstein cow, the pure-bred racing colt owned by Mrs. R. E. Webster, of Maitland, is progressing splendidly. They make their daily visits to the pasture together. The colt was left motherless at birth but quickly ac- quired the desired relationship which has, continued unbroken. Quebec Again Refuses Grunt lor-rten Votes QUEBEC, — For the 11th commie tive,,,„near .the. women's suffrage bill was defeated.,in the' qifebed Legisl ' ture recently by a vote of 43 to 24. The bill, came before the House for a second reading and aftera debate in which several members of the Op- position voiced reasons for opposing the bill, the vote was called. All the Liberal members in the House voted against the motion proposing second reading, while 24 members of the Op- position voted in favour. Other ©ppo- sitionmembers did not vote. erly Desi ales oks Cost Nt More ! Let us show you how we can improve the appearance of YOUR sales books. 1 Phone This Newspaper or write The Wilson Publishing Co., Limiter 73 Adelaide St., W., Toronto