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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-02-20, Page 7• 1 t • • .$- . MCCONNELL & RATS 'e'Harristt's , Sol'icit'ors, Etc. - .Yt Patrick .u. ane4:onneu - tt. wenn.uayi SEAFORTH, ONT:e Telephone 174 8688- 1 L, \ K. L MeLEAN Barrister, Solicitor, Etoe SEAPORTS _ . - - ONTARIO Branch Office - Blensall Hensall Seaforth Phone 113 Phone 173 MEDICAL 4 SEAFORTH CLINIC Da. E. 'A. MDMA&TER,. M,B. Graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY', M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto The 'Clinic is fully equipped 'with eomplete and modern+ ,X-ray and other aprto-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. P. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat,, will be at the Clinic the. first Tutlsday in every month from 3 to 6 p. Fee Well -Baby Clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month frock 1 to 2 pan. 8687. JOHN A. OORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE ,,k;.;• Phone 5-W - Seaforth • MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor -'to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90-W - Seaforth a t1 DR. F. J.•R. FORSTER. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late 'as'sistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos pita'(, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in' each month, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. ... 1247 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable;. satisfaction guaranteed. Fpr information, etc., write or phone Harold ' Jackson, 12 on 658, Seaforth; R.R. 1, Brt}cefield. 8768 - HAROLD DALE ,, Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household sales. ' Prices reasonable. Por_ dates and information, write Harold Dale, ..eJorth, or apply at The.. Expositor Of1ce. , EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer For Huron • Correspondence promptly answered. Imm ?tate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The Huron Exposi- tor., •Seaforth, or by calling -Phone 203, Clinton. Charges moderate and satis- faction...guaranteed, .., 8829-62 LONDON and WINGHAIVI NORTH_ A.M. Exeter 1 10,34 Hen'sall 10.46 K1ppen 1'' '10.52 Brucefield 11.00 Clinton . ' 11.47 SOUTH' . P.M. Clinton 3.08 Brucefleld 3.28 Bippen 3.38 Hen'sal'1 3.45 Exeter 3.58 C.N.RTIME . TABLE EAST A.M. P.M. Ooderich ..... 6.15 2.30 Holmesvillet ... 6.31 2.48 Clinton 6.43 3.00 Seaforth ..: a 6.59 3.22 St. Columban ....... 7.05 3.23 Dublin) 7.12 3.29 Mitchell 7.24 3.41 WEST 'AUtchell ..... , 11.06 9.28 Dublin .,,, 11.14' 9.36 Seaforth 11.30 9.47 Minton' 11.45 10.00 Goderich, . ,, 12.05 .10.25 C.P.R. TIME TABLE _ EAST P.M. ]oclerleh .4.20 Menet 4.24 &ieC•law ` , 4.32 ;Auburn .. , 4.42 Blyth,. 4.52. Walton; o ,. 6,05; Nrehlaught 6.15 Tetonto . 9.00 • WESrI1. A,M, W .. . ,�8.80' , ,I I I Might^a0p�' Might ^a 0aseale•6• lea` 0.03 tee 0004100•00•e/.00•0406•••110• • 12.13 i��'yy1 1 _" ire eseY00: 4M lk v :01100:0040.40.10.0660460 e.66 " �vC see ss Yeerbpeeae t12QV s e 6aee60010e116e0t61e6 1.1411 .µilr Mi T CHAPTER XIV SYNOPSIS Drury Lamle, • retired ' Shake- speare`iM actor, is helping Insrpee • for Thum ra and DiStriet Attorney Bruno solve two 'baffling mur- ders. The first 1i t'bat of Harley Longstreet, a broker. Evidence points to his partner, DeWitt. Later DeWitt ds tried flag the death of-.Woodi, murllered eonduc- tor of the trolley on which S.ong- isltreet was .killed. Acquitted, De- Witt takes a train home. "He as shot dead: in a deserted car. Isis fingers, 'rigid in death, are erase - ed.' . DeWitt and Longstreet had made their fortunes mining to- gether_ in Uruguay. They and William Crockett, another part- ner, artner, obtained the life imprison- ment mprisonment of Martin Stopes for his wife's murder. Stopes escaped, .and • DeWitt had been thlreaat'ened- Lane tells- Thumrn and Bruno .that Stopes is the murderer and that they have seen him many tames. Next day Lane takes the sante train with Thtimm and Bruno. When Edward Thotmpson, the con- ductor, comes through, Lane rasp. es. .Made up as Harley Long- street he confronts Alba. Matra whom he believes to be not only Edward Thompson, . but Martin •St'oapes, the unknown gentleman of the .supposed Wood murder, and Charles Wood himself. In explanation Iran points out 'that it was obvious the cork of the poisoned needles which caused Longstreet's death was handled' by someone wearing, gloves - in • mid -summer -=who could discard .them without arou'stng suspicion -the conductor. "As a conductor he had two other advantages. First, his coat contain- ed leather -Maned pockets, affording ab- solute 'safety to himself . wlhile._keep- ing the weapon ready to use. Second, he was certain of an opportunity to drop the weapon into his victim's pocket, since everyone must, in cars of the Crosstown type, pasts by the conductor. ' Unfortunately, I did not know Wood was the author' of, that anonymous letter, 'and 'by the .time we, discovered it was too 'late -to: pre=` vent the second, tragedy... But when I saw that Wood had written that let- ter, it could only mean he wasaiving the police a false 'trail. But'there was something wrong here. Wood himself was 'murdered." Lane sighed and stretched his legs. "You will recall; inspector, that 1, took" the inexcusable, liberty of im- personating you When T went to Wood's rooming (h'ouse 4n+ Weeha»w'ken. My purpose was to pursue lines of in- quiry unhampered by the necessity of explanation:* I did not knout defin- itely fur what'to look. .The bankbook woe. Wood's crowning touch. He .ac- tually forfeited what must (have been to !him. a considerable sum, merely to lend color- to the illusion he wale cre- ating! When I visited the personnel manager of the street car company, still on the trail of I knew not what, I became aware of an intriguing fact. The autopsy on 'the man identified as Wood mentioned a two -year -Old ap- pendicitis sear, yet I d'isreovered Wood hada worked every working day for• five years without vacation." Lane's voice throbbed. ''At once all the elements of the second' murder rearranged themselves. Wood liter - and vaei 'g h,_ _ts -witty which to sink the victim's clothing atter having framed 'DeWitt with the bear band. Patent- ly DeWitt's strong motive against Longstreet made him the most na'tuia al suspect in 'the eyes of the pollee or Wood's motive against Longstreet also applied to DeWitt. If the 'fpame up ' were successful and DeWitt was 'tried but acquitted, there was every reason to expect an attack on DeWitt. This°•was why I was, willing to allow his trial to be prosecuted, despite my knowledge of this innocence. For so long as DeWitt Was in danger of ,con- viction by the legal method, he was ph`ysdcally safe. Mao I had not the slightest idea of what form Wood was taking and I lion'ed that the serious- ness of DeWitt'spredicament would force dsim to reveal facts which I knew him to be withholding about the stili obscure motive." Lane's -face clouded. "I have tried to convince myself that I w,as not to blame for DeWitt's diealk I never' dreamed he would be attacked the very night he was acquitted' I con- sidered] Wood had weeks; mon'th's in which to find ids opportunity to kill DeeWitt. "Which brings us to the •third mur- der. If DeWitt had not puroh'ased a new fifty -trip ticket -book that night there is no telling whether this. case ever. would have been satisfactorily ,solved, for 'I should' (never have known in what disiguise Stopes committed. the Murder of DeWitt. • "The primary point was the loca- tion of this ticket on DeWitt's per- son. He had 'placed it in the upper left 'pocket of dais vest, but when his corpse was searched by Inspector• T'hu:a m 1 noticed with astonishment the ticket -book was in the inside breast pocket of the coat! The bul- let had pierced the upper vest pocket, but the book contained' no bullet -hole which brought "up the question of how and why it 'had been removed from one pocket to another before De- Witt was. shot? ; "Recall the condition of the b'ody., DeWitt's left 'hand formed' some sort of sign by the overlapping of blislamid- dle and index fingers. As Dr. Schil- ling affirmed he had died, instantly, the overlapping fingers indicated that DeWitt made the sign before he was shot; that, since -be was right-handed and the sign was made with his left hand, therefore his right brand was occupied whenhe decided to make the sign, and that, since he was not superstitious, it must have related not to himself but to his murderer. Tdris was unquestionably the result of a conversation, DeWitt, Brooks, Ahearn and I had engaged -in, just a,fe`vr morn-. ents 'before. But it was, necessary for me to solve the case completely be• fore making the ''connection between the murderer and DeWitt's sign. Yet whatever it meant, its being on the lett hand indicated that his night was occupied. -An•d what more logical than. with his ticket 'at the •approach of the conductor? And that explain- ed xplained why it was found in the inside breast pocket If the co°nduct9t Were the murderer, lue naturally cold not allow the ticket t� remain in DeWitt's hand -its presence at the time of in- stant death would have indicated .the' very thing he wished to avoid - that. DeWitt was aware of his approach and had been..krilled immediately af- ter." •• Lane's voice took on a fresh note. "Now, I had deduced a conductor as the murderer an the third crime, and The'conductor's hand stopped in mi>t=air; lTotding his ticket ,punch. S10 inouth popped open, his burly figure sagged,: ally had killed 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 features being so mauled and smashed as to be useless for identification. We knew that Wood had sed hair and, from Motorman Guiness, an identical scar. Yet the' body was. not • Ids! Wood's scar then."'must have beer , false -and false for at least five years; since he showed the scar ,to 'Guineas immedi- ately after going to work for the oar company. That meant the plan for the ferry -boat crime must have been of at 'least five years' duration, But since it was the result of the Long- street murder, then that also must have been Manned five years or more 'before. Another conclusion: Since Wood was seen' boarding the ferry and was not k+iiled,,he moat have slip - bed _off the boat before Thi umm gave instructions to held everyone, "As a matter- of fact," interrupted Bruu'o, "your correlative supposition Is the true one; Actually, he was one of 'those who .vera-detailved on "the bloat. Stopes' saysi he was Helmy Nixon, the jewelry ,salesman." "Nix'on, eh?" mitiantiffed D*ut'y Lane. "Vim clever..'11illhs he could carry off Ithe carr t the &heap handbag. vvlidell d4 „Wood the conductor be had ear Q,iett Onto the %tterr7 to sty d"biifn " Port the so a conductor. Was it possible they were one and the same? .Forgetting the red hair and the scar, the first of which could• easily have been artific- ial, and . second unquestionably s'o-I knew Wood was tall and burly. Thompson, therefore, was our man. "The next step was plain -to ex- amine the back 'history of both De- Witt and Longstreet in an effort to uncover someone who had suffieierilt motive to desire the death of both and plan for yeara to that end. • That story' you know now, but for the first time, to me, It linked' Longstreet and De- Witt with two other men - Martin Sltop'es, eheaped convict; and William 'Crockett, wino turned out to be a sil- ent third partner of DeWitt_ Btaidong- street. Of the "two, Stapes (must be Wood -Thompson. His motive -revenge --directed equally agaainsfi all ,three of the others. SO Srttopes, I concluded, was the conductor, and Crockett 'the .Yuan killed on, the ferry. Ilow , proek- ett was decoyedby Stopes into a•.pos- vt'ion to be murdered, I drr not know. Ddd Stopes expi'aili,' Mr. ttrUinlo?''' "VM," said the Dstritt Attorney d udk ly. "11ie oo getaliiatod rt bh C niegett den ttXse "i (o of c'1isrohako"etil bookkeeper. 01 De Vitt & Longst tkran4Croe waybe I a th e '6 lis drink r ; n 't dl •sllali4e 'b ittl' s`.kk.. rtli�i pita the Mtge cheques 'sent Oram FF •ugn�TilL.li r)✓`-r.liM1\v:;�t �SrcL1�4 ��. etre by the two meta twice a year. For Crockett, when the three originally returned to . the Staates, insisted on sharing whatever success the other two attained; and -rather than have Crockett, a., reckless, irresponsible sort, spill the story of 'the Uruguay- an frame-up, Longstreet and DeWitt consented .to his in'vL•+sting one-third of the capital required to swing the business and giving him' a third 'share of their profits. I tape cat that only DeW tts insllstence 'prevented Long- street from reneging through the years. At any rate, the letter want- on to say that -he, the bookkeeper, had proof.of this frawdlniency and was willing to sell the ;proof to Crockett." "Not 'only !that, _ put in I'n�speetor'. Thumm, "but 'Stopes tdld in; how he telerhoned; DeWitt.:that morning pos- ing as Crockett, and dlemanded that DeWitt be our'' the lower deck of the 10:40 ferry that night. He caution- ed DeWitt to • ' beec'areful' not to be seen thereby minimizing the chanc- es of DeWitt and Crockett meeting." "How did Stopes arrange iris three. personalties -Wood, Nixon, Thompson -so .he was 'physically able to keep then; separate?" Lane asked. ` ' "It wasn't as hard as1.t looks," said the -District Attorney. . "As Wood he worked from 2:30 to 10:30 p.m. and 'as Thompson front 12 to 1:40 a.m. on the short railroad shift, a special job. As Wood the lived in: Weehawken for convenience in changiag his clothes and disguise 'before taking up his train duties,; .as Thompson he lived" in West Haverstraw, the last stop of his run, sleeping there the rest of the night and returning to; his Weehawla - lot -! s s :1f1di1�t'IdUa 1 i1d 0 us there is nothino mora vital fh effort Upon colt: 'sulccessful +router, struggle istbased PRP"? hopeir,Pli the future, NO other inyesstment';tf that. we_ earl make. •wilt ' •Oifir hone hpaopmpneesosf ersewdoaerds st.iheo Vrctoryin Lott t r „e •• This space donated by M. ASSEY. HARRIS CO.; LTD. . 1,' 1"; Iwo lodgings as, Wood by the late morning train. The Nixon personality was fle"kibie,'_and, Ise used it rarely. As fax as the night Of the ferny Mtr.-. der was concerned, Stopes selected- that electedIthat particular night because it was his night off as Thompson! Inciden- tally, this business of disguise wasn't so terribly complicated, either. He's )bald. As Wood he just wore a rea wig. He said than a short time be- fore the Longstreet kill, DeWitt had handed him -as Thompson the train- eonductor-a cigar ....,I3owever, Stopes was `"nrot able to explain the cause of the incessant quarrels between Long- street and -DeWitt." "I fancy," said. Lane, "that the ,pro- per explanation is simple enough. De- 'Whtt was a reputable enough charac• ter with one weak spot in his moral armour. In his younger days he was probably dominated by Longstreet, and came to regret the coapinacy against 'Stopes. I should not be sur- prised if Longstreet made it a point to threaten a disclosure of the old story to Jeanne." The three men sat in si:lehice, rum- inating. The fire leaped higher- and nota Bruno ,saw that Lane's eyes were' pa effica,lly clesed., Bruno started at the slapping sound' o4--;•Thuinm4's, great. (palm against his thigh: "By God?" exclaimed the impactor. He . leanedover and: touched. `Lane's shoulder ; Lane opened 'late, eyes: "I knew you , . left something . outMi-. Lane. There's one thing you' haven't cleared up. That hocus-pocus of DeWitt's fin,- gers " "Careless of me," murmured Lang. "In 'many ways the most 'curious ele- ment of the entire affair: Think of the physical signifvc'ance , of the twist- ed fingers. The geometric "symbol ap- proximated most closely -la an 'x' and' it was as rigid an identifieaion of Thompson as his finger -prints." Lane explored hie wallet, extract- ing along pieceof printed paper, which he handed to Thumm, explain- ing: "Merely one of the duplex cash - tickets which .passed through the hands of Conductor Edward Thomp- son when you paid our fares just be- fore his arrest." 'Phumm and Bruno stared at two •Wv! ;the the printed words:, "Weeliaw'ke '. lowerdown; "West"E;lrgiat;'' the perforationsof-001411.4641:0474:1- 'Ehompson's ticket »Hatch ---an- s An inspector, w!hile' exam:n' i a class in school one day; asked, '440 .• drove the Israelites out of Egypt? Your", he said, pointing to a smoil,. boy in the comer. No, sir, ',twasf't me," replied) :Clic ; boy, trembling. "I only came back from the country lit week!" The .soldierad been out on spree, and to finish wilih he. t'im'ed• et ;: taxi. Unfortunately, when; ;t the ta7d came to a stop, he found that be ". hadl4.1 a cent 1eft, and .he explained to the driver. "Thant the position, old man, and you ean't get' blood out of a stone," he added, cheerfully. "No," agreed the six-foot ta,xi-dhdT- er,' rolling •.up his sleeves( ominously, "but what makes you think you're a stone?" e The Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada offers for public subscription $600,000,000 S E•. C O lei D Dated and bearing interest from 1st Mulch 1942, and offered in three maturities, as follows=.. For. Cash or Conversion . 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CONVERSION SUBSCRIPTIONS - Holders of Dominion of Canada 11A% .:Bonds. due 15th May 1942, and Dominion of Canada 2% Bonds due 1st June 1942, may, for the period during which the subscription lists are open, tender their bonds with final coupon attached, in lieu of cash, on subscriptions for a like or. greater par va' to -.of bonds of one or More maturities of this loan at the issue price in each case without acclrised interest. Thesurrender value of the 1%% Bonds will be' 100.59% of their par value, and of the 2.% Bonds•,witl be 100.80% of their par value, inclusive ,of accrued interest in each case; the resulting adjustment to be paid -in cash., The Minster of Finance ref erves the right to accept or to allot the whole or any part of the amount of this loan subscribed for cash for either or both of the avaieible maturi- ties if total subscriptions are in excess of $600,000,000. The cash proceeds of this loan will be used by the -Government to finance expend® itures for war purposes. 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