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The Clinton News Record, 1942-01-01, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD t.C;rrra �-, -er aorrr ea+ aaea zc o ©STOKES CHAPTER VIII his. hand by a needle -pierced 'cork in gYN,OI'SIS ' his pocket. He was taking a party „of friends in e celebration of his en- ' Harley Longstreet, broker, dies in a $•agement to Cherry Browne, an act- ress, to his West Englewood home. His partner DeWitt, DeWitt's wife Fern and. his daughter, Jeanne, • her fiance Christopher Lord, Cheery's vaudeville friend Pollux, Ahearn, friend of DeWitt, Imperials middle- aged _atin, and ' Micheal Collins; brawny Iaishinan, made` up the group. District Attorney Bruno and Insliec- tor Timmer!, aided by Drury Lane, re- tired Shakesfeearean actor, investi- gate. Each member of this party seems to have sere grievance against Longstreet but Thumm" and Bruno think DeWitt guilty• Longstreet had had 'an affair with Fern DeWitt and he had a sinister hold on DeWitt. Lane declares he know the murder- ,er but indentifies him only as Mr. X. Later 'a man is murdered on a ferry- boat while Bruno, Thumm arid' Lane are waiting to meet the writer of an anonymous letter. De Witt; whom. they meet there by chance, joins them. The murdered man rs Conduc- tor Wood of the; fatal trolley. Evi- dently it was he who had written the anonymous note. Lane learns that Felipe Maquinchao of Uruguay was staying at DeWitt's house. Quacey, Lane's attendent, investigates, De- Witt admits he and Longstreet made their fortunes mining' -in Uruguay, but refuses further information. He I is arrested for the death of Wood-- Presumably ood presumably killed because he knew DeWitt murdered Longstreet. De- Witt seems calm, as if a hidden fear were gone. If acquitted, he plans to divorce his wife. 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Conveyancer ! 41nancial, Real Estate and Fire In- esurance Agent, Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton :Frank Finland. B.A.. LL.B. ..Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. .Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont. DR. G. S. ELLIOTT 'Veterinary Surgeon Witt's lawyer. i The lawyer moodily, surveyed, the litter on his library desk. "The case es almost inuposisible, Mr, Lane. I have told DeWitt that unless he al- ters his attitude he's' in for it, but he persists, in that devastating clam- mishness of his. The trial's been on for days now, yet I can't get a thing out of him. Bruno rested for the butate this afternoon, and I launch my ! defense tomorrow morning. All I can do is present the alternative of Brun- o's argument—that is a frame-up.", "Do you know, Mr. Lyman," Lane murmured, "it is a matter of complete • •astinishment to me that not one of the keen minds surveying this case has pierced the veil of nonessentials ,and seen the—to me, at least—per- fectly photographic truth beneath." "Do yon mean," Lyman asked' quickly, "that you are in the lames - mon of a pertinent fact, of which the rest of us know nothing, that will prove DeWitt's, innocence?" ! "Mr. Lyman, 1 know only what In- spector Thumm, District Attorney Bruno and you•know. 1 have the feel- ing that DeWitt, who has a sharp brain, would have seen the truth, per- haps,, where he was not the central Phone 203, Clinton .! H. C. MSIR Barrister -at -Law Solicitor of the Supreme ' Court of Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner. Offices in Bank of Montreal Building Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. 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W spent the evening in the` CIub w' other' business: acquaintances, of mine T was asked to join in a game bridge but was forced' to refuse be cause of my hand. At 10:10' 1 lef the Club and. took a cab! to th ferry. it .. n. Bruno wee on hue feet, protesti, to the testimony as "irrelevant ane immaterial," and demanding that it be' stricken off the record. IILyman said; "Your Honor . the de- fendant's Y �, testimony is: important in building up -a defense which will prove his innocence." Judge Grimm overruled the District Attorney's objection, motioning Ly- man to continue. But Lyman turned to Bruno and said: "Your witnes's." Bruno scowled then rose and fo minutes badgered DeWitt, at tempting to shake his story and bring out facts relating to Longstreet. T these Lyman inexorably objected and was ssustahieb. Finally, after a dry reprimand from Judge Grimm, the District Attorney eat clown, mopping his forehead, and DeWitt stepped from. rhe awtand. "I call as second witness! for the de- fense," announced Lyman, "Franklin Ahearn," DeWitt's friend wearing' a look of complete stupefaction, was sworn M. "Did you notice Mr. DeWitt's hurt finger during your dinner together at the Club?" asked, Lyman. "Yes. It was raw ante ugly -looking, but the cut had formed a rudimentary scab of dried blood." "Did' anything oeeur at the dinner table or afterward which bears upon this point, Mr. Ahearn?"' Ahearn, sat thoughtfully stroking his jaw. "'Yes. Mr. DeWitt held Isis right hand rather rigidly and used only his left hand for eating purposes. It was necessary for the waiter to cut his chop.' "Your witness, Mr. Bruno." "Did you know where the defend- ant was going after he left you at 10:10 that evening?" amen "How is it that you did notleave with him?" "Mr. DeWitt said he had an ap- pientment." "With whom?"' • "He didn't say, and of course I didn't ask." "What didyou do after the defen- dant left the Club?" Lyman was on his feet again, smil- ing another •objection. Again Judge Grimm sustained, and Bruno released the witness•, THURS., JAN. 2, 1942 nxiety By .,PEG,,. ...-..s,.,. ...«. If many of us, especially those who we do not profit from the ,experience worry, (and who does not) had at the;. of ethers, we fees that we have to go. -ir, close of the year ttaken a book or a through each trial ourselves and their sheet of paper and; had marked down how we wish we had learned the eas the things we wereworrying about ier way. Tho school of experience ad wbat a long list we would have had.' is very very hard. Along : this line e Now since the New Year is a few we have been foolish in the past but tth days on its way, let us get the list we can be wiser inthe-fixture. out again, read it over and then stroke of off the things which we worried Then we worry because we cannot about and which either did not happen hurry things along fast enough to Suit t or which gassed off with .very little us, and perhaps we find it harder than e trouble and we would have a record we anticipated. Nothing worth while which was almost - as clear' as it was is ever easy, The, working of it out ng• when we started. "How foolish to requires a great deal of patience. waste' our time in doing- something `Fanners this fall have looked; at a which is needless when there is so ;field which `they were about to: much to be -dyne today! Plough. Just what that field is going to look like remains with the Some claim that worrying comes farmer. He might stand at one corn - with age: We wonder as we look back er of it and worry as to how ft' is over our own lives whether as child- going to :be done, but he knows it will ren we worried or :not. We had our only be finished by taking a tractor Tittle plans,; we wanted to go places or , a horse ansi plough and getting and do things and were anxious lest started at it Then it is his business we would not be allowed to do so; we :to make a straight furrow. It seems had done something wrong and' were ,long but it is finished only a furrow or afraid that if cur parents. found it at a time. Instead of standing and - _out' we would, be "punished (in the mei_ worrying about it get 'started and it ority of cases we. deserved a great will soon•be finished; So it is with To deal more than we got). We sup, ,any other work in life. AS we go pose our little minds would call that on With our Work worry will leave worry.. - I was' of mom n ry ura- i tion and ietensity compared • with the ning and then in working out our worrying we do as we grow older and plans. the responsibility, of life settles on' .There are ,some cur shoulders. rpeople who can find very little`joy in the weather un - When we analyze the question after less it is dreary and dull. Ohe seldom all do we receive' any benefit from hears them speak of the sunny days, worrying?. If. we do 1=t us increase but as sure as the day is dark they our worry ten fold but if we do not, will come along with the expression, let us: lay it to one side and forget "My" it is dark and dull:" Do not all about it. worry about the' dark dull days in One reason why we worry is that our lives. Thip bright happy days in our lives. The bright happy days, far supercede them. It is interesting at piece:' times to read in the "Would you say the defendant could columnists papers where have are asking questions. grasped and lifted ' a two- hundred -pound object, a few minutes Quite` often some one is anidous be - before Inspector Thumm saw his cause' he or she is not popular, The would at the railing in the •condition answer almost invariably brings up described, and. shoved' or hurled' it ov the point that such a one is gloomy er the railing and beyond atwo-and'- and is always seeing the dark side a -half foot shelf without 'opening that of things and is determined that he or wound?" she will pass depressing thoughts on to everyone contacted. In our own Again' Bruno objected, but the experience likely the one to whom we judge ruled that the profess lona! op- are talking has far more trouble than inion solicited was pertinent to the we have but they have sense enough defense argument, to keep their worries to themselves. Dr. Morris said: "He could not have done what you have just described Anyone is always glad to share the without opening the wound." problems of these they meet but do With a snipe of trimuph Lyman not make thein down hearted by talk- saidt "You may .cross-examine, Mr. ing about worries which should not be Bruno.'' allowed to remain in ones mind. "Dr, Morris, under guise of your John Wesley was one day walking professional knowledge and exper- along the road with a friend. This ience, would you dare to deny that the man' said! "I do not know what I defendant could have used' his left shall do with all my worries," glanc- ,hancl to perform the aforementioned jug around John Wesley saw a cow act without opening the wound on his looking ever a fence and said to his right?" friend:" What is that cow Iooking "Naturally, if he didn't use his 'over a fence for." The man did not right hand' lie wouldn't open the cut know anti John Wesley .said, "because on the right hand;" it cannot see •through it." So it is 1 with us and our woeires, at times we Bruno looked hard at the jury and cannot see through them, but with sat down. Dr. Morris began to des- , God's help we can look over them to tend but Lyman waved him back, 'Him who will help. us to bear then,. "Dr. Motrin, you have just heard tiro' District Attorney insinuate the We worry because we do not keep! defendant could have disposed of the our minds• occupied with thing% which body by using only his left hand. In are not of a worzysome nature. We your opinion, could he?" have control of our minds. If we "Ne." persist in worrying, well no one. is "Why not?" ;going to stop us, in fact in the raj- ;ority of cases they could not if they "I have known, Mr. DeWitt profes- wanted to, for worry is. a most per- eionally for years. He is' right -handl sistant thing, and can be overcome ed, and his left arm, as, is usual with only by ourselves. Think of someone dexterous persons, is the weaker. He ;else who is worse off than we are. We weighs only one hundred and fifteen•'will not have to look far to find that naurds anal is a weaknian physically. one From these facts, that it would be im- possible for a one -hundred -and- Then too it is very unchristian to efiftee'n pound' man, using only ,one �lvoray. Jesus Christ was an optomist. arm, and' that the weaker of the two, He knew all the trials of•the world lame do whatyouhave described with and yet He' had faith in Ilk; Heavenly the dead weight of. a wo-hundred_ father: Worry .played no part in his pound body!'' life and when we worry we show into the world that we have no faith in "We're the two prize idiots of New Hien who lure done so much for us, Yorker groaned Bruno, slapping pap - lens into his briefcase. "We- had the When things bother us, we c'an, if we facts at our • 'fingertips 'all the time allow Him to guide us, see His hand and never once made the obvious leap in a tat He allows tocometo us, to the truth." "For my third witness," Lyman said in a deliberate drawl, "Inspector Theme!" Thumm started, like a boy caught stealing apples, thudded into the wit- ness-chair• "You were in charge of the police nves'tigation on the ferry boat when Nooci( was discovered murdered?" "I was!" "Where were yea standing just be - ore the body was! fished. from the river?" "On the upper passenger deck, at he railing." "Who was with you?" "The defendant and Mr. Drury Lane. d "Did you notice Mr. DeWitt's fin- e ins ger was .cut?" "'Mese' "Please describe the appearance of the wound as you saw it at that mons ent" "Well, it looked) sort of raw. There • was a dried -blood scab formed over the "cut." 1 "Over the " entire length of the cut, Inspector? The seab was in one piece?" "Yes. It looked very stiff." "Now, Inspector, please tell what happened after you noticed Mr. De- Witt's' wound." "The body ;was grappled at that moment, and we made a dash for the ;stairway leading down to the lower deck." figure,' "For heaven's sake, Mr. Lane," Ly- man cried, "what is it?" 'r.t..t¢n e'irefully," said Lane f kindly. "Make notes if you will-" "Ohe moment!" Lyman ran to a cabinet. "Here's a dictaphonc—•talk t to your heart's contend' A nine -thirty Lane left a ,iubilaet Lyman, grabbing for the telephone. Judge Grimm, a dour man, entere and the fifth day -of John DeWitt' trial for murder began. The preliminaries over, Lyman rose briskly, •glanced cheerfully at the jury, grinned over at the Metric Attorney, and stated to the Court "Your Honor, as the first witness for • made for sale dates at News -Record Office er writing Gordon M. Grant, Goderich, Ont. !. THE MOKILLOP MUTUAL 4 ]fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth. Ont. t Officers: President. ' Wm. Knox Londesboro; Vice -President, W. R - Archibald, Seaforth; Manager. and Sec. Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Wm. Knox, Lohdesboro; h Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris. 1 Leonhardt, Dublin;E. J. Trewartha,l Clinton: Thos. Moylan, Seaforth; W ' R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEw- ing. Blyth; Frank M$Gregor, Clinton;.t Hugh Alexander, Walton. List of Agents: E, A. Yeo, Mir. 1, e 'Goderich, Phone 603r31. Clinton; Jas.•i 'Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Bruce- p the defense, I call upon' the defend- ant, Jahn 0. DeWitt!" DeWitt had an almost detached nannor as Lyman pet the ,usual pre- liminary questions, then asked: "Will yen please relate to the Court and he jury the events of the evening of Wednesrley, September the ninth, be- tween the time you left your office and the time you reached' the Wee- awken ferry" "1 left my office at 5:30 and took the subway downtown to the Ex- hange Club, on Wall Street. I went o the gymnasium with intention of xercising a bit before. dinner, but.I cut my forefinger on ,apiece of ap- aratus'--an ugly gash which bled im- Held, R.R..No. 1; IL F. McKereher. 'Dublin, RM. No. 1; J. F. ?renter, Brodhagen; A. G. Jarsnuth, Bornholm, 'R.R. No. 1. Any money to be paid aray be, paid to the Royal tank, Clinton; Bank of •Commence, Seaforth, or. at Galvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties' desiring to effect Masa, ante or transact other business will "be promptly attended to on applies - 'tion to :any of the above offieere ad- dreesQd to their respaetive toot o t ewe. Losses inspected by the direcbor th ?u moderately. The Club physician; Dr. Morris, treated it' and wanted to bands - age the finger, but. 1 didn't think it `1' was necessary, and . ,, "One moment, Mr. DeWitt," inter- rupted Lyman 'blandly: "Was there "Did anything pertaining to Mr. DeWitt's, wound occur, as you were doing this?"' Theme. said sullenly: "Yes: The defendant reached':the door first and grabbed the knob, He -sort of.cried otit, and we saw the scut on his finger had opened. It. was. bleeding." man Lyleaned' forward and tapped humm's beefy knee: "The scab op- ened and the wound began to bleed merely, from, the defendant's grasp- ,ing the door -knob?" 1 "That's all, Inspector. ,Your wit- ness, Mr. Bruno." Bruno shook his head and Thumm descended, his face a study in mingled' disgust, astonish- ment and understanding. Lyman next called Dr. Morris.. "You have heard the preceding wit- ness described the condition of the wound and its scab when he saw, it at the rail of the'boat, Could this wound as Inspector Thumm described it have been open,:let us • say' fifteen minutes before he saw; it?" "Positively, not, Hee it been open- ed even an"hour before, the scab could not have been in one ,continuous CANADIAN•NATIONAL AILWAYS any other reason for refusing to have Y our finger bandaged.?" "Yes.. p intended to stay at the 1ub most . of -the evening, and. since he wound had stopped bleeding rough Dr. Morris' ministration, I preferred) not to be inconvenienced with an awkward bandage It would TIME TABLE Trellis will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Dtv. (oink East, depart 6.43 a.m. Going East, depart • 3.00 p.m. Going Wait, ,depart, 11.45 a.m. Going West,, depart, ,,•, ,;, 9.50 p.m.. it London-,-Clbston• . I tbAng Hoath 1R2'. zoo. lea+re 8.ot! p.m. Ise have necessitated my answering friendly questions about the accident and I am rather sensitive about these things. Dr. Morris told me to be careful of the finger, since a twist or bump. would. reopen the wound! and would bleed again. P, redressed 'th some difficultye and went to the Club restaurant with my friend Wo cannot alwan see the reason for Thumm rose, shaking himself like things but if we trust Binz we will shaggy mastiff. "From new on, know that whatever happens is for little Thummy Iistens to Drury Lane our good, but we can never see Jes- with xespectl Especially on the sub. us Christ in worry. He has told us jest of Mr. X!" +. to put our trust in Him and if we will Drury Lane studied the face of his not do that and will worry then we host unobserved. DeWitt stood in a will just have to keep on at it, We ,group of his friends, smiling ,and rdo not look far to see Jesus Christ in Iehattering, making crackling retorts do!?r j°ys• We de not worry about our to friendly jives. From the moment JOY° we just take them ler granted, the foreman of the 'jury had waggled but just as soon as we think we see his lantern jaws: "Not Guilty," De- 'worry' coming then we immediately Witt had cast off` the armour of Itis begin to fret. Why will we not trust ailenoe. Him, He wants us • to and if we only would we soon be able to see Him in The party had oonsgregated in • a' our troubles, which will never be les - private -hotel spite. Jeanne DeWitt send by worrying over them. Gods was there, sparkling :and rosy; Christ- has been with us in many' trying imes opher Lord, and Franklin Ahearn, in our troubles, which will never be looming over the frail body of his lessened by worrying over. them. God friend; Louis Imperiale, and Lyman has been with us in manytrying and brooks and, by. himself, Drury, times in our lives and has broughthtus Lane. • safely through them and, He will de DeWitt mur the same through the remainder of slipped out of the chatting ' n urid an apology and e„ a group, In ur days. Try Him and trust }lime a corner, the two men faced each eS'aid the Robin to the Sparrow other. 7? ow I should really like to know "Mr. Lane, I haven't had ,tlle ele- Why these 'anxious human beings portunity • . I can't fledweeds' to Rush about and worry so? exrestsm—.m p y Y profound tea/Arse', Lane chuckled, "I see that eves Said the Sparrow fe the Robin— lawyers as hardened ' as' Frederick Friend 11 think, that it must be Lyman cannot resist impulsive hulls- That they have no Heavenly Father cretion. Such as cares for you and int. (TO BE CONTINUED, "PEG BRITISH TANKS = AND SAPPERS COOPERATE IN RIVER. CROSSING Rivera are crossed' in rcceee time by Britains mechanised army, whose efficiency and speed is 'Kept up to concert pitch by constant exercises and manoeuvrest' Photo shows; a heavy infantry tank crossing a pontoon bridge,. while British Royal Engineers make fast the special tank -carrying - rafts. contribution. to the_ war effort," the Boon or Blunder? I uthor writes in discussing whether !a , g wh th r the project will aid or impede Cana-' Will the St. Lawrence Deep Water= Way project prove a tragic blunders if undertaken during the war? This question is posed in "Boon or Blunder ?"—a readable booklet by Arthur Lowe, well known contributor to leading Canadian magazines. The author says in brief foreword that he set out to write an article describing the advantages which Canada would derive from the Seaway's completion, but that in making the necessary re- searches his whole attitude towards the project underwent . a change. He Ieaves no doubt as to his belief that if undertaken during the war the pro- ject will prove, nota boon! but a trag- ic blunder. • The booklet, which gives the facts in the forth of. Questions and Ans- wers, constitutes a handy guide to an ;involved subject and should prove of treat value to those who seek an in- telligent understanding of the Seaway problem. Although the author is ,clearly an opponent of the plan, he marshals his facts fairly, and it is hard to resist the feeling that his conclusions are right. It is hard, in - ',deed, to understand—after reading Iris description of the probable effect thie undertaking would have on the war effort—how it came about that the issue was 'raised in war -time at all. It is harder still to understand why it should have been made the subject of a hole -in -the -wall agreement between this country and the United States. " Efforts have been made to rep- resent the undertaking as a major i dla's war efofrt, "but there is not a shred of jusitification for such a i claim. Examination of the facts re- veals one inescapable truth. It is this:. if the project is begun during ,the way, it will !cripple war indus- ,tries by draining them of men and materials. No sophistries, no jugg- ling of the facts and no amount of adroit argument should be allowed to obscure this truth, which in itself out- weighs all other considerations. The author discusses the power situation and ridicules the notion that war industries should wait four or five years to secure power from the St. Lawrence development when ,plenty of power could be made quick- ly available from half a dozen other sources. He reveals that if the pro- ject is completed Ontario will receive a virtual bonus of at least $23,000,000 from the Dominion as a whole and he suggests that Premier Hepburn's change of policy on the question can be '!solely attributed to the favorable terms he exacted from the Dominion Government. "Boon or Blunder?" by Arthur Lowe. Published by the Argyle Publishing Company, Toronto, ten cents, 'TOBACCO CAN FORM SMWHICH KED " CheSNfiPS1-101- CULD PATTERN PICTURES Don't overlook pattern pictures when you're out snapshooting. They often result in fine pictorial studies, adding variety and spice to your picture collection. ENERA.LLY. speaking, every good snapshot contains' some sort of pattern: In many oases, it is just a mere suggestion—perhaps eat two or three objects of similar shape that harmonize with each other. In these shots you "feel" the pattern without consciously seeing it—and the picture satisfies the eye because it contains a simple, order- ly arrangement. When we use the >term pattern picture, however, we usually think of a shot in which pattern or de- sign is quite prominent -often times the entire theme, Doubtless you can recall seeing pictures of this type—rows', of trees all evenly spaced, shadow patterns on brick pavements or streets, or interesting - effects similar to the one shown above. Subject matter for pattern pie. tures is all around you. At the vege- tabl'e market, for example, you have' probably seen large trays of apples and oranges, stacks of melons; bushels of potatoes in regular rows, and many; others. These symmetri- cal arrangements make' .perfectly swell pictures for they: have a Beni - rat rhythm which can be easily captured with any camera. Objects that cast shadows, such. as ornamental iron grille -work or a stairway rail also create interesting patterns. At certain times of day, the shadow form of a flower or plant may be oast on a smooth Mr- face—and if you include both In a snapshot, you'll have a pleasant arrangement that heightens the effect.. Youcan create many patterns yourself, by using ordinary objects. Arrange eggs, golf balls, spools of thread, sugar cubes—all sorts of things—against a plain background, on a table top, or on the floor in. interesting designs, circles, ovals, diagonals,' and many other geomet- rie shapes, and you have patterns. Then place Photoflood lights to ob• tain fascinating shadows, and take the pictures from a 'looking down" angle. When you find a number of ob. jecte all of one kind, then you have material for a true pattern picture, It's fun to hunt designs with your camera, and such pictures have an unusual "different" quality offering`," new interest to you and your album. 345 0 ' John van Guilder