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The Wingham Advance Times, 1935-07-18, Page 6IVORCG Cou .: SYNOPSIS LTO P ►PPE Qr1 aws.rosamotammeaumanAR R�8Roi`it t -i Six persons are in an inner office of the law firm of Dawson, 141cQuire and Locke at Philadelphia. A master hearing in the divorce case of Row- land vs. Rowland is under way. Mrs. 'Rowland, represented by her lawyer brother, Mr. Williard; Mr, Rowland, the defendant, and his attorney, Mr, 'Trumbull; the court clerk and Mr. Dawson, the piaster, are the six per- sons. There is a new development in the case. After failing to defend Him- self against the charge of adultery in earlier hearings, Mr. Rowland digs up evidence and asks the court's -permis- sion; to produce witnesses and resist the suit. Judge Dawson overrules the heated objections of Mr. Williard, and orders Mr. Trumbull to bring in the ':first witness. Mr. Trumbull has just gone to an outer office to bring the witness but •finds her dead -chloro- formed: She is Mrs. Barbara Keith, wife of a prominent business man. judge Dawson phoned for the police. Detective Tommy Rankin is assigned to the case, He is now questioning all Of _ the parties involved in the case. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY, "If Hugh Campbell is involved in this at all, he'll be too clever to do anything so conspicuous or suspic- ious. In fact, he'll probably come for- ward as soon as he learns Headquart- ers wants him." He paused. "Phone the Bureau, Jenks, and tell Gordon to inquire for him at all the best ho- tels in town. If he's staying in Philly and isn't with friends, he'll check in only at the finest." He deliberated a moment and then .finished his instructions. "Besides, he has connections here, through which he might be traced. Let's see . there's Gussie Morton at the Morton Club and Nick Alberti manager of the Organdy Club on S. Broad Street. Tell Gordon to visit them for a chat," Jenks made a note of the address mentioned, and his superior continued "Now, what else have you learned from the office force? Who visited the firm during the afternoon?" He nodded toward the chairs lined against the wall beyond the rail, 'where a man and woman waited 'whom Rankin had barely noticed on his arrival. They sat apart, the woman demure and chic in a gray dress that revealed an attractive figure; about twenty-three years old, she was phys- ically small, with petite features, pret- ty in an unobtrusive manner. The man was as large as she was small. Close upon fifty years, he was tall and broad -shouldered, His eyes were dull and unimaginative and al- together he radiated ponderous en- ergy, without alertness or sagacity. Studying them each in turn, Ran - .kin asked his colleague: "For. whom were they witnesses, Jenks? Who are they and what do they know about the case?" "The girl's name is Jill Edmond— Miss Jill Edmond," Jenks replied. "Earlier, I understand, she worked ,as Mrs. Rowland's secretary last Decem- ber and January." "Worked is right, but not any long- er," Rankin commented with a smile. "Because she happens to be his cor- respondent—the woman with whom he had the affair that caused lzis wife to sue for a divorce." It was the other's turn to smile — knowingly, with, a slightly lascivious smirk. With regard to the order of en- trances and exits that afternoon, Jenks fully corroboorated Rankin's own in- quiries, His tinge -table, together with some notes and observations, read as follows: 2:20—Mrs. Rowland and Mr. Wil- lard arrive and enter library, 2:25—Mr. Trumbull arrives, waits in outer office. 2:30—Allen Rowland and Mrs. Keith arrive, and with Mr, Trumbull, pass into library. 2:34—Jill Edmond arrives and waits in outer office. 2:38—Hugh Campbell arrives and waits in outer office. 2;38 about) — Allen Rowland,leav- es Mrs. Keith in 1050, and rejoins Mr. Trumbull. 2:39—Mrs. Rowland joins Campbell, has brief conversation, (Find out what about.) 2 40—Allen Rowland and Mr. Trumbull leave suite through main office, Rowland to dismiss chauffeur. Mrs. Rowland returns to library. WINCH AM ADVANCETTIMES joined the group waiting in the lib- ;rary. "Mr. Simpkins," he addressed the clerk, "I'd like to see your notes of the evidence presentees at the hear- ings. Your typed record. Have you got it with you?" The clerk produced a large loose- leaf notebook from a voluminous poc- ket, "With pleasure, Mr. Rankin," .he responded. "Here you have it com- plete." Rankin took the book from hire, and excusing himself, retired into lvlr. Dawson's office. There he closed the door and spread the notes on the la'w- yer's table for study. Although on the surface the details of Allen Rowland's dalliance with Jill Edmond appeared to have no direct bearing on the tra- gedy, he would not neglect the cir- cumstances which it helped to bring about. The preliminary testimony estab- lished Mrs. Rowland's right to sue for separation in. Pennsylvania. She had. resided at her estate in Parkway Road, Germantown, continuously ex- cept for her vacations. Allen Row- land had also lived there until she dis- covered his infidelity. Then he went into bachelor apartments he had al - The guilty man stoo.d in the doorw 2:41 (about) -- Mrs. Rowlandleav- es suite through main office, and. Mr. Trumbull returns to phone his office. 2:45 (about)—Allen Rowland re- turns to 1507, and retires with Mr. Trumbull to Mr. Dawson's office. (Check the time with Mrs. Keith's chauffeur, Alvin.) 2:49 (about)—Mrs. Rowland re- turns, speaks to . Campbell and re- joins brother in library. 2:51 (about) — Hugh Campbell leaves suite by central door for a min- ute and returns. 2:56 — Hugh Campbell receives a phone call and hurries off without ex- planation. 2:57—Mr. Henry Dawson arrives, and enters, his office. 3:00—Mr. Simpki.n's court clerk, ar- rives, also enters Mr. Dawson's office. The hearing begins. "And that about covers the ground, Tonimy," Jenks concluded his sum- mary of this data. He turned away from Jenks and re- ay, chagrined and astonished. ready been occupying, in West Phila- delphia. The marriage certificate was offered in evidence. She had met him four and a half years ago, while wintering in Miami. As a life -guard at the beach, he had performed for her some service, not clearly indicated, which first brought them together. Before that he had led a wandering adventur- ous life -- a cowhand in Texas, a movie extra in Hollywood, a riding master in Chicago, They were mar- ried by an Episcopal clergyman at Fort Lauderdale, on December 28th, 1928. Jill Edmond, of course, was the bone 6f the fatal contention between Adele and Allen Rowland. A month before the past New Year, Mrs. Row- land had advertised for a secretary in the columns of several newspapers. The "ad" required a young and per- sonable girl of more than average in- telligence and ability, It would be her duty to attend to her employer's JAPAN'S WOMEN PREPARE FOR GAS ATTACK • A army of officers instructing Jap- ' ' ap-ape a woiiien in the proper handling of gas izrasks during recent, mats-tgas manoeuvres conducted at the Military hospital in Tokio tinder the auspices of the Japanese Patriotic Women's Association and the ministry of war. correspondence,manager her social engagements and in general serve as a companion. Of •all the applicants, Miss :Edmond, petite and neatly dress- ed, alert, clever and willing, had ap- peared most suitable for the post. Mrs. Rowland first had reason to suspect the girl's relations with her husband less tlian three weeks later. She had remained at home from a bridge party 00 the 23rd of the same month, because of a liead'aohe; but she retired without informing Miss Ed- mond of her indisposition. Descend- ing unexpectedly from her room at four o'clock, she found her in the lib- rary, ostensibly writing letters at her desk, while Allen Rowland bent over her, his arm around her shoulder. Their nonchalant air in attempting to carry off the embarrassing situation did not deceive her. Confronted by this discovery, Adele Rowland consulted her brother, who arranged to hire detectives to watch the couple. Both parties were to be trailed every moment wherever they went, whether separately or not. There followed in the notes, a re- sume by the detectives of their move- ments in watching the subjects of their vigilance. On the Thursday af- ternoon after they began work, young Rowland/kept a rendezvous with the secretary at a park in Germantown and took her to supper in town. Two days later they trailed Rowland alone to the Westview Apartments in West Philadelphia. Investigation revealed that for eight months he had had an establishment there under the name of Seymour King. The crisis occurred on a Wednes- day, February 1st, the ,girl's next holi- day. At four o'clock that afternoon, so Mrs. Rowland related in her testi- mony, she accidentally noticed a scrap of paper in her husband's writing in the secretary's library wastebasket. Evidently he realized that they were suspected and employed this indirect method of, communicating with her. In the note, he made an appointment to meet her that very evening at nine o'clock. Therefore, when the girl, during supper, specially requested to be excused from duty that night, her employer granted the favor. Rowland was not at the table nor had he been at home that afternoon. In the meantime, Mrs. Rowland telephoned the detective and apprised him of her knowledge. Then they call- ed Mr. Willard' and prepared plans for trapping the faithless couple. So it was that when Allen. Rowland reached the rendevous that Wednes- day night, his wife, Mr. Willard and the detective were already hidden there; they watchedunseen from the lawyer's car. Rowland drove up alone in a coupe on the hour, and his para- mour joined him. They followed him beyond the city limits along the Beth- lehem Pike as far as Quakertown. Forty-five miles from Philadelphia, Rowland turned off the main highway to reach the fashionable and expens- ive Sunset Inn, which, however, like many such roadhouses, possessed a questionable reputation. It was 10:30 when he arrived with his companion. As they went inside, the pursuers, careful lest their quarry observe them, halted a hundred yards from the buiId- ing. For some time they waited patient- ly. In ten minutes, a new light illum- inated one of the second floor rooms and Allen Rowland appeared at the window and lowered the shade. At 11:15 the three trailers entered. The ,chamber the husband and his companion occupied was number 212 on the second floor. (Here the hotel book was placed on the record to prove Allen Rowland's registration for both ?of them as husband and wife. In his handwriting was the entry of Mr. and Mrs. King of Allentown, Penn- sylvania.) Without warning, Mr. Wil- lard knocked on the door; and when it opened, it revealed a scene that could hardly be more compromising. The guilty man stood. in the doorway, chagrined and astonished, in colored pajamas, a robe and slippers, while Jill Edmond, pale and breathless, sat on the bed in negligee. It was at this precise juncture 'that Mr. Mortimer Keith stalked angrily into the Inn bedroom, took in the sit- uation witha hurried glance and,. of - feting no explanatiotn, departed as ab- ruptly as he had. arrived. When Rankin. reached .this aniaz- ing statement in the record he sat back with a jerk, audibly expressing. his: bewilderment, It came from the private detective, volunteered casual- ly in his complete description of what occurred in Room 212,, after the in- vasion. (Continued Next Week) STARCH DESSERTS According to the pamphlet "Milk Desserts" issued by the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, starch desserts comprise the, large group of mills puddings which are thickened with cornstarch Or flour: To ensure a smooth texture and good fia- vont, when aiiaking desserts of this type, the following points should be Thursday, `July 18th, 1935; READY FOR W.A. WITH ITALY Reserve soldiers and conscripts of the Ethiopian army are undergoing training for the machine gun corps upon their arrival, in Addis, Abba. They will be pitted against the invad- ing troops of Italy. lvlany of the troops, trained by former Belgian ar.- myoffiCers, show a high state of ef- ficiency. Thousands of Abyssinians. are flocking into the capital from all' parts of the country to answer the call' of Emperor Haile Selassie. kept in mind. (1) Cook in top of double boiler; (2) Mix the cornstarch or flour with sugar and blend with cold milk before adding to the scalded milk; (3) Stir constantly while the mixture is thick- ening, then occasionally until the mix- ture is cooked; (4). Cook mixture un- til the flavour of raw starch has dis- appeared; (5) If whole eggs or egg yolks are being added, cook • corn- starch or flour mixture first, then add a small amount of hot mixture to bea- ten eggs and combine with mixture in double boiler and cook for three minutes longer; (6) If beaten egg whites are being added, fold into pud- ing after removing from heat; and (7) Flavouring, nuts and fruits should be added after the pudding has been re- moved from heat. Recipe for blanc mange: 4 tablespoons cornstarch IA tsp. salt 14 cup sugar ?4 cup cold milk 2 cups hot milk 1/ tsp. vanilla Mix cornstarch, sugar, and salt, and blend with cold milk. Add slowly to hot milk in top of double boiler and stir constantly until mixture thickens. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, add flavouring: Chill. Cocoanut Pudding — Follow recipe for blanc mange. Fold in one stiffly beaten egg white and 5 cup shredded cocoanut with flavouring. Serve with crushed fruit or fruit sauce. Maple blanc mange—Follow recipe for blanc mange, omitting sugar and using z cup maple syrup. A Useful Household and Farm Spray. A very useful spray for destroying insects in dwellings and farm build- ings may be easily and cheaply made from pryethruni insect powder and ,kerosene. According to the directions of the Entomological Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture the spray is prepared by adding one- half pound of pyrethrum to one gallon of kerosene, allowing the mixture to stand and agitating it at intervals ov- er a period of about two hours, or longer, thus ensuring that practically all the active principle of the pyre- thrum is dissolved.. The residue of the pyrethrum settles to the bottom of the vessel as a brown sediment, and the clear liquid, which is pale lemon -yellow in colour, may either be syhponed or filtered off. When the spray is required for use in farm buildings, it may be prepared satisfactorily with ordinary kerosene and it is unnecessary to add any oth- er chemicals. 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