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The Huron Expositor, 1941-12-12, Page 7DECRMRRR 1', 1941 • t • iH 7.c XPOSITOR ELM -ER D. BELL, B.A. Barrister and Solicitor SEAFORTH - TEL. 173 Attendance in Brusseld Wednesday' and Saturday. 12-66 McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT, Telephone 174 . 3698- K. L McLEAN Barrister, Solicitor, Etc: SEAFORTH - - ONTARIO Branch Office - Heusall Hensall Seaforth Phone 113 Phone 173 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. ,E. A. MCMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases Of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 p.n1. Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. 11687 - JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon • IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-W - Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat, P ne 90-W Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- sei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hoa pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, 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. 12-67 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Househol Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties: Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone Harold Jackson, 12 on 658, Seaforth; R.R. 1, Brucefield. 3768 - HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household - sales. Prices reasonable. 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TIME TABLE EAST Ooderich " Menet ?1cGaw Auburn Blyth Watton iMeNatight Toronto Toronto ItIcNaught 'Walton Myth Auburn McGaw Gedurleb WEST .si P.M. 4.20 4,24 4.32 4.42 4.62 5.05 5.15 9.00 ,111111111111111111111.1111111 CHAPTER IV SYNOPSIS Harley Longstreet of DeWitt & Longstreet, brokers, invites eight friends to celebrate his engage- ment to Cherry Browne, actress. On a crosstown trolley Long- strdet dies suddenly, by poison scratched into . his hand by a needle -pierced cork. The, party consists of Longstreet's, partner DeWitt and his n n wife Fern and daughter, Jeanne, her fiance ,Christopher • Lord, Cherry's vaud- eville friend Pollux, Ahearn, friend of DeWitt, Imperiale, mid- dle-aged Latin, and Michael Col- lins, brawnyIrishman.At the e carbarn, Inspector Thumm ex- amines them. He is convinced the poisoned cork entered Long - street's pocket after the party had boarded the trolley. Long- street always read the evening paper on .the trolley, 'Cherry Browne says, for the stock mar- ket news, especially about Inter- national Metals. That's why she had, reached for has glasses. Sud- denly hysterical, Cherry rushes forward to DeWitt: u did it,". she shrieks. "You ated him!" Thumm examines the other pas- sengers. The conductor, Charles Wood No. 2101 Says he often has seen Longstreet and DeWitt on his car. The motorman Guiness No. 409, oorroborates him. Next morning Thumm learns that Long- street had an affair with Mrs. De- -Witt, a strangely superstitious woman; that he had a hold on DeWitt, frequently demanding large sums- of money ,from him. Indeed, each member of the par- ty seems to have some grievance e,gainst Longstreet. This is the story Inspector Thumm and the D.. A, tell Drury 'Lane, retired Shakespearean actor. Drury Lane sprang to his feet. "Sev- eral questions, inspector. Has there been a development of interest from Dr. Schilling's autopsy?" "Nothing," said Thumm. "We hav- en't made an inch of progress in trac- ing the poison or its source." "Inspector Thumm, you are entire- ly satis ed that the needled CQt•k was slipped into Longstreet's pociciet in the car nd not before?" Thdt's one thing we're dead cer- A.M. 8.30 12.03 12.18 1,2,28 ,12:82 122.40, 12,40 :0r am being watched. But if you will meet.me, or send somebody to meet me Wednesday night at eleven o'clock, in the Wee- hawken ferry waiting room, I, will disclose myself and tell what I know. Please for my sake don't tell any outsiders about this' letter. I am going to watch myself until that time. Thumm handled bhe letter gingerly./ he placed it on tl>,e desk and scanned the envelope. "Postmarked Wee -r hawken, N. J., last night," he mut- tered. "Full of fingerprints from di: - Cy fingers. One of those Jerseyites on the car." "We can stand a quick prosecu- tion." Bruno rubbed his hands con- tentedly. "Get in touch with District Attorney Rennells of Hudson county and make the necessary arrangements to have 'Jersey police watch the Wee- hawken terminal. All plainclothes." As Thumm went out Bruno called the Hamlet. "Hello! Mr. Drury Lane - . . District Attorney Bruno calling." • , A shrill quavering -,voice answered: "This is Quacey, Mr. Bruno. Mr. Lane is,right here by my side." "Oh, yes, I forgot -'he can't tea:'." Bruno explained the contents of the anonymous letter. Silence from the other end of the wire, then: "Mr. Lane asks if he may be present to- night at this meeting." "Oh, by all mean's." In the barnlike waiting room be- hind the Wee-hawken ferries, a dozen. men were grouped, silent and watch- ful. District Attorney Bruno, nerv- ously consulting his watch at ten -sec- ond ,intervals, paced the floor line a maniac. Inspector Thumm prowled about, looking sharply at infrequent newcomers. Quite alone sat Mr. Drury Lane. Bruno came over and sat down. F y-fi,ve minutes late already," he c.plained. "To tell the truth, I'm beginning to feel a wee bit -foolish." "You would have more cause to feel a wee bit worried, Mr. Bruno," replied Lane "You think-" began Bruno, and stopped, stiffening -as did Inspector Thumm at;ross the room -at the rauc- ous commotion emanating from the ferries outside. "What is the truble, Mr. Bruno?" asked Lane. , Bruno's head strained forward. "There was a ery of `Man overboard!' Drury Lane was on his, feet in one feline moyement. Inspector Thumm thundered: 'Trouble on' the pier; I'm to the rear of the pilot -house above, Thumm's flashlight showed 1ong4 un- even marks that ran from the railing to an alcove at the northwest outer corner of the cabin, "Jim, go downstairs and hold every- body qn the boat." Thumm and Lane, with DeWitt trailing, walked to the raiL "A heavy object was dragged across here," said Thumm. "Might be murder." "What's the matter, DeWitt? Hurt your hand?" The little broker turned and offer- ed the hand for Thumm's inspection. Lane leaned forward. On the forefin- ger. extending from 'the first joint vertically, was a fresh scar an inch and a half' long. A thin scab had healed 'over the wound. "I cut my finger thisevening on some apparatus in the Exchange Club gymnasium be- fore dinner. Dr. Morris there fixed me up. Told me to be careful with it. It pains a little." A Yell reached them from below. "We've got him!" •• "Downstairs !;;° cried' Thtarim, A,•s ope, the three men me for the door, As DeWitt grasped the handle 0t -t,40 door Ile eXelaimed in annoyance and ,rowned over his right hand."Thumm and Lane a lw that the wound was l:leeding. 'Lire scar hung loose, torn in several place,. "Shouldn't have used my righthand ou the door," groaned the little man. They found the bundle was the body of a bu:•ly man, with red hair. Beside the body, mangled beyond re- cognition', :ay a visored black cap, soaked. Thumm snatched it up- A Shield above the visor bore the metal number 2101 and the inscription: Third Avenue Railways. The inspector glanced sharply at Drury Lane, then thrust his hand in, - to the inner breast pocket of the dead man's coat. His hand reappeared with a soaked wallet. He rummaged through lt, and leaped to his feet. District Attorney Bruno, topcoat tails flying, was ,hurrying from the terminal to the ferry, 'Thumm wav- ed the limp wallet. "Bruno! Hurry up! We've got our man!" The Distr•1ct_.Attorney sprang to the boat. "Wino do you mean -the writ- er of the letter'?" "In person, only somebody else got to him first." Thumm eased a wate:-- soaked card out of the wallet, Drury Lane examined it over Bruno's shoul- der. It was the trolley company'.; identification card and bore the sig- nature: Charles Wood. "It'ss he ,- t ame•illi ,,w ng," agreed Bru- no, The macerated corpse of Conductor Charles Wood had been borne to the stationmaster's office. Brunoturned to Lane. "While In- spector Thumm is examining the body l 97 w9140,401', ' t nl?'k�reres"a adif x d+ou "t 1,�i1tT•pPi3, snggf,>1't400 wont wl thele The D1atxiet Attorney eat ie fo>• the Pilot of the gettewik,, 'we're trying to. get oonfirmatetY' id,enti: e,at_ions of the dead matt. Bili you see the man whose body we had. on the ferry -deck before?" "Hundreds of times. Sort of frie*id -elf mine, he was. Course, his head was hashed in and all that, but I'd swear he's Charley Wood, conductor on the Crosstown." "What makes you think so?" "I just know. Same build, same red hair, same clothes. Charley lives over in Weebawkin here, I guess, 'cause he always took the ferry across at 10:45 when he was through with his shift on the car and for years back he got into the habit ofin' up an the top passenger de0k"'and yelling hello at me. Sometimes he'd stay on arid gab for a couple of trips. But he said he wasn't goin' to stay on for any extra trips tonight because he hail an appointment over in Jer- sey." Bruno dismissed the river -man and climbed on elle of the wa ting -room benches, shouting: "Now want ,,,II who ho saw rhe Y - bodyfail from t r m ha upper deck. to step' up here!" Six people wavered, looked at each other, then with hesitant ,steps cross- ed the room. Bruno, jumping off the bench, eyed a rotund man. "You- wh at s3 our name "August Havemeyer: I'm a printer -goin' home from work. I wa,s sit - tin' on the bench across from the w`n- - dow, : Just as the boat began to get • help to *kg, true toms . for and nerves. Buyingtiie lar'A,e size saves you money and ensures a supply forallthe family. ' 180 pills $1.50: Dr. Chase's Nerve Food con- tains vitamin B,. (hoses FOOD into the pier I saw something big ;and black fall outside the windows," - (Continued Nelct Week) Teacher: "How many fingers have you?" Bobbie: "Eight and two thumbs." 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In pads of 50 5 Pads for $1,25 They found the bundle was -the b•dy et a burly m Ydtit„ gel Wr. - tain of." "Now tell me, inspector - nothing was found on the occupants of the car that would seem out of place, consid- ering the weather and the type o€1 persons involved -like topcoats, eve-' ning clothes, gloves - things like that?" No, I can absolutely vouch for it." Lane stared thoughtfully at his visi- tors. "It' everything Inspector Thumm has told me is true, then I believe the. guilt lies in one direction. But I pre - ler, for pressing reasons, not to com- mit myself further at this time on the Possible identity of your arnknown quarry -shall we call ,your from now on?" "But Mr. Lane," began Bruno, "a delay -after a11 . . ." - Drury Lane 'stood motionless. "Dan- gerous, of course. But not half so much, you will have to take my word for it, as a premature disclosure." Bruno and Thumm faced each other across Bruno's' desk the next morn- ing. The District Attorney's •haaed played with a neat pile of letters as he asked: "Anything mew?" Thumm bit a cigarette in half. "Col- lins. Making trouble again. One of my men just found out that he visited DeWitt three times since Saturday. Of course, he's trying to collect from De- tritt." Bruno began idly to open the let- ters,' Two he tossed into a desk -bas- ket, for filing;. the third, a letter in a cheap plain envelope, brought him to. his 'Feet with an exclamation. "Good God, Thumm! 1f this isn't, the sweet- est break-!" He spread the letter before the inspector. It was written in rusty black ink on cheap ruled sta- tionery, in a plain undisguised hand. Addressed to the District. Attorney, it had no signature: I am one of the people on the street -car when Harley Longstreet was murdered. I have found out something about Who killed him. I am willing to give this information to you, but I am afraid the mur- derer lcmivwe 1 snow, and 1 'think 1 going out!"' Bruno also had risen. "I'll stay here with some of the boys. Might be a decoy. Our man may come yet." At the farthest endf the r ed pier a ferry boat had come in an was grinding against the side pilings, As Thumm, Lane,.d'nd a half-dozen de- tectives reached( the landing, some scattered figures were hurrying but of the terminal. The gold -leaf on the boat's pilot-housd above the upper deck read: Mohawk. On the north side of the lower' deck passengers milled wildly about, leaning over the rail, peering out of windows of the starboard cabin -wall. Drury ,_.ane looked at his watch. The time was 11:40. Inspector Thumm sprang to the boat -deck. "What's happened?" he roared to a gnarled ferryman. "They say he hell from the top deck as the 'Mohawk was sliding into the pier." Thumm and Lane began to push to- ward the door of the cabin, when Thumm stopped short, extending his arm. A slight frail figure was step- ping off to the dock. "Hey there, DeWitt! Just a min- ute!" The frail figure, bundled in a top- coat, looked up, hesitated, then re- traced his steps, His face was white; be was panting a little. - "Inspector Thumm!" he said slowly. • "What are you doing 'here?" "Little assignment. And you?'. "I'm on my way home. What's go- ing on 'here?" Might have stayed to find out," said Thumm amiably. "Come along with us. By the way, meet Mr, Drury Lane, the famous actor. Helping out. Mr. Lane, this is Mr. DeWitt, Long - street's partner." Drury Lane nodded pleasantly; DeWitt's eyes, wandering before, suddenly assumed something of deference. "This is an honor, sir." Thumm lunged up the brass -tipped stairs amidships, the others following to the dark upper deck, Roughly be- tween the center of the boat and the bow, a few feet behind. the cleared u'piice at the tip • o1 tho ;boat, and well • STATIONERY Fifty Sheets of Note Paper' and 50 matching envelopes printed with initials make a splendid gift for anyone. And. what could be more useful? 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