The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1931, Page 6

The erstwhile millionalre, John Dacre Waye Vanderieur St. Clair, disappeared absolutely from hum- an ken, and in the underworld of | Chicago, unobtrusively appeared a somewhat mysterious recruit in the upper ranks of crookdom—a beardger, flash, moneyed rascal, one of whose aliases was John Waye. Before long, T was something of | a figure in the underworld of Chi- cago, and a friend and protege of “Uncle” himself. ‘The Chief of Police at Chicago, in the days when I was in search ©of a kidnaped daughter, had told me that, sooner or later, was bound to know something— and probably everything — about the business, adding that it would be useless t0 approach Uncle di- rect. He promised, however, to put one of his best men on the job of hanging around Uncle's speakeasy ~—which was in reality nothing more, or less than a Crooks' Club. Through the good offices of an excellent crook whom I had em- who, in the bearded ruffian that now sought him out, did not rec- orgize his erstwhile employer—I tteadily enlarged my circle of un- | desirable but desired acquaintances | And sedulously explored this un- @erworld. It was a horrible life. I loathed every hour of it, and nothing but my fanatical yearning for ven- gence enabled me to endure it From time to time, when I ‘heard- some scoundrel narrating the details of some big swindle, rob- bery, blackmail, or kidnaping, hope weuld revive, and I would follow up the clew. Sometimes it was literally and physically a case of following when I heard of some gang oper- ating in a line of business, the de- tafls of which seemed to suggest the methods of the gang who had killed my child. Once established at Uncle’s, 1 learned a great deal, and it was there, one night, that I heard a slightly intoxicated female bemoan- lfl;, in maudlin and rambling man ner the long absence of her part- ner in joy and crime, at S8—, where he and his pals were on to & fine, but delicate thing in black- mail, combined with a Kkidnaping which meant a fat wad either by ransom or white slavery. To B— forthwith I went. Can a ipanimate object—be ‘“‘unlucky?" " I suppose it would be quite un- € and possibly excus- able if I had, after all, become more or less superstitious with re- d to the “Curse” of The Unset- ing Siun, or rather the Luck—al- standable, L AVOR Full of long lasting delitious flavor and made of pure chicle and other ingrsglients of the highest quality. TS to you in perfect condition. of its goodness is sealed tight tlean wax wrapped packages. days work goes much easier WRIGLEY'S to sustain an "By Porcival Christopher Wren_ Author of | MYSTERIOUS WAYE s misi, | annual affair. “Uncle” ; diamond—or any other BEAU GESTE ) ways ill-lick—of this stone, one of | the world's greatest diamonds. However genuinely one might| Jaugh at the idea of there being | | any sort of connection between my | father's possession of The Unset—] | ting Sun and the terrible death of | his wife; or between my possession of it and my loss of my wife, it is undeniable that, had I never own-| ed the famous jewel, Rosemary And again, had it never been mine, that which now happened to | me—quite early in my new career —would never have occurred, for I should never have gone to 8—| on the trail of Rosemary's mur-| derers . . . Trudging the streets of that city late one night, going from | one crooks' haunt to another—I was suddenly aware of a man who, turning a corner, sped toward me, running Sswiftly and silently at| top speed. | Seeing me, he dashed across the road and continued his h(‘:\dlon'n" i | flight. | offerings ployed before I disappeared—and | It is curlous to think that this unknown man, whom I only saw | for a few seconds, and whose face I never saw, changed the course; of my life. | Turning the corner round which he had just come, I dismissed him from my thoughts and went on | my way, until, beneath a lamp- | post, T was reminded of him by the sight of an open pocketbook | | or money-wallet. | | Picking it up, I saw it was the| | sort of thing in which a wealthy man might carry bills of the larger | denominations. It was empty, and I jumped to the conclusion that it had been emptied by the swift and silent runner as he ran. Hold- ing it in my hand, I looked up and down the long, silent, and de- serted street and then walked on. What should I do with the thing? I read or heard something that might give me a clew to its own- ership? Suddenly, I saw, lying ‘beneath the next lamp-post, the huddled form of a man. Hurrying forward and kneeling by his side, I found that he was elderly, very well- dressed—and apparently dead. His hat lay in the gutter and from the back of his head a little stream of blood trickled. Raising his ‘head and shoul- ders from the ground, to See if it were to render tlrst aid, 1 declded that he was dead. His '| heart had ceased.to beat, he did not breathe, and his ;gtumed eyes were fixed and gla: ; Lowering the body to the pave- ment again, T pioked up the wal- let from where I had laid it down. would not have been kidnaped. | spend the summer. | FUNERAL IN DOUGLAS | “Wings of Snow.” Mrs. Kirkham | also gave a solo “Face to Face.” The services were largely at-| Throw it away? Keep it in case| I8 ! /flfik NEWS L DAN(‘E‘ T success was the| ance of the Douglas Vol- unteer Fire Department which was given here last Saturday night. The | big natatorium presented a scene of much attraction, with evergreen banked walls, fronted with latticed | fencing and trellises of flowe: while overhead the canopied ceil- ing terminated in a dome of mam- moth roses. It was an unusually large crowd attending and beginning at 9 o'clock special ferry trips were re- quired to bring the crowd from; Juneau. Douglas Firemen appreciate very much the loyal support from the buginess firms and individuals on both sides of the channel of their QUILT DISPOSED OF Mrs. Gertrude Jewell was award- ed the home-made quilt which was disposed of by the Catholic ladies Saturday night at the fire- men's dance. | GOES TO HAINES Mrs. Elmer E. Smith passed through on the ‘Alameda yesterday enroute to Haines where she will | D Funeral services for the late Mrs. Ida Laitala were held yesterday afternoon in the Congregational| church, Rev. Harry R. Allen, of} Juneau officiating, assisted by the ! Rev. Philip E. Bauer. | During the services Mrs. w. C.| Ellis and Mrs. Glen Kirkham gave | two duets, “He Knows It All” and | tended and there were many floral | | Interment: was - in the . Douglas Public Cemetery. The pallbearers | *lmen who will Adolf Granberg, Gust Nurmi, Matt Leukko and Aaron Johnson. et NOMINATIONS TONIGHT At the regular meeting of Doug- las Asrie, No. 117, F. O. E,, tonight, | officers will be nominated. The| election will be held in May. .- SENATOR HALE IS | COMING NORTH ON | HUNT EXPEDITION Senator Frederick Hale, of Maine, and Assistant United States Attor- ney General Seth W. Richardson, are two of a party of our sports- leave Seattle next Friday for Kodiak Island for &~ hunt, according to a telegram re- ceived today by Gov. Georgs A. Parks. The names of theé two re- maining hunters were not given. ‘The party will travel from Seat- tle on the Coast Guard cutter Shoshone. The Governor was not advised if it would call here en- route’ North. - - BELLINGHAM BRINGS ' FREIGHT OFF NORCO Freight that was loaded at Se- Juneau last week, was brought here by the B gham Saturday night. At Ketchikan, the Norco dis- charged her cargo and returned to Seattle, on account of a bent tail- shaft. The Bellingham, which has been operating in the fish trade between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert, B. C., picked up that part of the Norco's freight | destined for this port and carried it here. The Bellingham has re- turned to Ketchikan via Funter Bay. - e PAINE OPENS LAW OFFICE IN JUNEAU V. A. Paine, former well known resident of Juneau, has returned here and will locate permanently Today he opened law offices in the Valentine Building. e Everyone is cordially invited were David Brown, John Torvenin, — all of the services. WITH HOT OR Decotint is all interio; ious wall boards. SHERWIN WILLIAMS DECOTINT A SANITARY WALL FINISH FOR USE an ideal wall coating for the decoration of It gives that soft, velvety, water-color effect so essential to refined. surroundings, and can be applied on plaster walls, wood, or any of the var- 55 cents per 5-pound package $10.00 per Case Thomas Hardware Co. Will mail color-card on request COLD WATER | | Perhaps, it might contaifi a name and address. As kneeling beside the body, I was searching the pocketbook, I was almost paralyzed by a tre- mendous blow which, falling upon my left shoulder close to the neck and sending me sprawling on my face, seemed to knock the breath from my body and thought from my brain. (Copyright, 1930, by Frederick A. 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PHONE 15 ALASKA LAUNDRY DRY CLEANERS —A crowd of men county jail { Smith, negro and hanged him to entered a home here and attempted |and Seward Streets at attle on the motorship Norco for P Taken lérom Jail;Strung Up to Tree Mob Batters Down Doors, Removes Negro Sus- pect, Hangs Him | UNION CITY, Tenn., April, 20. stormed the and removed George a tree in the Court House yard. Smith was held as a negro who| to attack a young woman. Her screams aroused her father and the intruder fled. ! The crowd smashed the locks on ! the jail doors when they removed | Smith. | B | | i TRIVIAL ROOF BLAZE CALLS OUT FIREMEN i Flames upon the roof of a house | owned by Joseph Kaher, at Fourth' 8:30 this, morning called out the Fire De-| artment The blaze was ex- tinguished after having occasioned only trivial damage. LIBBY’S TAKU CANNERY BUYS BOX SHOOKS HERE With a load of box shooks for the Libby, McNeill and Libby can- nery at Taku, the Virginia IV, be- longing to the Juneau Lumber Mill here this morning. The Mill also sent a scow load &f lumber today to the Fidalgo Island Company of Pillar Bay. Graded Tumber to meet all requirements, whether it be a large job or a small job, may always be had from our yards. And in supply large enough to guarantee no delay in delivery. Good lumber and building materials of all kinds, at prices as low as may be found anywhere, are now fully stocked and await only your order to help push Juneau’s Spring building program along. If it is you want; if you want suggestions Piease feel free to utilize our service to the utmost. building plans or ide on the uses or substitutions of materials, if you want grace and beauty combined with construction stability on your job, then come in and let us offer suggestions. FOR THE QUICK ORDER, PHONE 358 JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inc. 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