Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 34

i THE EVENING STAR,- WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928. s NS4 THE TOLE BARR MAVITY Copyright, 1928, by Bell ‘Syndicate, Inc MARSH MURDER THE Ellsworth's wife, {0 Sheila_O'Shay. disapp e.” Dr. Cavanaugh. the great that' their married life on the Herald st o thinks the leiter means is incompetent, immaterial and irrele- “If the witness knows any circum- stances which will explain the letter, he has the right to state them. You | may answer the question,” the judge | | rapped out with metronomic precision. “T had some reason to suppose that Mrs. Ellsworth had done Orme—or he thought she had done him—some the circumstances of her leaving the ‘10use " “Reframe your question.” “Did your wife do or say anything » indicate that she was in communica- n with Orme?” “My wife's former husbands were not common tupic of conversation be- en us.” Again the air was cut by t sword of ice. i\ gust of iaughter ran through the riroom —the nervous, explosive ghter that is released from intolera- » tension. “Silence in the courtroom, please!" “Your honor, I move that the an- swer be stricken from the record as unresponsive. ‘It may be stricken from the record. Answer the question, yes or no,” the judge said with bored sevarity. “She did not.” 'hat is all, Mr. Ellswort “You may cross-examine. “I understood you to sa: began cheerfully, “that you looked through your wife's clothes on the morning when she was first missing. Graham | “Objection overruled. The witness may answer,” the judge said with his usual curt weariness. “I was taking the possibility into ac- count. “And yet you did nothing—nothing whatever—to discover your missing wife's whereabouts for three days? Weren't you, to say the least, somewhat anxious to know what had become of her?” The forced control of the man on | the witness stand was suddenly shat- tered. His hands gripped the arms of the chair as if he would tear them | from their supports. o " (Continued in Tomorrow's Star) | Rebel Sheiks Die in Raid. BASRA, Trak, November 22 (#).—- | Three rebel shefks are reported to have been killed in an air raid conducted by |firm of Hoffman, R iy v od et s quee | JEWELERS ARE GRGGED; $75,000 IN GEMS TAKEN Three Bandits Handcuff Two Mem- bers of New York Firm and Ransack Safe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Three | men gagged and handcuffed two mem- bers of a downtown jewelry manufac- turing firm last night and escaped with | unset stones valued at | jewelry and $75,000. Max Hoffman and Jack Edlin of the Edin, Inc., were alone in the establishment, putting | their stock in the safe for the night, when the three men entered. One intruder forced the partners into a back room, where they were gagged with adhesive tape and handcuffed to- gether. The jewelry was taken from “The PALAIS ROYAL DOWNSTAIRS STORE Friday Bargains Friday is Clearance Day . . . all odd lots . . . remnants . . . remainders of Special Sales . . . odds and ends . > . broken sizes, etc., are marked at sensational low clearance prices to keep stocks fresh and new and clean. If you're a good “Bargain- the Persian authorities on a section ¢f |an open safe. An elevat SEutor Hunter” shop early Friday in the, Downstairs Store. pe elevator operato: y Arab tribes known as the Beni Turuf, | summoned a patrolman after hearing dwelling near Ahwaz, which have beea |Hoffman and Edlin struggling to free in conflict with Persian troops. themselves. injur Doesn't that indicate that you thought f 4 | she might have packed her clothes be- _'She had a ; | fore leaving?” sider a grave infury and I imagine I| " object” rumbled the district at- am by no means the only one to suffer | at_her hands.” “Your honor, I object. . I move the ||| answer be stricken from the record | as_unresponsive.” | “It may be stricken out.” | “I withdraw the question. Did your | wife ever speak of Orme to you?” “She did.” ‘The bent heads of the correspondents 2 | Tose like a field of flowers turned up- ter | ward by the wind. There was a faint, M out ies | Tustling sound of suppressed excitement. s Barbara ce- | “WIll you kindly relate the substance . & combd of | of such conversation or conversations?” he 18 40T DEUVESR | “My wife told me that David Orme at any cost. They | was the name of the latest of her hus- ||| ve for each ot bands, previous to myself.” The dry | bitterness of the voice smote the court- | room like a blade of ice. | “Had you any reason to suppose that | your wife might have Ieft the house voluntarily with her former husband “I objer Graham, his round, boy- ish face crimson, popped to his feet as if sprung out. of a box. “What the witnesses supposes his wife might have done is incompetent, irrelevant and im- material and calling for the conclusion of the witness.” The words were like the spatter of a shotgun. “Your honor,” the district attorney boomed reproachfully, “surely the wit- | ness may relate any conduct on the ! part of his wife directly bearing on ||| Women’s Rayon Underwear, 2 for Step-ins, panties, sl bloomers, combina- tions, in pastel tinted fine quality rayon. $1.29 to $1.98 Uniforms and Smocks, 793¢ Slight imperfections. 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