Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 39

OTE AT PLOT * CHARBED BYLEWS : sgatofial Candidate Says lllegal Scheme Planned to . Defeat Democrats. By the Associated Press. KALB, IIl, October 15.—James lton Lewis told Democratic work- of De Kalb County yesterday that there is a deliberate conspiracy afoot to steal votes for United States Senator. ‘The Democratic senatorial nominee said that if an honest vote were cast today, he would receive a majority of 200,000. He urged his listeners to take particu- lar caution in seeing that election who sit as Democrats are really ocrats who will see that the ballots counted fairly. He then named De' Kalb County in particular as one of several in which, he said, an attempt would be made to get the Republican and Democratic poll watchers together, Bemocrats petty favors ving so-called return, ‘The Democratic standard bearer traged the history of the trade move- ment, which, he sald, started in the last century. He asscrted that every one knew that Tilden was “counted out” in the presidential election of 1876 and that McKinley was not really elected President in 1896. Lewis said McKinley's election could be traced to the manipulation of 25,000 votes in three States. The same system is to be attempted this year, Mr. Lewis said, to try to cheat him out of Republican votes. He said there were certain coun- tles, ordinarily Republican, listed as places where such trading can be done. ‘The method, he sald, was to have selected as Democratic election *judges persons who would wink at ballot changes and juggling of figures with the understanding they would be re- warded with such offices as deputy sheriff and coroner. ———e FINNISH EX-PRESIDENT AND WIFE ESCAPE SEIZURE Native Officer Interferes When Auto Is Halted and Inspected Near Russidn Frontier. By the Associated Press. HELSINGFORS, Finland, October 18, ~—Dr. Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg,” former Pinn President, and his wife were saved today from forted transportation across the Russian frontier by an officer of the National Defense Corps. ‘The defense corps officer forced the car which was conveying the two to halt at Joensu, 100 kilometers from the frontier, and submit to inspection. The abductors escaped. Neither - of , the two prisoners was harmed. HELD IN COURT SHOOTING Oklahoma Widow Charged With Attempted Murder in Two Cases. By the Associatéd Press. ENTD, Okla., October 15.— Dolly Douthitt, eccentric wealthy who -September 24 fired a volley or revolver losing lnd'l“ u Nheord“:‘ mmh “u; a suit, y was charge with the aftem) murder of H. Z. ‘Wedgwood, United States commissioner. ‘Wedgwood, acting as an opposing at- torpey, was wounded. She also is charged with the attempted murder of another attorney, and A. G. , the trial judge. Shots fired at the latter two men went wild. — LEHMAN DIVORCE ASKED Jennie V. Lehman, ~who con- beauty parlor at 1817 Adams y asked the District an absolute divorce Mrs, ducts & Supreme Court fc for from Horace Ray Lehman, present whereabouts are unknown. after marriage, the wife states, her husl beat her severely once each week up to the time he left her to go to Maryland with the it 'n:em.m.gmzpm there' is one child J. Quigley jr., whose sald to be| his e Scarab 'dr se ‘S. S. Van Dine By THE STORY THUS FAR. 1t 1s doubtful if Philo Vance, although endowed with & fine analytical'mind and & remarkable flair for the subtleties of human psycholoky, could have selved the bizarre murder of Benjamin H. Kyle un- less he had been the first observer on the scene, Carefully he noted the magze of topsy-turvy clues, before the arrival of the police, after Donald Scarlett had stumbled upon the body in the private museum on East Twenteth street, facing ark, maintained by Dr. Min- s, famous Exyptologist. ci G well-to-do ~ Englishmsn, about 40, who had been a colleze mate of Vance at Oxford, was so stunned by his discovery of Kyle's body. the head terribly battered and a heavy Egyptian statue lying over it, that he had hurried to Vance for advice. By phone Vance Toported the crime_to his friend, District Attorney John F. X. Markham. arlett sald he Kyle, who had b expeditions, _should il Bliss had made an appoiutment at the museum with Kyle for 11 that morning to submit a financial statement to.the wealthy art patron. The museum was in one of two brownstone houses, owned by Kyle, which had been so thrown together as 1o make one building. In the other lived Dr. and Mrs. Bliss, Robert Salveter, Kyle's nephew. a Harvard graduate. who was an Exyptologist: Anupu Hani, & Bliss fawlly reteiner: Brush, the Btler, Dingle. ‘the cook. Mrs fbdi Bliss was half Egyptian and much youuger than, her husband. O trict attorney the details of his macabre disco Markham listened attentively. he turned to Vance. “Of course, it may be just an act of thuggery—some one from the street . . .” “Oh, my aunt!™ Vance sighed and shook his head lugubriously. “Really, y' know, thugs don’t enter conspicuous private houses in broad daylight and rap persons over the head with statues. ‘They at least bring their own weapons and choose mises-en-scene which offer some degree of safety.” “Well, anyway,” Markham grum- bled, “I've notified Sergt. Heath. He'll be along presently.” (Sergt. Ernest Heath of the Homicide Bureau had worked with Markham on most of his important cases. He was an hone:t, capable, but uninspired police officer, who had come to respect Vance highly. Vance admired the sergeant, and the two—despite their fundamental differ- ences in outlook and training—collab- orated with” admirable smoothness.) At the corner of Twentieth street and Fourth avenue he. halted the car. A uniformed patrolman stood before a call-box. who, on recognizing the dis- trict attorney, came to attention and saluted. “Hop in the front seat, officer,” Markham ordered. “We may need you.” ‘When we reached the museum Mark- ham stationed the officer at the foot of the steps leading to the double front door, and we at once ascended to the vestibule. I made a casual mental note of the two houses, which Scarlett had al- ready briefly described to us. Eacl had a 25-foot frontage, and was con- structed of large flat blocks of brown- stone. The house on the right had no entrance—it had obviously been walled up. Nor were there any windows on the areaway level. The house on the left, however, had not been altered. It was three stories high; and a broad flight of stone stairs, with high stone banisters, led to the first floor. The “bassment,” as was usual in such structures, was a little below the street level. The two houses had at one ttime been exactly alike, and now, with the alterations and the one entrance, gave the impression of being a single estab- lishment. As we entered the shallow vestibule— a charaeteristic of all the old brown- stone mansions along the street—I.no- ticed that the heavy oak entrance door,, which Scarlett had sald was ajar ear- lier in the morning, was now closed. Vance, too, remarked the fact, for he at once turned to Scarlett and ask:d: “Did you close the door when you left the house?” looked seriously the recall INSTALLMENT III, N our way to the muscum, & few blockt distant, Scarlett recounted briefly to the dis- ‘Then Scarlett at massive panels, as if trylng to 1 actions. “Really, old man, T can’t remember,” he answered. “I was devilishly upset. I may have shut the door. " Vance tried the. knob, and . Very careless on some one’s 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store the door opened 4 .| “Well, well. The latch has been set == == Scarlett looked astonished. “Never knew it to be unlatched.” Vance held up his hand, indicating that we were to remain in.the vestibule, and stepped quietly inside to the steel door on the right leading into the museum. We could see him open it glingerly, but could not distinguish what was beyond. He disappeared for & moment. “Oh, Kyle's quite dead,” he an- nounced somberly on his return. “And apparently no one has discovered him yet.” He cautiously reclosed the front door, “We- shan't’ take advantage of the latch being set.” he added. “We’ll abide by the conventions and see who answers,” Then he pressed the bell- button. A few moments later the door was opened by a cadavorous, chlorotic man in butlere’s livery. He bowed perfunc- torily to Scarlett, and coldly inspected the rcst of us. “Brush, I belleve.” spoke, The man bowed slightly without tak- ing his eyes off of us. “Is Dr. Bliss in?" Vance a<ked. Brush shifted his gaze interrogatingly to Scarlett. , Receiving an assuring nod, he opened the door a littls wider. s “Yes, sir,” he answered. “He's in his study.” Who shall I say is calling?” “You needn't disturb him, Brush.” Vance stepped into the entrance hall, and we followed him. *“Has the doctor been in his study all morning?” ‘The butler drew himself up and at- tempted to reprove Vance with a look of haughty indignation, Vance smiled, not unkindly. “Your manner is quite correct, Brush. But we're not wanting lessons in eti~ quette. This is Mr. Markham, the dis trict attorney of New York; and we're here for information. Do you care to give it voluntarily?” ‘The man had caught sight of the uniformed officer at the foot of the stone steps and his face paled. “Youwll be doing the doctor a favor by answering,” Scarlett put in, “Dr. Bliss has been in his study since 9 o'clock,” the butler replied, in & tone of injured dignity. it was Vance who “How can you be sure of that fact?” Vance asked. “I_brought him his breakfast there; and I've been on this floor ever since.” “Dr. Bliss' study,” interjected Scar- lett, “is at the rear of this hall” He pointed to a curtained door at the end of the wide corridor. - " “He should be able to hear us now,’ remarked Markham. “No; the door is padded,” Scarlett ex- plained. “The study is his sanctum sanctorum; and no sounds can reach him from the house.” ‘The butler, his eyes like two glitter- ing pin points, had started to move away. “Just @& moment, Brush.” Vance's voice halted him. “Who else is in the house at this time?” ‘The man turned, and when he an- swered it seemed to me that his voice quavered slightly. “Mr. Hanl is upstairs. He has been indisposed—"" “Oh, has he, now Vance took out his cigarette case. “And the other members_of the household?"” “Mrs. Bliss went out about 8—to do some shopping, 8o 1 understood her to say. Mr. Salveter left the house shortly afterward.” “And Dingle?” “She’s in the kitchen below, sir.” Vance studied the butler apprais- ingly. “You need a tonic, Brush. A combi- nation of iron, arsenic and strychnine would build you up.” “Yes, sir. I've been thinking of con- sulting a doctor, . . . It's lack of fresh air, sir.” “Just $0." Vance had selected one of his beloved Regies and was lighting it with meticulous care. “He's in the museum now. . . . I'd ;flrgotb@n. sir. Dr. Bliss may be with “Indeed! And what time did Mr. Kyle arrive?” “About 10 o'clock.” “Did you “Yes, sir.” “And did you notify Dr. B.iss of his arrival?” “No, sir, Mr. Kyle told me not to disturb the doctor. He explained that he was early for his appointment and wished to look over some curios in the museum for an hour or so. He sald ]het‘d knock on the doctor’s study door ater.” “And he went direct into the mu- seum?” “Yes, sir; in fact, I opened the door for him.” Vance drew luxuriously on his ciga- rette for a moment, admit him?” west DJ.STELLWAGEN PRESIDENT Opening an Account When you wish to open an account with the Union Trust Company, you have only to present yourself at our new account window with proper identifi- cation and state your intention. You will then sign signature cards, deposit your money and receive a passhook in which you are credited with the amount you have entrusted to the bank. 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He said he wished to be left alone in the museum, and, as members of the house sometimes leave the door on the latch when they go out for a short time, I made sure that no one had done so this Otherwise they might have come in and disturbed Mr. Kyle with- morning. out my warning them.” “But, Brush,” interjected Scarlett ex- citedly, “‘when I got here at half-past 10 Vance made an admonitory gesture, “That’s all right, Scarlett.” turned back to the butler. the door was open—-"" you go after admitting Mr. Kyle?” “Into the drawing room.” pointed to & large sliding door half way down the hall on the left, at the foot of the stairs. “And remained there till when?" Did you hear Mr. Scarlett come in and go out of the front door?” “No, sir. . using the vacuum cleaner. of “Quite so. But if the vacuum clean- er’s motor was hummin’, how do you know that Dr. Bliss did not leave his But then, the motor—" study?” “The drawing room door Was open, sir. ‘T'd have seen him if he came out.” | “But he might have gone into the left the house by the door without your hearing him. ow, you didn’t hear Mr. Scarle museum and front Y en! “That would have been out of the Bliss wore only & fight dressing gown over his pajamas. His clothes are all upstairs.” question, sir. Dr. Subscribe Today It costs only about 1% cents per day and 5 cents Sundays to have WasHington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- ing. %‘elephone National 5000 and the delivery —vil! start immedi- ately. The Route Agent will col- lect at the :nd of each month. Very strange.” l’b 1 looked ‘Then he “Where did The man 1 was ‘The noise '!erylood‘ .lmlvh. . . . And now, one mon:u.um: Has the front door Mr. Kyle's arrival?” “Maybe 1t rang and Dingle answered « That motor hum, don't y’ know.’ “She would have come up and told me, sir. She never answers the door in mt She's not in presentable habiliments afternoon.” “Quite characteristically feminine,” Vance murmured. . . . “That wil be all for the present, Brush. You may This STIEFF I Equal to New, But You Save $700 CHAS. Piano Manufacturers for 100 Years Lo.ng-Range Binoculars 855 For night or day use. A guaranteed high-quality French glass, made expressly for marine and gen- eral outdoor use, A lifelong ne- cessity. Pay 50¢ a Week Bulova Watches for Ladies and Men These dependable wrist and strap watches contain” guaranteed movements in beautiful dustproof cases. Pay 50c a Week Retired Broker, 84, Dies. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 15 (®)—Samuel R. Phillips, 84, retired broker of Boston, died at a local hos- pital yesterday. 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