Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 18, 1914, Page 7

THE UNIVERSAL CAR ¢ the difference in the bank. . e saving between Ford cost and heavy b cost is “velvet” for the prudent buyer, e knows the Ford not only saves him ollars but serves him best. It's a better or sold at a lower price and backed with ord service and guarantee. 500 for a runabaout; $550 for the touring r and $750 for the town car—f, o b, De- oit, complete with equipment. Get cata- og and particulars from Lakeland Automobile & Supply Co. Lakeland, Fla, THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., JUNE 18, 1914, KNEW ALLABOUT I By PETER THOMPSON. “Yes, he got three years for man- slaughter,” said the city editor. *“The iicrime was cold-blooded enough, but you can't get even a northern jury to | convict for murder under those circum- stances. However, I'd better tell you the story trom the beginning. “We happenel to be short of men when Phipps drifted into the office of the Clarion. He claimed to be a news- 1 paper man from Georgia, and he seemed to understang his business, so |1 gave him a trial. He made good. He wasn't a showy writer, but he had the faculty of getting news, which is a more valuable art. After a month of probation had elapsed I engaged him at & monthly salary of $150. “He was a reserved sort of man. Only one or two of us ever got to know him at all intimately. This may have been partly due to the fact that he was older than any of us—verging on forty, in fact. However, I dined at his little flat once or twice and met his wife. “Mrs. Phipps was & very sweet woman of about thirty-two or three. Somehow she gave one the impression that she had known great sorrows dur- ing her life. She was devoted to Phipps—her eyes followed him con- stantly, and she seemed almost to| Bl BOPPEGLLDDPIUIDIDDPD 4@ | DANS UPOD his words. s Grocery Company WHOLESALE GROCERS USINESS WITHOUT BOOKS” find that low prices and long time ot go hand in hand, and on May Ist ill instal our new system of low for Strictly Cash. have saved the people of Lakeland olk County thousands of dollars in ast, and our new system will still e the cost of living. and also reduce xpenses and enable us td> put the in still deeper. carry a full line groceries, feed. hay. crate material, and Wilson & ers’ ldeal Fertilizers always onhand s Grocery Company West Main St., Lakeland, Fla. ST LOOK Al THIS , Schaffner & Marx $ Selling as Low as 00, $18.00 & $20.00 were originally $20.00, 00 and $27.50. Mohair s as low as $9.60 to 80 now. All our Im- ed Straw Hats cut way n in price. Don’t miss Suit and Pants Sale as your only chance to get ood thing for a song. iiec Hub The Home of Schaffner & Marx Clothing JOS. LeVAY 3 TP BB R HBDBBEBHEHPPOOPEESTEDDE o g OO B BT B e} “After Phipps had been with us about eight months I called him over to my desk one November morning. “*‘John,’ I sald—I knew him well enough to address him by his first name—'do you remember the Elwell case? ** ‘Perfectly,’ he answered. “‘Elwell, you know, ran away with the wife of some man or other some- where down south,’ I said, to refresh his memory in case he hadn't remem- bered as much as he claimed, which would be no demerit in a reporter. ‘Wife of a decent planter, I believe. He fascinated her. He took her to New York, ran through her money and “Do You Remember the Elwell Case?” abandoned her. He was arrested a lit- tle later for forgery and sentenced to two years in Sing Sing.’ “‘Three, said Phipps in his expres- slonless tone. “‘Well, anyway,’ I continued, ‘the husband came after her when he learned that Elwell had abandoned her, forgave her and took her back with him. He said he was golng to kill Elwell, but the man was safe be- hind the bars by that time, so this man—by the way, what was his name? “‘Let mes see—DBenson, wasn't it?’ asked Phipps. ““That's it!" I exclaimed. ‘Jim Ben- son. Well, Benson said he would get. Elwell when he came out. Elwell's time is up next Saturday morning, but I've had a tip that he's going to be re- leased just after sundown today, 80 neighborhood he won't know about El- well's release until he's miles aw So I want you to run up to Sing Sing and wait round the gate of the penl- tentiary until you see Elwell leave, and then follow him till he gets aboard a train’ “‘All right, Tom,' said Phipps, and put on his hat and left the office. “I didn’t think there was one chance good on his threat or of his knowing the time of Elwell's release, but I ar- of front page columns. about it. six, usually, but that week the night on his holiday, and I had to ind till about ten at night to thing important that came ) as rather rushed. It been about gix o'clock in the ever I y from Phipps ) any one but me. at t?' I called nson shot Elwell dead 12 min- he answered u? I demanded He wouldn’t utes ago,’ “‘Where I'm Can you kee “‘All the Do you you wan to space swered in? | “‘No, | train, and bri ' y the story course, there was anm the st to the mc was satisfied, too, that per had followed the ¢ fore they wouldn’'t br for the murder of an So 1 waited for Phipps with some out an extra that in case Benson is anywhere in the | in a million either of Benson making | ranged things so that, in case there| was any story, I could give it a co iple | t Then I forgot My hours were from ten to | when I got a telephone | natural impatience, and about eight o'clock he strolled into the office in his usual way and handed me the pen- ciled story. ““You might run your eye over this,’ 1he said. ‘There’s about a column and a half there. I'll finish it in 20 min- utes or so.’ “That was the best story Phipps had ever written. It treated the subject almost photographically. One saw the man Elwell leaving the penitentiary gate with a furtive, hurried air; the assassin lying In wait for him, the tracking down of Elwell in a lonely part of the road, Elwell's frightened recognition— “‘Say, John, I called out at this !juncture, ‘you must have seen the | whole thing, didn't you? Why in thun- der didn’t you stop it?' “‘You didn't send me to stop it; you i sent me to report it, answered Phipps. ! “I had never quite understood John Phipps, and now I stared at him in as- | tonishment. Had he really permitted | the murder to take place in order to make news for the Clarion? He might, of course, have been exaggerating; in any event he had done his duty to the paper, and the moral aspect was for his own consclence. So I went on { reading the story, which was a dandy. “‘The assassin got away? [ asked. “‘Yes,” answered Phipps, thrusting a few more sheets of copy into my hand. ‘He took the next train—you'll i read all about it there. He got Elwell just where he wanted him. ‘“‘By George, this will be a scoop!’ I sald, congratulating myself on hav- ing followed up the case. ‘Say, John, now I think we'll have to send you { down to Georgia to interview the mur- derer.’ “Phipps thrust the last sheet into my hands and looked up in his calm, dispassionate manner. ‘I beg your pardon, Tom?' he asked ! me. “‘F say we'll have to send you down to Georgia,’ I answered. Can you catch the midnight train for Atlanta? He's sure to be making for home. A man like that is & monomaniac, with no more thought for anything except | his crime than a lunatic has for any- thing except his delusion. You'd best catch the midnight—' “‘Sorry, old man, but I've got an appointment at police headquarters,’ answered Phipps, putting on his hat again. He held his hand out to me. ‘You see, Tom, he explained, ‘it was I who shot Elwell.'"” (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) OLD FRIGATE’S FINAL BERTH Constellation to Come to Permanent Anchor In the Potomac River at Washington. Removal of the famous old frigate Constellation from the naval training station at Newport, R. I, to a perma- nent location in the Potomac river at Washington, is proposed in a bill re- ported favorably to the house of rep- resentatives by the committee on naval affairs. As the committee’s ac- tion was practically unanimous the early passage of the measure appears probable. The Navy League of the United States and other patriotic or- ganizations are behind the project and are earnestly advocating favorable ac- tion. Suggestion that tae old ship be transferred to Washington was first made by Rear Admmal Victor Blue, chief of the bureau of navigation of the navy department, in his annual re- port to the secretar’. The rear ad- miral believes that tie Constellation, as a historic relic, will prove of great interest to the thowsands of sight- | geers who annually tirong the capital city. The frigate Constelation s the old- est naval vessel buil. by the United States government ard was launched at Baltimore In 1794, It was one of & squadron of four ships intended for the protection of Anerican shipping against the Algeriat corsairs. The lofty whiteoak sides of the ancient | craft still bear the holorable scars re- | ceived in the naval var with France | {fn 1799, in the confllet with the Bar- bary pirates and in the strife with England in 1812, It @ the present in- tentlon of the authcrities to anchor the frigate in the tical basin, a land- locked lagoon convecting with the | Potomac, in which the gigantic image | of the Washington monument is re- flected. At the hea¢ of this basin stands the statue of fohn Paul Jones, | the father of the American navy, | while a short distance away the huge memorial to Lincoln i8 soon to rise. | To this scene the Constellation will lend historic color | Routing Ou' French. Victor Emmanuel 111, following tha initiative of Kaiser Wilhelm, is driv- ing into exile the French words that have 80 lo | table Her appear on the hold mert s forbidden ever their names. Thee will b ch dishes, no more gundy or Bordes ather and hi cooking wil be | man Or s of win paper the which th are expec This cilinary revolutlon, ¢ met with much success in | % high Roman rociety. Why Our Sidewalks Are the Best [ i \ %L - i Low Round Trip Rates FROM JACKSONVILLE Mackinac - Buffalo = - * © Niagara Falls - - 47.40 ints in Colorado, California, Canada, Mi Low rates o other point G Rocky Mountains. Proportionally low rates from other points in the State. Tickets on sale daily, until September 30, Return limit Oct. 31. 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