New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1929, Page 12

steering gear acting like it was made of the same kind of rubber that seems to be in some of our infleld- er's mitta. We goes over a bank stopping only after we used a tree that got in our way for & brake. Bushes of all kinds, including & lot we hadn’t brought with us, were scattered all over. ' The bought and DIVORCE DECLINE NOTED IN COUNTY ing vespectively ¢4 and ¢1.- There county in either year, the commerce New Haven oeunty registered de- clines in, marriages, divoroes. and annulments; recording. 3.313 war- in 1928 compared with 3.448 trasted. with 463 diverces snd'S a3e nulments in 1937. . Middiesex. county showed gais in performed. but with ealy one:annuiment noted for esch year. Marriages totaled 330 in 1928 as againat 316 in 1921 with diverces numbering 20 and 3. Ogden shout ‘gold buttews’ @t *mn MacNair grinaed ironically. man Furie—these bullets are gold —but 1t doesn’t necessarily follow there is a conmection. But even if there is, what of it? Jerry's motive for killing his father might have come out of something that hap- pened before he was born. Some- thing to do with that mine, for in- sance.” A curious idea had come into my head. “What. if this man Dillon who Killed ‘Jerry’ should also have Killed Andrew Ogden?” “Why?"" MacNair demanded. Synopsis: Romance and love chal- lenge: the cold logic of the law. Jucy, confident that her fiance, Jer- ry. did not kill his father as the po- Uce charge, engages Luther Mac Nair, famous detective, to investi- sate the murder. Awakening in the early morning, John Peebles, Lucy's uncle, finds a burglar in his den, searching for the famous Alex Pe- terson revolver loaded with gold bullets which have become mys- teriously enmeshed in the tangle of QOgten’s death. The last message of a murdered man—an echo from the § 7 i in 1927. Diverces numbered 383 “Know anything about gold +paid for shrubbery now.looked ‘I“l:o m m “ mm - quartz?” he asked suddenly. Y something that had mwt:.. bul- “No,” 1 said. I picked up the ness lnd' couild ula:l: pass .r specimen. “It looks rich.” J mi-l‘:‘l Inc":’ :'me. :u.n r“kn-v— “Rich!"” MacNair grunted. *Ii u{t&‘ Mt el il rotten with gold. That bit'll run :Ithoriulv :fc A ’"-u B :;:,"twenly, thirty thousand to the 2 T R oid he pl.:;:‘ ,;: 3 i K i) | : 5 the radiator and.there’'d st nr!ik:'l'mtled. vS8ounds like a big ]pm“ N :I nu“':: i vi " Instead of getting peeve He nodded. “But here's the wate queerest thing of the lot.”” Mac- I‘h;:nlkvk:m;‘::l.t::h:v:_r‘:t‘l"_::;g;!: 5?‘-\"‘ sli¢ the black notebook to- s s soty et AL wamnt moh ARSI a hard luck.fella. - I'll ‘bet if. there was a piaro in a street parade I'd’} be elected to carry it." . ANDY DALE. From Julivs Cassar down te_Alvary Obregon, ‘many fomeus Agures “ef histery Bave met desth violaftly st the hands of famatics and pelitical eme- mies. Our Washingten -Bureay:has géthered the interssting facts 'in ten of the principal crimed of this mature. and_ included theni 1n an inierveting bul- letin called Some FamousAssassivations. You will ‘find’ it weith while read- ing? FIll out the coupsn helew %4 s for 1t: 3 By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspondent, N. B. Herald) Washington, D. C., May 25.—The 3.¢ per cent-decline in marriages and 10.5 per cent drop in divorces recorded in Connecticut last year compared with 1927, is reflected in similar declines in Hartford county, which numbered 2,855 marriages compared with 2,999 in" 1927, and 332 divorces against 375 the pre- ceding yesr. Thers wepe six annul- ments noted for Hartford county | contrgsted with seven in 1987, Marriages performed in the entire state numbered 11,680 in 1928 as against 12,063 in 1927, while di- vorces totaled in 1928 only 1,276 compared with 1,425 in the preced- ing year. ‘While Litchfield county’s marriage rate dropped from 546 in 1927 to 480 last year, its divorces gained by 3, the totals for 1928 and 1927 be- . 322 New York A CHAPTER 12 1322 New York Av BLACKMAIL—"DILLON" T took up the mysterious notebook. prepared for anything but what 1 was to find. The book looked old. Only tHe first two pages had been written on. At the top of the first page a name was penned in the dashing handwriting of Andrew Og- den. “Dillon!" 1 whispered, my eyes on the name. “James Dillon:” Beneath the name was a list of entries. The upper entries, li the name, were slightly faded; the lower ones were black. “There are 26 entries.” I said un- Asaminations. rxnd_en- I want a copy ef the hullelin Some, Famo cacelied’ U. ¥. ‘postage lose herewith five cents in cein, or loese, stamps to cover postage and handling Innnm‘ AND NUMBER eecein b edani - ' oy : STATE RICHARD PORTER : Richard Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. “Alphonse B. Porter of 177 Adams street,” will spend his junior I am & reader of the:New Britain’ Herald, ’, & Ity ' 3 -— . — L______'_,__o_:____ ® | year at the Sorbonne Univergity in He is one of two students 3 # - 'ASIGNOF QUALITY=VALUE to thousands of satisfied USED CAR BUYERS Paris. at Dartmouth college who have been selected by the University of Dela- steadily. FEach one is for $5.000." |yare to be members of an American “And each one s dated the fitsl oroup of students to enter the Paris day of January of its re'pecti»elufll\?rsil)’. This is done annually year,” Henry added tonelessly. |y the Delaware institution. The “The last entry is dated the first .ourse will equal that given in the | of:ihe Dreneht vaar’ junior year at Dartmouth. “Ogden has paid Dillon $5.000 a | year for 26 years” MacNair QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can gét an anewer to any question of fact or information by . {wriling to the Question Editor, New drawled. when Mr. Ogden opened one of tho‘snmn Herald, Washington -Bureau, T disregarded MacNair's ugly im- | envelopes, sir. The chip fell out.” |1322 New York avenue, Washington, plication. “Did Mr. Ogden make any com- | D, C., enclosing two cents in stamps “The assumption is that Ogden |ment2>” for reply. Medical, legal and martial paid Dillon $35,000 a year for 26 “No, sir. He wasn't the cOm-|advice cannot be given, nor can ex- years. Dillon killed the ‘Jerry’ who | menting kind, but his face hecame | tended r¢search be undertakem. All wrote that note, and since Dillon | bitter and hard and hurt as i he | gther questions will receive a per-* has been receiving payment up to| were remembering some dreudful |gonal reply. Unsigned requests can- the first of the present year, he!thing.” . |not be answered. All letters are didn't die as a result of the bullet ;l'he n‘\ian “::hdr";l a::infl::h:r confidential. y—Editor. ‘Jerry' put into him. I again offer|grimaced. *“Our hlack - the theory that Dillon Killed An-|ceived his yearly blackmail ana| @ Whatls meant by drew Ogden.” acknonledged it with & POKer| "4 " rng standards of bepaviour “Why 2" MacNair asked. chip.’ X “For the same reason that he| “But why a poker chip?" Dea- :"::X:b:l{' 'Lgn:r’::;luc;:;te-':.z‘rac‘: Killed ‘Jerry,’ perhaps. Or possi- [con exploded. : 3 toward the other members of their bly Ogden refused to pay morel MacNair gave his disconcerling |, oeopyion and the public. blackmail.” laugh. “It's all syeculuuon. Q. What is the meaning of ** ‘Possibly’ *“What about this lead bullet, the Amen? Nair echoed cards and the quart: I went bn. A ‘" in ariiebren word." dhat refused to pay more “Poker chips imply cards, domt| o\ L a0 nied into the Greek lon would expose him, they? As, for the quarts and the |, .o 0 50 "on Yinterjection and him." bullet, . T ¥dont Kpow: . Thazh Ay has been variously translated into This was logical. have nothing to do with the case, | o, b 00 (T 0T a0 be it let it “You are forgetting young Jer- | though the lead bullet 1looks as. it b; i ¢ v ry,” Deacon reminded me. “You|it had plowed through somehody's Q "‘,‘""e is “The Great and Stimson saw him tearing along | breast hone.” Face”? 4 the walk last night. That fact has, (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) e “The Great “Profes- MacNzair slid the mysterious note-book towands Pechles, dead 0% 30 years ago—is disco.cred in onmgief the cartridges and the name of “Dillon” flashes into the picture, I smiled sadly. thought. 1f Dillon note in this pistol he would have good reason for trying lo get it. And if Ogden also had come into possession of the dangerous infor- mation it contained—dangerous to Dillon, I mean—you see my drift?" MacNair shrugged. “Pure specu- lation DPeebles. See you later.” 1 picked up the telephone and called Henry Dcacon. There was no word of Jerry and my heart sank. 1 put’ the instrument down “Just a vagrant knew™of the CHAPTER 11 ‘OUT ‘'OF TORRIDITY There was silence for a moment. Lucy's hands fluttered onto my arm ang ed there. MacNair stared at me, & blazing intentness in his eyes. “No «wouder - your man wanted the gun." MacNair said harshly. ¥ nodded. I suppose so. And and ‘perhaps.’ " Mac- raspingly. “If Ogden blackmail Dil- not kil at these Out- standing Used Car Values LOOK 1928 CHEVROLET COACH Expert mechanical condition, Duco finish, bumpers, spare tire, radiator 8tone Stone Face" car for the yet—if this note from the dead was written in 1896, and it hasn't been disturbed gince jt was put intv the and looked into Lucy’s tragic eyes, She tried to speak but her lips wera trembling. Turning, she fled from Ogden blackmailed hy “Dillon” for 26 years! cartridge, how could the man have known it was there?” Lucy still clung to my arm. “This *Jerry,’ Uncle John it isn't .t couldm't be. . . .* *“Qur Jerry? Hardly! This note was written years ago—probably in 1596. This Alex must be—" “Peterson himself,” MacNair sup- plied. “And ‘Jerey'?" * “A friend or a relation. May a brother. Ever hear of any one by the name of ‘Jerry' being connected with Peterson?” “Ne. I wonder who Dillon is— or was.” “The he put hullet, presumabl shells is empty. And then he scrawled thia note and shoved ® into the cartridge we found it in.” MacNair nodded. “We must find out wher= Hyde got it. Do you know what became of Alex Pet son “1 don't.” “You said he was an invelerate gambler. Tt seems to me T re- Lord knows! ‘Jerry' says a bullet into him—a gold az one of these i paragraph | amazement tol member hearing something about a ‘poker g&Mme that cracked the town.’ In eonnection. with Peterson, 1 mean,” “A ‘poler gam: town, " 1 muttered phrase is familiar, hut know where I heurd it. iy supposed to have poker for a human life.” MacNair pondered for a moment. “1 suppose we may safely assume this gun belonged to Alex Peter- son; he was related to a man called “Jerry’; a man “Jerry' and left wounded Dillon gold bullet: and wrote this note.” that cracked the Peterson him dying: “Jerry.’ “Jerry. dying. “Do you connect this, and the :. tempt to steal the pistol, with the murder of Andrew Ogden?” [ in- quired? wouldn't go that far, yot. O motive for Andrew (g h omay he rooted in son t happened S0 may the moiive for i« pistol.” “In that phantly Face had death: 30 vears Ving 1h hand in 1he | I don't| once played | named Dillon shot | presumably with a | o | Deacon and the room. Horribly depressed, I sat at my desk and tried to evaluate properly the little we knew. At length I fished a little red-backed notebook cut of my desk. I have used many stuch notehooks in my time. Open. ing'it at the front page I began to writ, carefully numbering each as I went on. When I had written down what was in mv mind T feit 1 had accomplished gomething after all. Deacon arrived just then and we discussed the note and the incident that led to its discovery. His was as great as my like MacNair, he made it clear tha voice echoing out of the comparative antiquity of 1896 would not any extent. own, bhut, My odd fancy that the man Dillon mentioned in the note might have killed Andrew didn't impress him. He left me, and the then taking the pis- note with him and I went to my room and dressed. ‘oming out. T ran into Mrs. Moffit looked ill and 1 didn’t wonder. Mrs. Moffit 5 never very well and I have suggestcd domestic help to her at least once a week, but s<he scouts the idea. is an of mysterious origin and perambu- lating habits. But she steadfastly refuses to have it removed. She has tried New Thought, Divine Healing, Episcopalianism, Spinal Manipnlation, Disciples of the Tiery Ring, Physical Culture, Oiive Oil, an1 the New Fsychology — everything in fact but simple sur- gery. Recently she cmbraced Cos- mic Indulgence. As T enfered the Ogden library, MacNair were sitting Iking. On the desk of playing cards. a a picce of gold-hearing ana emall Wack-hound note- Pook. and three stacks of red poker “hipe. The hook at the desk, re a deck bullet z, a chips, were the in Deagon said Ad the bullet,” h in the de The va shed e and th- e over aquartz card at “The went on fot thh and the chips aston- Henry,” 1 said, “do reeall Andrew's at- cards o He dctested would not have them in you hanpen in tonar cour He Ve house.” Her trouble | internal something or other | Cwerd got to he overcome before we can assume Dillon or anyone else kill- ed Ogden.” T retorted hitterly. “It wasn't Jerry we £a 1t was someone else. Someone in his flannels.” MacNair gestured impatiently. “Jerry is the likeliest candidate so far. But leave Peebles to his sen- timentalities f8r the moment, Dea-] con, and consider Dillon. The h\l-l ter may or may not have killed Ogden, hut 1 venture to say he could throw a good deal of light on the affiir. Who is Dillon? He has been blackmailing Ogden for 26 years. But—is James Dillon’ this man's right name? Blackmailers usually submerge their own per- sonalities.” “You mean that ‘James Dillon' may be the ‘operating name' of some one known to us?" I asked. “Exactly. Furie, the woman in black, Hubbard, Stimson, Nathan Hyde. Perhaps Deacon here. Even your estimable self.” “Why not Luther asked ironically. “Certainly, if you wish." { “At least you leave out our Jer- y“Hnm! you return to the bone of contention. Yes, I eliminate young Ogden as a possible ‘James Dillon,’ but not as the slayer of his father. Dillon may have killed the un- known ‘Jerry’ and blackmailed Og- den all these years; but it doesn’t also follow that he killed Ogden, though he may know why Ogden was killed.” “You without “but you yourself.” “No. I'm MacNair?" 1 facts,” 1 said derisively, are doing a good bit of it not theorizing: T'm speculating. When 1 theorize 1 base my theory on fact. You don't. In face of evidence to the contrary you say Jerry Ogden couldn’t have killed his father. You call your assertion theory when it is noth-| ing hut speculation, for you have fo hatis of fact. Asain. you say you believe Dillon killed Ogden and call your helief a theory. Ru* vyour onlv hasis of fact is vour faith in the boy. which isn't a fact at all. 1Is the difference clear?” During this discussion etacks of five. and one over. “Hello.” T cried. “There are ex- ‘:cny 26 poker chips here. Ogden ymade 26 payments to Dillon. Queer. isn't it MaeNair grinned, “T wonder if there’'s any cannection hetween the chips and the payments. You I might ring for Hubbard® 1 did so. MacNair took a sheet of letter paner and one of the poker chips. Folding the chip inside the sheet, he placed hoth in an cnvel- ope. which he sealed. Hubbard came in just then. “You rang. si “Yes” MacNair replied. Gid Mr. Ogden get his mail?" “The mail carrier lcaves it in a box tvice a day. sir. T brought it un te Mr. Ogden.” “C'ome here, Hubbard.” The in came to the edge of the desk, ill at ease, and MacNair presented him vith the envelope in which he had sealed the poker chin. ‘Did you ever notfice in Mr Og den’s mail letters that felt like that enyelope 2 Hubbard ran | “Why. ves time=" i 1! us about them. [ Viell sir. 1 hegan notic them three or four years afior | {eame here. T couldn’t help noticinz them hecause of the chip inside. 1t seems me they alwave arrived during the first week in “Eplendid, Huhbard Aid vou know the anye [ 1 had five stacks sir A number of o to January.” And how iinced o he in the room g o accused me of theorizing - ; I had| nodify his theories 10 jcon arranging the poker chips into | his finzers over ¢, | Wio is Dillon? Why did Andrew Ogden pay him $5.000 a year for 26 | years? An important clue is in Mon- day's chapter. NOAH TAKES ANDY FOR AUTO RIDE With Disestrous Results a5 Usual, It Appears (Contributed) Dear Mary Ann: The other afternoon my old pal Noah Count asked me to go With him to the nurseries to get some shrubs, etc., to ‘replace those a neighbor with a new gas buggy ruined in backing outa the drive- way. Having nothing to do except some work about the house I climbs into his 1923 ash-can. The outgoing trip was nothing to make a.fella smile in’ his sleep but the return was another horse with a different wagon. After we loaded the rumble (or the hope it don’t rain) seat with enough shrubbery to hide a bungalow, including the second mortgage, Noah suddenly re. members he's got a date with an- other guy’'s dizzy blonde and. steps n the gas. From the way the bus picked up speed, not to mention everything that got in front of it, you'd thinkK the lad at the filling station had filled the tank with home-made stuff which held 13 more raisins than was necessary. As a chauffeur Noah was some golf player. Always in the rough.”” It seems he used the gutters more than he did the middle of the road. This wouldn't be so bad if only the other fella could tell which gutter he was gonna use. “The state oughta reduce your rgad taxes 50 per cent,” T says. as he short-cuts a corner but loses the dis- tance in swinging over somebody's front lawn “Why?" he asks. reaching for a Lucky instead of the hrake. “Re- cause.” T grins, grabbing the dash- hoard so’s T wouldn't he left behind, “You're only on it half of.the time.” Instcad of taking the bumps like pills, one af a time. he's take ‘em in bunches,© No sooner was he settled after taking a bump that would, mage a goat think it was climbhing a mountain ‘than it was time for another flight to the ceiling. He's already worn out 3 straw lids by hifting the top so hard the jcrown pulled down over his ears. T suggested that to hold him down he tie the cuffs of his pants to the foot pedals. “Nothing doing.” he chuckles. “there’s no telling what will happen if my suspenders break.” 1f the top wasn't made of i comething stronger than vaper he'd | find himeself lifted over the back of | the seat into the rear. Then no- Ibody would be driving the gas | wagon. But vou'd never notice the difierence unless it happened to s<lay on the road. As another hUggY crosses in front of us so closely it left its rear license plate jon our bumper the scared driver hollere something about who had the right-of-way. “IFour out of five have it and even vour clasest friends won't tetl you.” | Noah shouts hack glecfully, getting li= information from an ad. on the hill hoard we barely missed. “lListen. no account,” T says. mak- inz it a diz by not using canital Itters in his name. “if yon don’t watch where you're going vou'll he ~oing where you ain't watching.” | Nn snoner said when the front poker chips were In | nhecls “chimmicd™ »a thouzh in a |draftsman. who made a numbher of vt and the rest of the huggy gei= bryond econtrol on account of the which forms the title of Hawthorne's short atory of that name, is another name for Profile Mountain in the Francoaia Range of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Q. How should silk-be ironed? A. It should be ironed while elightly damp, with a warm iron on the wrong side of the material. Q. 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