New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1929, Page 16

Symopels: A few hours before he was murdered, Andrew Ogden re- vealed to his son, Jerry, the story of his last six hours as Alex Peter- sea, famous gambler of Skuil Vai- ley. Jerry retells the gripping nar- rative to'Deacon and Peebles. Peter- son’s younger brother, *“Jerry,” has been sentenced to hang by miners’ Peterson whispered—Lund, court for robbing Joe Lund Breaking away from the miners, also that he had stolen from brother's safe. Alex locks “Jerry” ito his mine and attempts to ar- gue with the which has gathered around the opening. Before leaving his brother | him in the tuanel, Peterson gives one of his gold-mounted revolvers, CHAPTER 35 THE GAMBLING FOOL “The door padlocked, dad faced Lundy and the crowd again,” Jerry | this time that the shadow of the | | overhang concealed his position. continued. * ‘Satisfied ?’ Lundy grinned. “Dad didn’'t answer him. Uncle Jerry had broken the first law of s safe. | he | One.’ comes to Alex, admits the theft and | his | the glitter in his cyes another, but “Dad took a deep breath. ‘A hun- dred thousand,’ he whispered. *“‘Lordy! bribery comes don't she?" Lundy replied," hadn't raised his voice. ‘Yore bluffin,’ uh course, Ten-to-One. No kid ever borned is worth $100,000." “‘I'm not bluffing’ dad came back at him. ‘Do you take me?" high, but he $100,000, if the boy goes free! “*Not fer half a million, Ten-to- “Lundyw words said one thing, Lundy was afraid They didn't trust dad understood. of the men. threatening mob, | Lundy, and resented the undertones between dad and Lundy. “But dad was. puzzled about Tundy. He felt there was some- thing else in the man's mind be- side his natural fear or tne mob, “Dad's gun f{lew into his hand and | he leaped back door. The light against the tunnel was s poor by “*Don’t move,” he warned. ‘Lis- ten, boys. you don’t hang my broth- er tonight. I've got six reasons Peterson saw Lundy's ghastly proposal coming—it staggered I _ the mining camps. Down there sacred than his coming to him. A rotten and dad couldn't see any way out of it. “And then all at once an idea struck him. Lundy was notorious fond of money. Could he be bought off? the miners, consider Lundy entitled satisfaction in cash? to “‘Bee here.' dad began. ‘the boy's T'll make 'Iln-{‘ you. The been led into this. money good. let him go. miners roared down his offer. “Lundy shrugged. ‘It ain't use, Ten-to-One,’ his law. trial falr and square. We found him guilty. has got to swaller his medicine.’ “‘You can want to,’ dad replied he goes free.’ “Lundy gave ‘Now, it injury!’ in’ ter perfect town.” But his voice was low, too. him a hurt in | why in my hand. those days a man's gold was more | six more. lite, dad said, and | like. - the mob had come to see that U'ncle | go down: first, Jerry got what they believed was | you. mess, | but we'd Maybe. But if he could, would who were sticklers for the rough-and-ready frontier code, take no he said. ‘He's had Miners’ Gold- | spec thievin’ is gold' thelvin® an’ the boy call "em off if you look. that ain't addin’ insult to | a he drawled. ‘An’ me a-try- | the morals uh the |10 The boy has got Start shooting, it you You can't see me—Lundy'll Then five more of You'd get me—the boy, t00— heck out with plenty of compan; “The crowd began cursing and yelling to one another to do thix and that, but they didn’t move up. At last the racket lessened and Lundy shoutsd “*What 10-One This," stays in the while yore proposition. Ten- dad said bluntly, Jerry all night. Meat- he evidence with ing I'll talk it mine T'li look at In the r with the boys, e racket started | Lundy quieted them. “*Looky here, hoys! | ‘this hangin's got ' Peterson an' 1 | look over the mo ov again, bui he argued. to he done re- is kon he's entitled to vidence." right!” a brother, that's in almost a [ 1o whisper. ‘Il pay you $50,000 if| figurin' on nother yelled nickered disapp intment in the watch uh the boy | “Lundy then. The stay mine the min, | three to watch | alike, the lad's voice | gettin® He's due for | lad I set one uh yuh outside—and Peterson. POOR PA BY CLAUDE CALLAN “When I complain about the grocery bill hein’ so big, Ma goes an’ tries to do n week’s savin’ on the next “Copyright 1929. Publishers Byndicate AUNT HET BY RORERT QUILLEN “It's a good thing I pa [| Ed's store an’ seen his bald head shinin’ through the window or I would o' forgot all about that furnitu polish Copyright 1 sed Pubiishers Syndicate) _'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1920 How's that?’ “It sounded reasonable but dad @Qidn't trust Lundy. The men mulled it over for a minute or so, then one of them shouted: “‘All right, Lundy. funeral.’ “That suit Lundy drawled. “Dad wasn't sure whether it did or not. Stdl, a delay was some- thing. Anything might happen be- tween now and dawn. “‘Yes, I reckon so,’ casually. “Holstering his gun, dad. took out his Kkeys. Two of them were He slid one of those two under the mine door. “‘Jerry,’ he called. ‘I've pushed a key under fhe door. If anybody comes from me to let you out, shove it out to him. But make sure he’s on the level. I'll do my best, son.’ “Dad then moved out of the shadow of the averhang. ‘I'm hold- ing you responsible, Lundy,' he said grimly. ‘If anything happens to the boy before sun-up, Gold help you!" “Lundy laughed like the devil he Turning, he faced the mob. ‘Burke, Fitch, Dillon, Webb—you boys there?’ he called . . . What's wrong, Uncle John?" I had Jerry pronouaced that name, and so had Deacon. “‘Dillon.’ you said!” 1 shouted, almost beside myself. “That's the man—your father's murderer.” We settled back into our chaim. But 1 was trembling with excite- ment and Deacon was red in the face. Jerry went on. he men Lundy had named came forward. It was quite dark now, and their faces were indis- tinct, but dad was more or less familiar with all four of them. Burke and Webb were big surly brutes, prospactors both of them. and jealous of dad's success. Dillon was a fall, rangy fellow whom Lundy had recently taken on as bartender., Dad wouldn't tell me any more about him. Fitch was a It's your yuh, Ten-to-One?' he answered potential | gambler and a gunman. The crowd was satisfied. “ ‘Burke, Fitch, watch Peterson,” Webb — yuh'll Lundy command- ed. ‘Dillon, stays by the mine. Sabe, all uh yuh?' They did and Lundy told the crowd to ramble on home. ‘You know where thar's plenty of good liquor,’ he said. ‘But ceep sober. Big doin’s tomorrow.’ e men began to disperse. v soon Fitch and Dillon, Webh and Burke, Lundy and Pad, were the only ones left. *“‘Any time yuh want to look at that evidence'll syit me, Lundy snickered. “He went off towards the town, then, tralling -that ghastly laugh ot his out behind him. Dad looked around him. Dillon stéod to the right, near the mine door. lurke and Webb and Fitch were in front o him, waiting to see what he was going to do. Tough bunch, he reflected. None of them spoke. Dad rolled la cigarettd.” CHAPTER 36 A NIGHT OF HORROR Deacon and T sat breathless as Jerry paused momentarily. The sus- pense was terrific and it was a dis- tinct relief when Jerry resumed. “Jt was just nine by dad's watch, The sun rose at four. He had -even hours' grace and he knew he was in for the biggest night fo his life, “Dal was ready to spend every dollar he possessed to save Uncle Je but whether it was an honest | ance of his offer that Lundy | had in mind, or not, he couldn’t de- ;ml». That sense of else’ buzzing in Lundy's head wouldn't let go of him. “Dad struck off towards the town. Burke, Webb and Fitch fell in 100 feet “or 8o behind him. A terrific din was pouring out of Lundy's Place. Shouting, laughing, women squealing. ragtime on a tinny piano, and all that. A hush fell as dad entered. He went up to the bar and aces Mus\'\ Ctebb found @ wallek conkoin]ng' Finances the Gtebbins' Fom‘.\y were velr)/ very jumped out of'my chalr as ‘something | bought a drink. “‘Where's Lundy?" he asked. “The barkeeper seemed nervous. ‘Upstairs,’ he replied, 3 “As dad made his way towards the gallery stair, Fitch, Burke, and Webb came in. “Dad stood at the top of the atair and looked down inte the hall. The piano had started again_ and the crowd was milling around the floor or drinking at the bar. They all seemed animated by the same im-. pulse: to have as good a time as Lundy's Place could offer them, dad sald. As he watched them, it came over him that they were all of a kind. They might have been members of a single body. *‘Sheep.’ dad muttered to him- self. ‘Think alike, act alike. Whether it's lynching a man er swallowing booze. Wa: Get ‘em hot enough and you can shape 'em any way you please.’ “These were his thoughts as he stared down into the hall and I mention them because they bear on what follows. The comparison to wax sent dad's eyes to a colored poster tacked in the well of the stair. It went something like this, dad said: GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH PROFESSOR DRYDEN POPE'S WAXWORK WONDERS * Direct From Two Year Run In New York See Lifelike Representations of PRESIDENT CLEVELAND /MADAME DU BARRY SITTING BULL BUFFALO BILL BLUEBEARD NAPOLEON and OTHER FAMOUS PERSONAGES LUNDY'S PLACE JUNE 218T AND 22ND “Professor Dryden Pope had left without payving his bill and Lundy had confiscated the show. You'll get the significance of that pres- ently. ‘Several of the alcoves and some of the rooms were occupied, but the alcove in the northwest corner of the gallery was empty, and dad went towards it. This alcove was always empty. for the reason that & door in the north wall, close to the corner in the north wall, close to the corner, led into Lundy's office, or ‘secret’ room. Of course it wasn't a 'secret’ m oo,rxea CMRDFLYUH a ‘secrel’ room, except in so far that the door when it was closed wasn't visible to the casual observer, Everybody familiar with the resort knew it was there. The door was set in the partition which ran across the north end of the build- ing, and it extended from the floor to the ceiling. When the door was closed you hardly knew it was there. “Dad went to the door. It was ajar. Lundy and the two gamblers, Richey and MacCoy, were sitting at a round 1table. Richey was a tall, thin man with a yellow face. Mac- Coy was much shorter and heavy- set and he had a blue chin and sly fingers. Dangerous men, dad said. Lundy was fiddling with stacks of poker chips.” At this point Jerry stopped and refreshed himselt from a glass of milk. The pause gave me time to assemble my wits. My feeling had become one of atark horror as Jerry described that poster and the partly concealed entrance to Lundy's “secret room. Wax dummies! 1 had suspected something of the sort. Jerry was commencing agaln, “Those poker chips Lundy was fiddling with must have given dad an inkling of wnat theuman had in mind.” Jerry paused. “I won't pre- tend that what I have told you is an exact description,” he went on carnestiy. “But i's different with what I'm going to tell you now. Dad had what follows as clears as a letter on a dictaphone record and he passed it on to me that way. “‘Howdy, Ten-to-One,’ Lundy greeted dad. ‘Come in.’ “Dad described the room. A bhanging lamp lighted it. There were half a dozen chairs, an old desk, the table, and an old-fash- ioned &eafe with a broken lock. A brewery calendar with a& picture of a woman in tights hung on the south wall. A door in the east wall led into a storeroom which occupied the other two-thirds of the end of the building. | “Dad took a chair and rolled a cigarette. He sald he felt that they hud been waiting for him, that with ithself there the cast was cem- plete. “Lundy rattied the poker chips and said something about dad al: waya having been ‘a lucky hombre. ‘Me an’ Mac an’ Rich was think- ing uh havin’ a little poker,’ he said. “'80?" Dad grunted. “‘Yeah. They plays & purty stit? game,’ Lundy went eon, ‘But yuh ain’t no slouch vuhaself, Ten-to-One.’ “Dad acknowledged the compli- ment and Lundy remarked that he was partial to a stiff game himself. ‘Mac an' Rich is fair itchin’ fer a game,’ he went on, “‘Itchin’ is right’ Richey and MacCoy supported him. “Dad drew on his cigaretts, “There's plenty of easy money downstairs,’ he said. “Lundy leaned nearer! ‘Yuh've got the repitation uh bein’ the gam. blin‘est hombre as ever come™imta the Skull, Ten-to-One. Don't it seem as if a couple uh high fliers like you an’' me ought to git to- gether?’ i “Dad didn’t think so just then. He'd come to talk about his brother. That evidence against him. Lund said there wasn't any hurry. * ‘You'll show it to me now,’ Dad shouted suddenly. “Lundy drew back. ‘Scared?" drawled. “MacCoy said it looked that way and Richey guessed Dad had never sat in a real game. Lundy laughed, “At that they began to grin and chuckle and Dad knew that ‘sume- thing else’ in Lundy's mind was now. Dad said he'd never heard of anything quite so damnabfe: “And then he got the other nide of the picture. He knew what Lundy was after. The proposition was ghastly, but nothing . else had presented itself, or seemed likely to. And Jerry was waiting for him . . . blackness behind him . . . a rope ahead Jerry, his kid brother! And it was he wko had brought him here! (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co. What is Lundy’s ghastly proposi- tlon? Can Peterson win his brother's freedom? Continue the story with tomorrow’s chapter. FORECLOSURE SALE By order of the Superior Court of Hartford County, I will sell at pub- lic auction on the premises on June 12th, 1929, at 1:30 Standard time, the following property: A certain piece and parcel of land and buildings thereon, now standing of record in the name pf Florence J. Gonyer, situated on the easterly side of Goodrich Road, Town of Farm- ington, County of Hartford, and State of. Connecticut, being about sixty-five feet (65°) front and rear and about one hundred forty-six feet (146’) in depth. 8aid premises are to be sold sub- ject. to the following encumbrancems, First mortgage to the First Boud and Morlgage Company of Hartford in the amount of Thirty-Five Hun- dred ($3,500) Dollars, and taxes as of record may appear, @ Terms: Two Hundred Fifty ($250) Dollars cash at time of sale, balance on approval of sale by court. For particulars apply to the ua- dersigned. CLESSON W. PARKER, Committee. 55 West Main Street, New Britain, Connecticut, City Advertisement ACCEPTANCE OF McCLINTOCK “ET he Notice {s herehy given that a hearing will be held before the Board of Public Works, City of New Britain, in Room 307 City hall, at €:30 p. m. E. 8 T. Tuesday, June 11th, 1929 on the proposed taking of land for highway purposes from Al- len Street to Commonwealth Avenue, same to be known as McClintock Street, and establishing street and grade lines thereon. All persons {nterested are re- quested to be present at said hearing, it they see cause, and be heard in relation to the above. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, Thomas F. McGrath, Clerk. FERGOT NUTHW' ITS THIS HEREC PROBESTRTEDIN KILLING AT BORDER Cutoms ¥pn in ai—Cam Yictn:Tred o Sop International Falls, Minn., June 10 M—The shooting to death Sat- urday night of Henmry Virkula, 41, by a member of the customs serv- ice border patrol engaged in. pre- venting liquor smuggling from Canada, started federal.and county investigations today. . Falled to Car The shots which killed Virkula were fired by E. J. White of the border patrol after Virkula had failed to stop his automobile at the command of White and another customs officer, E. A. Bervine. The latter has been in the customs service five years. White was ap- pointed last May 1. According to- Virkula's wife, who was returning with her husband and their two children to Big Falls, where they operate a restaurant, her husband was struck by several shots before he had time to stop the car, which, she said, traveled little more than a length after the command to halt. The shooting was done with a sawed off shotgun. Death was instantaneous. Arrested on a charge of second degree manslaughter last night, White was being held in the county jail here pending outcome of the investigations. Neither patrolman would comment on the affair. Feel- ing against White was strong, and his arrest prior to the investigation was interpreted as a precautionary measure. Men Not The two men have not been sus- pended from the customs service, but N. A. Linerberg, assistant col- lector of customs at Duluth, has requested a written report as a basis for possible suspension. Ac- cording ‘to Linderberg, White and five other new patrolmen assigned to duty at the same time were in- structed in the use of firearms prior to taking their posts and were told that firearms were given them for self defense. Virkula's body was brought here by the’ patrolmen. No evidence of liquor was found in his car, police here sald. Two empty bottles were in the car, but apparently had con- tained medicine. A coroner's inquest was called tqday. When infédrmed of the shooting, Gov. Theodore Christianson explain- ed that border patrolling is purely a federal activity except in matters pertaining” to forests and game, No State Probe Planned “Accepting the press reports as accurate,” the governor said, “I see no reason why the state should be- gin an investigation. Of course the state can investigate if the county officials request it. “Federal patrolmen are"very ac- tive along the international boun- dary,” Gov. Christianson added. “T observed this on a recent trip in northern Minnesota and southern Ontario.” r 8. B. Qvale, northwest prohibition administrator, said the customs pa- trol service is entirely separate fromn the prohibition enforcement, but added that patrolmen in the service have full authority to watch for liquor’ runners. { King of Egypt on Visit to Germany Berlin, June 10,(#.—Ahmed Fuad | Pasha, king of Egypt, and his suite arrived here today from Genoa for a visit. He was accompanied by Herr Stoher, the German minister to Egpyt and by German army offi- cers. He was welcomed formally at the gaily decorated railroad station by President Von Hindenburg and staff and numerous officials of the Na- tional and Prussian governments. These included Chancellor Mueller and the cabinet, Four lumps of sugar are said fo contain as much nourishment as a medium-sized potato, o ’ Nobody guessed Joe Rubenstein, whose silhouette appeared in Sat- urday's edition of the paper—the New Britain Herald. It's just as well, for the editor raised whoopee over the ‘week-end,, going to Water- bury on his motorcycle, using the dollar for the gas. One would think that the Connecticut Furriers, them- selves, would take a shot at the plunker for any concgrn gets about $50 worth,of advertising gratis. You know, the dollar isn't much but the answers act as a feeder for ideas of running this contest. When the editor writes about board of direc- tors meetings being halted by at- tempts to guess, why, that's just the old oil and the come-on stuff. It is a fact, however, that thousands of people are following this feature and folks seem to like it. It smacks of the old home town bunk which is 80 dear to us old timers, Once again the editor must inform those uninformed that telephone guesses will not be tolerated and if you don’t believe that, just “ask the man who 'phones one.” To con- clude this section, the editor will thank you from the bottom of his heart for the dollar which he keeps; getting the thrill that comes once in a lifetime, Who is he today? He's a young man about town in the advertising business for a Jarge and exceeding- ly successful concern. He's going around Main astreet this morning with his thumbs in his vest whistling for he made the Sequin golf club course in 78 recently. Representa- tive Thure Bengtson was so surpris- ed that he called up the likeness's boss, J. Henry Roraback, who also expressed surprise and ordered him to keep cool even if he had to get into a Frigidaire to accomplish re- sults. J. Henry ought to throw a party about that, eclipsing, if pos- sible the Elsworth party which we all attended up Torrington way, a few weeks back. The likeness, by the way, is a very excellent deep sea fisherman, and the folks down on the Sound report that last Thursday he was seen hauling ‘em in as fast as his nimble fingers could work, In conclusion “J. Henry” is forturiate indeed to have such a man connect- ed with him in a business sense, and each day proves that Mr. Roraback is a wizard at picking men, for the likeneas herewith printed proves Ly sales that he has the advertising racket at the tips of his fingers. Who is he? RULES OF SILHOUETTE l T 1.—Identify likeness. 2.—Describe how he makes livell- hood 3.—Address communications to “Silhouette” Editor, New Britain Herald 4.—Contest closes at 2 p. m. fol- lowing ingertion—8aturday 10 a. m. S.—Answers may be malled or brought to the Herald office, 6.—Credit given for neatness. 7.—One dollar awarded daily for best answer according te rules, EXCAN CHURCH ! BARLEY O TODAY. Arcibishop fo Conler Wi President Ports il Mexico City, June 10 UP—Confer+" ences beginning today between Pres- ident Emillo Portes Gil and emis~ saries of the Roman Catholic church are expected generally to result in agreement which will permit of the reopening of Mexican churches. While the president said Saturdayd the Mexican government would con- scnt to no change in its religious laws, clauses of which led to the Mexican episcopate suspending ser: lices in the churches almost three |years ago, it was felt a different or more lenient interpretation might eventuate in the next few days which the przlates would find ac- ceptable. It was believed Monsignor Leo- poldo Ruiz y Flores, archbishop of Michoacan, would confer alone with President Portes Gil in the first of the meetings today, although his confrere, Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco, was to accompany him to the presidential palace for an ex. change of greetings with the chief executive. It was not known when and how, or if at all, Dwight W. Morrow, the &| United States ambassador would en- ter the conversations. Mr. Morrow returned to Mexico City yesterday vnexpectedly after having left late in May for an announced month’s vaca tion in connection with the weddin: of his daughter, Anne to Colonc | Charles Lindbergh. POLICE UNABLE 10 TRACE WOMAN'S SCREAMS IN NIGHT | . Shrieks Heard in Vicinity of Mill Street at 12:25 and 2:30 A. M. Today. A woman's scream rent the air in the vicinity of Mill astreet at 12:25 ‘o'clock last night and again at 2:20 this morning, according to Officer Lovines E. Johnson, but an investigation failed to disclose any. one in danger or in trouble. The rofficer was at Arch street ahd Ken- sington avenue when he heard it the first time and he ran down to- wards Mill street in an effort to § trace it to its source. While trying the doors of Georre Fredericks' filling atation near the foot of Arch street two hours later, he heard it again and notified Ser- geant J. C. Stadler, who detailed Officers McCarthy and Brophy. With Officer Johnson they searched and found newly made automobile tire marks on Mill street, west of Brook street and on the other side of the road they saw footprints leading to the brook. BSeveral twigs wera broken as though by being walked upon heavily. Nearly 70 marriages took place in England last year between hus- bands and wives who had been divorced. \ THE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Alphabetically Arranged for Quick and Ready Reference LINE RATES for CONSECUTIVE INSERTION® Count 6 words to 14 lines to an inch. ‘The Herald will pot be responsible for errors after the first insertion. ADVERTISING FOR THIR SECTION MUST BE ORDERED BEFORE 12:30 P. M. DAILY AND 9:20 SATURDAY, ; DON'T FERGIT-MOM=IF YOU THAT YOUVE TOLD ME HOW YOU (|WAS A LITTLE BOY; WHAT HAD FOUND WHAT T DID VOUR. MOUTH WOWLD BE ALL FULL OF WORDS 3 LIKE-MONEVY-AN POCKET-, Ui -t