Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1934 — Page 2

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SYNOPSIS Seifert Vail, former opera singer, is stabbed to death in Lakeside Cottage of exclusive Sherwood Forest Sanatorium. Vail brooded constantly over his wife’s death. He continuously played the phonograph record “Waiting For You.” his wedding theme sung in his own voice. This record was playing at the time of his death. A maid discovered Vail's body when she went into his room to turn off the record. Willis Clendening, Milton Cross and James Kuxton, the millionaire, shared the cottage with Vail. Ruxton’s favorite nephew and heir, Loren Ruxton, and Dr. John Calvert are rivals for the affections of Sue Faraday, a nurse. Mark Hillyer, the playright, crippled from arthritis and bored by the monotony of sanatorium life, welcomes a little excitement. He sends his secretary, Bob Fowler, to investigate the trouble at Lakeside Cottage. It is discovered that Vail’s room has a private entrance which opens directly on the grounds. CHAPTER VII I was about to remark that the door was singularly convenient for the murderer when Dr. Calvert came out of Vail’s room. His shoulders were wearily stooped and his face was grim. It seemed to me also that he looked bewildered as well as troubled. “The sheriff’s a Inng time getting here,” he remarked. No one answered, and he sat down and stared gloomily at his white shoes. Presently he asked, “The phonograph started at 3:30, didn’t it?” “It fid,” Ruxton answered. “I know because 5 did not sleep.” “You didn’t?” Calvert asked eagerly. He leaned forward and frowning with anxiety, asked slowly, “Did you hear any unusual sounds during rest period?” “No," Ruxton answered. “You see, my room is across the living room and at the other end of the I co-cage from poor Vail’s.” Calvert glanced toward the door aext to Vail’s. The sounds of crying from that room had ceased. “Did Felipa say whether she heard anything?” “She threw a fit when she found Vail dead,” Clendening answered. ‘She ran out screaming and when Mr Ruxton and I came out of Vail’s room she was in her own room, crying We let her alone.” “But doctor,' - I said, “Vail must have been killed while the phonograph was playing, wasn’t he? Who else but the murderer could have started it?” “That’s what I’ve been asking myself,” he said. James Ruxton leaned forward "What do you mean?” he asked. The physician answered slowly, as though he were weighing every word. “I arrived at 3:50 approximately. At that time rigor mortis had already set in One of Vail’s wounds had bled profusely, and his pajamas and the lower sheet had been soaked with blood." He paused and his eyes swept our listening semicircle. “The blood is almost dry. Vail had been dead, I should say. approximately an hour when the phonograph started playing ” It was very hot in the living room, but I shivered Clendening’s face had become pale and his breath came in short, rapid gasps. James Ruxton was the first to speak. “Why was the phonograph started, then, and who started it? Surely the murderer would not stay in Vail's room for more than an hour, and then attract attention to his presence!" “I wish i could tell you, Mr. Ruxton,” Calvert said, “but I don’t know It’s completely beyond my understanding.”

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We all started at a shrill noise and then laughed, realizing that a car with unoiled brakes had stopped outside the cottage. Dr. Calvert rose and opened the front door. Three men came up the steps and crossed the porch. The leader, a large powerfully muscled man who was beginning to get fat, said in a loud voice. "Afternoon, doctor. 1 hear you had some trouble here.” “I’m glad to see you, sheriff,” the doctor answered. “Come in, please.” Dave Finn, the sheriff, stooped coining through the door and then, taking off his dirty Panama hat, looked at the three of us and said, “Afternoon, gentlemen. A hot day, ain't it?”

I Jr 111 Tl p -4 I I fllyb I «.■’ J IB- , i J cAr JSrmW II I Iff 2 1 Is IBF ill i|IK mS ill ■'v ■' * - 4 % j “Felipa threw a fit vAen she found Vail dead.” Clendening answered. “She ran out screaming.”

The other two men, his deputies, followed him in and stood by awkwardly. Dr. Calvert introduced us to the sheriff and then turned to him and briefly told him of Seifert Vail’s murder. Describing the manner of his death, he said: “He was stabbed twice in the left side and one of the wounds appears to have pierced the heart. There are no indications of a struggle, so it’s probable that Vail lost consciousness quickly from an internal hemorrhage or pleural shock. His mouth is bruised, as though the murderer had covered his mouth with one hand, possibly a hand on which he wore a ring.” He spoke dispassionately, but as I listened I felt a shiver of fear at the thought of the singer dying in that stuffy room with a hand gagging him. Finn listened, his small blue eyes narrowed intently. He shifted uneasily on his feet and appeared uncomfortable. “I’ll take a look at the remains," he said when the doctor had finished. He turned to his deputies. “Simpson,’ he said to one of them, “call Jean, the photographer, and tell him to come up with his camera and some flashlight powder. Then

. I produced high quality leguminous ■ feed. ■ I "Saturday afternoon I sat in a i ' group of farmers in conference on r t the drought and chinch bug prob--1; lems. One man operating a large I farm with 100 cows and calves. 125 11 breeding ewek. and a large drove . of hogs was very much worried as to his ability to pull through be i cause of the failure of his blue fl grass, together with the damages 11 from drought and chinch bug to L his wheat, oats and corn. Across ] the room from him was another farmer probably without so much ' livestock but resting contentedly I because he had 145 acres of early ! ’ planted soybeans to supplement 1 1 pastures and roughage. J “Out of this calamity through . which we are going, if we are to ! go on, we must recognize and adopt unto ourselves such methods as t will safeguard us in troublesome : circumstances, You cannot over i state the case as It related to ■ ■ these three important crops and >' you will be remiss if you do not

come in Vail’s room.” He beckoned the other man and the two of them, with the doctor, went into the austere chamber whereaVail had been murdered. The deputy Simpson went to the telephone and made his call. When he had finished and had followed them, I remarked, “The sheriff seems worried." “He’ll be more than worried before he cleans this up, if he ever does,” Clendening said, chuckling. “He’s in a spot. He wants to run for the Legislature, and he knows how important Sherwood Forest is in the politics of this county, so he’s scared to death he’s going to get in wrong." “If he does his duty, the sana«

torium will certainly cooperate with him.” I said. “If he does it quickly enough, maybe,” Clendening said. “You don't think the ‘san’ wants this investigation dragged out and played up by the newspapers, do you?” It’s up to Finn to hush it up as much as he can and get the murderer in a hurry.” From inside Vail’s room came Finn’s heavy voice, raised in anxious emphasis, “Are you sure of that, Doc? Are you certain of that time?” “You see,” Clendening said, “Calvert’s just broken the bad news about, the phonograph.” When the sheriff and Dr. Calvert came out it was apnarent that Finn was dismayed. He tugged at his sandy, graying mustache, a nervous gesture of uncertainty with which I was to become maddeningly familiar. Dr. Calvert pointed out tha maid’s room, next to Vail’s and Clendening’s next to hers; on the other side he indicated Cross’s room, in the front of the cottage, the bathroom and Ruxton's in the rear. (To Be Continued) C.v rlsM. I'• 11. hy t on lljlml™ hr K.ng Fj-inirw d 'e. Inc

through newspaper stories and) every other way bring their value to the understanding notice of your people. I "Sincerely yours, “T. A. Coleman. ■•Assistant director.” | —— I Boonville to Celebrate Ikiouville, Mo.~<U.R) « re ■ underway for a celebration here next year in honor of the 125th ] founding of the city, one of the first west of the Mississippi river. f Tentative plans contempl® te A special event every day for one week, during which will be a cos- ‘ tunie ball with styles of a century ago; a sham battle with Indians, and a Santa Fe Prairie schooner parade. 1 SYNOPSIS Seifert Vail, former opera singer, is stabbed to death >n L akside Cottage of exclusive Sh«r*oo® Forest Sanatorium. Vail brooded constantly over his wifes death. He continuously played the phonograph record "Waiting For You. his wedding theme sung in his own voice. This record -as playing at the time of his death. A maid discovered Vail's body when she went into his room to turn off the record. Willis Clendening, Milton Cross and James Ruxton, the millionaire, shared the cottage with Vail. Ruxton’s favorite nephew and ne*J’ Loren Ruxton, and Dr. John Calvert are rivals for the affections of Sue Faraday, a nurse. Mark Hillyer, the playright, crippled from arthritis and bored by the monotony of sanatorium life, welcomes a little excitement. He sends his secretary, Bob Fowler, to investigate the trouble at Lakeside Cottage. It is discovered that Vail’s room has a private entrance which opens directly on the grounds. Dr. Calvert claims Vail had been dead an hour before the phonograph started playing. Sheriff Dave Finn arrives. CHAPTER VIII Finn nodded, worried his mustache and then turned uncertainly to us. “Will you gentlemen tell me what happened between lunch time and the time you found the body?” he said. Clendening. characteristically, was the first to volunteer his story. “Vail, Cross and I had lunch here, in the living room,” he said, looking very important. “Mr. Ruxton goes to meals at the main dining room. Vail was in a nasty humor, but there wasn’t anything unusual about that. He quarreled with the maid and complained that his soup was cold and told Cross he was a whining neurasthenic and said that being shut up with us was worse than being in jail.” He smiled vindictively. The rest "f us were uncomfortably silent. Then Dr. Calvert turned to the sheriff and said. “Mr. Vail was a sick man, sheriff, mentally, perlaps, as well as physically.” "I take it he wasn’t a favorite here.” Finn remarked. "No, he was unpopular,” the doctor answered. "Was he specially unpopular with anybody?” “No, just generally disliked.” "Then you wouldn’t say he had any particular enemies?” Calvert shook his head, but James Ruxton interrupted unexpectedly. “In one way or another,” he said calmly, “everyone here except you and Mr. Fowler would qualify. I was on better terms with Vail than anyone here, but he was not my friend. We pitied Seifert Vail, perhaps, and we tolerated him, but I doubt that anyone who ever met him liked him. He went out of hia way to make enemies.” “I don't think that’s what the Sheriff meant,” Dr. Calvert said, and there was an edge in his voice as he spoke to the sanatorium’s wealthiest patient “Men aren’t usually murdered because their manners are unpleasant.” Ruxton did not reply. He sat slumped in his chair, frowning. The d»»etor looked anxious and annoyed. Finn turned to Clendening and said, “And what happened after lunch?” “The tray boys came and took our trays away, and Mr. Ruxton came back from the dining room. Cross and I played a few games ■jf rummy and Mr. Ruxton sat at he table, reading a book. After a few minutes, Vail went into his room and banged the door. That was five or ten minutes before two. The rest of us to our rooms a

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* Test Your Knowledge Can you anawar aevan of thoaa teae Quo»tlcn»? Turn to paga Four for tht anawara. 1. Who wrote “The Ballad of Reading Gaol?” 2. in wl»lch group of » Yap? <3. Where were the tarnou* Paisley ahawltf BianiiWktiired 4. Which three language* ar» official in SwttaerlatMl? 5. What Is the name for the aet of conjuring evil apiriUs. in the name of God. to <i<vart out of the person ptwaeeaed? 6. Name the large university located on Morningside HMgiiia. New few minutes later. I fl«i *“ be<l and went to sleep. “Did you sleep through rest pcrioci?** * • Clendening nodded. “Yes, when I woke up the phonograph was playing.” • . “You didn’t hear any suspicion noises?” “I was asleep, I tell you," Clendening replied irritably. The sheriff nodded and turned to Mr. Ruxton. “How about you, Mr. “I heard nothing,” he said. What makes it more extraordinary is_ the fact that I WC3 awake. The heat kept me from sleeping. My room is on the other side of the cottage, but I am certain I would haye heard any sounds of a struggle in Vail’s room.” “Where’s the maid?” the sheriff asked. “In her room there,” the doctor replied. Finn took a step toward her door, but as he did one of his deputies came out of Vail's room. He carried a small can of oil in his hand and he looked excited. “Vail must have oiled the door himself, chief,” he said. “I found this in a corner beside his bureau.’ The sheriff looked at the can in silence, turned it over in his huge hand. Then he shook his head. “He certainly fixed things up, for the murderer,” he said. “What breaks that guy got! First of all, there’s a private door so he can get into Vail’s room without anybody seeing him, and then Vail unbolts the door and oils the hinges so he won’t make any noise getting in. Looks to me like Vail was an accomplice.” “It wasn’t a matter of luck that Vail’s room had a private door. Mr. Finn.” James Ruxton said gravely. The sheriff stared at him. “What do you mean, Mr. Ruxton?” “Vail had occupied that room just one day," the rich man answered, “It was mine until yesterday, when we changed rooms.” The sheriff’s eyes gleamed with interest. He asked quickly. “Whose idea was it to change rooms?” “It was Vail’s.” “When did he ask you to do it?” “I believe it was on Tuesday afternoon.” “Did he tell you why he wanted your room?" “No, not then.” "Didn't it strike you as a funny favor to ask ?” Finn inquired, “It seemed strange, yes,” Ruxton replied composedly. “Now it seems much stranger." “Is there any difference in the rooms, except for that door?" “No,” Ruxton answered, “I didn’t think about the door at first. I always kept it bolted. I never used it.” We were all silent, thinking of that sequence of events. On Wednesday Vail had moved into Ruxton's room. He had oiled the door and unbolted it. This afternoon some person had entered it—and killed him. In the silence Clendening spoke, quietly but very distinctly. “Why did you finally decide to’ let Vail have your room, Mr. Ruxton?” “Finally decide?” he asked. “What do you mean?” He was startled. Clendening, again in the spotlight and enjoying it, leaned forward and said, “I heard you and Vail talking about it after lunch on Tuesday. I was cer- . tain I heard you refuse.” “How did you happen to hear us?” Ruxton demanded. "We were talking in my bedroom,” Clendening reddened and then replied with too much dignity. “I was i looking for a book in the bookcase. ; Your voices were rather loud.” Ruxton gave the other patient a i long, cold stare, and then deliber- : ately turned to look at the book- . case, in the front of the room. It i did seem somewhat distant from

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York City. 7. What battle wa# the lip()lllnf engagement of the cmniuku ’ 1864 in Virginia during War? 111 8, Under which President <IH Wn. Hani Gibbs McAdoo serve u* £«. tary of the Treasury? », WIiM la the French (tt a courthouse? Hi. What yaaro were s the He <md Century? C«rg «f Thanks We wish in this manner la tk»4 the negltrhoiM and friends for many ktmlnesses, those wfie floral offerings, and ail thoM kindly assisted us during th» of onr wife and mother. A. B Riley and family. any of the bedrooms fcr f>«sjwi ej of eavesdrepplng. Finn was aoti s . terosted in that aspect of the case He said, “Did you turn him domi when he asked you first, Mr. R u . ton?” •‘Yes." "What made you change yo B mind?” Ruxton glanced at Clendening. “1 would prefer to tell you privately.” Finn hesitated. It would been a aimpie matter for him to grant the rich man’s request, I >nl sure now that it would have been wiser had he done so. One of the complications of this most involved case was that many irnportsat pieces of information were known by far too many people. But Finn refused. "1 guess it's ill right to say it here," he said, ud consequently every one of us learned why Vail had changed his room. Ruxton shrugged and ai . swered with contemptuous indiffer, cnee:

“Very well, Mr. Finn. I declined at first to move because Vail gave me no good reason except that he liked my room. I am a selfish max and I saw no reason to disturb myself for him. Then, en Tuesday evening, when Vail asked me a second time, he explained the situation to me, and I consented." Finn drew in his breath sharply. While we all listened tensely he said, “Why did he want your room!" Ruxton smiled a faint, cold smile. “Vail was seeking privacy n s cottage where no one knows the meaning of the word. He was expecting a visitor, he told me, and he was extremely anxious to receive his guest without having everyone in the cottage know it and discuss it.” “That letter!” Clendening esclaimed. “Vail got a letter from New York on Tuesday morning! I was here when the bell boy gaveh to him.” “Mr. Clendening has made Vail'i point clear,” Ruxton said ironically. "It was just that sort of prying which Vail was anxious to avoid. I could quite understand that desin and sympathize with it.” Finn must have believed the eri was in sight. His eyes were bright and hard as agate. His voice caffcr * “Did he tell you who this visiter was?” “He did not tell me,” Ruxton sa4 “and I did not ask.” Finn swallowed. He looked a lit tie sick. “Didn’t he even drop a hint?”fit sheriff asked. Ruxton shook his head, “lb sorry, he didn’t. I saw no reason U use my position to learn me.hing which he obviously wanted to coa ceal." "It might have struck you thu there was something wrong aboa it," Finn said aggrievedly. “I do not see why. You could Mi expect me to foresee his rhurder." hi paused and said, "If Vail kept thg letter—” “By gosh, that’s an idea!” F«* exclaimed. He leaped to Vail's do« and pushed it open. , “Found any letters?” he asset the deputies who were -arching the room. . . “No, chief,” I heard one of lh*s drawl. “No papers at all except* lot of bills he ain't paid. Therett lot of pictures of some woman » his trunk.” , . “What good’s that g'' "g t 0 ® us?” Finn shouted angrily. “She might be the woman in <*• case, chief.” “Well, let’s see them.” , Finn camo out holding a ■ photographs in his hand. He as dejected as when he had first jrrived. He sighed and mopped w forehead with a handkerchief. (To Be Continued I CaarrljM. 1»33. by Jmib Cl«rt« ■" > •'■ ■»!"■* l>l.<lribuud by k-nj Swum S.ibh'.w. «•

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