Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1936 — Page 42

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roof, James watched a robin building her nest beneath the eaves— watched without interest as he brooded over plans for his uncle's murder. A score of methods he had conceived and discarded as unsafe. Suspicion might fasten upon him as Amos Avery's heir. His harassed brain sought to evolve a perfect crime. It must be accomplished soon, for each speeding day brought nearer the visit of a bank examiner whose audit would disclose his defalcation. He heard his uncle’s step on the porch below, smelled the aroma of his pipe. A uniformed patrolman sauntered along the side street, paused to lean upon the white picket fence and exchange greetings with the old man, whom he had known for years.

moved about his bedroom, several nights later. Robins chirping in the dusk disturbed him. He muttered, “I'm always hearing them .. .” Halting in his stride, he struggléd for composure, forced a laugh. “Mustn’t ‘let anything affect my nerves. It was perfect! No one knows, and everything is fixed at the bank. . . .” - His statement of the case seemed to calm him. He laughed again. Nerve! Only that was needed. An iron nerve. He'd prove himself! A bath in the old man’s tub before he dressed to receive the condolences of evening visitors. In the bathroom, he lighted the gas heater, and his fingers did not shake. He shaved with his uncle's razor while water flowed into the tub. His ‘hand trembled a little,

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shave before retiring. Before strop- his light upon the flue projecting

ping his razor, he lit the small 83s | yp from the bathroom. STARTLING heater which warmed a water tank | “Those confounded birds!” SITUATION ; ir a corner of the bathroom. Upon| The robin had rebuilt her nest— eere

installation of the heater he had had a protective flue put through the roof. At 11 o'clock, when the patrolman came strolling along his beat, James Avery burst out of the house and ran across the lawn, nearly colliding with the officer.

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HEY hurried into the house. “I don't know,” Avery babbled excitedly. “He's in the bathroom. The door is fastened. He doesn’t answer—"’ . They forced the lock. One glimpse of the fallen figure of Amos Avery, and Eagen reeled back, gasping: ¥Gas! Get back!” “But—" James faltered, as they ‘stood beside an open window, waiting for the hall to clear, “the heater wasn't out—" *The fumes, lad! I'll run in and shut it off now, holding my breath—" 3 Eagen returned a moment later. “The vent must be stopped,” he said. “If we could reach the roof, we'd soon see.” “We can. Come on!” The patrolman’s light, when they

under the hood of the flue. Eagen examined it curiously, then lifted a lifeless little feathered body from the structure of straw and string. “Providence punished. the killer,” he murmured, more truly than he knew. “Poor biddy, her spring song is ended.”

PLANE DEVELOPMENT

Donald W. Douglas Honored for

Transport /Craft Design. Times Special . WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19,— Donald W. Douglas of Los Angeles today was announced by Charles F. Horner, president of the National Aeronautic Association, as the recipient of the Robert J. Collier

Mr. Douglas, head of the manufacturing concern whieh designed and is producing the transport plane of his name used by United States and foreign air lines, will be presented the trophy formally here at a date to be announced soon. The citation in the report from Charles L. Lawrance of Linden, N. J, chairman of the award com-

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