Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1939 — Page 23

TUESDAY, DEC. 5, 1939 . THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES . PAGE 23 . Serial Story— GRIN AND BEAR IT OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY By Williams |

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WILLIAM ALSTON — Benthorne's | father-in-law and business associate. |

JOEY DI TORIO-—Night clud owner | and gangster ARA JORNSON—The mystery girl i JOHN DOUGLAS—A vouny mining | engineer, in love with Ara. CAPY. DAWSON—A detective whe likes ta listen.

YESTERDAY After di Torio is killed, Panson rounds up tne four. questions them, Ara was resting, Alston still asleep. Mrs. Benthorne was telephoning. Pourlas had remained in the study. | “How do vou explain the damp mud on your shoes?” Dawson asks Douglass, | CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | ! “Oooh, John!" Ara's appealing cry! [8 confirmed the truth of Dawson's statement. Douglas glanced down at his shoes. The grayv-brown mud accused him i “You were in the study, all right. ’ ~~

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“Then you ran down the passage- snow shovel” BLUE. P-THEY THINKS 7 MAKIN' B'LIEVE : wav to the street, doubled back : JHEY SIN FOOL Me = rs / THEY. iS DROWNDIN'?”' & across the lawn and climbed in the | ZT 7) A / g study window. You ought to know HOLD EVERYTHING | § J CE AA your wav along that route pretty | MW THIS IS ALL A HARMLES well by now, Douglas. It's the sec- aS ® R | - COLLIDGE PRANK” ond time vou've been over it.” ; a BR 7 h “Hello, Captain! Sorry I took—' Dan Filvnn's greeting froze m his throat as he pushed through the front door, stared at the group gathered at the foot of the stairs, Before he could manage another ward, he caught sight of di Torio's body “This man Douglas killed himy'| Dawson said. “Put handcuffs on him and don't let him out of your sight. Don't let anv of them out of vour sight. Take them all into the

living room and keep them ; / . « . Krone, when did the Coroner, p [(IWAS RODS SER mE | WN SOLD EVERY HEAD N77 70 AUCH BREAK say he'd be here?” is . : - : NYY STAGE -- HIT OVER THE oF AN THAD B V7 / TERS AND . KY “Captain,” Flynn began, “Just as i. ~ CR HEAD AND KNOCKED HAVE MY WIFE IDN*T RECOGNIZE DRAKE 1S OPS IN THIS . in f EL QUT-- 100 WEAK TO OPERATED ON--- NOW CHE WHO WN! WITH WITHERS’ } Way COMING Bh 1 BOL OO a : WALK -- 1 BEEN HER CHANCE OF “3, ROBBED You? MONEY IN MY SAF “I don’t care about your hunches, : aN 5 R a ay CRAWLIN' FOR HOLRS!] L GETTIN' WELL 1S GONE "2800 > 71 15% Se € Dawson shouted, his anger mount- \ ys : A \ Se wo {5 —- ing. “Get in that living room and ) NSC stav there. When I have time to / listen to your hunches, I'll send for you Yes, 3ir Dawson turned back to Krone and di Torio's bady. “I want that bullet first. Have it checked against the one that killed Benthorne. The gun was probably hidden in Benthorne's study all the time. After vou finish he coroner, have a look around outsi¥a for the revolver. Douglas : Ee | : Z \ Ww ] ‘NA = : probadly threw it into the shrub- * Es S i RHA Adri i SEN COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. S.F ery ! bi ’ a Y Maybe he brought it back inte ae a = > G' MORNIN’, MSS Y=] OH. THANK YOU, 7 the study with him. I'll have a look < ots ; ; nl ORCHID ---1 : LUGGO! 2 77 THE OTHER THINGS Get good pictures of all of this, : - BRUNG YA FS 7 I > > THE OTHER BOYS Krone.” He hurried into the study. ) 3% ZZ ® BROUGHT ME

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THERE WAS PLENTY of evidence that Douglas had come in the window. Dawson's eves picked up a8 moist outline of a shoe on the carpet by the window and outside he found almost perfect footprints Douglas hadn't had the time to cover up his trail as he had last night. The gun would be found soon Paraffin tests would cinch the case Mavbe the Chief would give Daw- — i ; N ; On a vacation. . .. = Tim: X | | —- 7 2 = \\ : 3 = SO et to be a nice boy—this ai . | {i | = : AiR = se 4 A = : POSSOSS | ~ERA EE ZpLr Shs A 1 Rl ER ee Douglas. . . . And all for an uncle : a ito | y — J ” SO | i t 1% ES ut Z

he had never seen. And that girl | | ENR { | ; \/ £ J JusT 3 —Ara—how deep was she mixed up f § ; i" y <3 on a 1] MY BOY = | IL xEEP THESE BY CRAZY KID 77 They FIT

in this. Good kid, too. Had a lot i Pals nN x AS DAINTY SLIPPERS Y WHO WAS 7 2 perrecTLy | of tough breaks. . . . Losing Douglas } : 2h NS 1 oR oy GIVE UP THIS QUEST ' SO YOU WONT 2 LOOKING FOR Zo was only another one - ! p | = AS FOR YOUR CINOEREU.A | od ee POR i eos AY WER | wson looked started as Ara h i LOOK ih! L es whe er te Plone = ARE | | ASR ® | THESE SHOES ! A nced him I had some- , = +l // J 7 g important to tell vou.” 1 break that Irishman, so help me!” “Really, Captain, 1 couldn't go far. Officer Krone is at the foot of the front stairs, Fivnn is holding down the living room “There's the passageway ) . “I had forgotten it—so vou see, ) ik § tit bl i

I really wanted to see vou Youre going to try to pin these murders 4 Ws (I : John. aren't vou?” | _— — EE. \ _ —_” | on John, arent you FACT! LUCILLE WAS FOLLOWED ME HERE. S (¢ X W SORRY, BUT I GOTTA ¥ STALL HER

: n s 8 % W y clea; case laa 1 | ED A ROOM ACROSS THE STREET. OH, WASHINGTON, | KIN ONLY \ I RAVE OUR DATE WITH CAROL, AN Ha Sy OFF, My NECK! ou believe, hyn you - aptamn. | | ; 1 DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAVEN'T TH TALK TO | 3088S BACK. YR NEXT WEHT, TOO. V wars HE DOESN'T KNOW Ara went on earnestly, “that John TO BREAK OUR ENGAGEMENT. v7" BU ¢ STALL LUCILLE OFF FOR PVs LUChLE came in the passageway, killed Ben- > YOU GOTTA HELP ME! 7, A DAY OR TWO, THEN 8 thorne, blocked the door, and went | | O'CLOCK | | THE MORN": MAYBE EASY AND X 2 oy dow NE Sula vel “WW uavs she @ivorcing him roi A ae Wow / or reversed the performance with Joey Np uN vera She. | y 0 : LINCOLN i as the main actor. We've got him—" “You're wrong, Captain.” This was! THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | a new Ara—a girl fighting not for hate, but for love John Douglas was not in the passageway last night. I know—I was there myself!" She hurried on before Dawson could voice a question. “I left the taxi as soon as it turned the cor- p | ner, ran to the street entrance of the passageway. I opened the

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3 TRON “I intended to kill Benthorne, my Sl MAN CAN SEE ONLY an : Nt ACADEMY _'\ MY SPARE T\WMe L L OR wn G\OOY MOST OF WOLR a WE Owmv !

father, and have John blamed for i BTA f AUST WANTED YOu To SONES GOT ME HOU. B% WA He was going in the tate aiken’ | IR FIVE PLANETS u “3 ONDER STAND TRE DOB HARON WOLD Bt - —. HW dy win WITH THE NAKED | NG 7 A LD

He was to surprise Benthorne ~ ¢ RDF 1G Tonce To a EVE, AND LOUK 7 B D . — . up my proofs. John also wanted to = OF THEM, MARS, ) | WN, Pr d : (xR 2 é make Benthorne tell how he got §B JUPITER, SATURN EE hold of the mine—But John never AND VENUS, ARE intended to kill him NOW Fi i i Un Tit <b Tent up ONE vos ~

tain No one ever loved me. no one ever cared about me, except John. And I was fool enough to trv to blame a murder on him I know better now : I love John. He's the first. the only person I've ever Joved. You—vou can't blame him for this Benthorne murder!” Dawson admired this changed Ars All the pretense, all the hardness were gone Instead he saw a girl in love—a girl willing to do anything to save the man she loved from the trap she had created. But Dawson could not let sentiment, nor admiration, nor pity sway his decision. If she had proof. . . .| “You were in the passageway, vou said. Where were vou when the shot was fired?” | Ara resumed her storv, a little more composed. “TIT was almost H halfway to the hall door. I st bd OW BID THE INDIANS there terrified. Then the study SEND LONG-DISTANCE door slammed. I was afraid some- ) COMMUNICATIONS one woud come down the passage, | o ain raw nn | ANSWER—By smoke signals in the davtime and fires at night. utes T saw Mr. di Torio come out - i UE

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was he. I saw his face when he tected,” Dawson assured her Spot’ just as you were doing to My, stoppad beneath a street light | "I'm not afraid” she said, eyes him.” 8 “There's vour killer, Captain. The SRIMINE. “It’s a chance I have to “If John shoots at me, I hope Q >

HOW DO YOU KNOW § | NOW OTHER TWINGS, THE YOUNG IDIOT LAUGHED AT THE WARNINGS A THOUSAND BLOOD-THIRSTY WEATHENS CAME | WAS IN RAUPLR, T00 ~TRAT RAPPENED Il KS FIRST VOYAGE -- WENT OUT ON A SPREE / OF WIS FRIENDS “= ME BROKE INTO THE TEMPLE= || AFTER MiM--SHRIEKING FOR NIS LFE # WIS INDIA IN THE SPRING ) IN RAJIDUR THAT SPRANG]! IT TOOK wim, FINALLY, TO THE TEMPLE OF FLATTENED THE NATIVE GUARDS--AND--HE CAME || FRIENDS = FRIGHTENED +++ —A !T WAS LATE ONE bn THE SACRED CON-=* or ROARING OUT INTO THE MARKET-- RIDING DESERTED MiM--ALL BUT DAGNABBIT! . NIGHT WHEN THE gt ER 4 SACRED COw A] ONE! THAT FRIEND HELPED | TWAT WAS A nN OD ANNA BELLE IR So BEE a. |] THE YOUNG FOOL BATTLE _) j Sweg\ LEE DOCKED THERE I} \ PE BRN > ww = J] CFF THE NATIVES WITH A hes 0 3 N RN | a MARL INSPIKE «~~ AND BROUGHT, BW ay NS a : 4 city HIM SAFELY BACK ON BOARD

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man who Killed my father is dead.” wis to prove John is innocent.” he doesn't miss!" she said. And “I don't think so—because—" Vv spreading the report that vou. Dawson knew she said it as if a too, like Joey, actually saw the per- prover,

: = x son who killed Benthorne, we may TEN MINUTES LATER she rose tempt the killer to strike again. But (To ‘pe Cuntinge) ons

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