The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 May 1927 — Page 7

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STORY FROM THE START While despondent over the enforced hiding of her fiance. Jim Dallas, slayer in self-defense of Homer Parkinson, member of an Influential family, Sybil Saunders, popular aetreas. Is engaged to play Viola In a charity performance of "Twelfth Night" on dull island, on the Maine coast. After the play Hugh Bassett, Anne Tracy's fiance. Tells Joe he has heard he Is spying on Sybil to .'earn the whereabouts of Jim Pallas and earn the reward offered by the Parkinson family. The boy d< nles It. Joe Is arrang Ing for a vacation trip To Anne he betrays his enmity toward > St k.H tells Sybil he has news of Pallas, and to secure privacy they arrange to meet In a small summer house. The sound of a pistol shot startles the assembled company. Invea- • h..w« a revolver has taken from a desk In the library. Flora, Stokes’ wife, bursts In with the announce-t-’-nt that Sybil has been shot ■nd her body, carried oft by the tide Flora Stokes tells Bassett she saw Sybil shot but.did not o-e her murderer Bassett notifies the sher'ff. Abel Williams.

CHAPTER V—Continued Basset t on the wharf In the cove wabhed the launch apnroacbing over the glistening floor of water. As It grated against the boards he heart! lii- name m a deep throated bass \oh-e and the big body of the sheriff climbed over t e 'ide A rough padded hand grasped his, and "Well. Mr. Bassett, rhe ;<w’s got us together again.” was growled Into his ear. Two more figures followed him. One was Rawson, the district attorney, u file vivid 'light reveah <1 as a o i. h younger than Williams, tall und narrow shouldered, with a lean New Eng and visage and a pair of horn s|Hs taeles astride a high-bridged n..se. Tiie oilier was disposed of with a <usual band-wave and a murmur of "Patrick." brought, II was explained* ♦ o take charge of the causeway. Raws. i, .t aj-,.eared, knew Cull island well, having beep there several times « i a-tal bus ness (or Mr. Priseoll. A- i.uey walked l»;t< k Bassett t<>ld tils story. He noticed tjiat the younger - itioM were sharp and to the point and In-fore they had gone half way realized" that Rawson was of a i.iueh higher grade of education and intelligence than his , coadjutor. A * y could do good teamwork. \\ Illiums observed with grim relish : "You couldn't have a murder committed in a better place than this—for us. Once you're on here it's a d d hard business getting off. U.i-1- (Jolks are as good aa in prison. Now. Mr. Bassett, Just where does that < .. .-< way lie? The channel stretched before them, a shining expanse, ripple-creased, suiu- • : rock emerging. The receding water was like a silver veil being >owiy withdrawn. its delicate tissue torn by sharp-edged ptoji-ctlona. Bas sett imlnted beyond the wharf: "There! Below the water there are ; s <ut in the rock that lead down to it. The whole stretch won't be clear till nearly midnight.” Williams gave his instructions to the man Patrick—a watch on the chum way, anyone stopiwd who came ft .. the mainland or attempted to leave tiie island. Patrick, a silent massive lountryman. with a stolid bulldog taw. tiiru'i out hl» chin and nodd.-d He slouched off. the sound of his heavy boots loud ,on the rock*- The other' turned toward the house, the light from its opened door falling outward in a long golden square. The occupants of the room heard th* m aud looked at one another. Mrs. Cornell, with clenched hands, slowly <tood up, aud the rest, like people in church who see a figure rise aud simultaneously follow its example, got to their reel. The three tuen. entered and under the shadow of the gallery paused for a moment surveying the standing figures much as they might have looked at some spectacle arranged for their approval. Bassett, with no precedent to guide him. walked toward his associates aud announced: "Ladies aud gentlemen, the authorities have come. Mr. Raw-sou and Mr. Williama.” They bowed and then not knowing what to do next, subsided into their seats. The men came forward, ivg to the long table, where Williams sat down, fumbling tn bin pocket for a fl-untain pen and paper and clearing a space for the taking of notes. Raw »<vn surveying the seated assemblage, said S “ lhls is the whole of your company. Mr. Bassett T "Ail who were here at the time of the murder. Several of the actors and assistants left at five-thirty and Joe Tracy, one of the company, at a quarter to seven.” c, "You saw them goF ”1 saw the first lot go. 1 didn't see •Tracy. But.” he looked at Anne, “this is his sister. Miss Tracy. She prob■ably did." “Did you. Miss Tracy?" said RawHer voice was very low but steady and dear: "Yes. he went." "Well, that dispones «f them," said Rawson. There were a few formalities to go ♦hrough. A general agreement on the

interrogation of Mrs. Stokes, the one eye-witness, followed. She began well, telling the story she had told Bassett. When she described her first view of Sybil running to the edge of the Point. Rawson interrupted with a question: "Was she running fast, as if someone was after her. as if she was i Tightened?” “Yes. she was running fast, but I don't know wb her she was frightened. I wasn't close enough to see anything like- that, and I didn’t have tUne to see. Just as I was looking at her the shot came.” "Did you notice the direction it came from?” “No—it was like a sort of loud snap In the air. I heard it and she stag gered along a few steps and went over.” "Did you hear any sounds—footsteps? A person makes a noise on this, rocky ground.” "I didn’t hear a thing;” She leaned toward Rawson with haggard insistence. “1 couldn’t hear anything. 1 was stunned. Mr. Bassett asked me that and you all seem to think 1 ought

She Staggered Along a Few Steps and Went Over. to have beard the person—the murderer- or tried to catch him. But 1 hadn't any sense. I Just stood there paralyzed. u,ot grasping what had happened.” "Mr. Bassett says you went out on the rocks and tried to catch the body.” -Oh, yes. Then I came back to life. 1 ran down into the hollow and out on the rocks as far as 1 could go. And she was going by on the current— her hair und Iter dress all whirled about. Oh tied, why was I the one to see it!" Stokes addressed her, his voice low and urgent; . "Hora, Just try to answer quietly.” She paid no attention to him. her eye* riveted .on Raw.s<>u. "And then you came back to the house?" “Yes, but I Mood there watching her for a tew. .minutes. 1 don t know how long, desperate, not knowing what to do. Aud then I started to run back here and 1 fell down. 1 suppose 1 was shaking so aud the rocks were slip pery, 1 think 1 fell twice, but I d<m't know. 1 seemed to be half crazy.” “You saw .or beard nothing on your way back?” "No. no. I keep telling you," her voice grew higher. "1 never saw anybody. If anybody Was there he must have been hiding. They could have

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V Justice, »win ana certain. is meted mu < <rry Thursday morning at the Tribunal de las Aquas, or the Court Os the Water*. In the Spanish city of Valencia. The courtroom is the pavement. open to the blue sky, and has been thus for five centuries. The Judges' t»ench is a sofa, appearing fnuu souitf mysterious hiding place, and a portable iron railing provides the bar of justice. There are seven Judges. The plaintiff makes his statement. then the defendant states his aide of the case. Ahy interruption brings a fine. One Judge announces the verdict and there is no appeal from the decision. Neither the gov • erumeut of Spain nor that of Valencia Lumber Substitute* There are three substitutes for lum her being made —one of bagasse and two from wood fiber The properties of these synthetic boards are much different from those of ordinary lumber. The material la not usually so hard and Is of a more porous and open texture. It is claimed by manufacturers of these materials that when used In certain ways It develops satisfactory strength. For instance. It is used for sheathing for houses. The bracing effect of the Urge pieces nailed to die studding is rialiwi»d to be about a* good as where diagonal sheathing is used. It is apparently a better insulator than ordinary lumber because of its °r*' D tex ’ ture. The material Is not so strong as wood in bending. Another advantage for it is that it can be obtained In large ■beets which, for many purposes, is quite worth while.

hearu me —I was «»er«»m.ug t " St*, turned to the others. •‘•Wasn’t 1 screaming?” confirmed her statement and she went on, her voice still higher, the cords in her neck starting out: “Os course they heard me and bidgot out of the way. Some stranger We were all in the house, everybody here was in the house. It couldr't have been any of them.” Stokes half rose: “Flora —pleasei” i She turned violently on him: “Why shouldn't I say It? I’m not afraid. 1 was the only person outside and it couldn’t have been me.” She faced round on Raw-son. “Nobody could think that. Ask them—these people. They'll teil you." “That’s not at ail necessary, Mb Stokes." Rawson was mild and.suava “Now. if you'll try to be calm—" , “Calm, calm." she groaned and bent almost double, dropping her face into her hands. Stokes got up. ciudk-wblte in the lamplight: “My wife’s pretty well knocked oar. Mr. Rawson." "Quite understandable. Mr. Stokes. We won’t trouble -her any more just now. And if the rest of ypu ladles and gentlemen will refrain from saying what you think or offering suggestions we ll get on a good deal quicker." They went on to Stokes, who was very clear and composed. He had walked about-ridown the path to the pine wood and round that end of the house. It was absolutely still and he had heard nobody. He was not sure of the direction of the shot as he had been reading a paper at the time. ■ Like the resit of them he had had no suspicion of anything serious or, of course, he would have investigated. Everybody else was in the house. Bassett indicated their positions, pointing them out as he explained their whereabouts. Miss Saunders' movements followed She had spent the earlier part of the < .evening sitting on the cliffs with Miss Tracy. Miss Tracy had left her some time after six. Miss Saunders sayUig she would follow but wanted to sop the end of the sunset. No one had seen her come back but she had come ■ back, for shortly before seven Mrs. Cornell had noticed her leaving the house. Mrs. Cornell, Invested with the! grisly excitement of the houf. was eager to tell what she knew. She had I been standing at the window of her | room, and she saw Sybil on the puth ; below passing the end of the balcony Mrs. Cornell was surprised for it was not far from supper time and Sybil wus still in her Viola dress. She had m>t watched her, but had gone lwkgi> lock the trunk. Both she and Miss Pinkney agreed that the shot had followed soon after —about six or seven minutes they thought. They diverged to the place of the murder, the Point. The last person who bud been there was Shine, somewhere round six-thirty, though ne couldn't swear to the time. He'd stayed there perhaps ten minutes, walking round, and had then gone up to the garden. As far as he could see the place was deserted. Ln answer to the question, had he seen anyone on j his way back, he said he hud seen Mrs. Stokes reading a paper on the I balcony. This ended the interrogations tor j the time being. The company was told they might retire to their rooms. But they were to understand that they were held on Gull island for the pres ent. no going, off on any pretext or holding communication with anyone I on the mainland. Also—and Mr. Raw-1 sou was emphatic —once in their rooms they were to stay in them un I less -eu: lor by him. He did not wan: any wandering about in the hulls or talking together. rote » variedly and prepared to g>< Stokes helped his wife to het feet and Bassett edged between the i hairs toward Anne. “How are you?" he murmured, for her appearance shocked him. Ail right. There's nothing the. matter with me.” " Try to get some rest.” • Will they want us any more to Light?” ' ”1 don’t think so—not you. anyway." Stokes and Flora moved toward the hail ilwr, the woman limply hanging her husband's arm. Ruwsou.i voice arrested: them: "Mr. and Mrs Stokes, just wait a minute. Where is your room or rooms?" • We re together In a room on this floor out in the ball here opposite the stairs." j (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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