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Evening journal., 1923-01-23
POSTPONE GARD PARTY

The card party announced 10 be
held at Gilbert Studio this evening
by the St. Elizabeth's Guild will
not be held until January 80.
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knife was used by some one inside the
room. The footprints outside the window
showed that they were made by a person
walking backward; the impression from the
toe to the ball of the foot being very dis
tinct and the rest of the foot indistinct.
A person in walking backward puts down
his toes first, and gradually brings the rest
of his foot down; person walking forward
puts his heel down first and then puts down
the rest of his foot as he brings his weight
forward. Our man, having made his way
to the garden path from the window, walked
along the path to the motor car at the gate
probably carrying his own boots in his hand
As soon as he entered his car he drove off
along the road in the direction of Stavely
with the lights out.--He took a risk in
travelling in the dark and in spite of the
fact that he knew the road we'll he came
to grief before he reached Staveley."
"How do you know all this?" asked Gil
lett. "How do you know he had carr"
He had not given up his own theory. in
favor of Crewe's, but he Sealized that
Crewes theory was the more striking one.
Gin Marslands statement he said that
his horse swerved from something in the
dark as he was coming down the Cliff road
and fell lame said Crewe. "The horse
SHE'D at the motor car as it passed. Mars
land neither saw nor heard the car be-
cause Of the darkness, intensified by the
storm, and because of the roar of the wind
and waves"
''You don't really expect US to regard
the swerving of the horse as proof there
was a motor car there" demanded Gillett,
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81 am sure of it," was the reply.

81 am sure of it," was the reply.
'Murchison gave the impression that he
was sure to come back-that he had left
Staveley the day before the murder. l un-
derstand from Murchison that Brett is do
ing some secret service work for the gov
eminent, and that it was quite a regular
thing for him to disappear suddenly"
"No doubt it was" said Crewe. "But
this time he is not coming back"
'Ill ring up Murchson," said Gillett.
'Don't waste your time" was Crewe's
reply. "Murchison is an excellent fellow
an ideal police official for quiet seaside
place where nothing happens, but too
genial and unsuspecting for an emergency
of this kind. Go and see Brett's apart
ments at Staveley-No. Al Whitethorn Gar
dens-and the landlady, Mrs. Penfield, will
tell you as she told Murchison, and as she
told me also, that Brett left Staveley on
secret service work Thursday morning,
October Is, and that she expects him back
at any moment But go to Gosford and
he will show you the car that Brett hired
on Friday.
"He will tell you that on Saturday about
midnight Brett rang him up-from Lewes,
Gosfordd says, but it was more probably
from Marlingsea, on his way to London
and told him that he had met with an ac-
cident with the car, and that it was lying
in the ditch the side of the road about
six miles out from Staveley on the road to
this place. 1t was there that Gosford's
foreman found the car when he went for
it. If Brett hired car at Staveley on
Friday he couldn't have left Stayeley ON
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the window to fire, and as result he fired
downward instead of on level at the
height of the wound in Lumsden's body"
''If that is all you have to support your
theory" began Detective Gillett
.'It isn't ALL. said Crewe, with slight
indication of Impotence. at is only my
first point You will recall that on the
stairs there were indications that a wet
rag had been used for wiping away some
traces or stains Inspector Payne sug-
gested that the rag had been used to wipe
away muddy boot-marks on the stars-the
traces Of these boots. These boots were
not worn by the man as he went upstairs
he put them on afterward. Presently
will tell you why he did. But the marks
on the stairs were not the marks Of muddy
boots. They were stains of blood which
dropped from the dead mans wound, as his
body was carried up stairs. These marks are
in the hall leading to the stairs and on the
landing, leading to the room in which the
body was placed. In the room itself no
attempt to remove the bloodstains was
made, because they were an indication
that the shooting took place there. If he
had been aware that there was a stain Of
blood on the latch-key which he took from
the dead mans pocket, he would have
washed it away"
eff he had possession of the key in order
to get the body into the house in the way
you state, Mr.. Crewe, why did he break
into the house? Remember one Of the
downstairs windows was forced"
at was forced by the man who took the
body there But he forced it in breaking
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with a superior smile.
"Contributory proof" said Crewe. "If
you went along the Cliff road as I did on
you would have noticed that the danger
post nearest the farm was out of perpendic-
ular That was not the case previous to
the night of the storm. This motor car
without lights bumped into it. The mark
of the wheels where the car had left the
road was quite plain when I looked-it
had not been obliterated by the rain. Four
miles away the car was run into the ditch
and overturned. I saw it as Sir George
Granville and drove along to Cliff Farm
on Saturday morning. If you want in
formation concerning it and the person who
drove it you can obtain it at Gosford's
garage at Staveley. The car was hired
from Gosford."
''By whom" asked Gillett.
"By a man named Arnold Brett, who
was very close friend of the dead man."
81 know all about Brett from Inspector
Murchison," said Gillett. "He rang me
up about him and promised to let me know
when he came back to his lodgings at Stave
ley. He said that Brett was close friend
of Lumsden's, and would probably be able
to give us some useful information when
he returns"
"When will he return?" asked Crewe.
"You think he has cleared out?" suggest
ed Gillett.
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Thursday, as his landady says. She doesn't
know what to think in regard to this MUIR
der, but she is ready to shield Brett all
she can because she is in love with him."
CHAPTER 10.
81 must say that feel very grateful to
you, Mr.. Crewe." said Detective Gillett
after a pause. you have certainly got
hold Of some facts of which l was not
aware. And your deductions are most in
teresting. What do you say, Westaway?"
"Most interesting" said the sergeant. II
had heard lot of Mr.. Crewe before / met
him, but I'd like to say that it's a great
privilege to listen to his deductions"
ooh. don't go so far as to accept his
theory and abandon my own" interposed
Gillett hurriedy. "To my mind there is
truth in both Of them, and the whole truth
will probably be found in judcous COM
bination of both"
Crewe could scarcely hide his Impotence
at Gillett's ohstinacy, and his determination
to claim at least an equal share in solv-
ing the mystery.
my dear Gillet.." ae said, "let US aban-
don theories and keep to facts. The great
danger in our work is in fitting facts to
theories instead of letting the facts speak
for themselves. If you It'll think you have
a case against Marsland, let US go into it.
1t is not part of my work to prove Mars
land innocent if he is guilty, l have no OBJ
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out of the house-not in breaking into it.
He wanted to give the impression that some
one had broken into the house, but he was
pressed for time-he was anxious to get
away. In searching for rag in the kitchen
with which to wipe out the bloodstains. he
saw these boots. They belonged to Lums-
den, as you have said. but it was more
likely that Lumsden kept them in the
kitchen than in the barn or cowshed. This
man-let us call him the murderer-saw
in the boots means of averting suspicion
from himself. He decided to leave clues
that would suggest that the murderer broke
into the house. But, instead of going out
the front door and breaking into the house,
he forced the window from inside the room.
Then, with these boots on, he climbed out
of the window backward and when he
reached the ground he walked backward
across the garden bed to the path in order
to give the impression that some one had
walked forward across the bed to the win
dow.
"You saw from the sash of the window
that the catch had been forced back by a
knife, but apparently you overlooked the
fact that the marks Of the knife are much
broader at the top, where the catch is, than
at the bottom, where the knife would en-
ter if the catch had been forced by some
one outside. It was at the top. near the
catch, and not Ut the bottom below it. that
the knife was inserted; that Is to say, the
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'Lumsden was not murdered at the farm.
He was shot in the open, somewhere be-
tween Staveley and Ashlingsea, and his
dead body was brought into the house in
a motor car. 1t could not have been Mars
land who brought the dead body here, be-
cause he was on horseback, and his famed
horse was in the stable at the farm when
we were all there next day"
CHAPTER 49,
sYou are on the wrong track Mr.. Crewe,"
said Gillett, who was determined not to part
with the theory he had built up round the
evidence he had collected. 81 was posi-
tive the murder took place in the house.
This man Jauncey, whom | mentioned, can
swear that he heard shot fired. And
more than that, he can swear that he was
hit by bullet. This is the bullet that was
extracted from his wound in the left arm.
1t fits this revolver"
'.My dear Gillett, don't dispute any of
these things" said Crewe. "They merely
support my contention that the murder was
not committed at the farm, but that the
body was brought there, and that the man
who took the body there took certain steps
with the object of creating the impression
that the tragedy took place in the room in
which the body was found"
"What evidence have you Of that" asked
Sergeant Westaway, coming to the aid Of
his official superior.
1.-THE bullet that killed Lumsdtn went
clear through his body-so much was de-
cided at the port-mortem examination"
pnk% hot on a1S0 owl.
dent from a cursory examination of the
body, as we saw it in the chair. You will
remember that drew attention to the fact
when we were looking at the body. Your
theory is that the shot was fired as Lums-
den was standing at the window, with his
back toward his murderer, that the bullet
went through him, through the window,
lodged in the arm of this man Jauncey
who stated he was outside in the garden.
But the course Of the bullet through Lums-
denis body was slightly upward. How in
that case could it strike downward and
wound a man on the ground 1C or IL feet
below the windows on the first story"
"The bullet might have been DETECTED
by the glass of the window" said Gillett.
SIT might have been, but it is highly i'm
defect bullet-even spent one. In any
case this bullet hit the cherry tree outside
the window before hitting Jauncey. You
will find that it cut the bark Of the cherry
tree-the mark is four feet and one-half
Inches from the ground"
"Then it was the cherry tree that defect
ed it," said Sergeant Westaway.
eyes and no." said Crewe. Certainly,
its course was DETECTED downward after
hitting the cherry tree|I assume that
Jauncey was close to the tree. But if it
had not been travelling downward, it would
have hit the tree much higher up-some-
where near the level Of the window. The
bullet that hit Jauncey was fired in the
room in which we saw the body, but it
was fired by the man who took the body
to the farm with the intention of giving
the impression that the crime took place
there. Knowing that the bullet which killed
Lumsden had gone through his body, he
placed the body in = chair near the window
and then fired . shot through the window.
He made the mistake Of going close up to
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MAGAZINE


''And your theory is that Marsland is the
murderer"
81 don't say that our case against him
is quite complete yet, but the evidence
against him is very strong"
"Can you suggest any motive?"
eyes, Marsland was captain in the
London Rifle Brigade; Lumsden was a pri-
vate in the same battalion. They served to-
gether in France"
"But the motive!" asked Crewe.
Our information is that Lumsden and
a man against whom Captain Marsland
had personal grudge-a man whom it was
his interest to get out of the way-were
sent by Captain Marsland on false mis-
sion toward the German lines Marslandd
expected that both would fall victims to
the Germans. Lumsden's companion was
killed, but Lumsden was captured, alive
and subsequently escaped. What is more
likely than that Marsland, riding across
the downs, should call in at Cliff Farm
when his horse fell lame. There, to his
surprise, he found that Lumsden was the
owner of the farm. They talked over old
times, and Marsland learned that Jums-
den was aware of his secret motive in
sending them on such dangerous mission.
Marsland took his leave, but determined to
put Lumsden out Of the way. He stole
back and hid in the outbuidings, broke
into the house, and shot the man who could
expose him."
"a very ingenious piece Of work" said
Crewe. Everything dovetails in"
81 am glad you agree with it, said Gill
lett
''But l don't" was the unexpected reply.
"Lumsden was not murdered at the farm.
He was shot in the open, somewhere be-
tween Staveley and Ashlingsea, and his
dead body was brought into the house in
motor car. 1t could not have been Mars
land who brought the dead body here, be-
cause he was on horseback, and his famed
horse was in the stable at the farm when
we were all there next day."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
Science

The favorite hunting grounds today
Of scientists who study the evolution
Of man are the forests Of Madagas-
car, Western and Eastern Africa and
several Of the Asiatic islands.
These forests are the homes of sew
eral kinds of animals similar to the
monkeys in many respects, but differ
ent from them in some of their habits
and to a certain extent in their ana
tony. They hide during the day and
move about at night, with q gliding
and noiseless motion, through the
dense tropical foliage. When first dis
covered by travellers they were
thought to resemble spectres or hob
COLLINS and were therefore given the
name Of lemons, from the Latin term
meaning ghosts.
There are many kinds of lemurs.
In scientific language all the lemur7
like animals are grouped under the
term lemuroida. They are of intense
interest to scientists because they are
the next lower order to the monkey
and occupy an important place in the
study Of the evolution of man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
HOLLYWOOD AND HAPPINESS

NEWS item telling how the happiness of home in In
"a danapolis by desire of wife
day.
year $4,000 girls Hollywood attracted by the
lure of the That the problem before the Y W. c. A
figures issued by the organization and
by Hoosier VIII Hays who is supporting appeal to
cope with the situation.
Why Hollywood the for thousands of the feminine
kind who seek fame the screen9
Jack Pekford, in indianapolis last week with his
wife Maryn Miller "Say blame desire for money
the primary cause for Hollywood s lure.
trend influx of mothers with prospective
Jackie Coogans and Baby Peggies according Pickford
Social position also attracts many girls.
Perhaps the that emotional quail
dominant Expression Of the desire be
romance perform glorious sacrifices give the
fullest of love- and triumph in beauty and personality
have prompted others seek vainly for the rainbow.
Happiness be found merely going Hollywood.
The quest happiness ends the heart the home and in
commonplace things.
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Editors Mail

To the Editor Of The Times
A few papers read by the average
person give space to articles concern
ing organized labor that do not have
an undercurrent of malice or con-
tempt. We feel your paper ought TO
know that some of us appreciate your
fairness.
Perhaps in time the general public
will come to understand that our or
CARNATIONS are made up of Just
folks" and will treat us rs such.
And only through the medium Of
a press that is not afraid to be fair,
regardless of pressure of opposing
interests, will we be able to convince
people that organized labor Is here
to stay. and means to be recognized,
not as a trouble-seeking, domineering,
grasping horde-as some would have
you believe-but as a fraternaI order
to prove and demonstrate the truth
Of the declaration that all men are
created equal. M. p. s.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
CLEARING THIS MORAY TANGLE

OTHNG be put in the of the grand jury inves
IN tgaton of the affairs of Governor McCray An
appropriation $4,000 should be begrudged it is
to bring about speedy justice.
Serious statements concerning the activities
the Governor
point where officials would be deret in their duty they did
not investigate them.
This investigation should be speedy possible but it
should be thorough facilities permit.
unfair the people of Indiana and to the Gov
ernor himself for officials fail to bring the affair def
The the atmosphere cleared the better
it will be for all concerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
OOM SIMS
Il Il Says

m HE trouble in Europe is crises
get n so early every morn
- i'm re is no one to meet
them.
News from Germany. Big hotel
has been dyuamited. Rumor says
several steaks were badly bent
The report that there is move
ment to take peace" out Of Euro
pean dictionaries is untrue.
Mediums have been delivering
spirit messages in New York. A
funny thing is they came collect
While Leap Year 10 almost two
months away the candidates for Of
fee are lodging issues already.
The hog crop is good. They say It
is much better than expected. That
is bringing home the bacon.
What this country needs is an
alarm clock that warns the room
when it rings for you to get up.
80
A woman in New York tried to
shoot herself, perhaps because she
was a woman In New York.
Thanksgiving is coming Be thank
full for something. Be thankful you
don't live in Europe.
Christmas is getting so near 1t is
almost time for little boys to want to
go to Sunday school.
Here's great news for the hard
cider drinker. 1t is pronounced IL
legal, so there will be plenty.
Do your Thanksgiving home-brew-
ing early and avoid the rush.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
The Mystery
BY BERTON BRALEY

He married her because she dressed
In dainty fashion,
And thus aroused within his breast
The gentle passion;
She was so fresh, so trig and smart
That looking at her
Was quite enough to make his heart
Go pitter patter.
She married him because he seemed
AS neat as could be.
His clothes were smart, his linen
cleaned,
And, as it should be,
His face was shaved with skill adept.
He charmed her greatly,
A stylish chap whose garb was kept
Immediately.
But when the honeymoon was Ger
She grew a slattern,
The dowdy negligee she were
Was bad in pattern
While he, who won her heart with
his
Sartorial splendors,
Wore sloven shirts, unshaven phiz,
And soiled suspenders.
To lawyers now the pair apply
To be minated.
And everybody wonders why
They separated:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
TO WAR ON
FILIPINOS is
MURDEROUS
Coolidge Backs Up Wood in
SURPRISING SeIf-Govern-
ment in Islands,
By HERBERT QUICK


ri HE people of the Philippine
Islands want to govern them
L1 selves. Just as our ancestors
did.
General Wood, our Governor Cen
eral of the islands, Is taking away
from them the self-government for
merly given them, and is suppressing
as far as he can, and more and more
all the time. the movement for in
dependence.
President Coolidge has lined up
with Wood.
It looks as though we are going to
have war on our hands with the
Filipino people one of these days
next year, perhaps, or II not then, in
a few years anyhow.
This brings it up to you, Mr.. or
Mrs. Citizen.
Are You for War?
Are you for this war? Do you
favor sending American boys to the
Philippines to shoot down Filipino
boys? If so, why? Do you think
the Filipinos unfit for self-govern-
ment7 Well. suppose they are; are
we At to govern them? Hadn't we
better learn to govern ourselves
successfully before we undertake to
govern others against their will at a
distance of 5000 miles? How are
they to learn how TO govern them
selves unless given the chance?
Suppose they do fall down in try
ing self-government. Aren't most of
the nations of the world falling down
in the same way2
Can Subdue Them
How rluch better off viii they be
when crushed by our troops than
when they govern themselves badly7
But If we put them down by force
your son. perhaps. anyhow many
American boys. will die or suffer from
wounds and sickness in their sub
jugation OF course we can subdue
them. Any fool knows that. But as
for me. 1 am for freedom as against
the shabby pride which would be
gratified by conquering the Filipino
again. 1t is a shabby. sinking sort
of pride.
To fight the Ffnpinos In their
struggle for independence does not
call for heroes. 1t calls for fools and
lyrants and murderers. Let that be
the answer of America to the move
nents which are going on which, I'M
less halted. will surely end in war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
"BIG MEETING" HITS BULLS-EYE

TN 1904 there started in Indianapolis institution
/ known the 'Big Meeting of Indianapolis That nsti-
tuition open its doors for its twentieth year
The big Meeting every in Indianapolis probably
knows under the auspices of the Y NJ a. During the
months meeting held every Sunday afternoon in Eng
hs Theater These meetings addressed almost invariably
by prominence religious and other lines The
meetings educational and ns into those attending doc
trine of right living.
"Bg Meetings. in Indianapolis always well attended.
More often than every the thater filed An actual
count announced by a total of 512050
have attended these meetings
Bg Meeting of all walks of life get together.
They sit together they sing together and they learn together
truly democratic institution and Institution worthy of
support
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-06
UPLTFT THE BURDEN

[TlHEREs got Society for Getting Arizona Indians
Closer Civilized Americas Domestic Procedure. We
don all of these capital letters in the socetys title but
should be plenty, make stylish and imposing print
Arizona recently Chief Cookie Fans observed that
of his braves Mokahque by coveted Mrs Fans
Now New York the recherche the civilized way
that wife being coveted with and vgor
bring divorce suit deny atherhood of the children and
enough mud the wife of bosom keep her character
buried deep and long old King Tut Lawyers
your you may expose yourself ngenduring
able-bodied fool, but it is the civilized way.
Chief Cookie wasn't civilized sufficiently, and he
frred with Mr. MOkahque and contracted for the consideration
Of horse saddle and shotgun quitclam Squaw Fans
of the Second Part be the less but sub
all legal highways The transaction to have OBJ
the legal propete but the Party of the Second
Part Of the Lady of the Third defauted pay
of the shotgun and instead of hiring three shifts of lawyers
civilization would dictate the said Parties engaged vulgar
pitched battle which Fans shot Mohakque Of course
ming that civilized gentleman would Old Cookie
sdcivlized and didn't hand the gun Mesdame Fans
Mokahque to do the shooting
The Arizona Indian integral part of civilized white
burden and this affair clearly demands Society for Get
ting Arizona Indians Closer Civilized has Domestic Pro.
eedure, something equally gook &s&z2&