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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
BENSON 3 ! |? },l !! MURDER '! .!!!? ! R CASE GA! 5
 6y S. S. W VAN DINE scn1sas

VANCE: Could you See into his bedroom from the parlor?
 BOY: No. The bedrooms off the hall. VANCE: How could you tell the light was turned off then? BOY: The bedroom door was open, and the light was shinin' into the hall.
 VANCE: Did you pass the bed room door when you went out? BOY: Sure-you have to.
 VANCE: And was the door still open?
 BOY; Yes.
 VANCE: Is that the only door to the bedroom? BOY: Yes. VANCE: Where WAS Major Ben son when you entered the apart mont? BOY: Tn bed. VANCE: How do you know? BOY: (mildly indignanD: I saw him. VANCE (after pause): You're 1 quite sure he didn't come down. stairs again" BOY: l told you I'd 'yc seen him 1 if he had l VANCE: Couldn't he have walked down at some time when you had the elevator upstairs, with 1 out your seeing him, BOY: Sure, he could. But I didn't take the elevator up after I'd took | the Major his cracked ice until
 round o:3o, when Mir Montagu 1 came in. VANCE: You took no one up in | the elevator. then, between the time
 you brought Major Benson the ice
 and when Mir. Montagu came in at
 2:30?
 ROY: Nobody.
 VANCE: And you didn't leave
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Loves EnberS Revelations of Wife" Adele Garrson's Absorbing Sequel To
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nor the emotion which caused them. I had believed that after the terri hle episode of the poisoned fruit cup which hal sent Dicky and me into bitter tstraugcment, l never could feel either affection, jealousy or anger toward him again. Indeed. ] had told myself in all sincerity, my heart was like frozen thing, and had not wanted it thawed. After the first shock of Dichy's awful doubt Of me had worn away, l had been curiousiy at peace, as women often are when they have passed through some crisis which has drained them of all emotion.
 For months I had been genuinely indifferent to Diclty's actions or his opinions of me-or l had thought I was. The result, as far as my emo tional reaction was concerned, was the same. But now, at th" knowl- edge that he was 10 spend tuo morn ing riding with my beautiful, mvste- roius young neishbOr. and then give other hours 70 Skctchlng her, l felt the old feeling Of j,alous rage Clutching at my throat.
 Mercilessly I plunged tho scalpcl Of self-analysis into my feeling and dragged out the wounded vanity which far more than love is at the bottom of feminine jealousy. Elean- or Lincoln was younger than I. Her brunette beauty with her great Jus trous dark panSy eyes and her black hair was directly opposite in typ" to my own coloring and eyes and hair. I knew Dicky's love of beauty and his fastidious standards, and knew that this girl measured up 10 them. Then. too. and even in tho face of my anguish, I i"ered al my own ahsurlity. the young mistress of The I.arChrS was an accomplished horseW oman. while I rode so indif- fcrcntly that I knew if bored Dlcky 10 have mo accompany him. Alto gethor il was a very uncomfortable infcriority complex which possessed mo. not frightened hy the knowledge that it was not all vanity at the roots of my jealous ragc,-that alto gethor outside my own yolition the embers of my love for my husband were struggling into flame again.
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
Nfadge's Love for Dicky Not En-
 tircly EytinguiSheI

One advantage or disadvantage of marriage, judging from The point of view, is the vulnerability to at lack which each opponent-I Use the word dvisedly-discovers in the other. And the longer the mari tai te in pont of years, the great CT the assortment of deadly poisoned darts possessed by each.
 Thus Dicky knows well that noth- ing so stirs my anger as his time worn sheer concerning my martyrs crown. ] knew from his use of 1t that he was in the unpleasant mood where he felt like flashing out at anything within his reach. That he particularly would welcome an an gry outburst from me l very well knew, and the knowledg" helped me 10 control my wrath which had leaped into flame at the familiar taunt. I even managed q smile as I answered, knowing well that nothing would so infuriate him
 T think it's adjusted at just the right angle to my head" told him, 'and now if you are sure you have everything you need, l will ask you 10 excuse me. Katie will bring you in some waffles by tho time you have finished the rest Of your break fast. and I really have a great deal to do."
 He turned and bowed low, with more than q touch of mockcry in the gesture.
 "Oh. I fully realize how crushing is the weight Of duties upon your shoulders" he said.
 "Yes, they are almost as arduous as those burdcninG you I retortcd, flashing a laugh at him. "I trust your horse behaves well this morn ing. Miss Lincoln is an exacting judge, understand
 Someway I got myself from the reranda into the house on that note of laughter. But I could keep up the farce no longer. With the laugh strangling into a sob in my throat l fled up the stairs 10 the sanCtu- ary of my own room, locked my door and flung myself upon my bed. burying my face in the pillow that no sound should betray my parox- ysm of sobbing.
 I could not understand my tears
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"This is queer" muttered Peter under his breath. T wonder how many rabbits there are in this old Pasture, anyway. I wonder what it all means. That fellow isn't thump- ing as if he were angry. 1 know an angry thump when I hear it. That fellow seems to be looking and 'iS- tcning as if he were expecting some body. So does Mrs. Peter"
 once more the strange rabbit in the bran1blc-tangl" dumped. This time there was no answering thump, but moment or two later Peter caught | glimpse of some one nov ing d short distance away. That some on" vas coming along from the same direction from which Peter down very closely 10 the ground and 1 watched. Could it be- lca, it was. lt was the modest young rabbit he had at first mistaken for Mrs. Pc ter There could h" no Gouht about it. Sn" went past him without giving tho least heed. Sh" didn't See him. 1 She WIS making straight for that ! hramblo-ringI" where Mrs. Peter and tn" stranger Wor" She didn't . hesitate at all Shr was moving eagerly,
 straight mo that brambl"-tangl" along one of thr little paths which had been cut into fl. sh" hurried, . The handsome stranger in there hurried to meet her. Yrs. sir. he , hurried 10 meet her. Jua' as soon as they were near enough they i touched noses. That good-looling stranger had un air ot possession 1 He acted for all th" world as if h" thought that this newcomer be- i lcngcr 10 him. f Peter had only realized it, 1hiS stranger acted "X- actIv as Peter did with Nrs. Peter.
 Peter glanced ovyr at lttl" Mrs Peter. IL was queer, but %h" had | pleased look on hnr faro. It was ty- actly as if th!s ucr'ln" between tAoso two strangers suited her per rcctly. Peter couldn't understand it No sir. hy couldn't understand it Certainly Nre. Peter didn't show any I.aloU-y. And now that this other young rabbit had arrived th" stranG, ! or paid no attention at all 10 Mrs Peer. Tie diIu't appear 10 hno" that eI.a was 'horc. It was ail very p.rp!rNing &uI ups,ttiug. Peter turned his attention 10 inc i've young rabbits. He had 10 admit thai they were a fino-looking pair. Nhcr h. once more looked for Mrs Peter she had disappeared.
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the hall here between those hours? BOY: No. 1 was sittin' here all the time. VANCE: Then the last time you saw him was in bed at 12:30?
 BOY: Yes-until early in the morning when some damet 'phoned him and said his brother had been murdered. He came down and went out about ten minutes after. VANCE (giving the boy a dol lar): That's all. But don't you open your mouth to anyone about our being here. or you may find yourself in the lock-up - under stand? Now, get back 10 your job.
 'The boy was Jack Frisco, of 62i Kelly street.
 tObyiously Mrs. Piatz.
 (TO BE CONTINUED
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able. in the case histories kept by physicians, of young wives who have contracted diseases from their husbands. in many instances the disease being such. as necessitated surgical operation after marriage.
 It has been urged that such ex- aminations are not desirabl be- cause they would interfere with marriage, that they offend modesty and that they might destroy senti- ment. Blood tests are necessary and more complete examinations are called for when the blood tests indicate their importance.
 In some countries special clinics have been developed for making physical examinations before mar rage and for providing suitable certificates. The argument of senti- ment should not be permitted to sway anyone as to the importance of such an examination in view of the terrible results of con- municable disease present in either of the persons to be married.
 The time would seem to have come when the public should be educated regarding the right of the prospective husband or wife to be assured that the opposite partner does not have tuberculosis, cpl lepsy St. Nitus' dance, or other disease.
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BOY: Sure-he was the mur- dcred guys brother.
 VANCE: When he came in that night did he say anything about the day of the month?
 BOY: Nothin except that he guessed his bad luck in pickin' a bum show was on account of jt hein' the thirteenth. VANCE: Did he say anything else? BOY (grinning): He said he'd make the thirteenth my lucky day, and he gave me all the silver he 1 had in his pocket nickels and dimes and quarters and one fifty cent piece. ! VANCE: How much altogcthero
 BOY: Three dollars and forty l five cents.
 VANCE: And then he went 10 his room? BOY: Yes, sir--I took him up. He lives on the third floor.
 VANCE: Did he go out again later? BOY: No. sir. VANCE: How do you know? BOY: I'd we seen him. l was either answerin' the switchboard or runnin' the elevator all night. He couldn't we got out without my aeein' him.
 VANCE: Were you alone on i dutye 1 BOY: After 10 o'clock there's never but one boy on.
 VANCE: And there's no other 1 way a person could leave the house i except by the front door,
 BOY: No, sir. ] Major Benson' BOY (after thinking a moment: He rang for some cracked ice. and ! 1 took it up. | VANCE: What time?
 BOY; Why-I don't know exact ly. Yes, I do. It was half past | twelve.
 VANCE: (smilng faintly): He asked you the time. perhaps?
 BOY: Yes. sir, he did. He asked me to look at his clock in his parlor.
 VANCE: How did he happen to do that? BOY: Well, I took up the ice, and he was in bed: and he asked me to put it in lis pitcher in the parlor. When l was doin' it he called to me 10 look at the clock on the mantel and tell him what tune it vas. He said his watch had stopped and he wanted 10 set it, VANCE: What did he say then? BOY: Nothin' much. He told me not to ring his bell. no matter who called mp. Hc said ho wanted to .I.cp. and didn't want to be woke | Lp.
 VANCE: Was he emphatic about i,?
 BOY Well -- he meant it. all right. 1 VANCE; Did he say anything else?
 ! BOY: No. He just said good night and turned out tn" light, and came on downstairs,
 VANCE" What light did he turn out
 BOY: Tho on" in his bedroom.
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Peter Rabbit could hardly contain himself. There, in -tanglc right before him, was little Mrs. Peter and a handsome young rabbit about Peters own size. He had seen them touch noses. As he watched he could see that little Mrs. Peter vas looking at this stranger with great deal of pride. Peter knew that lis worst fears were now realized. He knew that little Mrs, Peter had gone off with this stranger. Any way, he thought he knew this. Jeal- ous rage filled him. He ground his teeth. It was q wonder that they did not hear him grinding his teeth. JIe was just about to rush into that bramble- -tangle when the stranger dumped. which is the rabbit way of signaling. He dumped with his long, stout hind feet.
 Peter waited. He didn't rush in right then. Who could that fellow be signaling to? Why was he signal ing? He had little Mrs, Peter there, so what could be the idea Of rig naling to any one else? Peter dccid- ed to wait bit.
 Now, Peter had been so upset by what he had discovered that he hadn't heard a distant signal, so he didn't know that the stranger vas simply replying 10 a. distant signal. But now. as Peter sat there watching. llo presently heard a thump some lit,lr distance away. In s'antly the stranger thumpcd in r"- ply. In a moment or two Peter heard that signal from another rabbit once more. This time II v'aS nearer an other rabbit was coming.
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NOW BEGIN THE STORY
CHAPTER LII

(Thursday. June 20: 10:30 a. m.)
 The Chatham Arms, where Major Benson lived. was small ex- elusive bachelor apartmcnt- ouse in Forty sixth street, midway between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
 The entrance. set in q simple and Gignificd facade, was flush with the street, and only two steps above the pavement. The front door opened into a narrow hallway with small reception room, like q culde-sac, on the left.
 vator; and beside it. tucked under a narrow flight of iron stairs which led round the elevator shaft, was q telephone switchboard.
 When we arrived two youths in uniform were on duty, one lounging ir the door of the elevator. the other seated at the switchboard.
 Vance halted Markham near the entrance.
 "One of these boys, I was in formed over the telephone, was on duty the night of the thirteenth. Find out which one it was, and scare him into submission by your exalted title of district attorney. Then turn him over to me"
 Reluctantly Markham walked down the hallway. After a brief interrogation of the boys, he led one of them into the reception room. and poremptorily explained what he wanted"
 Vance began his questioning with the confident air of one who has no doubt whatever as to another's exact knowledge.
 What time Gid Major Benson get home the night his brother was shot 2"
 The boys eyes opened wide.
 He came in about 'leven-riGh' after show time" he answered, with only a momentary hesitation,
 q have set down the rest of the questions and answers in dramatic dialogue form, for purposes of space CCOnOmy.)
 VANCE; He spoke to you, sup pose?
 BOY: Yes. sir. II" told me he'd Lccn 10 the theater. and said what rotten show it was-and that hc had an awful headache.
 VANCE: How do you happen 't remember so well what he said [ week ago.
 BOY, Why. his brother was mnr. dcrcd that night, VANCE: And the murder cauSot rally recalled everything that hap pennd 2t the time in connection Wi;h Major Benson"
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
Your Health How To Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. MORRIS FISIiBEIN EIitor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Ny
 geia, the Health Magazine

For many years indeed ever since medical science discovered definite means of diagnosing hereditary de- fects eugensts have urged physical examination before marriage as means of preventing the develop ment of mentally defective people and of protecting the healthful per- son against the infected one.
 Several states now have laws re- quiring various kinds of physical examinations before marriage, vary ing from an attempt to determine the presence Of tuberculosis, men, tai and other diseases, to complete examinations. In many places n mere declaration under oath that the person concerned is not infected is accepted as sufficient.
 Thousands of records are avail
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14

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 Many girls In the fourth genera tion are learning thru their own personal experiences the beneficial effects Of Lydia E. Pinkham's VCGo table Compound. Mothers who to0G 't recommend it to their daughters as a dependable medicine.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
:. S. W VAN DINE
CHARACTERS OF THE STORY

PHILO VANCE
 JOHN FIX. MARKHAM ........................
 ............ District Attorney of New York County ALVIN H. BENSON N...........................
 We-known Wall Street broker and man-about-town,
 who mysteriously murdered in his home MAJOR ANTHONY BENSON .................
 .................... Brother of the murdered man MRS. ANNA PLATZ .... Housekeeper for Alvin Benson CAPTAIN PHILIP PEACOCK .... Miss St. Cair's fiance LEANDER PFYFE Intimate of Alvin Bensons MRS. PAULA BANNING .......... A friend of Pfyfes ELSIE HOFFMAN ......................
 Secretary of the firm of Benson and Benson COLONEL BIGSBY OSIRANDER retired army officer WlLlIAM @ H. @ MORlART4 ............. An alderman GEORGE c. STITT .....................
 Of the firm of Stitt and Mccoy public accountants MAURICE DlNWlDDIE .... Assistant District Attorney ERNEST HEATH Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau BURKE, SNlTKIN, EMERY ....................
 ............... Detectives Of the Homicide Bureau BEN HANLON :..;.:..:.. Commanding Officer
 of Detectives assigned to District Attorneys office PHELPS, TRACY SPRINGER, HIGGlNBOTEAM
 Detectives assigned to District Attorneys office CAPTAIN CARL IAGEDORN ... Firearms expert Dh IOltF.NlOto Medlca EXaInlner FRANK SWACkER Secretary to District Attorney CURRlE ...................... Vance's valet ,. D. VAN DINE ...................... The Narrator
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
THIS HAS HAPPENED

LeaCoCk cOnfcsscS 10 the murder but Vance exposes tho confession as q lie 10 shield Miss St. Clair. Vance promises 10 solve the mystery on q certain date. He works up hypothcti- cal cases against all those persons involved and then tears them 10 shreds-to prepare Markham, he says. 10 accept his case against the ,,In
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What seed i$ u%. q to make Choco- in No. l vertical. Then try No. II vertical.
 HORIZONTAL. 1. What is the principal port of
 the south of China 6. What Hebrew prophet was
 thrown into q lions den by
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 animals or plants composed? lG. Lad. ,S. Slight depression, l9. Measure of area. 70. 4 drinking bout. 2. Exclamation of inquiry. 2J. Cup-likc spoon. 97. Turf. %. Wha: is dried cochincal used
 as 80. Hurrah. g. What god was supposed to sup
 port the heavens with his
 head and hands" S+. White astrinGent powder. SC. Sun god. g.. AIarred. 4o. Negative. Al. Indian of Sioum ;r.br. 43. Pastoral. A. Since. i5. What optical effect is some
 times seen on tho desert? 4G. toroncts. 47. What card ranks highest in
 bridge" 4S. EXultant. 49. Part of verb Ito be- VERTICAL i. What seed is used to mak c
 chocolate? 2. To affirm. :. Nothing. f. Soft mincral used 10 make
 powder. E. Upon. :. Morindin dye. s. Naked.
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ANSWER TO SATURDAYS

2. Water below 3c degrees Fahr-
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 llades, was alleged to cause
 torgetfulness 10 all who
 drank of it? l3. Who discovered the process of
 N'uIcanizing rubber? l6. Slender wire nail. IT. What log is burned al Christ
 mas time? 2l. Indian mulberry. 22. Point of compass. 24. Sun. 2G. What event Of world wide i'm
 portance started in 1914? q. What is one of the chief req sons for discordant sounds in
 q radio? 2S. Father. 30. Stick. si' In what are airplanes kept' 32. Fragrance. 7 33. Woolen material. 34. To misrepresent. 35. Slack. 3S. What is peat used as? ] 39. What woman was q leader in
 the suffrage amendment cam
 paign in the United States? ! 4.. Native metal. A. Constellation.
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
CIRLH00D TO
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Iowa Woman Found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con-
 pound Always Helpful

Vinton, Iowa-"When was seventeen years old had to
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
By Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Waits a Bit

When angry it is best to wait. There's nothing lest, at any rate.
 Peter Rabbit
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Copyright, 1927, Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
.M'CRACKEN SAYS PUBLIC
/. PROTECTED BY LICENSE
Assistant Secretary Declares Air
plane Passengers Have Safeguard
in Demanding Credentials.

= The flying public may now be pro-
ftected by demanding inspection of
the pilots certificate of an airplane
before going into the air, w. P.
MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Aeronautics, de-
.cIared today
Under the law" said Mr. Mac
Cfacken, "all pilots and aircraft en-
gagged in interstate commerce must
: be examined and licensed. However,
the operator flying wholly within a
State is not amenable to such Federal
regulation, other than the mere regis
tration or Identification of his plane.
He may be employing craft entirely
sunfit for the carrying Of passengers
or other work, and he may employ
pilots who could not pass Federal
!. tests. Any one not engaged in inter.
state commerce may buy an unfit
plane and offer it for hire with any
pilot merely upon having an indentifl-
cation number assigned. However,
every intrastate operator may have his
craft inspected and licensed and may
employ competent licensed pilots.
Thus the public which flies for
amusement in short hops about the
city can insure it's safety, so far as
can be done by regulation, on merely
asking production Of the pilots IL
canse, which must be carried at all
J times in a Department Of Commerce
folder, and by seeing the department. s
plane license which hangs in the cock
pit Of the machine"
Evening star., 1927-09-14
HILL NAMED HEIR
IN MOTHERS WILL
Slain Woman Left Son $780,
600 Farm and $4,000
in Securities.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, H., September ii. -
Harry Hill, the beloved son" of Mrs,
Eliza Hills last will and testament,
today found himself the principal
beneficiary of the mother he Is
charged with having slain.
sk1 Hill, IN Jail here awaiting trlal,
learned yesterday that his mother had
beuueathed him a 100000 farm and
. United States bonds, Treasury notes
and real estate mortgages valued at
$4,000. Lesser grants complete an
estate of $4,000.
The beduests were made with bless
ings and in endearinG terms, contrast
ing with Mrs. Hills letters threaten
ing disinheritance, written shortly be-
fore her death. The will was made
October S, 1925, two weeks prior to
the divorce which separated her from
DR.. II. c. Hill, who was given $500 by
the terms of the will.
The will, center of a search since
Mrs. Hills body was found buried in
the basement of her home, was in the
possession of Thurlow G. Essington,
former State senator, who hurried
back from Europe upon learning of
Mrs. Hills death, as he remembered
the will filed in his office.
Hills attorneys are challenging at
tempts by the prosecution to send the
accused youth to the electric chair
on a case of circumstantial evidence.
There were indications that they
would force an exposure of the
States evidence by filing a petition
for a writ of habeaS corpus or by de-
manding arraignment on a formal
charge of murder, in either case Sc
curing a foundation for a defense.
i Prosecution Sees Aid.
States Attorney Russell Hansen
pointed out that the contents of the
will substantiate the circumstantial
case being built against Hill. who,
he said, was actuated by fear of
disinheritance.
Hansen called attention to the pro-
fision which would prevent any girl
Hill might marry from ever sharing
In the estate after his death, the
money in that case being assigned to
his children or to Presbyterian mis-
Bions in absence of offspring.
These facts fit perfectly with previ-
tous evidence that Mrs. Hill objected
to HIS engagement to Miss Alice
/. Sawyer Of Streator, Hansen said.