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dead mans head. Another handker-
, chief was lying beneath the hip. In
the pockets were a single copper coin
this pointed to robhery-a paper
bag containing a partly eaten nam
sandwich. and a cheap notebook WIN
the entries Of trif1ng sums or money
against some foreign names.
The doctor said that death mus
have taken place at about IN me
morning The injuries had oeeh n
hcted by a man of unusual sifen2'h'
and from their position he mlEht nave
been left handed. These We're all the
facts that were then aVailahie.
photographs were taken, plans
drawn. casts of footprints taken. ~
may he said at once that the 1907
prints were Of no help. Many people
had passed In the vicinity.
TO fix the identity of the murder ed
man Ward studied the notehooK'
There was no address in il. but the
names and the amounts suggested
foreign poor Jewish quarter. Inc
address on the paper bag was that oi
a pastry cook in WhitechapeI. Nafd
got on the phone to Nensley ana
asked that Whitechapel should he
secured This fellow was n Jew,
he said, "and in all likelihood was
small property and collected the rents
weekly. VIII YOU see if any one an
SWering his description is missing?
The names in the book are" lie
read them out
Fly the end of the day this point had
heen cleared up. The dead man was
found to he Leon Reron, Russian
Jew, one OF three brothers who had
come TO London from France some
five years before to make claims on
an estate of fabulous value These
claims We're asserted to have been
thwarted by a firm of rascaly law
ycrs. ] am sorry TO say that this
little piece of melodrama proved to
he puie haldelda sh. 1t was found
that Boron had subsisted on the rents
of nine tiny houses which brought
him in a total weekly income equiv
alent to slightly less than $3.50 in
American money.
For the moment this. to some ox-
tent. destroyed the idea of robbery
as motive, The cherubic- faced
detective was confronted with a wider
and wider field of speculation. From
more than one quarter it was urged
upon him that the S marks on the
face of the murdered man were a
symbol of vengeance-that Beron had
been concerned in revolutionary
conspiracy and that he had betray-
ed his associates. s would stand
for "spic." the Russian word for
false spy. or for "spicken,' the Polish
word for spy. There was also "sor-
regio." the Camorrist sign. At the
mean street in which Boron had
lived there was a notorious anarch-
ist club. with which he was said to
have been associated.
The matter -of-fact Ward and the
hard headed Wensley discussed this
theory. They found it hard to stom-
ach. The special branch did not
know Boron as revolutionary in
fOrmant. Beron was not known to
have ever been within the doors of
the anarchist club. The thing might
do as newspaper story. CT for Il
writer of fiction. but the unromantic
Scotland Yard men We're not to be
led away on such a wild goose chase.
Ward talked about the matter with
me day or two later and his most
significant comment was slow wink
1t suited him that he should be
thought to be hunting revolutionaries.
Without spinning any abstruse the
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ories he approached the case from
several angles There was nothing
to show why Leon Beron should have
been so many miles from White
chapel in the early hours of the
morning. Whatever his reason it was
highly improbable that he had walk
ed. At that time practically the only
means Of transit would be by cab.
Ward threw the resources of Scot
land Yard to inquiries among the
cabmen of London. and to facilitate
the search he had the body of the
dead man propped up and photo
graph taken.
Wensley undertook to go through
to find the relatives and associates
of the murdered man. The third
line Of quest was the black and red
handkerchief. Ward felt that this
had not belonged to Reron, who was
not the type of person TO carry two
handkerchiefs. lie. therefore. SO:
men on the colossal task of inquiry
at every laundry in London.
* X X
THIS wholesale investiga ton soon
began to bring results. Wensley
laid his hand on a half Witted brother
of the dead man. From him il was
learned that Leon Boron. in spite of
his meaCer income. was carrying at
about the time of his death his en-
tire personal wealth-about $50 and
a gold watch and chain worth $50.
To the watch chain had been attach
cd gold five pound piece. This in
formati ton was confirmed. and there
was no longer any question that the
murdered man had been robbed.
Wards conclusion that a cab had
been used was shown to he right a
day or two later A cabman was
found who at . in the morning had
picked up two men at Sidney street.
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fists belong here among the seclusive:
inventors. prophets, explorers, au-
thors musicians George Washing
ton, In contrast to Lincoln, who was
of the opposite temperament, has
been described as "silent. thoughtful.
never disposed to conViNlhiltN, per
fertly abstracted. his lips moving. no
sound perceptble.
But while certain considerations OF
personality and circumstance deter
mine these outstanding successes,
there are innumerable failures wholly
due to secllsiveness. We find many
people of this type among misers,
tramps. hermits, vaGahonds, hoaters
and that larger group who live per
functoiy routine lives in the world of
huSiness-who keep themselves eco
nomically af1oat, but never seem TO
get anywhere.
CUCH case as this was Herbert c.
~ IAN my life" he said. I've been
different from other people. don
care TO he with people. / want 10
run away from them don ieoi
as II | were as good as any one
else, so / can't bear to. talk to any
one. I can't think OF anything to
say. Even little children seem 10
have no respect for me. l think
they sneer at me, but old people
smile and look down on me. 1heH
tone OF voice. their manner and every
thing indicate a critical attitude to-
ward me. Nothing they say in flln
seems funny to me. Kidding Is pam
full To me, not funny"
In spite of such feelings. Herbert
! made good grades at high school,
though he had no social life and spent
, much time in day.dreaming. meditat'
, ing and reading up on unusual sub
! jcr's
After high school he had great
/ difficulty in finding work that suited
! him. lie would keep a job while
and then quit, because Of sense oi
nnelsiness Of mild friction with
one of the other employees. The
solution Of his case consisted partly
| i'm a psychological analysis of his
difficulties. which showed him what
was the matter and fmitigated tht
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type such doubts, fears and convic-
ti0Ds keep occurring and recurring.
They burn into the very soul of their
victim; he can think of nothing else;
his bitterness becomes rancour and
he finds what seems to him more and
more evidence of his enemy's malice.
Obviously. the student. or wife. or
employe with such tendencies is con
Stantly in difficulties. lie builds Il
wall of ISOLATION about himself. alien
atinc human companions. making him
self miserable and disagreeabIe. There
ar many chronically suspicious
people in the world whom no one con-
siders insane" but every one con
siders "disaGreeable.' Yet the diff
ference between these two adjectives
is 'lfgely one of degree.
X *
4 \ failed because of Suspiciousnoss
cases, most of them milder, of this
type:
Frank r. was consulting chemist
for q manufacturing concern. Wen
educated, he was of great value to
his company because of that and his
t. hnical skill. He spent most of his
time in his private laboratory work
ing out solutions of difficult CONNER
cial problems. One morning he came
tn the office of the president to report
that he was dissatisfied he would not
say VIII. except that it was not a
matter of salary. The president was
peru ed and pointed out that he
could scarcely do much to relieve the
81 iation unless he knew more about
1t. The chemist narrowed his eyes.
lowered his voice. said very impress
sively, II think you know very well
what mean" and left the room.
An investigation followed. but moth
ing unusual could be learned concern.
ing Frank. lie worked assiduously all
day, apparently went Immediately to
his rooms in the evening, and after
supper in nearby restaurant and
an occasional motion picture show re
tired early. His work was above
criticism. He was we'll liked hy the
few employees who knew him at all.
About week later he appeared in
the presidents Office again to discuss a
technical matter. Nothing was said
about the previous interview and he
departed in his usual calm, reserved
mood. The president and his advisers
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SO far the case against Morri-
son was thin, but it has never been
the habit of Scotland Yard men to
risk losing n person under suspicion
until they have accumulated the last
shred of evidence. The advantage of
holding suspect simp,ities an inves
tigatio enormously, for it affords an
opportunity of checking up a case
| from a different angle. Instead of an
inquiry running from the crime
through a tangle of circumstance in
diverse directions it can be carried
straight back from the suspect to the
crime in one line. Wensley and Ward
being cautious men, had already re-
solved not to take any chance of
things going awry. 1t was advisable
that until the murder could be
brought closer home a pretext for
arrest should be found. There was
one to hand. Morrison. as a convict
on license who had failed to report
monthly to the police. was liable to
summary apprehension.
In that very week Wensley had
trapped two alien burglars in house
on Sidney street and there had been
fierce fight between them and the po-
lice, reinforced with soldiers. which
only finished when the house in which
the robbers had taken refuge was
| burned down. He knew Morrison for
| a desperate man who ha bituallv went
| armed. and did not propose to allow
the suspect any chance of resistance.
| He took two officers with him and
| joined the two who were already in
| touch with the suspect. One of these
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Whitechapel and driven them to
main road within a few hundred
yards of Clapham Common. One of
the fares he remembered as a very
ia man. The other was little man
who resembled the photograph of
Reron. Now cabs are not much used
in the East End of London at any
time-least of all in the small hours
nf the morning. it was immense odds
that this was the only cab journey
taken by any one from that district
during the whole of the night. Ward
felt that at last he was on direct
scent He could reasonably suppose
now that:
The murderer was tall man of
great strength.
He was probably left anded.
He had lived in WhteChapel.
The motive OF the murder had been
robbery.
If these assumptions were right
there followed another possibility
that the assassin was crook who
had already been in the hands of the
police. Ward and Wensley' made
point Of looking into the archives OF
the criminal record Office for trace
Of n tall leftha nded man. They dis
covered that a Young burglar. calling
himself Morris Stein. was such a man.
and that he had been released from
prison on license the preceding year
He was wanted" for failing to re-
port himself.
A further development was afford
cd by the striped handkerchief. This
was recognized at an East End laun-
dry as one that had been sent from
a particular lodging house on New
ark street. They had still some
articles belonging to the same man
which had been brought to them sew
eral days before. Wensley sent some
Of his men to make discreet inquiries.
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and
dLeadt

as ! have said, was seated almost
within reach of Morrison.
The four entered. II want you.
Stein" said Wensky abruptly, and al
most before Morrison realized what
mad happened he was overpowered
and handcuffed. Later events showed
how shrewd Wenslev's judgment in u.s.
ing An overwhelming force had been.
Morrison did not ask nor did any of
the detectives tell him the cause of
his arrest. They took him to the
police station, and there he defiantly
answered few formal questions that
were put To him. These referred main
ly to his movements for the previous
weeks. He had slept at various ad-
dresses. but most of his time had been
spent at house in Lambeth--a nd
Wensley recognized the name of the
occupier as that OF n notorious re-
ceiver. The prisoner was put in a cell
aud Ward was sent for. In a little
while he asked to see Wensiey again
and made one of those little slips
which even the most adroit murderers
seldom avoid.
You have accused me of murder"
he said. Il want to make state
ment."
Wensley's face was perfectly impas
sive. No one had mentioned murder.
How should an innocent man have
guessed the charge? He nodded
This is matter for Inspector Ward"
he said. ''He will be here presently"
The energetic Ward, a little more
scarlet in the face, but otherwise more
cherubic than ever. soon confronted
Morrison. Again the man reiterated
that he had been arrested for murder
In hoI Er,r -.
Australia and brought up in England.
He had been a baker and was now a
traveller in cheap jewelry. The most
significant part of his statement was
that he had spent 10 weeks at a
bakery close to Clapham Common. He
had left this job some three months
before. 1t was another link in the
chain against him. for it showed that
he was we'll acquainted with the dis
trict in which the body had been
found.
NOV that Morrison was under
arrest it remained to show that
he was the murderer. Ward went TO
infinite pains to overlook no detail.
The first step was to have the prisoner
stripped and provided with fresh
clothes while his own were subjected
to expert scientific examination. Blood
stains were found on the sleeves of
his shirt and on his collar and tie.
| Part of that Sunday Ward spent In
a meticulous search of the rooms that
| Morrison had occupied at Lambeth. In
| the lining of a derby hat he found an
underground railway cloakroom ticket
| which had been issued from White
chapel station at II o'clock on the
morning of the murder. 1t proved to
be the voucher for q revolver and a
box of cartridges. Although no fire
| arm had been used in the crime it was
| significant that Morrison should think
| it necessary to get rid of this weapon
| within eight hours of the murder.
| The cabman who had driven the
| two men from Whtechapel to Clap
| ham Common unhesitati tingly identi
| fled Morrison. Another cabman
| picked out the prisoner as man he
| had taken at some time in the early
/ morning of New Year day from
| the verge of Clapham Common tc
| kensington. A third cabman was
! hailed by two men at Kensington al
Evening star., 1927-11-13
BY KARL MENNINGER.
Head of Psychiatric Clinic.

Head OF PsychiatrlC UIlnlc.
- ONE men fail in life because
they are queer: others succeed
for the same reason. The va
~ rieties of queerness in people
are as many uerhapS aS there
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06
ALBERT B. FALL
RESTING EASIER
DOCTOR States

WASHINGTON Nov (R--Having
taken nourishment for the first time
in many hours, Albert B. Fall was
resting easily tonight.
His physician, DR.. James j. Kilroy
said that he expected Mr.. Fall grad
ually to regain strength unless COM
plications set in. "He is doing nice.
ly,' added DR., Kilroy, upon leaving
the hotel room where the former
interior secretary has been confined
to his bed since early yesterday.
"He is breathing easily, resting
more comfortably and appears cheer
full" he continued.
WASHINGTON Nov 5 Up "A
definite turn in the serious illness OF
Albert s. Fall is expected within the
next few hours.
The former interior secretary. con-
fined to his bed in a MOTEL mere,
is attended by DR.. James j. KiIroy
who believes his chances for recovery
to be more endangered by unsteady
nerves and his advanced age than
Oy CIlG COll5SSGuJ1 llldV lido SlCNCAOECA
lin his throat and lungs. Mr.. Falls
resistance is declared to have been
weakened by worries over court pro-
cedure against him Ind Harry F.
Sinclair, which recently ended in a
mistrial.
"He weathered a storm somewhat
like this before, however" said DR.
Kilroy today, "and so 1 think he
may recover"
3 The former cabinet member re-
manned very weak and was SO both
cred by throat trouble that talking
was difficult. He continued to reS'
intermittently, but sleep has been SO
infrequent that it has been necessary
to defer steady nourishnnent until
he becomes stronger. His temper
ature wavered around 100 through
the day.
Mark B. Thompson, of Mr. Fali's
counsel, said encouragement lay in
the fact pneumonia had not set in.
Mrs. Fall and two daughter are
nursing the 66 year old former cab
ir!et member. A leading part in the
nursing being taken by Mrs. G. c.
Chase, who took care of her father
under a similar attack about a year
ago
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06

lief during the Mississippi flood.
Ordinarily the others would have
commanded the attention of the Ma
tion, but they were dwarfed by the
havoc done by the Father of Waters.
In the meantime twenty foreign
lands found themselves in distress
through no fault of theirs. They
appealed to the Red Cross and help
was forthcoming.
Disaster relief has overshadowed
the every day activities Of the Red
Cross owing to the publicity it has
produced. Notwithstanding the
burden of providing relief on an
unprecedented scale, the Red
Cross, through it's $500 Chapters
throughout the country, has vigc:-
ously pushed its regular program.
The eleventh annual membership
roll call will be held as usual from
Armistice day to Thanksgiving.
Five million members is the goal
and the Red Cross confidently ex-
poets that many.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06

that her automobile was seen follow
ing that of one of the jurors. She
said she was unaware of being near
a jurors car and apparently those
conducting the grand jury investi-
cation concluded that she had no
connection with the case.
Holt, who comedies he is fond of
following the race horses, said ap-
parently an effort was being made
to connect him up with Sinclair, but
asserted that he never knew the oil
man until this trial. He added that
he did not believe there had been
any effort to "fix" the jury.
A transcript of what appeared to
be preliminary reports by the Burns
operatives on the twelve members
of the jury was made public today
at the district attorneys office. Cop
les of these and. all of the other re-
ports seized in the raid on the de-
tectives headquarters at the Ward
man Park hotel we're furnished to-
day to George P. Hoover, of counsel
for Sinclair, at his demand.
Some odd descriptions of the jur-
ors were contained in the prelim-
1IldIX IGDOIUS. N11C JOAO1 WclO, IL
ported to be: "a hale fellow, well
met; well liked; easily termed a
sporting man. Another juror was
described as "a man of very pro-
nounced prejudiced views regarding
religious matters; also man de-
scribed as very bull-headed.'
"He is quite a sport, runs the
report on another, "Will go to the
races whenever he can do it. Takes
drink and will take chances on
any kind Of bet"
Another was rated as ga very fine
man, quiet, conservative and fair
minded"
ga big, fat, lazy chap, who takes
the easy side of life and loves to
fish, does a lot of loose talking and
cursing and has no particular poll
teal or religious affiliations" was the
report on another juror.
OF another juror this appears:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06
l35 WOMEN And
CHILDREN DIE in
China DISASTER

SHANGHAI, China, Nov. R-
Trapped within falling walls and
crushed by debris and splintered
beams, 1876 of more than 500 women
and children in three story building
perished III the native quarter of
Shanghai when the structure col
lapsed today. At least 200 more were
seriously injured
The disaster came in the midst OF
meeting held on the third floor
of picture palace in the chapel
district, where women textile workers
had gathered to form a new labor
union. A local labor leader, Yen Hsln
who was attending the meeting, is
the only man known to have been
killed
The workers, after discussing vari
Gus problems of the new organization
had just elected their officers and
were standing up to applaud them
when the floor beneath their feet
began to sway. Bearing its burden
of 500 or SO human beings, the floor
gave way and crashed down on the
second floor of. the structure This
floor in turn yielded under the enor-
NOUS strain and collapsed while the
walls on every side tul1lbled in show
ering down bricks and splintered tim
bers, burying the mass of victims
underneath.
AS soon as word of the disaster
was received, Chinese troops sur
rounded the area and with police
men went to work extricating the
dead and injured.
You'll find il in Disnatch want-ads.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06

BOSTON, Nov. 5, R,-Cold and
hunger stalked the hills of New
England tonight in the wake of the
most disasterous floods of this sec
tons history.
Substantial reduction in the ap-
parent loss of life furnished the one
bright spot in late reports today
Apprehension over the fate of Mont
pelier, capital of Vermont, was re-
moved by the, establishment of di-
rect communication.
Although thirty square miles in
and near the city had been COM
pletely inundated, only one death
has resulted
Crashing through power dams,
reservoirs and all other man-made
obstacles, scores of ordinarily peace
full mountain streams now are raging
doward the valley towns, bearing
with them debris of mill and store
and cottage.
The crest of the flood and the
crisis in the cases of scores of towns
will not be reached before tomor-
row noon, but already there has
been recorded a toll of two score and
more known dead and a property
loss which will run into many mil
lions.
Shortage Of food and of medical
supplies to meet the grave cpndi-
tions left by the rushing waters IS
the immediate problem of the most
stricken districts.
The exact number was impossible
to ascertain because of interrupted
communications.
That seven persons, including
Lieut.. Gov S. Hollister Jackson had
lost their lives in Barre, VT, was
definitely learned this afternoon
through a radio message from Barre
Times to the Associated Press which
was picked up by an. amateur in
New Bedford, Mass. Later word was
that Is others were believed dead.
The lieutenant governor fell into
pool in Potash brook while try
ing to reach his home yesterday
and was drowned. His body was
recovered yesterday afternoon. The
message said the city of Barre had
been damaged to the extent OF
$2,0OO0O0.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06

<"MT OW Tell Mother" is pre-
vi cisely what the world does
a to the Red Cross when
trouble comes. An earthquake in
Japan, fieod in the United States.
a typhoon in the West Indies-the
Red Cross is first to learn about it
aad to soothe the ravages of dis
aster with relief. Miss. Catherine
Lewis, formerly on the National
staff of the Red Cross, has deftly
symbolized the role Of the Red
Cross in the above sketch.
;aost Of the worlds disasters the
past year were centered in the Unit
ed States. The great floods in the
Mississippi valley headed the list
of n major catastrophes. More
than 100000 refugees were depen-
dent upon the. Red Cross for food,
shelter and clothing, 149 refugee
camps were established, and scores
of voluteer nurses and doctors
Waged war on disease. Fourteen
other disasters called for re-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06
81 Identified

Continued from Page One)
Mrs. Nora Canery, George Sherman
1t was believed that IS other per-
sons were dead in Barre, VT. Twc
others we're missing from Newport, Vt
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06
ments was killed 28 to IA.

mentS was killed 28 to IA.
Jones bill providing for advertise
ment of final deliquent assessment no.
tices in improvement districts was de-
feated, 19 to 81. A companion meas
ure, relating to protest notices, was
passed 80 to IL.
Jones' bill providing for advertise
ment of improvement district notices
of delinquent assessments in weekly
and serni-weekly newspapers instead
of dailies failed 10 to 81, but COM
panion measure relating to protest
hearings passed 80 to II.