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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-14
A Lonely Vigil.

Such were my ghoulish and fan
tastic musings, as I stood guard
beside the body of the murdered
Geraldine Foster.
Suddenly ! stopped and listened.
Not far away I had heard the
rustic of footsteps; and a light
cleaned fitfully through the trees.
"Who is there?" I called.
ut is me-" said Neil Mcmahon
and a moment later the Commits
sioner's chauffeur covered me in
the glare of his hand-torch. With
some establishment, observed that
he was carrying a small bottle in
his right hand.
what is that for?" I asked.
Without replying, he passed me
his f1ashlight and then dropped
into the tenebrous shadows that
lowered over the open grave. Ly-
ing flat on his stomach, Neil un-
corked his bottle and lowered It
out of sight. / heard a gurgline
sound and then saw him Lift the
bottle, half filled with some fluid,
and carefully cork it. You can
see that bottle, too, exhibited to-
day in the Departments Crime
Museum.
AS Neil stood up, / was about
to repeat my question, when sud
den interruption prevented me. So
absorbed had I beed in his opera
tions that I had not noticed the ap-
proach of others, and now to my
astonishment ! saw Thatcher Colt
approaching with Betty Canfield
walking by his side. She threw
me q glance of horror and appre-
hension but she did not speak.
Just take one look and tell
me-" said Thatcher Colt, and he
put his arm around the girl as they
stood together on the brink Of the
grave. At the sight Of the dead
body, no loud cry came from
Betty, but the low moan Of an
guish that rose from her lips was
as poignant and pitiful as it was
conclusive.
ut is Geraldine" she walled.
and the next moment Thatcher
Colt was leading her, almost drag
ging her away from the grave.
with Neil Fastening after them.
Cruel, but a necessary perform.
ance.
For more than half an hour A.
ter that, I kept my lonely vigil
over the body Of Geraldine Foster,
Meanwhile !! could guess a part, at
least, OF what was afoUt In the
house. Neil Mcmahon, acting on
the orders Of his chief, had tele.
phoned Headquarters. Already the
word had gone forth through the
various channels Of the eruesome
find Colt had turned up. To the
Bureau Of Criminal Information
the news had been flashed, and to
all others concerned. Even nov
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Meet an honest man, Jim. There
are only a few OF US left.-U. 8. Sena-
to Huey p. Long Of Louisiana, greet
ing James M. Farley, national Demo-
cratic chairman.
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Mexico Is an escape from the de-
preston. Here in the United States
we have a machine which does the
work Of 100 men, but in Mexico we
have 100 men doing the work Of the
rnachine.-Dr. Hubert G. Herring, di-
rector of Mexican seminar on Latin
American relations.
On the whole, congressman are not
the choicest men in the nation
Newton D. Baker, former Secretary
of War.
The longer a coach stays at one
place the more familiar the alumni
get with him. They went to name
his assistant coaches ana even want
to pick the tearn.-Glenn Scobey
c'PopD Warner, resigning as foot
ball coach at Stanford University.
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There's more culture and sophisti-
cation in Hollywood than you might
think.-Tallulah Bankhead, stage and
screen actress.
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hear Thatcher Colt assure me.
"The pillow case was not weakness
it was strength. It was used
deliberately and with diabolical in
tent"
Through the trees I could see
the glimmer of lights in the little
house where Geraldine Foster had
met her death. Here she lay, in
the earth beside me, and I mar
veled again at the irrevocableness
Of death. In this dead girls head,
I reflected, there was still a brain
and on that brain was left the full
impression of the crime and the
killer. Yet science knows no way
of reading the secrets of a brain
that is dead. If it were only pos
sible to extract that brain in a lab
oratory, subject it to tests and,
finding the memory records, inter-
pref them, translate them, get full
access to them
All, then, / thought, if that were
80, the first thing the smart Grim
inals would do would be to cut out
the brains of their victims and de-
stroy them.
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Barbs

The defeated Socialist candidate
for the governorship Of Kansas spent
IS cents In his campaign-25 cents
for car fare and go cents for a rubber
stamp. Shrewd candidates frequently
save the GO cents and get into office
to boot by agreeing to act as rubber
stamps themselves.
X Y X
Drivers of Chicago funeral
cars have gone on q strike. And
It will be hard in that town to
find volunteer strikebreakers will
ing to- 90 just for the ride.
X X X
"A large nose is a sign Of brains, !"
observes writer. And sharp nose,
it is added, indicates perseverance
and industry. Probably because it Is
kept close to the grindstone.
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# you tire of turkey hash after
holiday dinners, reflect on the plight
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Vaccination

Kindly write briefly what you think
of vaccination and what we can do
to change this silly law. In our COM
munity there Is law which is sup
posed to compel school children to
be vaccinated every seven years. /. :.
(MrS. A. H. L.
Answered. want my own children
vaccinated in any circumstance. I
think the state should provide vac
cination free for all who are unable
to pay, but there is neither scientific
nor moral justification for any COM
pulsory vaccination. least of all for
trick legislation which gives school
board or health board politicians the
chance to prosecute or punish par
ents who do not wish to vaccinate
their children. There is no reason to
imagine the protection conferred by
vaccination lasts "seven years" or any
definite time: in some cases 1t is
probably sufficient to protect for life:
in other cases the immunity wears
out In year or two.
Old FOgies Dislike New Methods
Many, many CnanKS Tor your KIND
advice. MY son had his tonsils re-
moved by electro -coagulation or dia-
thermy and we are all so happy
about It. I never would have had the
confidence to have the operation and
we would have known nothing about
this wonderful new method but for
your talks. Our family physician dis
couraged it, proclaiming the surgical
way the only effective way but
now he has installed a diathermy
machine and trying to use the new
method himself! (Mrs. A. P. L.
AnSwer-So you can sometimes
teach an old dog new tricks, what?
Now If the family doctor is wise
enough to 60 and learn the techni<
of diathermy from q physician who
is master of 1t, his patients will be
in luck. Too often tyros attempt tt
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Amazing News.

Under Colts orders, some Of the
detectives began Z meticulous
search Of the surrounding land.
not waiting until dawn but prowl.
Ag with flashlights in organized
sections Still others were dele.
gated to repeat tho Commissioners
search Of the house. Meanwhile.
two patrolmen were hosting the
body from the grave. They car
ried it back to the house and
heaved it up on white enamelled
table in the kitchen. There at TIE
request Of Thatcher Colt, the Al
sistant Medical Examiner arreed
to make . preliminary examina-
tion.
Glow long do you think she has
been dead?" asked Thatcher Colt.
after we had waited in silence Tor
perhaps Ave minutes.
Doctor Multooler looked eronnA
over his shoulder and replied:
II can only guess until / max.
an autopsy. But ] should saw nat
more than thifty-six hours"
Thatcher Colts face expreas.a
the deepest amazement.
Thirty-six hoursl" he renea..a
That seems impossible!"
(Ts b Centinusd Temerrev.Y
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"And this is dry ground. Very
dry ground. We have had a pro-
longed dry spell. What is water
doing in this grave? And the smell
Of pine trees all around? There
are no pine trees growing near
He reached in, fumbling about
in the earth that lay under the
stiff form. He put one hand on
the knee and then on the shoulder,
and drew it away with low MUIR
muir of wonder.
"The body, too, is wet" he NUT
tered.
Suddenly, he rose. turned to me
and said, briskly:.
Ebony, / want you to stay here
and guard the body. Mcmahon,
come with me-"
I watched the two figures retreat
through. the trees and stood
there, alone, with the wind mutter-
inr in the dry branches, and the
onen grave with it's dreadful bur-
den e1posed at my feet. It was
f1ii dark now and I will confess
that I was very cold and lonely.
The Commissioner had taken
the pillow case with him. What
could he mean by all those mys-
FERROUS comments? Why had q
niilow case been put over the head
81 the corpse, leaving all the rest
Of the tortured body nude? Did
this betray . weakness in the
k;Iierf I wondered if the explain
alton was that he could not bear
to look upon the mutilated face Of
his victim.
"Ah. no. Tony" | was later to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-14
&1HE MYSTERY GERALDINE
j by ANTHONY ABBOT

On Christmas Eve young and
pretty Geraldine Foster disap-
peared from the office of Dr..
Humphrey Maskell, where she was
employed. Mrs. Morgan, Mas
keH's neighbor. corroborates his
statement that he distributed gifts
with her daughter that afternoon.
Geraldine had broken her engage
n1ent with Harry Armstrong. It
is also learned that the mysterious
Ephrain Foster. who had written
Geraldine, is a woman. A black
mail note. presumably written by
the missing girl. leads Police
Commissioner Thatcher Colt to 4
deserted house on Peddler's Road.
Outside window, he finds seven
dead. blood-stained pigeons. The
interior of the house is topsy-
turvy. Colt comes upon a bloody
axe and strand of blond hair.
The body of nude woman, her
head covered with pillow case,
IS found buried a short distance
away.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-14
Man On Horseback
IN. Y. World telegram


Oklahoma may give America it's
man on horseback.
The Hon. Alfalfa Bill Murray
emerges booted, spurred and victori-
Gus from his third encounter with
the civil authorities of the Sooner
State.
A year ago last summer Bills sad
eyes sparkled with the CLINT of battle
and his dropping mustache bristled
upward as he ordered the state mill
tia into the oil fields to enforce his
conservation decree. Later, when toll
bridge concerns sought to close his
free span across the Red River, he
donned his campaign hat, buckled on
his horse pistol and personally led
his "beardless boys to blockade the
enemy bridges and open the peoples
thoroughfare.
Now he has called his trusty forces
to free his friend Colonel Zachary
Taylor Miller, ex-owner of the 101
Ranch Circus, jailed for contempt
when he refused to pay $3.50 alimony.
Murray's pardon Of Miller was pro-
tested by judge and sheriff. Muir
rays answer was to send two militia
officers to the jail. with a pardon
decree lsigned by himself as com
inander-in-chief OF the state mill
tia" The sheriff. rather than have
trouble" turned the pioneer plains
man loose.
Commander in Chief Murray is
represented as being impatient also
with the way things are being run ct
Warrington. Will We yet see him
and his provincial legions marching
upon the nations capital, and led
perhaps, by that Kiltie Girls Band
% famous 1t the Chicago convention
thsif dimpled knees cleaning in the
sun OF new day2 .
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had become changed person" anc
had become most careful about tel
apparel ana department. Yet, be.
fore she had been in New York a
week, . garrulous speech made at q
personal appearance" had found Its
way into the chatter channels; there
were none-too-sly hints and quite
some comment of a possible echo
from Hollywood.
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JAMES-MY CAT!
Into the decorous, socially sacro-
sar1ct and artistic surroundings Of the
Metropolitan Opera House has crept
q sinister note Of underworld activity.
-. Certain crooks, 1t has been wiis-
pered, have had their eyes on the
costly baubles OF the rich and famous
doWagers who sit in the golden
horseshoe. :. The tale goes about
town, now that it's all over, Of body
guards hired for the opening nights
to accompany certain great ladies to
and from the theater.
One such bodyguard, am told, &C
tually accompanied Mrs. Mallinson,
the Blue Book lady, to her box, for
She Is rumored to have been wearing
a fortune In gems. =. Had one been
on "tfe inside" on that glittering eve
ming, he might have detected q lone
figure waiting not so far away from
the Mallinson box during the gala
performance, and this fellow would
have turned out to be one of the most
watchful of armed guardians. :.
SO far as I know, this is the first
time a bodyguard has been part Of
the premiere audience.
X X X
A SERIO COMIC
Predictions that Willie Howard, hit
of a score of comic acts, would soon
take to serious dramas now becomes
reality. No sooner had "Ballyhoo"
suddenly closed down than Willie was
found to be under contract to John
Golden and will have his chance as
Warfieldian type before this Broad
way season has ended. Meanwhile,
"Ballyhoo" is expected to attempt
new life during the Christmas season.
WELL-ALMOST TEN
And the annual demand of Film
Daily for my annual list of ten best
pictures of the year finds me slightly
stymied. Because they are so re-
Gently released I cannot use "Maed-
chen in Uniform or II Am a Fugi-
tive" for instance.
Scratching my memory, it seems to
me that the pictures I have liked
most would be headed by Arrow
smith," Grand Hotel" Congress
Dances" Shanghai Express" "The
Night Of June IA" "Scarface," "Tiger
Shark" Broken Lullaby" washing
ton Misrepresentation, well, that isn't
ten!
X X X
EVEN THE THEATER
Many hopeful show producer
merely waits for the "beer" signal to
some extravagant production.
Up and down Broadway, the crowd
expects a new night life to come to
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of the African natives who kill an
elephant now and then for succu"
lent chop.
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Babe Didfikson, Texas "of1c-
girl track tea1n," was deprived
OF her amateur standing when
charged with indofsing an auto.
Athletes who like spinach hed
better keep quiet about 1t until
this fumpus blows over.
\ \ 4
The cry from overseas for ciee..
slate on war debts reminds us therVV
been lot Of sponging In that regard
already. -.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1t1c)
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CHAPTER XIV.
HE Commissioner gently

OTuSneQ the OlrC ana narO-
ened blood from the face
and scrutinized it intently.' Was
this the body of Geraldine Foster?
The resemblance to the photograph
was undeniable.
1.-THE body is nude" cried That
cher Colt suddenly, "and yet"
He put his finger on one cruel
wound in the right shoulder. Very
carefully he disengaged a tenuous
piece of thread, imbedded deeply
in the flesh.
"There are these almost invis-
ible traces of cloth in several of
the axe-cuts," he called back over
his shoulder. Evidently she was
fully clothed when she was at
tackled, and stripped after she was
dead. Now why was that?"
The Commissioner, still on his
knees, next became interested in
the pillow case. He held the case
close to him, playing the rays of
the spotlight on it.
"The pillow case is wet" he said
aloud, "but not with blood"
For a moment he muttered
grimly to himself, and finally said
distinctly:
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Subject To Review

One of the benefits derived from
times like these is the calling into
question of everything involved in our
social, economic and political struc-
ture.
That challenges against the exist
ing order should be voiced is a good
thing and should result in the cor
rection of many injustices and in
equalities. Those things which are
rooted in right, justice and common
sense need not fear assault, for at
tack merely emphasizes the strength
of their position.
1t IS to be hoped that the coming
legislature will view the problems
presented to 1t in this frame of mind
and examine everything in the light
of experience and sound reason.
For example, it should probe deeply
into the effects of the state indus
trial program and estimate, if pos
sible, the probable outcome of these
experiments.
The fact that the political party
which instituted these adventures of
government will control both branches
OF the legislature makes this all the
more advisable. Certainly no group
has better right to make such re-
view and take appropriate action
based on the facts than the repre-
sentatives and successors of those
who brought them into being.
To fail or refuse to do so is to
cling blindly to old standards. If, in
the seasoned judgment of the legis-
lature, the proper thing is to main
tain the status quo, the people will
want to know the reason for arriving
at that conclusion.
If, on the other hand, it appears
that revisions are in order, no legis-
lature in the last Is years has been
in better position to take appropriate
action. The group which set these
experiments in motion certainly has
the right to review their working and
stop them if necessary. 1t can do so
without serious political complication,
which was not the case when they
were being attacked by their histori-
cal enemies.
In times like these there is no SUBJ
stitute for an open mind, a broad
view and careful analysis of facts.
We have had these experiments long
enough to give the theories involved
a sound test. The proof of the pud-
ding still is in the eating.
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detectives were on their way to Us
from the Borough Homicide Squad,
with their police photographers
and stenographers; the Medical
Examiner or one of his assistants
had been summoned and with him
would certainly appear the 1nspec-
tor commanding the Detective De
vision in the locality where the
body lay, and probably the Captain
of the Precinct, as well. And some
one from the District Attorneys
Office was headed for us, too, with
a detective assigned to aid him.
All this machinery of the law was
set in motion by Thatcher Colts
telephone call to Assistant Chief
Inspector (now Commissioner
Edward P. Mulrooney. Meanwhile,
as he awaited the coming bat
talions, knew that Thatcher Colt
returned to his solitary quest, care
fully noting all the existing condi-
tons, the signs Of the struggle, the
weapon-the hunter was already
started on a private trail which
was eventually to lead him into in.
credible discoveries.
Though it was only half an hour,
it seemed to me that I had stood
guard for hours before ! saw, far
down through the trees, the flash
ing of lights and heard the rumble
of many voices. Thatcher Colt
strobe forward, leading a process.
sion of officials, patrolmen, plain.
clothes men and others from the
Department. In q few moments,
a dozen pocket electric lamps were
blazing like toy comets around the
grave. The place was transformed
from a desolate spot to something
like a camp, full Of important &C.
tivities. Thatcher Colt, in personal
command, had ordered the entire
plateau of undeveloped land roped
off, 80 that possible footprints and
other traces later found to be
non-existent-might be safeguard
ed against trampling feet. In the
group that stood around the Pc.
lice Commissioner was David CAL
lop, from the District Attorneys
Office, Inspector Crester, from the
Detective Division, Doctor Null.
tooler, an Assistant Medical Ex-
aminer, group Of plainclothes
men, and q number Of patrolmen.
A photographer from the Depart
ment was setting up his camera
and focusing, and soon blast after
blast Of lighted smoke flashed up
in acrid plumes through the trees
as the flashlight pictures were
taken from various angles Of the
body. The photographer then left
US, to take pictures Of the wreck
age within the house.
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GLADSTONE collie CAN HAPPEN,
RIFT SHOULDN'T


For once I concede at the outset
that the malady we are discussing Is
real and not just an illusion. I'm
tutored laymen may be able to fol-
low and even understand what we
are saying now.
The pain of gladstone collie is no
by the way Doctor seem to
feel constant discomfort :
right under my ribs matter. It
is a rip roaring goshamighty hurry
up and gimme something agony.
I fear 1 am moral coward about
suffering. Don't like it at all. From
all I hear of fortitude and sweet res
ignation and the will of some super
natural or malign power. gather
that it is pleasure for some persons
to endure pain or suffering. I neither
like pain or suffering myself nor
deem it mark of divine favor In
others.
From a diabolic point of view pain
may be regarded as the punishment
due to sin, but this fine medieval
conception Immediately brings into
question the character Of lot Of the
pious who are frail or poor in health.
Come to that, what is pain? This
question occurred to me for the first
time when I had appendicitis. Kept
assuring myself there was no pain.
but what tremendous tension! I've
often wondered since if that was
pain and whether gladstone collie is a
hospital size of the same thing, APP
pendicitiS being trial size or free
sample.
know that when hillary collie does
occur it is attended with the charac-
teristic signs or symptoms of shock,
just as though the patient had SUI
fered severe injury. The attack
begins with abrupt distress just un-
der the right ribs or in the pit OF
the stomach (tip of breastbone) and
soon the pain extends to the lower
abdomen or up toward the right
shoulder. The shock produces cold
clammy sweat, pallor. weakness Of
pulse. and perhaps chill. Like any
severe pain, even severe headache
hillary collie is likely to cause nausea
and vomiting.
Here it is necessary to repeat that
it is of no significance whether bile
appears in the material vomited. II
the main bile duct is not completely
obstructed bile is bound to appear II
the vomiting is repeated. In mos
cases of gladstone the main duct i.
not INSTRUCTED.
The victim may feel distress in the
region of the heart. Many sufferer!
from gallstones, with or without collie
blame heart attacks" or "gas at.
tacks" for the effects of their I'm.
diagnosed gallstones.
A bout of collie lasts from few
hours to several days, depending or
the situation of the stone and it
size, etc., for presumably the colo
occurs only when stone enters the
bile duct. and ceases when the stone
is squeezed back into the gallsac, OF
possibly Ga very small stone) when il
has passed through the duct ano
out into the intestine.
The day following collie some jaun.
dice may appear, this, too, depending
on the situation of the stone and the
duration of blocking of the bile flow
In more than half of the cases NJ
jaundice is noted after the collie.
Among the first aid measures TO
collie are the full hot bath, full no
pack, or any form of heat, preferabl,
moist heat, applied over the right up.
per quadrant of the abdomen anc
lower chest.
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the old street the moment that sell
dels 60 over the counter again. Earl
Carroll, I am told, is already rushing
through particularly elaborate re-
vue after all, but giving up new pro-
duction ideas for the season. And
mentioning in his statement the pros
pect that "a change in the liquor
status" will change the tempo OF the
Gay White Way.
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In the effort to stimulate more eco
nomical farm production stress too
often Is laid on education Of the po-
5sntial farmer to the exclusion Of the
young farmerette.
This indictment cannot be urged
against the All club program, how
ever. for It gives - much attention
to the girls - to the boyS, nor to the
extension program which makes quite
Z feature Of homemakers club activi-
ties throughout the state.
How imp0rtaut this WORK y and
the piaos Nhtsl1 n hab a1Sstmed n
the LIE q our state u demonstrated