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hard to believe as II sounds. A small
amount of CONNIE, the poison which
killed Jordan, was kept in the chem
istry laboratory at school, for speciaf
research. Mr.. Patterson knew this
fact; and on Tuesday itself. he stole
more than fatal amount of II. He
left hnger-prints In the laboratory.
Yesterday. | found some of II hidden
In his bedroom. the rest missing"
"But why?" Stanton protested. "Why
should Ned want him out of the wayf
They never even met before rushing
season; then. as his sponsor, they
were on the best of terms"
Barely ten minutes before, this
problem of motive was as mystifying
to Rankin as when he first started
to suspect Patterson. On the surface
at least, his crime lacked incentive.
Now. however. Ben Crawford's infor-
nation had suggested an answer.
1T Is my conviction" he addressed
both students. that his motive devel-
oped only last Monday night. Just
when your watch was taken. Mr..
Crawford. You say that happened be-
tween two-thirty in the morning and
seven-thirty. though probably some
time before daylight. When you re-
tired. Jordan had not yet returned to
the house for his clothes. But he did
get back somewhere around three
O'clock; I've ascertained from other
hA IN ClQ6wVna
at half-past two. Suppose he arrived
while Patterson burglarized you, enter
ing so carefully you didn't hear him.
Suppose he went upstairs. What more
likely than that he either caught Ned
In your room or saw him softly sneak
out of 1t it?"
Remember, as Stanton stated, the
PLEDGES were ignorant OF the thefts;
so the mere sight of Patterson in an
other boys room. even so late, would
hardly arouse Jordan's suspicious.
But If he became a fraternity brother,
he would be entitled to all the rituals
and secrets; naturally, he would hear
of the thefts. Then, when he put two
and two together, he would realize
his sponsor was guilty"
With great reluctance, Stanton con-
coded the validity of the deductions.
After moment, the detective himself
raised their single possible flaw.
"My only misgiving," he admitted,
lis with regard to your use of the
blackball box. Could Patterson have
prevented Stuart's initiation through
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CHAPTER VIII
As a Thief in the Night

Il brought you to headquarters
about comparatively simple matter"
Rankin Informed the two students.
Merely TO ask you about this watch.
Have either of you ever seen It be
fore?"
AS he held out the timepiece Stan.
ton shook his head negatively, but Ben
Crawford recognized II and fairly
snatched II from Rankin's hand.
why. that's mine. sirl" he ex
claimed eagerly. with touch of won
der. "It was stolen from my room on
Monday night. after the hazing."
"Stolen-on MondayT Rankin in
quired sharply. Are you positive OF
that? You didn't lost or misplace It
-or give it to someone temporarily to
keep for you"
"No. nothing like that" the student
declared. This isn't the first time
things were stolen In the fraternity
house since school began. | told you
yesterday that several of US stayed
up very late Monday to wait for the
PLEDGES to get In from the country ;
we figured on a little more fun with
them. But we all retired by two-thirty
in the morning and | distinctly remem-
Der putting my watch on my dresser.
The next day it had disappeared; no
one knew anything about it."
Rankin leaned forward intently.
You say that other things have also
been mysteriously missing during the
year? Do you mean there has been
a series of robberies at the house?"
''Three Of them, Mr.. Rankin. In the
last few MONTHS" Crawford declared.
"and always at night"
Sand no clue to the thief has ever
been discovered?"
1t was Stanton who replied, reluct-
antly, but clearly perceiving the fulfil
ity of any attempt to suppress the
truth.
mo, we haven't the least idea of
the culprit's identity" he admitted
soberly.
"You never informed the police of
these thefts. did your" The detec-
tive turned bluntly to Stanton. THAT
would have been the proper action"
The president hesitated at the crit
icism. well, no." he replied at length,
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The Student Fraternity Murder

need such a robe to get into the
chapter chamber disguised as a mein-
ber And he'd have to look like the
majority to join the line of those VINO
were to unite the PLEDGES. He must
have gone by taxi from the Morton
club to his apartment to call for 1t
and then slipped into Il In the hallway
of the fraternity; 1t doesn't take a
second"
Gilmore went on. ~ put It back In
the drawer. because there was a
makers label In the collar-Kings-
tons. the fancy costumers on Walnut
street His testimony would estab
fish its ownership; Buckley had either
purchased it there or ordered It spe-
cially made. | finished my search and
quit the apartment"
Rankin detained the sergeant with a
gesture as he rose to leave the office.
Just moment, Dan, I've another
bit of work for you. If you're willing
to take II on. | want you to visit the
university hospital, and look up a
graduate nurse named Florence Dal
ton. If she isn't there, try her ad
dress; it's 1920 Harmon street. in
tended interviewing her, myself, but
I'm not sure | can get around to IL
today. Find out whether one of the
boys from the fraternity, Ben Craw
ford. phoned her shortly after ten
O'Clock, on Tuesday night; and then
called on her about half past. That's
his story of what he did later. the eve
ming of the initiation. He claims he
stayed with her until morning and
only went In time for class. | merely
want TO check 1t up."
"All right, you'll have your report
on it," Gilmore promised
Immediately after his departure,
Rankin received the findings of the
city chemist and of the tnger-print
expert. With regard to young Hey
wards chemistry laboratory, from
which the poisons were stolen. John
son mad searched painstakingly for
marks of the thief. And he had dis
SoNCiCu t"o piihtS NioSS W "hSi Y
Patterson stood when the graduate
student Unexpectedly caught him at
his workshelf. One. smudged. but Of
some value, was on the bottle con-
tanning Heyward's supply of atropine !;
the other, more distinct. came from
the shelf itself. Compared with the
imprints on the razor blade and the
two Walls Rankin had removed from
the sponsors bedroom. they proved
IDENTICAL line for line and whorl for
whorl.
AS to the contents of the Walls, 1t re-
CURED very little analysis to ascer-
tain their nature. Both Mr.. Sykes,
the chemist, and Hayward. when asked
for an opinion earlier that morning,
identified the powder as the missing
atropine and the liquid as CONNIE I;
and the first tests confirmed their
diagnosis. Thus. Patterson's guilt as
the pilferer whose theft must have
been in connection with the murder,
was doubly established. And even
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-08

Some Of the great African fishes have
teeth like wolves and can bite or
twist In two the heaviest iron or cop
per wire leaders. They tear fish
weighing two or three pounds from
the hook and often break strong
hooks. They can breast the swiftest
torrent as though 1t were a millpond.
Africa seems to have more large
savage animals than any other coun-
try in the world, and the fish are no
exception. When the rivers go dry In
spots the great fish congregate In
deep pools. They soon clean out all
the smaller fish.
When a bait is thrown into the
pool they will make the water boil
trying to seize the hook. A small
animal, which enters the pool. will
Immediately be torn to pieces, for
some of the African river fishes, par
ticularly the terrible tiger fish, are
closely related to the man-eating
piranha. which the late President
Theodore Roosevelt described In his
account of his journey to the River
of Doubt In the wilds of Brazil.
Though the Brazilian fish is not near
ly so large as it's African cousin, ii
is frenzied by the scent of blood, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-08

will tear even an OK to pieces II
blood Is drawn from the creature.
The largest fish In the African
rivers is the gigantic Nile perch,
which is not perch at all but a rep
resentative of the ocean bass family.
This gigantic fish has been known
to weigh 260 pounds. 1t is hard
mouthed, tremendously strong and
active and delicious eating.
In the Nile system are almost 300
species belonging to the catfish group
and more than so species closely al
lied to the carp. Some of the catfish
run well up to six feet. The tiger
fish is one of the most voracious fish
in the world, equipped with powerful
jaws and armed with formidable
teeth outside its mouth. The tiger
fish Is able to bite in two heavy lead
ers of iron or copper wire and will
often break the strongest three-inch
steel hooks.-New York World Tele-
gram.
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because we scarcely wanted news of
that sort bruited about the campus. Ii
was really our own private business
and we were afraid of undesirable
scandal. So we decided to keep ii
secret and not even consult the college
authorities"
"Still should have been told of it
after the murder" Rankin pressed him
more severely, instead of learning
quite by accident. Surely it was your
duty then, not to conceal from me
these serious crimes in the chapter"
1.-THE shock of Stuart's death drove
them from my mind, sir" Stanton de-
Tended himself quickly. "They seemed
insignificant beside Tuesdays dread
full affair"
I'm sorry to inform you, Mr.. Stan.
ton, that the thief" Rankin paused be,
fore speaking the name, sis Ned Pat
| tersOn."
| OF the two students, Ben Crawford
| was the more astonished. The presi-
dents pallOr reflected his concern,
as he compressed his lips In grave
| silence.
| He shook his head slowly. 81 was
| afraid it might turn out like that" he
said. But Ned-that's really awful |
can't believe it."
well, there isn't the slightest doubt
of it. You may not be aware of it,
but he has been gambling recently for
high. stakes in questionable establish
ments. Mr.. Palmer could tell you be
is in debt far beyond his means"
| With that, Rankin briefly sum
married the scene Larry Palmer
and he had witnessed at the Morton
club, and the proofs that Patterson
pawned the timepiece. And as be lis
tened, Ted Stanton's expression grew
more strained at the new problem that
! burdened him. But when the detec.
! tive finished, he had determined his
| course.
isn't 1t possible, Mr. Rankin, for the
| fraternity to handle this trouble with
Ned? After all, that is a side issue
to poor Stuart's death; and any action
you take won't help your main investi
CATION"
81 appreciate your position" Ran
kin said sympathetically. And If
they were really isolated events. I'D
drop them in moment But actually,
the two crimes are connected; and ii
is Mr.. Patterson who supplies the link
between. I've got to learn the truth
about the murder, so | can't afford
to disregard the lesser offense II
Patterson isn't Jordan's murderer
himself, then he is surely implicated
In his death as well as the thefts %
/ But that's ridiculous - Stanton
cried. Surely. sir. you aren't seri
ousT'
| Rankin shook his head. 1T isn't so
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that-or any other normal measure?
If so, he wouldn't need to resort to
numbering him to remove what be
dreaded-the danger of exposure
mo, he couldn't have stopped him
from going through at the last mo-
ment, even by the blackball box. The
final vote on the PLEDGES took place
at a special meeting called on Mon
day afternoon. Tuesday was too late;
once hell night is over, their member
ship is assured. Anyhow, it takes
three blackballs to remove pledge
pin. So Ned's change of front would
not have helped him but only looked
very strange"
Rankin's tone held no pleasure.
"You see, that settles it. Mr.. Stanton"
he said. ut all fits in to complete
his motive. I've sent for him; want
to give him every chance to clear him
self. But unless he can do that, I
shall have to charge him with murder,
unpleasant as that may be-"
He pressed the buzzer on Captain
Thomas desk, summoning Simpson.
Patterson had just come in, the officer
Informed him; and he ordered that the
student be ushered into the office.
Deliberately, he set the watch In
full view on the desk-top, to note the
sponsors reaction when he saw it. In
the door, Patterson hesitated; he
glanced from the detective to his
schOOlmates, perplexed anxious
frown on his swarthy features. Sud-
denly. his eyes on the timepiece, hs
stiffened; tell-tale recognition drained
the blood from his hollow cheeks. de
clenched his fingers and swal-
lowed hard Then. as If robbed OF
all power to dissimulate, he dropped
into an empty chair by the door and
buried his head hopelessly in his out
stretched arms. 1t was wordless
scene. which his two friends watched
in silent concern and. commiseration,
At length Patterson raised despair
ing face, its haggard lines accentuat-
ing a new wanness.
'Well, you've caught the thief az
last Ted" His words were grim and
bitter. but without defiance. "Wha.
do you intend to do about it? Make
an example of me. | suppose"
Stanton spoke roughly. to cloak his
emotions. Don't be d-n fool,
Nedr' he replied. "Of course, we'll
see you through this. What good are
fraternity brothers if they don't stand
by you at time like this?"
The detective swiftly took charge
of the situation. 1.-The money MIR.
Savoulos gave you for the property
you stole went TO pay your gambling
debts at the Morton club" he stated
Isn't that so. Mr.. Patterson?n
Yes, Walton's debt and Others. I"
Wisely the boy tried to conceal moth
ing. Il settled with him last night for
sixty dollars. | have been going there
almost twice week the past year to
play poker and blackjack: and | also
lost to Lew Meyer and a chap named
AL Kahier. | used all the funds /
could scrape together the last few
months to square them-even what
my folks sent for tuition and expenses :
and simply had to get hold of more. ;.
ITO BE coNTINUED)
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THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

kn-d
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Of Of only Is
Howard Lousb also his guardian from VAN
home in
promine
had 400 month unknown
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more suspicious. the two grains of
were still intact; but of the six alb
stracted drops of the liquid, barely
three remained in the vial.
There was still a third report due
the detective that morning, which he
heard after studying these statements.
1t came from jerks. who had been dep
utized to shadow Patterson. At three
thirty. the preceding afternoon, he
stationed himself on Locust street,
where he could observe his comings
and goings without attracting atten.
ton.
But his vigil was proftless, until
Patterson walked out of the fraternity
at eight o'clock that evening.
"You followed him, of course,
jerks; well. where did he lead your
Downtown by trolley to pawn
shop on Tenth street, near Race-the
Finance Aid society,"" jerks replied.
You probably know it, Tommy; it's
run by a Greek, Peter Savoulos, whom
q
stolen goods.
"Yes, remember him. What did
Patterson do?"
"Pawned some article, though
couldn't tell what it was from across
the street. | didn't want to attract
attention by standing near the door
or show window. They argued some
time before Savoulos agreed to a
price and paid him. 1t seemed pc
culiar Patterson dealt with chap like
SavouIos, when there are places much
nearer the campus. That decided me
to question the Greek at once. I had
to threaten him with a run-in at
headquarters before he agreed to show
me what Patterson left with him." He
paused and reached into his pocket.
Here it is. Tommy" he said
Dramatically, he placed on Thomas
desk a plain but expensive watch Ex-
quisite in workmanship. ii was of
white gold, fourteen carats fine and
contained twenty-one jewels; it had a
silver dial with raised gold figures.
Turning ii over. Rankin saw the
initials "B. c." chased on the back.
Obviously. they were not the spon-
sor's. any more than the watch itself
and quickly. he reviewed the names of
all the fraternity brothers for one
they might fit. There was only Ben
Crawford. whose absence from the
initiation to keep date at which his
female companion failed to appear,
still troubled him. His affluence and
sporty taste both suggested he was
the watch's proud possessor; but RAN
kin considered il unlikely that he
would have parted with II voluntarily.
jerks was saying. "Savouloss ad-
vanced Patterson sixty on II and he
has three months to reclaim 1t. He
pledged IL as Ned Parsons"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-08
NILE FISH PUT
UP REAL FIGHT
Fine Sport Afforded Anglers
in African River.

A new sport has risen In Africa,
more thrilling than the killing OF
dangerous wild beasts.
1t is the pursuit of the huge, saw
age and incredibly swift fish found
In the great rivers hundreds of miles
from the sea.
Sportsmen who have slain lions,
the dreaded cape buffaloes, elephants
and rhinoceroses say that the bag
ging of these beasts does not COM
pare with the excitement of fighting
a gigantic fish in these wild rivers.
The thrill of a lions charge is
soon over, one way or another, but
the thrill of fighting huge, leap
ing fish that can jump from the
water like kangaroo, and whose
mouth is lined with something akin
to sheet iron, may last for hours.
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new LAUNDRY SOAP BREAKS ALL RECORDS
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-08

Might Try Vinegar"
'Why do you always call your wife
honeyT'
swell, honey has always disagreed
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-20
STATE REVIEWS
POLLUTION WAR;;
CALLS IS CITIES
Conferences Set to Study
Sewage Disposal Prob
ems,

Continuing its drive against
stream pollution, the state health
board today ordered officials of
fifteen cities to appear before the
board Wednesday to discuss their
sewage disposal problems.
Last week. a similar meeting re-
suited in health board orders for
immediate construction Of sewage
disposal plants at Fl. Wayne,
Muncie. Hartford City, East Chi
cago and Michigan City.
Cost was estimated at S70S5 900,
to be financed with One-third pay
ment by the federal public works
administration.
Cities cited to appear next week
include Gary, Hammond. Hobart
and whiting in Lake county; South
Bend, Goshen, Elkhart and Misha-
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group; Anderson and Noblesville;
Auburn and Garrett, and KokomO,
Newcastle and Bedford, the latter
three to be heard separately.
Sewage problems and stream pol
luton will be discussed in all cases
except Bedford, where water supply
is the problem under consideration
Deadline for the federal loans for
financing such projects is Dec. l.
d.. Verne K. Harvey. state health
director, is making every effort to
have them under way before that
time. he said.
Health board surveys have been
made In each city cited.
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SHAKINC-UP is
LOOMING FOR
TARIFF BOARD
Roosevelt May Change
Whole Commission,
Capital Hears.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O-Presi-
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Tariff commission with the aim of
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in adjusting tariff schedules.
He has before him charges grow
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finding body which, under the law,
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recommend rate changes to him.
The President has a means of re-
form in two vacancies on the COM
mission of six and now is going over
a list of prospective appointees. 1t
is possible that the chief executive
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~ HEADS TO MEET
Annual State Conference to Be Held
at Anderson.

ANDERSON, Oct. 2O.-Annual
state conference of Y. M. c. A.
leaders will be held here tomorrow
afternoon and night, with attend
ance of fifty men from ten associa-
tons expected
Principal speakers will be Harry
White, general secretary of the In
dianapolis association, and c. A
Tevebaugh. general state secretary
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general staff of the Khaki Shirts.
In an hilarious court session,
generals" and colonies" called
each other liars" buns" and
"tramps' with great gusto and
apparent enjoyment. Art, as the
defendant, had the final word.
They're nothing but a bunch
Of Communist buns and tramps,"
he shouted as Chief Magistrate
Coward fixed the bail.
Former "Organizing General"
Edmund Phillips took exception
to the remarks of the command
ing general"
You're damned liar he
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shrieked from the rear of the
courtroom.
But Art, respondent in the full
uniform of his rank. did not deign
to notice such a reflection on his
dignity.
In front of the bar of the court
stood two uniformed generals"
They, it was rumored about the
courtroom, were Arts bodyguard.
One wore the ordinary overseas"
hat of the organization, while the
second general gave an awe
inspiring exhibition of the Royal
British horse guards on parade
with his spiked helmet.
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