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La gaceta., 1935-08-21
NOTICIAS DE ULTIMA
HORA DE CUBA

! Haoana, ag9sto 21.-El go
bierno 4ar',ara dinNo al con-
SUI en- Madrid, Espana, para
que devuelva a Cuba a los COM
patriotaS necesitados que ALI
reclaman la ayuda de csc I'm
eionario, por no encontrar ira
bajo. Pasa de 1000 Ell numero
de cubanos que residen en- ES-
pana. Pitzi de PcrraS, un perio
dista, es ell consul en- la capital
eSranola.
-Informan del Ecuador que
I'm movimiento reVolLcionario,
en- contra del p~residente NeIaS-
GO Iharra, conmueVe a TODD el
pals. E. ejercito tom6 possession
de la plaza de GuayaIuil, encar-
celando al golernadCr y al itfe
de policia. DIS uroVincjaS Sc
han undo a la rebellion. Los je-
les m~ilitares demandan compile.
Ia libertad de prensa, palabra y
aSamblea.
-Conferenci6 con el presi-
dente Mendieta ell general Gar
ia CaniZares, que Sc pr0pone
lCgrar la concentration en- una
sofa sociedad de todoS los vete-
ramos de la guerra de indapen-
dencia.
I'm autom6vil atropell6 a
yer en- la esquina de Reina y
Rayo al sargento Jose Traban-
ca, experto en- explosives del e
jercito. En- grave estado Sc le
traslad6 al Hospital Militar de
Columbia.
-Anunciase que el Ipartido
ReVolUcionario Cubano eXPul-
sara de su seno, por declaracio-
mes que recientemente hiciera,
al g., Aurelio Alvarez. Los ami
Cos de Alvarez dicen que ell Co
mite Gestor no respetara la Ii
bertad del ciudadano a expire
sar sus ideas, 81 toma tai acucr-
do.
Afirmase que Sc c%oncertara
Iun fusion de los MenCcaliStas y
Nacionalistas en- contra del par
lido Liberal, que representa- al
Iviejo regimen. FL general Ne
nocal desminti6 el rumor; pero
en- los circUlos politicos Sc per-
'siste EN- asegurar 10 de la flu
sion.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

DEF PUERTO

Procedentes de la Habana,
FiladeIfia y Huh, Inglaterra,
rcspectivamente, entraron aver
los vaporeS americanos Cuba,
M2ntosa Y Nishmasha.
Salieron en- las dltimas "a no
ras los vapores Vasaholm, sue
co, y los americanos Pawnee,
Colorado, City Of Alma y Cuba.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21
Ell bandido Karpis manda a ]. Edgar
Hoover una carta amenaZante

Washington, agosto 21.-Los
agentes del gobierno han acele-
RADIO sus trabajos en- busca del
bandido Alvin Karpis, por ha-
Der recibido una carta su jefe,
ell ST.. ]. Edgar Hoover, en- la
cual ell foragido lie amenaza de
muerte. Sc mantienen en- silen-
clio los detalles de la carta, que
La gaceta., 1935-08-21
Long acusa a Roosevelt de assSEEehclas>on los
'lobbiscas" de las Companies de Electricldad

Washington, Agosto 21.-Con
su acostumbrado cinimo, ell Sc
nador Long, d. Luisiana, &C.,
aver al presidente Roosevelt
connivencia con los "lcbbistaN
de las emlpresas de gas y electri
chad, por medic del secretario
Mcintyre, ell asiStente secretario
del tesoro Robert y ell periods
ia Anon Carter, de Fort Wort,
estado de Texas.
Los lideres del partido demo-
cratico lie contestaron duramen-
tie calificando sus palabras de
necias, ridiculas y absurdas.
Howard C. Hopson, ell presi-
de la Associated Gas and
La gaceta., 1935-08-21
LAVAL EN- ~NEGOCIACIO-
MES SECRETAS CON Ell
DUCE

Paris, Agosto PEI primer
ministro Laval sostiene hoy ne
gociaciones secretas con el Du-
ce, buscando una formula para
limitar la guerra, 81 es que no
puede ser contenida.
Esperase que Laval, en- case
de un acuerdo, Sc lponga en- con
tacto con ell gobierno de Lon
dres, e~nterandole.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21
SERA DISCUTIDA UNA MO-
CION SOBRE LA NEUTRA-
IIDAD

WASHINGTON, agosto 21.-Pa-
ra impedir la obstruction del
senador repubIicano Nye, dc
North Dakota, los lideres demo
craticos en- Ell senadp le o!recie-
ron aver discutir hoy una mo-
ci6n sobre la neutralidad de los
Estados Unidos en- case de que
IRA.
La nueva ley de contributor
mes Sc .aprob6 finalmente por
comite mixto del senado y la
y rendira al tesoro
$250,000, 900. Los tres republi-
canos miembros de la comisi6n
firmaron un dictamen califican
do la ley de absurda.
Ell impuesto sobre las herein
cias Sc quito de Ia ley,
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Francia quiere limitar la que
ira, 81 Sc declara......
Ell problema no consiste en- Ii
mitaci6n sino en- prohibition,
hacienda funcionar la "pacifi :
ca" maquinaria de la Sociedad
de Naciones.
Lt..'tar es permitir la inicua
aggression contra un pals ampa-
RADIO por ell Convenio, ell Conve-
Mo que Mussolini va a CONVEX
tir en- IN "papel mojado'.
Mientras Italia ansia aniqui-
lar a los negritos y robar a es-
tos su terra, Alemania sigue
rearmandose para la "revan-
cha"
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Barcelona, agosto 21.-Esta
publicand9se de nuevo ell perio-
dico "Solidaridad Obrera", Or
gano de la Confederation Re-
gional de Catalina, ell que ha
definido su posici6n en- esta for
ma: En- regimen democratico sc
guarda respeto a las llamadas
libertades publicas. La dictadu-
ra 0 ell fascismo las suprimen
de raiz e imponen en- todas par
ties ell acatamiento absolute a
sus dictados.
"Oprimen las manifestation
mes de libertad en- todos los tie
rrencs; pero resulta ~perfecta7
mente inicuo en- las actuales
circumstances concentrar la SUI
ma de los esfuerzos pdpulares
en- la reconquista de eStas liber-
tades humans. Fijar como sU-
promo objective de esta bora la
vuelta de un siStema de gobier-
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

fue puesta al correo en- Dayton,
estado de Ohio. Los eXpertcs
del gobierno sostienen que la
misiva fUe escrita por Karpis,
companero del difunto Fred
Barker.
Varias pistas Sc han seguido
en- les dltimos dias, con la espe-
rama de apresarlo, rero con re
sultado negative.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

NosotroS, Oponiend0nOS a to-
dos los atracos e%lectorales en-
los ultimos 16 amos, cast som0s
una ~exc1cci6n en- esta comuni-
dad, dentro del c1rculo de ciu-
dadanos que hace ,poiitica actl-
va.
Hemcs condenado todos los
robos electorales, todos, hasta
incluyendo los realizados por
nuestros amigos politicos.
Y 10 hemos hecho por tener
la conviction de que ell 800 de
la poblaci6n de Tampa Sc Cpo-
ne a las "maluinarias' que ia
brican votoS" y preparan "relle
nos"
Pero la mayor parte de culpa
pertenece a los que iniciaron Ell
sistema, hace 80 8 40 amos.
iQuienes fueron los iniciado-
res de las trampas en- esta CO.
munidad?
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Tiene TN "m6rito' ell Jap6n
en- la politica International: rO-
ba a mano armada y a cara DIES
cubierta.
Italia quiere imitarla. Hitler
mira hacia las provincias del So
Wet que codicia y fabrica aero :
planes y submarinos,.....
iFascismo, hitlerismo, barba
RE, contra democracia, justfcia
y civilization!
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

SObre las elecciOnes en- Tam
pa hay que tocar una campana
que Sc oigan en- TODD ell Estado
y deapues gritar: Sehores, a qui
tarse la Garcia!
Hay que quitarse la Garcia y
cuando tai cosa Sc haga enton-
ces ell pueblo senalara ell casti-
go con arreglo a la culpa de ca
da cual!
Y al senalar ell castigo habra
QUE gar rpor los primeros
TRAN ], por los padres de la
criatCss, que durante amos y "a
nos Sc han burlado de la demo-
cracia.
Sc estan ''dando Garcia los
poderosos y nos alejan de la
verdad, la decencia y la raz6n.
Ell ma es antique, muy anti
quo, Y los de alma blanca son
pocos.
Luego 10 que Sc impone es
cue ell pueblo exija responsible
lidades.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21
Desaparecio ell periodico "SoIidaridad Obrera'

no mas 0 menos liberal es vi
vir per cor-p'otu fueTa de la
realidad, alimcntarse de ilusio-
mes suicidas, vivir fuera de la
realidad desde ell punto de Wis
la de los inlereses del proleta-
riado.
Para la pequena burguesia
y. clase media, cuyos %intereses
encajan perfectamente dentro
de las lineas fundamentals de
la vida actual, las oscilaciones
pandulares de la politica pue-
den ser de imIportancia. A elias
quiza convenga ell retorno al es-
Ipiritu del IA de abril, dentrO
del cual encOntrarian expression
mas adecuada sus intereses ma
teriales. Hoy estan rotos todos
los equilibrios y manda la fuer-
"a.
'Meros que nunca, .ues, el
proletariadO debe renunciar sus
objetivos finales'.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

6a3ar rIar.r AZ del hupar del
ar.f, ...q.a .in auxijjo
uuI as,., cgs,ro muieres,
AMOR. ..v4 #. p.4 r41umnja con
~, Il ii -,a 40 saha ma
n.iar 81. aa..m,.a ni ba inten-
#aa, anrender
=. Irrne. ..tadiar5 81 con
il Ga s~arretaY.aS 81 rronu4sto
.#r3.a8o de- ,cm.rrio con 81 Urn
onay. - n~lay.ria da los Secre-
..arj0~ f,yerara u tratado. oue
sanps aria o,aodanente . IA
industrial ta,ararc,a nj nnico
f.. .,t.1y H. ;m~naytaneja Il a. 81
DR. NgvfuHiar, Smith score
t,r,o a. oobornagi6n o,e anova
h A.. .aradoros
Annrri6 a,.er 81 mr. Rirar-
do p,nca scarotor,o do hac;an-
da ana a dio 3 da santiemhre
,o ,~.,5fi.or5 ON cant;oro do
r,ha nm rtoo ovtraordinario
IA Into,.io am FAVOR IA ...o MO
,,n.;a p,n.a a.:.5ira II ,.;or
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Ethiopia, rebCsa de actividad.
Grandes c~antidades de NUM-
clones consignadas a Etidpia a
.parecen detenidas por orden del
.gObierno frances.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Pregdntas sin mala intenci6n
iCuantos "forros" Sc metieron
en- las elecciones del ano pasado
para derrotar al senadoS Viii
taksr?
iQue ilustres ciudadanos nom
braron ''las me:as" para que
llenaran y "rellenaran" las ur-
mas en- contra del patrimonio
familiar?
iDe SECURE, que los obreros
de las fabricas no movieron las
cuerdasd e los muslecos del reta
bio!
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

.Confirmo ell Tribunal Supreme la sentencia de
muerte contra los sargentos Sanchez y Duque.-
Va a SCR discutido ell viernes el Tratado de Co.
mercio con ell Uruguay. Los casos de Fiebre
Malaria pasan de $1,000 en- toda la isla.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

"7
rflo aver a pal"elo Df' huu"f
ao loIohl"' eNII0eF oeI p"fu"o
keNoIucIohafIo Ouoaho' mani
~teStan0o que loa a R'Sl.onaf
una ampIla annhISlia poilllla p"
ia Ct Qua ~ Gle oc'uoIe' "AIAef-
SaFIo oeI Nr"o oe lara
-Dlceh de santa CARA que
jtI Oofoilel N"olho DaINez' -'d1f
de Ia Union N&clohall>la' geStlo
ma IA fusion con eI CohJ"hlo he
~hlocI"'lco' e. t"r'Iuo uei Ee'io-
raj MeAocai. @aINez Tue gooef-
MAJOR de las Was DaJo IA pre-
Sldtncia oel Df' Gfau san Mar
I'M.
teleo-o aver ina asamoIea
zen ~ loyai del huh'efo oi &c Ia
calIe dc Oofapla, el paftldo Ac-
clon RdpubIltAna. ASlStleron de
legadoS de los 40 barrloS dc la
Habana.
-Reeaudo aver la aduana, Sc
gun una n2ta Official, la can't
dad de $l25, 70S.S7.
E,,or,n rot;rado. dol ofa,
~, con,tan.a nal NOV docro
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pisano
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La gaceta., 1935-08-21

EIFtJOI uOtICld utl uld. I'll
'encarcelamiento en- Quito, la ca
pital del Ecuador, del presiden-
tie Velasco Ibarra, I'm bribon
q. Neseaba ~ejercer la dic.adura.
Do ell "golpe" ell 4ercito, Ell
que ha ordenado, cosa 'rara, que
Sc devuelva la libertad a la prem
sa, que Sc trasmitan noticias
per la Radio y q. el pueblo pue-
ola reunirse en- asambleas poll
ticas.
I'm ma Ir%residente y I'm ejer-
cito que parece apreciar Ell eXac
to valor de las instituciones de-
mocraticas.
Ojala que la genie militar
mantenga la Inca de conduSta
de los primeros momentos y que
ell Dictadcr Sc pudra en- la car
eel, per traidor a la Republica.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Discusses esta noche, sCbre
honradez electoral, en- ell parque
Plant.
Tn tema viejo y del gusto de
la multitud. Pero es la verdad
que en- los 1ltimos 30 amos las
"bravas" electorales han predo
minado.
iRecrerdan ustedes los in
mundos atracos del ano Ipasado,
cuandc los de las mesas "sona-
ron el cuero' al senador Whita-
ker, "robandole" la nomination?
~ que espectaculos dieron
los "honrados" delhoy, a quie-
mes Dies conceda larga vida y
tempo para arrepentirse.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Para hablar de elecciones
honradas hace falta %autoridad,
la autoridad del hombre que no
transige con la mancilla del su-
Tragic.
lCuantos ciudadanos promi-
nentes en- la politica tienen las
manos limpias?
Ell que este limpio de cUlpa
que tire la primera piedra.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21
j cHUNcAs Y 70 cHUNgAs
"a en- la carcel. Ampureza sSAeral.-
Robando afhano armada.

~ a Ia nora de los comeHta-
rios crueles sobre los barrios
"nuestros", cae ell tango que O.
tros sacan con sus manos fetl-
das!
Hoy que van a hablar de cleo
Clones honraNas, levantemos de
nuevosl la voz en- defensa de los
"sectores" maltratados y calum
niados
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Electric, declare aver en- Voz
hkjaa ante Ell comii6 presidido
Sr ell senador Black, que duran
tie Ia depression sus eonasanias
Lpriv@as realizaron una ganan-
1cia de 3,1S7, 064.
GTodo ell dinero fue para us
ted y miembros de su familia?
Sc lie pregunto.
Hopson respondio afirmati-
vamente. Hubo de admitir tam
bien queen una negotiation OBJ
tuvo una %ganancia, en- papel, de
$12, 1000, 900.
Black ,hizo saber al testigo
que debe decir toda la verdad,
bajo lena de ser castigado 81
miente.
La gaceta., 1935-08-21

Washington, Agosto 21-Con Electric, declare aver en-
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book was finished, he was called home
because Of the death Of his mother.
How, within "A hours after his arrival
his father suffered q stroke and was
dead before morning; of his decision
not to return to oxford and of his
keen disappointment when he discov-
cred his father had not left him his
sizable fortune outright, but had pro-
vided q trust fund from which he
was to be paid $500 pounds year.
During the months that I re-
manned In Cairo to await finnl settle
ment Of my fathers estate, I completed
The Strange Case Of DR.. Chezzlee.
Returning to England I mailed my
completed manuscript to the publish
ers of my first book, again concealing
my identity. The success Of the book
was almost instantaneous. More than
q quarter Of million copies were sold
in the first 40 days. Though 1t was
the thinnest fiction, 1t was received as
q true record and rumor had it that
Scotland Yard was combing the whole
of England for the elusive 85-year- old
DR.. Chezzlee."
He recorded various petty events
in his unregulated life in England
and devoted considerable space to his
numerous amours both in England
and on the Continent, gradually lead
ing up to his sudden decision to 60
to the United States and seriously ap-
ply himself to the study of criminology
at the University Of Chicago. Then:
my only purpose in going to Wash
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ington was to see the city. but before
had been there week I knew that
I should never see the University Of
Chicago. There were two reasons for
this. First, 1t had beer on my con-
science for some time that while I
had had the courage to present GER
tain unpopular convictions in The
Police Are Puppets I had not had the
courage to put them to the test. Since
had none Of the average weakling's
sensitiveness to violent death and
none Of society's prejudices against
premeditated murder, determined
to make an actual test.
1.-The second reason for my decision
to remain in Washington was that I
met charming young woman, the
daughter Of q Senator, and through
her good Offices secured q place as
secretary to q New England Con-
gresham, and two years later be-
came her fathers secretary"
At this point in Thurman Wells
personal record there was noticeable
q distinct change in style. No longer
did he lapse into long involved SEN
fences. 1t was as If he wrote now
with effort, forcing himself to the task.
1T was in love now. For the first
time in my life was really in love.
My projected experiment seemed no
longer important. The Senator was
rich and politically powerful. We
knew he would object to an alliance
between his daughter and his secre-
tary. Our affair, therefore, remained
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silence. Perhaps thought that !
would ultimately win her over again.
do not know. I know only that 1t
came to me at last that had lost her.
And almost in the same moment of
that realization I found myself think
ing Of my experiment in crime again.
And now thought no longer of VIC
tins yet to be selected. The Senator,
his son and his daughter we're ideal
subjects for my little laboratory dem
onstration.
ITO give the police every advan-
tage, I decided to follow the plan as
had given 1t In The Strange Case
OF DR.. Chezzlee' Each Of my victims
was to know that he, or she, was to
be murdered, in what manner and
where his, or her, body was to be dis
covered. The son should be stabbed
with an ice pick and his body left in
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FEATHER
INHERHkT
bl JULIE ANNE MOORE

boy Fuhrmarrs next three years which
were spent in q military school. Then,
after q year of travel, he was sent
to Oxford with the expectation that
on his graduation he would begin the
study of medicine.
at was generally believed now that
I had undergone q reformation, and
perhaps I had, for while had def
nitely decided long ago not to be q
physician, I had also come to realize
that the intelligent person does not
openly defy society's laws.
In my third year at oxford ! at
tended a series Of lectures on crimi-
nology and was so impressed that I
promptly set about writing a book
which I called The. Police Are Pup
pets What sought to prove was
that the modern method Of detection
was a formula which was so narrow
in scope that half-wit who had
enough brains to understand the
simple formula could safely commit
any number Of major crimes and
escape punishment. I wrote the book
under the nome de plume DIR. Chez
zlee' and mailed it to a firm Of publish
ers with note saying I would not,
for obvious reasons, reveal my identity
but that they were welcome to the
manuscript, gratis, II they cared to
print 1t.
ITO my surprise they did publish
it and there was an immediate howl
of protest which found expression
chiefly in letters to the daily news
papers. And now, stirred by this re-
action, I began writing second book
which I called The Strange Case Of
DR.. Chezzlee.' This was pure fiction
and my only object in writing it was
to further irritate those who had been
aroused by my first book. It was
offered as an photographed record
of the fictitious DR.. Chezzlee, who was
then supposed to be living in Lon
don, to prove the arguments Of his
earlier work. DR.. Chezzlee was pic
tured as a man then nearing his 85th
birthday and at least half the book
was taken up with an experiment in
murder he claimed to have made in
Bombay, India, 40 years before. He
told how he had selected three promi-
nent persons in the city of Bombay,
had written each when and under
what circumstances he was to die
and then had proceeded to kill them
according to specifications. And then,
in the person of DR.. Chezzlee, I de-
tailed how, since the good doctor had
taken care to leave none of the con-
ventional clues without which the
police are invariably baffled, the police
had made no Roadway whatever in
their investigation"
Thurman then told how, before the
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Q secret from the world. And 1t was
all the sweeter because Of the secrecy
that surrounded 1t. Had 1t continued,
my plan to prove that the police are
fools would have been permanently
discarded. However. it did not con.
tinue.
"Out Of clear sky the young wom-
an In question informed me she did
not love me. When tried to dis
cover the cause Of this sudden change
Of heart, she grew angry. She said
was twice her age, which was not,
called me ugly, stupid and ridiculously
vain and presumptuous. to think that
she cared for me. Soon after learned
there was another man. He was a
younger man than Ia man Of ex-
traordinary physique and q most in
gratiating manner.
"For almost q year I suffered in
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the Speakers chair in the House Of
Representatives. The Senator should
be thrown from the top Of the WASH
ington Monument But when I
came to the daughter my courage
failed me. I must confess I was still
tr love with her and in the end I de-
cided to defer my plans for her demise
until her brother and father had been
dispatched.
my first move to throw the police
on the scent was to falsely report my
own death by drowning :"
Mollie was startled by the ABRUPT
termination Of this amazing auto-bio-
graphical sketch, Q ia It to which she
called attention when she returned
the copy the next morning.
The officer shared her feeling in
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INSTALLNTENT XIV.

INSTALLMENT XIV.
- EIMA RUNBRECKER had van
ished.
A telephone call from Carl
- early next morning gave Rita
the news and before noon Senator
Runbrecker visited Mollie ut the
Globe and expressed the fear she hao
been kidnapped.
The Senator was a sick man, men,
tally and physically. He told Mollie
that If anything happened to Selma
he would blow his brains out And
Molue knew this was not q wild
threat; 1t was a simple statement OF
fact.
she was unhappy about Car
Balmer," Mollie said, "and in al
probability has gone of somewhere
to get it out of her system. Nothing
will happen to her, Senator"
Nevertheless, when the Senator had
gone, Mollie went to see her friend al
police headquarters. "All I want
she informed him, rs perhaps a worc
whispered to one or two of your men
But officially you know nothing about
It,"
When Mollie was leaving, the Office
gave her a copy Of what the police
had said was a diary, found in Wells
room. There were "a single-spacee
typewriter pages. 1t was not in any
sense a diary but clumsily writer
autobiography. When she had reas
1t through, she went back ane
checked and re-read passages she
found particularly interesting. Tit
portions she checked follow:
IT was born in Madrid, Spain, Sep
TENDER %, 1903 Before I was a veal
old I was taken to Cairo, Egypt
where my father, a surgeon OF som'
standing. was in charge Of a large
private hospital. I was always curl
Gus about what went on in m!
fathers operating room, and when
was climbed up to the transom o
q small room off the operating room
and watched, with considerable hor'
ror, must admit, a complete autopsy
It was @ full year before again ven
tured to return to my secret place
But the interval had given me new
courage and by the time 7 was l:
wears old had witnessed at least 81
major operations, and several au'
topSies.
In time I was not only hardened
by these experiences but developed
great eagerness to try my own hant
at this fascinating business. During
my fathers absence from the hoSpita
I inveigled a young neighbor boy int
the operating room where I chloro
formed him, pulled of his clothes ane
had made q three-inch inciSion In hi
left side when my father, returning
unexpectedly, found me there. Undel
his able care the boy recovered.
was thoroughly whipped, but thinl
my father was interested by the dis
covery that I was disposed to follow
his footsteps, for after that he FIRE.
quently talked to me about botf
medicine and surgery.
But about this time two event!
occurred that definitely turned mi
against any orderly career. My mother
whose own mother had died in ar
insane asylum, went stark mad ane
after several months Of infinite pa
thence on my fathers part was re-
moved to an institution. The secone
event took place shortly after m!
mothers commitment. While fight
ing with a boy of about my own ag'
and size, an elderly man interferee
and in rage drew a pocket knife
and stabbed him several times in tn,
back. For this I was tried for as
sault and only my fathers plea saved
me from term in house Of correc.
ton"
There followed an account Of thu
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this regard. Either" he said, che
suddenly decided at that point 10 kill
himself and thereby throw suspicion
on the Senator and his son; Or"
ne paused "or the whole thing Ii
q forgery and was ended as 1t was to
make us conclude what I have Just
said"
Mollie said after a moment, "if that
last sentence had been omitted, I
could have believed Fuhrman was the
author OF all the rest But when I
received the call saying Fubr.na., had
b.en drowned In the rejecting pool,
he was standing directly behind me
and therefore could not have made
the call himself"