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Evening star., 1935-09-08

klnono more closely around her
slender figure. The light OF the candles
on the table Shimnered in her dark
hair, and made soft shadows around
her white neck and cheek.
Cant we talk about this in the
morning." she said in a subdued voice.
I'm tired out" Her hand went to her
forehead.
| broke in with apologies for my
lmpatience. Please forgive me! |
didn't mean To cross-question YOU like
that. Miss Paradene. But you under
stand my motive must know what's
behind this horrible affair"
When she turned to me. there was a
look in her eyes | could not fathom.
No more was said. and | went up
stairs with her as far as the Landing;
then returned to the dining room.
where Dunstan was waiting for me.
Better get to bed" | said to him
briefly. We can do nothing more AT
present. III get in touch with the
police first thing i'll the morning"
Very good. SIR" he muttered,
moving awkwardly to the door. There
he paused. You remember what
said last night. Mr.. Irvine? There
something wrong in this house
It's something evil -"
turned to him angrily. "Oh. tor
heavens sake, forget all that stuff.
Dunstan. That kind OF talk won't
help the police any They'll simply
laugh at you
1T isn't fancy. sir" he replied
slowly. IF you had lived here, Mr.
Irvine -"
cut him short and hustled HIM OIL
to bed. | wasn't in the mood to listen
to his absurd imaginngs. decided
10 spend the remainder OF the night
before the dining room fire Piling on
some more logs. | got a steamer rug
from the hall. and settled down in a
comfortable armchair.
An hour must have passed before |
fell into doze The next thing knew
was the hour of seven striking on the
clock in the corner of the room. And
then turned round in my chair with
start.
Dunstan had opened the door Even
in the shadowed room could see his
staring eyes,
That was the bell. sir" he said.
Did you ring?"
I've been asleep. What bell do you
mean?"
Il was just dressing. sir. when it
rang. The bell from the masters
room.
| sprang TO my feet and pitched
aside the rug. The bell from MIR.
Swinburn's bedroom? 1t impossible.
But my wife heardit, too" he said
in a quavering voice. IT'S the bell the
master used if he wanted anyt hing in
the night. 1t rings in my room - and
it rang just now
was about to order him to follow
me upstairs, but saw that it was use
less. He had got thoroughly bad
shaking. and went up alone | hurried
towards my grandfather's bedroom.
| listened for moment No sound
Evening star., 1935-09-08
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Falcon Castle
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came from inside. ii there mad been
only Dunstan' ; word tor 1t, | would
have said his tevered imagination had
been at work. But evidently his wife
had heard it, too. and bell does not
ring of its own accord. Had it been
summons Tor help? threw open the
door and walked into the room.
The grey morning light came
through the uncurtalned windows.
My eye went at once to the bell-rope,
as though half expected To see some
one standing beside It, But all was
normal, with that sharp reality which
is given to things by the cold light of
early day. All was normal. And
then | took quick step forward. and
stared at the couch by the foot of the
bed.
The dust sheet lay spread out where
We had placed it. | could scarcely be-
lleVe my eyes as | pulled it aside. Or
Mr.. Paul's dead BODY there was no
trace
BY the time got downstairs. Dun
stan had been lolned by his wife a
wlthered woman OF between fifty and
sixty. | gave her credit tor having
more backbone than her husband. but
h.a nj hn, ~ k.Nl
palr. Not that | was much better my
self. tor my heart was humping pain
lully, and the inside of my mouth felt
rs dry as walnut she'll. can re-
member dropping INTO a chair and
mopping my forehead
You may as well know the truth -
both OF vou," SAID. I'm sorry
called you fool. DunStan. You swore
there's something mighty queer about
this house. You're right There is.
And then told them.
They took the news better than
expected. Perhaps they were past the
stage OF being surprised by anything,
and a kind OF suilen terror seemed to
have settled upon them. sent them
of TO the kitchen to prepare some
breakfast. and going over to the WIN
dow, flung open the curtains. Dur
ing the last few hours the snow must
have been falling steadily. for now il
was much deeper than on the previous
evening. Our tracks down the hillside
had been completely obliterated: the
glen below was hollow OF almost un-
broken white; and the road must have
been breast deep. With something Of
a shock | realized that it would be i'm
possible for anyone to reach Falcon
Castle until the roads had been Cleared
-- and that might take days. How
ever, it was my duty to inform the
police OF what had happened. and |
went out into the hall to telephone
From the telephone book | got the
number of the local station at Blair
avon and lifted the receiver. But |
could get no reply. At first thought
something had happened at the ex-
change; then | tumbled to the fact
that the line was not in working order.
Either it had been damaged by the
storm in the night - or deliberately
cut. Falcon Castle was completely
shut off from the outside world.
Evening star., 1935-09-08

tell you, out you q better hear II.
punstan flung some logs on the
embers OF the dining room fire and
went OFF to make some hot coffee for
Lucille Paradene. While helped N.Y.
self to stiff brandy-and-soda. told
her how had discovered the body OF
Mr. Paul. The girl sat stiffly in her
chair. gazing straight in front OF her,
but knew she was taking in every
detail.
That's ALP" she asked when
finished.
Yes, Miss Paradene, replied.
But there's something I'd like 10 ask
you." She looked at me sharply. and
continued:
When YOU came here last night.
had you any idea that Mr. Pauls life
might be in danger?'
Except Tor sudden tension OF her
fingers, which were interlaced upon
her lap. she did not move If had
known that his would happen" she
said at length, would have allowed
hlm TO Gomez
Her reply did not strike me as very
satisfactory, and | reminded her OF
what she had told me soon after their
arrival on the previous evening
namely. that they had come in answer
to letter from my grandfather. Il
can't quite understand this, Miss
Paradene. said. 'Dunstan tells me
that no letter was sent off TO Mr..
Paul"
so you discussed us last night with
your servant?" she said with flash
OF anger.
1T was natural enough" pro-
tested. Il knew nothing whatever
about either OF you. And, if you'll
forgive me for saying so. don't
think you were quite frank with me.
asked Mr.. Paul what his business with
my grandfather was. He avoided the
question. SAID something about per-
sonaI matter. suppose you knew
about this?"
She was still sitting rigid. staring in
front OF her: she made no attempt to
reply.
In view OF what has happened"
continued. you're not being very
reasonable. Miss Paradene. Although
| didn't think much about it at the
time, noticed something else last
night. We're you and MIR Paul afraid
you'd been followed here?"
why do you ask?" she demanded
quickly.
Because went out of this room for
a few moments" reminded her. land
when l came back, Mr.. Paul had
opened the window, as if he were
listening"
The girls lips hardened II can tell
you nothing more. Mr.. Irvine" she
said deliberately Il hope you'll
The silence was broken by the
arrival OF Dunstan with steaming
coffee on tray. AS he was leaving the
room, | called him back.
Light lantern for me, Dunstan.
I'm going out. want to look round for
footsteps. | meant to do that in the
morning. but there might be another
fall of snow"
1T has already begun, sir"
Then I'll go at once"
The tracks we had made down TO
the road on the previous evening were
still clear Dunstan had told me he
had gone out at bedtime to attend to
the cow and Shetland pony. and fol-
lowed his footsteps to the stable.
But of any other traces of human feet.
there was not a sign Unless the man
who had killed MIR. Paul was still
hiding in Falcon Castle. he must have
walked in our tracks up the hillside
from the road and departed the same
way; but how he had got into the
house was beyond my comprehension.
When | returned to the dining room.
Lucille Paradene rose to her feet.
Evening star., 1935-09-08
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ATHLETES FOOT
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Pay Until Relieved

According to the Government Health BulIetIn
No E-2S. n least soc: II the iult population
" the United states are being attacked by the
disease known as Athletes Foot
sually the disease starts between the toes.
Little watery blisters form and the skin cracks
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Intense and YOU feel as though you would like
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
callahan Begins Duties

Callahan Begins Duties
Daniel J. Callahan, first presi-
dent of the Naugatuck Young
Democratic club, has begun his
new duties as deputy sheriff. Mr.
Callahan was appointed to this Of
fee several weeks ago by High
Sheriff Slavin of New Haven coun-
ty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
COMEDY WILL BE
GIVEN TONIGHT
st Mary's Church Drama
fists to Offer, Here
Comes Charley"

Naugatuck, May l7.--One OF
the most amusing plays of the
season will be presented tonight
at 8:15 at Columbus hall. This is
the show Here Comes Charlie" q
three act comedy which Is full OF
rich humor and gives a fine chance
for the members Of the st Mary s
church dramatic club, who are
producing it, to display their abii-
ity.
The proceeds will be for the
benefit of st Mary's church. The
cast held dress rehearsal recent-
ly and Fred ehnder, club president,
who has directed the show, reports
the various members are doing
very we'll in their respective parts.
Miss Mary LeClair, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Lionel LeClair of Cliff
Street, will make her Naugatuck
debut tonight, having the female
lead. Miss LeClair gained consider
able experience in dramatics when
a student at the Notre Dame school
in Waterbury, where she featured
in several plays presented by the
students Frank Jones will have
the male lead.
other roles include: A cynical
college pal, played by John Gill
bert; a naughty society matron,
Helen Jones; her snappy son, Jo-
seph Neal: a comical Irish maid,
Kay Council; her Irish policeman
fiance, played by Alec Baukas.
Vocal solos will be rendered be-
tween the acts by Constance Linz
skey and Henry Dargon of Shelton,
accompanied by Frank Dargon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
DOG MURDER CASE
ENDED TO-DAY in
DISAGREE MENT
Pet Of Town Was Shot
Dead Shooter Claimed
Self-D efense

Columbus, Kan, May 17-(U.P.)
The trial of Otis Stevens for the
murder of Duke, black Gordon
Setter, ended to-day in jury dis
agreement. Neither Stevens nor
Duke were exonerated of charges
hurled by opposing counsel.
District Judge Vernon Bower
sock discharged the jury after 1t
had deliberated for nine hours. 1t
reported 1t stood to 5 from the
first, but Judge Bowersock re-
fused to hear whether the major
ity favored conviction or acquittal
Town I'm Mourning
Duke was shot to death Febru-
airy 2 His death threw Columbus
into mourning and caused bitter
feeling against Stevens, for Duke
was considered the mascot Of this
town of 5000 persons.
County Attorney Corbin E.
House attempted to prosecute Stew
ems In Justice court on charge of
destroying a domestic animal, the
property of another" valued at
81, 900.
1t was impossible to get an un-
prejudiced jury, so the case was
transferred to district court and
brought to trial two days ago,
reaching the jury to-day.
Pleaded Self Defense
Stevens, a relief worker, pleaded
self defense.
His attorney, Fayette Rowe, at
tempted to prove that Duke called
on lady friend near the Stevens
home the night preceding his
death.
but the lady had other gentle
men friends" said Rowe, land con-
siderable dissension arose. Duke
growled at the other suitors and
howled all night long. He became
so angry that he even chased Stew
ems 4-year-old son into the house
and later attacked Stevens.
Duke. the town pet, heard the
call of the wild and diverted from
a peaceful and friendly animal in
to beast as vicious as his wolf
ancestors"
The 1900 persons in the court
room considered Rowe's remarks
prevail.
ououSeS vigorously ueuleu
Rowe's accusations and charged
that Stevens maliciously shot a |
thoroughbred and a harmless
creature"
The defendant was the only wit
ness who testified to Dukes vi
ciousness. Mrs E. S. Lyman, wife of
Columbus merchant, E. H. Ellis,
retired banker, and Homer Lucas
a filling station attendant, were
character witnesses for the state.
They testified Duke was "of ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
james Quinn Might
Oppose Calvin For
Job AS Fire Chief
|lervin Bbbuds Inferred To-day FERA Board to Con.
vene Monday Body Of Susan Mills to Arrive Here
Sunday Schools Give Musical Festival Tonight
NAUGATUCK
FERA Board May Meet
Vim. J. Baxter Correspondence Phone Naogatuck s72-a

copal church, ofliciated. Burial was
In Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

cellent character and breeding and
had n fine disposition"
Fifty persons stayed up most OF
the night to hear the verdict.
Ed Maxwell. Columbus contrac-
tor and Dukes master, said his
dog was q well trained hunter and
harmless.
The prosecution took under adj
visement the question of another
trial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

New Haven. Conn, May 15- (UFl
Believed to have been drowned
accidentally while rowing ashore
from his barge, the body of Capt
Harry Foster, Hartford, missing
since May z, was found floating -
New Haven harbor late yesterday
Foster was employed by the Me-
williams Blue Line Transportatiod
Co, New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

local Methodist church, are: May
10, "Know Yourself; May rs, BE
Yourself" (June in Children'E
day.; June 16, Control Yourself"
June 23, "Give Yourself" The
Sunday morning worship services
are held at IL o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
Autoist Exonerated
By Coroner's Finding
Apl1onse Thiffaut Freed in Death of Michael Farrell
56-Fatal Accident Described in Report

Alphonse Thiffault of Sc East
Clay street is exonerated of respon-
sibility for the death of Michael
Farrell, Sc, who died at st Mary's
hospital April 10 after having been
hit two days before by Thiffault's
car at South Main and Washington
streets, according to a finding
handed down to-day by Coroner
John T. Monzani. The finding
states that no act of carelessness
on the part of Thiffault brought
about the fatality.
The coroner finds that the dark
clothing worn by Farrell as he
crossed the street made it impos-
sible for the driver to see him un-
til It was too late to avoid strik-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
PAT STILL NATIONAL
TIM AGUfEWR

Chicago.-Pat Malone, former
Chicago Cub and st Louis Cardin-
al. stepped over TO the boxes to
chat with some old friends here
when he first visited the White sox
park as a Yankee. That action
cost him a IS fine, as American
League rules, unlike National reg
buttons, prohibit talking to fans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
Hungerford Chosen

Seabury Hungerford has been
elected member of the vestry OF
st. Michaers Episcopal church to
take the place of Charles E.
Pearson who died in February. The
announcement is of interest be-
cause Mr. Hungerford's ancestors
have been connected with the par
ish. His great-grandfather, Rev
Joseph Scott, was a former rector
of the local parish, having served
in that capacity from 1849 to 1857.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

ing him. Farrell, according tc
the finding, apparently misjudged
the distance and the speed of the
car as he was crossing the street.
Witnesses Quizzed
Witnesses examined by the cor
oner included Patrolman Johr
Moynahan and Michael Karpelman
Mrs Helen Cashin of 934 South
Main street, William Cash of 49,
South Main street, Edmond Ciar
lelli Of 1908 Bank street, Peter j
Connolly, Jr, of 40 washington
street, Charles Connor of CTS Soutl
Main street, william Curley o.
1909 South Main street, Arthur
Farrell Of "a Lounsbury avenue
Thomas Farrell of 70 Lounsbur.
|avenue, Eleanor LaRose Of II Yves
Liberty street and Thiffault.
Coroner's Report
The finding follows:
The deceased had spent the
evening of April 10, 1885 from
1880 to 1890 o'clock in La
Chances Tavern at the north
corner of South Main street
and Washington avenue. He
left the tavern at 1890 o'clock
when the place closed, with
four companions, three of
whom walked southerly on the
westerly side of South Main
street with hi INTO point
about opposite the south cor
ner of Washington street and
South. Main street. At that
point the party stopped and
waited until break in the
north bound. traffic would af-
ford Farrell an opportunity to
cross. When this break came,
his three companions started
south again and he started to
cross the street. While he
was doing so, an automobile
driven by Alphonse Thiffault
and owned by his sister, Mrs
Smith, was going north on the
easterly side of South Main
street. The traffic light at the
corner of South Main and
Washington streets was out of
order and was not burning to
indicate any color at all.
MlSJuuSmenC
Thiffault was travelling at a
moderate rate of speed and
Farrell, apparently misjudging
the distance and speed at
which Thiffault was driving,
started to run from the center
of the street to cross the street
ahead of Thiffault's car. Be-
ing dressed entirely in dark
clothing, he was not visible to
Thiffault until he arrived di-
rectly in front of his car, or at .
very short distance from it.
The left side of bumper about
in front of the left headlight
struck him and he fell on the
car. Thiffault began to stop
the car, and did so after pass
ing the north corner Of WASH
ington street. When he
brought the car to a stop, Mr.
Farrell's body fell off the car
to the ground. Bystanders to-
gether with the driver, Thif-
fault, put him in the car and
Thiffault drove him to st
Mary's hospital where he ar
rived about 1880 a. M, April
IL. He was unconscious
upon arrival at the hospital
and did not regain conscious
ness. He died as result of
the fracture of the skull with
intracranial hemorrhage re-
ceived when he was struck.
Skull Fractured
He was hit about ten minutes
after IL o'clock on the morn
ing of April IL, 1885 and died
at 1920 a. m, April IS, 1885.
find that said death was
caused by fracture of the skull
with intracranial hem0rrhage
and shock received when the
deceased was struck by the
automobile driven by Thiffault
but that said death was not
caused by carelessness on the
part of said Thiffault.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

A meeting of the FERA advisory
board will be held Monday after
noon at o'clock provided Warden
John j. Sheridan who Is i'll now, is
well enough then to attend, Chris
ton Groh, FERA supervisor here,
announced today.
The meeting will be for the pur-
pose Of discussing new projects,
and progress on the ones now UNI
der way. Mr. Groh said. Nothing
new from Hartford concerning
Naugatuck's applications for
money for seven or eight different
projects has been heard.
The FERA board consists of At
torney Joseph Talbot, Harris Whit
temore, Jr, FERA administrator,
John Caskey, John German and
Warden Sheridan.
The Bailey Funeral Home at FL
Oak street has received word that
the remains of Miss Susan Mills,
former local resident who died in
st Petersburg, Florida, several
months ago, will arrive here Sun
day. Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
at the futile Memorial Chapel.
Rev Edward r. Hance, Congrega-
tional church minister. will OFF,
ciate. Burial will be In Grove ceme-
terry.
Meeting May ~
The annual meeting Of the Maui
gatuck League of Women Voters
will be held Monday night, May
81 at s o'clock in the children's IL
brary, Mrs Edna c. Fenniman,
president of the club announced
today. Yearly reports will be made
and the annual election of officers
will take place.
The nominating committee con-
sisting Of Mrs Thomas Bull and
Mrs Philip Rice with Mrs Fenni-
man as an ex-officio member, will
report on nominations to the club,
trd it is probably the committee's
recommendations will be adopted.
Mrs Fenniman has held the Of
fee for three years, and has made
a most able president. She has Sc
cured many interesting speakers
for the league and various points
Of view and questions Of interest
to the league members have been
presented.
Rev John Emerson zeiter, min
lister OF the Naugatuck Methodist
church, announces today that hs
would preach q new series of SER
mons on yourself" with themes
suggested by the advertised ad-
dresses at recent conference OF
Christian business men in New
Haven. The sermon titles, and the
dates Of their presentation at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
New Department

Miss Dorothy Moss will head the
new American home department of
the Naugatuck Women's club. Mrs
Verne Grissamer has been chosen
vice-chairman; Mrs Arvid Ander-
son. secretary; Mrs Elmer Schmitz,
treasurer, and Mrs George Me-
Carthy, chairman of the program
committee. 1t is expected the de-
partment will be useful to mem
bers as they will acquire extensive
information about homes. The de-
pa.tment will start functioning
next fall.
Action on Naugatuck judgeship
nominations should come up be-
fore the house In the state legis-
lature soon, Rep. William McDer-
mott believes. He said there has
been considerable delay In COM
mittee on the judgeships but
points out ther Is much business
to be done and little time left to
complete 1t In unless a special SEES
sion Of the legislature Is held. He
expects the local judgeship may
come up within a week.
Atty. Joseph Talbot and Atty.
Henry Freeman are the republic
can and democrat nominees for
Judge, respectively. Unless social.
lists make an about face on this
matter as compared with their
siding with republicans on other
matters In the senate. Atty. Talbot
will probably win out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

tTcsl nii1ing has ksen claased as
among England's most dangerous
occupations, ono In every Ave being
injured and emo In every 090 killed
IN the last year for which complete
figures are available.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
.Fnneral of FaII yictim

Funeral OF Fail Victim
The funeral of Theodore Schiman
Of Aetna street, recreation field
caretaker who suffered fatal in
juries in fall from the veranda
Of his home Tuesday and died
wednesday, will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Bailey
funeral home, So Oak street. Rev
Harold Lucas, pastor of the I'm
manuel Lutheran church, will Of
ficiate. Burial will be in Grove
cemetery.
Mr. Schiman was well liked by
all who knew him and his sudden
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17
ouinn,s Narne Mentioned

The name Of James H. Quinn,
no has been first assistant chief
1gineer Of the department for
bme years, was suggested today
; one of the possibilities for the
fce. Reports have 1t he Is ia
bred by Burgess Dinneny. He is
democrat. This report has not
be been verified but even IL true,
would still rest on Burgess Vic
Sr Burkus to cause him to be
ected, unless a deal with repub-
cans is arranged.
Burgess Burkus Is for reappoint-
ent of Mr. Calvin and all other
bmocratic officials of the past adj
Illustration, he has announced. It
not likely he will vote for any
emocrat other than the present
lief. and might even vote for a
publican according to reports, IL
be other burgesses do not agree
favor Calvin.
The funeral of Mervin J. Gibbuds,
Of Cherry Farms, or the New
aven road, who died Wednesday
as held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
ON the Anderson funeral home,
R1 Meadow street. Rev Arthur r.
Evils, rector Of st Michaefs Epis-