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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-28
Rn SID FEDER

NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-lne ar gument over the relative slugging merits of the 1927 Murderers Row and the current homicide squad probably never will be settled, but one thing that can't be overlooked is the considerably more powerful opposition the 1886 Yankees are facing.
 Back in the heyday of Ruth and Company, the Tanks stood out in the loop like Man O War in field of platers. But outside of New York, the batting power didn't com pare with that of such explosive combinations as the 1886 Tanks come up against day after day.
 For instance, the Yanks of '27 found their toughest opposition in the Philadelphia Athletics. Yet, the As of that year were largely a bunch Connie Mack was bringing along, and didn't develop their full power until two years afterward when they started their pennant run. The rest of the circuit was left far in the dust early in the season
 Routed the Field in '27
 As a result, the Yanks won no games that year, and finished up with 19-game lead over the pack
 Things are different today. The strength is distributed all down the line Where the Tanks of decade ago had the Athletics as their ma jor worry, the '36 crew finds a pow erful packed lineup in every park. There are the Cleveland Indians, for one, with homer in every bat that steps to the plate. And the Chicago White Sox, the Tigers, the Red Sox, even the Browns-there isn't a pitchers pushover in their batting orders.
 Yet, despite that, the Tanks at the moment threaten to eclipse the victory record of their '27 prede- cesors, and are well on the way to crac the all-time mark of 173 hom- CTS for a club in one season.
 The 1927 Tanks, as a group, and with the aid of such combarding batsmen as Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Lou Gehrig, Earl Combs and much younger Tony Lazzeri, batted BOT for the season. Today's outfit is hitting around .304 despite the tougher opposition.
 Keep Bat Averages High
 And, digging into the batting av- erages, you find that only in the outfield, where Ruth, Meusel and Combs roamed in that day, did the 1927 combination outhit the pres ent day lineup. In the infield, Geh- rig is hitting around .38o today. His mark for 1927 was .373. Laz- zeri is a shade under 300 now, but wasn't much above that ten years ago. More than making up for that small deficit is Bill Dickey, who is combining a close-to- .360 batting average with his catching duties, compared to the mediocre 277 and PAT for Reg Grobowski and Benny Bengough, receivers for the 1927 club.
 The outfield average of '27 was BAT. Today's fly-chasers are hitting just about .310. The infield of '36 is hitting nearly ten points heavier, while the catching department is almost hundred points higher.
 This batting power is the big req son for the Tanks long lead at this stage of the campaign. They have built up lead in a season
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 NEWS NOTES

PETERSBURG, Alaska, Aug. 24. Special Correspondence) = While working on George Boudrays boat, Jack Thompson, local machinist, slipped and fell Is feet to the beach. He was immediately rushed to the hospital. MT. Thompson suf- fered a fractured skull and breast bone but will recover.
 The Chamber of Commerce held special meeting Wednesday evening at Sammy's Cafe to appoint com mittee to make arrangements for exhibits at the Ketchikan Fair. A. B. Holt, Roy Watson and H. O. Adams were elected At the same meeting it was approved by the Chamber of Commerce to turn San- dy Beach back to the National For est.
 Mrs. Oscar Nicholson of Scow Bay accompanied by her two daugh- ters left on the Alaska for their home in Seattle. Mrs. Nicholsen's departure was the incentive for many parties MT Nicholson, owner of Scow Bay Cannery, will leave for the South in the near future.
 Sigrid and Gudrun Lund left on the Yukon for a short vacation trip in the south. This is Gudrun's first trip to the States.
 Ruth Tveten sailed on the Yukon to enroll at the Normal School at Bellingham, Washington.
 Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Connie Mol var who was asphyxiated on Erling Thomassen's gas boat while return ing from Wrangeli rIis sister VII arrive on the North Sea to attend the services.
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when the cellar club, the Athletics, are hitting around PTS compared to the .259 for the last-place Red Sox of 1927 In that year only the first two clubs in the loop were batting over 290. Today, five are either in or near the 300 group.
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NORTH SEA BRINGS PASSENGERS TO DOUGLAS
 TAKES LAST OF FISH

Stopping at Douglas first before going to Juneau, the North Sea was in port at 3 o'clock this morning for about three hours unloading and taking on freight. Ten tons of var ious merchandise for local mer- chants was unloaded after which
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962 cases of canned salmon were loaded, cleaning up the seasons pack for the Douglas Fisheries Go.
 Disembarking from the ship were Mrs. C. F. Wyller and two children, and Walter Savikko for Douglas
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best man, Mr. Fred Axford.

best man, MT. Fred Axford.
 After the ceremony a reception and wedding supper were held at the Reams home, attended by friends of the couple
 Mrs. Overby arrived in Juneau yesterday aboard the AAT Bellan- ca after making most of the trip from Seattle on the North Sea.
 MT. Overby is an employee of the White Spot Liquor Company.
 The young couple will make their home in the MacKinnon Apart mentS.
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MISS CAMPBELL NEEDED

MT. and Mrs. A. R. Campbell an- nounce the marriage of their daugh- ter Elizabeth to MT Alexander An derson of Seattle and San Fran cisco. MT. and Mrs. Anderson will reside in San Francisco.
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ners for years and the two occupied the same house here prior to Selby leaving for Yakutat to engage. in the seasons fishing.
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DOUGLAS NEVIS
MISS FEERO TO ATTEND
 FAMILY REUNION RUPERT

FAMILY REUNION RUFEhI
 Miss Geraldine Feero, daughter of the United States Customs h. spector at Prince Rupert. will leave on the Prince George early Sunday morning for her home in Prince Rupert to attend family reunion. After the affair, Miss Feero will return to Douglas where she is re- siding with her aunt and uncle, MT. and Mrs. w. E. Feero.
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WAKEHAMSl GO SOUTH,
 LOCATE PERMANENTLY

w. E. Wakeham and wife left on the Princess Louise for Seattle and they expect to make their home in one of the smaller Puget Sound cities. Wakeham has been in charge of the sausage making department for the Alaska Meat Company for the past 26 years and is retiring from active business.
The times-news., 1936-04-22
EHRINCHAUS
THUMBS down
MEET
Warns Weed Men Federal
Bill Would Not Give
Help Expected

RALEIGH, April %. (UP).-
Armed with two thousand copies
of the tobacco legislation bill
which is pending before the Unit
ed StStes senate, Governor J. c.
B. Ehringhaus yesterday told six
thousand farmers their leaders
were unacquainted with the pro-
posed measure and evaded their
demands to summon general as
sembly into special session to con-
slider enactment of laws for the
control of the tobacco crop.
Gov. Ehringhaus' position or
cooperating for control of the
crop under the federal law in pro-
cess of enactment is that pro-
posed measures would not effec-
lively control the crop.
Assailing restrictive production
ideas, Gov. Ehringhaus said, "God
never made any man wise enough
to hold the destiny or the quotas
of the tobacco farmers in his
hand"
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Expect Over Million Persons To Take
Part In Peace Demonstrations Today

al student strike against war to-
day, were thwarted in their pur-
pose yesterday when the faculty,
anticipating the day, declared a
holiday. E..
Instead Of q strike, Tulane will
see a campus demonstration with
out either. sponsorship or interfer-
ence by the faculty. -,
John NJ. Blair, student chair
man of the demonstration. said
one feature would be a debate,
Resolved. America Should Stay
Out of War. The alternatives will
win, he said, because their oppo-
nents, Bascom Talley and T. Hale
Boggs, are going to be laughed
down. One will be garbed in spats
and tall hat, TO represent a muni-
tions maker, and the other will
wear uniform Of sorts, repre-
senting the armed forces OF the
country, as they argue for war.
Blair said the strike is expect,
ed to call between 100000 and
l ,00O, 900 college students trom.
their classes thruout the country.
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Economist, Quoted By Townsend Plan
Sponsors, Denies He Favored Idea

agreed that the cost of other COM
modities would skyrocket in SINH
lar fashion: SIS pair of shoes
would cost the working man $25;
a $50 suit of clothes would cost
$3.50; 9 farmer who, at present
rates, could shingle his shed for
$25, would need 1926 if the
Townsend plan were in effect.
Last year, when congressional
committees held hearings in social
security, Doane presented figures
for the Townsendites regarding
the number of transactions and
the national income. Yesterday
he said that both DR.. Francis f.
Townsend and Robert Earl Glenn
ents, co-founders of the plan,
knew at that time that the pro-
posed tax would not raise more
than one-third enough money to
pay the pensions - and without
taking into account the admins,
tration cost, which he said would
be higher than any tax ever
levied. ' y u
Continued on page three) i.-
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COURT FACES
LIGHT DOCKET
Judge Pless to Preside at
Civil Term to Open
Here Monday ~

The April-May term of the su-
perior court of Henderson county
will convene on next Monday,
April 27, at the courthouse with
Judge J. Will PleSS. Jr., of Mar
ion. presiding.
The court is expected to be in
session only portion of the fl t
week as 4 light docket has been
scheduled for the term. Only 20
civil actions have been placed on
the calendar for the term.
Jurors for the first week are
Arthur Garren, Z. M. Barnwell'
j. j. Fisher. W. F.. Lanning. r.
A. Bell, ]. II. Maxwell, A. r.
Tavlor. 2. V. Whitesides, {. V.
Rcdden. Levi Cantrell, r. P. King,
{. +. Hart. Alex Capps, I. +,
Rogers, G.. w. Justice, Joe Capps,
], W. Whitesides, Max Pullen, K.
V. Kuykendall. Belyin Buckner'
]. C. Jones, Ralph Nicholson, w.
NJ Jones, Roscoe c. Nelson.
Jurors for the second week, IN
the event a second week should
be necessary, are: W: T: Capps,
+. l.. Burgin. Fl. s. Baldwin, r. j.
aughter. J. T. Beddingheld. r.
Mintz, John Fl. Justice, 5. r.
King, Pink Bright, J. Fl. LIVING
ston, T. L. Jackson, R. l.. kllpat-
rick, w. l.. McCraw, H: c. L9sk'
M. X. Thompson, P. l.. Jones, FER
ry B. Wright, and Arthur Osteen'
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STATESCH0OL
CHIEF COMING
Supt. Erwin to Speak Here
Next Tuesday Night
For PIT. A.

Clyde A. Erwin, state superin-
tendent Of public instruction, will
come to Hendersonville next Tues
day for a night address at the
high school auditorium. He will
speak at the invitation Of the Par
ent-Teacher association, and Mrs.
Fred Justus, president, said today
that the public is invited to hear
him and that representatives Of
the city and county governments
and of civic organizations will be
asked to occupy seats on the plat
form.
Supt. Erwin has written that
he will discuss state school poll
cies and inform the local audi
ence of the progress being made
in the state school program.
Supt. Erwin was to have come
to Hendersonville last autumn,
but found it necessary to cancel
the engagement and this is the
first opportunity he has had to
come since that time.
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the hands of a senate committee.
One of the features OF the over
ton bill, calling for construction
of a $12,000,000 reservoir at the
mouth of the White River IN
Arkansas was opposed in partlcul..
ar by Vandenburg in the course OF
his warning that "the tears thaI
will be shed by the taxpayers VIII
cause a flood that would result IN
an entire new survey of the situa-
ton" He declared that the White
River project had not been ap-
proved by the army engineers.
Chief among the projects call
ed for in the bill, sponsored by
Sen. John H. Overton, d. La a.
and Democratic Leader Joseph i.
Robinson of Arkansas, are the
Eudora, Morganza and West At
chfalaya floodways. They follow
the army's principle that an at
tempt to harness the waters OF the
Mississippi's upper tributa 5
would be less wise than ne" pro-
lection measures on the lower
RIVER .-..r.-- sry -,-t - Ji-L-AA-&
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WASHINGTON, April % CUP
So tremendous would be the rise
in the cost of living under the
taxes proposed in the Townsend
$2O0-a-month old age pension plan
that a 10 cent loaf of bread woulo
retail for approximately so cents'
Robt. R. Doane, New York econo-
mist, testified yesterday before d
house investigating committee
Doans is the economist quoted
in the Townsend National Weekly
and literature of Old Age RevoiV-
ing Pensions, Ltd, as faVorlng
the pension plan. Yesterday ne
denied fatty he ever endorsed the
plan. He described it as "impoS-
sible."
The economist said the two per
cent transaction tax, applleu "
each sale of the "a major lngreJI
dientS of loaf of bread wouiu wo
add 300 to 400 per cent 10 It's
cost.
Under questioning of Chairman
c. Jasper Bell, D., Mo-, and hep'
j. William Otter, R., Pa poaiie
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D. IS NEEDED
||R CITY PARK
brk on Public Play
ground Progressing
Rapidly

|oIk Of developing the city
plot opposite the American
o. home and the high school
FL held Is progressing rapid
|Afer The direction of o. Y.
F1lle, representing the cham
p commerce and an unnamed
r Of funds with which to do
|gorS.
Egnnlng at the north end, the
being SOdded, but Mr..
alee said today that this
Of the work cannot be con-
Unless additional sod is
available by public-spirited
r. By Sodding the entire
With the exception Of the
erOquet. rogue, horseshoe.
lsOOard and other courts, and
'Paee to be occupied by a
shelter house for checker
and other purposes, the
EOund ~ can be made ready
- early this summer. Mr..
,1y -ss pointed out. If sod is
y. "aI!aOIe, it will be necessary
grass seed. and the new
you'd have to be more care
s. D.o"nIee !. said that anyone
H., % supply sod should call
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MERCHANTS OFFER USE OF
STREET LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
FOR OPERATION THIS SUMMER

Hendersonyille merchants, meet
ing last night at the city hall,
voted to make available to the
chamber Of commerce the street
LIGHTING equipment installed last
fall and winter during the Trade
Expansion Jubilee in the event the
chamber Of commerce wishes to
use the lights during the coming
tourist season.
1t was represented at the
meeting that the chamber of COM
merce is considering the re-instal-
lation Of the lighting system, with
white instead of colored electric
bulbs, to make the city more at
tractive during July and August,
and the action of the merchants
in offering use of the equipment
was taken in anticipation of q
possible decision by the chamber
of commerce at a meeting of its
board of directors tonight.
With about thirty persons pres
ent, the merchants heard commit
tee reports, including one on the
possibility of strengthening city
ordinance regulating the opera
ton of temporary businesses here
during the summer. H. f. Buc-
hanan, chairman of the merchants
organization, asked the committee
to continue its work. Mr.. Buc-
hanan announced that a secret
committee which will consider ad-
vertising schemes has been ap-
pointed, and emphasized the inn
portance of referring promoters
of such schemes to Mrs. Kathryn
Wiseman, secretary, before in
vesting money in them. Mrs. Wise
man will receive requests for ap-
proval of such schemes and turn
them over to the committee, which
in turn will approve the schemes
or report its disapproval. Approx
al does not obligate merchants to
buy the advertising.
The meeting also authorized the
printing of window cards for busi-
ness houses belonging to the mer-
chants division of the chamber of
commerce, and approved a pro-
posal that every member OF the
Continued on page three)
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JUDGES, REGISTRARS NAMED
BY COUNTY ELECTIONS BOARD
Board Here Is Organized !;
Dermid Chairman, Prince
And Morris Associates

The Henderson county election
board today announced the ap-
pointment of judges and regis
trars for the 20 precincts in the
county. Board members who were
sworn in before Clerk of Court
J. p. Fletcher on Saturday are
l.. r. Dermid, l.. B. Prince, and
X. G.. Morris.
In organizing, the board named
Mr.. Dermid chairman, and Mr..
Prince secretary, and has employ
ed Ben Few as clerk.
Registrars and judges named
are as follows: (The first named
is the registrar; the second the
Democratic judge, and the third
the Republican judge).
Green River: w. O. Waters, w.
F.. Bates, Zeb Capps.
Raven Rock: W. C. Younce, b.
]. Rhodes, r. P. Ward.
Balfour: f. NJ. Gaillard. K. NJ
Allen, Dennis Taylor.
Bat Cave: Dewitt Freeman
Foy Wall, Dewey Huntley.
Flat Rock: II. G. Heatherly, w.
NJ. Drake, Mont Ward. u
North Blue Ridge: Zeb Pittillo'
p NJ. Gillian, ]. w. Hoots.
South Blue Ridge: Grant Ar
ledge, Robert f. Ward, Lee Sta
ton
Edneyville: H. c. Ballard j. b.
Lamb, l.. Laughter. D
Hooper's Creek: Robert DAVIS
Iuther Frady, Burgin Baldwin.
Mills River: Harry Jones, l.. L.
Burgin, R. X. Whitaker. Wy
Etowah: George Morgan, Il. W.
Allison, w. H. McKinna. ,.r
Horse Shoe: J. D. Osborne, VIII
Cannon, Ben Blackwell.
Rugby: Vernon Johnson, d. b.
Jamison, B. j. Hill.
Bowman's Bluff: R. j. Fletchef'
r c. Fletcher, Ernest Blythe.
Southwest Hendersonville: w.
C. Hinsdale, w. Fl. Bangs, Iom
Smith. ,..uo. A
Southeast Hendersonville: A
n Brookshire, w. C. Flanery, Hill
lard Maxwell: .uo w
Northeast Hendersonville; w
p Maxwell, John T. WILKINS
Richard Albritton. .u T
Northwest Hendersonvllle: >
G. P Livingston, Walker Smith,
Joe Bruce. o.,,
Crab Creek: John L. Gibbs
Runamus Ward, R. M. Mcdowell
Clear Creek: Arthur P. Plttillo
v R. Lancaster, II. W. X. Lam
ming.
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Senator Steiwer
COP. Keynoter


CLEVELAND, April %. (UP)
The Republican party invited
support of the progressive west
last night by selecting U. S. Sem
ator Frederick C. Steiwer, Oregon,
as keynote speaker for the con-
vention opening here on June 9.
Steiwer, wheat grower an d
former soldier, was chosen tenn
porary chairman by the Republi-
can committee on arrangements
at q session devoid of an expected
clash between supporters of Sen.
William E. Borah and Gov. ALI NJ,
Landon of Kansas. SEWERS ap.
pointment was announced by
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher.
The times-news., 1936-04-22
(By UNITED PRESS)

The Student Peace Movement,
begun three years ago, today
called an estimated 100000 COL
lege and high school students out
on "strike" in this country and
spread to France, Belgium, Spain
and Puerto Rico.
Strike sponsors, who include
many liberal and radical organi-
cations, predicted that more than
one million persons would partici.
pate in some manenr in the Unit
ed States in demonstrations Of
their desire for peace. D.! ..
The strike call abroad today
was the first to be issued outside
of America in this particular
movement.
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Rod And Gun Club
MembershipCains

The Rod and Gun club, recently
formed sportsmans organization
met Tuesday night when it was
learned that it now has an enroll
ment of 26 members. Several OBJ
iectives of benefit to the commun-
ity, through their interest to tour
lists are being plotted at this time,
and progress is being made IN
them. it was said, following the
meeting. .ooox,o o
member may see A. w. Groover,
the secretary treasurer, or Forest
Hunter at the State Trust COM
pany.
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list ONE MORE.
EPERIMENT IS.
INORITY VIEW
lnt No More New Taxes
|Irtil Waste Of Pub
| lie Moneys Ends
|cE PAY AS YOU
c0" BASIS BE USED

IASHINGTON, April -. (UP)
| bristling defense of the new
Io,,re tax bill. II Democratic
sS Of the house ways and
Is committee reported today
|q house that the administra-
Drogram will raise about
0O6 600 the first year.
: majority report admitted,
yer. that over the three-year
N the revenue would fall
400 900 short of the ROoSe-
budget balancing program.
e Democrats proposed, how
that 4 deficiency bill could
Iracred more "intelligently"
ka next session.
r. administrations new tax
WAS denounced scathingly as
bound. "A farce ana q SeIl-
,hreat 10 business stability in
arply-wOrded minority report
d house ways and means COM
+ filed last night.
h entire Republican commit
membership of seven signed
ksDOrt which was made public
} hours after the new revenue
,yr waS introduced in the
and favOrably reported out
: sayS and means group by
h Of l5 TO ).
! house Thursday will begin
mls Of general debate on the
leaders predicted it would
IN eight days in substantially
iOtn reported yesterday.
minority report said Re-
CORlinnpd on paVe thrre)
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WOMAN KILLER
BEING HUSTLED.
TOWARD DOOM
Good Boy" Admits He's
Maniacal Slayer Of Mrs.
littertOn
PIECE OF STRING is
SOLE CLUE in CASE

NEW YORK, April %. (UP)-
Policemen, relieved of the neces-
sity of playing the role of dumb
cops, hustled curly-haired, Good
Boy" John Fiorenza toward the
electric chair today, as ruthlessly
as he attacked and mureded Mrs.
Nancy Evans Titterton, IL days
ago.
Yesterday. Fiorenza, "a, con-
fessed that he was the maniac
his own worldwide killed Mrs.
Titterton in a frenzy of brutal
lust.
Today he was booked for ar
! raignment.
Tomorrow District Attor n e y
William G. Dodge will ask for an
indictment.
"The trial will begin on the
earliest date tn ecourt scan allot, y
Dodge said.
Detective, who solved Fiorenza's
"perfect' crime with a combina-
ton Of science and "flatfooting,"
investigated the possibility that it
was he who stripped the clothes
from a pretty deaf-and-dumb girl
OH n snow-covered apartment roof
near his home Jan. 2l and that he
is the "peeping Tom" who had
terrified women of the same
neighborhood.
Fiorenza, the scar Of a boyhod
accident, protested shakily that Il
didn't do any of that other stuff"
A piece of string, frayed from
eleven days of police examination.
trapped John F'iorenZa into con-
Tossing yesterday that he murder
ed Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton-
a crime that seemed destined to go
forever unsolved.
The end of the case was as
starting as its beginning. Sitting
startling as its beginning. Sitting
yesterday-in an easy chair
Fiorenza told how and why and
when he attacked the attractive.
auburn-haired writer and how he
eluded police for eleven days.
He is an assistant in an uphol-
stery shop and was one Of the two
men who found" Mrs. "itterton's
body on the Afternoon of Good Fri
day. He and Theodore Kruker,
his employer, entered the litter
ton apartment to deliver a couch
they had repaired. 1t was Flor
enza who on that day calmly step
ped to the telephone, rang police
headquarters and said: "There's
woman's body in a bathtub here
at % Beekman place"
Late yesterday Fiorenza was
booked at the East 51st Street
! police station on murder charge.
The solution of the case came
with the abruptness of the last
chapter in a detective story. Flor
enza was one of the first persons
questioned after the body was
found, but he was exonerated at
that time. 1t was not until two
| days ago that police became inter
ested in him again.
Fiorenzas confession len d 5
weight and authority to these two
ancient maXims known to all de-
tectives:
A murderer often returns to
the scene of the crime.
1t is almost impossible to COM
nit murder without leaving a clue.