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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
SPECIAL GRAND JURY RETURNS
EIGHT INDICTMENTS

The grand jury called in special
session by Judge Carlos M. Riecker,
was in session Tuesday. 1t examin-
ed IA witnesses, considered eight
cases and returned seven indict-
ments. Indictments made public
were: Delmer Archer for second de-
gree murder, in connection with the
death of DR.. D. w. Trout. Paul Mas
sey of Gambler, second degree man.
slaughter, in connection with the
death of Maynard H. Williams, when
struck by machine driven by Mas
sey. Oliver Taylor was indicted for
breaking and entering and larceny
carrying away a door, and Harvey
Ball for non-support of his chill
dren.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
MALTA MANUFACTURING PLANT
CLOSED BY STRIKE

Monday noon of this week the
Malta Manufacturing plant, Malta,
was closed, when workmen went on
a strike, after the officials OF the
plant and representatives of the un-
ion federation of labor failed TO
come to an agreement. Representa-
tives of the national labor board, It
is stated, are coming soon to meet
with the officials of the plant, in an
effort to arrive at an agreement.
The plant has been employing on an
average this spring about 40 work
men.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
HOT WEATHER

The temperatures for the last
week, as reported by Mr.. Floyd Dav-
is, government weather observer,
have been as follows:
May 27, high S8, low So: 1902 rain
fall; 28th, 82-64; 1.26 rainfall;
10Th. S2-5S; 30th, $3.50; 31st, 90
So. June 1st, 91-61; End, 1864.
Mr.. Davis states that in scanning
the records somewhat, he finds that
three years ago-June 1, 1884, the
temperature was 90, one degree
higher than June 1st of this year.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
M. B. STRAHL'S SELL PROPERTY
TO CHRISTIE & MCKAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Mark B. Strahl have
sold their two residence properties
in Malta, near the Arch, to James J.
Christie and G.. G. Mckay, who pur-
chased them as investments. Gil
bert Trash and family reside in one
Of them, and the Tysinger sisters in
| the other.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
OPTOMETRIsTs MEET

The optOmetrists and their wives
of the sixth zone, southeastern Ohio,
met here Tuesday evening. Dinner
was served at the Kennebec hotel,
after which the men held their meet
ing at the Baker jewelry store, and
the ladies spent the evening with
Mrs. Baker. These optometrists
hold meetings twice monthly.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
EDITOR w. ID. MATSON WRITES
FESS PLAQUE INSCRIPTION

At the request of the three sons Of
the late Senator S. D. Fess, Editor
w. D. Matson has written the copy
for the inscription for a bronze
plaque to. be used on the monument
erected at the grave of Senator Fess
in Yellow Springs cemetery. The in
scription contains about $50 words.
The late Senator Fess and Mr.. Mat
son had been intimate friends for
many years.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
MISS RALSTON TOASTMISTRESS

The fourth annual June conven-
tion of the Cambridge -Barnesville
District Methodist Epworth League
Cabinet will be held Thursday and
Friday, June 10-11, at the First M.
E. church, Woodsfield. Miss Eleanor
Ralston, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. D..
G.. Ralston, is toastmistress at a
banquet to be held Friday evening
at the church.
Rev. Hoy and several young peo-
pie from the local M. E. church plan
to attend the convention.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
To Celebrate Golden Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Carpenter,
Chesterhill, O., will celebrate their
golden wedding Sunday, June G..
At the noon hour a family dinner
will be served. with appropriate dec
orations. All friends will be cor
daily welcomed from one until five
p. m.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
WPA PROJECTS COMPLETED

The following WPA projects have
been completed within the week:
The Union-Homer new school build
ing; Malta-Penn township road,
stone for which was from the Teters
quarry, Newton ridge; and the Malta
pavements, which took 1920 square
feet of cement.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
AUTO ACCIDENT

Cars driven by Edgar Campbell of
Portersville and Roy Roberts, near
Malta, collided early Sunday morn
ing on route 81, near the Beech
Grave Inn. The Campbell car, a
roadster with rumble seat, had six
occupants. 1t went over an en-
bankment, turning over several
times. One of the occupants, Mrs.
Garnet Gamer, was badly injured
|and was taken in Miller's ambulance
to Bethesda hospital. The other oc-
|cupants whose names were not
learned, were not much injured. The
cars were badly damaged.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
MAYOR MERCER ENTERTAINS
CO.WORKERS

Last evening, Mayor A. B. Mercer
entertained at o'clock dinner at
the Kennebec hotel, the town Off
cials, in all to the number Of about
|l2. The dinner was given by Mayor
Mercer in appreciation of the splen-
did cooperation the officials have
given him during the past two years.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
Deaths Toll

May ~ to June 8, 1887
VIM Crooks, Roseville.
Col. Thos. O. Crossan, GAINESVILLE.
Kay Frances Moore, McConv'le.
Mrs. Mary Worstell, Beverly.
Andrew L. Pierce, GAINESVILLE.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
Relief Office Discontinued

The relief office here was discon-
tinued June /. Miss jamie Elmore
who has had charge of it, is at the
sewing room on Center street, sew
eral days each week, in connection
with distribution of garments made
there
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
MRS. JESSE WILLIAMS TO
UNDERGO OPERATION

Mrs. Jesse Williams Of Pennsville
was taken Wednesday to Memorial
hospital, Marietta, and expects to
undergo major operation this fore
moon. Miss Helen Ridgley Of this
place is the special nurse in charge.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
THREE TAKE EXAMINATION
FOR MALTA POSTOFFICE

The civil service examination call
ed for the Malta postoffice, was held
here Saturday in the postoffice
building, conducted by John G. Scott.
Those who took the examination
were Marjorie Harrison, Charles Fin
ley and George Davis.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICES

Memorial day, while fittingly and
patriotically observed in the Twin
Cities, Sunday, to many of the large
number present brought tinge Of
sadness, since it was observed diff
ferently from that of the past, when
the G. A. r. ritualistic exercises
were carried out at both the Malta
and McConnelsyille cemeteries.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
MRS. BEARD NOT so WE'LL

Mrs. Emma Beard who underwent
a major operation several weeks
ago, and had improved so that she
was able to be brought to her home
near here, has not been so we'll, and
at times has had quite high fever.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03

Decoration day saw but six
Civil war soldiers of Morgan
county still in the land of the
living. They are: S. T. Mehaffey
and ]. l.. Benjamin, Malta; J.
w. Moody, Bishopville; George
Yarnell and George HI. Patter-
son, Chesterhill, and Hiram Nc
Cam, Stockport. Three answer
er the last roll call during the
year, A. A. Coulson, Henry Cook
and j. p. Hosom.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
Miss Katherine Earich Home

The many friends of Miss Rather
inc Earich, who has been taking
treatment at the Mt. Vernon sana-
torium, will be pleased to learn that
she is very much improved in health
and was able to return Saturday to
her home in upper Malta. She was
accompanied home by her brother,
Mr.. Albert Earich, wife and daugh-
ter Margaret Ann of Coshocton, who
visited until Monday.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03

But one soldier of the Civil
war was present.. L. Benjamin
of Malta.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23

merely a bunch of green feathers
lay stiffly on the bottom.
We'll, if this isn't just one Of
those days!" she said aloud.
"Oh, Brooke!" Jerry Field called
from the hall.
AS she appeared in the doorway,
he exclaimed:
ttOf all the gorgeous creatures!
You look like a mi1lion!"
GERRY, drive me across the
causeway, will you? Quick!"
whats the matter?"
Il must go. Is your road
ster here?"
LEFT it by your garage"
''By the garage!"
Brooke's blood CONCEALED. Sup.
pose as they stepped into the car the
two crook walters should appear for
a tub of ice cream? Would the men
suspect her errand? Into her mind
flashed her reply to Mark Trent:
'"That's quite suggestion that I
end the poor boys torment. will.
Tonight"
What thought for this crisisl
What a thought!
'Wait minute, Jerry! While I'm
upstairs, set the parrots cage in the
back hall, please. III can't bear
to have it here. You'll see why"
She raced up the stairs, charged
into her bedroom, pulled suit
case from the shelf. On the way
down, she took the two lowest stairs
in a jump. She thrust the case into
Fields hand.
Whats the big idea?"
Don't - ask - questions! Let's
go!"
''You can't walk in the snow in
those white satin sandals, you'll
ruin the green heels"
She pushed him toward the door.
"Get going! Get going!"
"Well, III be darned! Come on"
Brooke felt the dampness between
the straps Of her sandals. 1t seemed
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CHAPTER X11-Continued
II r.

1.-THE music has stopped! There
60 the foots!' She caught his sleeve,
looked up and begged in an I'M
steady whisper:
do your best, Mark. This act
will kill or make the play"
His lips were on hers so quickly
that she had no chance to protest.
He kissed her passionate1y, thor
ough1y; said in husky whisper:
Credit that to the silent police
man. Now, III play that part to the
hiIt."
Brooke tried to ignore her racing
pulses. She mocked:
II seem to be in the path of an
emotional cyclone; first, Jerry field;
now you. I suppose Jed will be the
next. Your cue! Quick! Quick!"
In an instant he was on the stage.
Brooke shut her eyes tight in an
effort to steady a whirling world.
Mark Trent's lips on hers had been
like an electric current through her
body. Every pulse, every nerve re-
sponded.
She listened. 1t was very still in
front, a sort of hypnotized stiffness.
She could hear the voices on the
stage, but she couldn't keep her
mind on what they were saying.
Even as she supplied properties,
even as the actors made their en-
frances and exits she was thinking
of Mark Trent's eyes as he had
looked down into hers, was wonder
ing what he wanted to tell her on
the way home?
How Reyburnish! The incurable
dramatic streak in the Reyburn
temperament had been in the sad
die when she had planned that.
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AAO
By Emile Loring
g Emile Loring.
WNU Service.

"Get a peek at Mrs. Gregory out
front, third row, center. She's blaz-
ing with jools."
Jed Stewards words answered
Brooke's question as clearly as if
whispered in her ear. The man had
come for Mrs. Gregory's diamonds.
She must notify the police! She
snatched her hand from the tele-
phone in its cradle on the desk.
Not that. Wires had ears. She
would go herself. Across the cause
way. To Inspector Harrison at
headquarters. She could 60 and be
back before she was missed. Sup
pose she were stopped on the way!
Where was Henri? Was he in on
this? She must locate him before
she left the house.
She caught up green velvet
wrap, stuffed some bills into her
emerald satin bag. Pelted down the
stairs, into the living-room toward
the bell. Stopped. Where was the
parrot? He was not in his cage!
Had he made another break for
freedom? She looked between the
gilded bars. What seemed to be
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
CHAPTER XIII

AS the curtain fell with dramatic
slowness for the last time, the audi
ence stood clapping and calling. AS
it rose again, Brooke saw the blond
marcelle, second row center, make
it's way up the aisle followed by a
man with sleek black hair. The pro-
Queer and the manager! They had
come back for the third. That must
mean something. We're they leav-
ing before speaking to Sam? He was
on the stage now in the midst Of the
cast who had taken their bows; the
arms of the women were heaped
with flowers. He had put on coat
and collar and tie but the white
bow had gone rakish. He looked
very young as he stood grinning
boyish1y and waiting for a chance
to speak. His voice shook as he
said:
Thanks lots! Glad you liked 1t.
Couldn't have put it across without
their help" He indicated the men
and girls around him on the stage,
and the audience broke into thun-
derous applause. The curtain fell
slowly.
Brooke's eyes were blinded by
happy tears as she started for the
ressing-room. She must get back
to Lookout House to change for the
party. The girls Of the cast were
going to Mark Trent's in the eve
ming frocks they had worn in the last
act. Leaving the wings, she collid-
ed with the marcelled blond. The
New York producerl He was UNI
aware Of her murmured apology as
he gesticulated and talked to his
sleek-haired companion. She lis
tened una shamedly and heard him
say:
"It's got everything. Humor, sus-
pense, moving simplicity, fidelity to
ideals, and unfaltering movement. !"
"'But has it got box-ofice?"
"I'll gamble my last dollar on it.
It's the old recipe for play-writing
carried to perfection:
"'Make 'ern laugh; make 'em
weep; make 'em wait Where'd you
say that boy got his start?"
Brooke lodged acquaintance and
strangers in evening clothes who
were growing on to the stage to
greet the actors. In the dressing
room she slipped into her fur coat
and ran downstairs to her town car
parked near the rear entrance.
The snow was falling ha1f-heart-
eddy as If it had not quite decided
If it were worth while to come down
at all. She drove swiftly toward
home. Mark Trent had asked her
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q SOSSSoSs
"Go as far as you like with every
thing, only be sure that there is
enough to eat and sufficient help.
To have plenty is an obsession of
mine"
There would be plenty and then
some. Just before she left Lookout
House for the Club theater, the
caterer had arrived with his van
and horde of walters. They had
sounded like an army making
camp.
Trent's Japanese cook came for
ward to open the door of the car
when she arrived. Snow powdered
his shoulders and cap. His eyes
glittered in his swarthy face. His
teeth cleaned as he ducked his
head in funny little bow. Brooke
let down the window.
II won't get out here, Taku. I'll
run into our garage, ALI the space
outside will be needed for the cars
Of the guests"
''You right, Mees. Thank you.
Much big party, Kowa say"
Would there be room for Sans
coupe? Brooke wondered, as she
drove into the garage. One corner
had been filed with ice cream tubs.
He could leave it outside, she de-
cided. She shut off her engine and
partially closed the door as she
went out.
AS she reached the dark hem
lock behind the Other House, she
fingered for an instant in it's deep
shadow. How still the world was.
Snow fell as softly as il someone
had slit open pillow and shaken
down it's feathers. There was no
near sound of surf tonight.
She shrank deeper into the purple
gloom under the tree as two men
came down the back steps from the
kitchen-waiters, she knew by their
clothing. Not more than five feet
from her one Of them stopped to
light a cigarette. He growled:
"The boss can wait for them ice
cream tubs till I get a smoke"
Sure he can. Light up again
and take look at this"
A hand held scrap Of paper
within the light of a match. The
same voice said:
''It's the picture Of the dame who
said: He was a swell-dressed fella.'
Guess I'll have to date her up!"
The other man closed his hand
over the match.
"You an your danes! Forget 'em
for tonight, or you'll crack up on
this job. Come on!"
AS Brooke dressed in her room,
the words and suggestive laugh Of
the man who had produced the pic
turre kept boiling up through her
jubilation over Sans success,
through the unacceptable memory Of
Mark Trent's eyes and voice as he
had caught her in his arms.
She was adjusting rhinestone
and synthetic emerald clip to the
shoulder Of her white satin frock
when thought forked through her
mind like lightning. The amber
and brown eyes of the looking glass
girl frowning back at her widened
with amazement; her red lips
moved.
"He said-he said-'I'n have to
date her up!'"
In an instant she was on the floor
beside her desk with a big manila
envelope in her lap. She pulled out
a bunch Of clippings. She had it!
the picture Of girl, Maggie Cas-
sidy, and under it the caption:
''She said that the man she saw
in the garage was swell-dressed
fella."
The waiter who had shown the
other man the clipping was the Bath
Crystal Bandit. the man she had
recognized at the Supper club! He
was the man who had tied up Hunt
in the garage! Was he also the muir
derer Of Lola Hunt?
Why was the man in Mark Trent's
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ing down the back steps. 1t might
be the Bath Crystal Bandit! She
called in guarded voice to the
Japanese who was directing park
ing, but loud enough for the man on
the steps to hear:
"Taku! Put this suitcase in the
rumble. And, Taku, if you see my
brother, tell him-tell him." she
raised her voice, "that Mr.. Field
and I have run away to be mar
ried."
$50 we're off to be married!
That's all right with me-" jerry
Field approved fervently.
Brooke, whose face was pressed
against the back window of the
roadster, twisted round in her seat.
Don't be foolish, Jerry. OF
course we're not. That was a red
herring drawn across our trail"
"Just why the red herring?"
The ironic note in his voice gave
her chill tremor of disnay; she
didn't care for the way in which his
eyes narrowed as they peered
through the wind shield. She pro-
tested:
Don't speak like that, it makes
me shivery, and goodness knows
my teeth are fairly chattering now"
She turned to peer from the rear
window. mo car in sight yet. Can
you go little faster?"
"Not without risk Of skidding off
the causeway and breaking our
necks. Can't you see how the snow
is plastering the wind shield. The
squeegee barely moves. Why the
haste?"
while I'm telling you I'll keep
watch. The excitement began upon
my return from the play"
She told him of leaving her town
car in the garage, Of stopping in the
purple gloom under the hem1ock to
look at the lighted windows of the
stone houses crouched on the ledge;
her breath quickened as she re-
peated the words of the man who
had produced the newspaper clip
ping:
cts the picture of the dame
who said: "He was a swell-dressed
fella!" I'll have to date her up
'That was what the Cassidy girl
said about the man they suspect
robbed Mrs. Hunt"
Fields voice was sharp, his per-
sonal problem was submerged in
mounting tide of excitement. The
car shot ahead like whippet I'M
leashed.
II know that now. The certainty
as to who he was flashed through
my mind while / was dressing, and
the suspicion that he might be at
the Other House tonight to lift
that's the technical term, isn't it
Mrs. Gregory's gorgeous dia-
monds."
"Why didn't you phone the po.
Ice?"
with Henri in the house? I may
be slow thinker but I'm not abso-
lutely dumb.
"And the suitcase?"
IA touch of theater. I thought
if one of the gang saw us starting,
he might suspect he had been dis
covered, but if he heard what I
told Taku he would feel secure.
Elopements happen every day."
mot in my young lfe," Jerry
Field retorted crisply.
They maintained a breathless.
alert silence until the roadster
turned corner into street which
had an air of lonely spaciousness.
Just ahead bulked the combination
Jail and police headquarters,
gloomy and ponderous.
"Shal I come in with your Field
asked, as he stopped the roadster
before heavy iron door and cut
Off his engine.
eyes. I may need you to corrobo-
rate my story. When I burst In
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veins, had the effect of red t'stop"

Where's the inspector? must
see him. Matter of life and DEATH"
she confded breathlessly. In her
excitement she caught the mans
arm and shook it. He scowled at
her, looked beyond her at Jerry
Field; his expression mellowed.
Inspectors just come in. He's
in the radio division. Go through
those swinging doors up them stairs
to the tower"
Brooke was through the doors be-
fore the man had finished speaking.
Three or four men leaning over
great U-shaped table looked up as
she entered the room. With a NUT
tered exclamation, the inspector left
them and came forward.
A man sitting at a telephone said
something in low voice to an off,
Ger before a microphone. Tubes in
the broadcasting apparatus crack
led into life. He said slowly and
distinctly into the mike:
Calling car 1881. Car 3131. Car
3131. Go to X and Tenth street."
Brooke commanded breathlessly:
Listen to me, Inspector. The
man who robbed Lola Hunt is serv-
ing supper at the Trent h-house on
the point!"
Inspector Bill Harrison smiled,
curious smile.
wish I'd known this before, Miss
Reyburn. I've just come from the
point, following tip had. What's
the dope on this bandit? Is it the
same guy you saw at the Supper
club?"
1T must be, Inspector. To-
night" Before she had finished
telling of the alleged walters re-
mark about Maggie Cassidy's pic
ture, machinery was cracking
again and the man at the micro
phone was broadcasting distinctly:
Calling car 1912. Car 1912. Car
1912. Go to Trent house on point.
Inspector will meet you. Calling car
6784. Car 6784. Car 6784. Go to
Trent house on point. Inspector will
meet YOU"
Inspector Bill Harrison was out
of the room before the man at the
microphone had completed the call.
One Of the officers turned over two
discs on the U-table; the other
frowned at her with the bluest, most
Irish eyes she ever had seen as he
answered her unspoken question:
eve don't dare be more explicit
over the mike, Miss. The thugs
pick up the messages"
IT hope they get there in time.
Sergeant?"
"Tine for what, Miss?"
II think-I think he's there to get
Mrs. Gregory's diamonds-she's
she's simply plastered with them
tonight
Jerry Field was pacing the lower
corridor when she reached it.
cts about time you appeared,
Brooke! / was just coming up to
look for you. What do we do next?"
"Back to the party Of course"
The wind swirled her short hair,
clutched at her satin skirts, tugged
at her velvet wrap as they went
down the jail steps. AS Jerry Field
tucked the robe about her wet feet
he looked up. Snow had settled in
the brim of his soft hat, whitened
his shoulders
Lets make a break for town,
sweet thing, and make that yarn
you told Taku the truth"
The expression in his eyes, the
break in his voice hurt her. She
said unsteadily:
please, Jerry! I can't care for
you that way. Take me back quick
ly, will you? We mustn't miss Sans
party"
"Oh Sam! Sam is your white
haired boy. He's all that you Rey-
burn women think of or care about.
believe you'd sell YOUR soul for
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ITO BE CONTINUED)

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