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Evening star., 1937-04-18
sIhe Junior Hunt Show,
Golf Luncheons, Parties
Variety of Activities Offer Busy Week for
the Residents of Bethesda and Other
Nearby Neighborhoods.

RIDGE parties the Junior Hunt Show the revival of
Friday golf luncheon for those who love outdoor e kept
IL along Rockville Pike during
The gold uncheons held each week the
the Of who usually
Huff Chevy Chase Gardens
of Somerset
really Bethesda group young folks
but there local boys girls taking the
Bradley Farms today that Bethesda has assumed than
proprietary relationship toward it. Margaret
the organizers of the Junior Hunt Tom Mott of Edgemoor
its most active members the Miss
Louise Crosby Chevy Chase Terrace Miss
Miss Robin Riddk road Bradley
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Horse Show
Plans Are
Announced
Many Exhibitors Are
Assured for Junior
League Event.

HE Washington Horse Show, at
Meadowbrook Show Grounds,
will take place Friday, Satur-
L day and Sunday, May 7. 8
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Pioneer Women
To Hold Luncheon

The annual donor luncheon given
by the Pioneer Women's Organization
will be held at the Volga Boatman
Club April % at 10 o'clock. A prom
inent speaker will address the meet
ing.
For reservations and tickets call
Mrs. Semuel Horvitz, at 1000 Con-
necticut avenue northwest.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
McCarrans Hosts.

Senator and Mrs. Pat McCarran
entertained at dinner at the Shore
ham last evening for a s.oup Of vis-
ltors from their home State, Nevada.
The guests were Senator and Mrs. Key
Plttman, Representative James G..
Scrugham, the attorney general Of
Nevada, Mr.. Gray Mashburn; Mr.. and
Mrs. AL Cation, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Warren, Mrs. Helen benson. Mrs. Jo-
seph Gelder, Mr.. A. M. Smith. Mr.. J..
A. Carpenter, Mr.. Charles De Almond,
Mr.. Edward Clarke and Mr.. Alfred
Cahlan.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
VyIet skoncil rozvodem.

Costa do stare vlasti prime
sla mfsto osvezen1 manzelskou
roztrzku a rozvod. Manuel Sc
tam zamiloval do jine, slibil j
snatek a kdyz milenka ozna-
mila, re "a MIN jede S d1tetem,
bylo zle.
Ruth Andersonova v Chica-
gu prisla k soudci prGvodu
tTf d6tf a zadala rozvod. Jeji
pravnfk vypravel:
"PTed trent roxy manzele sc
rozhodli podfvati Sc do stare
vlasti, Svedska, a osveziti sc u
pomfnkami ma starou vlast.Z "a
stall tam devet mes1c1, ale
kdyz sc vraceli, tax muz nedo-
stal viso, ponevadz nenf obca-
mem a nemel dovolen1 k navra-
tn. Musel tedy zdstati zpatky
a kdyz zena pTijela, musela Sc
namahati, ably mu vymohla
vstup. To Sc podarilo pred ne
daVnem, pOslala muzi penlze
ma cestu a ocekavala jej kazdy
den. Psal, re uz jede, ale "a
roven prislo jine psanf adreso-
vane ma muze a kdyz jej zena
pTecetla, omdlela. Dopis incl
"Drahy Gustave. AZ toto psa-
nj budes c1st, tax, jsem ma ces-
t6 "a tebou i S naS1m d1tetem a
doufam, re isl vsechno uz zarf-
dill, ably isl Sc mohl zbavit zeny
a ozeniti Sc sc mnou jak isl mi
slibil. Doufam, re mi pTijdes
ma nadraz1 naproti a budeme
NIT veselku hned jak prijedu.
Dft6 je zdravo a ia take. L1ba
te iva mila zenuSka Doris"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
Zapal slepeho streva dedicnou
nemoci.

Appendicitis Gill zapal
sIepeho streva, jedna z nejo-
bycen6jsfch lidskych potfz1.
vyzadujfcfch operace, jest pa
trn6 dedicnou nemocf, jak do
klada prof. E. G.. Stanley Ba-
ker z Wabash College.
Oznamil prav6 The Jour
nal of Heredity, re shledal, Re
infekce zapalu, majfcf "a ma
sledek zapal, bolesti a strzeni,
"koluje rodinach." We ety.
Tech pokolen1ch jedne rodiny
dvanact pTfpadd Sc udalo. Dru
ha ma appendicitis nachylna
rodina byla nalezena, "beze
vs1 zvlastnf namahy", dodal a
tTet1 hlasena byla Journalu
soucasne.
D1te sc narod1 S postizenym
appendixem, ale zdedi nachyl-
most k nemoci prave tax, jak
soudfme O jinych osobach, re
zded1 nachylnost k rakovine.
prav1 ucenec re statu Indiana,
"Jelikoz bezprostTedni pTi.
cinou appendicitis je obycejne
bakterialnf infekce, jest memo.
Emo udati spravne, re slabost
NIUE prospect vzniku podob.
nych okolnostf", vysvetluje
prof. Baker.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
New Yorske tenementy
ZrnenSenv

We sv6 vyrocnf zprave v New
Yorku mayorovi komisaT Lang
don Post z Department. pro
tenementn1 domy, hlasil, re
department zredukoval pocet
obydlenych starych tenement
Mich domG We tTech letech O
1000. V pTedchazejfcich tri-
ceti a tTech letech, jak udava,
pocet podobny zredukovan byl
pouze O $4,000.
Komisar Post odhadoval, re
" pTrftomne dobe nenf vice nez
60, 900 obydlenych tenementd
die stareho zakona v meste.
Jest vice nez $500 prazdnych
starych tenementG, mezi mimi
1916, kter6 byly zavreny ma
rozkaz departmental V posled-
mich tTech letech.
Zprava vykazuje pokles V
poctu fataln1ch pr1padu wink
lych z "generalnf konflagran-
ce" We starych cinzacfch z diva
ceti dvOu V rOce 1885 ma dva-
nact V roce 1886.
Minuleho roku V chodbach
domG byly zasobeny opatre-
MIN proti ohni 1893 budo-
vach stropy a sklepy V 1914
domech. Legaln1 ochranne pa
vlacky konstruovany 6899
budovach. To mini, pravf Sc
We zprav6, dodatecnou ochra-
nu pro vice nez 200, 900 muznt,
zen a d1tek bydlfcfch v techto
budovach.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27

V New Yorku bylo nalezeno
telo mladeho muze, V nemz byl
pax policejne zjisten asi 27le-
ty Oliver George Spinecal, KITE
~ ma policejn1 rekord v Seat
thu, Los Angeles a Bostonu.
Kufr, v nemz. byla mrtvola
natlacena a skrcena, byl pri-
jat k doprave V 1Tadovne A
merican Railway Express Co.
Pozornost byla vzbuzena tim,
re krev kapala z kufru. Kdyz
byl otevren a mrtvola objeve-
ma, bylo shledano, re telo bylo
dosud teple. Kufr byl starry a
znacne potluceny a meme nez
|3H stopy dlouhy. Byl ode
vzdan Expresu k doprave pou-
re nekolik minut pred zjiste-
MIN kapajicf krve a otevfenlm.
Odesilatel udal svoje jmeno
jake Joe Marshal. Postal kuf1
nevyplacene do Memphis,
Tenn, kde 81 jej, jak fekl, sam
vyzvedne a zaplat1.
Mezi telem byly nacpany
kalhoty a nekolik kusG prada
Tetovani z jedne Pare tela by.
10 odriznuto. Tehoz dine by.
zatcen vrah 36lety Josef Og.
den, nezamestnany. Doznal Sc
k vrazde, k n1z pry doslo pc
hadce. I'll sc zabitym spoiled
ne asi tri mes1ce.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
Petroleje v Texasu pribyIo.

Objevenf tTiceti novych olej-
nych zT1del Texasu behem
prvnfch sesti mesic1 roku 1887
vyvolalo obvykle shy vsech ma
jitel1 pozemk1 re Pride den
kdy "cerne zlato" vytryskne
zrovna pod jejich farmami.
Cd 1. ledna byla nacerpano
80 novych studnf c1mz jich Gel
kovy pocet vzrostl ma 525. Re
|254 okres1 statu olej Sc nyn1
tezf We 141, a v SO jinych Sc
provadejf vyzkumne vrtac1 pra
ce. Zejmena v zapadn1m Tex
asu, kde behem sv6tove valky
Sc vydelavaly miliony, tezebn1
ruch Sc opet zvysil. Ma pr.
Iron Mountain Oil Co. ma V
Jones okresu pramen, ktery al
zar1zen1 pro zachycovan1 Dude
skonceno, %poskytne cd 5000
do $4,000 sudG oleje denne.
Jine zr1dlo We Fisher okresu
skyta denne 5000 sudG; dale
zapad, prace v oblasti Per
maianu podel hranice Texas
New Mexico ruch Sc vzmaha
tax, re sc tam hrne lid sc
vsech stran. Odessa, stTedisko
ruchu v zapad. Texasu zvojna-
sobila sve obyvatele a z nedo-
statku dom1 stare poulicnf ka-
ry koupene We Fort Worth sc
uzivajf "a pr1bytky. Mezi nj
mi jine kraje pozehnane pT1-
rodnim bohatstvlm c1taj1 sc
jefferson a Mount Pleasant We
Vych. Texasu, a velky zajem
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27

Bohaty, ale velmi lakomy
karpatorusky chasid n~avst1vil
iednoho dine zazracneho rab1-
ma.
eco mann delat," tazal Sc,
"abych V noci lepe spal?"
Beze slova no rab1n zavedl
k oknu. eco vid1s?" otazal Sc.
"Vid1m lidi," odvetil lako-
mec. Ma to no zavedl rabfn k
zrcadlu: "A CO vid1s ted?"
"Ted vid1m sebe," znela Cd
poved.
"Tak je to-" ma to rekl rab1n.
"Okno je sklo a zrcadlo je
sklo. Stacf trochu stT1bra, ably
clovek nevidel ostatnf a videl
jen sama sebe. Nem1zes-li v
noci spat, premyslej O TOM"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27

Do Fairview Park nemocni-
&c V Clevelandu byla s oppale-
nyma nohama dopravena 3leta
Rosemary Forgusova. D1te Sc
d1valo jak nekolik klukG roz-
delalo ohnfcek. Uzili k tomu
oleje, ktery nekde ukradli. Je-
den z mladych nebezdI vyzval
holcicku, ably prosla bosyma
nozkama plameny. Kdyz sc k
tomu nemela, vstrcil il do O.
hn6.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
HVEZDIcKA.
Eugen Lederer:

Kdyz tax lez1m tise
ma tom lozi SVEN,
hveZdicka mi S vySe
swift mad oknem.
Swift a sc nina,
jak by chtela dit:
vsecka lidska tina
must konec NIT.
Clt1m novou silou
Ease nitro plat,
hvezdicku tn milou,
o, jak mann il rad.
Plasf femme chmury
obav made mnou,
line pomoc s hIry
v dust zemdlenou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
Zavrazdena.

We SVEN pr1bytku v dome
1886 zap IS. ulice horce ma
T1kala Mrs. Christina Kuchta
mad tragickym skonem sve nej-
stars1 dcery 19lete Anne Kuch-
ia, ktera byla nalezena ubita
cihlou We SVEN pokoji v nemoc-
nici V Chicago, kde p%racovala
jako OSetfovatelka.
Mela nocn1 sluzbu, kterou
pferusila We 4 hod. rano, ably
We sluzbe pokracovala al do
osme hodiny ranni. Sdilela v
nemocnici stejny pokoj1k s j.
nou studentkou osetrovatel-
stvl, Florence Palmowski, 49,
letou.
Ia sla vzbuditi Anne Kuch-
ia nekolik minut pc p1l seste,
ale sotva otevrela dvere, z1sta-
la hrdzou jake pfikovana. Ma
zemi u lGzka lezelo bezduche
nahe telo jejf kamaradky An
ny Kuchty. Hlava byla zbro-
cena krvi.
Florence Palmowski vypra-
vela, re pTi otevTeni dveTi po-
kojlku zahledla vylezati ok
mem nejak6ho muze, ktery byl
vysoky asi 5 stop a 8 palc1. U
okna, re ktereho vystupoval,
jest pozarn1 zebr1k, pc nemz
pravdepodobne do pokoj1ku
vetfelec vnikl a take utekl. Ne
mohla vsak T1ci, IDA muz byl
cernoch nebo beloch, ale uda-
la, re V pT1tm1 zahledla, re
mel ma sobe b1lou kosili a tina
We kalhoty.
Margaret Hanko, ktera jak
vyse uvedno, spala We vedlej-
Sim pokojiku, policistdm sdeli-
la, re neslysela niceho. z toho
policie usuzuje, re zvrhl1k svo-
il obet cihlou nejdrive omracil
anebo docela zabil a potion il
znasilnil. Usta jeho obeti byla
ucpana c1pem podusky.-
OSetfovatelka, Irene Busch,
sdelila kapitanovi, re pred dive
ma tydny oznamila il Florence
Palmowski, re dratena vlozka
V okne jejfho pokojfku byla u
volnena. Domovnfk budovy
vec napravil. Diva dny ma to
vykonavala svoji osetrovatel-
skou povinost ma tTet1m patre
budovy a pri vyhlednutf z okna
spatfila ma pozarnfm zebrlku
cernocha, ktery mel pod pazf
neco V bal1cku.
Pc zpGsobenem poplachu
cernoch utekl a ma zadost spra
wy nemocnice policejn1 kapi-
tan re STANCE Hyde Park usta-
novil stalou hlfdku jednoho pc
licisty u budovy nemocnice. Pc
ctyTech dnech vsak tato hlidka
byla odvolana.
Zavrazdena oSetTovatelka
vystudovala minuleho roku
vyssf skolu. Jej1 rodice, John
a Christina Kuchtovi, pochaze-
il z Grodna Varsavy a pro-
hlasuj1 sc "a Rusy.
= Druhy 1tok ma jinou oSe-
tTovatelku behem "a hodin pc
usmrcen1 Kuchtove udal Sc. O.
bet1 druheho 1toku byla Flo
renee Swanson, 34leta. nocnf
superintendentka v Jefferson
Park nemocnici. Riznuta by
la do prsou, ramen a leve stra-
ny tela muzem, jenz vessel do
%svetnice osetTovatelek ma PRIV
MIN pOschod1.
Vetfelec hodil il polstar do
obliceje Sc slovy: "Dam VAN
co JIM dostali.
Kdyz vykTikla vyskocil ok
mem s vyse 8 stop ma chodnik a
utekl.
= Vdova z~totoznena jake
Henrietta B. Anderson, 36leta,
nalezena byla v nedeli utluce-
ma ku smrti v jeff svetnici We
Washingtonu. Byla matkou
dvou d1tek. Manuel JEFF zem-
rel pred rokem. Zamestnana
byla We vyslouzilecke admin
Straci.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
o takove teplo nestala.

Slecna by Sc rada vdala a
dala 81 proto do novin nasledu-
j1cf inserat:
"Starsf osamela slecna hle-
da muze, jenz by do jejf do
macnosti prinesl trochu te-
pla."
Jake jediny muz prihlasil Sc
zastupce plynarenske spolec-
nosti, re by slecne zavedl plyn
ma pohodlne mesfcn1 splatky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
Zkusenosti slevelandkseho
studenta.

22lety posluchac Western
Reserve university Vachel
Lindsay Blair byl dobrovolnf-
KEN v loyalisticke armada We
spanelske valce. Blair, ktery
Sc S velkymi nesnazemi dostal
z Clevelandu do Spanelska V
domneni, re jeho inzenyr-
skych zkusenostf Dude uzito V
zazemf pri praci ma valecnem
prdmyslu, byl loyalisty vrstr-
cen do uniformly kulometc1ka
a poslan ma nejhorsf frontu.
Kdyz znechucen pomery ia
kych byl We Spanelsku sved-
KEN, desertoval z armady. By1
dopaden.
Mladf Americana dostali,
kan NELL nam1reno, a hned Sc
dali naverbovat do "cizinecke
brigady" kde slouz1 pf1slusn1-
ci rGznych narodnostl, mimo
jine take dost CechG. America
ne utvorili zvlastn1 diva batol-
liony, jeden nazvany jmenem
presidenta Abrahama Lincol-
ma, druhy jmenem presidenta
George Washingtona. A pra-
We tyto bataliony byly poslany
nejkrvavejsf 1sek fronty u
Guadalajara, kde z Lincolnovy
Getty zGstaly jen ubohe trosky,
kdyz vetsina mladych nadsen-
CD byla pobita. Blair byl Pride
len batallionu Westinghouse
jake kulometcfk a stravil ma
fronte nekolik mes1cG. V do
pise 81 stezuje, jak je sluzba
|tezka, jak nebezpec1 CHA ma
kazdem kroku, jak je armada
V poll = a zejmena "cizinecka
brigada" spatne zasobovana,
lax nemel pc tydny k j1dlu mic
iineho lee kus sucheho chleba
a trosku marmelady, zat1m co
81 Spanelove "a frontou cpall
zaludky a zapijeli vydatne kr-
me celymi dzbany ohniveho vi
ma" Kdyz to clovek vsechno
uvaz1 = p1se student vystr1zli-
vely re sveho nekdejsfho mad
SEMI = "dospel jsem k nazoru.
re bych 81 z toho mic nedelal
byt nadosmrti mrzakem, kdy-
bych byl zranen pr obhajobe
sve americke vlasti prot faSis-
mu. Ale obetovat zivot nebo
Zdravf "a to, CO Sc nazyva Spa
nelska republika, by bylo no
town sflenstv1m. Byl jsem
tn bezmala pet mesfcG a nam
vseho az pc kirk" Blair vzpomf
ma pobitych dobrych kamara-
dG. statecnych americkych no.
chi, kteTf padli nevedouce
vlastne proc a FAC. PTal by ST,
ably loyalisti nakonec zvftezili,
ale "bez dals1 americke pod
pory." Je hrozne, kdyz vide
lan1 americtf mlad1ci, kteTf O
tolik prevysujf spanelskou chs
|+ru, jsou komandovani k nej-
horst a nejnebezpecnejsi sluz-
be a mali vykrvacet, ami by tim
byt i jen "a max pomohli k Vi
tezstv1 demokracii.
Ma 1teku z fronty We spoiled
nosti nekolika pfatel byl Blair
pred nekolika dny chycen HID
kami a prfsny valecny soud je.i
odsoudil Ike smrti zastTelenim
pro deserci pred nepT1telem. V
nejvets1m nebezpec1, re Dude
rozsudek "a kratko vykonan,
Sc obratil ma americkeho kon-
sula We Valencii, dnesnfm s1dle
loyalisticke vlady, ktery no Wy
svobodil a dostal re Spaniel
ska. Byl by Sc ~postaral take
0 jeho prevoz nazpet do Ame-
riky, ale Blair Sc vydal ma DIAL
81 cestu pc Francii ma vlastn1
pest a postal matce dopis, z
Marseille We Francii.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
Nevyhazeli tolik penez.

Stare valky byly v mnohem
smeru lacinejsf nez nase. TAX
Marlborough, kdyz mu u Lille
dosly zasoby streliva, cekal, az
oblezenf vystTelili kouli z della,
ably il mohl poslat zp9t.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
Vcasne u~pozornsni.

Krotitel zvere VIOLA ku prf-
tomnym:
"Toto jest ten ohromny had,
zvany boa constructor, ktery
pravidelne spolkne k snfdani
cele tele. Dovolte, pane, ne
chodte tax blizko k nemu!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27

Sc jew O novy pramen objeve-
ny V okr. Guadalupe, jizne cd
Austinu. | v jihozap. Texasu
byly ucineny move dGlezite OBJ
jevy.
Texas nyn1 produkuje denne
pTiblizne 1,400, 600 sudG olej-
ne suroviny.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27

KolovratkaT 81 ovazuje usi.
Kolemjdoucf panicka no chv1li
1trpne pozoruje a pax no litu-
je:
"Chudaku, jste nemocen?"
"Ne, milostpanf, ale ia uz tn
muziku nem1zu poslouchat."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27
HrHGza.

Potkali sc diva kamaradi:
"Clovece, ty spatne vypadas!"
"Nediv Sc, jsem nynf zamest-
nan ma novostavbe a tam sc ce-
~ den plahoc1m S cihlami!"
"a jak dlouho uz tam pra-
cujes?"
extra zacnu!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-27

Co je to zubnf lekaT. Je to
clovek, ktery jinym lidem trha
zuby, ably sam mel do echo kou
sat.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-01
SYNOPSIS

Philo Vance, famous detective, and
John F. x. Markham, district attorney
for New York county, are dining. in
Vance's apartment when Vance receives
an anonymous telephone message in
forming him of disturbing psychologist.
cal tension at Professor Ephriam Gar.
denis apartment advising that he read
up on radioactive sodium, consult
passage in the Aeneid and counseling
that "Equanimity is essential" Pro-
lessor Garden is famous in chemical
research. The message, decided by
Vance, reminds him that Professor Gar.
denis son Floyd and his puny cousin,
Woode Swift, are addicted to horse.rac-
ing. Vance says that "Equanimity" is
q horse running next day in the River
mont handicap. Vance is convinced that
the message was sent by DR.. Siefert,
the Gardens family physician. He ar.
ranges to have lunch next day at the
Gardens penthouse. Vance is greeted
by Floyd Garden and meets Lowe
Hammle. an elderly follower of horse
racing. Floyd expresses concern over
SWifts queer actions. Mrs Garden, SUPP
posedly i'll, comes downstairs and places
a $500 bet on a horse. Gathered around
an elaborate loud speaker service, listen
ing to the racing are Cecil Kroon,
Madge Weatherby and Zalia Graem.
who bet varying amounts on the race.
There is tension under the surface gai-
ETY.. Zalia and Swift are not on speak
ing terms. Kroon leaves to keep an
appointment before the race starts Miss
Beeton, a nurse, and Vance bet on
Azure Star" Swift recklessly bets $10,-
600 on "Equanimity'' and goes to the
roof garden to hear the results. Floyd
follows Swift, remaining away several
minutes Zalia answers a phone call in
the den Soon after the announcement
that azure Star" wins, the guests hear
shot. Vance finds Swift dead, shot
through the head with revolver nearby.
He says Swift has been murdered. After
calling the police, he finds the door of a
vault ajar. Kroon returns and is sharply
questioned by Vance, who finds he had
not left the building. Vance orders Miss
Beeton to guard the stairway and pre-
vent Mrs. Garden and Zalia from view
ing Swift's body. Floyd Garden admits
the revolver belongs to his father. Fur
Their questioning by Vance reveals that
the revolver had been found recently by
Zalia in the presence of the other guests.
Floyd hints that Swift bet so recklessly
because of Zalia. Markham, Sergeant
Heath and two detectives arrive.
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doughty sergeant. But, even so,
Markham, can assure you the few
drops of blood you see on the chap
pies temple could not have thick
ened to the extent they had when
/ first saw the body-they must
have been exposed to the air for
several minutes. And, as say,
was up here approximately thirty
seconds after we heard the shot"
"But that being the case" re-
turned Markham in establishment,
chow can you possibly explain the
fact?"
Vance Strengthened a little and
looked at the district attorney with
unwonted gravity.
Swift" he said, twas not killed
by the shot we heard"
'"That don't make sense to me,
Mr.. Vance," Heath interposed,
scowling.
"Just a moment, Sergeant. "
Vance nodded to him in friendly
fashion. "When realized that the
shot that wiped out this johnnie
existence was not the shot that we
had heard, 7 tried to figure out
where the fatal shot could have
been fred without our hearing il
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ttOf COURSE" he said, 'there's
nothing in the outline I've given you
to indicate murder. Nevertheless,
it was murder; and that outline is
exactly the concentration of events
which the murderer wants us to
accept. We are supposed to arrive
at the obvious conclusion Of suicide.
Suicide as the result Of losing mon
ey on horses is by no means rare
occurrence. 1t is not impossible
that the murderer's scheme was in
fuenced by this account. But there
are other factors, psychological and
actual, which belle this whole super
fetal and deceptive structure" He
drew on his cigarette and watched
the thin blue ribbon Of smoke dis
perse in the light breeze from the
river. "To begin WITH" he went on,
"Swift was not the suicidal type.
In the first place, Swift was weak
ling and highly imaginative one.
Moreover, he was too hopeful and
ambitious too sure of his own judg-
ment and good luck-to put himself
out of the world simply because
he had lost all his money. The fact
that Equanimity might not win the
race was an eventually which, as a
confirmed gambler, he would have
taken into consideration beforehand.
In addition, his nature was such
that, if he were greatly disappoint-
ed the result would be self-pity and
hatred of others. He might, in an
emergency, have committed
crime-but it would not have been
against himself. Like all gamblers,
he was trusting and gullible; and ]
think it was these temperamental
qualities which probably made him
an easy victim for the murderer
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below. And I've found the place. It
was in a vault-like .store-room-prac c.
tically sound-proof, ] should say
on the other side Of the passage
way that leads to the study. I found
the door unlocked and looked for ev-
idence of some activity there ="
Markham had risen and taken a
few nervous steps around the pool
in the center of the roof.
Ibid you find any evidence" he
asked, ''to corroborate your the
ory?"
eyes - lmmistakable evidence"
Vance walked over to the still fig
ure in the chair and pointed to the
thick-lensed glasses tipped forward
on the nose. "To begin with, Mark
ham, you will notice that Swift's
glasses are in position far from
normal, indicatin' that they were
put on hurriedly and inaccurately
by someone else-just as was the
head phone"
Markham and Heath leaned over
and peered at the glasses.
"Well, Mr.. Vance," agreed the
sergeant, 'they certainly don't look
as if he had put 'em on himself"
Markham Strengthened up, COM
pressed his lips, and nodded slowly.
"All right" he said; what else?"
"Perpend, Markham" Vance
pointed with his cigarette. 'The
left lens of the glasses-the one
furthest from the punctured temple
lis cracked at the corner, and
there's very small V-shaped piece
missing where the crack begins
an indication that the glasses have
been dropped and nicked. can
assure you that the lens was nei-
Their cracked nor nicked when I last
saw Swift alive"
Couldn't he have dropped his
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"But see here, Vance" Markham
leaned forward protestingly. mo
amount Of mere psychological anal
ysis can make crime out Of stu
alton as seemingly obvious as this
one. must have more definite
reasons than you have given me be-
fore / would be justified in dis
carding the theory Of suicide"
"Oh, I dare say" nodded Vance.