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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

-. he trent TO WOrk -.
ments when you were at your
brothers house on the night OF
July 21."
"Never went there" Clinert
replied smoothly. Never went
near the farm that night. And,
sheriff, that's all I've got to
say"
And he stuck to his guns until
he was finally locked up in the
Austin Jail, in a county and state
that had nothing against him.
Syck found his prisoner
hunched on his cot, smoking a
Cigaret and staring at the
shadows of a barred window
that formed an omlnous grid on
the floor.
"You know the Bible fairly
we'll, don't you, Clinert?"
The prisoner nodded vaguely,
then gradually half closed his
eyes in puzzlement- as a Bible
was thrust into his inert hands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
GiUes Up Affairs;
ChaseS Quotation

In the straggly little town of
Norwood the Minnesotan talked
with Sheriff Weineth of Worth
County who informed him -.
Of YOU can unearth anything
the whole state of Iowa will be
indebted to you. The only thing
we have IL the padlOck-and that
was most certainly locked from
the outside.
Several neighbors have testi-
fled that the back door was
nailed shut-and that's how mat
tiers stand at the moment
Sheriff Syck thanked his coli
league for not reSenting his in
tereSt in the case and concluded:
There IL an angle up In Aus
tin that I'm going To look into
and II anything comes OF II I'll
let you know"
Out al the Lindley farm Ed
ward Parks was still haunting
tire ruins where his friend, had
died. Like many ruSticS. he was
distributed 10 the depths by the
sudden death of his waking hours
towards seeking something tan
gible 10 support his suspicious.
The officer asked casually.
what do you know about
Llndely's family"
Finest people In the world
he replied holly.
Then this Cain and Abel clue
YOU limited at"
The farmer Shufflcd his feet
sWkwardly in The ashes and
answered lamely:
That's gossip-and you Of
ficers want facts"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Sheriff Talks to Him.;
Youths Head BOUed

The sheriff sat down 10 speak
20 him at length. When he arose
10 leave, the sun was setting
and the barred menace had dis
appeared from the floor. Still the
youth sat silent. head bowed in
his cupped hands.
The Bible on the cot lay open
at the marked page. The sheriff
turned slowly at the cell door
and said quietly:
Gain killed his brother, Abel.
You are CAIN"
Gain" in a husky whisper,
as though talking to himself, the
youth muttered, IL am
CAIN
Eyes, you are Cainw the Off
Ger accused. "And you thought
the fire would consume all traces
OF your guilt. You fixed the pad
lock on the door"
The youth shrank before the
accusation and shuddered al the
silence that followed. Then he
began In low. empty voice:
"T killed him 1 killed my
brother You're right -. 1
am Cain went 10 get money
from him and he refused me Z.
1--WE quarreled over stuff Ma
had left me Then 1 hit him
and he fell on the bed .. The
lamp tipped over and the room
was ablaZe =.
IL took 500 from his pockets
and waited until the fire had
taken good hold -. Then L
padlocked the door from the out
side"
ut was the paddock that re-
vealed your crime" the officer
informed him. THE paddock and
the mistaken belief of good
neighbOr I'm the book that Is
lying there on the cot"
Clinert was taken back TO
Iowa. where he repeated his con-
fession. He was duly tried, con-
victed and sentenced TO life IN
the Iowa Penitentiary.
In Museum Of Evidence eX-
hibited by the sheriff's office in
Austin. Mimi. one display OF
more than passing interest is a
paddock lying side by side with a
well-thumbed Bible opened to
the familiar page in Genesis
which reads:
a.. but unto Cain and his
offering the Lord had no respect
And the Lord said unto Cain
the voice of your brothers blood
crieth out at me from the
ground"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

I'm his second number Frank
lin asked for some short Pieces,
Serious, Sarcastic, Ludicrous, or
other ways amusing
"When. about the middle OF
It's short life, an apparent
change In management took
place, an editorial statement
declared: The main Design OF
this Weekly Paper will be tn
entertain the Town with tho
most comical and diverting In
cidents OF Humane Life. which
IN 80 large n Place az Boston
will not fail Of universal
FAemDll fication.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Civil War Snaq

"Not published by authority"
YOU will note. That was the
keynote OF American journalism
independence.
The first snag that American
newspapers ran into in the mat
ter OF their freedom was the
Civil War.
Professor Mott gives us this
interesting sidelight on this
momentous time;
Freedom of the press beyond
anything ever known before In
the world had become n nxed
national tradition In America
before the beginning of the
Civil War.
Recognized by all as n neCes-
sary factor I'm democratic gov
eminent. such freedom Was not
easily attacked. Under tho
stress OF military conditions, tho
administration felt that some
restrictions were necessary.
Regulations were conse-
quently imposed here and there
by civil and military authorities,
hut there was no consistent en-,
forcement OF any fixed body ON
rules controlling the press"
Tho book is illustrated and
constitutes a most valuable
piece of Americana--and IL calls
occasionally unfair" attacks on
the American press made by
Upton Sinclair, Silas Bent,
George Seldes and Harold Ickes.
The American press has little
TO blush for.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

hHilOi II not yet CTdCheu Dy Censorship
of the free pen are not yet taken9
The history of the newspapers in
America. in particular, is a history of
the struggle for our liberties.
And our liberties will rise and fall
in the future in the degree that the
liberties of the press are or are not in
terfered with.
So vital is this continued marriage
of those two words liberty" and news
papers" that the founding fathers ex-
pressly put the word press" in article
one of the Bill of Rights when they
denied TO Congress the right TO "abridge
the freedom of the press"
Here is the history. in nearly 500
pages. of our mirror" and our fortress"
American Journalism A History OF
Newspapers in the United States
Through $50 Years-169O-194 Mac
millan) by Frank Luther Mott, director
of the school of journalism at the Uni
versity of Iowa and Pulitzer Prize
winner in 1899.
The book covers the development of
newspaper history: changing news con-
cepts, mechanical processes, chains and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

well-to-do; then he qualified his
statement and said he had over
looked the youngest:
He Ii I'm Austin somewhere.
He was TO share the home farm
with the eldest-tho one who
died"
But Clinert could not be
traced through the family name
of Lindely, and the sheriff was
surprised to learn from a local
garage man that the youth
posed as Clarence Anderson.
HE didn't like farming so he
spent most OF his time In town
and worked for me on and of.
He was friendly with q married
woman whose husband was suing
for divorce"
Like Cain OF old, Clinert'S
character slowly emerged as the
detective studied the youths
progress while "tilling far fields"
Four days later a tall, hand
some, powerfully built young
man sat across the desk from
Sheriff Syck in Austin. The
Iowa attorney and his sheriff
had brought the suspect directly
TO Minnesota.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
COUerS 2 States
In Investigating

During the next four days
Syck made numerous trips IN
both states inquiring about the
dead man and his relatives.
The Cain and Abel hint re-
ferred of course. 20 brothers,
and 10 Syck's establishment he
discovered that Ebert Lindely
had eight OF them
Eight suspects - II the pres
ence of the paddock and Park 3
dark. Blblcal alluslon were
founded iu fact
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
You Worked 1t Up
So You Talk to Him

"YOu worked this thing up"
the attorney said. $50 maybe you
can get him TO talk. Anyhow l
think you should have an oppor-
tunity to finish the case you
started"
Syck studied the good-looking
youth with professional interest,
while the prisoner smiled boldly
back at him. The smile was chal-
longing and enigmatical as the
sheriff began his questioning in a
calm, cool voice:
Describe In detail your move
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Considers Words,
Agrees With Hin,

The officer silently considered
the last statement, then agreed
with his visitor that he had con-
siderable ground for suspicion
in the circumstances:
"But why do you come 90
me: I'm responsible for law and
order In this community; where
as the events you tell about
took place not only in another
county but In another state"
The Iowa farmer leaned for
ward with eyes blazing from a
weather-beaten face:
Because you're n sheriff
that's goi n name for looking
into things"
The farmer stood uu
you'll find your clue in chap
ter four. paragraph one of the
Book Of Genesis
lie turned 20 60.
"HoId on" the sheriff ordered
What are YOU limiting at? What
are YOU trying 20 say"
II don't hold with gossips so
I'll say no more. You're n smart
Young man 80 YOU don't need
more"
With that he strobe out into
the bliStering sunlight.
The first thing the sheriff did
that evening upon arriving home
vas 10 get out the family Bible.
lie opened 20 the appointed place
and read
and Abel Was the keeper
~ the sheep. But Cain was the
tiller ~ the ground and the
Lord had respect unto Abel and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Lifevihsat- On the Side BY E. '. DURllNG

scalp which caused and this in hair TO
grow again.
Fur Coat Champion
VIRGINIA photographed Manhattan glamour girl
Virginia g. has been married three times First married
when H. She than the country;
two ermine sable, mink white fox full length
nnmerabe fur jackets Also has 60 pairs
of shoes and never less 100 dresses
Ed Miller. telegapher still active Ed 81,
teegrapher for 6S He has been married 63
years lived in the house for 30 years.
Miller claims that during his entire lifetime he has
said:
81. II hot enough for you:" YOU
the humidity"
very unusual man.
HAVE you forgotten Sammy strang OF the Giants the greatest
- "pnchher' of all time?
Bessie Mccoy, "the Yama Yama Girl" place in your
And Normand recall her in the film called "Mickeyf
How about the first automobile you ever owned7
crank il started while in raffcr
you a song titled When You Know You're Not
Forgotten by the Girl You Can't Forget?
you given thought to Uncle joe Cannon,
Jarr Simpson "Shoee joe Jackson Five Hundred
Twenty Miller Mysterious Billy Smith IIoudn
the handcun king?
Distributed Features s,udrsi' Inc
IVES PICTORIAL REVIEW - September q. 1871
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Precise Astrology

ASTROLOGICAL reading based just the month and day
"A Of birth practically worthless Should be based on the
year month day time of day and place of BIRTH am inter-
ested aroogy but not astrological reading of myself
I don't to know what the future holds for me.
Now that have had Lou Gehrig day how about an
Eddie day? Eddie the only major league ball
player killed he~Aorld War. There is moment in his
honor in ccntcriicld a the Polo Grounds, n. Y.
As bad-hcadcdncss there have been claims that it
plastic surgery inciSion made in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

A MAJESTIC plume OF smoke
"A rolled upward into the palld
moonlight as scarlet flames,
licking its inky edges, leaped
high and showered the nodding
Iowa corn with bright emberS.
Sleepy Worth county farmers
stumbled into their clothes and
hurried to the fire - only to
stand helplessly by and stare
into the funeral pyre OF a be-
loved bachelor neighbor.
BY dawn the inferno had eX-
hauSted itself into a mass OF
glowing emberS -.
A week later. on July rs,
1887. so miles to the northeast,
Sheriff Ira w. Syck of Mower
County, Minnesota, listened with
rapt attention to n fervid
rustic
'TIlert Lindely, my best
friend, was burnt 20 q clnder
when fire consumed his house
last week. It's been put down
as an accident. but i know bet
ter; because the morning after
the fire, when things had cooled
down some, 1 went through the
ashes-all that was left OF the
house.
Something I saw there con-
WINGED me that Ellert was
murdered"
The farmer paused for a
moment 10 gather emphasis for
his next statement:
"The charred front door and
the door frame were locked to-
Eether by a hasp and paddock
ON the outside.
"What i mean to say is that
Ellert was locked In his own
home when he died."
But wasn't there another
door," logically asked the
sheriff.
'Yes, there was Another-the
back door. But he never used
II. In fact he kept IL nailed up
tight"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

One by one the brothers were
checked and found TO be fine,
outstanding, righteous men, sons
of a hardy pioneer couple who
had trekked into the rich Iowa
territory with wagon and oxen,
fighting the savage Sioux on the
way.
Staunch sons OF a vigorous
pioneer long since gone TO his
fathers, the boys were now
prosperous, middle-aged men.
The farm had been left 10
Ellert the eldest and Clinert the
youngest-neither of whom had
married. A friend of the family
made the blanket assertion that
all the sons were prosperous and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
The Bortender's Trade

II He knows how make Dorflngcr cocktail Or Third
Degree Soul Kiss White Elephant Gloom Litter hpperary
mix Baltimore Bracer, Rainbow
Cafe Mamie Taylor. Shandygah Whisey Daisy
difference between John Collins and Tom
right TO himself bartender Otherwise he
should be the bartenders school.
Americas scheduled railroad the Bungtons
Morning Zephyr 81 miles between East
Dubuque H. and Chen, in
averaged 90 miles hour for 100 miles
good cigar who smokes rapidly. Should
he = "a minutes between puhS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

his offering then Cain rose
ND against Abel his brother and
slew him :"
Early the next morning the
affairs OF Mower County were
turned over TO a capable deputy
while the sheriff somewhat
sheepishly chased a Biblical quo
tation into the neighboring state
of Iowa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Don't try 70 steal the Sweetheart Of a solder,
It's zap TO you TO play manly part
Tho he's oUcr there and she's oUer here,

IT'S you TO play a manly part
Tho he there, and she's here,
stu she's dlpGys ~ his heart
But shouldn't a song something titled Don't
Try His Sweetheart? mean as hint
10 the young women living in the vicinity army camps.
CANADIAN private gets S39 month think United States
"A should get maximum of $50 month, plus free
cgares cigars pipe tobacco
The racehorse making happiest these DAYS
named marriage This remarkable animal of eight
consecutive races is owned by IlirsCh Jacobs.
Remember when told you couple of months ago if YOU
played Mr. progressive system you wouldn't
lose any money! What did you do about it,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

hCIped p0Ilce -.
"Then glance through this"
Sheriff Sycks commanded. open
TO the bOokmark and you'll find
some chapters marked. Read
them"
When he realized what book
lay in his hands. the youth tossed
it away as though it had scared
his flesh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Franklin Story

Here is the short story OF
what Father Ben Franklin
launched.
"The first printer Of the Bos-
ton Gazette was James Frank
lin, who had as his apprentice
his 13-year-old brother Ben
jamln.
But when Brooker lost the
post office and his paper with
u, his successor took the print
ing of the Gazette TO another
shop.
This Franklin resented; and
when he was encouraged To
bring out another paper by "A
group of men who chafed under
the rule OF the civil and religious
authorities then In control OF
the province, Franklin willingly
consented to issue the New
England Courant.' Its first
number appeared Aug. .. 1921.
Though It lasted only FIVE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
BY BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs

an vEWSPAPERS the porlGs DirrOys"-James
M I'VE fight for IDEAS and newspapers
~ our fortresses"-Heinrch Hene.
u Mirrors and fortresses! Were there
two better definitions of daily newspapers
particularly here in free America this 19 where the
cracked
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

syndicated features. pictures,
spectacular news stories, wars.
years and a half. the 'Courant'
II one Of the most brilliant and
interesting Of Eighteenth Gen.
fury American newspapers. It
marked n bold departure from
the Newsletter and Gazette
kind OF journalism. II was not
published by authority but
rather I'm spite of IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Popular Audience

Throughout Doctor Mott en-
phasizes the newspaper as inter
prefer OF events and ideas 10
the popular audience. He shows
the strides made in the mechan-
ical processes Of production and
communication.
He shows the relations be-
tween presidents of the United
States and the press, and in
cludes vivid Characterization OF
renowned journalists and stories
of their careers, from Benjamin
Harris, who issued the first
newspaper in America-"Pub-
lick Occurrences Both Foreign
and Domestick"-on Sept. 25.
1890. to Walter Winchell and
the syndicated column.
The most famous Of all Amer
lean editors was, of course, Ben
jamin Franklin.
1t is with him that the tradi-
tion begins of American editors
with such names. names that
thrill the soul OF the real news
paperman, Is Alexander Hamu-
ton, Dana. Raymond. WhitelsNv
Reid, Watterson, Godkin, Gree
ley. Bennett, Pulitzer. Arthur
Brisbane and William Randolph
Hearst.
Those men made history
are, In fact, the core of AmeH-
can history. They are men who
could not have existed as editors
and as great newspepermen in
any other country on earth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
What Mother Is Like

Nv nat MOther is Lire
WHAT your young daughter really think of you?
" London newspaper invited youngsters write articles
titled MY Mother" One youngster wrote:
"Ny mother has long black hair psck her lips and her
80 and her height She tidy when she
has false
"n the morning dlSobcy she chaseS around with
bruSh When mother In good
what like"
"She sewing things herself and
sisters.
Saturday my brings his she is
very happy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

New York racing fans complain bitterly of dun racing pro-
caused by fields and poorly matched horses On most
York tracks the socate stable is the management
pet Nonsocate horsemen the backbone OF modern racing
tolerated but catered take their animals elsewhere
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

When The raging flames, subsidized at
the lonely farmhouse not q single clue
remained to prove fhot murder had
been done. but out Of the sheriff's
famiI y Bible come e clever fine
Tess words that solved +he mystery
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

scalp relax and this in causes hair TO
grow again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

Ulcers Wanf faCts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

tabloids. mass calculations, comics
elections and attitudes toward
famous personalities.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

Dy oAN W. noLSSs
Not since the time that Buster
Bear got into trouble there had
Farmer Browns little sugar house
in the Green Forest known such
doings. People who 60 where they
have no business to go quite often
get into trouble. Prickly Porky the
Porcupine had no business in that
sugar house. He was not supposed
to be in there. OF course not. But
he was in there, all because of his
inquisitiveness, and he was in
trouble. He was in about the worst
trouble he ever had been in. Ger
tainly he couldn't ever remember
having been so badly frightened.
You see, quite by accident he
had pulled down an old sweater of
Farmer Browns Boy, and it had
fallen so that it quite covered his
head. The thousand little spears
which he carries in his coat were
sticking through it in all directions.
In trying to back out from under it,
which, of course, he couldn't do, he
had knocked down a lot of sap pals,
and these had thumped and bumped
him, to say nothing of the fright
the noise they made had given him
You see, he didn't know what they
were.
Now he was rolling over and over,
clawing at that terrible thing that
blinded him and stuck to him. He
lashed about with his tail, but all
he succeeded in doing was to hit
tain pail now and then. The little
spears sticking through the sweater
in all directions held it for a while.
BY and by he managed to get hold
OF 1t with his claws and pull. The
old sweater came off, but with it
came all the little spears that were
stuck in it. You see those little
spears came out of Prickly Porky's
coat very easily. Whenever he rubs
against anything some of them are
sure to come out, but never before
had he lost more than a few at a
time
Now, however, that old sweater
lying on the floor looked like a
regular pincuShion. Hundreds of
Prickly Porkys little spears, which
are called quills, were sticking from
1t in every direction. If you could
have seen Prickly Porky you would
hardly have recognized him. Only
a few scattered little spears were
left in his coat. Prickly Porky took
one look at that old sweater and
then he started for the door. He
was hundred times more anxious
to get away from there than he had
been to get it. He was just plain
scared, and that was a feeling that
Prickly Porky knew very little about.
He is sloW-moving fellow, is
Prlckly Porky, but you wouldn't
have known it could you have seen
him come out of the door of the
little sugar house. He grunted as
he ran. Those grunts were funny
little grunts of pure fright. AS yet
he didn't understand what really
had happened to him. He never
would understand what the strange
thing was which he was sure had
attacked him.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
THE EVENING" HIGH LIGHTS.

WJSV, 8:00-Courf Of Missing Heirs; Three
potentially lucky persons heir 10 an aggregate
sum Of Stt.6 are sought this evening. fates
tickle finger may point TO you.
VOL, 8:30-TitTdt-To: And now Ar
Brown suttumbs 10 the dread mdlady caused by
the bite Of the quiz bug. This show, like all the
rest. has its own particular novel twist.
WJSV, o;OO-We, the People: A man who
plans 10 htth-hike 1900 miles with Sd rattng
loosely in his jeans in search Of parents he has
never known; Frank GimIeti. the hermit Of
ArborVIIa, who tells why he Tilted his girl
friend after At years Of oourtship.
WNAL, o:00-Grand Central Station: To-
niqhfs drama stars three popular stage person.
slifie@Jil Esmond, Ella Kazan and Richard
koIImdr.
WRC, o:0O-BatiIe Of the Sexes: Four sons
and four daughters Of renowned parents have
their intelIigentes tested. The principals (You
guess The parents: Lawrence Iibbeti, jr.; Jack
Nerivae, John Craven, Keenan, Wynn, GIorianne
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Old ConuI Located

Through aerial photography, evi-
dence of a prehistoric canal, some
II miles long, has been located on
the Papago Indian Reservation in
Southern Arizona.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
EVENING STAR FEATURES TODAY.

Star FIashes-Lafest news with Bill Coyle,
WkAL, 4:30 pm.
Star Sports-Late sports by Ray Michael,
WMAL, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1941-03-25

Mother-"That's the way to put
the soap on your hands, Now rub
them together and get them good
and clean"
Evening star., 1941-03-25
LETTER-OUT

Remove letter
called for in the last
the word from which
correctly a
Answer to Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
Letter-Out
F) FOUNDRESS-SOUNDERS (probers),
(R) TRIUNE-UNTIE
(U) POSTURER-PORTERS (carrers
Cd MORTISER-TREMORS
(T) MONTREAL-ALMONER dispenser
Evening star., 1941-03-25
POINTS FOR PARENTS
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLAC

The development OF a child'S
Selt-reliance depends as much
upon mothers unhurried attitude
as upon his OlUn manual dbilitu.