The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26


face.
Tribune"
He took the paper into a door
way. His eyes swept the streets
above the top OF 1t; then he read
in tall black type: MILLIONAIRE
HElRESS KIDNAPPED. ABDUC-
TORS DEMAND $4,000 IN RAN
SOM NOTE. DALTON FAMILY
ASK RELEASE OF COMMUNIST
SUSPECT. Yes; they had It now.
Soon they would have the story
OF her death. and the reporters
finding her bones In the furnace.
OF her head being cut of. OF his
running away during the excite
ment. He looked up. hearing the
approach OF a car. When Il heaved
into sight he saw II was almost
empty Of passengers. Good. He
ran into the street and reached
the steps just as the last man got
on. He paid his fare. watching to
see II the conductor was noticing
him: then went through the car.
watching to see II any face was
turned TO him. He stood on the
front platform. hack Of the motor
nan. II anything happened ne
could get of quickly here. The car
started and he opened the paper
again. reading:
"A servants discovery early
Yesterday evening OF a crudely
penciled ransom note demanding
$4,000 for the return OF Mary
Dalton. missing Chicago heiress.
end the Dalton family's sudden
demand for the release OF Jan
Erlone. Communist leader held
in connection with the girls dis
appearance. were the startling de-
velopmen In case which r.
bafring local and state police.
1.-THE note. hearing the sigma
ture Of RED" and the famed
hammer and sickle emblem Of
the Communist Party. was found
sticking under the front door nv
Peggy O'Slagherty. cook and
hcusekeeper IN the Henry Dalton
residence in Hyde Park"
Bigger read a long stretch Of
type In which was described the
Questioning ~ Negro charf-
fepr.' "'he half-packed trunk"
%he Communist namphlets."
drunken sexual ORGIES" "the
frantic narents." and "the radicals
contradictory story" Bieeer's ewes
SKINNED the words: "c'ardestine
n'eetirrs offered opportunities for
abduction "poiica asked mt 20
Interfere In case" "anvious family
irving 20 contact kidnappers":
ard
ut was coniectnred that per-
haps the familv had information
IN the eject that Frlore knew
of the whereabouts Of Miss Dali
ton and certain notice officials as
signed that NJ the motive behind
tho family's request for the rad
icars release.
celebrating that police had
framed him as a part OF drive
TO Dust Communists from Chicago.
Erlone demanded that the charges
upon which he had been origin
ally held be made public. Failing
to obtain satisfactory answer.
he refused 10 leave Jail. where
upon police again remanded him
10 his cell upon charge OF dis
orderly conduct"
Bigger lifted his eyes and look
ed about: no one was watching
him. His hand was shaking with
excitement. The car moved lum-
berIngly through the snow and he
saw that he was near "Fiftieth
Street. He stepped to the door and
said:
"Out."
The car stopped and he swung
on into the driving snow. He was
almost in front OF Bessie's now =.
He looked up TO her window; II
was dark. He thought that she
might not be in her room. but
out drinking with friends. made
him angry. He went into the YES
thule. A dim light giowed and his
body was thankful for the meager
warmth. He could finish reading
the paper now. He unfolded ~;
then for the fret time. he saw
HE picture. II was down In the
lower left-hand corner OF page
two. Above II he read: REDS
TRIED TO SNARE HIM. II was
small picture and his name was
under Il: no looked solemn and
black and his eyes gazed STRAIGHT
and the white cat sat perched
upon his right shoulder. It's biz
round black eyes twin pools OF
secret guilt And. oh! Here was .
picture Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton
standing upon the basement steps
THAT the image Of Mr.. and Mrs.
patton which ne had seen but two
hours ago should be seen AGAIN
40 fOOu mhue 'iih W.
whole vague white world wnicn
couid do things 80 quickly was
more than a match for him. tns'
coon n would track him down and
Rave II out with him. The WINE
lhrlred old man and the white
haired old woman standing on the
steps with their arms stretched
forth plesdIneiy were pcverml
symbol Of helpless suffering sno
would stir up a lot Of hate against
him when n was found out that
a Negro had killed mary.
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