Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 250, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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stantly grasped the value to his plan
of having the policeman die at the
proper spot. Had Hamill not known
the person who opened the door to
him he certainly would have " J
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if there was the least reason to be
wary. To my mind his death in this l
room is the strongest. evidence, that '
some person in this house did the I
job.
"So the stage was set. Dufresne’s i
gun had been used to kill the first
man, then the dead man’s own gun i
was used to kill Hamill. The original i
murder gun was put back in Du-
BAKING 18c
left Friday in which to file their
name to be put on the ballot at the
July primary.----------------------------
Three days are left state and dis-
trict candidates. They must be filed
by Monday.
Sixteen days are left county can-
didates, who must be filed by June
16. ,
Briefly, the election calendar be-
tween now and the first primary is:
June «: Last day state ana distriot
TOILETS 55c
OTTP A V Cut from Rranded
• 1 Lkin Broling. Ih
night they threw that switch Why?
Because if the Whitmores, or any
one else, came back unexpectedly,
they could not make a light. Hence
the use of candles.”
Lafferty approved with a nd of
the head
"Then the killer came to the ren-
dezvous. The snow was not yet deep
enough to retain the tracks very
long. They sat in this room ana-
talked There was drinking and ;
smoking. At the pre-de termined mo- l
ment a gun was whipped out and
had .
his .
was '
;te.mmemema
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puzghtuerpunttngaameutadasc bx/ • t uuaannaao a
blish his identity," Lafferty proph-
esied. "With all the publicity were
getting, something is bound to come
out. But the question of the escape
hrough the snow we'll have to solve
purselves. Do you suppose we could
pessibiy be wrong nbout that? Mny
the murderer hicand didn’t leave
until later.”
Harper smoked in silence. “It’s got
me guessing, but I’m convinced it
was done. That’s where the murderer
showed his devilish ingenuity, pick-
ing his time and arranging the cir-
cumstances so that it was nearly im-
possible for his presence at the scene
of the crime should even be suspect-
ed We’ve been over evry inch of the
house half a dozen times. No hiding-
plaoe for anything larger than a cat
has escaped attention. Add to this
the presence of the Dufresnes, the
Croydens, the servants, and you see
how impossible It would be for an
outsider to escape notice.
“I can’t conceive or one outsider
coming into this house to meet and
kill another outsider. That wouldn’t
be reasonable. If you take that line
you've got to explain why any one
in this household should be moved
to cover up the evidence, as this
hiding of the gun proves.
“No, every indication points to the
nurderer as being among those pres-
ent. There’s some trick to that es-
cape and we’ve got to fathom it. We
know from the evidence in hand
that there were previous meetings in
this room between some one from
this house and our man of mystery.
The killing was carefully planned,
with every detail worked opt in ad-
vance.” '
“You think the snow storm was
arranged for by the killer?” Lafferty
■demanded facetiously.
“I think the presence of snow was
essential to the whole scheme,” Har-
per replied, seriously. "Assume there
was some guilty relationship between
the person who met here. say. u
blackmaller and his victim. The
killer has determined on murder as
the only way out. But tht murder
must be made to look like suicide.
"For the past three days the
Weather Bureau has been reporting
a blizzard sweeping the MddieaWest
■ ami wandnji ihar we win Tin?
catch the tail of it. The killer saw
the big chance A completely de-
tached and unoccupied house. with
snow all around it, and no prints in
the snow. That person had forty-
eight bcuin to figure out a way to
turn that unmarked snow into an
unassailable alibi.”
Harper lapped down, the ashes in
his pipe “By the way, you haven’t
caid a word about your check-up in
th nearby houses. I suppose it was
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work swiftly, because any interrup- 11
tion would be fatal. The k flier need- I
ed more light. for nothing must be
overlooked. The fire was stirred up
to increase the visibility in the room
Unknown to the killer, a shower of |
spark* went dancing up the chim-
“Now that pistol shot in a closed
loom must have souded like a
cannon. With the sound still ring-
ing in his--or her ears.” Harper
amended with a smile, “the thought
came—Had any one heard it? The
killer stole to a rear window to look •
toward the garage. All quiet there. |
He went to the front window Dam- >
ration! A policeman is approaching
The murderer thought the shot had
been heard and is momentarily!
thrown into a panic. What to do? I
Meantime, Hamill had turned in at
the gate.
The killer’s first thought was that J
the game was up. Talk the officer
dut of lcoking around? That meeting
would be remembered whenever the .
body was found.
“Then came the inspiration and
Hamill was doomed from that mo-
inant. This cold-blooded killer de-
cided to take the bull by the home
He opened the front door to Hamll
and invited him inside. Hamill, no
doubt recognizing the killer as one
of the rightful household went in
unprepared and unsuspecting. You '
re member we wondered why Hamill I
went directly up the steps to the J
frent-door instead of reconnoitering
and why he -wash't shot down -on
the threshold or in the hall? .
"The reason was that the killer in- ]
BARBECUE » - " 19c
of old carpet, and fired one shot
from Hamill's gun through it.
The faet that he thought of the
hole under the steps as a good place
to hide the betraying bullet shows
again extreme familiarity with the
house. He cari Iamnl bult uP-
Hairs and dropped it in position."
(Copyright 1934 by Walter C. Brown)
Tomorrow, Harper suggests the
reason for the mystery of the bang-
ing door.
Two Charged, One
Pleads Guilty Here
Two men were arrested Thurs-
day night by city police and
charged with drunkenness.
One appeared before Mayor J.
L. Wright, in Corporation Court
Friday morning and pleaded guil-
ty. 'recriving a fine of (12.70.
The other made bond and had
not indicated Friday morning
whether he would contest the case
before a jury.
A nnr rg A good medium
Ar PI r\ sIzed apple
m i Mak Jonathans, doz.
SPAGHETTI St.
vertreratter—writ
SYNOPSIS: Although Sergeant
Harper has proved that the
stranger and the polleeman
found dead in Pierre Dufresne’s
house were murdered, and did
not kill each other as the evi-
dehce appe io pive, iie cal
neither identify the murdered
stranger nor show how the mur-
derer escaped from the honse
without leaving marks In the
mow. Dufresne, although he lias
an apparently airtight alibi, has
aroused Harper’s suspicion.
Chapter 83
HARPER’S THEORY
"Afterward, Dufresne’s alibi was so
confoundedly air-tight that It an-
noyed me,” Harper continued. “But
how to get around it?, T had hat
idea in mind when I left here right
after the discovery of the bodies and
dashed back to the Austerlitz—but
there he was, dead drunk, and our
own men on guard.”
He shook his head. "That's a tough
nut to crack. I guess we’ll have to
look elsewhere for the murderer,
There are two vital questions we’ll
have to answer before we can pin
it on anybody. The first one is, who
is the dead man? Certainly the man
lived somewhere, ate his meals
somewhere, bought things, and met
people to some degree. You can't live
in any city without some personal
contacts.
“The second question is. How did
the murderer escape from this house
without leaving tracks in the snow?
Each is a vital question and we’ve
got to supply the answers,"
"The newspapers will help us es-
Guard your 7.
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ran OTNER IMSECTS
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a wash-out?"
Lafterty oddd disgstingly, "I
“couldmt gather two cents' worth of
eyidence," higrowieg.
“Did you lover ail the houses?"
"Every one in this block, both sides
or the street, and the three nearest
the back of thia bourn
Harper stirred restlessly. “Every-
thing hinges on that get-away. Unt’
we can discover that our story w' .
not be fully credited. What happ *i-
ed here last night is almost as p.in
tojenb thug LX be«i( hpldng
behind the door The trouble is that
the murderer's face is Just a blank
and almost any one of our eight
faces could fill that space.”
“You mean you've got the action
pieced together?”
"Just that. Follow this closely and
see if it doesn’t cover all the known
points. The masquerader arrived at
the rendezvous ahead of time The
storm fis in its early stages and he
would not want to leave plain trucks
around the place. He went to Du-
fresne’s room, shaved, changed into
one of Dufresne's dress suits and
put on his disguise."
"Why the disguise?” was Lafferty’s
terse interruption.
"I don't know,” Harper admitted.
"That is some evidence of mania. I
am dealing with physical move-
ments now. not mofives. The mas-
querader made himself comfortable.
He got out the liquor decanters, per-
haps filled them, lit the hearth fire,
and sat back to enjoy a drink and a
smoke. With the snow coming down
thick and the double curtains drawn,
it was safe to light the fire and the
candles."
"Why bother with candles?” Laf-
ferty questioned again
"Ah. the yexplaih one of those odd
points that are so troublesome. You
re member that the electric current
was cut off at the switch? Mrs. Whit-
more didn't do that I figure that
every time those persons met here at
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 250, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1934, newspaper, June 1, 1934; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1539136/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.