The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 47, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 25, 1941 Page: 3 of 4
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CHAPTER VIII
Synopsis
Harley Longstreet, broker, dies
in a trolley car from poison
scratched into his hand by a
needle-pierced cork in his pocket.
He was taking a party of friends,
a celebration of his engagement
Cherry Browne, an actress, to
his West Englewood home. His
partner, DeWitt, DeWitt’s wife,
Fern, and his daughter, Jeanne,
forefinger on a piece of appara-
tus—an ugly gash which bled im-
moderately. The club physician.
I)r. Morris, treated it and wanted
to bandage the finger, but I didn’t
think it was necessary, and—”
“One moment, Mr. DeWitt,” in-
terrupted Lyman blandly. “Was
there any other reason for refus-
ing to have your finger band-
aged?”
“Yes. I intended to stay at the
her fiance, Christopher Lord, Jclub most of the evening and since
Cherry’s vaudeville friend, Pollux, the Wound had stopped bleeding
Ahearn, friend of DeWitt, Imper- throuKh Dr. Morris’ ministrations,
iale, middle-aged Latin, and 1 preferred not to be inconven-
Michael Collins, brawny Irishman, [enced with an awkward bandage.
make up the group. District At-
torney Bruno and Inspector
It would also have necessitated
my answering friendly questions
Thiimin, aided by Drury Lane, re- about the accident and I am rath-
tired Shakespearean actor, inves- er sens*t'W about these things,
tigate. Each member of this party Dr’ Morris told rae to be careful
seems to have some grievance
against Longstreet but Thumm
and Bruno think DeWitt guilty.
Longstreet had had an affair with
Fern DeWitt and he had a sinister i
hold on DeWitt. Lane declares he
knows the murderer but identifies
him only as Mr. X. Later a man
is murdered on a ferryboat while
Bruno, Thumm and Lane are
waiting to meet the writer of an
anonymous letter. DeWitt, whom ]
they meet there by chance, joins j
them. The murdered man is Con- 1
ductor Wood of the fatal trolley.
Evidently it was he who had writ-
ten the anonymous letter. Lane
learns that Felipe Maquinchao of
Uruguay was staying at DeWitl’s
house. Quacey, Lane’s attendant,
investigates. DeWitt admits he
and Longstreet made their for-
tunes mining in Uruguay, but re-
fuses further information. He is
arrested for the death of Wood—
presumably killed because
W-N-U- RELEASE l
caught stealing apples, thudded
into the witness chair.
“You were in charge of the
police investigation on the ferry
boat when Wood was discovered
murdered?”
“I was.” v
“Where were you standing just
before the body was fished from
the river?”
“On the upper passenger deck
at the railing.”
“Who was with you?”
“The defendant and Mr. Drury
Lane.”
“Did you noticie Mr. DeWitt’s
finger was cut?”
“Yes.”
“Please describe the appearance
of the wound as you saw it at that
moment.”
“Well, it looked sort of raw,
"One moment, Mr. DeWitt,’ interrupted Lyman blandly, “was there
any other reason for refusing to have your linger bandaged?”
of the finger, since a twist or
he I bump would reopen the wound
scab
knew DeWitt murdered Long-
street. DeWitt seems calm, as if
a hidden fear were gone. If ac-
quitted, he plans to divorce his
wife. Lane calls on DeWitt’s law-
yer.
-
The lawyer moodily surveyed
the litter on his library desk.
and it would bleed again. I re-
dressed with some difficulty and
went to the club restaurant with
my friend Franklin Ahearn, with
whom I had made a dinner ap-
pointment. We spent the evening
in the club with other business ac-
quaintances of mine. I was ask-
ed to join in a game of bridge but
‘The nase is almost impossible, , was forced to refuse because of
Mr. Lane. I have told DeWitt my hand. At 10:10 I left the
‘that unless he alters his attitude, club and took a cab to the ferry—”
he’s in for it, but he persists in Bruno was on his feet, protest-
that devastating calmmishness of mg to the testimony as “irrele-
his The trial’s been on for days vant and immaterial,” and de-
now, yet I can’t get a thing out manding that it be stricken off the
of him. Bruno rested for the ! record.
state this afternoon, and I launch
my defense tomorrow morning. All
I can do is present the alterna-
tive of Bruno’s’s argument—that
is, a frameup.”
“Do you know, Mr. Lyman,”
Lane murmured, “it is a matter
of complete astonishment to me
that not one of the keen minds
surveying this case has pierced
the veil of non-essentials and
seen the—to me, at least—per-
fectly photographic truth be-
neath.”
“Do you mean,” Lyman asked
quickly, “that you are in the pos-
session of a pertinent fact, of
which the rest of us know noth-
ing, that will prove DeWitt’s in-
nocence?”
“Mr. Lyman, I know only what
Inspector Thumm, District Attor-
ney Bruno and you know. I have
the feeling that DeWitt, who has
a sharp brain, would have seen
the truth, perhaps, where he was
not the central figure.”
“For heaven’s sake, Mr. Lane,”
Lyman cried, “what is it?”
“Listen carefully,” said Lane
kindly. “Make notes if you will—”
“One moment!” Lyman ran to
cabinet. “.Here’s a dictaphone—
talk to your heart’s content.”
At nine-thirty Lane left a jub-
ilant Lyman grabbing for the
telephone.
Judge Grimm, a dour man, en-
tered and the fifth day of John
DeWitt’s trial for murder began.
The preliminaries over, Lyman
rose briskly, glanced cheerfully at
the jury, grinned over at the Dis-
trict Attorney, and stated to the
court: “Your Honor, as the first
witness for the defense, I call up-
on the defendant, John O. De-
Witt!”
DeWitt had an almost detached
manner as Lyman put the usual
preliminary questions, then ask-
ed: “Will you please relate to the
court and the jury the events of
the evening of Wednesday, Sep-
tember the ninth, between the
time you left your office and the
time you reached the Weehawken
ferry?”
"I left my office at 5:30 and
took the subway downtown to.the
Exchange Club, on Wall Street. I
went to the gymnasium with the
intention of exercising a bit be-
fore dinner, but I cut my right
Lyman said: “Your Honor, the
defendant’s testimony is impor-
tant in building up a defense
which will prove his innocence.”
Judge Grimm overruled the Dis-
trict Attorney’s objection, mo-
tioning Lyman to continue. But
Lyman turned to Bruno and said:
“Your witness.”
Bruno scowled, then rose and
for fifteen minutes badgered De-
Witt, attempting to shake his
story and bring out facts relating
i to Longstreet. To these Lyman
inexorably objected and was
sustained. Finally, after a dry
reprimand from Judge Grimm,
the District Attorney sal down,
mopping his forehead, and De-
Witt stepped from the stand.
“I call as second witness for the
defense,” announced Lyman,
“Franklin Ahearn.”
DeWitt’s friend, wearing a look
of complete stupefaction, was
sworn in.
“Did you notice Mr. DeWitt’s
hurt finger during your dinner
together at the club?” asked Ly-
man.
‘1Yes. It was raw and ugly-
looking, but the cut had formed a
rudimentary scab of dried blood.”
“Did anything occur at the din-
there was a dried-blood
formed over the cut.”
“Over the entire lnegth of the
cut, Inspector? The scab was in
one piece?”
“Yes.” It looked very stiff.”
“Now, Inspector, please tell
what happened after you noticed
Mr. DeWitt’s wound.”
“The body was grappled at that
time and we made a dash for
the stairway leading down to the
lower deck.”
“Did anything pertaining to
Mr. DeWitt’s wound occur as you
were doing this?”
Thumm said sullenly: “Yes. The
defendant reached the door first
and grabbed the knob. He sort
of cried out, and we saw the cut
on his finger had opened. It was
bleeding.”
Lyman leaned forward and
tapped Thumm’s beefy knee: “The
scab opened and the wound be-
gan to bleed merely from the de-
fendant’s grasping the door
knob?”
“Yes.”
“That’s all, Inspector. Your
witness, Mr. Bruno.” Bruno
shook his head and Thumm des-
cended, his face a study in ming-
led disgust, astonishment and un-
derstanding.
Lyman next called Dr. Morris.
“You have heard the preceding
witness describe the condition of
the wound and its scab when he
saw it at the rail of the boat.
Could this wound as Inspector
Thumm described it have beer,
open, let us say, fifteen minutes
before he saw it?”
“Postively not. Had it been
opened even an hour before, the
scab would not have been in one
continuous piece.”
“Would you say the defendant
could have grasped and lifted a
two-hundred pound object a few
minutes before Inspector Thumm
ner-table or afterward which bears i saw his wound at the railing in
upon this point, Mr. Ahearn?” jthe condition described and shov-
Ahearn sat thoughtfully strok-Jed or hurled it over the railing
ing his jaw. “Yes. Mr. DeWitt J and beyond a two and a half foot
held his right hand rather rigidly
and used only his left hand for
eating purposes. It was necessary
for the waiter to cut his chop.”
“Your witness, Mr. Bruno.”
“Did you know where the de-
fendant was going after he left
you at 10:10 that evening?”
“No.”
“How is it that you did not |
leave with him?”
“Mr. DeWitt said he had an
appointment.”
“With whom?”
“He didn’t say, and of course I
didn’t ask.”
“What did you do after the
defendant left the cluh?”
Lyman was on his feet again,
smiling another objection. Again
Judge Grimm sustained, and Bru-
no released the witness.
“For my third witness,” Lyman
said in a deliberate drawl, “In-
spector Thumm!”
Thumm started, like a boy
shelf without opening that
! wound?”
Again Bruno objected, but the
judge ruled that the professional
| opinion solicited was pertinent to
j the defense argument.
Dr. Morris said: “He could not
| have done what you have just
j described without opening the
wound.”
With a smile of triumph Lyman
said: ‘*You may cross-examine,
Mr. Bruno.”
“Dr. Morris, under guise of
your professional knowledge and
experience, would you dare to
deny that the defendant could
have used his left hand to perform
the aforementioned act without
opening the wound on his right?”
“Naturally, if he didn’t use his
right hand he wouldn’t open the
cut on the right hand.”
Bruno looked hard at the jury
and sat down. Dr. Morris began
to descend but Lyman waved him
back.
“Dr. Morris, you nave just
heard the District Attorney in-
sinuate the defendant could have
disposed of the body by using
only his left hand. In your opin-
ion, could he?”
“No,”
“Why not?”
“I have known Mr. DeWitt
professionally for years. He is
righthanded, and his left arm, as
is usual with dexterous persons,
is the weaker. He weighs only
one hundred and fifteen pounds
and is a weak man physically.
From these facts, that it would be
impossible for a one hundred and
fifteen pound man, using only one
arm, and that the weaker of the
I two, to do what you have describ-
ed with the dead weight of a‘ two
hundred pound body!”
“We’re the two prize idiots of
New York,” groaned Bruno, slap-
ping papers into his briefcase.
“We had the facts at our finger-
tips all the time and never once
made the obvious leap to the
truth.”
Thumm rose, shaking himself
like a shaggy mastiff. “From
now on, little Thumniy listens to
Drury Lane with respect! Espec-
ially on the subject of Mr. X!”
Drury Lane studied the face of
his host unobserved. DeWitt
stood in a group of his friends,
smiling and chattering, making
cracking retorts to friendly jibes.
From the moment the foreman of
the jury had waggled his lantern
jaws: “Not guilty.” DeWitt had
cast off the armor of his silencie.
The party had congregated in a
private hotel suite. Jeanne De-
Witt was there, sparkling and I
rosy; Christopher Lord and
Franklin Ahearn, looming over
the frail body of his friend; Louis
Imperiale, and Lyman and Brooks,
and by himself, Drury Lane.
DeWitt murmured an apology
and slipped out of the chatting-
group. In a corner, the two
men faced each other.
“Mr. Lane, I haven’t had the
opportunity—I can’t find words
to express my—my profound
thanks.”
Lane chuckled. “I see that
even lawyers as hardened as
Frederick Lyman cannot resist
impulsive indiscretion.”
To Be Continued.
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ENLOE NEWS
MRS. A. C. VOYL.ES
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Mr. and Mrs. Truett Carrington
and son, Jerry, were shopping in
Paris Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Matkins of
Rodessa, La., spent Thanksgiving
with Mrs. Matkins’ father and sis-
ter, R. A. Mills and Mrs. G. M.
Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
spent the Thanksgiving
with relatives in Dallas.
J. G. Whitaker
visitor Thursday,
Mrs. U. A. Alexander and little
daughter, Beth Ann, spent Thanks-
giving with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Teague.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bond of
Commerce spent the week end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
G. Whitaker.
Billie Jo Toon, Bettie Zo Cregg,
Hibernia Smith and Wanda Tea-
gue, students of ETSTC of Com-
merce, spent Thanksgiving with
their parents.
B. B. Viles returned Thursday
from a hunting trip in the Davis
Mountains.
Truman Whitlock of Cooper
was ini Enloe last Thursday.
W. W. Teague, Truett Car-
rington and A. C. Voyles were
in Paris Friday oi^ business.
George and Bill Davis, who are
stationed in Louisiana, spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with their
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Patterson,
Harry Patterson and little daugh-
ter, Regina, went to Sulphur
Bluff Sunday to visit Rev. and
Mrs. L. D. Regan.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown were
Cooper visitors Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Chessher of Cun-
ningham visited Mr. and Mrs. El-
mer Bangs Friday.
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Entertains With
Bridge Dinner
Mrs. Lucille Van Scoy entertain-
ed with a bridge dinner Tuesday
night at the home iof her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sparks, ’ on
Northwest First Street. The
Thanksgiving motif was used in
the different entertaining rooms.
A low bowl of yellow chrysan-
themums centered the table in
the dining room. A buffet supper
was served preceeding games of
bridge. For ladies, Mrs. Fred
Newman made high score, Mrs.
Hubert Smith second high, Mrs.
1 Ed L. Adair low. High for gentle-
men went to Handel Pratt, second
high, George Bolger, Clarence
Walls low. Table cuts went to
Mesdames Clarence Walls, Quen-
tin Miller, Bryan Sparks and Her-
man Sparks and for gentlemen,
Messers. Vance Aikin, W. H. Jones
and Bryan Sparks.
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J. D. Pratt, who has been ser-
J iously ill for two weeks, is improv-
| ing and is able to sit ^ip some.
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Walter Brock resumed work at
Brock’s, Inc., Monday morning
| after being out of the store for
I several days due to illness.
Entertain Guests With
Luncheon Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. G. Fred Turner
ent< rtained with a luncheon Sun-
day in the tea room at Hotel Coop-
er for their three sons and their
■ families, Mr. and Mrs. J. Glenn
Turner and two children of Dal-
las; Mr, and Mrs. Fred B. Tur-
ner and two children of Waco;
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Tur-
ner of St. Louis.
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Mrs. T. J. Elder of Decatur ar-
i rived Monday to visit her daugh-
ter, W. H. Jones and family.
Huffman
holidays
was a Paris
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the people that were so
kind to us during our recent be-
reavement. Especially, we wish
to thank the ladies that fixed the
lunch, Dr. Woodruff, Elder J. D.
Wheeler, Smith Funeral Home,
and the ones that brought the
flowers.
Mri. D. M. Parrish
Mr. and Mrs. Jtn Parrith
And Children, Curtie, Bon-
nie Jean and Thadadori*
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