Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1937 Page: 8 of 10
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Stamford Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Stamford Carnegie Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
waited in. and appeared in the hall-
way. When Miss Beeton learned
that 1 had witnesses to her act as
well as a photograph oX it. she
realised that the game was up.”
twit KNn
Plumlee of Brownfield, spent a few
days of last week hero as guests
of Mrs. Plumlee's son, Raymond
Plumlee, his wife, and children
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Knowles re-
turned to their home here Wednes-
day after spending a week in the
home of Mrs. Knowles’ parents,
AVOCA
Chris ti.
Mrs. T. J. Hammer and children,
Bruce and Mary Lou Gandy, visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Me Andrew*
of Stamford Friday.
Mrs. Vera Jackson visited her
parent#, Mr. and Mra. R. F. Hud-
dleston of Stamford Wednesday.
. Mm i» tun-
ing this week in Leveltiund.
Mike Little returned home Fri-
day from Abilene where he has
n/1 i■ T\ 1111 !
of Sunnysidi
Erlene snd Eldi
visited Mrs. 1
ackson and
tacked her.1
daughter
assembly atMcMurry College.
Mrs. Raymond Cudd and daugh-
ter, Maryln, of Corpus Christ! came
Wednesday to visit Mrs. Cudd’s
sons, Sam Wesley. Hugh and Phil-
lip, were luncheon guests Friday df
Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Bowen of
Stamford. V.... .__ ,
BHSt
“As for the radio-active sodium,
doctor, Miss Beeton had been ad-
idtntly Owned
,nd Opera led
day. Maryln will remain for aI
longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Z. Rennets of
Abilene were guests Sunday of Mr.
Rennets’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Rennels.
son, Tommy Ray,
ited Mrs. T. J. Hi
ily Tuesday night.
Willie Vera, spent the week-end
at the home of Mra. Edgar Rorie at
Sunayaide.
1 Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Culwell spent
the week-end at Monahans visiting
Mrs. Cnlwell’s brother, Charley
Goad.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sampson and
children. Enola, S.vblo Marie, and
C. D., Jr„ of Vernon, were visitors
in Avoca Thursday.
Miss Hylen Holloway laft Satur-
day for Howe where she will viait
her parents. Miss Holloway is one
of the teachers in the Avoca school.
Mr. and Mra. Frank Swafford and
son, -Robert Earl Blake, were visit-
ors in the home of Mr. B. L. Lacy
of Abilene last. week.
The Home Demonstration Club
met Thursday for the Bedroom
Achievement Day at the homa of
the Avoca demonstrator, Mrs. M.
Lacky. Mrs. N. S. Daniel was as-
sistant hostess with **rs. Lacky.
After tte repeat m the kidrasms
by Mrs. Lacky, members of the 4-H
Club modeled their club dresses.
A salad course, consisting of Jell-o
salad, and toasted cheese crackers,
MILLIONS OF POUNDS HAVE BEEN
USED BY OUR GOVERNMENT
EVERY
WITH THE
WMKDUir FRICIDAIRE MEIERMISER
INSTANT CUBE-RELEASE
tluasamsK^. IN EVERY ICE TRAY!
(Continued from last week.)
one of her chief diffl-
JuMre was tea disposal of the sec-
nf^wwhw the eo## aha Bred
’down here. She was confronted with
ity either of getting rid
revolver—which waa quite
venience without being observed.
She had m opportunity to hide the
revolver upstairs after we had first
-gene-to--the--coot-sad- diifomai
Swift’s body. However, 1 think it
was her intention to do fust this
When Miss Weatherby saw her on
the stairs and resentfully called my
attention to the feet.”
“But why,*’ acted Professor Gar-
den. "didn’t she Are the revolver
upstairs in the first place—it would
certainly have made the shot sound
more realistic—and then hide it in
the garden before coming down?”
"Mg dear sir! That would have
been impoesihle. as you can readily
eae. How would she have got beck
downstairs? Wa were ascending the
stairs a tew seconds attar we heard
(he shot, and would hate met her
coming down. She could, of eourse.
have come down by the public stairs
end re-entered the apartment at tee
M Iran tee apartment; tor
elweye the danger that
and the
technique of the {dot be re-
was the pecson
mder suspicion.
Sho probably considered that_p|ac-
1=
Oat ef
Fired
brought her out into the garden and
Heath brought such a leather'vest
—or what la technically known in
theatrical circles a€ a ‘flying cor-
set’—to my apartment, and 1 put it
on before 1 came here.
’"This waistcoat, or corset.” he
■aid.. “is worn under the actor’#
costume; and in mjr case 1 put on
ia teat event she could
established ter puiuui deep 1
at tea time tte shot waa fired—
and this was at utmost importance
to her. When we reached the foot
of the stairs, aba waa standing in
tea doorway of Mrs. Garden’s bed-
nElUBuSB^
Children............10c
2 Big Features any seat
• seetti
LITTLE JACK UTTLeTnEWS, LAST CHATTER OF
SECRET AGENT. _._
Sun.-Mon.-Tue.
Lw i pc mcia
► TRtoCY
CIORCE
IPfiMCMOr
TONE
k:&THEYGAYE
•HIM A
GUN
Selected short subjects
Wed. or Thur.
$ Buck-Nite $
she tied heard tee shot,
course, a perfect alibi, provided the
technique of the crime had not bean
revealed by the evidence she left in
the vault . . . No. The shot could
not have been fired upstairs. The
only place the could have fired it
and still have established her alibi,
was out of the bedroom window.'*
He turned to Zalia Grscm.
"Now do you see why you felt so
definitely that the shot did not sound
as if U came from the garden? It
was because, being in the den, you
were the person nearest to the shot
when It was fired and could more
or less accurately gauge tee direc-
tloo from which It came. I’m sor»
ry I could nol exptitn ffisl fact to
you when you mentioned it. but
Miss Beeton was in the room, and
Tr*w*fflflttewrte*
my knowledge to her.
saved ter, and also asked me how
I came to find her so soon.”
_ ‘33uit also ii correct.” Sle^ert ad-
mitted. "But I still don't under-
stand wherein she gave
away ‘
"Doctor,” asked Vance, "if she
had been unconscious, ss she said,
from the time she was forced into
tee vault to the time she spoke fb
us in the garden, how could she pos-
sibly have known who U was that
had found her and rescued her from
the yault? And how could she have
known that I found her soon after
she had entered the vault? . . . You
see. doctor, she was never uncon-
scious at all; ate was taking no
chances whatever ef dying of bro-
mln gas.”
Stalert relaxed and leaned beck
In his chair with a faint wry smile.
"You are perfectly right”
the slightly protruding rings in fraot
would not be noticeable.
"When 1 took Miss Beeton up-
stairs with me, 1 tad her out lata
herself the garden and confronted her with
her guilt. While she was protest-
ing. I mounted the parapet, stand-
ing there with my back to her,
and orange lead tea waa served to
Miaa Martin, Bourn Demonstration
Agent, Mrs. Frank Louaignout of
Stamford, Mmes. J. E. Rannela, G.
H. Rennets, E. E. Clark, J. V.
Grimes, R. L. Htnes, Frank Swaf-
ford. Buford Williamson, T. J.
Hammer, R. 8. Hines, 4-H elub
sponsor, and the following 4-H
club member#: Mary Ellen H:
Mary Kirkland, Vera
Culwell and N
Mags gut
stamp printed Iasi
year ta England for the Spanish
sons ta Moroaco, In which thare was
a misspelt word, sold at a Londsu
suction for glfO. »
sw-xv*.
*1
was that shs was lying on tea settee
ia the garden, and you end I were
standing ever her."
"That is quit* correct." Stefart
•aid. frowning at Vance.
"And I am sure you also remem-
ber. doctor, that aha looked up at
me and thanked me for having
bar own topcoat, would bo sufficient-
ly safe. It waa not an idtal hiding-
place; but I nave little doubt that
she was frustrated in an attempt
to hide It somewhere an the roof or
on tte terrace upstairs, until she
THE
GARDEN
MURDER
CASE
take
her
st
COI1-
awsy
tweed
suit
today
loose
so
By
S. S. Van Dina
C
Abel Jansxoan
navigator, discovered J
and thought tte tetanus so mq
Bte tte Zealand at home la fidh
that be called it New Zeeland.
i Nina Faye Cockrell.
Mra. L. E. Daniel laft Saturday
there was other proof that she alone
was concerned in that episode. Mr.
Hanunle hero conclusively bore out
my opinion. When she told us her
story of being struck on the head
and forced into the vault, she did
not know teat Mr. Hammle had
been in the garden observing every-
one who came and went in the
passageway. And she was alone In
the corridor st the time of the eup-
posed attack. Mias Graem. to be
sure, had just passed her snd gone
downstairs; snd the nurse counted
on that feet to mate her story
sound plausible, hoping, of course,
would product the effect she
was striving for—mat ta, to make it
not account for
attempt msde on her own life.”
Vance smiled faintly.
"There was no attempt on her
life. Doctor. When Miss Beeton left
the study, a minute or so after
Miss Graem. to take my message
to you. sl o went instead into the
vault, shut the door, making sure
this time that the lock snapped, and
gave herself a superficial blow on
the back of the head. She had rea-
son to believe, of course, that It
would be but a short time be.f«t£
—Ill w* WUffMTtdF'her; and aha waited
till she beard the key In the lock
MATINEE OR NIGHT
Pinky Tomlin
' Tt
—IN—
“Sing While
You’re Able
—ADDED—
GOING PLACES.
^ " ‘NEWS
before she broke the vial of bratnin.
It is possible that when she went
out of the study she had begun to
fear teat I might have some idea
of the truth, end she enacted this lit-
tie melodrama to throvf nrte off the
track.”
Siefert bad leaned forward and
was studying Vance closely.
"As a theory, that may be logi-
cal," be said with skeptical gravi-
ty. "But, after all, it Is only a
theory."
Vance shook his head slowly.
"Oh. no, doctor. It’s more than
a theory. Miss Beeton herself—and
in your presence—gave the whole
thing away. Not only did she lie ,
to us, but she contradicted herself > 1°
when you and 1 wer# on the.roof
and she was recovering from the
effects of the bromin gas—effects.
tacidentaUy, which she was able to
exaggerate correctly as the result
of her knowledge of medicine.”
"But I don’t recall—”
Vance checked him. "Surely, doc-
tor, you remember the story she
told, us,- According, to her volun-
tary account of the episode, she waa
struck on the head and forced into
the vault; and she fainted lnimed W
ately _as the result of the bromin
its cumulative affects. But Mrs.
Garden’s threat to erase her son’s
name from her will necessitated
immediate action, and the resource-
ful girl decided on an overdose of
the barbital last night. She fore-
saw. of course, test this death could
easily be construed as an accident
or as another suicide. As It hap-
pened. however, things were even
more propitious for her. for the
events of test night merely cast
further suspicion on Miss Graem.
"From the first I realized how
difficult,~if not impossible, It would
be to prove the esse againft Miss
Beeton; and during tee entire in-
vestigation I was seeking soma
means of trapping her. With that
ostensibly looking out over tee city,
4s I had done test evening.
In the
semi-darkness I snapped tee wire
to tee rings on the front of my
leather vest without her seeing me
do so. She came very close to me
as she talked, but for a minute or
ao I was afraid ate would not take
advantage of the situation. Then,
in tha middle of one of her
tences. she lurched toward me with
both bands outstretched, and tea
impact sent me over the parapet.
It waa a simple matter to swing
myself over the balcony railing. I
bad arranged for the drawing-room
for Jayton where she will viait her
sister, Mrs. L. g. Browning, and.
family. Mrs. Daniels has been vis-
iting her daughter, Mra. E. A.
Goad, here for the past two waste.
Wayne Humphrey of Stamford
spent Sunday with his grandmoth-
er, Mrs. J. C. Wiliamy, and Mr.
Williams. ' » ,/
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. McCorrell
and children are leaving Monday
for La mesa, where they will make
their home.. ;-
Will H. Grimes left last week
for Abilene where he will attend
the summer session at HanUn-Sim-
mons University.
Miss Eva Huffater came last
week from Rapes,* where she has
bean teaching school, to visit bar
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Huf-
faksr,
Mr. and Mra. Cliff Carr of 8ny-
dar wjre visitors in Avoca 8atur-
L'ro. Bill
MU■ M anil Letter
tfce Wl
K G Baking Powder.
It produces dalscione baHngg of Sam textu
last
Mrs. Curry, who has been in the
Scott and White hospital there for
several weeks, and Mrs. Goad re-
turned with them.
Mra. Elvin Hansen and son, Paul
Edward, of Stamford visited her
mother, Mrs. H. D. White, Thurs-
day.
Mrs. Ruth Phillips and son, Rob-
ert, have returned here to make
their home with Mrs. Phillips' par-
ents, Mr. and Mra. Bud Bernard.
Mrs. Phillips is a teacher in the
public schools of Lorn eta.
Wr.witf MTr-TtTr.'mrcmerana
son,
ited
end In view, I mounted the parapet
last night in her presen ea, hoping
that it might suggest to her shrewd
and duel mind a possible means of
removing me from her path. If she
became convinced that I had
guessed too much. My plan to trap
her’was, attar all, a simple one. 1
asked you all to come here this
evening, not ss suspects, but to fill
the necess’ry roles in my grim
drama.”
•Vanes sighed deeply before con- j
tlnulng.
"I arranged with Sergeant Heath
the post st the far end of
the garden with s strong steel wire
such as Is used in theaters for fly-
ing and levitation acta. This wire
was to be just long enough to reach
as Ur ss the height of the balcony
on this floor. And to it waa at-
tached the usual spring catch which
fastens to tha leather equipment
worn by the performer. This equip-
ment conalsta. of a heavy „qgwtlfcto
yqgj’iqaefobling ta ahapa and cut
the old Ferris waist worn by young
girls ta pre-Victorian days, . and
even later. TMs afternoon 3ertfi»Ht
This Beat
Two beautiful
construction, i
U//eM
\014
For Youi
This Is
treatment of
FREE—i
valued a
One of
This suite
dinner len|
ONLY FRIGIDAIRE HAS IT!
rflta,!
1/CSI
ImiUmtly RtUoset Bit, Solid freCski ...No Molt-
Jndtr Fount!
im — SEE THE RROO*
j
*
1. Be slow to hqfig up when calling*
* 25,000 people a day in the Southwest
'haftg up" before the called party has
• ■
. \ . ' V
a chance to answer his telephone.
s J7JJ
I
■
Trade-in
Allowance
Easy
• Terms
• Hen’s the greatest improvement ever made ta k* Con-
venience. Lift a lever end it tmtumlj releases the Mg, solid
ice-cubes... yields 30% more Ice by ending meter, waste-
ful melting under s faucet. This exclusive new Frigidaire
feature, together with Frigideire's Automatic Ice Tray Re-
leaee, its capacity to frente snore pmmmdt of ice faster, and
More 100% snore reserve ice-cubes, offers the GREATEST
ICE-ABILITY ever known! Come ia. See PROOF.
ID 5
COME IN! SEE HOW FRIGIDAIRE PROVES
ALL 5 BASIC SERVICES
3. MEATE* mOTECT-MHJTY
5. CREATE* MVS4MUTY
Sen an electric meter frooo k!
7. Bt» CMJ^werwhen cplled- ...1. .....umesmm
—WestTexasUtilities *
mpany
MM
fei
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View 10 places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Huston, Cleburne. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1937, newspaper, June 11, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111674/m1/8/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.