The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1937 Page: 3 of 8
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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER, Thur»d*> \ugu»l 12. 1937
PAGE THREE
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tn OPfilB A card game is m se*-
c" trier Henderson’s petilhou**
; nVw York Skyscraper The
*7,._ art Henderson, Polioe Inspec-
^ f ‘.'tv Hartln Fraxier, Archie
\! ,x' Micfcseli* and hi* friend
<i stockbroker.
*!“ au.it.me for Stenhen Fils-
‘‘7 ~ When he fails to appear, a
fShont call brings the infonnation
Sf ne - out with a girl. Fitzgerald
"5f Henderson are both romantically
SISr«>ted in Lydia Lane, the famous
*££but Archie Doane reveals that
STinkaged to marry him.
noaw leave*, the party early when
-{CTrald falls to appear. A short
2?-aur he telephones Inspector Fla-
^r'.v'with the frantic news that he has
tor Fitzgerald and Miss Lane dead
* Lvd:.. Line’s penthouse apartment.
Wher Flaherty and the medical ex-
•niner reach the apartment, they find
ffo. Miss Lane is still alive. She 1#
“ to a hospital where blood trans-
fusione and care promise to restore
ciri imstantial evldents points to
Arciiie Doane as the murderer, espe-
ciaJBy when the murder ^un Is foomd
to find this g:rl Adelt ,-au: Michaelu
•You can conceive as well I a »itua-
tion something like ihi.<
Miss Lam- come* home -never mind
the time when she come.- in now Her
maid is out for the evening as usual
thing .i. the maid's room, next to the
kitchenette ar*1 see if you car* find any
let ten »r anything which »lF give a
c.,a- to her rriatiorj. or associate* Her
name 1- Adele Somethlng-or-other—
Fr» nch 8he e<e.< out everx- Saturday
carefully planted in
dear:-out in the basement.
chimney
Tony he went on, addressing De-
tective Martinelli, "go down and bring
me janitor up heTe. He can tell
whether anyone went to the basement
tonight unless he's in this himself.
He might have a set of keys to every
apartment in the house."
■But hardly either a motive for this
shooting or the opportunity to purloin
this pistol from the Highart Studios,”
remarked Michael!*. "And that sug-
mkn to me that we have been over-
,looking a possibility. Where is Miss
Lane .1 maid? Who is she? Does she
usually stay out all night on Saturday
night? When did she go out, if any-
body knows? Where does she go when
she goes out?"
"Worth looking into, Dan?”
You bet that’s worth looking into.”
replied the Inspector. "Archie you
must know .something about her. What
do you say?"
She.1 a French girl named Adele
-I don't remember her last name, if
I ever heard it. She had been with
Miss Lane for three or four years, I
beiievt. She acts as her personal maid
u well ai looking after the apartment
here.”
Accompanies her to the Highart
Studios, does she?" asked Michaelis.
Yes, nearly always. She serves as
Miss Lane's dresser.
She mild nave got possession of
the revolver would you say?”
Yes there is no doubt that she
could Sne is on friendly terms with
everybody at the studio and has the
rur, of the place."
Has she been at the studio since you
last saw this revolver—las? Thursday
you said it was?"
Yes Miss Lane plays opposite me
ir. the film we are now making, and
wt wt re working until Friday night.
Adele was with her on Friday, I am
Hire.”
"Was there any suggestion, at any
time of any animosity between Miss
Lane and Adele?”
No more than between Miss Lane
aJid myself, so far as I know. The
maia seemed devoted to her mistress.”
Is she temperamental—Adele, I
naan Quick tempered? Easily of-
fended? The type that might do
violent things under the stress of sud-
den rage?"
You arc asking for an opinion,
Mux. hi'iHctor Flaherty interupted.
Let him tell any facts that might have
£ bearing on your question.’
1 yield to the police on a point of
law replied Michaelis. smiling. “What
about it, Archie?"
( She threatened to shoot Fitz. once,
‘‘ be- didn't stop pestering her." replied
Doane You know how he was—with
vomer. He laughed it off, but he kept
vui of Aueie's way after that.”
"Did you see or hear that incident
~ur,sri;? asked the lawyer .
No but it, was generally gossipped
wound the studio.”
_ I suggest again, Dan, that you ought
on Saturdays Pitzgrrald calls MLs* j and stays all night Peril apt. she has
Lane in negligee—her outer t?arm#nf«. ■ a *,■>>>.• *.,1 »________ »
on the chair where we found them. | tha^^ ^
because .she Is not accustomed to hang- j my office at shal» we say twelve hours
:ng up heT own things, admits him [ from now gentlemen, to meet in my
thinking perhaps that it is Archie, or offloe? Okay Tony, two thirty this
her maid coming back He has learn- j afternoon at Onter Street I shall be
ed of tier promise to marry Doane and j looking for vou and Adele
is furious. j Now lets see what the Janitor says."
They quarre. violently. Ad< ie who he went on as Martinelli left the room
perhaps i> rea,.y afraid of Fitz and to begin his march for Adele.
may harp takei ;he pistol from the The janitor turned out to be a self-
property room at the studio for self- pos*e.->.-ed middle-aged man whose
defense comes in and misinterpret.* bearing rugge.-ted honesty and lnte.li-
their altercation* or perhaps inU*r- genu He saluted Inspector Raherty
prets correctly Fitzs intentions toward and stoxl at ■attention a* the latter
her mistress She obtains the pistol I addressed him
from the place where she had conceal- , ‘ Did you ever see this gentleman
ed it, fires at Fitz. and mussing him, I before" the Inspector asked mdicat-
wounds Miss Lane Fur rushes to take' uig Doane.
the gun from her -he was no coward— i "Yes “I’ve *een him coming in and
and she shoots him in the heart as he going out w.th MLv Lane on mam’ oc-
overtakes her in the hall by the tele- , caslons."
plione stand. I "Did you see him come into the
"What would a servant naturally do i house tonight?"
then, in a panic? She would call for j "Yes. I was sweeping the sidewalk
help, hide the pisitol and vanish Where after the snow had stopped when the
would a servant naturally think ol ! gentleman drove up In a taxi. He
hiding a revolver? In the cellar She
had both keys to the apartment. She
could slip down the cellar without be-
ing noticed.
"Archie," he went on. suddenly turn-
ing to Doane. “are you sure it was Miss
Lane's voice vou heard over the tele-
phone? It could not have been that
of Adele. by any chance?”
"I wa* sure at the time." replied
Doane slowly. "I hadn’t though of any
Other possibility. Now, on reflection, I
am still sure. Adele’s voice and Miss
Lane’s are in the .same register, but
there are overtones which make them
distinctly different to one who knows
them both. It was Lydia's voice.”
"Sure of that?” persisted Michaelis
"Voices are distorted over the tele-
phone unless they are strongly mark-
ed you know. How did the woman who
called you add res.1 you? A1 Archie' or
as Mr. Doane?’”
"Neither,” said Doane. "When I
answer the 'phone I always say:
‘Archie Doane speaking' so there was
no need for anyone to ask who I was
It was Miss Lanes voice. I feel sure
ol that. Besides, Adeile would not have
used the same phraseology."
"She might have mimicked her mis-
tress’ voice, though. Had you thought
of that? Do you know whether or
not she had any talent in that direc-
tion?”
“She had been on the stage. I be-
lieve." said Doam I hadn’t thought
of that."
“What were the words she—whoever
called you—used? Tell us again, won't,
you? You remember the exact, lan-
guage?”
"Yes I remember it exactly. In my
profession, you know, one has to cul-
tivate a verbatim memory. The words
were:
" Come quickly! Hurry! Someth.ng
terrible has happened!' Then there
was a loud scream, and nothing more
"Why do you say that Adele would
not have used that phraseology’- ask-
ed Inspector Flaherty.
"Because the words were an exact
quotation from Miss Lane's part in
the talking picture we are making."
was Doane's reply. Adele might have
heard them but she would not use
them as the first words to spring to
her mind, under stress It would be
natural for Lydia to havr done that, as
that part of the picture was rehearsed
many times. All actors fall into tile
habit of quoting from their parts in
ordinary conversation; It's subcon-
scious with them.”
"Still, I see something in Max ,* i
idea.” said the Inspector “Has Tony j
Cou <t she have put that rtienr at that
timr or at any tune’ the Inspector
demanded
ft t {KUAlbk of ensure but 1 should
j *aj un K«*iy nr rep:*™ AliL"* *
wa* getting the aih cans up to the
1 tldew*:k when *he i »iur down, and
! how long .she had been there I couldn't
I say She stopprd only a minute after
j I saw her Just gave me the paper
said she waa off to her other Job
H*r other job eh* What » that?
I forgot you didn't know. *ir For
i that matter even MU* Lane do«*n t
know Ad«*.e wu afraid *he might not
J like her earning the extra money, vo
j she let Miss Lane think she had a
j lover But -he work* tn a night club
I evert Saturday mafht It'* their buay
' night you know and they put on ex-
tra attractions She ha* a song and
dance act I believe something quite
Parisian, * la Montmartre, if you un-
derstand what that mean*"
A bit oft color en? Doe* she do
this act unde: her real name?"
(on tin wed Next lame
ter a abort visit here iJttle Rodney j
Spence returned home with Leo for a
v is it.
There have torn «ome few from here
a the tfi :iu. meeting at Tan-
* a s * — *. W» • - — a* •e *— *
fctrmxHi anti «*.’»> im* au*.!
Mr.* Jimmie Currey and daughter
of Taylor spent the week end with her
parents Mr and Mr. C P MoLettrrn.j
Those v Luting Mi and Mr* H C
Spence Sunday were Mr and Mrs Jack j
Kyle and son. Delbert Mr and Mr*
Wlille Orabrtn of Rockdale. Mr and
Mrs Willie Hurse Kyle Mr and Mrs
O A Kyle and family of Dime Box.
and Bill Currev and Mr and Mrs Har
lev AnthL% ami bah» of California
Mr M«xi< Alford left Sunday for
Sea Drift, where siie will visit her
daughter Mr- D»>ra Wise
Mrs TYun Alford and children of
New ttaiem and Mrs Bill Brown of
Sandow visitexi a little while Sunday
afternoon with Mr Cleorge Nickel*
Mr and Mr* John Currey of UcK'k-
dale spent Sunday witii their mother,
Mr*. J E Currey and family
Buck Nickels is visiting an unde at
Milano Lhl* week
Oeorwr Nickels Clarence Alford and
Willie Hurae Kyle are working at
Cameron, this week
mon) We met Sunday morning and
are to meet, again next Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock
R A Simmon*, Prr*f»n and Jno
Denham .prat the “ "Ht end witii
their uncle Hennext ihnnam ai Mi-
nerva
Mrs Rad h Haven* spent Friday night
with i»er daughter. Mr* Wulter Weat-
brook
W? are glad to know Frankie Ar-
ledge has l>een moved to the home of
her uncle WUI SThtrblng at Rockdale
from tiie Cameron Hoapitai
Reporter Ada get uve Qrapea.
DON'T SCNaTCM
To rellewa the Itching aaaoriated with
Minor Skin Irritation*, Prickly final*
Ecaema, Ivy FoWoning, and UIUaw,
get a bottle of LITHiLL'S LIQUID
a aulphurate (xwnp«>«uut. Uied for more
than twenty Bra year*. Pile* Wt
H O Quebe, Baldridge A Prrwtu.
And Other Drug Stores
seemed in a great hurry- He pushed
the bell button for one of the apart-
ments—I suppose for Mvss Lane *—sev-
eral times, then tried the front door, j
I don’t know whether Miss Lane had
pressed the button in her apartment,
which release1 the front door latch, or
not It wasn’t necessary, as it hap-
pened, because I had come out with-
out my keys and had set the night
latch so that I could get. back in with-
out trouble. The gentleman—Mr.
Doane?—went in and I did not see him
again "
He did not go to the cellar at any
time to-night?" asked the Inspector
Not unless he went t-heTc imme-
diately on entering the house.' was
the reply. "I went in not more than
a minute or two behind him. fasten-
ed the front door so that only per-
♦ FOREST GROVE ♦
♦ Mrs V. E. Alford ♦
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Forest CNove, Aug »-'Dierr are
some in wir community beginning u
pick oolt/vi this morning (Monday)
The cotton crop Ls short d*v to Up
dry we at liar we have had
Janie* KyVe and Bill Currey haw
been in Dime Box picking cotton the
past week
Mr end Mrs O A Kyle and family
returned to their home In Dime Box •
Monday after a week's visit here with I
friends and relative* 1
Lucille Alford is visiting an aunt i
Mr*. O A Kyle in Dime Box
The housewives have been very busy I
canning grape Juice, peas Jelly, pearher
and other things |
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Young visited a 1
brother, Jim Young and family in i
Cameron Monday 1
Sam Richard* was a business visitor
in Cameron on Mondav of last week
George Nickels anu Clarence Alford
went near Milano on business Monday
morning I
Mr. and Mrs. Paden McClaren and
Mr*. Jimmie Pratt and children of :
Moulton, visited Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Schneebell of New Salem Tuesday. I
Jack Kyle of Rockdale was a visitor :
here Friday morning
Mis* Ella Floyce McLewren Ls vMl-
] ing her slater, Mrs. Jimmie Currey at,
j Taylor this week. |
i Solon Richards visited In Temple a
I few days this past week,
j Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hurse Kyle, Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Alford and children
and Frank Alford, enjoyed the day at
♦ NEW SALEM ♦)
* Mrs. Aimed* Nrarbrough ♦ (
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New Salem Aug 10 W< are having
some real hot weather water
ls getting low in tanks, and a great i
many are having to draw v»ut*i foi
their stock
Cotton picking has begun with John I
Talbott being the first onr to pick, a
bale in this community Some are
gathering corn ami hay
Oil* Ray has returned home aftei
several week’* visit his sister at Lame-
M
Mrs John West and daughter.
Johnnie Irene have returned liome last
Tuesday from Franklin
Mr* Faye Mitchell and three* daugh-
ters, Kathryn, Gwendolyn and Margie
Nell, of Big Springs, arrived Satur-
day for en extended visit with her
parents. Mr and Mr*. Fail*
Mr and Mr* Rufus Smith of Oould-
Bu&k. Coleman county with their three
sons Edward. Eugene and Walter, are
vinniiig i iir imu-i •> |
Mrs Jim Holliman
l*rriiw-, Ml and
"went down to the cedlar to bank my
fire. 1 sat there waiting to close the
drafts untlfl the officer you have sta-
tioned in front called for me. Nobody
came into the cellar in that time, I am
sure."
"H'm," said Inspector Flaherty. "You
stand lik« *< soldier Wer*- you ever in
th< Army?''
“N-o, but I was on the force, sir. Re-
tired for disability ten years ago. and
with by pension and the wages I get
here I’m managing to send a boy
through college. Name's Jenkins, sir."
"I’ll tak< your statement as true
Jenkins,” said the Inspector. "One
thing more, do you know the girl who
works for Miss Lane—Adele?"
"Adele Maroeau? Very well. sir.
She’s a fine young woman We get
along well together; she calls me
‘Uncle.’ You see. I'm French on my
mother’s side and I've always had- the
language, so she likes to oome down
and talk to me. I hope she isn't mixed
up in tills terrible affair, sir? Ls it
true that Miss Lane will pull through?" i
"It looks that way,” the Inspector re-
plied. "We don't know how deep your
friend Adele may be in this, or
whether she's in it at all. Has she
been in your celilar this evening, by any
chance?"
"Early in the evening .sir She came
in to give me a French newspaper
About six o’clock that would be, or a
little before. Miss Lane had Just come
in, she said, and was off for the
night.”
"Did she have anything else in her
hand besides the newspaper?' ’
"Only a bag, such as ladles carry
their lipsticks and such in.'
"Was it possible that she had a re-
v*1' ** u'/vi sn/ turn. vsasij Ja * _ JVfllCi SfttUIXlEV
sons with latch-keys could enter, and 1 jj,n gam Richards visited nis grand-
parent*. Mr. and Mr*. Charlie Landia
at Rockdale a few day* this past week
Mr. Harley Anthls, of California,
visited with friends and relatives a few
days last week.
Mrs. M. G. Hickman and son, Leo,
returned to their home in Overton af-
COme up with lilt- juniUm Tviiy! I VOjVcI ? Yoii .-vo•* wic uiir ihai w*u->
Bring your man in here and take some j found in your chimney dean-out.
instructions.
Permanents
That snap into place
Positively no setting re-
quired—soft natural
waves; no kinky dry
ends—if you had fail-
ures, try our special oil
method and know satis-
faction. We guarantee
our waves.
SHAMPOO AND SETS
OIL MANICURES
FACIALS
City Beauty Shop
Phone 82
XTH*n>w.th WiwW
Abram Criddle and family were visit-
ing with Mra A .Scarbrough Sunday
Ella Baggett of Temple, visited Fri-
day in the Joe Denham home
Mr* Joe Denham with her mother,
Mr* Dee Hoilowell, Mr* Byron Neal
and Mr* Amiri I>ockall attended the
Salty cemetery working Wednesday
Mr. and Mr* Irvin Skinner and non
Boao and daughter Ola Joyce, and
Ur a Joy Luc**, visited in the liome of
John West Sunday.
Preaching waa well attended at Har-
STOP THAT ITCHING
If bothered by the Itching of Ath-
lete’* Foot, Ecw ma, Iltch, Ringworm or
sore aching feet. H O. Quebe will send
you a Jar of Black Hawk Oirument
on a guarantee Price 50c and $100
USED
FURNITURE
at barga
price si
Tables
(’hairs
Dressers
I ivim? Pmimi
Suites
Office Desks
Kitchen
Cabinets
Shfx* repairing and mat-
tress renovating our spe-
cialty.
Pearson's
Phone 26
At Your Grocer Call For....
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“it’s better’’
What Rochdale Makes, Makes Rockdale'
"I want you to go through every-
When you
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In fhn Southwest, 25,000 p#opk o day hang up
Ufort tbm called party has a chance to answer.
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Triple Cut Adhesive Tape
Kodak Films
Picture Frames, all sizes
Sun Visors
Sun Glasses ...... ......
Tennis Shoes
Bandana Handkerchiefs
Straw Hats
Ladies’ and Men’s House Shoes
Towels, all kinds .........................................
When you need bicycle parts, see us first.
5c and 10c
15c to 39c
10c up
QUESTIONS THAT AUK ASKED ABOUT BANKING
r > j. / • m O /I 11 /) 11
“What does a Bank mean ,
‘Uncollected funds /
This question can best be answered by an illustration.
Suppose you receive from John Jones a check for $10
written on a bank in another city. You bring the check
us us, endorse it. and deposit it in your checking ac-
count here.
Your account is credited with $10 on our books. ’This
$10 then becomes “uncollected funds” until we send the
check to the bank on which it was drawn and receive
the money or equivalent credit.
rhrough the American system of correspondent bank-
ing we are able to handle the collection of checks from
one city to another with ease and rapidity for the cob
venience of our customers.
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THE BANK OF PERSONAL SERVICE
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