The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume], September 14, 1934, Page PAGE TEN, Image 10

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The Bed That Was Not
Occupied
SOME years ago Lemuel R. Boyce,
an officer on the St. Louis police
force, was murdered while trying to
arrest a burglar.
He was very popular among his as
sociates, and there was an almost uni
versal desire to find the man who had
committed the deed and to give him
the full penalty of the law.
/ But the difficulty was to get a clue
Upon which to hinge their investiga
tions.
. It was learned ihat a number of col
ored men bad been seen In the vi
cinity of the hotel where the officer
Was shot, but there was nothing to
connect them with the crime.
Chief of Police Smith determined to
eomb the city in order to locate the
known colored criminals.
The Job was well done, but It did
pot bring very practical results. Just
about that time the chief learned that
one of the men who had been seen
loitering in the vicinity of Cardinal
street on the night of the murder had
been sent to the Missouri reformatory
a week later on some minor charge.
. He called upon , the mother of the
suspect and questioned her regarding
bU movements for the previous month.
. She admitted that he was wayward,
but was positive that he could not
have been the murderer of Policeman
Boyce.
She was cross-examined, and as a
yesult of that it was found that Frank
.White—for that was his name—had
not slept at home on the night of
March 31.
This was extremely Important be
cause that was the night the officer
was shot.
_ In addition to ascertaining this bit
of information, the chief of police also
came away with a bunch of pawn
tickets.
One of them called for a revolver.
The officer called- on the pawn
broker and obtained the weapon.
It was taken to headquarters, and it
was found to be the caliber revolver
with which Policeman Boyce had been
Shot
The proof of this was discovered by
means of the bullet that bad been
taken from the wound.
< Thus armed, the chief of police was
in a position to confront the suspected
mam
He took the train for Boonville and
arrived at the reformatory late at
night •
In order te make doubly sure he
took the mother of White with him.
The superintendent was perfectly will
ing to have White interviewed, but
thought--It-might' be postponed until
the next morning. Chief Smith did
not agree with him.
On the contrary, he said there were
several reasons why the meeting
should take place that night-
One of them was that the suspect
would be confronted unexpectedly and
without opportunity of manufacturing
an alibi.
He was roused from a solid slumber
and brought Into the waiting room.
By previous arrangement, the moth
er had been placed In an adjoin
ing room. Ig®#/ 7
White was surprised when confront
ed by the detective—but he was also
defiant
. He positively denied all knowledge
es the Boyce murder and said that he
was sleepy and wanted to go back
to bed. _
“Where did you spend the night of
March SIT asked Chief Smith sud
denly.
“At home in my bed—just where I
should have spent it”
“But you did not sleep at home that
night” replied the detective In bls
most positive manner.
“Hew do you know that?" he asked,
half tauntingly.
For reply his Inquisitor opened a
little window in the room and pointed
to an adjoining'apartment where sat
the mother of the accused man.
Her unexpected presence shook his
nerve.
What had she said to the police?
How much of the truth bad she re
pealed?
He was troubled and in the end ad
mitted that his bed had not been oc
cupied that night
A minute later, when confronted by
the revolver which had been retrieved
from the pawnshop, he broke down
and confessed that he had killed
Officer Qoyce.
Deaf-Mutes* Language
Deaf-mutes seldom use the deaf-and
dumb alphabet except when communi
cating names and dates that must be
spelled, writes J. F. Regan, Lawrence,
Mass., tn Collier’s Weekly. They em-
Vkv an indicative sign or symbol lan
■cage which is faster than speech and
generally understood In many coun
tries, hence mutes of different nation
• Sties can sometimes converse with
out any knowledge of each other’s
written language.
Invented the Parachute
'The parachute has been known for
centuriee in 1783 Sebastian Lenor
mand practically demonstrated the ef
•ctency of a parachute by descending
from the tower of Montpelier observe
ery T. J. p. Blanchard (1753-1806)
la due the idee of using it as an ad
jpact to the balloon. The seat-pack
MM «f parachute used by the army
'w developed by the army in 1918
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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Highway Safety Month
Universal Draft Wanted
' Nasu Warned Against Jews
Strikes and the Lord
Governors of forty-three states join
In proclaiming September “Street and
Highway Safety month.” .
States Issuing the call posysp
twOnty-one million of the nation’s au
tomobiles, and they average' twenty
six thousand seven hundred deaths
from automobile accidents annually.
The nation’s "grand total" Is thirty
thousand five hundred such deaths.
Details wired by Mr. G. D. Newton
of Hartford, Conn., show that this
year thus far .deaths from automobile
accidents are running 20 per cent
ahead of last year, meaning probably
thirty-six thousand deaths for 1984.
Secretary of Commerce Roper, chair
man of the national conference on
street ana highway safety, urges con
certed action through the nation, and
there Is certainly need of IL
The Increase In deaths, unfortu
nately, Indicates increasing reckless
ness among Americans, and, more un
fortunately, increased recklessness 'in
drinking.
The New York State American Le-.
gion demands a new law that would
give government the power to draft
everybody in case of war, with power
to control all manufactures, rail
roads. etc. The national government
assumed all those rights and powers
last time, and would do to again with
out any special law.
Many would advocate a law forbid
ding any wholesale conscription of
American youth or cash without a pre
liminary vote, allowing the people to
express their opinion. The nation may
not be always as foolish as it was last
time. .
Wise Guy
Rudolf Hess, chosen to succeed Hit
ler if the Lord should take the chan
cellor, warns members of the Nasi
party not to employ Jewish lawyers,
recommend any Jew for official or
other positions, and Nazi party mem;
bers must not associate publicly with
Jews. That should suit self-respecting
Jews, If some of the things that Chan
cellor Hitler said concerning the moral
character of Nazis recently executed
by his order are true.
Northern strikers of the “hard-bolted,
he-man type” may cry “Crisis!" reed
ing of a strike meeting In North
Carolina that turned into a religious
camp meeting with prayers and loud
cries of “Amen,” Mr. Lawrence, elo
quent strike leader, telling his,follow
ers, “Trust in God, for he Is with us,
as he is with all those whose cause is
just” '
Scoffers may remember that Oom
well also prayed and took the Lord
for his partner on all occasions, and
what he did to privilege and power
was a good deal. He to one man that
never lost a battle; he cut off the
king's head, and Ela enemies. feared
him long afty be was dead.
The eloquent Mr. Lawrence told his
strikers, “The .first strike on record
was the strike In which Mooes led the
children of Israel out of slavery, from
Egypt” The first strike, some would
say, to described by Milton, telling of
Lucifer and his attempt to role In
heaven. Others would say that Eve
was the first striker, bored, with no
one but Adam'to talk to, dellghtdQ to
meet the serpent, although she was
sorry 'later and wished she had not
struck against the rale concerning the
forbidden tree..
Am&« courageous filer, Douglas
Davis,, was killed while striving to
win the Thompson trophy race at
Cleveland just, after he had broken
another reeortL CoL Roscoe Turner,
who recently again broke' the Pacific
to Atlantic record, won the Thompson
trophy.
Davis, a modest young Georgian.
Just before his death had beaten the
land speed record, going above 808
miles an hour. He win be content to
have that record engraved on his
tombstone. WedeU, who set the pre
vious record, was killed recently trying
to do better. Thia country has many
brave fliers.
Improbable things do happen. At
Jonesboro, Art, Leon Brown and Ho
mer Stewart, rival candidates for
deputy clerk, each got 754 votes. The
learned Dr. Newton H. Brown of Ar
kansas State college says, with one
election a year, such a thing, according
to mathematical probability, would not
happen again before the year 1,889,198,
or 1,087,282 yuan from now.
A scientist of South Africa an
nounces that the puff adder’s venom
Is the basis of a new drug producing
amusingly good results In treatment
of epilepsy. 90 per cent of patients
cured, 74 per cent greatly improved,
according to an Interesting article by
GObtad Behari LaL In this country- it
la understood, that the puff adder,
swelling out his checks, eobra-fashloa,
only pretends to bo poisonous. Per
haps Africa has a worse puff adder.
Japan knows how to do things
quickly. Our bandit-bunting forces
might take lessons.
Two Asserlcans, seven Japanese,
were kidnaped by Chinese bandits
after .wrecking a train. Japan sent
glare, killed 25 resend the
prisoners. . -
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BARRING THE PROBS
Tramp—Madam, I have seen bet
ter days. ~ .
Madam —That may be, but I have
no tlme.to discuss the weather with
strangers.
Ouch!
"I see,” remarked Mr. Peck cau
tiously, “that a scientist says a man
would be healthier If he went out
more at night”
“Huh!” snorted his wife, “you try
going out nights and you'll find how
unhealthy Hl make it for you.”—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Receptacles
“You complain of so many bureaua
in the government”
“Tea,” answered Senator Sorghum,
"and I may add that I do not approve
of the way some of the file cases are
managed.”—Washington Star.
Out of the Swiss
"Are you' working In a goldfish
bowir I
"No,” answered Senator Sorghum.
"The way we are being crowded and
classified makes me feel more as If I
were reposing in a sardine can.”
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