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•FRIDAY—JULY 24, 1942 10 OAKY DOAKS -C2: i OH, HI AX A Lerj walk re r»£ nou/es, v'tYvow ••• ivs that fAue DICKIE DxiRE %</ d£R£'3 A ?OOf STICKING 1 JB MlGOSti. HELP! It'S WuM f^cx/T”^rkEa SH,r |^y / Vrjr^ OCT OCR WAY SDO MOU FlNDVllfilf I SEE NOW \ ( THAT’S AM WOMEN ARE \ / THAT IT AIN’T L / INSULT TO MEN/ EQUAL TO MEN \I \ THE HIGH- \ A MAN SPENDS IN THIS WORK? / PRESSURE WORK ) 30 VEARS AT ARE THEV h THAT’S KILLIN’ / TM’ TRADE AN’ BETTER OR L THE OL’ BULL / STILL HAS A EOT REALMS MMTfP 724 Veo»« if»[ nr wi mutt, wt. . T V • SERIAL STORY MURDER IN FERRY COMMAND BY A. W. O'BRIEN THB STORY M>d- Dawson. Ca- , niilin Intrllijmcf llrpartmrnl. i» •n the trail of »piM operating •gainst the R. A F. Bomber Ferry Command in Newfoundland. One of the apiea ha* been hanged for mur der. Pursuing a clew. I>aw«nn nar- i rawly escapes murder aboard a train. Than. on a boat to Canada, he Mnds a box containing one of the hanged man's hands in his stateroom. * • • A CLEVER TRAP CHAPTER iV It all seemed like a chapter) out of “Dracula'—or a cheap horror movie. But the awful thing lying in the box was un deniably the right hand chopped off Lemoy Statler's body. The stump indicated a clean hard blow, as with a sharp ax. Clyde Dawson shook off a sudden wave of repulsion at the whole situation. A little fresh air would have helped hut the port holes were sealed. Abrupt-] ly he laid the box aside, prohed into his suit case until he md a flask, flipped off the cap and drank deeply. A cigaret fol lowed and the investigator drew a deep breath. “That’s better!” he spoke aloud. “Now let’s see what poor Lemoy’s hand will tell.” Using a towel, Dawson picked the hand out of the box and turned it around slowly. There was something odd in its shape that suggested . . . that’s it . . . the fingers had been straightened out! When Statler was hanged his hands had clenched during the terrible drop. Rigor mortis had almost cemented the man’s hands in that ahape. Dawson recalled how difficult it had been to un clench them for the post-mortem enemination. But here the fin par* were straightened out. By J. R. WILLIAMS CORYRIOMT. I#4*. NEA SERVICE. INC. Carefully he put aside the hand, wrapped in the towel, and) turned to the box and paper, taking pains to keep his own fingers under the folds of a handkerchief - there was always] a chance that the experts at Ot tawa could pick off a finger-! print or two unless they had been smudged when he opened the package. Just what purpose lay behind this ghoulish act” Why had the hand been hacked off Statler’s hndv in the first place? It must have been done within the last 36 hours because Dawson, after ordering Statler’s body kept in refrigeration pending further investigation, had finally re leased it for burial only two mornings ago. Had the unknown individual risked detection in daylight hours at the graveyard by breaking into the vault just to get the hand in an attempt to scare the investigator? Dawson shook his head No. that didn't make sense—after all there had been the knifing epi sode on the train last night. Killers don’t try to kill first and then scare prospective virtims on the second attempt—it would be the other wav around. “I seem to be getting no where fast.” mused Dawson, “but one thing is certain the ghoul is on this ship now. He certainly traveled on the tram wuth me from St. Johns, be cause the hand couldn't have come to Port-aux Basques ahead of him unless it was flown and that wasn’t possible because there is no air service. There is one way . . . ” Dawson hopped to his feet, s'b \b ifca^aa^— —i— — £S9!^^^^^spS^S6BifcißC]2i^ >^tiy>>A< *^ A^v ■■■'—■■■ —*"* ■■■'■ ■ " r7*~^*s£^mmA f#A EGAD,MARTMA,MV \( WMAT IS IT TMI9 TIME, TMAT’S #DEAR / MOW COMPORT- N\ HOTEL STATIONERS OR/ GOOD NEWS* I |L ING IT IS TO COME MO ME ] TOWELS <A X’M SO MONGRV J PROM AFAR AND FIND WELL,! I'D WRESTLE / VOL) AS LOVELN AND / 'EXPECTED )> GARGANTOA \ POISED AS EVER/ ) / NOO PAN ENAS OACK lb POR A r' / REMIND ME WMEN X \\ TOD AN, SO THERE’S A \( OAINANA; )< I UNPACK MV ©AGS THAT U ROAST OP BEEF IN l < -, 1 J T-l : • '' ■ I ■/ _ packed the hand carefully and hid it under a bunk. Leaving the light turned on, he slipped quiet-, ly into the passageway and walked up to the captain's quart’ ters. 000 The captain inspected his cre dentials and Dawson explained what he wanted, without men tioning the harrd episode. In two minutes the purser had brought the long sheets in on which are, compiled all data on the passen gers. “As I understand it, sir.” the purser repeated, “you are seek ing a man who came from St. John's on the same train. There are many, of course, but you want to trv weeding them down to the most likely prospects That should he fairly easy be cause there are only 123 passen gers aboard, and 42 are Canad ian or American military, naval and air forre men Each section has one officer in charge who can tell about his men . . .” “Good.” exclaimed Dawson. “Let's start from there!” One by one the officers were asked to repoort and each vouched for his men personally. That cut the number of pros pects to 81. Bit by bit, thev eliminated many others. Seven men were accompanied by their wives aid children totalling 22 persons Twelve more were either w'ell known business men or wives or : daughters of prominent fanni es known personally to the purser a veteran of three decades on the Cabot Strait run. The list was now down to 47. , Another paiMy of 14 men had boarded the train at Bishop s Falls. Their credentials showed they had hern employed on ore concentrates work at’ Botwood. A fast checkup with the head man of the party revealed all 14 had been at 3otwood since autumn Two other men were a newspaper team from Mon-J OCR BOARDIXi; IIOCSE treal. Four men were Ameri can engineers from the IS naval base at Argentia Twelve 1 more passengers were either wives returning from visiting their husbands on service in St., Johns, children or elderly men ' “That brings us down to 15,” calculated Dawson. “Now I have reason to suspect that the party I seek would, like Garbo, want to he alone because of certain items of baggage and odd job'- he may want to do aboard Hew ! many of the 15 have separate, cabins?” The purser checked over the list carefully. “Only four—and here they are. sir ” For half an hour Dawson studied the four listings care fully, jotting down all given par-! tieulars on each, together with the cabin numbers. “That’s swell,” he said at length. “Now' we’ll have to ex ercise caution in the morning becase false arrest is still a seri ous offense in Canada. Mr. Purser, you will do the Intelli gene Department a great favor if you ask one trusted room stew ard to inspect all four cabins with utmost care in the morn ing as soon as their occupants leave to pass immigration at North Sydney, and report any thing the> see or find, no mat ter how slight, to me For in stance. I am inter ested in any pieces of brown wrapping paper or cord Mean while. I'll have the immigration officials hold up the men under some pretext. And >ou reali/e, of course, the nerd for utmost secrecy?” Roth captain and purser nod ded. It wm almost 5 a m before Dawson return to his cabin Rut he didn't sleep. Switching off the lights and slipping hi« revolver into a bathrobe pocket, he climbed into an upper hunk where he could keep an evr on the door. As he puffed at hisj MONITOR-LEADER The Fooling Is Mutual Outrageous—And Contagious r ••• HAWf TV£M ffUPP/CKV-LUS Y/ YOU W/MMZH ALLUS Jlj pipe, he went over every detail of the plan he had decided upon for the morning. It looked good to him-- a slight gamble, per haps, but the quickest way. • • • Dawson must have dozed be- 1 cause some noise awakened him, followed by the cabin lights being turned on. Auto-' matically his hand closed on his revolver, but he laughed out right as his room steward en tered with a cup of steaming coffee, looking in frank amaze ment at the unoccupied lower bunks and the cabin’s lone oc cupant lying dressed in an up per one. ‘•Don't get the wrong idea, 'toward, ’’ he said, climbing down to the floor. "I didn't have one too many last night and I'm not eccentric ... I just find it healthier to sleep in uppers at times.” “As long as you were com fortable, sis . . . Here is some coffee for you. Breakfast will be ready in 20 minutes. The ship i' two hours late on account of the ice. I ll bring you some hot water for shaving.” Dawson was in the captain’s cabin when the Canadian immi gration men came aboard at the Cape Breton Inland port in Nova Scotia. He knew both and gave them the names of the four men lie wanted delayed under “any pretext.” They agreed. Not wishing to arouse the wanted man s suspicions. Daw son avoided talking to the im migration men or ship’s officers in tront of other passengers. Me remained on the captain's quarters while the queque formed in the main lounge to file by the two desks at which the immigration men sat. He didn’t have long to wait. The purser entered with a steward who was carrying sev eral towels badly smeared with what looked like blsrk ink. (Continued on Page 11) Prize Package RADIO PROGRAMS AMPLITUDE MODULATION STATIONS WWJ 940ke WXYZ 1270 k« Will I4ookc WJBK 1490ke WJR 760ke CKLW 800 kc WEXL.... U4okc FREQUENCY MODULATION STATIONS W49D 44.9 megacycles W49D 44.9 mccacydet THIS EVENING-5 P. M. TO 1 A. M. 800 P M WWJ—News, music WJB—Arc You a Genius? CKLW—News Ars WJBK—News Acs ft: 1A P. M. WWJ—Music WXYZ—Oiphan Annie CKLW—The Turf Reporter WJBK—Melody Matinee 8.30 P. M. 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