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The DIVOR MUR By MILTO? SVKOPSIS . . . Six person3 are in an inner office of the law firm of Dawson, XIcGuire ami Locke at Philadelphia. A master hearing in the diverce case of Rowland vs. Rowland is under way. Mrs. Rowland. represented by her lawyer brother. Mr. Willard; Mr. Rowland, the defendant, ar.d his attorney. Mr. Trumbull; the court clerk and Mr. Dawson, the master, are the six persons. There is a new development in the case. After failing to defend himself against the charge of adultery in earlier hearings, Mr. Rowland digs up evidence and asks the court s permission to produce witnesses at: ! resist the suit. Judge Dawson overrules the heated oblprt iti'tc nt' Mr H'i P-t ri' nrirl n-r? nrd Mr. Trumbull to bring in the first witness. Rowland's lawyer goes to get the witness but finds her dead ?chloroformed. She is Mrs. Barbara Kaith. wife of i prominent Philadelphia business man. Judge Dawscn phoned for police. Detective Tommy Kankin is assigned to the case. He is now questioning all parties involved in the case. NOW GO ON v.tth the story. MYTH INSTAIjMKNT "If Hugh Canipbell is involved in this at all, he'll be too clever to do anything so conspicuous or suspicious. In fact, lse'll probably come forward as soon as lie learns Headquarters wants him.' tic paused. "Phcnc the Bureau. .Teaks. end tell Gordon to inquire for him at a!) the best hotels in torn::. If he's Staying in Philiy and isn't with friends, he'll check in only at the finest" He deliberated a moment and then finished his instructions. Besides, he has connections here, through which he might be traced. Bel's see . . there's Gussie Morton at the Morton Club and Nick Albert!, manager of the Organdy Club on South Broad Street. Tell Gordon to visit them for a chat." .leaks made a note of the address mentioned, and his superior continued: "Now, what else have ;.ou learned from the office force? Who visited the firm during the afternoon?' He nodded toward the chairs lined against a wall bevor.d the rail, where n nuti- M.l M>. .0 ...i T,-.. kin bad barely noticed on his arrival They -sai apart, Uie woman demure and chic in a gray dross that revealed an attractive figure; about twentythree years old. she was physical!} small, with petite features, pretty ir an unobtrusive manner. The man was as large as she was small. Close about firry years, he was tall an-i hroad-shouiered. His eyes were liiill and unimaginative and altogether he radiated ponderous energy. without alertness or sagacity. Studying them each in turn Raok'.n ashed his colleague; "For whom were they witnesses, Jenks? Who are tliey and what do they know about the ease?" "The girl's name is Jill Edmond? Miss Jill Edmond." Jenks replied. "Earlier, I understand, she worked as Mrs. Rowland's secretary last December and January." "Worked is right, but not any longer." Rankin commented with a smile. ' Because she happens to be his correspondent ? the woman with whom h? Haa ihp affair that cauac? his wife to sue for a divorce." ft was the other's turn to smile? knowingly, with a slightly lascivious smirk. With regard to the order of entrances and exits that afternoon, Jenks fully corroborated Rankin's own inquiries. His time-table, together with some notes and observations, read as follows; 2:20?Mrs. Rowland and Mr. Willard arrive and enter library. 2:25?Mr. Trumbull arrives, waits in outer office. 2:30?Allen Rowland and Mrs. Keith arrive, and with Mr. Trumbull, pass into library. I $1.50 PACKAGE, now $1.00 $1.00 PACKAGE, now _60c BOONE DRUG CO. 'JL'bo REXAUL Stoic REINS-STL CE COURT ! DER sT PROPPER 2:35 Jill Edmonds arrives an i waits in outer office. ! i::3S?Hugh Campbell arrives an waits in outer office. 2:38 tiiboutl?Rowland leaves Mrs Keith in 1505, and rejoins Mr. Trum bull. 2:39- Mrs. Rowland joins Camp beii, has brief cuuveisuliuu. vFin 'out what about.) 2:40- Alien Rowland and Trumbui leave suite through main office. Row j land to dismiss chauffeur. Mrs. Row ; land returns to library. 2:41 i about)--Mrs. Rowland leave suite through main oieice. and Mi Trumbull returns to phone his office 2:45 labout)?.Vllen Rowland re turns to 1507, and retires with ill Trumbull to Mr. Dawson's office j (Check the time with Mrs. Keith': , chauffeur, Alvin.) j 2:49 (about)?Mrs. Rowland re j turns, sneaks to Campbell and re junta uruuier 111 iiorary. 2:51 "about! ? Hugh Campbel j leaves suite by central doer for < minute and returns. 2:5t5?Hugh Campbell receives tel ephone call and hurries off with ou' ' explanation. 2:57?Mr. Henry Dawson arrives I arid enters his office. 3:00 Mr. Simpkins, court clerk, ar rives, also enters Mr. Dawson's of fice. The hearing begins. ? ? ? 9 'And that about covers the ground Tommy." Jonks concluded his sum mary of this data. He turned away from Jenks an< rjoined the group waiting in the li brarv. "Mr. Sbmpkins." he addressed tin * :.rk "I'd like to see your notes o i the evidence presented at the hear ingx Your typed record. Have yoj j got it with you?" > The clerk produced a large loose leaf notebook from a voluminous i<oc kot. "Willi pleasure, Mr. Rankin," n responded. "Here you have if corn olote." Rankin took the book from hin and excusing himself, retired into Mi Dawson's office. There he closed tn door and spread the notes on the law yer's table for study. Although o the surface the details of Allen Row , land's dalliance with Jill Edmond af pea rod to have no direct bearing o the tragedy, he would not neglect th . circumstances which it helped I I bring about. .' The preliminary testimony estat , bailed Mrs. Rowland's right to su ! for separation in Pennsylvania. Sh had resided at her estate in Part way Road, German town, continuous! except for her vacations. Alien Row lilllil hflfl O ion linnrl i >/.. ? ' "1 ....... u>ou 11 veil U1CIC until fill discovered his infidelity. Thbn h went into bachelor apartments he ha already evidently been occupying, i West Philadelphia. Tiie marriage certificate was of fered in evidence. She had met hir four and a half years before, whil I wintering in Miami. As a life-guar i at the beach, he had performed fo her some service, not clearly detailei which first brought them togethei Before that he had led a wanderinj adventurous life?a cowhand in Tex as. a movie extra in Hollywood, riding master in Chicago. They wcr . married by an episcopal clergyma at Fort Lauderdale, on December 21 11928. | Jill Edmonds, of course, was th 1 bone of the fatal contention bctwee ! Adele and Allen Rowland. A mont . .. ? -- juwwic uic past pew : ear, Mrs. Kow | land had advertised for a secretar (in the columns of several newspa pers. The "ad" required a young an personable girl of more than averag intelligence and ability. It would b her duty to attend to her employer' correspondence, manage her socia engagements and in general serve a a companion. Of all the applicant! Miss Edmond, petite and neatl; dressed, alert, clever and willing, ha appeared most suitable for the post. Mrs. Rowland first had reason t suspect the girl's relations with he husband less than three weeks latei She had remained home from a bridg party on the 23rd of the same montl because of a headache; but she r< tired without informing Miss Edmon of her indisposition. Descending ur, expectedly from her room at four o ciock, she found her in the library ostensibly writing letters at her desV while Allen Rowland bent over hei his arm around her shoulder. Thei nonchalant air in attempting to car ry off the embarrassing situation dii not deceive her. Confronted by this discovery, Adel' Rowland consulted her brother, whi arranged to hire detectives to watcl 1 [RDIVANT RAL HOME Funeral Directors Dav an ... ??' J Mt?VI 1 SOONE 24 TI CAROLINA WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE] | "ANDY" WRECKED i . Tower ot famous World Fair Skvride Crashes to Earth. _____ " ' CHICAGO.?"Andy" is no mere. 1 Ho was tiie east tower of the SkyHide, Century of Progress feature. His crash to earth was witnessed ' by "00,000 spectators. A microphone was attached to the top and the last weird cries of the mammoth tower were broadcast. ' the ennpie. Both parties were to be trailed every moment wherever they went, whether separately or not. There followed in the notes, a re same by the detectives of their movements in watching the subjects ol i their vigilance. On the Thursday aft ernooti after they began work, young Rowland kept a rendezvous with the - secretary at a park in uermanlowr f and took her to supper in town. Twe days later they trailed Rowland alom 1 to the Westview Apartments in Wesl Philadelphia. investigation revcalet - that for eight months he had had ai - establishment there under the naim I of Seymour King. e The crisis occurred on a Wedncs i- day, February tst, the girl's next hoi iday At tour o'clock that afternoon ?, so Mrs. P,owland related in her tes r. timony. she accidentally noticed i e scrap of paper in her husband's writ - ing in the secretary's library waste n basket. Evidently he realized at las - that tlroy were suspected and em >- ployed this indirect method of com n municaling with her. In the note, h e made an appointment to meet he o that very evening at r.inc o'clock Therefore, when the girl, during sup >- per, specially requested to be excusei ejfrom duty that night, her employe e J granted the favor. Rowland was no .-jat the table nor had he been at liomi y that afternoon. fr. the meantime, Mrs. Rowland tel e ephoned the detective and apprise* e him of her knowledge. Then the; d called Mr. Wiilard and prepared plan: n for trapping the faithless couple. So it was that when Allen Row - land reached the rendezvous on tha n Wednesday r.ight, his wife, Mr. Wil e lard and the detective were ahead; d hidden there; they watched unseei r from the lawyer's car. Rowland drovi 1, up alone in a coupe on the hour, an< his paramour joined him. They fol lowed him beyond the city limit: along the Bethlehem pike as far a: a Quahertown, Forty-five miles fron 'C Philadelphia "Rnwlnnrt tu. , . ? ?" n main highway to reach the fashion 5, able and expensive Sunset Inn, which however, like many such roadhouses e possessed a questionable reputation n It was 10:30 when he arrived witl h his companion. As they went inside - the pursuers, careful lest their quar y ry observe them, halted a hundrec .- yards from the building, il For some time they waited patient e e NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION il 3 North Carolina, Watauga County, ii , the Superior Court: The Federa y Land Bank of Columbia vs. Smitl j Hagaman and wife, Stella Haga man, Florsheim Shoe Company 0 Hanover Shirt Company and Dan r iel Miller Company, et als. r The defendants, Florsheim Shoe Com e pany, Hanover Shirt Company, am , Daniel Miller Company, will take r.o tice that an action entitled as abovi ,j has been commenced in the Superio Court of Watauga County, Nortl Carolina, to foreclose a mortgage ex r ecuted by Smith Hagaman and wife Stella Hagaman, to the plaintiff; anc the said defendants will further taki p notice that they are required to ap pear at the office of the Clerk of thi j Superior Court for said county, ii th: courthouse in Boone, N. C., with E in thirty days from the complelioi a of this advertisement, as required h; 3 law, and answer or demur to the com plaint in said action, or the piaintif: ' will apply to the court for the relie; ucuraiiueu in saia complaint. This the 3rd day of September 1935. A. E. SOUTH, Clerk of the Superior Court ol 8-12-4 Watauga County. chocks IT fiT flT Malaria DUO COLDS first day. lJquid - Tablets - Salve TONIC AND Nose Drops LAXATIVE *Y THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. Said to Be True The Pausans ??f Mayaia are the onlj j tril?e on earth that has no use for { IiV.'J'.VV. \Y!?on o t* j.ru<-:iil^'i j on to take a joh. ho will accept no I tinancial rewnrd bitt !> cvUcnt tritfc I a little rice and tobacco. It lie re reives more than his day's rations, he runs away, being suspicious of sen eroslry. ly. In ten minutes, a new light illumined one of the second floor rooms and Allen Rowland appeared at the window and lowered the shade. At 11:15 the three trailers entered. The chamber the husband and his companion occupied was number 212 on the second floor. (Here, the hotel book was placed on the record to prove Allen Rowland's registration for both of them as husband and wife. In his hand-writing was the entry for Mr. ar.d Mrs. King of Allentown. Penn.) Without warning. Mr. Wiilard knocked on the door; and when it opened, it revealed a scene that could hardly be more compromising. The guilty man stood in the doorway, chagrined and astonished, in coioied pajamas, a robe and slippers, while Jill Edmond, pale and breathless, sat on the bed in negligee. it was at mis precise juncture mat Mr. Mortimer Keith stalked angrily into the Inn bedroom, took in the situation with a hurried glance and. offering no explanation, departed as abruptly as he had arrived. When Rankin reached this amazing statement in the record, he sat back with a jerk, audibly expressing jhis bewilderment. It came from the | private detective, volunteered casually in his complete description of what occurred in Room 212, after the in( vasion. ; (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) FOUNTAIN PENS and SCHOOL SUPPLIES at ! Walker's Jewelry Store (Expert Watchmakers) ,(Near Theatre iJoone. N. C. 1 i There's ' i J Every one who stepf V-8 for the first time is 'r roominess. There's e i room, leg room and h body types ? the who i a feeling of substantial The Ford gives yon e because of the compac V-8 engine ? an exel 1 lure at a low price. 1 takes up less space in f . permits more of the cs used for passenger co Daniel FORD DEALERS icammuemmmmmammmmmssxa DoncieUon Lei.vca I?:u;rkliO!i ieavrs contain m?ro iuv ! ;eiu. fat. carholiydrati-s .n.-a and ash [ than <!di:the leave- or ??ther "greens" j bur tests fail t" <!iow theiu a better i viiuroc of rjtaniJns. NOTICE OF SERVICE BY j PUBLICATION oLilLV vi .\orui v<iruiii!d, v/uuni> ui . Watauga, in the Superior Court: j The Federal Land Bank of Columbia vs. James H. Bingham, Vera Bingham, W. H. Bi:igham, Montgomery Ward & Co., First National Bank of Elizabethton. Tenn.. et a!s. The defendants. James H. Bingham, Vera Bingham, Montgomery Ward & Company, and First National Bank of Elizabethton, Tennessee, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Watauga County, North Carolina, to foreclose a mortgage executed to the plaintiff by Jame3 H. Bingham and assumed by VV. H. Bingham; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for said county, In the courthouse in Boone, N. C., within thirty days front the 9 THEY PONT affect Br * B ENDURANCE AND 3at~ f MEL OTT Famous Baseball Scar Sjpr^ Or ?h xv:-\ fe^fgra ^dflVv^ S- i ffigwf? Bb^W>jiK jRvl .",;T jaTVtfJT t*T t *?y mBi!L | i'<;. 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