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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27, 1921. 11 100 True Detective Stories CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE Ccpyrisht, 1921. by The Wheeler Syndicate. Inc. Book Right ReaerY L ea JEL S2. W JSK further examination show fie,i dead" those unfortunate souls h0 either end their own lives or, af r rmttoS with foul PlaJ' are thrown lit n Ll i . IV J V iiwnvu ujj uao jfltO later. providing another puzele in inden- and ultimate justice for the gendarmes on guard near c;, ine noticed a canvas bag bobbing titration police. . . . jpjv than half of these cases are fi-'ih- solved, but it is doubtful if there L'tieen any, in Paris or elsewhere, .Vh possesses the strange and un- ,al elements of the "Affair of the King", as the murder of Leon L-ton is generally known. Xho case began on a bright sun .,nV mui ning in early spring, when ;,pp of t he p .in,l down, lust oeiow me suriaca l ,;.-. water. Securing a boat-hook, i j'oiv the bag in to shore, and upon Lenins h. found that it contained th ni'm''ei',d body of a man. Even lV. n-ost careful scrutiny of the bod.. w.wfver. failed to reveal the slightest bv which it could be identified Xhe head .vas missing. There was no tc.ir. ba th mark of blem.sh upon the trunk ("." limbs, while all of tno men w.h0 hn 1 been reported as "missing" had wIT,e hnrftcterlstic by which they cmilil t-asilj' have been identified. fur the body had been examined h" tli" police surgeons-, all of whom .jrefd that it had not been in th wa ter m?nv hours, thn matter was turn ,,l(mT to Henri Valger. one of the oe .'ec!js on the force, wit'i instructions to find out what he could trough no ono !?r!itved that anything kivj the opt -inusu.-tl luck would e.er solve the ir.vstery. n-t only thing of interest that Valger could find, was a point which had al ready been noted, that the dead man wor? h plain heavy ring upon the third fincer of his left hand. At first, Vaelpr took it for granted that this ea mat it was nnthino- mr,,. tkn v mui mail brass unmarked in sny way precisely the sort of ring which thousands wear in all sections of the Continent. "If it had been gold" mused th-. detective, "the case might have L ee i easier. One can sometimts trace a gold ring, merely on accourt of its value- But a brass pne-r-pah!" And he tossed it upon his desk. The following morning the ring agriin came to his attention, merely on ac count of the fact that the sunlignt slanting throufh the window thre.v It into high relief. Half-mechanically, alger picked it up and glanced at it, though, he knew that every detail of the sordid ornament was stamped upon his memory. It needed only a cursory examination of the insjde of the ring, however, to cause him to start and rub his eves. On the nighr before, the interior had been precisely the same as the exterior, not bright, but well rubbed and fairly shiny. Now there was a distinct differ ence. A greenish stain had spread over the entire inside of the brass circle, while the outside was Just as it had been on the preceding evening! What was the answer? This was the question which Va'cer asked himself many times within the hour, but without being able to find an adequate reply. Then, feeling certain that the discoloring of the ring must have something to do with the mys tery the identification of the headless, formed - him, "is only, to be expected, since the dead man is evidently in the habit of wearing a brass ring". "But", asked Valger, "does that mark necessarily come from wearing an orna ment of this nature? Couldn't it have been caused by something else?" "Very possibly it could", was the re ply, "but the ring is by far the like liest explanation. If you found a man with his throat cut and a razor lying beside him, wouldn't you naturally con sider that that wasvthe weapon which had inflicted the wound?" "That would be my first impulse", admitted the detective, "but the very proximity of the clue might lead me to think thatt had been placed for purposes of deceit 'planted' as the Am ericans say. That discolored circle on thi dead man's finger may have been 1 ATT At 3 MLucu Jeanne Price I New York, June 27. The Newport set of New York society is exceeding ly surprised. They had rather visual ized themselves as giving a reallyy ELEVEN BODIES FOUND IN RUINS Indications of , Foul Plav rouna; nouse is Jtsurnea to the Ground. Mayfield, Ky., June 27. The bodies of five adults and six children were worth-while treat to the comparative : found ill the ruins of the home of En timet legions oi xung isiana wnen ' est Lawrence, a farmer livins about Vt .-MM T they turned to Southampton for their slimmer lodgings this season, deserting the famous Rhode Island resort. Pretty nice tor boutnampton was the wav caused by this ring, but I have a feel- they it. And. lo and behold, South- ine that it wasn't. See?" and he pointed to a number of tiny marks, visible only under the magnifying glass, "Those look more to me like the effect of some acid, than the result of wearing brass . jewelry. Besides, the soft palms of the hands and the comparative care which had been bestowed upon the fin ger nails, do not indicate that the dead man was one who would wear the brass ring of a peasant". "You mean-r" "I mean that the ring belonged, not to the hand that was found in the Seine, but to the hand of the murderer that it was placed on the finger to hide that circle - of greyish-green flesh, evidence in itself that some mark of identifica tion has been destroyed!" Valger's next move was to wire throughout France, asking for an imme diate report of anyone "with a tattoo mark or ciher peculiarity encircling tnc third finger of the left hand" who had been reported missing " within the past two months. The Chief of Police at i Lyon's replied that the inquiry fitted Leon Horton, a pawnbroker, who nad not been seen for the past ten days, and whose wife had requested official in vestigation. "Horton had a livid scar over the right temple", the vire continued, "and a circlet of orange-blossoms tattooed on dismembered body-he made his way to the rin& fser of his left hand, the lat 'die chemical division of the police headquarters, where he ascked a num ber of seeming irrelevant questions. Then he returned to the morgue and again examined the body, paying par ticular attention to the ring finger of the left hand. ' There, precisely where the ring had been, was a circle of discolored flesh, which, as the surgeon in charge in- Since 1868 The Home of Good Shoes ter having been placed there when he was married". "Yes", exclaimed Valger, "and the scar was the reason that the head was not placed in the bag. It would have made identification too easy. The mur derer attempted to eradicate the tat tooing with acid, and then placed his own ring on the finger to cover the mark. The acid, diluted by the water in which the body was immersed, caus ed the change in the inside of the ring!" The rest was merely a matter of official routine: Hortbn was traced to Paris. It was found that he had fallen iinto the hands of a gang of confidence men, and that, when he had shown fight, he had been killed. The body had B rown Kid ampton s oia guara simply raises its lorgnette and says, "Dear Me! How invaders do creep in nowadays!" Beinic the summer capital of the smart sJt doesn't get one beam of pride from t3 face. The inner band down at the Long Island village have surrounded themselves with an impregnable Wc "1 and dare these multi-millionaire Ne.v Yorkers to try to find a gateway. I have .tried to figure this out ever since I saw it: but I haven't been abla to do it yet. Why I didn't go boldly in and inquire about it, I don't J knov. In the window of an undertaking es tablishment on Monroe street, Brook lyn, I saw pinned- to the white satin ribbon tied onto the handle of a bas ket of pink mses, this sign: For Sal:. Brunswick-Billiard and Pool Table. In quire within. The 'Forlorn Hope" office might well be the name of the Knights of Colum bus' bureau on West Fortieth street. There isn't anything else quite like i: in the country, I believe. The mother of Antonio Nicola, who went to war and didn't come back, couldn't be found. Uncle Sam had $10,000 which belonged to her. because Tony had no, neglected to take out war risk insur ance. The neighbors said she had no money before she went away. The "Forlorn Hope" office found her. De serted wives and children turn there to have cheir difficulties straightened our. It's a combination of a detective :au reau, a first aid station, a bureau of mercy and charity, and a court for do mestic difficulties. seven miles from here, which was de stroyed by fire Saturday midnight. There were" indications that the dead may have been the victims of foul play and, at a coroner's inquest Xield here Sunday, a non-committal verdict was returned. An examination of the bodies, which were burned beyond recognition, s! .ow edthat one of tne women bore woards that seemed to have been made by some sharp instrument. The dress of the infant, which this woman is thought to have been hoidi"r n her arms, was drenched in blood. In one of tne rooms in wtiich sev eral bodies were lying were a re volver containing six empty cartridges, a shot gun, a rifle with a cartridge that had been discharged and another exploded cartridge nearby, a double headed axe on the bed springs near the body of one of the men, and a large oil can which had been kept in the yard. Particles of clothirg were clinging to the bodios of the men, showing that they had not retired before they met dea th. Screams of wemen and children and several shot3 are said to have been heard by neighbors shortly before the fire was discovered. There is a New York banker with a "hobby" which might well do for a less dignified an"5 supposedly sensible man. He writes to every writer who has had a book nub'ished and begs his autograph in behalf of . "a sweet win some baby with blue eyes and chubby fists" his daughter for whom he is making a collection of such autograph;?. And he doesn't even show the cons'ui- What's smarter for a la dies' walking oxford? This one has a Cuban Heel, flexi ble welt sole. $7.50 eration of sendinsr original letfprs! ills'- bee'i dismembered, acid applied to the pours form epistles in upon the poor circlet, on the third linger, ana a cneap i author. t he other day he met what brass ring slipped over it to cover the mark and to mislead the police. If it had not been for the effect of the acid on the ring itself, the body would pro bably never have been identified, and the murderers would have gone free instead of two of them being send to the guillotine, while the third went into penal servitude for life. Gilmer-Moore Co. Shoes Hosiery Luggage lingerie Flcrsheim and Knox Low Shoes $9.65 Three Days Only These are shoes that stand up. They are sturdily built for long wear. Correctly styled for the season. Brogues and plain Oxfords. Monday, , Tuesday and Wednesday only at this price $9i (Regularly sold at $12.75) H. C. Long Company 33 East Trade St. CERTAIN FEATURES DECLARED SERIOUS Des Moines, la., June 27. Denounc ing "certain features operative in the public life of America today, v.hich were declared so serious as to almost prevent us from being good neighbors to the rest of mankind". Rev. Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of Furman ITniversitv. Greenville. S. C. sounded a 'warning in an address to Baptist Young I People's delegates at the Northern Bap tist Convention sessions here Sunday. One of the gravest of these, he de clares, was "a narrow and belligerent nationalism which would prevent Ameri ca from taking any share in the world's sufferings except as the action will inure to our benefit which declares that America entered the war and made all he sacrifices from a purely self ish standpoint and that there is no other worthy national motive or policy in dealing with the rest of the world." Baptist young people, to do their part, said the speaker must make them selves important, fill diplomatic and consular places, go as missionaries at home and abroad, travel, trade and write. They must attain a world (outlook, judging questions from "that high and broad consideration of men as human beings all; and must establish relations from the religious standpoint." I The democracy of the Baptists, the speaker urged, should make them able to see as men, apart from accidents of color, race, and other accidental con ditions. I 1 some of the authors have felt he had coming to him. He wrote in care of an Oriental merchant to a Japanese writer whose works he had just no ticed had been published. The mer chant smiled to himself and sent him two autographs, one of the writer i.v ouestion and the other of one M. Ukiyohe; "famous in the art world." And not' until he met with laughter from some scholarly friends did the banker learn that the writer had been dead for several centuries and "Uki yohe" :s the name of a school of Japa nese art like an autograph of Mr. Wa ter Color. SUES BROTHERHOOD FOR TAKING HIS JOB Chattanooga. Tenn., June 27. Wil liam Felton, formerly employed by the auuLiiern naiiway, nas nied suit in circuit court here against the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen asking $f, 000 damages, alleging that the union caused him to be dismissed from the railroad's service, it became known Sun day. The suit involves two questions, which have never been determined :n Tennessee courts. One is whether or not a non-union laborer, who has bt-en discharged at the instance of uni m labor, has any remedy at law and the second is whether an incorporated la bor organization may be sued for .none tary damages resulting from the loss of the position. Felton alleges that he worked for the Southern Railway Company ad a switchman for six years and, at the time of his discharge, was receivinc a daily wage of $6.48. He charges that he was dismissed after a demand had bee;i made upon his employer for his remov al by his fellow workmen, members ot the trainmen's union, who threatened to strike and refused to work with him. He asserts that his discharge was the result of a' conspiracy rn tnf ! the union members and resulted in damage to him in the sum of the amount sued for. This is a fretful time of the year in the subways, according to one conver sational guard. "I'll hear more, argu ments among the passengers within the next three weeks than all the res; of the year." he said the other day. "All because of the sun. About th s time of the year everyone generally takes their first swim and gets their first sunburn. Then when somebody in the subway crowd jams against their blistered arms and shoulders, th y certainly are touchy. And it doesn't take much touchiness to start a. sub way argument." Pure Linen Have You Ever Heard of a Rug of Pure Linen? A Klear Flax Rug We have placed a rug made of pure linen on the sidewalk in front of our store for ten days. It will receive more wear and abuse in those ten days than it would in your home in ten years. It will then be cleaned and sold to the highest bidder We guarantee that you will not be able to detect any wear after this test. Nothing but pure linen. Come in and see our stock of these wonderful rugs in ail sizes and colors. arker - Gardner Co There will have to be a fashion on 'e again of false "puffs" and curls on wo men's coiffures in order to use up mi'. the hair that, falls from the freshlv bobbed heads. The hair dressers an! barbels are getting an over-supplv. Sometimes if the girl is clever, she pets a fair price for it at real cash. Usually she trades it for a permanent wave tor what is left, say New York beauty shops. LUUCY JEANNE PRICE. New Phosphate Increases Weight and Strength of Frail Peopl in Two Weeks - Time in Many Instances. Nothing like Bitro-Phosphate, says Dr. Harrigan, of New York, to make thin, delicate, nervous, discouraged mpn and women take on needad i weight and quickly exhibit a nerve 1 - . i force that radiates neaitn, energy ana ambition. This remarkable nerve force product was first brought to the attention ot the French Academy of Medicine by the celebrated Dr. Robin. It is known to be such a wonderful aid to frail, run-down people that Jas. P. Stowe & Company and" other leading druggists sell it under a guarantee. CAUTION: Although Bitro-Phosphate 3 1 is an excellent aid in relieving weak, j nervous conditions, its use is not ad 1 1 vised unless ijcreased, weight is de ll ; sired. v GAINED BY LEAPS A-XD BOUNDS Des Moines, la-, June 27. Interest in missionary education gained by leaps and bounds during 1920, W. A. Hill, se cretary of missionary education, report ed to the Northern Baptist Conven tion here today. This development was general, he said, other denominations having joined in similar work, through the Missionary Education Movement. ' ii HEADACHES Backaches, dizzy spells, pimples, rash, boils, nervousness and a multi tude of other troubles result from habitual constipation. 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Judge Moon, a Democrat, began his Congressional career in 1897, having served continuously since that time until the beginning of the present ses sion, being succeeded by Joe Brown, a Republican, as the result of the land slide which carried Tennessee into the Republican column last' November. Judge Moon was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, but he had been a citizen of Chattanooga for many yeav,p. Before his entry into Congress, he wts judge of the circuit court for several terms. Just before the end of the. last Con gress, he suffered a collapse from which he never recovered. MRS. DAVID S. YATES. Funeral services of Mrs.' David . Yates were held at St. Peter's Episco pal church Sunday afternoon at 5:3' o'clock. Rev. E. A. Penick, Jr., the rec tor, officiating. The Parent-Teacher Association at tended in a body and other civic o ganizations, of which Mrs. Yates WR3 a member, were present. The funeral was one of the largest known in Char lotte for years. The chanoel of th .church was a complete mass of flow ers. The casket was covered with a cross of Ascension lilies which extended the full length of the casket. This was a tribute from the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. . The interment was in the' family plot i at Elmwood. I ' Among the pallbearers were Stafes : Lee, Ralph Van Landingham, Jr., "Wood-! ley Chapman. John Purser. Clarke Smith. Jack Milstead, McLean Sinclair, and Alex McMillan. Mon., 'LYING LIPS" BROADWAY Tues., Wed., Thu'rs. eQBOOSOOQOQD c. c. WEST. Funeral services for C. C. West widely known citizen of Charlotte, who. died at his home, aos. Mint, street sun day afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, will be j held at the residence Monday after-j noon at 5 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Crigle.r I pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran xchurrh, will officiate. Interment will M)e in Elmwood cemetery. '. Mr. West had been in declining, health for several months. He was 63 , years old. having been born in Rowan , qounty near Salisbury. He came tn j Charlotte when a young man and later : entered business. He retired from ac tive business several years ago. The dead man was never married and had amassed considerable wealth. He owned the Southern Hardware cor ner and the adjoining lot in the first block of West Trade, the Regent garage nronertv. on South Church street, val uable property near the eSaboard via- i uable nroDerty near the Seaboard via- farm and his old home near Salisbury. One sister. Mrs. Alice Mills, 12 South! Davidson street, survives. . Lawn Care Now Means Lawn Satisfaction, Later We Suggest Lawn Mowers Grass Catchers Grass Hooks Hedge Shears Lawn Hose Lawn Sprinklers Hose Reels ' SHOES . FOR MEN, ' WOMEN, CHILDREN (Union Made) These Shoes are famous the world over for their gen uine worth and wearing qual ities, and they are as elegant as they are serviceable. They HOLD THEIR SHAPE, WEAR LIKE IRON RETAIN THEIR BEAUTY These Shoes represent the best value for the price that money can buy. 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