The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 25, 1935, Image 7
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THA CLINTON
CLINTON. 9. U.
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FI^H IN3TALLMENT
Synopsis :^Six persons are in an in^
ner office on the Jaw firm of Dawson,
McQuire anq Locke at Philadelphia. A
master hearing: in the divorce case .of
Rowland vs Rowlanid is under way.
MrA Rowland, represented by her law
yer brother, Mr. Willard; Mr. Row
land, the d^endant, and his attorney;
Mr. Trumbull; the court clerk ai^
Mr. Dawson, the master, are the six
peredns. There is a new development
in the case. After failing to ^end
himself against the charge of adultery
in earlier hearings, Mr. Rowland digs
up evidence and asks the court’s pe;r-
miseion to produce witnesses and re
sist the suit. Judge Dawson overrules
the heated objections of'Mr. Willard,
and orders Mr. Trumbull to bring in
the first witness.'Mr. Trumbull has
Just gone to an otzter office to bring
and orders the witness brought in.
Rowland’s lawyer goes to get the wit
motioned her to a seat and fetumed]
this crime. I am questioning' everyone
connected with the divorce hearing!
You are Jhe cori^pondent, 1 believe;
I suppose then that! you recall all that
happened the night pf Wednesday,
February first, at thp Supset Inn.”
Perfet^ly composed, iiAjgM smiled
quietly. “Yes, quite clejRy^Ibhe ad-
typhoid carrier. She’ll probably stay
there till she dies, watching more and
more changes in the Manhattan .sky-
line. '( ' " , !
} Twenty years* ago or so, Mary Mal-
|loy Was sent to North Brothers Island
j^in the East river. In her seventies
loffice, switched on the central light.now, she seems contented with her lot,
he lawyer’s swivel chair.* ]and,summoned Allen Rowland. |though she’s been virtually forgotten
“Sit down. Miss Edmond,’’ he said I He motioned the young man to a' “Typhoid Mary’/ who was the
brusquely. “You know, of course, that chair. “Now I’m ready to discuss more|”'®^®^ cook who quite unknowingly
I have charge of the investigation of important matters with you,’’ he said; Iepidemics b^ause she was a
“primarily about your Evidence of
your wife’s infidelity with Campbell.’’
Rowlanid made himMlf comfortable,
lit M cigai^tte and offered Rankin one.
“My lawyer d<A||^t know anything
ebout it PcrsopijHajlym returned easi
ly. “Onlyj what Mi®'TCeith and I were
lucky etfebv^h to discover two weeks
mitted freely. “I could hardly forget^ago; we wth went to him and gave
K as I was unfortunately involved.’’ iJdm the details.’’ *
“Well, exactly what was this occur
rence that gave you the chance to de
fend? And how did Mrs. Keith happen
to be a witness to it?’’
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‘You’ve also been told,” the detec
tive pursued, '^hat the dead woman is
Mrs. Keith—Mrs. Mortimer v Keith.
Are you acquainted with her or her
but finds her dead—chloroformed.
tou a
husbam?’’
Though Jill Edmond’s tone did not
chai^, he caught an expression
wariness in her gaxe before she ooi
She is Mrs. Barbara Keith, wife of a
prominent Philadelphia business, man.
Judge Dawson phoned* for the .^lic'e.
Detective Tommy Rankin is assigned
to the case. He is now questioning.all
of the parties involved in the case.
The crisis occurred on a Wednesday,
February 1st, the girl’s next holiday.
At four o’clock that afternoon, so
Mrs. Rowland related in her testi
mony, she accidentally noticed a scrap
of paper in her husband’s writing in
the secretary’s library wastebasket.
Evidently he realized at last that they
were suspected and employed this in
direct method of communicating with
her. In the note, be made an appoilR-
ment to meet her that very evening
at nine o’clock. Therefore, when the
girl, during supper, specially request
ed to be excused from duty that night,
her employer granted the favor. Row
land was not at the table nor had be
been at home that afternoon.
“No, not personally, Mr. Rankin. As
Mrs. Rowland’s secretary, I never had
occasion to deal with them. Of course.
I’ve vaguely heard of them as people
prominent in Philadelphia society.’’
'•“I have here the complete story of
the . . . er . . . escapade at the inn.’’
Rankin tapped Mr. Simpkins’ steno
graphic report.'“Among other facts, it
states thht at eleven-thirty, just after
Mrs. Rowland invaded the bedroom,
Mr. Keith arrived and entered behind
her. At least, you remember that?’’
“Only accidentally; when I needed
some one to bear out my story, she
was fortunately in a position' to help
mb." Rowland plung^ into his ac
count. “But long before my affair with
^isst Edmond, my wife and 1 disagreed
because of her friendships with other
men. I knew she had many admirers;
but 1 had no reason to believe she was
misbehaving with any of them. After
she brought suit, however, I mdved
into my own qfhrtments and began to
watch her closely. What was sauce for
the* goose, I decided, was sauce for the
gander, and I hoped, in the end, to get
evidence^ that she was being unfaith
ful. I was my own detective. First, I
paid her chauffeur, Donald Finley, to
While the vagaries of New York
real estate__are legion, one of /the odd
est is the three-story brick dwelling
which is only nine feet six inches wide!
Bedford street—in Greenmch
Village—and used to bb the home of
Eldna St. VinceAt Millay. And though
it looks as though it has a front door,
it’s only a sham. You have to go to
the* back door through another street
to get in.
Come out of the Plaza hotel and hail
a taxi, and you're likely to get a white-
haired chap that knows New York up
and down and has seen it grow for
years. He’s likely to be one of the cab
bies who used to stand that line with
a horse cab, years. He bought a cab,
maybe, and h^e still ktwws the door
man—so he’s still in the same line.
Sure, and he’s Irish too!
of HUDSON CAH
As he paused, the girl merely nod-^®*P.^® posted as to when she went
In the moantHno. Mrs. Rowland taler
phoned the detective and apprised him
of her knowledge. Then they called
Mr. Willard and prepared plans for
‘trapping the faithless couple.
So it was that when Allen Rowland
Inched the rendezvous that Wednes
day night,, his wife, Mr. Willard and
the detective were, already hidden
there; they watched unseen from the
lawyer’s car. Rowland drove up alone
in a coupe on the hour, and his para
mour joined him. They followed him
beyond the city limits along the Beth
lehem Pike as. far as Quakertownv;For-
ty-five miles from Philadelp^, Row
land turned off the 'main highway to
teach the fashionable and expensive
Sunset inn, which, however, like many
roadhouses, possessed a questionable
reputation. It was 1(](:30 when he ar
rived with his cAnpanion. As they
went inside, the pursuers, careful lest
their quarry observe them, hal^ a
hundred yards from the buildini^
For some time th^ waited patient
ly. In ten minutes, a new light illum
ined one of the second floor rooms mid
Allen Rowland appeared at the ^n-
<k>w and lowered the shade. At 11:15
the three trailers entered.
The chamber th^ husband and his
companion occupied was number 212
on the second floor. (Here the hotel
ded, her very silence an indication *of
her vigilance. ^
“Whqt I want to learn', Miss Ed
mond, is^ why he appeared like that?
Ijlow was he connect^ with this affair
between you and the Rowlands?’’
The secretary shook her head. “I
don’t think I can'tell you that, sir,’’
she answered. “I don’t know why he
cam'e. In fac|h-be was a total stranger
to me until some time lateXAllen . . .
Mr. Ro\^land identified him hs Morti
mer JCetth." - V
“Surely he must have offered some
explanation for his intrusion into an
embarra.ssing domestic scene in which
he had no concern,’’ Rankin pressed.
“I don’t believe he said a word,"
Mi.ss JWmond returned. “He didn’t re
main over a minute; he just-came in
from the hall and looked about; then
he seemed to realize he was iftqddling
and turned and went out silently.’’
Rankin sensed /tliat she chose her
words carefully^ “You have Ao idea
what brought him to that particular
place at that time?"
Imperceptibly the secretary hesitat
ed, but her reply was positive and di
rect. — - .1.;
book was placed on record to prove
Allen Rowland’s registration for both
of them as hueband and .wife. Ih has
handwriting wae the entry for Mr.
and Mrs. King of Allentown, Pennsyl
vania). Without warning, Mr. Willard
knocked on the door; and when it
opened, it revealed a scene that could
“Not the least, Mr. Rankin. He prob
ably had no reason^ If he happened to
be stopping at the inn that night, he
couldn’t help coming forward when he
heard the commotion."
The detective placed small stock in
this idea.
He retired to the library where Dr.
Sackett waited, impatient to present
his report and get away. Hi.s examina
tion of the body confirmed Dr* Clark’s
original diagnosis.
“Thanks very much, doctor," Rankin
said, when the physician completed his
summary. “Now, I’d appreciate it if
you’d do one more service for me be
fore you leave. Attend ;to shipping the
body to the morgue." 1
GrumbIing,^Dr., Sackett nevertheless
proceeded to supervise the disposal of
the corpse. likrdly had he gone when
Johnson appeared from 1505, tying
his fingerprint kit together.
“I’m just about finished in there,
hairdly be more compromising. The
guilty man stood in the doopray, cha
grined and astxmifthed, in colored pa
jamas, a robe and slippers, while Jill
Edmond, pale and breathless, sat on
the bed in negligee.
It was at this precise juncture that
Mr. Mortiflier KeR^ stalked angrily
into the inn bedroom, took in the situ
ation with a hurried gUmoee and, of
fering no explanation, departed as
abruptly as he had arrived.
When Rankin reached Ahis amazing
statement in the record, he sat back
--with a jerk, audibly expressing h|s be
wilderment. It came from the private
detective, volunteered casually in bis
complete deeeeiption of what occurred
in room 212, after tiie mvasion.
According to the court reprter’s
record, that was all he said—namely,
that at 11:30, a stranger, who Mr.
Willait^Iater informed him was Morti
mer Kmth, husbsmd of the murdered
woman," a^peiped unexpectedly from
the hall, loolo^ about as though puz-
led, and then left quickly without a
word. .
To Raiwn, now, the incident was of
utmost significance.* Months before it
could even have been conjectured that
his murdered wife Would be a leading
witness to Mrs. Rowland’s own infi-
dslities, Mr. Keith had been present
4rt the scene of Rowland’s apprehen-
sionl What could his interest in that
. intrigue possibly'have been? How was
he apprised of the rendezvous at the
Inn, and what did he expect to find
there ?
Instinctively, Rankin perceived that
an immediate answer to these qufes-
tions was essential to the soluiim of
the crime. Going to the office dpqr» ^
called Jenks to summon Miss Edmond.
When the secretary appeared, he
Tommy," he said. “I’ve located plenty
of prints all over the place—on the
table, the desk and the bookcaae. All I
need noyv is to find out who owns
them.”
“Well, I’ve had the entire staff de
tained," Rankin returned, “so you can
take their prints. And practically ev
ery visitor who entered fifteen-o-five
is here too. He paused. “How about
marks on the doors and *windoi^,
Johnson? Did any come from there?"
_ The expert shook his head. Noth
ing doing. I’m sorry to say. I exam
ined the sills and knobs thoroughly,
but they were as clean as a whirtle."
“And the chloroform bottle? Were
there any prints on that?"
Again Johnson shook his bead and
the detective pursed his lips in disap
pointment.
The expert raised a hand and smiled
quizzically. “One moment, Tornmy,”
not so fast. Have you searched the of
fice that held the body at all?"
“No, I haven’t had time,” Rankin re
plied.
. 'T made a pretty complete canvass
of. the place ^kile coUeeting my
prints; and I located something I sup
posed you had missed. These were
stuffed way down in the bottom of the
wastebasket under the desk — out' of
sight." .
John8<m produced a pair of yellow
sport suN^ gloves, of expensive qual
ity. Tunfi|g back the cuff) the detec
tive disclmipd the labll of an exclusive
hai^rdiuimry 'on Chel^nut street. They
were clean and little, horn, and he ea
gerly noted their size, 7%.
expert started to ledve. ,“A1I
right. Tommy, I’ll do the best I can,”
he promised; “I rather expected you’d
be interested in my find."
Now he returned to Mr. Dawson’s
out in the evening -r- both when he
drove her himself,, and when she dis
missed him, because'some one else was
taking her. On those nights, for the
last two months, i waited outside the
estate in my car. When she and her
visitor left,-' I would" fbllow them all
over town—>to-^arties, theaters and
dinners. And Hugh Campbell was hej
mpst frequent companion."
“How long has he been acquainted
with your wife?” Rankin asked.
“Where did they meet?" ~
“At Saratoga last summer. Adele
bets on the races regularly, and Camp
bell had a couple of horses entered on
which she placed bets. They won, and
afterward mutual, acquaintances in
troduced them; that was. the begin--
n^ng. Then, last winter, we were at
I'alm Beach where he had taken a
villa; she attended his parties and
they saw much of each other at the
casino and on the beach. He visited
PhHad«lphia fairly frequently and hat-
been a guest at the Willard home."
“Was the divorce entirely Mrs.
Rowland’s wish? You opposed it and
would have done all in yj^ur power to
prevent it?" — —
The young man spread his hands to
emphasize his reply. “Certainly I op
posed it," he declared vehemently. “I
had everything to lose by it—the in
come Adele settled on me, plenty of
leisure, and social position. And I was
trustee of my wife’s first husband’s*
estate; that was most important. For
that, I was as anxious to stay married
as Mn Willard was to force us apart."
Rankin’s voice held a note of fresh
interest. “Mr. Willard? How did it af
fect him? Had he a personal concent
in the divorce besides' his professional
de'sire to w:in the case?"
“He benefited by it decidedly!"
Rowland a short, scornful laugh. “Thr
minute Adele was single, the execu
torship of Tom. Marshall’s estate—and
with it the power to manage its in
come—reverted to him. But as long as
the marriage lasted, I had charge. It
was all part of Marshall’s clever ar
rangement. to make it difficult for
Adele to marry a second time."
“Difficult?"-The detoctive frowned
his perplexity. “You’ll have to explain,
Mr. Rowland. How did he expect to
accomplish such a purpose?"
The other ehrugged. “Quite simply,
through his will, Rankin. You see, Tom
Marshall was a smart man and un
derstood his writ as well as I do. And
a jealous'husband. It seemed inevi
table that at his death «he would mar
ry again and he intmided to forestall
that. So in his will, he fixed H that
whoever she married^ next'^'would be
inde{>endent oTher. In fact, he would
actually manage )ief~finsswial affairs
and, through them, her, at least with
regaixi to his property.’’'
“Exactly what did the termis of the
will provide?" Rankin inquired.
“In the first place, he made her
brother executor of his estate so long
as Adele remained single after his
death," Rowland elaborated. “He was
to direct all investments for both their
benefits and turn over to her at least
seventy per cent of the annual income.
Or, if she married again and was then
divorced, the control reverted to him.
Naturally, it was to Willard’s advan
tage to keep her q widow; and if she
should remarry, induce her to separ
ate." * ' ^
In two years and nine months, the
New York city owned Independent
Subway system has collected three
tons of slugs—about 620,000 of them
—all the size of a nickel. They were
dumped into the o<^n recently, rep
resenting.a loss of $31,000 in cash, and
deposited by petty chi.selers in the en
trance turnstiles to the trains.
On July 9, 1909, the first Hudson
car came ^ the production line at
the then recently organised Hwlson
Motor Car Company’s little plant in
Detroit. It-received its final inspec*
tion and was turned over to the ^es
department, then headed by Roy D.
Chapin, now praeident of the Hudson
Company.
On Jidy 9, 1935, exactly twenty-
Ax yean later, Hudson-built car
Number 2,392310 rolled off the pro
duction Itaa at the huge, modern
Hudson plmf covering 77 acres. To
mark tha completioo ot the anniver
sary car, 1. B. Swegles, vice-president
in charge of mamffacturing, person
ally supervised the inspection,
and turned the cSt over to W. R.
Tracy, vice-president in charge of
salee. ’
• The Hudson advertising depart
ment prixee a copy of the first adver
tisement, now framed in the office of
W. A. Jamee, ddvertising manager,
which deecribes the original Hudson,
a ioadster model. This car, the Hud-
A sight that invariably holds me
epellbound, breathless: window wash
ers, trusting to ribbons of leather, jut
ting. out from window ledges, twenty,
thirty floors from the street! . . . Ac
cidents, now and then< too!
It looks: like prosiverlty js really on
the way back, if we can beliBve the re
ports of an in.sanely lavish we<lding
recently in which the bridegroom un
dertook to outfit all ofjiis u.shers com
pletely in celebration of the three days
of activities prior to the wedding. He
sent them all to the same tailor for
imatching dinner coats, morning coats
ami yachting sports outfits, each with
alt the accearsories! ,
B:>n Twenty, had a 4-cylindcr engine
end a wheelbase of 100 inches. Tires
were 32 by 3 inches. The list price
\.as $900, including "2 large head-
lini''s, generator, 7. side oil Uiufs,
t..il lamps, full set of l^ols end horn."
With “Boach uiagneto, top, R^eatp*
Lit* tank and double nimble
the price wae, $1,050. The ad'
tieement etated that “Any Hbdaon
Twenty eriU do SO milea an hour. On
the Qroeee Pointe race track, one of
them haa been driven a mile a
minute." The Hudaon Twenty wee
then the only ear under $1,000 that
wae “Ikcnaed" by the Aaeo^tion of
Liceneed Automobile Manufacturere,
which later became .(the National
Automobile Chamber ef Commerce
and ia now the Automobile Menu-
facturera Aaeociation. ^
Aa a dramatic illuitratioo of the
progreee in automobile deeign. Hud*
eoa-bu&t caa No. 2,262,810 ia -a lux-
urioua 8-cylinder, 113 Koreepower,
, S-paaeenger cloeed car, with a wheel-
baae of 117 inchee, and with 16 by 6
inch-tiree, Vet the list price is $60 less
than that of No. 1 without “Bosch
magneto, top, Prest<}rl.ite tank and
double rumble seat." And contrastidg
with the proud statement that “one
of them has been driven a mile'a
minute,” a 1935 companion model to.
No. 2,262,810 holds 39 official A. A. A.
stock car records, ranging from five
miles at 93.02 miles per Hour, to 1,000
con !nuous miL's at 85.84 miles per
. hour.—'
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was one that had nothing to do with
.selling good.s. People stood around
tihat window with mouths agape. It
was a drug-store window in the Grand
Central Terminal building, and the
display was alive, quite accidental, and
quite up.set. It was a mouse.
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TRIBUTE to C. M. BAILEY
W'heroas, the all-wi.se and all-merci
ful God ha.s taken from our midst our
beloved brother, Cassius M. Bailey,
and
Whereas,* the committee, speaking
for the s^ion, and the session in be
half of the congregation; wishes to
expressly register its unspeakable sor
row and regret over the passing of
this esteemed member, dili^nt and
skillful in business of church, rich
in the graces of benevolence and good
fellowship, an exemplary elder, churCh
member and citizen, be it therefore
. Resolved: That a page of the minute
book of the session be dedicated to the
memory of this departed brother and
that a copy of this resolution be mail
ed to the family of the deceased and to
the city newspaper.
He <has passed from our midst .but
memories of him will live forever, -
W. D. Copeland,
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Committee.
Clinton, S. C.
July 10, 1935.
By order of the session of the First
Presbyterian Church, Clinton, S. G.
(Ontinued Next Week).
DANCE AT GOLDVtLLE
There will be a dance Friday eve
ning, July 26, ct the new school au
ditorium in Cioldville.
Round and square dancing will be
enjoyed and will bgein at 9 o’clock.
Admission will be:^men 60c, ladies
25c.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE
RESOLUTIONS
—By Clinton Rotary Club
Wherea8^<jk>d and His Providence
has taken from us one of our most
honored members, Rotarian Cassius
Mercer Bailey, be it resolved:
1. That we express our heart-felt
sympathy to the members of his im
mediate family.
2. T^ we feel that his'influence
will live as a helpful factor in this
community which has seen so many
illustrations of his broad-minded pub
lic spirit. V
'3. That we cherish in the Club the
memory of 'his unselfishness, loyalty,
and spirit of unsullied friendship.
4. That in this hour of grief we yet
find consolation in the belief thnt to
so good a man death is but the passing
through a dark entry into that fairer
life which knows no more of sorrow.
Passed by unanimous vote of the
Clinton Rotary (Jub at its regulat
meeting Monday, July 15, 1936.
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