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FOURTEEN 1 NEWARK CbURIER-GAZEtTE AND MARION ENTERPRISE, NEWARK, N. Y., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941 r w 1/ H O U S E O F H A Z A R D S TELEPHONE 7|( By Mac Artitiur Chapter 8 The lawyer moodily surveyed the litter on his library desk. \The case is almost impossible, Mr. Lane. I have told DeWitt that unless he alters bis attitude he's in for.it, but he persists in that devastating clammishness of his. The trial’s been on for davs now, yet I can’t get a thing out of him. Bruno rested for the State, this afternoon, .and I launch my defense tomorrow morning. All I can do is present the alternative of Bruno’s argu ment—that is, a frameup.” •. “Do you know, Mr. Lyman,” Lane murmured, “it is a matter of complete astonishment to me th a t not one of the keen minds: surveying this case has pierced the veil of non-essential and seen the—to me7at least—per fectly photographic truth be neath.” “Do you mean,” Lyman asked quickly, “that you are in the possession of a pertinent, fact, of which the rest of us know noth ing that will prove DeWitt’s in nocence?” “Mr. Lyman, I know only what Inspector Thumm, District At torney Bruno and you know. I have the Reeling that DeWitt, who has'a sharp • £>rain, would have seen the ' tru;tli, perhaps, where he was not ' the central figure.\ “For heaven's sake, Mr. Lane,” Lyman cried, “what is it?” - ■ “Listen carefully,” said Lane kindly. “Make notes if you will \One moment, Mr. DeWitt,“ interrupted. Lyman blandly, “was there asjr ether reasea its relusing to have your finger bandaged?” story and bring out facts relat ing to Longstreet. To these .Ly man inexorably objected and [ was sustained. Finally,, a fter a j dry reprimand from Judge \That’s all, inspector. Your witness, Mr. Bruno.\ Bruno shook i his head 'and Thumm descended, his face a study in mingled disgust, astonishment Grimm, the District Attorney sat j and understanding, down, mopping his forehead, Lyman next called Dr. Morris! and DeWitt stepped from the \You have heard the preced- stand. >ng witness describe the condi- “I call as second witness for ti°n of tfie wound and its scab the. defense,” announced Ly- ' when he saw it at the rail of \One moment!” Lyman ran to , a cabinet. “Here’s a dictaphone —talk to your heart's content.” At nine-thirty Lane left a jubilant Lyman, grabbing for ■ the telephone. Judge Grimm, a dour man, entered and the fifth day of John DeWitfs trjai for murder began. H ie preliminaries over, Lyman rose briskly, glanced cheerfully a t the jury, grinned over at the District Attorney, and stated to the Court.' “Your Hefaor. as the first witness for the defense. I call upon the defendant. John O. DeWitt!\ DeWitt had an almost detach- - ed m anner as Lyman put the usual preliminary questions, •.hen asked: “Will you please re late to the Court and the jury the events of the evening of Wednesday. September the ninth, between the time-you left your office and the time you reached,the Weehawken ferry. T left my office rat 5:30 and took the subway downtown to the Hainange Club, on Wall Street, i went to the gymnasium with the intention of exercising a bit before dinner, but I cut my right forefinger on a piece of apparatus—an ugly gash which bled immoderately. The Club physician. Dr Morris, treated it and, wanted to bandage the finger but I didp’t think it viras necessary, and . . .” “On® moment, Mr. DeWitt,’ interrupted Lyman blandly. ■ Was- there any other reason for refusing to have yotfr finger bandaged?” ‘Yes. I intended to stay at the • Club most ef the evening, and since the Found had stopped bleeding through Dr. Morris’ , ministrations. I preferred not to be inconvenienced with an awk ward bandage. I t would also have necessitated my answering —friendly questions about the ac i, cident anfi I. am rather sensitive —about these things. Dr, Morris fold me to be careful of the finger since a twist or bump would reopen the wound and. it would bleed again. I redressed with, some difficulty and went to the Club restaurant with my —friend Fianklih Ahearn, with whom I had made A dinner ap pointment. We stoent the eve ning m the Cluir with other business acquaintances of mine*. I was asked to join in a game of bridge but was forced to refuse because .of my hand. At 10:10 I 'left the Club and took a cab to the-ferry. . . ” Brtino was on his feet, protest ing to the testimony as “irrele vant and immaterial,” and de manding that it be stricken off tlieihcord. Lyman said: “Your Honor, the defendant’s testimony is impor ta n t in building up a - defense whiph. will prove his innocence.\ Judge Grimm overruled the District Attorney’s objection, mo tioning Lyman to continue. But Lyman /turned to Bruno and said: \Your witness,” Bruno scowled, then rose and for fifteen minutes badgered D e-! the door-knob?” \Rr'j! f ' \Y***? man, “Franklin Ahearn.” DeWitt’s 'friend, wearing a look of complete stupefaction, was sworn in. “Did you notice Mr. DeWitt’s hurt finger during yonr dinner together at the club?” asked Lyman. “Yes.. I t was raw • and ugly- looktog, but the cut had formed a rudimentary scab of dried blood.” “Did anything occur at the dinner-table or afterward which bears upon this point, M r. Ahearn?” ; the boat. Could this wound as Inspector Thumm described' it have been open, let us say, fifteen minutes before he saw it?” “Positively not. Had it been opened even an hour before, the scab could not have been in one continuous piece.” “Would you say the defendant could have grasped and lifted a two-hundred-pound object a few minutes ■ Inspector Thumm saw his wound at the railing in the condition de scribed, and shoved or hurled it over thb railing and beyond a Brooks and, by himself, Drury Lane. _ DeWitt murmured an apology and slipped out of the, chatting group. In a corner, the two men faced each other. ■ “Mr. Lane, I haven’t had the opportunity . . . I can’t find words to express my—my pro found thanks.” Lane chuckled. “I see that even lawyers as hardened as Frederick Lyman cannot resist impulsive indiscretion.” (To Be Continued) = -O --- sat thoughtfully i two-and-a-half foot shelf with- stroking his jaw. “Yes. Mr. De- ! out opening that wound?” Witt held his right hand rather rigidly and used only his left hand for eating purposes. It was necessary for the waiter to cut his chop.” “Your witness, Mr. Bruno.\ “Did you kfiow where the de fendant was going after he left you at 10:10 th a t evening?” “Ho.” \How is it that you did not leave with him?” . “Mr. DeWitt said he had an appointment.” “WSth whom?” “He didn’t say, and of course I didn’t ask.” “What did you do after the defendant left the Club?” Lyman was on his feet again, smiling another objection. Again Judge Grimm sustained, and Bruno released the witness. “For my third witness,\ Ly man said in a deliberate drawl, “Inspector Thumm!\ Thumm started, like a boy caught stealing apples, thudded into fhe witness-ehair. “You were in charge of the police investigation oh the ferry boat when Wood was discovered murdered?\ “I was!” \Where were you standing just before the body was fished from the river?” \On the upper passenger-deck, at the railigg.” \Who was with you?\ “The defendant and Mr. Drury Lane.” “Did you notice Mr. DeWitt’s finger was cut?” - “Yes.” - \Please describe the appear ance df the wound as you saw it at th a t moment.” “Well, i t looked sort of raw. There was a dried-biood scab formed over the cut.” 'Over the entire length of the cut, Inspector? The scab was in one piece?” “Yes. It looked very stiff.” ‘‘Now. Inspector, please tell what happened after you no ticed Mr. DeWitt’s wound.” ‘The body was grappled at that moment, and we made a dash for the stairway leading down to the lower deck,” Did anything pertaining to Mr. D ew itt’s wound occur as you were doing this?” Thumm said sullenly: “Yes. The defendant' reached the door first and grabbed the knob. He sort of cried out, and we saw the cut on his finger had opened. If was bleeding.” Lyman leaned forward and tapped Thumm’s beefy knee: The scab opened and the wound began to bleed merely rom the defendant’s grasping waved Again kruno objected, but the judge ruled that the professional opinion solicited was pertinent to the defense argument. Dr. Morris said: \He could not have done' what you have just described without opening the wound.” With a smile of triumph Ly man said: “You may cross- examine, Mr. Bruno.” “Dr. Morris, under guise of your professional knowledge and experience, would you dare to deny that the defendant could have used his left hand to per form the aforementioned act without opening the wound on his right?” “Naturally, if he didn't use his right hand he wouldn’t open the cut on the right hand.” , Bruno looked hard at the jury . and sat down. Dr. Morris began ;to descend but Lyman him back. “Dr. Morris, you have just heard the District Attorney in sinuate the defendant could have disposed of the body by using only his left hand. In your opinion, could he?” “No.” . “Why not?” \I have '\known • Mr. . DeWitt professionally fo£|Lyears. He is right-handed, and «his left arm, as is usual with dexterous per sons, is the weaker. He weighs only one hundred and fifteen pounds and is a wpak man physically. From .these facts, that it would be impossible for a one-hundred-and-fiftreen-pound man, using only one arm, and th a t the'w eaker of the two, to do what you have described with the dead weight of a two- hundred-pound body! ” “We’re the two prize idiots of New York,” groaned Bruno slap ping papersjihto his briefcase. “We had the facts, at our finger tips all the time and never once made the obvious leap to the truth.” Thumm rose,- shaking himself like a Shaggy mastiff. “From now on, little Thummy listens to Drury Lane with respect! Espe cially oh the subject of Mr. X!” Drury Lane studied the face of his host unobserved. DeWitt stood to a group of his friends, smiling and chattering, making crackling retorts to friendly jibes From the moment the foreman of -the jury had waggled his lan tern jaws: “Not Guilty.” DeWitt had cast, off the armor, of silence. The party had congregated in a private hotel, suite. Jeanne De Witt was there, sparkling and rosy: Christopher Lord, and Franklin Ahearn, looming over the frail body of his friend: T T m |> o r fo ln L y r n a h artr] A motion picture on the sub ject o f syphilis could easily arch many an eyebrow. But add to this, an expose of conditions-re sponsible for the spread of Am erica’s No. 1 infection, and there is enough dynamite to blast any producer right o u t of a censor’s office. - , Notwithstanding, “No Greater Sin,” the film appearing at the Capitol Theatre, next Tuesday. Wednesday and' Thursday, tells its story so openly, honestly, and intelligently, th a t censor boards, health commissioners, public of ficials, and many who came to condemn have departed praising the .producer, Edward A. Golden, for his courage and vision, for despite its frankness, “No Greater Sin” will not embarrass mothers or fathers, or their teen age sons and daughters, accord ing to movie officials. Dr. Valeria Parker, a nation ally known director of the Bu reau of Marriage. Counsel and Education, recommends i t as a “must-see” picture for the en tire family. \Even the most sophisticated parents,” says Dr. Parker, “frequently avoid a frank discussion with their chil dren on these subjects. Many, many parents as well as thou sands of young people planning marriage, will be grateful to “No Greater Sin” for the enlighten ing story it tells.” Max J. Exner, M. D„ health commissioner of Newark, N. J said recently, “It is by all odds the best film yet produced on the publiG health issues of syph ilis and its relation to prostitu tion.” Francis E. Fronczak, M. D., health commissioner of Buffalo, N. Y, wrote after seeing it: \Never has this subject been treated so forcefully and truth fully. I have hoped and prayed for a picture like this for a long time.” H. A. Fritschman, secretary of the Board of Health of Haverford Township, one of the largest in Pennsylvania, was so enthused about “No Greater Sin”, that he sent out a letter to every school superintendent a n d public health official in the state which, stated in part, “ ’No Greater Sin’” is a first-class picture full of heart throbs. It puts across a message for all the people in these trying times especially to the one to every-ten which -tests disclose has a positive Wasser- man.” ----------- o -------- — - Tons for Ounce Fourteen thousand tons of ore are required to produce one ounce of radium. As star-spangled as the flag itself, Columbia’s “You'll Never Get Rieh” brings Fred Astaire and ravishing Rita Hayworth to the Strand Theatre, Palmyra, on Sunday in what has been hailed, as the most spectacular military musical extravaganza ever film-, ed by Hollywood. Cole Porter’s singable, swingable new lyrics provide tuneful, background to the film, considered the year’s mightiest bombardment of girls, gags and gaiety. .. Miss Hayworth's position as ‘Astaire’s dancing and romanc ing partner has been called, by both critics'aiid fans, as an ex ample of plain common-sense,. albeit' “inspired”, ' casting. The young star.iflKp of the most glamorous ifftwollywood—today, made her motion picture dehut as a dancer, after she had won international fame on the con cert and theatre stage under the name of Cansino. Temporarily abandoning her terpsichorean effort to order to establish, h er self as an actress, Miss Hay worth currently returns to terp- sichore with the world’s most famous dancer as her twinkle- toed co-star. The net result is said to be a grand new fame for both brilliant stars. Supporting the principals in \You'll Never Get .Rich”, a- de lightful story of army camp life, are such‘prominent screen per sonalities as Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Frieda Inescort, Osa Massen, Guinn Williams, Donald MacBride and a host of other comedy' and character players. Porter’s tunes, already among the nation’s most popular, in clude “So Near and Yet So Far”, “Dream Dancing”, “Since I Kiss ed My Baby Good-Bye”, “Shoot- in’ the Works for Uncle Sam\ “The Wedding Cake Walk” and “The Boogie Barcarolle.” Now Playing Thru Sat. <*o»tinubus P e r f o r m a n c e Greta Garbo, Mielvyn Douglas “ TWO FACED WOMAN” C o n n ie B n t n e t t - R o lotid Y o u n g At % r 5:20 - 8:40 -“ Plus-— EDW. G. ROBINSON. 7 “UNHOLY PARTNERS” ■ Laraine Day - Edw. Arnold At 3:35 - 7:00 - 10:15 , STARTS SUN. — 4 DAYS Merita Grol AY t ■ ■ H H H H N i IRUCE utahfe? wayfciiiy. Ne«» Cokes, Crystals Move N ear Top in Tuesday League Clyde Bramers held top rung in the Women’s Tuesday Bowl ing League this week, but the margin was narrowed by a double win of Clyde Cokes, who captured a regular and a post poned performance to swing in to third, and Lyons Crystals who won 3 to keep second and move within 4’points of the leaders. Bramers lost 3 to Newark’s Schulz five in one of the best showings of the latter quint. Virginia Nicholson smacked out 160-153-187 for a big 500 to spark Schulzs to an 81-pin match edge over Bramers, for whom Lucille Dailey’s 454 was tops. Crystals were led by Betty Gillette’s 383 and Elsie Gan- nett’s 382 to a 3-1 decision over Newark Scofields, with “Liz” Hayden’s 357 best for the losers. The Cokes took 3 from Manns on Tuesday, topped by Ethel Fischette’s 438, after winning 4 Monday from Newark Wilsons, in which Edna Weed's 413 was high for Cokes and ■ Rachel Reeves’ 362 best for Wilsons. The Wilson team also lost 3 to Clyde Acmes on Tuesday, as Ruth Spies h it 353 for the winners and Miss Reeves again led her quint rmtCArpDi? THEATRE A Modem, Comfortable and At tractive Theatre. Sbdws start nightly at 7 and 9 o’clock. Sat urday & Sunday Continuous from S p. m. Admission: Adults JJOej Children lie. Phone 127> Fri. - Sat. Nov. 28-29 B R E N D A TIA R S H A I.I, A llT I I U U K G N X K R V in “HIGHWAY WEST” A Fast-moving Melodrama; Also “SAN ANTONIO ROSE0 A F in e M u s ical C o m e d y w ith Kve A rden - W oliert, P a tg o . CARTOON SEN.. - MON. - TEES., Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 BAXnoi.PH SCOTT «B.\B TIEIIXEY in “BELLE STARR” Xhe T h r i l l i n g S to r y o f the W p sI’m G r e a t B a n d i t Q u e o rn P i c t u r e d in G o r g e o u s T e c h n ico lo r. A Saga Of th e W e s t T h a t Y o u 'll N e v e r Forget ? SportRCOpr raflopn Yews. Wed, - Thur. Dec. 3-4 Sf'EN C Iflft TRA C Y I. AX A T I H X B H in “DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE” T h e S c r e e n 's F o r e m o s t A c to r in a R e m a r k a b le V e r s io n of R o b e r t .Louis S te v e n s o n 's F a m o u s ’ S to r y . TB ree Stoonres C o m e d y Elk, Metcalf Bowlers Clash (Continued from Page Thirteen) In an all-Newark contest Bi lottas captured 3 from Mason’s, who had' a 3 handicap. Tony De- Mott’s 565 fed the winners and Fred' Lumbrazio’s 530 was best for Mason’s. Holloways swept Savannah Martens off their feet for 4 markers, aided by a 38 handicap. Roy Sochia’s 505 and “Brink” Brinkerfioff’s 500 spark ed the iocals. Jack Whitmore hit 575 to lead Metcalfs to a 3-1 de cision over Wayne Drugs, for whom \Dutch” Beigstra’s 534 was best. Standout single game of the loop was a 247 by Lloyd Daley of Clyde Roys, who took 4 from Sodus VerDows. In other m atch es Ontario Kiphuts took 3 from E&V, Ontario Toppers won 4 from - Fpodhavens, Williamson Legion kept slugging to cop 3 from Williamson Orphix, Sodus VerDows won 3 from Goodspeed* & Mills, and Gaudinos took 3 from Atlantics. Standings and team averages: W L Avg P t Newark Elks .. 29 13 875 40 Wolcott Metcalfs 29 13 851 40 Clyde Shells 27 15 817 38 Ontario Kiphuts . 26 16 826 36 Sodus Gaudinos 24 18 806 32 Savannah Martens 23 19 822 30 Ontario Toppers .. .21 21 831 30 Newark Holloways 22 17 824 29 Sodus VerDows ... 21'21 813 29 Newark Bilottas .. 24 18' 842 28 Lyons Boeheims .. 21 18 838 $7 Webster G and M . 20 22 84$ 26 Nk. Wayne Drugs . 20 22 792 26 Clyde Roys ....... 18 18 759 24 Fairhaven ’Havens 18 24 756 23 Newark Masons . 16 26 831 22 Sodus Atlantics . . 16 26.818 22 Williamson Orphix 17 25 773 20 Wolcott E and V 13 29 742 17 Williamson Legion 9 33 704 13 BY ANTLERS (Continued from Page Thirteen) varsity ball for three years at Syracuse and was captain in 1939, tiis senior year; and Don Stockton of Ithaca, former, ace center with the University of California quint. Two ex-Orange men who tried out with Elks in their openers, Chris Kouray and Bob Twiford, were dropped when the local management did not see enough promise in them. The Celtics) probably the old est pro club in current compe tition, are well known here and have some of. the oldest and most clever basketeers in the game. They have been appear ing at every crossroads in the nation the past 22 years, arid have won an astounding per centage of games under vastly different conditions and built a name as one of the most color ful outfits in pro bail. AH-American With Celtics In addition to the widely- known veterans—Davey Banks, Nat Hickey, Pat Herlihy, Paul Birch, and Bob McDermott—the Celtics will bring with them one of last year's staridout college stars, Eddie Milkvich, who was ehospn an- All-American a t Du quesne last year and played in the national collegiate tourney at Madison Square Garden. He will team with Birch and Mc Dermott, the younger members of the club, while steadying is fluences will be rangy Nat Hickey, diminutive Banks, and the big, rugged Herlihy, all of whom have been with the Cel tics since the team was formed in 1919. ih e invaders have- been work ing out' to ^Pittsburgh against Chick Davies’ Duquesne squad an d are playing their opening game in New York City this week before hitting the road. Saturday’s tilt here will be their second, and they will move on to Lewistown, Pa., the next day on a swing through- the’ (Mid- West. IT PAYS TO READ i j c , COURIER-GAZETTE WANT j) P H O N E 9 3 0 NEWARK TAXI Formerly Bilotta’s G rade Allen GiyES A SOAP-BOX SPEECH) I Rochester Riders Sweep Turkey Run William Uebelacher of Roch ester walked off with top honors and 1st place medal in the Turkey Run held last Sunday by Wayne County Motorcycle Club. Poor weather held entries on the 51-mile run down to 14. ■ Two Rochester riders, Edward Lighthouse ahd Phil Manz took 2nd and 3rd to that order and received medals. Three Roches ter women also were awarded prizes, and merchandise prizes went to other contestants. After with 356. Standings to Clyde Bramers Lyons Crystals Clyde cokes Newark Schulzs , Newark Scofields ___ Newark Wilsons __ Clyde, Acmes Clyde Manns date; W! L Pt 27 9 35 23 13 31 22 14 30 19 17 28 18 18 24 16 20 2% 7 26 10 9 24 9 T H E N E W iThur. - Fri. Nov. 27-28 LAST TWO BIG DAYS “ A YANK IN THE R. A. F.” Tyrone Power, Re tty Grable Saturday .. Nov, 29 “ DOWft IN SAN DIEGO” Bonita Granville, Dan Daily j ; Jr., Leo Gofcey, Bay’McDonald ; —Plus— “BLONDE FROM SINGAPORE” [ Florence Bice, Lief Erickson i - and - Chap. 11 “Adventures ] of Captain Marvel” Sun- - Mou. Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 j FRED RITA ASTAIRE HAYWORTH | —in— “ You’ll Never! Get Rich\ with , ROBERT BENCHLEY JOHN HUBBARD — Take.the Air — 1 Strand News Disney Cartoon j Tues. - Wed. FREDRIC Dec, 2-3-1 II MARCH MARGARET SULLAVAN —in— ! ‘SO ENDS OUR NIGHT1 Coming Thur. - Fri., Dec. 4-5 \ “THAT HAMILTON WOMAN” Vivien Leigh ] Lawrence Olivier I .\•vtsi as#«;jn»w asu ease ==-©•=*«. s s c = . » c e ! the run a spaghetti dinner was served riders and friends by Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Dadetta of, Newark. Prominent district guests included Frank Zimmer man, ,-Jr., Andy Uebelacher, Harry Gunn, and Jack Snyder, district referee, all of Rochester. Swan's whiter, smoother j ‘ Firmer and! — It suds twice as fast Now isn’t that grand l| • Yep! I t’s 8 ways better than old-1 time Jioaties. You're sure to love | pure, mild Swan Soap! FOR IHE NUBIEST SHOW YOU EVES HEARD .TUNE IN GEORGIE AND ME '/WEIL, I SWAN I\ IT'S A BISDI Tune in every week: gracieauen I GEORGE BURNS * PAUL WHITEMAN | swan T oap I NEW WHITE FLOATING LBVCII BROTHERS COMPANY. CAMBftlbOI. MAH. | — u u FRI. - SAT. 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