PAGE FOURTEEN THE OSHAWA, DAILY TIMES. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 35, 1927 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (By Agatha Christie) y CHAPTER V CONTINUED "That's what. I say, sir." "Then it seems almost certain that Mr. Ackroyd himself must have ad- mutter this stranger. But I don't quite see--" The inspector went into a kind of day-dream for some minutes. "One thing's clear," he said at length, rousing himself from his ab- sorption, "Mr. Ackroyd was alive and well at nine-thirty. That is the last moment at which he is known to have been alive." Parker gave vent to an apologetic cough which brought the inspector's ¢yes on him at once. "Well?" he said sharply. "If vou'll excuse me, sir, Miss Flora saw him after that." "Miss Flora?" "Yes, sir. About a quarter to ten that would be. It was after that that she told me Mr. Ackrcyd wasn't to be disturbed again tonight." "Did he send her to you with that message?" "Not exactly, sir. 1 was bringing a tray with soda and whisky when Miss Flora, who was just coming out of this room, stopped me and said her uncle didn't want to be disturbed." The irspector looked at the: butler with rather closer attention than he had bestowed on him up to now. "You'd already been told that Mr. Ackroyd didn't want to be disturbed, hadn't you?" Parker began hands shook. "Yé¢s, sir. Yes, sir. "And. yet you were to stammer. His Quite so, sir." proposing to do "I'd forgotten, sir. At least I mean, I always bring the whisky and soda about that time, sir, and ask if there's anything more, and I thought--well, 1 was doing as usmal without thinking." It was at this moment that it began to dawn upon me that Parker was most suspiciously flustered. The man was shaking and twitching all over. "H'm" said the inspector. "I m see Miss Ackroyd at once. For the monient we'll: leave this room exactly as it is. I can return here after I've heard what Miss Ackroyd has to tell me. 1 shall just take the precaution of shutting and bolting the window." This precaution accomplished, he led the way into the hall and we followed him. He paused a moment, as he gianced up at the little staircase, then spoke over his shoulder to the con- stable. : "Jones, you'd better stay here. Don't let any one go into that room." Parker interposed deferentially. "If you'll excuse me, sir. li you were to lock the door into the main hall, nobody cculd gain access to this part. That staircase leads only to Mr. Ackroyd's bedroom and bathroom. There is no communication with the other part of the house. There once was a door through, but Mr. Ackrovd had it biocked up. He liked to feel that his suite was entirely private." | The inspector took in the position at | a glance. We went through into a large hall and he locked the door he- hind him, slipping the key into his pocket. 'Then he gave the constable some low-voiced instructions, and the latter prepared to depart. "We must get busy on those shoe tracks," explammed the inspector, "But first of all, I must have a word with Miss Ackroyd. She was the last per- son to see her uncle alive. Does she know yet?" Raymond shook his head. For Better Values DIAMONDS Burns' Jewelry Store 23 SIMCOE 8S. PHONE 389 Cash or Terms ---- Felt Bros. 2 he LEADING JEWELER! Established 18R6 12 Simcoe St. South "Well, no need to tell her for another five minutes. She can answer my questions better without beg upset by knowing the truth about her uncle. Tell her there's been a burglary, and ask her if she would mind dressing and coming down to answer a few ques- tions. It was Raymond who went upstairs ' on this errand. "Miss Ackroyd will be down in a minute," he "said, when he returned. "I told her just what vou suggested." | In less than five minutes Flora des- cended the staircase. She was wrapp- ed in a pale pink silk kimona, She looked anxious and excited. The inspector stepped forward, "Good evening, Miss Ackroyd," he said civilly. "We're afraid there's been an attempt at yobbery, and we want 'you to help us. What's this room--the billiard room? Come in here and, sit down. Flora sat down composedly on the wide divan which ran the length of the wall, and looked up at the inspector. "Il don't quite understand. What has been stolen? What do you want me to tell you?" "It's just this, Miss Ackroyd. Par- ker here says you came out of your uncle's study at about a quarter to ten. Is that right?" "Quite right. I had been good-night to him." "And the time is correct?" "Well, it must have been about then I can't say exactly. It might have 'been later." "Was your uncle alone, or was there any one with him?" "He was alone. Dr. gone." "Did you happen to notice whether the window was open or shut?" Flora shook her head. "f can't say. The drawn." "Exactly. And quite as usual?" "I think so." "Do you mind telling us exactly what passed between you?" Flora paused a minute, as though to collect her recollections. "I went in and said, 'Gond-night, uncle. I'm going to bed now. I'm tired tonight! He gave a sort of grunt, and --I went over and kissed him, and he caid something' ahont my looking nice in the frock I had on, and then he told me to run away as he was busy. So T went." "Did "e ask specially not to be dis- turhed >" "Oh! I foreot., He snid: Parker I don't want anvthing to-night, and +hat he's not to disturh me. T met Parker just outside the door and gave him uncle's message." "Tust 0." said the insncetor, "Won't vou tell me what ii is that has heen stolen ®" "We're not avite--certain," said the insnect-r hesitatinely, A wide loo' of alarm came into the irl's eves She carted nn "What is it* You're hiding thing from me?" Moving in his nsnal munobstrsive manner. Hector Blunt ~ame hetween har and the ipsnector, She half stre- ched out her hand, and he took it in to say Sheppard had curtains your uncle seemed vag "Tell 4 som~- { both of his, patt'ne it as though she | | ware a very small child, and she turo- ed to him as thoueh something in his stolid, rocklike demeanour promised comfort and safetv, "It's bad news, Flora" he said au'et- Iv. "Bad news for all of us, Your Unele R- "It will be a shock to vou. Bound to he Poor Roger's dend" Flora drew awav from him, her eves dilating 1 horror : "When?" she whispered. "Wher?" "Vor soon after von ieft him, I'm afraid" said Blunt gravely. Flora ra'sed her hand to her th-oat, gave a little crv, and TI hurried to catch her as she fell Sh» had faint~d and Rlunt and T carried her upstairs | and laid her o= her hed. Then T got him to woe Mrs. Ackrovd and tell her tha news. Flora soon revived, and T brought her mother to her, telline her what to do for the girl. Then 1 hurried downstairs (Continued on Tuesday) agnin Little Santo Domingo, Dominician Republic, has just installed an au- tomatic telephone system. were | mor | DEATH AND HAVOC CAUSED BY FLOODS (Continued from Page 9) storm's ferocity was made, the total would be more than a score. Began Two Days Ago The flood bean two days ago when dams in New England rivers, strained beyond endurance by ex- 'cessive rainfall, be~an - bursting asunder to relea"e upon the valleys ithrough which they ran, more ter- rible torrents than the inhabitants (had ever seen. : Houses, who'e districts, were washed away. livestock was swept to death from field and barn, fugitives from the rushing flood were drown- ed, and in the manufacturing centres, industry was brought to a complete istandstill, Telephone and telegraph lines | vere disrupted. train service was brought to a halt. whole families 'were marooned. and the entire coun- itrveide was pl-ced In a stage of siege Innder the relentless attack of the |for~es of nature. | Rail"oad tracks were undermined |e» washed away in many sections. so that northern and western New Eng- land had no train service today. The flood at Beckett blocked two miles of the main line of the Boston and Alhanv railroad. A freight train earring eravel from Concorde to Andover, N H., to renair a washout, vag derailed hv another washout at Franklin Junction. > A passenger train from Boston was renorte® marooned somewhere be- hury, Vt. The passencers were re- norted 'o have spent all last nicht on tha train and it was not known whether thev had found a wav ont hefore tonight. Prezident E. W, Restty of tha Canadian Pacific Rail- on his way from Boston to 'Mantresrl, in his private car, could get nn farthe» than Woodsville. N H. {Tre Dartmonth eros -countrv {team, on its wev to New York, got only as far =< C-naan, N.H., before wasghoante halted the train. The team Iwas forced to make its wav in boats {to a hotel, Thre Dartmouth football [team started tn make its way over |f#-ngerous ro~ds in automobiles to Concord, N.H., ~ wheve. it was ar- ranged that 4 special train shonld be in readiness to take them' the irest of the way to Providence, for |the game with Brown tomorrow. | The familv of William Noves was marooned all d-y in their home at wavy 'Woodsville, N.H. Part of the house | was torn away by the raging Con- | ipecticut River. Boats made repeated jattempts to reach them but were 'driven back by the swift current. | Toward nightfall efforts were heing (made to obtain a stronger koat for {annther attempt ol reecue. Residents of the t., were rescued in boats when the entire villaze went under water. | Grips New Fraland on. Mass... Nov, 4.--TFlnod tonfieht still erinped New | Fneland. Rain had ceased in most certions, hut streams which had token a toll of at lenct a dozen lives {#nd nrohablv more. continued to rise, Railroad service naralyzed in Vermont, New Hamnshire, and Western Massachusetts Scores of bridges had been swept away, with revere] domg, Highways feet in deen water over extensive areag. The damage will total severai millinn dollars, All day there were rumors of heavy Jnss of life in Montpelier and Rarre. Vermont. Both cities were cut off from all communication and the rumors could not be confirmed. Last right bath places reported heavy storm damaee, nnd Montpelier sent an appeal to Burlington for boats for nse in the flooded streets. The flood came withont warning. The heavy rains of last Summer had left the streams higher than usnal at this season. Rain becan to fall vasterday jn Vermont Western Massachusetts, Last nieht it became a downpour o»nd spread into New Hampshire and Eastern Massachus- otts. The rainfall varied from three fo seven inchec in differant localities. Countless broks carried the surface flow into the little! rivers. which quickly became rushing {orrents, Ros! watera wag » For-- Telephone~-- 262 Four direct lines to Central Solvay Coke We are Sole Agents Jeddo Premium Coal The Best Produced in America General Motors Wood -- All Fuel Orders weighed on City Scales if desired. DIXON'S villaze of Milton, | were many went over their banks, and in turn sent a mighty volume of water into New England's great rivers, the Connecticut and the Merrimac. There was no withstanding the force of the walls of water which swept down the valleys. Founda- tions of bridges crumbled, and the super-structures crashed into the heen dammed to form reservoirs or mill ponds, the great added weight of water burst the dams. Houses were swept away by the dozens and hundreds of others were left standing with water up to the second story or higher. Cattle and sheep in the pastures or tied to barns perished in large numbers. Industry at a Standstill Electric light and power ceased to function in numerous cities and towns. Industry came to a <tandstill and schools were closed. Telegraph and telephone wires went down by the hundreds. and meny communi. ties were isolated. The .supply of drinking water was ent off or con- taminated in frome places. Tn a day filled with excitement and herolsm there were some out- standing occurrences. Perhaps the most spectacular incident of the flood wa« the bursting of a reservoir on a high hill a mile from the little villare of Recket in Berkshire Coun- ty, Mass. The owner of this private |water, Willlam Ballon. fearing that this won'd hapnen, had watched the [proverty all night. When he saw the ihanks beg'n to cave in, he jumped into hie antomobile drove at break- Inack speed into the village and waried every man, woman and child of the impending danger. The in. | habitants rushed to the mountain- |side near the viilaze. One woman + Well I . . . ween Wella River and St. JOhns- | yi. quetine Carroll, alone refused !is to say that when a child is tried by [to helieve that the peril was immi- nent, She stayed in a store which |was swent aw»y with almost the en- [tire villace when the ¢-all of water (poured down a few minutes later. A snowfall late todav added to the dis- |comten of the refugees, At White River Junction, | Henry WB. Le~vitt, a policeman, saved {mam lives bv his herscism, Where the White and Connecticut Rivers {had overflowed their banks and sur- rannded many houses in the low- lands, Leavitt onluneed into the icy water and made reneated trips to rescue. the inhabitants, Pamiiv Swent to Death When a dam across the White Piver went ont, the flood carried way the home of Claude Reynolds. | Paynold« managed to *'g family and to escape himself, but his wife and tvn of their children were swont tg their death. At Mill*urv. Mass, Mrs. IA. Putnam and |danehter. Dorothv, wer standir~ on a dam ac o-a the Blackstone River (in Smith Villar: watehinz the rising water ard with ne thought of dan- "er {they we»a drowned. | In Orawfa~4 Noteh, in the heart {of the White Mountains, a 1andslide {sent mas<ea of earth and rocks hurtline down the mountainside over the state highwav and the railroad and struck 4 1 train, | The city of North Adams, Mass., {was digeine out today from the |havoe created bv the flood last {nicht. The north and south branches {of the Hnneae River cfwept away manv laree brid~e -~nd caused damace 'estimated mora than $2.000 000, | At Westfield more than {200 pevsone vere taken from flood- {ed homes ard cared for in churches and halls, Three persons were re- Charles Muss. ported to h-ve been drowned when | iam antomohile was submerged there ist night, but this .had not been confirmed, Streets and sidewalks were Trip- ned 'up when the Blackstone River went on a ramnave in Uxhridre, Mags, cangine $200,000 damage. |Several factories were flooded. | | PRAISES PUBLIC HEALTH DEFT. (Centinued from Page 9) increase in school population during the past five years, the thoroughnesss with which the public health nursing system is conducted, the efficiency of the local part time medical officer of health and numerous other local ex- isting conditions were outstanding fea- tures of Judge Harkness' interview and things that impressed him most. The great industrial growth of this | city was commented upon and Judge | Harkness explained that he is partic- ularly interested in the social condi- tions of Oshawa and Kitchener in view of the fact that these two centres are almost on a par industrially and prac- tically of thé same size. Of recent months, Judge Harkness has been making an extensive study of the work and methods used by so- cial organizations throughout the province of Ontario. He has just re- cently returned from trips to Northern Ontario where he visited North Bay, Timmins, Cochrane, Fort Francis, Ken- ora, Fort William, Port Arthur, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury. He has also only recently completed an article which was published in "Social Ser- vice" and which dealt with social treat- ment of poverty. The article was very thorough. \ Speaking to "The Oshawa Daily Times," Judge Harkness explained he was travelling around the province of Ontario making a study of the organi- zations dealing with social service work {and the efforts that are being made [in the various centres to deal with {the child welfare problems, particular- {ly in regard to child behavior. This later phase is of special interest to Judge Harkness in view of the fact that he served as Judge of the Juvenile { Court in Manitoba for three years. He | also wrote the juvenile act as it is read ip that province today. Prior to be- coming a judge of the juvenile court, Mr. Harkness, was for ten years ac- i tively engaged in social service work. i ing Data At the outset 'of his interview, Judge Harkness made it plain that his visit to this city was with a view to study- ing local conditions as he has been doing in other cities. "I am not here with the intentions of enforcing any- | Vi, save part of | her eieht-vear-old | Suddenlv the Adam gave way and | overflowed, | buildings and a dine" said the st PARE NELSON MAY | NOW FATE TODAY study." (Continued from Page 9) Consulting is another phase of the work which is given particular atten- tion by Judge Harkness. He is very often called into cities by the manage- ments and various civic boards to in- | vesticate the social conditions and to streams. Where small streams had advise on the establsihment, etc, of | filed an affidavit of insanity from the! social service bureaus. In this con-{ Napa State Asylun' at Imola, Cal. In nection the judge showed the inter-'yigorous cross-examination of Dr. Al- {viewer a letter he. recently received yin T. Mathers, chief psychiatrist at {from City Clerk Baker expressing the | the Winnipeg General Hospital, Mr. | thanks of the London City Council for Stitt sought to prove that Nelson was | valuable advice and work in connection suffering from constitutional psychosis, | with social service work in that city. |and if not absolut.y deranged men- _ Lauditory were the comments the tally that he was on the borderland judge had to make on the local de- of jnsanity. partment of health under the care of Doctor Faces Gruelling. Dr. T. W. G. McKay. The informant| For more than one hour the de- | took into consideration the fact that|fense kept the bram specialist under | the local medical officet of health is 3 barrage of questions touching upon {but a part time mdn and after think- | pe varied forms of mental disorders. ing the situation over very careful Throughout the examination Dr. Ma- stated that Dr. McKay is one of the! hers remained unshaken in his con- wost efficient officials in his particular) clusion that the accused was perfect- line of work that there is in the prov- 1 gape ince. He predicted that if the local] ™ Mathers told of having Nelson health officer were a full time man the | der observation for the past four local health department would be one onths and stated that after srh- of the oustanding ones in the coun-|j.ciing the prisoner to every sanity try. "Dr. McKay is a very fine man, commented the Judge, "and he is un-| ., hed the conclusion that he 'was doubtedly a very efficient official" 1 iy "jightly below the average men- Referring to the system here of in- tality." | corporating the. school nursing svs- As Dr. Mathers walked to th= stand tem under the management of the de- | here was a sudden change in Nel- partment of health of Oshawa, Judge son's attitude. Up to this time Fe had Harlnees said Oshawa was much ahead join ained his expressionless pose and of Kitchener in that respect. The (.,.4 straight ahead of him with hands | system is one of the most efficient in 404% "hi lap. the province, . : .. | When the Crown called Dr. Math- { Touching on the juvenile court situ-' oo" yp. prisoner sat a trifle more {ation in this city, Judge Harkness €X- erect, opened his eyes wider and wat- plained that the system as it isin vogue' 4" L074 toc every move while he at the present time in Ontario Cowsvi ined in the' witness box." In. cone lis not a juvenile court, but a juvenile trast, Nelson did not seem to see nor | section of the criminal court. Inat. oar the two women who travelled | the magistrate under the present sys- J 2CT0SS hali a continent to Bie hei | tem he is tried under the Crim] Se a tory Me: | code and is therefore a criminal. While | All day the courtroom was besieged { under the system operated in other bv a milling toh of spectators. A | centres, the Juvenile Delinquency Act Sy of iid 4 | of 1908 (Canada) is used whereby the jured again today when a portion of | child is charged with a delinquency the crowd piled in a heap in the Court | and not Ey foe Therefore Man De House corridors during a general stam- hl ihren: an oa nn pede fo radmittance. Spectators filled Delinquency Act of 1908 points out that the child shall not be treated as a criminal but as a delinquent or mis- i guided child that needs aid, encourage- | ment, help and consent. | At this point the informant stressed ithe fact that he is greatly interested in two of the greatest industrial centres in the country, Oshawa and Kitchener. | They are both centres of about the same population, both thriving places. judge Harkness here again touched on | | the health centre work. "You are! aisles, auxiliary jury box, stormed the press enclosure as Mr. Stitt began his address to the jurv. Mrs. Fuller and Nirs. Fabian, who were sitting a few feet from the pri- soner, broke down and wept during the eloquent plea made by defense counsel. ; Mr. Stitt maintained that the pri- soner was being charged with the gravest crime which could be preferred against man, purely on circumstantial | ahead of Kitchener in this respect--in | cvidence. Belore he had assumed fhe the unifying of the public health nurs- hur don ol ge Tis ing the agen ing system under one department." | had een told ins Salcte oi 0taming .c stated he believes this is going to |? modicum ol I ritish justice were | be a remarkable help towards organiz- well-nigh impossi 3S ing a relief department especially when Insanity Plea | the future of the city is taken into | consideration. "I'he school development here very interesting when it is considered e | the idea that the enormity of the is | crime of necessity must mean the con- demnation of the individual. [I trust | that the school population has more | it shall never be said that in this case than doubled in the past five years, remarked the Judge, "And I am muc impressed with the breadth of hue | wi and social approach which every! teacher whom I have met make of their work." The superior type : v | teacher is pointed right to the fore by, submitted. : : that sure approach which the teachers| He warned the jury that it was not | of this city possess. "It evidences his | the functions of the Crown to show real fitness for the important work that the accused was laboring under which must be carried out." the infirmities of mental disorder. It Should Not Differentiate was for the defense to establish that Judge Harkness takes a decided! contention to the satisfaction of the | stand in regard to young peop'es' jurv. work in the various communities. The "Unless you can | press pointed out to him that activities | conscience that the lin young people's circles of Oshawa | that .this man crossed | are quite brisk. "I feel quite sure we are rapidly approaching the time when we will stop talking about young men's work and young girl's work and will refer to them as child guidance work," said the Judge. He believes that more intarest should be taken into bringing before the young men and young | women, ideas that will enable them to step from hte various stages of youth- fulness into adulthood in sane and safe ways. Children's Aid work is developing more consistently in this province than in any other one in the Dominion. Judge Harkness said he is of the opin- jon that the salvaging work of the Children's Aid Society is over and that it will now step into a period of re- constructive work. Judge Harkness towards the close of 'his interview alluded to the fact that he is a firm believer of a forum for the discussion of social ideas. The Judge intimated that he would like to cee them established in every commun- ity. He pointed out that not enough attention has not been given to the building up of social conditions. Too much attention has been paid to the construction and making of mechanical lines, with the resuit that the social problemd have not been delved into as thoroughly as they might have. thout full consideration of the fact." R. D. Graham, senior Crown coun- sel, confined himself to an exhaustive r ; { evidence and exhibits 0 wl he say with evidence the a not function, you cannot Mm insane. Neither is it within your power to temper justice with mercy. tive powers.' A religious silence pervaded the courtroom while the addresses were be- ing delivered only the distracting sobs oi the wife and aunt of the accused punctuating the solemn proceedings. One of Three Verdicts One of three verdicts may be re- turned by the jury. He may be pro- Yatterson op June 10 last, as the Crown has charged, by being found guilty. on the facts presented to the erurt. In such an event imposition of the Judge s only course. He may be found "not guilty" on the facts, in which event the court dis- charges him. The third possible verdict is: "Not guilty because of insanity." In the latter case the prisoner would be com- mitted to an asylum. : The one remaining eventuality is a disagreement of the jury, which would involve a new trial. test known, to medical science, he had | were sligh'ly in- every available inch of space in the and even | "There are a lot of people who have "la Canadian jury found a lunatic re- | h| sponsible and sent him to his doom | clear | shows 'border- land' to the region where mind does find him | were obtained from Detroit In «x= nounced to be the murderer of Mrs. death penalty would be the Mr. Justice Dysart, before whom the trial is being conducted, announced at | | Opening of Qur ART NEEDLEWORK DEPARTMENT TUESDAY, NOV. 7th Located at Rear of Main Floor Showing--- Genuine French and Italian Hand Made Cut Work I This Department will || carry every needed Article for Needlework VISIT THE STORE and See The Wonderful Pieces on Display SHOP AT THE ARCADE DRY GOODS -- MILLINERY LADIES' READY - TO - WEAR the close of today's proceedings that his charge would Lc coinpleted before 11 o'clock tcinorrow morning. MEEKING RELEASED Mm Springfield, Mass., Nov. 5 --Mana | er Lester Patrick of the New York | tangers announced yesterday that ' he had released Harry Meeking and Archie Briden to the New Haven Club of the. aCnadian-American | Hockey League, These players, who Brown, failea expectations, Rey. | change for Stan | measure up to That is the perogative of the exetu-| Mackey was previously released to | Springfield ! CHESS GAME Buenos, Aires, twenty-fourth game in the championship contest between ander Alekhine, challlenger, una Jose Capallanca, champion, which was adjourned last night after tne 40th move, last night was declared a draw after the 21st move. The next game will be started tomor- row, A DRAW Nov. 5.--The Chess Aléx- MAY BECOME MANAGER Montreal, Nov. 5.--The Montreal Star said yesterday it is reported in local sports that Leo Dandurand, managing director of Canadiens in the National Hockey League, has been offered the post of managing director of the Montreal Stadium Company in connection with Mont- real's re-entry into the Internation- al Baseball League. The Star syas the report is well founded. Speaking generally of social condi- tions in Ontario Judge Harkness said that in many things Ontario leads. The best juvenile courts are to be found in this province, but the Juvenile De- linquency Act is in force in all the provinces of western Canada, whereas in Ontario it is in use only in patches. Child work in Manitoba is farther ad- vanced than it is in Ontario. ; In addition to looking into the STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT health department, juvenile work, children's aid society work, city health and other phases of the social activi- ties of the city, Judge Harkness is in- terested in the work of the various service clubs, especially the Rotary. He was, while living in Winnipeg an active member of the Rotary Club of that city being chairman of the social work committee. Judge Harkness left yesterday for Toronto, but will return in the course of a few weeks to complete his sur- veys. FRANCE I8 CHALLENG Paris, Nov. 5 ---Australia has ~hallenged France for the Davis Cu pin 1928, entering the interna- tiona! team tennis competition af- ter a lapse of two years. The Austra lians have elected to compete in the uropean zone for the first time. With arvthing like the playing strength they have shown in former years, the Antipodeans would be fav orites to win through this zone and rrobablv mest the United States to determine France's challenge. round opponent next July, This is on the assumption . that the United States Low rental. CHARLES About 12,000 ft. of good dry storage space, conveniently locat- ed, with Canadian National siding, for rent either in whole or in part. ¢/0 Mundy Printing Company, Limited "Telephone 35 or 312 M. MUNDY tops the American zone. on HN DIN SST