By ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
THE CASE OF
OF THE HOWLING DOG
C
Was savage.
(CHAPTER
12)
ono
LAUDE DRUMM "Proceed with tho Cross- "Yea, ho was quite friendly "No." sold the witness activity · on the part of the
Counsel," said with her of the time we left slowly, "It is not."" She bit newsboys at the corner," opened his morning examination,
then Judge Markham, rapping with Santa Barbara, and he became her p for a moment,
The clerle walked to the attack, showing only his gavel. This Court has very much attached to her." added suddenly. "Mrs Cart- window of the courtroom, look- too plainly his no Intention of Interrupting "And that dog previously right, I think, made a con- cd down on the stroot resentment of the drama- the cross-examination by ad had been in the household of sclous attempt to change her
Forry
Mason, ignoring the journment, if that is what you Mr and Mrs Forbes?"
afler Pho left concentrated handwriting
Kazo
Une of tic defeat of the
pre-
have in mind.”
That is correct."
Santa Barbara. She was curious
spectators, slumped vious day. His manner
"And that dog was also at trying to keep her real identity down in his chair and bowed cold, formal, and Perry Mazon was once more. Lached to Mrs Forben?"
from being discovered by any blp head in thought. Hs centre of attention. He
"Naturally." ahend the went
Frank with whom she might
Everly turned from intimation that the cross-
tho come in contact.”
window, came running grimly with the gory de.
examination was to be of the
back toward the counsel table tails of impressing upon greatest Importance swung the
Thora's lot of excitement the the jurors the fact that a attention of everyone in
down there," he said. There's The fact
been
distributing commit. courtroom to him.
truck murder had been
that his previous CROSS- ted;
if а murder,
papers. It looks like an extra. you examinations had been So please,
man's perfunctory, where
The boys are calling them." served to em-
at the Perry Mason looked clock and smiled. house had been invaded; phasise hir cross-examination
"Go on down and pick up n where the man had been of this witness,
couple of the newspapers." he
TA
shot down in cold blood "When you t Santa Bar- while in the act of shaving. baru with Mr Forbes and Mrs Cartright," he said, "did Mrs Cartright know of your copa- eily?"
"I don't know.”
Witness after witness was called to the stand, examined with shorl. crisp questions,
and each witness added his bit to the feeling of horror which permeated the courtroom,
even
П
"The dog also became attach- ed to you?"
"Yes, it was an animal with an affectionate disposition,"
2011
BOMe
"I see," sald Perry Mason. "Yes," sak! Ferry Mason. "Now I show you a sheet of understand that. And paper which purports to con- the dog howled
almost con- thin
handwriting by Becsle #inuously during the night of Forbes,
the defendant in this the Afteenth of October of the action.
That is not the present year?"
handwriting as is contained lo "It did not."
this letter
that Mrr Cartright left behind her, is it?"
"Certainly not." "And " "And." sald Perry Mason. "may
I ask that you write something on a sheet of paper, so that your handwriting may be compared?",
"Did you hear the dog howl?" "I did not." "Isn't it a fact, Mrs Ben- Lon, that the dog left the house, stood near the garage addition which was under con.. ruction and howled dis-
"'You don't know what Mr Mally?" Forbes told her?"
"Naturally not."
"The
goes to
"She had been confined her room with influenza?"
"Yes."
"And was recupera!Ing?" "Yes."
The witness hesitated. **This 16 highly Irregular. your
Claude Honour," said
Drumm, gelting to his feet.
sald
He iurned his head and nodded to Bessie Forbes.
noon
was that the case was
Perry Mason shook his head. "The witness," he said, "hus going very badly against me."
to the handwriting testified
คร of Mrs Cartright. I have the
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"I'm sorry Mrs Forbes," he throwing all effort into the said, "that
you've had such an production of Service air- ordeal, but I don't think it will craft for the combined de be long now."
She looked at him with fence plans of the British puzzled eyes.
Commonwealth of Nations she said, "the and the "Frankly,"
North Atlantic talk that I overheard this Treaty Organisation.
The Government announked a for expansion three-year plan of defence measures at the be- ginning of August. In November, the Prime Minister announced that orders had already been the whole authorised ask her opinion as to the forward In order to be at her ut
euvering the identity of those handwriting; been
elde. Claude Drumm, who had of the aircraft for delivery in the smoking a cigaretten first two years of the por delivery compared with the writing in
corridor, the noto."
and for such aircraft into the courtroom, his in the
in the third
as it was year importance entirely re-establish- necessary. to order at once to ed in his own mind,
ensure the creation of new pro- duction incs. The downward Frank Everly came bursting trend of the industry's labour into the courtroom
with two newspapers, his eyes wide. his lips sagging open,
right to cross-examine ler, by her in charge
The deputy sheriff who had moved slightly
to showing her other handwritings,
"And she abruptly summon. ed a taxicab when Mr Forbes. was absen!?"
"He did not." These witnesses were the
"Now." said Perry Mason, public officers who had come
"You had previously been abruptly changing the subject, upon the scene. They described the secretary of Mr Forbes?"
"you have identified the letter what they had found in the
which Mrs Cartright "Yes,"
left for They told of the posi- room.
"Tod
Mr Forbes when asked Perry
she decided you, tion of the body; of the faith- ་:༥ Minson,
lo rejoin her husband?" "been more than a ful watchdo!! who had been
my.es." ruthlessly shot
down
secretary?" while
Claude Drumm
was on his trying to protect his master.
feet with a vigorous and vele A police photographer pro- ment objection. Judge Mark- duced
Ale of ham promptly complete
sustained the prints showing the house, the objection. rooms, the body lying grim and
show motive, grotesque on the floor of the your Honour," sald Perry Rumpluous room. There was Macon. close-up of the head of
witness has ns yet the police dog, showing the ven
no testimony wch glassy eyes, the lolling tongue, would make any such motive
"When Mr Forbes," said the and the inevitable dark pool of the slightest importance." which seeped but from the snapped the Court. "You will witness, with fey acidity, "had
proceed with
decoyed from the house cross. been examination and ovo'd such by a false complaint which had been fled against him questions in the future."
Perry with the district attorney, by very well," said who testified in great Mason.
yourself and Arthur Cartright, you left Santa Bar- the woman rejoined Mr Cart
She did it surreptitious- course of the bullets: the dis- bara with Clinton Forbes and right.
were 13 you
mean." said Perry by automobile, Mrs
Mnson, "that she ron away with her own husband."
"She In that automoblie was
deserted Mr Forbes, with whom she had been living olice dog?"
for a year" said the witness.
"And she left this letter be- hind?"
body.
There Keon
was the autopsy sur-
technical detail
As to the
isson.
When
Paula Cartright, they were 轻信 evidenced by the travelling of Benton?"
tance from which
fired,
powder burns on the skin
the decensed, and the singed
hair of the dog.
ย
the
From time
Lex to time, Perry Mason ventured some difdent cross-examination — questions asked in a meek tone of voice, designed to bring out
which the fact
wiiness
"Yes," said Thelma Benton, overlooked, or to explain come
"He which the witness with sudden vehemence. galement
made.
There was none gave his life trying to defend hls master against the attack of the battle of wits which the
of a cowardly assassin!" spectators had expected to see;
"A police dog name Prince?" **Yes.**
"The dog that was killed at some the time of the murder?"
had
had
one of that flushing brillance which characterized the dramu- the criminal lawyer.
Perry Mason nodded slowly. was the dog that in large numbers to see a show, came with you in the automo- They came in with expectant bite?" smiles upon their faces. looked at Perry Mason, midged
The spectators had assembled "And that
and
"I think you are right," said Judgo Markham: "The ob Jection will be overruled."
Thelma Benton took a sheet
of paper, wrote swift lines upon it.
the
Perry Mason examined writing and nodded.
"I think we will both con- cede," he sa'd, that that is entirely
the
on
different from handwriting which appears the letter which Mrs Cartright left behind?"
"Naturally," said the witness In a tone of cool sarcasm.
the back
"They've found the bodies"! he shouted. and rushed toware Perry Mason.
it whe
force was reversed in July and Is now increasing with gather- ing speed.
The pattern of the production becomes clearer programme week by week as new contract The are announced. placings
replacements of Perry Mason picked up one most modern of the newspapers and hold 1 day and night fighters for the
Air Force. the startled eyes of Royal
tactical so that Claude Drumm could see the bombers, and naval fighters have
been announced. headlines.
appeared
Priority
The plan of "Millionaire's Munsion is engine production is taking con- Judge Markham fldgeted Murder Farm," screamed in crele shape. uneasily. "It հետ approach- glaring headlines ncross the ed the hour of the usual after- entire front of the page. noon recess," he said. "I be- Lower, and in slightly smaller lleve you
the stated, Counsellor, type.
words! Even before Chinese Interven- end of that you had no objection
in Korea at the to "Bodies of Cortright and Wife tion "Yes."
Under an interruption
Floor of November, the Prime Minister of the cross- Discovered for the "You recognise that letter as examination
usual Forbes Garage."
had announced that production Drumm being in the handwriting of afternoon recess?"
sat erect, for defence would take priority Claude Mrs Cartright?"
whatever. your stared with bulging eyes. Aover all other industrial activity with which bailut do."
Honour."
exports, rushed into the court-except dollar well, the Court
will room "Were you familiar with the
carrying
a newspaper, it would rank for high? handwriting of
half-run into Mrs Cartright take a recess for ten minutes." and went on a
To meet the neer The judge arose from his the judge's chambers.
interceptors, altitude, high-speed chair, dashed Perry Mason
Claude
Drumm abruptly the Bristol Aeroplane Company curiously speculative
have taken on the construction gaze, reached forward. then walked into chambers. "May I see that newspaper?" of the de Havilland Venom air-
Perry Mason looked at his he snapped.
frames. Expansion of the night "Delighted," sald watch and frowned.
Ferry fighter force has been announced "GD over to the window, Mason,
and handed him the by the Secretary of State for Air. Frank," he sald to Frank second newspaper.
Production of the new Gloster Everly, his law clerk, "and see
Meteor night fighter NF.11 has if you can notice any unusual
been entrasted
to Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. The
before she left Santa Barbara?"
"Yes."
"Now," sald Perry Mason, producing a piece of paper, "t show you a paper which pur- ports to be in the handwriting of Mrs Cartright, and ask you if "That dog was devoted to that handwriling is the same
as that on the letter?" one another and pointed out Pau Cartright?"
They
the great criminal lawyer- each to his neighbour. Slowly. the expectant smiles faded from their faces. There came frowns.
lowering the defendant.
glances at was p
This
"Yrs."
*
(MORE TOMORROW)
SPOTLIGHT ON ATOMIC POWER
grim business this was mur- FROM RALPH HEWINS, der. And some one should pay
for it.
Claude
Drumm tumed to-
STOCKHOLM
ward the courtroom and sairi INTELLECTUALLY,
dramatically, "Call Thelma Sweden is the runner-up Benton,
to Britain and America in Thelma
atomic research.
Benton gave her testimony in a low, resonanti
rapidly
While
America
and Britain still head the world in atomic research, correspondents this week report that other countries are also active.
voice. In response to ques-
At present four resident tions by Claude Drumm she sketched
the human Nobel prize winners-Pro- drama in the life of the dead fessors Manne Siegbahn
She told of his life man.
in (physics), The. Svedberg, Santa Barbara; of the infalun-
Cartright; of George de Hevesy, and Arne tion with Paula
elopement;
Tiselius (chemistry) are of this supervising developments. happiness of companion, their illicit rom
romance: then the ing completion, with most of the propriated billions more dollars
the
chase of the house Drive:
of the Forbes and his
on
in
An atomic pile is already near- In
the U.S. Administration ар-
--not for Korea but for Oak
mysterious tenant of the Ed- work being concentrated at Ridge, Tennessee. Jaining house; the continued Uppsala
University, Frescati Inspection through binoculars: (Stockholm), and at Gothen- the sudden realisation that th's hurg. neighbour was none other than
"Cross-examine," declaimed Claude Drumm triumphantly,
Perry Mason got slowly to his feet.
their work.
Oak Ridge is America's Har- well, where 30,000 men, women,
FROM PATRICK NICHOLSON, OTTAWA URANIUM-RICH Canada has closely-guarded atomi towns built on old Red Indian sites in the heart of camp gigantic forests.
At Chalk River lie two atomic Frankensteins, called Zeep and Heep. Ten safe miles away at Deep River, which Canada's most popular all-the- year-round resort, 800 Canadian
families live in modern,
could be
NF.11 will go to re-equip the existing night @ghter force and to expand it. The Gloster Air- craft Co. Ltd., is continuing with the Meteor B and two new re-
versions of connaissance
tho Meteor.
The English Electric Canberra: is on a very jet bomber, which appeared in
an atomic pile. nicknamed Zoc has been established. The Chatillon centre
are passed on America,
and British sclentlats and their As atomic research at Chatillon comfortabic, is not directly connected with Government owned the country's national defence, visitors can enter and leave security check, although there is a check on the scientists working there.
homes.
han 54 tempting Their life clubs, offering everything from deer-hunting and dramatics to ski-ing and sailing.
without
France has not the industria) capacity to make
research
numbers.
and dece
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The Royal Navy has launched of re- equipment with jet aircraft. The Vickers- Supermarine Attacker Hawker Sea Hawk, both of them jet fighters, have been ordered
has a live
or develop in quantity. So
a new two- In a pre- the wronged husband; the The work is financed from and children
In spite of early gloomy pre- atomic bombs, weapons or gases seat ship-borne all-weather and
night
Venom fighter-the abrupt
of Paula the State-subsidised £3,000,000- fabricated wonderland in which departure
NF. 2. Cartright, and then of the a-year Atomie Ent gy Company almost everything is owned and dictions that their work might and in some smaller
in some ways be harmful, the laboratories in French universi-During the year a naval murder.
under Svedberg's direction. The operated by the Government.
claim that made the first let landing on a scientists are sworn to secrecy,
people of the Deep River village ties, the scientists
ship's deck by night
and the the equipment however, and very little infor- The scientists and their provide an exceptionally high they lack even
Arst deck-landing by a swept- necessary to guard themselves back wing fighter. Trlais were mation has been published about families, many of whom worked birth-rate.
against radio activity.
oushed forward on a number on the atomic bomb projecta of
The only drawback to life at
of "single-packet" carrier-borne All that is known is that the World War II, have their own Deep River the risk of be-
cinemas and drug stores, but your Honour," he said, "peaceful application of atomic Government,
research mainly concerns the their housca are allotted by the coming too accustomed to the
anti-submarine prototypes do- free and easy, Informal, open-
signed for production Navy. will be readily apparent thot
nir living. this witnes may, perhaps, bepower, although Siegbahn has scaled according to salaries.
the Meanwhile,
scientists FROM ANTONY TERRY, whose testimony is capital and labour, Sweden could Other atom towns in America operating the two atomic piles, BERLIN of the greatest importance.
include Los Alamos, New Mexico, Zeep and Heep, are working on
Within 12 months from the understand there will be the make atom bombs.
For her research, Sweden im. where the first test explosion the possible peaceful
A PART from the fact that the emergency call of mid-1950, usual five or ten minute recess at approximately
have never aged father of Doctor Fuche Royal Air Force squadrons will three-thirty ports more Isotopes
an atomic bomb took place, an atomic power. but woon, is living surrounded by secret be taking deilvery of the
where Washington, It is now three-ten, other country. Her present pro- plutkalum s processed. a'clock.
made an atom Tho and I am perfectly willing
lead walls and police in the Soviet Zone city of let bombers, new jet all-weather gramme alms at discovering how US Atomic Energy Commistion Pricted by
and Overseas night-fighters, safety Leipzig, Germany has no part and ing ray detecting my cross-examina commence
how food forms flesh, bone and as also announced the opening buttons, they will be making in atom developments.
Commands will complate next year of a new hydrogen, high energy atomic fuel, a lump
equipment with Jet Aghters. bomb centre in South Carolina.
Df which the size of a walnut A few of her nuclear faston aval squadrons will be getting were whisked off by their new Attacker jet fighters During the present world would propel the Queen Eliza- experts
to Moscow Im-and Westland Wyvern turboprop mediately after the war.
strike-fighters.
This effort on Immediate pro- The rest of Germany's stom
Auction la
la backed up by research acientkats are now either in ind development for the future, Zones of Germany.
Western Two new fighters, the Hawker 1081 and Vickers 635 have made It has been Atom research
hoir first filalits, is forbidden
and Aghters,
UNION BLDG. with speeds approaching Many atomic scientists have list of swing org destined for sensibly applied their talents to Service was. Work on prototypes pure physics and the technical of new heavy multi-jot bombora problems of Industry.
a witness
gion, and to have it interrupted
by the usual afternoon recess.
But, aalde from that interrup tion, I subm't that I should be ablo
stated that, alven sufficient
than any
The bloodstream functions and
norves.
De Hevesy is also co-operating
Hiawford,
and rents arc
ΟΙ
uses of
If they are injured, the State medicine plan refuses to reim- burse them for treatment or loss of work.
to cross-examine thle in Penmark Nobel physics crisis, priority is being, given to both ten times round the world. the Russians
prizewinner, Niels Bohr, witness without interruption during the rest of the after-adapting atoms to therapeutien war research, but a great deal
of work is being done by private, FROM HENRY THODY, works. In all her research
PARIS BOOB,
Judge Markham raised 'h'a Sweden, maintains close contact companies and
"with" Britain. ..crebrowa and glanced at
Claude Drumm. **
There
universlifos on the use of atomic energy for
- boating and lighting.
Whether the research
FRENCH
atomic research reientists, who were five and is for years behind Bellam
America'or the three
New Jets
for the
new
IC-
O objection to FROM rodney CAMPBEL peace of war, all America's atom Amérien when the war ended, 'under the domilitarisation laws.in. Parliament that other ...that, Is there, Dar District NEW YORK
Attorney?” he asked.
*Tone
mid
towns have one thing in com admit that they have not caught monocurity Actor the Buchá
whatever." Cinude" "Drumm, anceringly DIRECTLY the strength of the scandal G-men are coping a "Crd examins, sa long as Chinese Communist offen close watch on the Oakridges of
sive in Korea became known the New World TUE,"What 'to."
France has opp romearch contro at Chaillon, thông: Parti, where
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