1951-01-11 — Page 7

THE

THE CELUNA MEALLY THURSDAX, JANUARI

CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG

HE telephone rang. Mason picked up the receiver.

T

"Оле of Mr Drake's detectives on tho

line, and he wants, to report

onco, to him at

," Della Street said. "He says it's important."

Perry Mason turned the re- eelver over to Paul Dralec.

The

swift receiver mado metallic noises, and a look of surprised incredulity came over Drake's face.

"You're sure about that?" he naked at tengih.

receiver

made

more

The raises.

Drake sald, "I'll be damned," and hung up the telephone.

He look at Porry Mason with eyes that still showed startled surprise.

By Erle Stanley Gardner

THE STORY SO FAR

WEALTHY Arthur Cortright accuses his

neighbour, Clinton Foley, of teaching lly dog to howl to annoy him, but this Foley dentes and he tells the polico Cartricht is insane, Perry Mason, the lawyer acting for Cartright, accompanies the police to Foley's house to inquire into the matter, and there is told by Mrs Thelma Benton, the house- keeper, that she has been bitten by the dog. Foley also finds his wife has run away with the man next door. Private detective Pani Drake, hired by Mason, discovers that the

woman who has been lying with Foley as his wife is in reality Mrs Cortright... and They ran Foley is really Clinton Forbes. away together come years previously, but Cartright has managed to trace them. Mason goca to see Foley by appointment one night, but finds he has been shot to death in bla The dog has also been shot. The house.

and police have their theory about the case. Ruspect Mason of shielding his cilent. Perry Mason decides to make nomo investigations of his own in the course of which he finds Forbes' wife, Bessie, is in town.

NOW READ ON

to seven- every point of the case now," around seven-thirty Drake told him,

Afty, and on the girlfriend from eight-thirty on. But we don't care about

busting the alibi

Be- after eight-thirty, tween seven-thirty and seven- fifty

ty is the time you want to concentrate on, and from ull I can find out, that's going to rest on Carl Trask's testimony, antl, of course, that of Thelma Benton herself."

reen anything "You haven't yet," Mason remarked. "And I you to concentrate on want

She's got an Thelma Benton. alibi that covers every minule of her time, from the time she "Know who that was?" he left the house, until she got I want to find a hole back asked.

In that alibi some place, if I can."

"One of your Mason.

men?" Asked

"Yes," said Drake, "one of my men who's covering the pollte headquarters, picking up Ups from newspaper reporters, and all that stuff. He told me that the police have positively Identidest the Kun that Was found in Foley's house; the gun that killed the police dog and Foley."

"Spill it" Mason said: "go ahead and tell me. Who bought ¡E?"

"The gun," said Paul Drake slowly, big суся watching Perry Mason's face in concen- trated scrutiny, "was purchased California, in Santa Barbara,

by Bessie Forbes, two days be fore her husband run away with Paula Cartright,"

become

Perry Mason's face wooden. He stared at the de- tective in expressionless ap praisal for nearly ten seconds.

"Well," said Drake, "what have you got to say?"

"I'm not going to say any- thing," he said. "I'm going to take back something that I did say."

"What?"

"When I told you that at the proper moment I could bust that case against Bessie Forbes wide open."

"I", said Drake, "am doing a lot of mind changing myself."

"It's all right," Maron sald slowly, "I still think I can bust that case wide open, but I don't know."

He picked phone, placed

up the tele the receiver to bis ear with a slow, deliberate

"I don't think there's any hole in it," Drake caid, "I've checked it pretty thoroughly, and it seems to hold water. Now I've got some bad news for you."

"What is it?"

"She's staying at the River- view Apartments."

Under her own name?" "Yes,"

"You keeping her shadowed?” "Yes."

"What's she doing?"

"Talking with cops, mostly She's made three trips to head- quarters and two to the dis- trict attorney's offices."

At that

figure, provided

wh

have the exclusive on it. That's all. G'by,"

"She keeps a dlary?" asked the detectivo,

"I don't know," Perry Mason onld.

"Didn't she say she did?"

"Sure," he said, "sho zaid sho ald but that doesn't mean any- thing.

The way I made the offer, she is going to have time to fake one. A girl can do a lot of writing for ten thousand dollars,"

"What's the idea?" asited Drake,

"Just a hunch," Mason said. "Now let's check over those samples of handwriting. Have you Rot

of hand- sampics wriling?"

*

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"At last, Ethel, we're saved They're going to rescue us by hover plane?"

London Exprese Sarokg..

Who earns the BIG

WH

money

WHERE do YOU atand

in the wages scale?

I have been investigating some of Britain's highest and lowest paid jobs, and "I haven't got a sumpic of here are the results: Mrs Forbes' handwriting, but I have got a

Soveral years ago a few sample of Paula Cartright's handwriting. I've top film stars could earn up got some stuff that Thelma to £20,000 a picture. And Benton has written, and a letter they were lucky to make that Elizabeth Walker, Cart-

"I don't know whether right's housekeeper, wrote." two a year. But earnings

"Where, does she claim she they're in response to telephone

communications was?" Mason asked,

or not. But "Have you checked them." there was only once she was Perry Mason said slowly, "with sent for. The rest of the time the note that was left by Paula she went by herself."

Cartright when she left For- bes?"

"She says she was down at another speak, having a cock- inil, but nobody remembers her is, nobody down there. That has yet."

"If,"

Mason

The district attomey hos found out about Ed Wheeler and George Donke, the two deiectives who were watching

sald Perry Clinton Foley's house, They've moodily, "she could find some- got deputies out looking for body down there who remem- them."

bered her it would give her a pretty good alibi,"

"They got wise to those birds through the taxi driver," Perry Mason said slowly,

"I guess so," sald Drake, "The deputies found them?" "No."

"Are they likely 10?" "Not unless to,"

you want them

"I don't want them to," said Perry Mason "Meet me at my office in ten minutes, and have all the reports on this Thelma Benton."

Abruptly, Perry Mason took down the telephone.

"No, the district attorney' office has got that noto, but I have a photostatic copy of the Get telegram that was cent from line. Midwick, and the handwriting The doesn't check."

"Della," he said, "ring up the Riverview Apartments. Thelma Benton on the Tell her thot this 19 Chronicle speaking, and the city editor wants to talk with Paul Drake nodded wordless- her. After that has soaked in, ly.

put her on my line."

"And," said Perry Mason slowly, "it she can't, it's going to be a weak spot, if we can impeach Carl Trask in some way. You say he's a gambler?"

"Yes."

"Any criminal record?" "We're looking it up. We know he's been in minor trou- bles."

"All right, look him up from the time he was a kid down to date.

Get something on him if you can. If you can't, get something that won't sound Perry Mason caught a taxi- food to a jury" cab to his offler, and found

"Tra already Paul Drake waiting for him that," Drake sald, with a sheaf of papers.

"And the depulles are look- "All right, Paul," he said. ing for Wheeler, and Donke?" "What have you

out?"

found

"There's only one weak point

in the alibi," the detective sald,

"What's that?"

Yes."

working on

Paul Drake looked at Perry Mason, and his face held the innocence of a child.

He hung up the telephone. Drakte looked at him without expression on his face and said slowly, "You're skating pretty thin ice, Perry."

Perry Masoni nodded gloomi-

ly.

"I've got to," he said. The telephone rang.

On

Perry Mason picked up the receiver, raised his voice, and snapped: "City Editor."

doesn't

"What handwriting check?"

"None of them,"

"That telegram's in woman's handwriting?"

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A other

Income-tax prob- people's photostatic copy of a telegram.

lems are in the big-money class. Mason took

Nowadays they often go the paper and studled it carefully.

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"Does the telegraph operator remember anything about it?" he asked.

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By doing only National Health operntor sad: "Miss Benton, it looks as remembers that he was count-work a consultant carns £1,400 though this Forbes murder case ing the words when she started to £2,750. is going to have lot of drame out, He told her, he'd have to:

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merit money of £2,500; another and sh750 get an extra the parties from the start. Did called over her shoulder that

£1,500, add you keep a diary?"

she was quite sure it was right, about 1,140 a further £500. and went out.”

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB NOTICE TO MEMBERS SECOND RACE MEETING Saturday, 13th January, 1951,

"By the way," said Perry "That's this Carl Trask, the Mason casually, "where are gambler who showed up in the those two binis?" Chevrolet and took Thelmu

Dentistry is a gold-plated pro- Benton from the house.

She

fession. This Anancial year was with him at various place

"I doubt it. She came in 9,495 dentists will share tho until eight o'clock. I've checked

"Would you be interested in wearing a wide-brimmed

hat. bulk

of £40,000,000 in fees, the times when they showed at

"I had a very important mat ten thousand dollars for the ex- She had her head fled down which gives an average of around the various places. There's

clusive right to publish that so that the brim kept him from £4,000. REP between seven-thirty and

ter to investigate in Florida," diary

you would?

seeing her face when she was motion, and when be heard reven-fifty. Then they drifted he said, "and I put those two Have you kept your diary up handing the telegram across the high-paid job before the war. Advertising was a particularly Della Street's voice,

and sent to date? said, into a speak and had a drink. fellows on a plane

will

counter." you keep "Delle, get me Alex Bostwick, Trask left shortly

them there on the job." after eight

right up to date?

a top man . Don't

pald the city editor of The Chronicle. o'clock, and the girl went over

offer.

Mason continued to stare at £10,000-a-year. Now the peak Get him on the line, personally. 10 booth and had dinner by clatively,

Perry Mason nodded appre- say anything about this

have one of our reportera

the photosintic copy of the 13

about half. herself. The waiter remembers

get in touch with you when we

telegram, then glanced up at

Chemical consultants and There are alght races. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 her perfectly. She left about

analysts "Good work, Paul," he said, want it. I can't tell about the Drake,

can carn anything from p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 pm. The expression of surpirse eight-thirty, picked up a girl- He gradually

£5,000-£20,000. drumming price until I tako faded

made little

it up with

Through Tickets (8 Races - $10.00) may be obtained at the Paul friend, and went Drake's eyes, and his face re show.

to a picture gestures with his fingertips on the managing editor. Then I'm getting about ready to go ants, education

Architects, surveyors, account-Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st Door, Telephone House,

officers, sumed once more

the desk, and abruptly said, he'll want to inspect the diary, to trial,"

and also tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting its look of

"Her alibi in going to depend "Where can I reach Thelma but I'm willing to make a re-

town clerks employed by local droit humour.

as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Pearce Memorini on Carl Trasic's testimony from Benton?"

commendation for its purchase

authorities are good, steady jobs. Cup" A nogollation committee has re- Through Tickets reserved for this Mecting but not paid for commended that their pay should by 10.00 am on Friday, 12th January, will be sold and the rise to a minimum of £2,100 turéservation cancelled for future meetings. between £3,000–£4,000.

I'll wait."

from

"Well," he said slowly, that hands me a jolt. I'm commenc- ing to think you either know more about this case than I thought you did, or else that: you're crazy like a fox. Maybe It was a good thing Mrs Forbes didn't rush out and make a lot of explanations to the police." "Perhaps," Perry Mason said softly, then turned to the tele- phone. "Hello.. this Bost wick? Hello, Alex, Parry Mn- son talking. I've got a hot tip for you. You always claimed that I never gave you tips 60 that your men could dig up a

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PARIS

"Drake," he said, "I think

(MORE TOMORROW)

face lift

gets a face

Women get less

At the other end of the scale there are many jobs with

French beauties nightly defying bracelet (diamonds if you are a weekly wages well below the

brunette or redhead, rubies or national average of 20 ás 10. emeralds if you are blonde).

a column pneumonia.

of Capital

News

by R. M. MacCOLL

Cortright. He'll And P HE Kalaer cranky, Her `namo's

The

tray

But the smoke-filled house is brought down repeatedly by 12 English dancers dressed In a manner of which every mother would approve.

PARIS ruination

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tion,, rope, twing,

•

"scheduled to

to be run on 28th February, 1951,

To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Oflces at:--

5, D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong

Or

382, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

SETS OF MEMBERS' AND LADIES' BADGES WILL NOT BE ISSUED FOR THE 1951 RACING SEASON UNTIL 18T APRIL, 1951. 1950 SETS ARE VALID UNTIL THEN.

Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Badges admitting ladies 'not in possession of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the. Members'

and Club Rooms at $10.00 Including, tax, for Enclosure Indies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary on the written or personal introduction of a member, such member to be of all chits etc. responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment

Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on at the RACECOURSE.

sale at

Trades with a basic minimum of between 24-24 10s. for the lowest grade of workers, include button

manufacturing,

coffla N post offices all over France furniture and cerement-making officials have been patiently metal wares, keg and drum- jute, toys, stamped and pressed There I met Dlana Shergold, opening envelopes, whipping a blonde, green-eyed "mecas" the Christmas party, nipping out makers, cotton-waste reclama- of 24, and her mother, wife of ing the words.

and not and an East Coast business man, in

boot and door polisir, 5 Paris for Christmas.

Five words

In all these jobs women aro or fewer card cost 2d. More than ave paid less. Ma: "My proudest moment words put it into the threepenny was when I heard an American bracket.

Engine drivers get a minimum of £6 49.-20. Outside Lon Kolor picked out in general will have his at the next table say, Where

don a dustmen carns £5 95. Od.- Emclent these men are. Not £5 129: Gd, for a 44-hour week, and

room overlooiding the Champs- girls? They are lovely."

one card from friends in Ame-and county council' roadmeri Elizabeth Walker. If your re-coay spot from which to Elysees, which the Kaiser never

rica and Britain reached- me £5-25 10s..

The Branth amees and the Troasters Compradore Office porter will draw her out, holl

Diana: "When Wo

not without a gay little festoon of

will close at 11.00 a.m. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 a.m. find that she knows who mur-Watch the victory parade of quite reached. He will, I was

actually on-stage,

Women domestics in hospitals The Treammers Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are we do not postage-due stamps. dered Clinton Foley.

his goose-steppers. He had assured, eat his lunch from

waste our time with allly gossip

got #3 148 to £4 2s,, while men situated at 1st Floor,Telephone House, * 30s,

at his desk. Clinton Forbes, who lived at to cancel hie, booking. But

The postman holds out

and' la in the dressing-room. Out come Down in the lobby, where the French exeralee books."

the porters, messengers,

A limited number of tifling will be obtainable at the Club 4889 Milpas Drivo, under the the hotel that was the last once grand dukes signed the re-

understamped leitorn and bourers have a minimum of 24 House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy name of Clinton Foley..

cracks his well-tried joke: "But, 17a, to £5 0. word for Kaiser "Bill" is gister with a flourish, they now

(Tel. 27818): Ma: "That's Diana all over-monsieur, your Britishy friends Among the lowest-paid are NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S outdated "Yes, she knows who did the considered

for oak crisply for your identity always ambitions."

are trying to ruin you! Ha, ha, girl cinema usherettes, who are PREMISES DURING THE MEETING. killing...

Near by is a room Alled with Even when the nudes come on

Dlaas: "No vulgarity hero ha!"

(paid from 22 5 to 23 9s. to London, according to the grade "No, it wasn't Besale Forbes. Captain Ed Minton, of fruit machines" for gambling.

“Ha, ha, ha," I respond, less of cinema.

The price of adiflzión to the Public Enclosure 19 $3.00 In- the United States Army, But to spite of this, and although they are holding, glorious big heartily.

butterfles."

In the

provinces they get £1 cluding tax for all persons including Indipe, and is payable at the dafd: "Painters who sing all bed between George Carpenter's Elmahower's new H.Q. Is situa-

185, to £2 s. Dd. In the lowest-↑ "Gate. "All right, if you Inslut.

timo are repainting fashionable bar and She'll tell you that it was Arthe

PARIS ignorance

grade Houses to 22:168. to £3MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN 'ETC., WILL NOT BE FER- a cinema PARIS fashions

189, Bd.* in the classy picture thur Cartright, the man for everything. Doska, filling alowing the popular English

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE RACE MEETING. whom she works, and who has cabinets and adding only decorum inside the old not think of wearing their Lamite, which la

Alm "Whisky dialore," thero la SMART women nowadays do

LTHOUGH I live in Maisons palaces, T

Wallreases and castilors in un MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE mysteriously disappeared. That's machines go out to make Astoria.

licensed refreshment bars and IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURESHER ail Goodbye"

bracelets on their wrists. Just the big French horse racial bullets are paid 12 17s. Od. to TOORL Some privates were "Our officers"

to old-fashioned for words, my centres, my ignorance about £3 28. Od. and walters £4

SERVANTS PASSES BAG Parry Mason dialled the num- billeted here until the other. Captek Mato

dear. Where then? Where but in horses is almost, bottomless.

24.06. with meals." On top of

Girvants' passos will be fasued to privato box holders only, bor GB Paul Drake's detective won fight shut until venlig

the baric plan 5 g h The other day, however, these, however, are tips, which who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endoted, their names ongiho passes. - Holdets of such passes are The chignon is pulled down met an American wire wont one often average £1 a week.. at the back into an imitation of worke

***Barmida in public houses gut tot permitted in the Members Encoure except for pawing the liitto torra-cotta katuettes Bald he: Unl

alimfnimum of 23:101: to through on their duties and must remala la thole employers repently, 1882 and in residentiel hotels up standa. me runs in that murder cam a DP they have been dubbed-VER town de Montmartre of Kadner, In Qressa.

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