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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1953.

The last chapter in the story of the man who said: 'They can't hang ME'

Desgracia

A SHOT-SO THIS WAS Rides The

THE MASTER SPY

LAST NIGHT itatph Brown. of Scotland Yard, wrote hitast report on the case of Robert Pitt and the master-spy known as Pitt under death sentence for killing a Soho girl, Leonutor tries to bargain for his life by oßering to reveal the identity of Leonidos, But Brown Ande that Rashki, a Poïe, ta planning to leave Britain by air with a radio set for an underground move- ment in Eastern Europe. He trier a Geiger counter on the set and Ands a reaction Can it be that the missing atom device is hidden inside?

T

WAN

HE Home Secretary Anglo-Slav Freedom League, and graceful. "I we set off for the atom research have made up my mind," he said.

centre,

☆

The serial was written by

MOSLEY

LEONARD

In

London

the gallows, only nine hours

away now.

I told him we had tound Leonidos, and there was an ex-

of despair on his face when he realised that his last hope had gone. But only for a moment and then he was, in control again.

"Tell me one thing," I said to him. "You did kill Yvette Saunders, didn't you? Why did you do it?"

"The Communists simply took

E allowed himself a bitter over the underground movement, codes and everything, so that the smile. "It was essential that League

never i shouldn't be connected with the suspected that anything was League, so I used Yvette as a wrong and that their agents letter box -- she would take The poor fools went on sending Lea were dropping into enemy hands. messages from me through the brave young

League to Robinson-Heaton, and men la certain vice versa. That made sure that

was Robinson Henton

never She know now was going on,

Old Trail

:

From

James Cooper

Now York. TTOMBRES ain't so tough H as they wuz, pardner,

cut in the West.

Take the Wild West custom of gaol busting (now Q TV tevourite) with cowboys riding through the night to rescue the hero, overpower the dishonest sheriff and leave him locked in tiis own cells.

It doesn't happen thataway any move in Taos, New Mexico, where KR Carson (1809-60) once trod and where Indians in their blankets silli steal in from the pueblo along the Santa Fe and Charron trails,

When We Kot inside, the hidden in his, radio set er docu- scientist was slumped on the ments. floor dead, And on the desk in front of him was a note. It was short and it looked as if it had been written in a hurry, but it sold me most of what I wanted to know.

The moment I saw the radio "It doesn't matter

that everything whether we enteh Leonidos RIDDELL, the security officer, set I realised

Sir Robert Rosper, and was over," Robinson-Heaton hac or not, i am not going to Robinson-lleaton, the two top written, "For when it is opened death. interfere with the execution scientists, were waiting for us not only will you find a sample

"I am ashamed of what I have connected with me.

i know such treachery but she didn't object until she

something fishy of Robert Isune Pitt at in the main laboratory. We put of the Monte Bello bomb and a done.

the set on a bench, and Entwistle plan of the new cartridge, but cannot be excused. 1 can only Pentonville tomorrow morn-started to unwrap it as I rapidly lo a letter from me. 11 is ad- say in explanation that I loved discovered by accident that I was

Iressed to my daugh- ing.

sketched in the back-

my daughter very dearly. Pray #round of how it had

ter, my beloved Eve God that,

now that I um nronical, my dear inspector, but it far yes, the is alive lenger useful to them, they will seems that Yvette was a staunch She threatened not been found. All three looked grim

and not dead, 1x

show her a little mercy and let anti-Red. everyone thought.

only to tell the League about me the police.

Hers "She was due to be her go free."

Underneath was the signature: but also to inform executed in the Czech

So, when we had coffee together Robinson Heaton, "Edward

towards the end of our usual | dom. purge after Gottwald otherwise known as Leonidos."

Friday evening, I put strychning took over, but at the fast moment the

In her cup." Russians

discovered her relationship with me-and for ine last

"At nine o'clock he hanga for murder. There will be no reprieve and no stay of execution.'

of

them

and grave in the know- icdre

thent someone "I'm glad to hear you say it,

on the

staff of this sir." I told him.

station And glad wish

bad

stolen what I knew what the way I felt.

was inside that this could mean that when eland was a trailor Pat died a secret precious to and a thief. the safety of Britain would die with him.

But

Home Secretary's decision upheld my pride in the

principles fundamental

upon which

work:: our system No matter who you are or what you have to sell, you cannot make a bargain with the Law, have been a And, when perly to a brutal murder, the Low saps that you will hang.

the

זמנן

☆

ed

of

HI

He Entwistle think

"Will you help me Пobbie?" ask- upen il,

Sir Robert Robinson-Heaton. indicated and

nic: these two had better be present, They'll need protective clothing."

Robinson Heaton's

Illustration bry, Robb

now then

our

that get

Communisi It may sound

never

д

News from there is that four amigea of Conrado Apodaço decided to rescue him from the gaol at night but, Hollywood forgive them, they did so with- cul fring a shot,

They merely broke the glass in the sheriff's office door, found the keys in his unlocked deak and flung open the door to free-

DUT not for Conrado.

BUT

The gaol was warm, the food was good, the sherl!! kindly, anet he was enjoying his first good night's sleep in weeks.

Not only did Conrado refuso to leave, but he phoned the gaoler and said: "You had better come down and lock your gnol up. The joint's wide open."

The gaoler came, the sheriff

came.

They relocked the gaol with Inside it for 30 days. And that, in their view and in their Spanish, is the big- gest "desgracia” of all.

FR

MR TRUMAN will have to pay

He added: "I should GOT back to the Yard and told have been discovered either if them to let Peter Rashk! go someone hadn't been spying on two years I have been

Did you ever " and dialled 999. buying her life by free. "But stop playing around me, and rushed to a telephone

with resistance movements," I

discover who it was, Inspector?"! sending

atomic

warned him. "It's meddlers like

"No, Mr Pitt," I said, gravely. secrets to the U.S.S.R.

Freedom League "It was Robert Pitt, countries involved in wars. If who has been a Rec

#Red

who you want to be an underground agent for years, who

DIDN'T like to tell a man only irst brought me the hero, then go and do it some- about Eve and where else where they like that

and kind of cover-and stop em- nine hours away from blackmelled me brown

the rescuers barrassing the country which has hanging that it was his own wife snd

He stared at

out

--visiting the League offees ta of a pale, luto working with him. me

Eve given you safety and asylum. that even before

Roshiki-who had "I go and make knew gentic face,

He shook me by the hand and meet Peter arrangements." he said, softly, married a Czech I had been In-

When I seen him go to Yvette Saunders' terested in Slay emigres in went down the stairs. LEFT We liome Office and and went out of the laboratory.

We waited for him. We waited London and was a member of the looked through the window, I flat and had rushed down to a drove straight to Fentonville

saw that Antonia Pitt's car was telephone and dialled the pollee. a long time, but he did not Anglo-Slav, Freedom League.

re- Yes, Antonia Pit! betrayed to tell Pitt the news. No use

waiting for him. keeping the

poor devil in come back. And all of a sudden,

of

"The first thing he made me minded me that I had a date at her husband to the police. And his long

Fentonville.... significance

the irony of it Is this: He took the suspense any longer.

absence, n

me like hit

even know he was a blow, do, in order to get Eve out of Fente one look at my face ns came

It was almost midnight when She didn't I shouted. "Where's prison in Prague, was turn over

murdering Yvette Saunders. She "Quick into his cell and he guessed.

"So you're going to hang me,"

resistance members behind the to 'sce Robert Pill for the last

time. My estimation of the convenient way of establishing a move on!" he sald, "You fool! You'll never

hidden strength, I followed the wing-commander Iron Curtain.

the sinister the fact, for the divorce she was And Leonidos without my help.

as he raced across the laboratory Before they take me out there

and down the

"For the past year every anti- streak of warped courage, that planning, that Robert Pitt was corridor. lo

League agent the

has was inside this man was borne being unfaithful to her! tomorrow morning I'm going to

office, but Red Robinson-Heaton's life--I'm

He was pray for once in my

seconds before we got there we dropped in Eastern Europe has out by his demeanour, going to pray that you never find

taken secret messages from me grim but colm in the shadow of him and that, through his work, heard the shot. one day country will

be blown to pieces!"

you to tell us I replied.

"But I shall come back tonight for the last

lime just in case you change

this

"I can't

force

anything

Jour

mind."

From Fentonville Gaol I drove back to the Yard, picked up Entwistle and the radio set we had taken from the offices of the

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THE END

OF

FAIRBANKSES

KENSINGTON

THE

SOUTH

OUGLAS FAIR-

By Francis Martin

BANKS, junior, 21 lean and lightly-

an eminent hostess' really," she wrinkled 43-year-old, with protests.

joft

Wo

to inter

A quiet start ALTHOUGH her career

has

than a

u

26-minute

In

Mrs

about 425,000 dollars (£131,000) in taxes out of the 500,000 dollars (£178,000) It is said he will get for his memoirs from Life magazine,

That is because his own Ad- ministration

passed what is called the Elsenhower Amend. General ment after the then Elsenhower was allowed to keep

as a capital gain, 476,000 dollars (£170,000) out of the 630,000 dollars (£225,000) he was paid for his book, """Crumda in Europe."

Needs

dollars 113

JEW YORK is broke.

175,000,000 (£02,500,000) to, balance budget.

Now Mayor Vincent Impelll- Bus ferl must find the money, and subway dares, new at a flat rate of 10 cents will probably go up, and there is expected to be a city income tax on top of the present three percent sales

in 20 of New York's 8,000,000 is a Puerto Rican, a survey shows.

That is a spectacular 52 per- cent increoso since the last census of April 1950. It means 140,000 have emigrated from "America's overcrowded ~tropla lale in the last three years,

Politice?

1

at Elstree is three fletion films per fortnight. some of them he commends a Under the divorce settlement, renowned New York beer.

He is high in the good books Hartford peld her á million and

of his mother-in-law, that a half dollars, equal to £320,000 Epling, widow since 1933, who a touch of the stripling

exclusively then, £535,000 now. Within has stayed both at The Boltons about him still, has been social targets are

Mra month she married Douglas and

Fairbankzes' at the sho junior, whom adroitly making the world her husband's business,

California home, Pacific Fairbanks's main concern being Fairbanks, aware of Douglas Fair happy-home-running, with a had met at a Merle Oberon Palisades, which Mary decorat banks, junior, ever since thought for charity causes as party 13 months before. Lessed in Italian style. Mrs Epling Fairbanks testines that the marriage in a your Inter he followed his father into well."

inherited 800,000 dollars (£210,

great success

and Douglas 4 creating an equally overcrowded films at the age of 13, tak-

000 today) from his father's "good, sweet boy."

Spanish Harlein. ing with him a rather leag

estate.

In 20 years, Mary Fairbanks, dentist's daughter had like her The

husband, has come MARGARET TRUMAN, now brassy version of his

-IV 29, Sometimes,

is keeping her apart- way. father's famous smile.

had is startling moments, moved into circles where wealth quite

back to she thinks

ment in New York, is continu- nothing could have been more and matrimony intersect and perhaps, His present phase, which quiet and homey than its be multiply fantastically.

days when, Mrs Hartford, ing her concert and television

sppearances. she played baseball in a society

"Not

ot the began five years ago, is ginning. Mary Elizabeth Epling, as she once was, had a small- that of the lion-hunting town upbringing. at

Three marriages girls team at Newport, Rhode

Island, and

moment."

The Coronation? English socialite, with 28, West Virginia.

"Maybe, but only as a spectator FAIRBANKS,

had photographed watching paio, an marriages, two di.

even more important thing than in the street." The Boltons, South Ken- Her father, Giles Epling, was

third wife has playing it, at the fashionable sington, ગ property he a dentist, the Epling home com- vorces. His

Life is fortable but unassuming.

successively been actress Sylvia Gulf Stream Club. bought from the Duke of

Lady Ashley more onerous now. From a Philadelphia finishing Hawkes,

Mrs Fairbanks Leeds, as his base, the sky school, Mary went to Cam- (divorced), as ambition's limit and wife bridge, Mass

Massachusetts,

and be (widowed), Lady Stanley of Mary

hia да

in student-teacher principal came

Alderley (divorced), and Mrs kindergarten. Sho chose this Clark Gable. seconder and aide.

As Mrs Fairbanks, widow,. job, as her mother said at the time, because she loved children, she came into a million dollars But the kindergarten was not under her husband's will. As far from Harvard

Mrs Gable, petitioner, she ob University • inipod a divorce from her hus And

the among

first-year students

band last April and with it a Harvard was at gilded 20-year-old, George Hun- tenth of his income for ane tington Hartford, keir to the your

and seven percent for four Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com- years. Since December she has extended visit to been on an pany's empire, £70,000,000

a

Mrs Douglas Fairbanks is small and shapely, with a wide, bright smile and soft eyes.

When, wearing a polka-dotted frock, she plays with her three little girls, Daphne, Victorin and Melissa, in the tree-girt garden at The Boltons, the silll makes an almost girlish photograph at 40. Inside the house the be comes the poised chatelaine, and

buslly lives up to one of the

smoothest home decora London,

in

chain of grocery stores.

Bluefield,

senior,

London, making the Ritz her headquarters.

Douglas, Junior, has himself They ‘disapproved' ·

been to the altar twice. His MARY and George met, fell first wife was Joan Crawford, love and morried at whose film camings reached Covington, Virginia, so secretly £1,500 a week in the early The home-fixer that the news did not maixo the thirties, outstripping her hus- front pages for Evo months. band's in the same field. Their WITH Rs Adam girandoles in Both averstated their ages, "perfect marriage," as Holly- drawing-room Mary, then 18, giving here as wood called it, was dissolved and its Grinling Gibbons gar 20, George his no 21 instead of after four years, in 1933, when lands in the white dining-room, 20

Joan accused her husband of The Boltons makes an agree-

There was no glee under the grievous cruelty. She has since able background for stream- Epling roof. Giles Epling and been the wife of Franchot Tone

disapproved of and Philip Terry. Wearing U.S. Navy uniform, the marriage. As Mrs Epling

W the white

lined social occasions.

:

his wife flatly

a

"wid

with an impressive patch of puta it, they didn't want their Shrewdness, charm medal ribbons, relies of war and daughter to marry

Society postwar service, Commander

playboy," however MARY FAIRBANKS'S second marriage gives her funda- Fairbanks,

DSC, as paint wealthy,

mentally serious nature. solid looks down An externally glittering more achievements to contemplate. from Simon Elwen,

one of his own walls with; ringe lasted eight years. Hor husband's shrewdness maile of quizzical approval. Mary dropped her teaching There are many things Fair blossomed as a socialite, tried and charm have been opening banks opproves about life. One to be a playgirl: also and did august doors to him ever since the date thirties, when, between! of them is his wife's taste as a not greatly home "fixer."

compared with Hartford, sho

to hobnob

care for it. As bouts of lmpccifully At The Boltons, Mary Faiwhad fundamentally serious President o

he began i

with

and

ring.

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banks has helped entertain the nature, her friends explained, White House Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, In the spring of 1938 tho got inherited fortune did not Princess Margaret, the Duchess a divorce, In out-of-the-way turn him into an idler. In 2018 of Kent and various non-royal" Oktochobec, Florida, where his U.S. alm intercals carnod notables, among them Anthony such things are handled with him nearly 234,000. At present Eden, Noel Coward and Danny minimum publicity, on grounds he is shooting and acting in Kaye, Yet the disclaims social of incompatibility and mental TV commercials" for export to America. Hi output-gébédula ambitions of her own. "I'm not crudity.

was

news-

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