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j! The Exploits of Elaine
A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama -
, IBy ARTHUR B. REEVE E "
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CONTINUED
SYNOPSIS.
The New fork police are mystified by a
•arte* of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal Is the warn
ing letter which Is sent the victims,
elfned with a "clutching hand." The lat
est victim ot the mysterious assassin is
Taylor Dodge, the Insurance president.
His daughter. Elaina, employs Cial* Ken
nedy, the famous scientific detective, to
try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accomplishes is told by hia friend
James, a newspaper man. By an Ingen
tous ruse Clutching Hani) smuggles Into
Elaine's home a flask of liquid air which
she suppose? to be a package of valuable
papers. It blcns open the safe In which
It Is plsced. but Kennedy arrives In time
to prevent the robbery. The detective
narrowly misses death In his apartment
where Clutching Hand has plsced a shot
oun so that it Is fired by the electrical
connection formed when Kennedy places
hands on a framed photograph of
FIFTH EPISODE
The Poisoned Room.
Elaine and Craig were much togeth
er daring the next few days. Some
how or other, it seemed that the chase
et tfco Clutching Hand Involved long
coafereaces in the Dodge library, and
•▼aa, la fact, extended to excursions
Into the notoriously crime-infested
neighborhood of Riverside drive, with
lta fashionable procession of automo
bile* and go-carts—as far north, in
dotd, as that desperate haunt known
aa Grant's tomb.
Bat to return to the more serious
aide of the affair.
Kennedy and Elaine had scarcely
coma out of the house and descended
the ateps, one afternoon, when a sinis
ter face appeared In a basement area
tmr »oar by.
It was the Clutching Hand.
1 He wore a telephone Inspector's hat
and coat and carried s bag slung by a
■trap over his shoulder. For once he
had left off his mask. but. in place of
it, bis face was covered by a scraggy
black beard. The disguise was effec
tive.
Ha saw Kennedy and Miss Dodge
and slunk unobtrusively against a
railing, with his head turned away.
Laughing and chatting, they passed.
Then he turned in the other direc
tion and. going up the steps of the
Dodge house, rang the bell.
"Telephone inspector," he said in a
loud tone as Michael, in Jennings'
place for the afternoon, opened the
door.
Ha accompanied the words with the
aign, and Michael admitted him
Aa it happened. Aunt Josephine was
npatalrs in Elaine's room. She was
fixing flowers In a vase on the dress
ing table of her Idolized niece Mean
while. Rusty, the collie, lay, half blink
ing. on the floor.
"Who Is this?" she asked, as Mi
chael led the bogus telephone inspec
tor into the room.
"A man from the telephone com
pany," he answered deferentially.
Aunt Josephine, unsophisticated, al
lowed them to Snter without a further
question.
Quickly, like a good workman,
Clutching Hand went to the telephone
instrument and by dint of keeping his
finger on the hook and his back to
Aunt Josephine succeeded in convey
lng the illusion that he was examining
it
No sooner was the door shut than
the Clutching Hand hastily opened his
hag and from it drew a small powder
spraying ourflt, such as I have seen
used for spraying bug powder. He
then took cut a sort of muzzle with
an elastic band qn it and slipped it
over his head so that the muzzle pro
tected his nose and mouth.
He seemed to work a sort of pump
ing attachment and from the nozzle of
the spraying instrument blew out a
cloud of powder which he directed at
the wall.
Meanwhile. Michael, in the hallway,
on guard to see that no one bothered
the Clutching Hand at his work, was
overcome by curiosity to see what his
master was doing He opened the
door a little bit and gazed stealthily*
through the crack into the room.
Clutching Hand was now spraying
the rug close to the dressing table of
Elaine and was standing near the mir
ror. He stooped down to examine the
rug. Then, as he raised his head, he
happened to look into the mirror. In
It he could see the full reflection of
Michael behind him. gazing into the
room.
"The scoundrel!" muttered Clutch
ing Hand, with repressed fury at the
discovery.
He rose quickly and shut off the
apraying instrument, stuffing it into
the bag. He took a step or two toward
the door. Michael drew back, fear
fully. pretending now to be on guard.
Clutching Hand opened the door
and. still wearing the muzzle, beck
oned to Michael. Michael could
acarcely control his tears. But ha
obeyed, entering Elaine's room after I
the Clutching Hand, who locked the 1
door
"Were you watching me?" demand
ed the master criminal, with rage.
Michael, trembliug all over, shoot
his head. For a moment Clutching I
Hand looked him over disdainfully i
at the clumsy lie.
Then he brutally struck Michael in
the face, knocking htm down.' An un j
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In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, March 20
READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY" WEEK
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HARRIBBURG STA&INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1915.
governable, almost Insane fury
seemed to possess the man as he
stood over the prostrate footman,
cursing.
"Gel up!" he ordered.
Michael obeyed, thoroughly cowed.
"Take me to the cellar, sow," he
demanded.
Michael led the way from the room
without a protest, the master criminal
following him closely.
Down Into the cellar, by a back
way. they went. Clutching Hand still
wearing his mussle and Michael say
ing not a word.
Suddenly Clutching Hand turned on
him and seised him by the collar.
"Now, go upstairs, you." he mut
tered. shaking him until his teeth
fairly chattered, "and if you watch me
again—I'll kill you!"
He thrust Michael away, and the
footman, overcome by fear, hurried
upstairs. Still trembling and fearful.
Michael paused in the hallway.
He put his hand on his face where
the Clutching Hand had struck him.
Then he waited, muttering to himself.
As be thought It over, anger took the
place of fear. He slowly turned in
the direction of the cellar.
Meanwhile. Clutching Hand was
standing by the electric meter. He
examined it carefully, feeling where
the wires entered and left It. and
starting to trace them out. At last
he came to a point where it seemed
suitable to make a connection for
some purpose he had in mind.
Quickly he took some wire from his
bag and connected it with the electric
light wires. Next, he led these wires,
concealed, of course, along the cellar
floor, in the direction of the furnace.
The furnace was one of the old hot
air heaters and he paused before it
as though seeking something. Then
he bent down beside It and uncovered
a little tank.
He thrust his hand gingerly into It.
bringing it out quickly. The tank was
nearly full of water.
Next from his capacious bag he
took fwo metal poles, or electrodes,
and fastened them carefully to the
ends of the wires, placing them at op
posite ends of the tank in the water.
For several moments he watched.
The water tnslde the tank seemed the
same as before, only on each elec
trode there appeared bubbles, or one
bubbles of oxygen, on the other of
hydrogen. The water was decompos
ing under the current by electrolysis.
Another moment he surveyed his
work to see that he had left no loose
ends. Then he quietly let himself
out of the house.
The next morning Rusty, who had
been Elaine's constant companion
6ince the trouble had begun, awakened
his mistress by licking her hand as it
hung limply over the side of her
bed.
She awakened with a start and put
her hand to h3r head. She felt 111.
"Poor old fellow," she murmured,
half dazedly.
Rusty moved away again, wagging
his tail listlessly. The collie, too, felt
iIL
"Why. Miss Elaine—what ees re
mattair? You are so pale!" exclaimed
the maid. Marie, as she entered the
room a moment later with the morn
ing's mall on a salver.
"I don't feel well. Marie," she re
plied. trying with her slender white
hand to brush the cobwebs from her
brain. ■'l—l wish you'd tell Aunt Jo
sephine to telephone Doctor Hay
ward"
"Yes, mademoiselle." answered
Marie.
Languidly Elaine took the letters
one by one off the salver.
Finally she selected one and slow
ly tore it open. It had no superscrip
tion. but It at once arrested her at
tention and transfixed her with ter
ror.
It read:
"You are sick this morning. To
morrow you will be worse The next
day you will die unless you discharge
Craig Kennedy."
It was signed with the mystic trade
mark of the fearsome Clutching '
Hand!
Elaine drew back Into the pillows,
horror stricken.
Quickly she called to Marie. "Go
—get Aunt Josephine—right away! '
And Marie almost flew down the
hall. Elaine seized the telephone and
called Kennedy's numher.
•••••••
Kennedy, in his stained laboratory
apron, was a' work before his table,
while 1 was watching him with Inter
est. when the telephone rang
Without a word he answered the
call, and 1 could see a look of per
turbation cross his face. I knew it
was from Elaine, but could tell noth
ing about the nature of the message.
An instant later he almost tore off
the apron and threw on his hat and
coat. I followed him as he dashed
out of the laboratory.
"This is terrible—terrible." he mut
tered. as he hurried across the campus
of the unlrersity to a taxicab stand.
A few minutes later, when we ar
rived at the Dodge mansion we found
Aunt Josephine and Marie doing all
they could under the circumstances.
Doctor Haywart bad arrived and
had Just flaiskad taking the patient's
pula* and Umperature aa our cab
polled up.
ISalao waa quite til Indeed.
"Oh! I'm ao clad to »ee you," aha
breathed with aa air of relief aa Ken
nedy adTaaced.
I "Why—what la the matter?" asked
Craig anxiously.
Doctor Hayward shook his head do
biously, but Kennedy did not notice
him, tor. as he approached Blatae, she
drew from the covers where she had
concealed It a letter "and handed It to
him.
£raig took It and read:
'You are sick this morning. To
morrow you will be worse. The next
day you will die unless you discharge
Craig Kennedy."-
At the signature of the Clutching
Hand he frowned, then, noticing Doc
tor Hayward, turned to htm and re
peated his question, "What is the mat
ter r
• Doctor Hayward continued shaking
his head. "I cannot diagnose her
symptoms," he shrugged.
There seemed to be a faint odor, al
most as if of garlic, in the room. It
was unmistakable and Craig looked
about him curiously, but said nothing.
As he snlfTed. he moved impatiently
and his foot touched Rusty, under the
bed. Rusty whined and moved back
lazily. Craig bent over and looked
at him.
"What's the matter with Rusty?" he
asked. "Is he sick, too?"
"Why, yes." answered Elaine, fol
lowing Craig with her deep eyes.
Craig reached down and gently
pulled the collie out into the room.
Rusty crouched down close to the
floor. His nose was hot and dry and
feverish. He was plainly ill.
"How long has Rusty been in the
room?" asked Craig
"All night," answered Elaine. "I
wouldn't think of being without Mm
now."
"May 1 take Rusty along with me?"
Craig asked Anally.
Elaine hesitated "Surely," she said
at length, "only be gentle with him."
"Of course," he said simply "I
thought that I might be able to dis
cover the trouble from studying him."
We stayed only a few minutes*
longer, for Kennedy seemed to realize
the necessity of doing something im
mediately, and even Doctor Hayward
was fighting in the dark.
Back in the laboratory. Kennedy set
to work Immediately, brushing every
thing else aside. He began bv draw
ing otf a little ot Rusty's blood in a
tube, very carefully
"Here, Walter," he said, pointing to
the little Incision he had made, "will
you take care of him?"
Quickly Craig made one test after
another.
As he did so I sniffed. There was
an unmistakable odor of garlic 1n the
air which made me think of what I
had already noticed in Elaine s room.
"Arseniuretted hydrogen." he an
swered. still engaged in verifying hi?
tests. "This is the Marsh test for
arsenic."
"Arsenic!" 1 repeated, in horror.
I had scarcely recovered from the
surprise of Kennedy's startling reve
lation when the telephone rang again
Kennedy seized the receiver, thinking
evidently that the message might be
from or about Ela.ne.
But from the look on his face and
from his manner. 1 could gather that,
although it was not from Elaine her
self, it was about something that in
terested him greatly.
"Good!" 1 heard him say finally. "I
shall keep the appointment—abso
lutely."
"What was it'" I asked, eagerly.
"It was Elaine's footman, Michael,"
he replied, thoughtfully. "As I sus
pected. ha says that he is a confeder
ate of the Clutching Hand, and If we
will protect him he will tell us the
trouble with Elaine."
1 considerc I a moment. "How's
that?" I queried
"Well," added Craig "yott see, Mi
chael has become infuriated by the
treatment he receives, from the Clutch
ing Hand. I believe he cuffed him in
the face yesterday. Anyway he says
he has determined to get even and be
tray him."
1 did not like the looks of the
thing, and said so. 'Craig,' I objected
vehemently, "don't go to meet him.
It is a trap."
Kennedy had evidently considered
m> objection already.
"It may be e trap," he replied slow
ly, "but Elaine is dying and we've got
to see this thing through."
As he spoke, he took an automatic
from a drawer of a cabinet and thrust
it into fcis pocket. Then he went to
another drawer and took out several
sections of thin tubing, which seemed
to be made to fasten together as a
fishing pole is fastened, but were now
separate, as if ready for traveling.
Then he went out I followed, still
arguing
"If you go, 1 go," I capitulated.
"That's all there is to it."
Following the directions that Mi
chael had given over the telephone, 1
Craig led me into one of the toughest
parts of the lower West side.
"Here's the place," he announced,
stopping across the street from a
dingy Raines law hotel.
"Pretty tough," 1 objected. '"Are you
sure?"
"Quite," replied Kennedy, consulting
bis notebook again.
Reluctantly I followed and we en- '
tered the place.
"I want a room," asked Craig as 1
we were accosted by the proprietor,
cot&fortably clad in a loud checked
suit and striped shirt sleeves. "1 had
one here once before—forty-nine, 1
think."
"Fifty—" I began to correct.
Kennedy trod hard on mv toe a
I MM
■ -
"Tes, forty-nine," he repeated.'
The proprietor called a stout negro
1 porter, waiter and bell-hop all com
• bined In one, who led us upstairs.
"Forty-nine, sah," he pointed out.
as Kennedy dropped a dime into his
ready palm.
The negro left us, and as Craig
started to enter, I objected. "But,
Craig, it was flfty-nine, not forty-nine.
This is the wrong room."
"I know it." he replied. "I had it
wYitten in the book But I want forty
nine—now. Just follow me, Walter."
Nervously I followed him into the
room
"Don't "you understand?" he went
on "Room forty-nine is probably Just
the same aa tlfty-nlne. except perhaps
the pictures and furniture, only it is
on the floor below."
To Be Continued
AWARD ELKS' TROPHIES
Athletics Take Team Prize and Morri
son the Individual Prize
More than twp hundred Elks gath
; ered at the clubhouse last evening to
•to honor to the bowlers who complet
ed one ot' the best bowling seasons in
the history of the game. The Bills
* had :» good time generally after the
trophies were awarded. '
The Dehnotte trophy went to the
Athletics, the pennant winners in tho
league. Box seat? at the Orpheum The
atre were aiso given to the winners by
C. Floyd Hopkins, manager of the Wii
mer Viueent an i \ppel Theatres, and
an Elk. A b.iwiing loving cup known
as the Cooper trophy was g.ven to
Morrison, the fiidividunl star of the
season.
Preaches Farewell Sermon
Marietta. March IT.—The Rev. H.
H. Potidier, pastor of the Methodist
church. >.:n ay evening, preached his
farewell se:moa to tiie conregatiou.
I>ur:ag the two years he was stationed
here the eongrt Ration and Sunday
school were increased in membership
anii ue made many frien
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PATCHED UP JASPER TEAM !
DEFEATS INDEPENDENTS
Stars From Three Eastern League
Teams Play Rough Game—Two
Near Fights Occur When Sugarman
Strikes Rote—Score .10 to 38
The Jasper team, of the Eastern
1 league, playing Newman and Fogarty, j
of the DeNeri and Shugarman, of the;
Greystock live, defeated the Harris- 1
burg Independents last evening in a
rough ggatm t in Chestnut street audi-!
toriuin by the score of 39 to 33.
Several times Shugarman and Rote
mixed things up, otice Shugarman strik-;
ing Kote and another time the referee
saving a genuiue niixup when Shugar-!
man kicked the local player. The game I
was halted and the crowd jumped to
the center of the floor ou two occa
sions. Fisticuffs were prevented by-the;
local management and the game went!
on. Newman played an especially rough
game.
The mixed" team went eight points
ahead of Harrisburg before the Inde
pendents got started. McCord made
the first Harrisburg point on a foul.
Jasper kept.ahead until just before the'
close of the first half when Rote, Me- \
Cord, Geisel and Ford added five field j
goals and McCord three fouls sending
the locals ahead by the score of 21 to
20 at the call for half time.
Four field goals soon after the start
of the last period put the visitors in
the lead and they were not topped
again. The lineup:
INDEPENDENTS
FI.G. F.G. A. Pts.
1 Rote, forward .... 3 0 2 6
McCord, forward 2 15 3 19
Geisel, center .... 2 0, 1 4
Ford, guard 2 0 0 4
j MoConnell, guard .0010
! Totals, 9 15 7 33
JASPER
FI.G. F.G. A. Pts.
Fogarty, forward .3 0 2 6
i Shugarman, forward 2 0 3 4
, Newman, center 4 0 0 8
Brady, guard .... 5 0 2 10
jCurlette, guard ... 2 7 2 1 1
j Totals, 16 7 9 39
Fouls committed, Harrisiburg, 11;
Jasper, 20. Referee, Early; scorer,
Schmidt; timer, Klineline; time , 20-
ininute halves.
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TWO CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS
Kilbane and Williams and Jimmy
Clabby and Young Ahearn to
Meet in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, March 17.—(Manager
Edwards will stage at the Olympia A.
A. to-night a contest between two
world's champions, Johnny KiM>ane, the
featherweight king, and Kid Williams,
the bantam-weight titleholder.
Both boxers have let up in their
strenuous training and both are tit. Kil
bane is within the required weight,
which calls for 122 pounds ringside.
Williams will weigh about l'2'l pounds,
so that there will be little difference
in weight when the little gladiators
face each other.
•For almost two weeks the two cham
pions have been preparing for this
bout, Williams doing his work in this
city, while the feather-weight king
has been located at Leiperville. To-day
will be tuning-up day for both lads, and
only light exercise will be indulged in,
for each is at fighting pitch.
Ten of the leading boxers are on
edge and anxious for the 'bell that will
send them on their way in the show
at the National Athletic Club to-night,
Jimmy dabby, who claims the world's
middleweight title, will meet Young
Ahearn, the sensational British I'sS
ipound champion, in the final bout. Sam
Ko'bideau will tackle Charlie White, tno
Chicago lightweight.
George Chaney, of Baltimore, will
take part in the third bout of the even
ing against Eddie Morgan, England's
'best 122-pounder. Little Italy will
shine in the second number. The con
tenants will be Tommy Wowell and Joe
Borrell. Jack MciOarron, the Allentown
middleweight, will take Soldier Bart
field in the opening bout.
• OUIMETS CIRCUS SHOTS
Chip Shot From Trap and 235 Yard
Drive Mark Pine Valley Round
Philadelphia, March 17.—Francis
Ouimet, the national amateur golf
champion, and his fellow townsman, J.
H. Sullivan, Jr., of the Woodlawn Golf
Club of Boston, dropped off at the Pine
\ alley Golf Clu:b at Sumner, X. J., yes
terday on their way south to Pinehurst
and spent the entire day trying out the
links of the iatest golf club in southern
Jersey.
Thi? champion and Sullivan played a
four ball match against C. B. Buxton
and George Crump, two of the pioneers
of Pine Valley. At the end of the
regulation eighteen holes Crump and
Buxton wore 1 up, but continuing the
match until darkness stopped further
play enabled Ouimet and Sullivan to
finish 1 up at the twenty-second hole.
Although Ouimet hardly had touched
a golf club in three months his play
yesterday was accurate. He made- sev
eral sensational shots, his best being
on the eighth hole, where his drive
found a trap thirty yards from the is
land green, but a fine chip sent his ball
almost dead on the pin. On the sixth
hole, a dog legged drive and iron,
Ouimet from the tee carried the bunk
ers f n ljy 35 yurds away.
JESS WILLARD AT HAVANA 3
Vast Crowd Welcomes Jack Johnson's"jj
Challenger for World's i
Heavyweight Title
*
Havann, March 17.—Jees Willard, ■
who is to fight Jack Johuson for the J
heavyweight championship, reached I
Havana yesterday. Accompanied hiy 5
Tom Jones, Mrs. Jones, 'Mrs. Jack Cur- J
ley, Walter IMonihan, Javk 'Hemple, Jim »
Savage and Tex O'Rourke, Willard *
came in on the steamer Governor CoWb *
from Key West. £
A gresit crowd was on the pier to wet- J
come the challenger and accorded him ■«
an ovation when he appeared on the *
deck as the vessel war[>ed into her J
dock. A committee of newspaper men a
and prominent members oif the sporting J
fraternity of the city formally wel- »
coined Willard. The s>ig tighter looks 5
the picture of health and predicted *
that he surely would win the battle, i
Betting, however, is 2 to 1 on John- *
son.
President fMenocal again waibched *
Johnson train yesterday and declared *
that he would take no action to pre- «
vent the fight, despite predictions to 2
the contrary.
Great enthusiasm over the fight has ,i
been arouse,! and from applications for *
tickets from all over the island it is *
assured fiat an enormous crowd will JJ
attend.
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BOWLING RESULTS
CASINO LEAGUE
Orpheums win easily from Coloni- r >
als— JJ
ORPHEUMiS
Ross 187 169 181— 537!
Botts 152 233 127 512^
Miller .... 147 179 160— 486 «
Beck 203 201 167 561 3
Wilsou ... 201 175 192 568 J
Totals .. 890 957 six—<s664 ™
COLONIALS
Jacoby ... 169 203 186 — 5585
Kruger ... 160 143 179 4822
"Eisenhart . 166 160 188 — 514''
Trace .... 189 174 162 525 ".
Black 150 171 226 547 J
Totals .. 834 851 949 —2626 ~
PINE STREET LEAGUE
Victory for Mrs. H. B. McCormick's :
team —
MRS. H. B. M'CORiMICK
Leisman . . 167 136 164 467 *
Sterner ... 119 135 111— 365 -
Ulartwick . 164 147 130— 441."
Zimmie ... 143 157 163 — 463**
Myers 158 178 147 — 483
Totals .. 751 753 715—2219 ,
BEN WITMAN
Atkinson .. 122 158 123 — 403
Brickley .. 126 158 118— 402
Richwine .. 123 134 141— 398
Santo .... 182 119 139 — 440
Springer .. 107 161 170 — 438
Totals .. 660 730 691—2081
HOLTZMAN LEAGUE
Americans win close match—
AMERICANS
Claster ... 92 92 ... — 154
Chrismer 118— 118
Yoder ... 98 ... ...— 9S .
Nathan 99 118— 212
Fox • 109 137 80 — 326
Peft'er .... 84 134 104— 322
O'Leary .. 65 113 134 312
Totals . . 448 543 549—1542
NATIONALS
j Kvers .... 154 89 131— 374
Miller 110 108 7S— 296
Thorne ... 78 107 89— 274
John 120 77 100— 297
Farver ... 108 101 87— 296 J
Totals •• 570 482 485 —1537 m
P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE
Federals win three games from Amer
icans and clinch pennant —
FEDERALS
Mendelhall . 246 173 173 592
Saul 158 181 192 531
I Colestock .. 232 191 180 — 603
j 'Miller 149 182 168— 499
Leamau ... 155 194 141— 490
Totals .. 940 921 854 —2715
AMERICANS
Mathias ... 1&8 158 159 — 505
IMumnia ... 170 164 149 — 483
Gregory ... 1'42 112 162 416
Felker .... 221 183 161— 06.1
Greene ... 163 149 205 — 520
Totals .. 884 766 839—2489
POINT BAY FIVE COMING
New York Five Will Play Indepen
dents Saturday Night
AH of the Eastern League teams
have appeared against the Harrisburg
I Independents this year with the excep
tion of the DeNeri team, which will
iappear here on the night of March 27.
The Independents have arranged for
the appearance of the Point Bay Big
Five, the champions of suburban New
York, in Harrisburg Saturday night.
This team comes with a big reputation
and this will be their first appearance
in this section of the State. One of the
fastest games of the season is assured
the fans. This team has defeated near
ly all the Coal Region teams and is a
fast aggregation.
BOXER SAYS WIFE BEATS HIM
Johnny Dundee Sues Because Home Life
. Is Unsafe
New York, March 17. —Johnny Dun
dee, the lightweight pugilist, filed suit
in the Supreme Court yesterday under
his real name, Joseph Caroro, against
his wife, Mrs. Lucille Caroro, of 301
West Fortieth rtreet, for a separation
because she has beaten him and called
him names. The couple were married
June 26. 1912, and the plaintiff says
ho has given his wife $4,000 since their
marriage. **£
Dundee alleges that almost daily be
tween February 1 last and March 10 '*
his wife beat him While he. was asleep. «•
threw shoes, crockery and bric-a-brac 2
at him and called him "rat" andjj
'•wop." He says it is unsafe for him.»
to live with his wife any longer. "
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F. and S. Team to Invade Oberlin
The basketball team of the time ot- *
fice of the F. anil M. department of the *
Pennsylvania Steel Company will meet 2
the Ford A. €., of Oberlin, at Oberlin, jg
Thursday. The Hteelton team is com-«
posed of former High school stars. J
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J. Harry Stroup s
Insurance Agent
1617 North Second St *