Life — August 12, 1926 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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with wood-cuts ing of Octo- E Attemas repute in’ Elkhart, Indiana, went into the pantry of his home at 11 Elm Sircet, ostensibly to see if there viv of that cold roast pork left. ood doctor was sn to nib- old roast pork when occasion was The bli offered, As lie passed through the living- room on his way to the pantry, he spoke to his housekeeper, Mrs, Om- phrey, and said that, if everything turned out all right, he would be at that cold roast pork in about half a minute (Elkhart time—an hour ear- lier than Eastern time). “Look out for the pits,” Mrs. Om- phrey cautioned him, and went on with her stitching. Mrs. Om- y, in her spare was a stitcher of for the local factory. tis is the last that was seen of Dr. At- temas Meethas alive. It is doubtful if he ever even reached the pantry, for the cold roast pork was found untouched on a plate, and Dr. Meeth found, three days later, hanging from the top of the flag-pole on the roof of the Masonic Lodye. The mystery Was cven more puz- zling in that Dr. Mee- thas was not a Mason. Citizens of Elkhart, on being grilled, ad- mitted having seen the doctor hanging from upp: she “HANG Fascinating Crimes By Robert Benchley 1. The Odd Occurrence in the Life of Dr. Meethas INustrated the flag-pole for two days, but thought by that he was fooling John Held, Jr. and would come down soon enough when he got hungry. But when, after three days, he made no sign of descending, other than to drop off one shoe, a committee was formed to investi- gate. It was found that their fel- low-citizen, far from playing a practical joke on them, had had one played on him, for he quite dead, with manifold « gular abrasions. A volting feature of the the little gold chain which the doc- tor wore over his right car, to keep his pince-ne still in position. This at on posed of the possibility of suic Mrs. Omphrey and her uppers were held for examination, as it was understood that she had at one time made an attempt on the doctor's life, on the occasion of his pushing her ING PROM THE TOP OF THE FLAG- POLE ON THE ROOF OF THE MASONIC LODGE.” down when they were skating to- gether. But her story in the present affair was impregnable. After the Pritriinn HERMAN TRAPP doctor had gone through the living- room on his way to the pantry, she said that she continued stitching at her machine until nine o'clock in the evening. She thought it a little odd that Dr. Meethas did not return from the pantry, but figured it out that there was probably quite a lot of cold roast pork there and that he was still b nibbling. At nine o'clock, however, she stopped work and started on her rounds of the house to lock up for the night. On reaching the pantry, she found that her employer was not there, and had not been there; at least that he had not touched the pork. She thought nothing of it, however, as it occurred to her that the doctor had probably remembered an engagement and had left suddenly by the pantry window in order not to worry her. So, after finishing the cold pork herself, she locked the bread-box and retired for the night. The police, on investiga- tion, found the bread-box locked just (Continued on page 3)) comicbooks.com