Judge — May 4, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE’S MYSTERY CONTEST No. 5 What Was All the Shooting For? Judge Will Pay $25.00 for the Funniest Solution of the Following Mystery: Goronee Crtampoux was a scrapbasket manufac- of the murder, had its suspicions, but about the only ) turer with a very novel idea. He had a plan word that got about the streets was: “Who do you | whereby he could make scrapbaskets with the bot- think bumped off old man Quilte Remarks like | | tom on'the top. No matter. He lived in a inodest that, of course, threw suspicion directly at a Song- home in Perth Amboy. A mysterious woman named writer named Winchell, who turned out to be Harris Mrs, Early lived diagonally across the street. Tweed, the boss of the brown belt. On the morning of April Ist, five miles from The magistrates caught Tweed and Tweed ght Perth Amboy, h—l. Then Richard Quilter was found in his bedroom, killed by a pistol shot. The only peo- ple on the iso- lated ranch were they, the mag- istrates, asked Tweed to ac- count for the fragments of green cord, | partly burned | and partly not, in his electric re- frigerator. They ex pressed a de- sire to know if there was any connec- tion between the im- mediate, de- voted family of the mur- dered man. The roc | was in a state ] of confusion, authentic snaps of the Quilter-Early demise. At the left we have , getting a billet-doux from th Champoux; and at the : Furniture was y has just receiz ° ncome Tax Department. this cord and | upset. Rugs rom the Jack Cluctt collection of household crimes.) the trellis | | were turned which ran up | | | upside down—having the nap on the wrong side, the north side of the Quilter ranch house. a | | which is a tough way to try a short rest, you know. They asked a number of embarrassing questions, | The north window was opened, showing that Mr. of which the most troublesome was about the mur- | Quilter had evidently run around the room trying to der of Mrs. Early. Tweed told the jury that, in i | blows which came through it. reality, he was Champoux and that Champoux was rly, in a suit of Harris Tweed, lay on he. it Her body had more than 1,000 Champoux was then apprehended and grilled for — | 1] scratches where, apparently, she'd been adding up two hours, but would not admit that he was either t bridg: : ing, people, both inside and outside and out- | an old cont same mor At half-past four, the Mr. Tweed, Mr. Winchell or Mrs. rl He re- iterated that he had been playing his radio on the side and inside the Cham night of the murder and poux residence, heard Meee and siarming RULES OF CONTEST fai be weuia neue eat | en- sounds, joyed taking a shot at one According to one of the Juvce will award a prize of $25 for the fun- of the announcers. When neighbors who had once — "est solution of the above mystery asked if he had ever had spent ay Africa, the Any reader of Jupce may compete, and any bloodstains on his face, he noises were similar to the mumber of Solnnons may be subenitted but none blanched and explained that than 200 ind each solution. shoud be ‘BE as in the habit of eat- written on a separate sheet of paper. ing grapes with a salad In case two or more contestants submit the fork: For this admission: same winning solution, $23 will be awarded Champoux was severely to each criticized in long letters from Emily Post and the cries of a stric Other neighbors testified that they heard screams, creaks, squ sighs, moans and wails, and other weird and disturbing n hyena Ame shane Contest No. 5 closes MIDNIGHT, May the aty Clob, and was aake noises. Mr. Champous, 2h nd the winning soluuon will appear ia Rotary Club, and was asked however, claimed he the June 8t ie of doce to resign from the National had merely been sitting up . . . Geographic Society. on his new radio. of Junce, 18 East 48th Street, New York. N. Y., and what all the shoot- Perth Amboy, at the time and don’t forget your name and address. ing for? —= i J 32 EDWARD LANGER PRINTING CO., INO., JAMAICA. ™. T. comicbooks.com