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Show ILLUSTRATION BY RICHARD HERDEGEN I dinner 1 . i il l. DflTTntl I BIICU while he waited on some customers .in our grocery in front of the building. It was , March 3, in Reno,' a Nev., and, just another day to Jack and me. Then I heard Jack tone of say in a matter-of-fa- ct voice: "You wouldn't do that" I heard scuffling sounds next, but before I could react Jack came running into the kitchen. He didn't say anything. His eyes were widened in terror, and his . OJlSPRAY oil Gives Coverage for hard to reach places: locks, SDrjngs, lawn mow-- , pin-poi- epicycles, 3-BU-0- 3-ir- lis hinges. to u$e just spray on. , Jsf. L bm myselfrunning h.y . "Don't, Belva," a-di- 4 " 'Larry, said.I rushed past him, but he caught me before I could get to Jack. All I saw was a glimpse of Jack lying on the floor, with blood coming, from his mouth and spreading in a pool beside him. I went limp and kept mumbling, "jick, Jack." Fill holes with depend able Plastic Wood. Won't chip or crumble. Ask for it by name. GENUINE !WILUUU.LyPHIW"ll'--'c- I were questions. Some people say I was hysterical; I was just numb. I only vaguely heard the questions and don't remember what I answered. One of the officers suddenly became interested in my shoes. "Take them off, Mrs. GiinheaidrIthoughtrh CO?1 fa.-- J was being considerate. Actually, the shoes, splattered with blood, would bring more tragedy. Police drove me to the hospital whxar:1rhaTrteenkenr I thought I was going to see him at last. Instead, our family doctor met me in the corridor. "Your husband is dead," he said twice." I sof tly'JIe-was-jshasked to see his body, but the ot mi .. JL M M HT7' o u 4 fast... all Holds dsntures -- OBAtr. day! H. Use Ora Denture Clsanser, tea! Hi ... i M ft Rush out pain . . . rush in relief. That's what happens if you take DOLCIN for nagging, moderate Arthritis, Rheumatism or Muscle Pains . . . whenever they occur. Nothing else is faster, safer, at better for such pains than DOLCIN (tefclets. 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Mttrdered My By MRS. ' ";. rty the strength of a family can rein store you. I had many bad months ahead, but I never felt to this that I was alone. Monday morning, an officer came to my cell and asked if I wanted to take a police shook their heads. test Before I could answer, my "We're going to the station, Mrs. Griffis," an officer said. attorneys said no. "But why?" BELVA I asked. "I'm innocent." "We've got a lot of questions to ask you." He was polite, but his They explained that because as told to Nick Ellena I was still emotionally upset I voice was so cold that I turned and looked at him for the first might react poorly to the test. L was sure, though, I could 'vindicate, myself. "Ill take it," time. His expression was hard, and his eyes seemed to bore I said to them. into me. I looked at the other officer, .He flanked me as if A DoivsraDn oDerator straDDed a rubbpr coil around m expecting me to run. And chest and arm and put Something in my right hand. "Now I was being held as a suspect They believed I had murdered my own Jack! relax, Mrs. Griffis," he said. He asked many questions, some At the police station, I was questioned until 2:30 Sathaving nothing to do with the crime. Arid then, startlingly quick, he demanded: "Did you murder your husband!" urday morning. The questions were all the same: were "No!" I answered vehemently. you near your husband's body? . . . did you touch him? And the test boret me out on this point But in other areas did you see anybodyjin the grocery? . . . why did you run ' the machine indicated I was Jidlding back the truth. My from the kitchen? answers seemed suspicious. I couldn't understand this and, I told them that "all I could remember was Jack coming in with such anguish on his face that I instinctively ran to get bitterly disappointed, returned to my cell. I lay down and -- m. IV, Said They ""TheEcemTiidlhre mnm mm said. "You can call" your lawyer or family. Then welHock you up.J? I called my .son Lester in Den-v- er and then was led to a tiny cell with a cot, mattress, fell on the I blanket. and a thin cot and wept uncontrollably. Slowly an awareness of my predicament came over me. Not "detective ''Stay hereH FIX IT QUICK! help and that I hadn't gone anywhere near him. "If that's the case," a detective snapped, "why was there blood on your shoes?" So this was what made them suspect me! I couldn't explain this, and the police said my answers didn't make sense. . "We're going to have to hold .ypaupniispieiprL backof4he-storejiear-t- he counter. curett reiuKt always us ut theBtchen door. calling foFhelpTwo- neighbors, Larry and Lee Works, grabbed me. "It's Jack!" I shout- ed. "Jack's been shot!" Hurriedly,! folbweldVJhem back to the store. It was strangely quiet now. I looked to- ward the e I Everything went hazy. I found RfGULAt w OIL SPRAY for powral iobt: ELECTtJC MOTOR OIL foe dttrf. BUY AU THREE ! - .(ft. X breath came in gasps. C3E Alw,t For V ! brisk-Friday- 5 So easy turned around and, there was Jack-gasp- ing for breath, his eyes widened in terror. 1 was getting my husband's 14 Family Weekly, October 1, 19$1 tor |