Show n n d dl f MYSTERY OF AXlE l b dd db d 1 CLEARED BY RIDER The Tho mystery of ot the broken axle in the tho motorcycle ridden by Mat Ma t Warden arden at tho the Wandamere Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day night was cleared yesterday when Warden was said to have confessed to Deputy Deput Sheriff Sanford W W. Hedges to having filed tiled the axle himself This confession removes from Otis and Ben Johnson former Wandamere motorists suspicion of ot having been implicated In the tho affair Shortly after atter Warden started to ride on the track at Wandamere Thursday night the tho rear axle in his machine snapped In two According to Deputy Sheriff Hedges Warden admitted he filed the axle after acter he had removed tho the broken spindle from tram his machine In explanation Warden Is declared to have told Deputy Sheriff Hedges that he ho filed the tho axle acle to make the tho management management manage manage- ment of ot tho the track believe bellevo he had Iad been tricked Had not the broken axle borne apparent signs of ot treachery Warden would not have drawn down wages ages for riding at Wandamere Thursday night |