Post-Mortem. In Portland, Ore., after he mailed a .22 cartridge to his estranged third wife as a hint that he was "all shot" because of their breakup, Lawrence Anthony Lindekugel was arrested when the shell went off in transit, blitzed a stamp-canceling machine.

Arms & the Men. In Phoenix, Ariz., jailed for beguiling 75 American Legionnaires while wearing only a G-string, Stripteuse Wanda Evans drew a second charge of carrying a concealed weapon when cops found a pistol in her purse.

Witness for the Prosecution. In Union City, N.J., after Apartment-House Superintendent Margaret Keenan testified that he used bad language during a squabble over electricity, Tenant Ettore Masciandro defended himself hotly: "I never use bad language. She's a damn liar!"

Whither Thou Goest. In Pottsville, Pa., after his wife was taken to Pottsville Hospital to have a baby, Harry Thompson got lonesome, stabbed himself superficially to qualify for admission, was rushed to the same hospital.

Morality Play. In Fayetteville, N.C., after he sat through a western film, Escaped Convict Archie Scott surrendered, explained he realized that crime didn't pay when he saw the cowboys mow down a gang of cattle rustlers.

Dark Horse. In Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Gladys Cullum won a divorce after she testified that her husband ran for state auditor-and lost-in the Democratic primary, neglected to tell her about it.

The Dispensable. In Loddon, England, after he commissioned a firm of efficiency experts to suggest ways to cut municipal expenses, Town Clerk C. R. Cadge got back a report stating that a saving of $2,500 a-year could be effected by firing the town clerk.

The Enemy. In Eaton, Ohio, Donald Evans was fined $100 and jailed eight days for drunken driving after he crashed his auto against a water wagon, got out to investigate, climbed back in the car, clobbered the wagon again.

Apron Strings. In Milwaukee, Meyer Geller sued for divorce, charged his wife made him "nervous" by pouring turpentine on him, trying to set his bed afire as he slept, threatening to take him "with her into death."

Escape Clause. In Manhattan, after testimony that her husband kept a rendezvous with another woman, Mrs. Roslyn Denberg was granted a divorce by a judge who observed: "The unorthodox method of egress used by the defendant down from the seventh floor via the fire escape indicated a consciousness of guilt."

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