The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-10

constable with him, SO that nobody
might be able to claim share in the
capture
The door of the hotel had been locked,
and the superintendent found some diff
fculty in gaining admittance. When at
last he got in lie found that the people
fighting in the hall were Harry fowler,
the bank clerk, and Hans kruckmann,
a German waiter. The latter, it seemed,
had noticed Williams appearance in the
coffee room at breakfast, and happening
to be in the hall when the bank clerk
came to ask for the list of strangers who
had arrived over night, he had instantly
rushed up to "Mr. Whites" room, SO as
to have the merit of making the arrest
single handed. In his hurry, however,
he had seized, in one of the passages, a
young man who, owing to the partial
obscurity, seemed to him to be the Grim
inal, and clutching him by the sieve,
had halloed, "Help! helpl I ave cot 'em
de murderer! helpl 0, my yriends3"
These cries set the whole hotel i'll an up
roar, and gave the real Mr.. White time
to decamp. Hearing the noise, and dread
ing to be lynched by an infuriated crowd,
the hapless man with dark hair plunged
down the back staircase, used only by
servants, and darted into the hotel by a
small door leading into Hind street. The
Boots saw him so, and hearing the hui
laballoo in the hall, suspected who he
was, but the Boots reasoned with him.
self: eff / catch hold of him bere,
they'll say that only assisted the other
people; whereas, if follow the cove in
to the town, dodge him about for an hour,
and then nab him, as if it was alto
gether an accident, nobody will be able
to say that didn't do the trick alone"
So the far seeing Boots called out casu-
ally to housemaid, "Mary, I am just
going into the town TO buy some black
ing," and catching up his Jacket, he ran
out in pursuit, as he blissfully hoped of
e2OO.
1t was not Boots game to collar him
too near the hotel, so he quietly let him
go fifty yards ahead. The suspected
murderer was not running, but walking
fast, being scared, pale and breathless
Every now and then he looked behind
him; but the Boots was following with
an unconcerned air, sauntering on the
opposite pavement with his hands in his
pockets. Suddenly the hunted man
halted at the corner of d small street, and
allowed his pursuer to come up. Boots
did not like this, for he would rather
have captured his prey in crowded
thoroughfare; however, he advanced, and
looked the suspected murderer in the
face.
"Will you show me the way to the po-
lice station asked the latter in ngita ton.
"Hullol this won't do, ?" rnaoeted 1oooEs,
and he laid his land on the speakers
cuff. "John Williams, know yer," he
said "tain't no use trying to escape. Well
go to the station together"
"Ah! you, too, suspect me Of being
the murderer, then," exclaimed the
man. "Wen, you're wrong,
but was just going to the station to ex-
plain. You need not grip me SO tight
by the cuff. -
''Look here, John Williams, I'll act
the man by you, if you act likewise by
me- replied Boots, impressively. eff
you promise to tell them at the station
that it was me, and me only, that nailed
you, I won't hold your sleeve. You look
like gentleman, and you wouldn't try
to do poor bloke out of his se2O0."
81 tell you am not the murderer, so
you'll get nothing by catching me-" an
swered the man. However, come
along; I see you are incredulous; you
shall say what you please and I won't
contradict you"
\ few minutes later Boots and John
Williams stalked into the police station
together. There waa only sergeant and
a single constable on duty, for several
other policeman had been sent to the
hotel to take in custody Harry fowler,
Hans kruckmann and some Others who
had been having free fight on the SUB.
ject of John Williams, fowler having
accused Kruckmann of abetting this
escape, and Kruckmann
with blows, while the young
gentleman who had been arrested by mis-
take for John Williams joined in the
scuffe. Presently the superintendent
came down foaming from the hotel with
all these disturbers of the peace, who
wers to be taken before q magistrate,
and be learned that John Williams was
already very safely locked up in cell.
His face was sight to see; but the SER
geant on duty gloried inwardly at his
chiefs discontinue, for he had become
aware by this time that the superinten-
dent had gone to the hotel in the hope
Of arresting Williams alone, and he
thought this proceeding { mean one.
''It's Jack Bloman, the boots at the
hotel, who nabbed the chap promiscu-
ous ike, remarked the sergeant, NAL
iciously. ''It will be fine piece of work
he's dore-getting them e200, eh?"
''We've got to make sure he hiss laid
hold of the right man first" grumbled
the superintendent, who felt as If he
could strangle the sergeant, for those
offers of blood money promote fine
feeling of eordiality among all concerned
in men hunting.
John Williams had refused to give any
account of himself to the sergeant, but