The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-12-23
CHAPTER XVI
TIE PRISONER AT TIE '-rrAyELrr's RESI-

CHAPTER XVI
TIE i'n1soSEE AT TIE '-rnAvELEE's EEs-"-
CaLoEoToEAxp.
Jared Clark remained prisoner in the
little room at the Travellers Rest" having
IS Iood brought to him by one of LcCor-
lnieA's men Nothing was done toward an
Investigation OF his alleged otiense
Ihe checkmated villain was surrounded
BY desperado-s rs unrelenting AS himself,
"ao. were suspicion TO become settled into
coATietion-and proof being adduced that
he had intended betraying the habitues and
boarders- furnish the newspapers
with anothes mysterious murder OK CROWN
Ing case.
Beneath the flooring OF the saloon was a
vault used IN past Years for the storage Of
ice Coul4 the dank walls of that vault
nave spoken. many a case OF 'accident..l
drowning would have had ra.utation, AID
many 'uneceountable suicides would have
Aal lifted from them all dishonor.
But tie ebbing and flowing tides, and TIC
zseking, dripping walls were dumb,
Crime, cuua, crime! The very ai. fetid
with tits commission aaroudod. Tie sun
Of day shone Is brightly on chat old frame
building os On the house Of purity. IAo
l.,ie moon looked down on that lAzar house
AZ ea the building dedicated to the God who
IL. j. IL the heavens. The timo WAS not Yet
who.l light should shine into the hidden
pit
Netributfon often makas long delay.
When it overtakes the guilty, tho rush
ino Of mighty whirlninl IL not more srsl-
del
Two nights after Clarhs Incarceration,
shd one after Tom Blocks interview with
~
tie rcacn Of mystery cropt Gu!eily down the
xairEay at the lead Of HIS sovea-by-niAe
room.
, Sicaltaily he groped his way to TIE door
OF the prison, which he unlocked. On the
I-rsshold, he paused.
TIE inmates heavy breathing satisfied
HIM that he slept He entered, closed the
door. and took from his pocket g rvd Gotten
Aou uGkerc!ief aad n small vial.
These he placed ON the floor.
A small vnx taper was next drawn ont
This he lit with an olorless match, using
tie left hand as a shield to prevent the thy
tame waking the sleeper, who was chained
to the wall
Irons were upon his ankles, and heavy
el.ain extended from the n!nnaclas to q staple
in the bricks, which allowed lin small lsti-
,':de lie my on an old mattress, lis head
resting on his arm. which was hanging over
lie edge
Tom set the taper behind piece Of lurn-
her, resting against beam, and took up the
handkerchief and vial
Uncorking the bottle, he held il on one
side, that the fumes Of its contents might
rot reach the sleepers nostrils, or his own,
aud tipped the chIoroform into The handksr-
chief.
Then, With hasty glance toward the
| door, as If fearful Of interruption, he crep.
| close to his victim, and thrust the saturated
| cloth under his nose, at the same time hold
| ing down his bead
| He struggled hard, but could not lift his
hnnds to push away the penetrating drug.
and could not cry for assistance because the
rag covered his mouth But 9 moment he
battled. then sunk stupefed-
Tom replaced the apparatus in his coat,
uud put his baud in his victims let. haud
po 'kst
What be wanted vna not there.
| He tried the right and brought forth q
bnneh Of large kUs With another OF small
attached
Smiling grtmly, he extinguished the taper,
went out ss quietly as be had entered, locked
the door, nnd returned TO his bed.
By sunrise, he was in the street
He was sure thA3 the lookless captain
lad not seen him, and that any story Of
pocket-picking BY the aid Of cLlorosorin,
would only uesuk IN laugh at his own ex-
pensa >,
fom,s destination was Jared Clarks
broxn-stooe mandon on Thirtiath Street, q
pdaae seldom Used By Its owner save at
night
lie went boldly up the steps and let him
solf In 9th or,o of the KEYS which he had
stolen