The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-22
CHAPTER XVI


The next dag Kisi9 called at Cations Office
late I'D the afternoon and found the lawyo,
eagerly oxuac.inr him. Thedatcctivcs flcc.
however boxed rather dismal. and Gallon
was DOB ral.srol hv FRS cx're. .o1.
"W.''" la ,a.l. iupationdr. whom Kisir
had closed tlo dler and taken his scat
"Wi.". shef
"Ila5 ivt what 7 want 70 know m
svcrrl tho detective. coo.ly Of wont so The
salvation Army headquarters end made in
uu.r.D- about Aer l. aune1rs that size had
be.a n tho ARMY AS ha..dgigh lass. but go,
tired of 10 in q week, and went Off with q
friend to Sydney She carried on her old
life of 81 siration, but ultimately, her friend
got siri, OF her. and the last thing they heard
about her was that Size had taken mp with %
Chinamon IN one of the Sydney Sums
telcgraphed az once 70 sydney. and got re.
ply that there was no person of the name OF
Sal RaHlins known go the Sydney police bu,
the, said they would make inquiries, aud lct
me know Che result"
"Ahi shehat. u)ioubt. chanclhrname.'
said Cation. tloaghuuIy stro1ng his c..n.
81 wonder what ior.
"Waa.el O., 800 r.I % the army. expect.
answered ll...n. dryly. "TLca.uvinr lamb
did Uo- care about bang hunted back % tho
fali.
"lrl uh.l did she join tire armY'
"Th. vary Jay after the murder
"Gaa.r sliden conversion"
$50 'u. Ie said tine death Of the woman
on Thursday night had so start, 4 her that
SD. waa. straight oil TO the army % sst her
religion p0.fl, fixed uu.'
'Thc eff. IT'S Of fright no doubt, said Cal
ton dryi. I've met Il good many exam
ul,-. of th,so sudden conversions. but they
rorcr last long rs o rlle-it's Case Of the
dc.il was sick. the devil monk would be,
moro than anything else. Good lookingr
80 80, 1 believe, replied Kiisip shrug.
cng bis shoulders. Very ignoral.-coL.L
neither read nor write
That accounts for her not ;sking for
Fn2ecrald when she called at the clubs she
probably did not know whom she he'd been
sent for. Il viii resolve itself into cues
ton If Identification, expect. However. j.
the rollce can't lud her, we viii put an adj
vert lsement in the paper Offering "a reward,
and send out haudbllls to the same effect.
She mu.t be found Brian FtzScralds life
hancs ON a thread, and that thread is Sal
Rawlus'
-Ncs" essen.ed KilTip. ru1biug his hand.
tcrotl.r "EyQl Il Mr.. Fitzgerald acsuoTl
cll .a5 .A.t BE- was 10 Mother Gut,er-nipes ON
tae u.1-t .- question, Sic wil have 20 prove
That hove. t-er'. c5 nJ cae e.-9 EASY Ll.a'
"A-- yol -re t4@tt
"A5 urs as any one can %. ID r. b cl.
To was q lac lou: when 10 came, .al cf,.j
one seems ID have b-cl csi,ap c2ceul t-e
dyiurw1l-a and Sal; and - ole Is dead. tue
other is t-e only person that can prove tAa.
he was tlc.o ~ tie t-ms when tie murder
YVES committed il tic hanson
"Arl Mother CUtg@rs.iDc.
"W4s drunk, cs she Acknowledged last
rl-lt. Size thought that il q gentleman did
call I. must kaye been tie o.aGr ola"
"TL. o.hc- one" repeated Gallon, in
pulled voice. What other o2e!
oliver Wbyte"
Cation arose fro2l his scat with blank mir
OF establishment. oliver Whytc.' be said,
as soon rs he could ind bis voice. Was be
in lie habit OF going there"
Kilsip curled himself up IN his scat Ike
sleek cat, and, pushing forward his head till
his nose looked Ike the beak Of a bird Of
prev, looked keenly at Cation.
Look here, sir, he said, in low, purring
voice, there's good deal in this case which
don't seem plain-in fact, the further We 90
into it the more mixed UP i. seems to get
went 10 see Mother Guttersnipe this morn
Ing, aud she told me that Whyte had visited
tho Queen several times while she lay i'll,
and seemed to be pretty well acquainted with
herr
But who the devil is this woman they
call the 'QueenF" said Cation, irritably.
"She seems 10 be ct the bottom Of the whole
aifair-every path We take leads to her."
II know hardly anything about herr re
Piled Kilsip, except that she was a good
looking woman Of about 20. She came out
from England to Sydney few months ago.
then on to here. How she got TO Mothe,
Guttersnipe's l can't find out, though I've
tried to pump that old woman, but she's al