Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-21

| those stupid detectives would overlook.
/ and If probe to the bottom this Jews
! death, which to them is commonplace
but TO me mysterious, think what
scoop" it will be for the columns of the
! argus. 1t means distinction and promo
/ ton, and | must win both. But there
| was another motive. AS ray of sun
light fell On this locket in that horrible
den saw what l thought was your face.
l had no scruples then. The locket is
/ safe with me till | know its history, And
I now TO see your grandfather.
/ The address she gave him was one of
I the highest buildings on South Clark
+ street, in locality that was far from
! reputable. To reach it he took occasion
/ to pass the scene of the tragedy, as the
! Sherman street house was almost direct
/ ly in his way.
! 1t was after 10 o'clock when he picked
/ his way through the foggy, ill-lighted
/ streets OF that portion of Chicago which
I IS given over TO what may be generally
/ described as the criminal classes. lie
/ was now in that section the boundaries
/ of which are known to so few people
/ even III Chicago outside Of police circles,
| but the name Of which has been written
/ on the consciousness of the Western
/ world in the blood of a thousand crimes
| 1t was the word Levee. 1t comprised
at that time, before the new Chamber of
! Commerce changed the topography Of
/ the town, Clark street, Fourth avenue,
and Pacific avenue, bounded on the south
! by Twelfth street and on the north by
I Harrison. State street, Third avenue,
/ and Dearborn street in the same limits
constituted what the police called Chey-
/ enne, although the names were confused
/ by people IN general who used them. and
/ that of Levee" was most frequently and
/ incorrectly applied to State street. In
! deed the misuomer is current even at the
/ present time.
| With the carelessness born of custom
/ Harry Weston trOd the streets that were
/ as familiar to him as to their most des-
| perate denizens. The idea Of fear had
/ never entered his mind in the discharge
| of professional duties. Extremely sensi-
/ tive in private life so that he could not
| bear to look upon pain. or behold any
| thing repugnant or disagreeable, his
/ nerve never relaxed when called upon in
| the service of his journal to look upon
the horrors of accidents, suicides, or
! murders. The only effect upon him was
| TO throw a deeper shadow upon tenn.
| permanent never inclined to lightsome-
! ness. Only his sense Of the picturesque
| and strong dramatic feeling cast a halo
\ of romantic and artistic grace about the
/ occupation to which he was devoting all
! the energies Of brain and muscle. As he
| went along tonight he was revolving the
/ problem of the Old Jews death, and yet
| he was not insensible to the panorama Of
! night-life in Chicago as it unrolled be
! fore him. Every second door he passed
/ was that OF a saloon from which came
/ the sound of cracked pianos and cracked
| voices, and the echoes of drunken laugh
/ ter, and from the door of which staggcr.
| ed some sot to find a temporary refuge
/ in the gutter before being carted to
/ cell. Women-some withered and old
/ and carrying cans for beer; some young
/ and brazeu-laced, just entering upon the
: degradation Of the pavement-jostled
| HIM or flung him some slangy greeting.
! Now and then a sneaking figure slipped
/ down into basement, gave "A signal, and
1 was admitted. 1t was the victim Of the
! opium-habit going TO indulge in q Chi
/ nese laundry in that dissipation which is
/ technically known on the Leree as chit
4 ting the pipe" over the entrances tC
/ other Easements glared the small red-it-
/ ten signs the danger signal is forever the
| favorite light Of the slums) advertising
/ Good bed, 10 cents If one were to
| take a peep beneath the sidewalk the in
terror would look like the hold of slave
trader-bunks piled one upon the other,
where tired tramps, thieves, and outcaSts
( were enjoying their brief respite from
the world. A policeman lazily swinging
his club and sauntering along was 70 be
met every now and then. Each nodded
kindly to Harry, for he knew all that
were on duty in this portion Of Chicago,
and had recorded of them many an act
| of bravery and galiantry, and occasion.
| ally one not so praiseworrhy.
All was quiet on Sherman street, and
/ a light was burning in the third-stOry
I window, where Lazarus Stein lay dead.
/ Harry grOped his way up, and on the
! second flight saw a flash as if a match
| had been suddenly lit and extinguished.
| He listened but heard nothing. He was
I only halfway up when he brushed
! against a figure that was Strengthened
| against the wall as if to avoid him.
| Quick rs lightning he clutched ut it, and
/ the next instant the two had stumbled,
and were struggling on the landing.
''Who are YOU" cried Harry, as he
| pinioned his prisoner. Speak or I'll
! choke you"
"A friend, you fool, gasped the other
in a cultural voice and a strange foreign
tlNN'lts AfN-b lliN Als ~ g0A AAsA 'SAt
broken my back
Harry guided him downstairs, and I'M
der a street lamp The stranger shook
him of angrily and with a muttared
curse. But the reporter caught glimpse
of his face, and it was rs strongly mark
ed one rs the one that lay dead ny
stairs The figure was understood and
wrapped in q martial cloak; the hat, a
SLOUGH was drawn low on the brow, but
did not screen a pair of iiereely-pene-
trating black eyes; the face was dark and
wrinkled. and wore n mustacha and inn
perial; the whole atmosphere of the per-
son was that of determination, passion,
and power. The stranger looked at the
boy who had grappled with him, and
seeing that he had fallen into the hands
neither of a highwayman nor an officer,
gave him look of contempt, and with
a grunt expressive of supreme disgust he
turned and shambled off.
Harry looked up at the window of the
dead jews room, lie was used to decide
his course in q second. There is moth
ing more to do up there" he said TO him
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