The Globe-republican., 1892-05-23

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having seen them in his room, cham
ing to Levi Kredge.
This sufficed to prove, to the detec-
tive's entire satisfaction, that Levi
Kredge entered the Office Of Jason Gar
rison on the night of John Oakburn's
murder, through the rear window.
But meanwhile the trial OF Stuart
Harland was concluded.
All that men could accomplish in be-
half of the accused had been done by
his attorney and friends.
The result was verification Of Lawyer
Saybrook's prediction.
The jury had failed to agree.
They were discharged, and Stuart
Harland was remanded to prison to
await the process of the law.
In his case, a new trial would now be
necessary.
But Harland was not destined to re-
main in prison until he was again placed
on trial for his life.
The young man was admitted to ball
in the sum Of twenty thousand dollars.
His wealthy aunt became his security,
and signed his bail bond.
Edna Garrison, and Stuart's friends,
who had latterly dreaded conviction.
were rejoiced at the result Of the trial.
But Stuart was himself detected and
gloomy.
He was aware that public sentiment
was against him, and he felt that he
could enjoy no rest or peace OF mind
while the awful shadow of doubt rested
upon him.
After his release, Stuart called upon
Paxton.
The detective received Harland very
cordially, and the latter said very alb
ruptly:
Paxton; am determined to take a
part in the work you have undertaken
for my salvation. Tell me how to help
you. I must do something"
Il understand how you feel, and
honor you for your inability to rest
while others are laboring to unearth the
mystery in the solution Of which you
have q vital interest. But you are a
novice in the business" answered Pax
ton.
But I have an interest to work as
no other man can feel bound to"
True. And you would be more likely
than any one else to recognize the man
who exchanged overcoats with you, even
if he were disguised. You might under
take search for the villain on your own
account. Chance may favor you, said
Paxton.
He saw that the young man was in
clined to brood upon his misfortune,
and he wished to divert his mind, even
though he had no great hope for the
result.
From that day Stuart Harland seemed
to have but one object in life, and that
one motive was to find the man whose
acquaintance he made on the train on
the night of the murder.
Paxton had resolved to attempt to
take up the trail of Marion Oakburn
and the suspected man from the house of
the female fence" whose name, by the
way, was Mrs. Kits. Paxton, person
ally and through the fundamentally Of
his agents, acquired surprising fund
of information regarding the woman.
Among other items, the detective
learned that Mrs. kits had acquired
modest fcrtune in the pursuit Of her
nefarious and illegal business. That
she was the owner of real estate in the
neighborhoOd where she dwelt, and that
she employed a rascally old drunken
lawyer ny tuS uduc VI hJdA OAdW1Cy "
transact all her business.
The circumstance was discovered by
one Of Paxton's agents that, on the last
night of every month, Ajax Crawley was
in the habit OF visiting the old woman
and arranging her accounts for rent and
the like.
Mrs. Kits was one of those women of
whom the notorious Mother Mandel-
baum, the female fence" Of whose
career the newspapers at the time OF her
exposure and flight from New York, gave
an account, Is type.
It was PaxtOn's idea that Mrs. kits
knew where Marion Oakburn and the
man, whose escape the latter had favor
ed, were now in hiding.
Believing this, his course was clearly
indicated.
He must win the old woman's conf
dence.
To accomplish this, he had determined
to impersonate Ajax Crawley, and ac-
cordingly Paxton visited the rascally old
lawyer, who occupied dingy little den,
called by courtesy an office, in the neigh
borhood of Mrs. Kits abode.
1t was the detectives purpose to study
the character he meant to impersonate.
Paxton invented an excuse for his
call, and during the interview he closely
studied his man.
When he left Crawley's Office the de-
tective carried with him a sample Of
Ajax Crawley's peculiar chirography,
which he had appropriated, and in his
mind there was a mental picture Of his
living model.
Two days subsequently was the last
day Of the present month, and on that
afternoon, through the fundamentally
Of one of Paxton assistants, Mr.. Ajax
Crawley, attorney at law, became help.
lessly intoxicated, and he was arrested
and locked up for the night.
Assured that the real Crawley could
not appear upon the scene to thwart
him and expose his ruse, Paxton dis
guised himself to perfectly represent
Crawley, and set out for the den OF the
female fence"
He had appeared before half dozen
Of his agents in his Office, where his
marvellous disguise was completed. and
they had one and all assured him that