The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-19

Will say frankly that searched Danes
room for those bonds; but III they were
there he had hidden them too well ior
my poor wits. II was then eight O'Clock
in the morning; Dane seemed no. 70
have returned during the night. ran
out for the moring papers, and scanned
them with deadly fear; but there was no
mention OF an arrest In the Kohnfid case.
My friend had not yet been taken.
Ii was evident that the time had come
when must have his confidence; but l
wished TO be sure OF just what would
say. decided To take the day for refiec-
tion After a brief sleep that, because OF
dreams, was worse than waking, L went
out and roamed about the city. L saw
Kohnfeld's house, and in conversation
with the policeman on that beat obtained
many important details OF the crime.
Then | gave him money and learned
something worth knowing. IL was ru-
mored he said, that the detectives had
found list in Kohnfeld's handwriting
of all the money due him. Ihls had
been compared with all the notes ana
obligations that could be discovered and
il was seen that several were missing.
The mu :derer had been too shrewd To
take his own and no other. | went at
once TO the police headquarters and Sc
cured access to superintendent Byrnes,
whom / had had the pleasure OF meeting
under most favorable circumstances some
vestigating the case in pay OF one OF the
newspapers, and had got wind OF re-
Gently discovered list OF kohnield
debtors. He said that there was such
list and that he would show 1t TO me;
but he put me on my honor not TO pub
lish IT, / promised, and he laid the list
before me, together with another which
displayed the names of the debtors whose
acknowledgements had been found.
There were eleven more names in the list
than in the second-Frederick Dane S
name and ten Others. III he were quote
ERWIN the alias had been adopted only
with the usurer's daughter. But that
was a minor point.
When i saw my friends name fancled
that my face betrayed no sign. But the
shrewd man who watched me said at
once:
$50 YOU know Dane, eh? Well, he
hadn't anything TO do with ii, my boy.
Don't you put his name into the paper,
whatever else you do. "
Pm not a Byrnes, but L can see
through church door when there is
nothing in the way II was az clear TO
me as daylight that the police knew Dane
TO be guilty and were in search of him.
The superintendent trick was too old;
il he expected me TO combat his state
ment he was disappointed.
We talked some minutes longer, ana
then / took my leave. / had not been
drawn into any statement about Dane.
1t was not quite 3 o'c ock. i went TO
a bank and drew out all my money
about $4,000 Then / secured from
friends safe the deeds OF certain real es-
tate which together with the money,
made up the sum of my possessions.
The deeds, by great good fortune, 1
converted into cash. Then l consulted
certain sources of information regarding
routes of travel, and about O'Clock |
dined-vprV mOdpstly for man with
more than $40, 600 in his pocket. However,
| had sacrificed nearly as much in my
real estate transactions and had no right
TO feel rich.
1t was just before when 4 approached
Chrysalis. The evening was dark and