The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-04-27
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the money nc needed. This he did,
and so cleverly that If IL had not been
for my father he would not have been
so much as suspected. He knew in a
very short time after the killing that
he would be- called on TO answer the
charge of murder, and at once, with
devilish cunning, proceeded to throw
the detective off the track. He went
about that part OF the city where
tramps are TO be found, and it was no
difficult task to get one about his own
size and figure. He talked 50 him
awhile and told iim he wanted a sran
to do some work for him about his
house and preferred TO give it TO tho
needy rather than those who were
better fixed. The tramp agreed TO
como to the number given that evening
ut nine o'clock and to say nothing
about IL, as Gartley did not want his
people, so he said, to know that he was
hiring tramp labor. The man appeared
promptly and Gartley let him In. They
talked for half an hour, and then sud-
denly Gartley struck his visitor from
behind and knocked him senscless. He
then tied rope around his victims
neck TO choke him TO death If the blow
had not killed him, and at once took
off his own clothing and the CLOTH
ing of the tramp and transferred
everything he had on TO the body
OF the tramp, even to his watch
and the ring on his finger. He
had been correct In his estimate, and
the tramp was so nearly his size that
the clothes fitted him perfectly. He
was sharp again in another direction,
for the man he had chosen had not
boon long ON the road and was in good
physical condition and clean. In other
words, he was not n tramp. This done,
and the tramp's clothes saturated with
oil and put In the fire, Gartley proceed
ed TO smash his face and neck into such
mass as to be indistinguishable from
his own, and he succeeded. He did the
bloody part Of the work without clothes
ON. and after he had finished II he took
bath and put on fresh clothes. The
heavy poker with which he had done
the smashing Of the mans face he left
by the body, as IL was found when the
supposed Gartley's body was found.
Then, with the money In his pocket
and all OF the effects of Gartley left In
the house with the body, Gartley
slipped out of the back door and
through the gate In tho alley and dis
appeared. by morning he was far
away. and within ten days he was in
Paris with a French family learning
the language. Ills money he easily
converted into Understanding secn-
rites. and he had plenty TO live we'll
on, and he did. Then he went all over
the world, and after twenty years no
one would have ever recognized In
Charles Wilkinson the Gartley who had
been agent and clerk for Mr.. Delnrs.
He had lived very well. too" concluded
the detective, land nobody who had
known him in the years ne was Willxin-
son had the slightest grounds for sus-
pecting he was double murderer. and
was even then enjoying the fruits OF
his crime, and sharing IL with all who
needed IL. As he lived. he died, screnc-
ly and peacefully"
Murder will out quoted the re-
porter, rising and stretching himself.
IF that one did" inquired the old
detective what did IL avail Mr.. De-
lars and the unknown tramp, who was
offered as n sacrifice to save the MUIR
dcrer7"-Detroit Free Press