The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-21
By HOWARD FIELDING.
copyright 1871. by Irving Bach ollcr.l

I ask myself the question what wouii
do. / knew. as matter OF prophecy
whct / should do, and that was enough
So long as my brain, or my purse vi
my physical strength coulu ih'eipo9,
n barrier between Frederick Dane ana
the law, | would rot fail him' loNe"
him no less rs n murderer, tho"sh my
soul loathed his crime. am aware
that my conduct is indetehsio,e' anu
| am therefore the more prouu oi IT.
Friends with consciences are put iair-
weather friends IN thin disguise
Continuing tha story OF me crime n'
II appeared in my notes, touhu t"'
other items of interest. one relateo l"
footprint cf the murderer III MS VIZ
TINS blood. 1t permitted OF accurate
measurement The other had TO 90 WIZ"
some bonds which had been taken iio,''
the safe, These bonas were rt','s
the only intrins'eally vaiuaple arti,'e'
kr pwn 10 have bs2n stolen MISS NV'"
field could say n" more about tnem 'na''
thlt her father had got them from nus
safe deposit box on the oaN Vi ''N
death. lie had eSr'v''o To se' '',en' "
r.ln whose name she did not KiinW'
Tt purchaser had not caI'eu' nv
bonds were issued by western Guy
but she could not tel lis haths' i"Vs
were easily negotiable ana "e'e
wol-h about $4,000,
\ Central Oitice detective hao "o>e'' "
n tine-ypun theory regarding 'nese
bonds. lie had fouhd pecu'.a' MAJ N
IN the b,ood upon the hoor' ana aho''e,
mark or the blotting pau Una. coNeltu
Kohnfe!d's table. From thHs'' ny fisas-
urements and shrewd ohSerNaHon' he
had evolved his theory tha' the il'u'ue,
er had dropped the package o' o'nus
upon its edge IN the blood ana nao
caught It before II could tall over i"["
he had wiped the edges OF the ponuS
uron the bi0tter. 1t would De h'teS-
sary. of course. for MN 80 TAX Et'iel
precautions TO remove the stains oeio,S
he could dare attempt a sale ne "ou'u
probably scr1pe the paper ne "at
succeeded in preventing the 'l!eA p'oou
from fully penetrating II. b! sueh
marks the bonds might De ioet'llleu
If the officers OF the law We're lortu''a'e
enough to lind them ,
l will say frankly thal l searcheu
Dams room for those ponus' out IL
they We're there he had htdGen tneh'
too well for r'y poor WIS A. "@S eiieii
S O'Clock in the morning' Da.ie
seemed not to have returned uurlhs She
night. I ran out for the morning pa
pers. and scanned them win ueau'!
fear: but there was no mention OF an
arrest in the Kohnfeld case. My friend
had not yet been taken
1t was evident tha; the time hau come
when I must have his coniidence' put
wished to be sure OF just What WouIu
say. l decided to take the day FOR re-
Election. After brief sleep that be-
cause of dreams, was worse than wax
ing. I went out and roamed ABOUT ene
city. I saw kohnfelds mousse ana IN
conversation with the policeman on
thai beat obtained many important de-
tails of the cri me. Then | gave MIN
money and learned something worth
knowing. Il was rumored, he sald' that
the detectives had found list in hohn-
feds handwriting OF all the money que
him. This had Desn compared WIN an
notes and obligations that could be dis-
covered, and it was seen that several
were missing. The murderer mad oeen
too shreWd 70 take MS own anu ho
other.
/ went at once to ponce aaquarters
ard secured access to superintendent
Byrnes, whom l had had the pleas-
ure of meeting under most laFora-
be circumstances some years before.
I told him that ! was investigating
the case in the pay OF one OF the news
papers, and had got wlnd OF recent
ly discovered list OF kohnleids deot-
oTs. lie said that there was such
a list and that he would snow II 10
me; but n pCt me on my Rohor not 10
publish y. PROMISED ana ne
laid the list before me- toEether WIN
another which displ2yeu the HafheS Vi
the debtors whose ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS >
had been found. Tnere were eleven
more names in the iiIst list than IN lhe
second-t'relerick Dance name ana ten
others. If he were quoted 'ErWin the
alia' had been adopf'f only WIN the
usurer's daughter Rut that was
minor point.
When / saw my friends name | ran
cied that my facc betrayed no sign.
But the shrewd man VINO watched me
said at once:
hadn't ANYTHING to do with II, my boy.