The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-18

extraordinary liking for the fellow.
There was a frankness in his manner
that was very refreshing. as a contrast
10 that had expected to find, consid-
erinE his proposition.
was fattered, perhaps, by the way
In which he had taken me into his con-
fdence. There had been no evidence
OF a desire to be over. cautious, 10 make
a virtue OF secrecy regarding trines.
Whenever asked n question OF him, he
answered promptly and without re-
serve. on the other hand. when he was
in doubt. he had always asked my
opinion and advice. remembered IN
his favor that he had stated his theory
Of the crime openly and nj once, IN
stead OF keeping II for Il sensation TO De
exploited at the inquest when all the
reporters would be present with note
books and pencils.
Ny confidence In him was conSldera-
Bile. and yet could not wholly subdue
my Impotence. Curiosity was strength
ened by my sense OF personal injury
and my natural desire TO see Justice
done upon cowardly assassin.
ut seems strange that did not sus''
pect Antonelll in the FIRST place. said !.
'It was an Italians weapon that was
used. and might have guessed BY his
conduct tnht ne WIS ullc VI Ahe NAShLA9
Of the railway deal"
Ills loss Is less than thousand dol
lars" replied Johnson. but that makes
no difference. II Is the small loser who
is the bittcrest, my experience teaches
me-"
Has he been arrcsted?" asked.
You'll know Pre- scntly," he said.
There was an interval Of silence
Johnson was modify stirring the con-
tents OF the waste paper basket with
his cane. The action reminded me OF
the torn document.
Has Mrs. johnson succeeded In
patching that paper together" In
Mrs Johnson he echoed, with an
yves; you said you had given 1t to
her"
,"There isn't any Mrs. Johnson" said
he. 81 never was married"
Then who has the fragments OF that
document"
They're In nm envelope In my pock
ct" he replied, land they've been there
from the nrst. Nobody need have any
anxiety about them. All the men and
women In the world couldn't patch them
together In ten thousand years. But
that doesn't make any difference. The
"You mean that II was put there 30
that you might find IT,
"PFccIsely. had already searched
the unoccupicd suite adjoining this one
thoroughly. and the torn paper wasn't
there, Then Mt Vice President Rodney's
suggestion searched again, and"
II thought II was Stalbridge who In
stltuod ;liat search. You said So"
"Dld II" asked the detective inno-
Gently How could ] have made such
a mistake? AB matter OF tact, II was
the vice president. But Stalbridge made
the search with me. Ofcourse we touhu
the scraps"
81 don't know whether he did or not"
"Confound Il. johnson, what's come
over you? Instead OF speaking right
out as you used 10 do. you're trying to
tanglc tho case all up - 80
mo. I'm not. ! repeat that ] don't
know whether the murderer tore. up
that paper or not. stalbridge might
have done It,"
trying to hold up case against NOR
| man"
belIeyr that the bits Of paper were
the rcmnlna OF the railway contract.
Int they weren't That document wns
| burned"
Burned"
An but n little piece OF It, Would
YOU like to zee IT,
"Hc took from card case an irroEu-
lar bit Of paper about three inches long
and tnperIng from an inch In width To
n poInt. II aecmd to have been the low
or left hand corner OF sheet. The r.
regular upper edge waS rhaT"d INC
| Scraps had evidently been eighty
| wcitod and II aisu appeared TO hive
! bcrn stained with blood There wns
D small round hole through the mid
| die Of H..
~ found that In the c7clpc rlpe OF
the bowl" RRld Johnson, pointing To-
ward the place where the murderer
had washed his hands. 1T had been
rolled up and thrust Into tho pipe, but
Ind caught In ouch way AB to escape
being washed lown, l examined the