Morris tribune., 1896-06-24
ANOTHER s CRIME.
FROM THE DIARY OF INSPECTOR ByRrEs
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE Author Of
The Great Bank Robbery" An
American Penman,' Etc

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tCopyrighe by o. N. Durham. and published
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and Londonl
az am fortunately able to do that,
answered the judge, because the gen
tleman in question happens to be Al
hand. will summon him" And step
ping to the door of the inner room, he
partly opened it and said. Come in.
The next moment the figure of tai
young man appeared on the threshold
and advanced into the apartment He
was the very man whom Dupee had seen
in the park and afterwards traced to the
Harlem fat But how came he to be in
waiting here2 What was the meaning
of it all?
SIS this the gentleman you speak Off
inquired the judge Of Dupee, indicating
the newcomer.
''Oh. suppose they have fooled you
with some clever lie or other" said Du-
pee, with snarL "All the same, what
I tell you is the truth; and the world will
believe it. if you don'tl"
'You seem to know so much, sir, an
swered the judge. that you probably do
not need to be informed that Mrs. Ketelle
was formerly Miss Nolen. and that she
had two, brothers. One of them died
from the effect Of injuries received mys-
teriously, while in the company of one
Horace Dupee. several years ago. The
other brother, Percy by name. was ac-
cused, year since, of robbery at Cas-
tellani's jeyelry store. He left New
York and was reported drowned; but the
report turned out to have been an error.
He returned to New York about ten days
ago; but his presence was not generally
made known, owing to the fact that the
true perpetrator of the robbery had not
yet been identified. The Identification
has now been made, however, and there
fore the necessity of concealing Mr..
Percy Nolens presence no longer exists.
"Well, and what has all this rigma-
role to do with me?' demanded Dupee
defantly. "What have l to do with
Percy Nolen?"
81 am Percy Nolen," said the gentle
man in question, regarding Dupee with
very stern expression. land this lady
is my sister"
Dupee saw at once that he had been
outwitted and trapped. The check had
been stopped in order to induce him to
come to Judge Ketelle's Office; and it had
been previously arranged that Mrs. Ke-
telle and Percy were to meet him there
and effect his discontinue. There was
nothing left for him to do except to re-
tire like the baff1ed villain in the melo-
drama, -nuttering, "Foiled! but / will
yet be avenged" or words to that effect.
Dupee, however, failed to grasp the
dramatic opportunities of the situation;
but he said, as he moved towards the
door, "You have been known as pick
pocket, Percy Nolen, and it'll stick to
your With that he opened the door,
and would have gone out of it, had he
not been confronted there by broad
shouldered. athletic gentleman, with
brown mustache and piercing eyes, who
was accompanied by detected person
age wearing the S&miliar aspect of Mr..
John Crush, the only true and genuine
proprietor of that name.
The broad shouldered man, after hand
ing Crush into the room, followed him
and, closed the door. Good morning,
Mrs. Ketelle and gentlemen. he said,
oheerfully. well, Horace. you see /
have friend Of yours here. Jack has
been complaining to me of you. He
says you not only stole his name, but in
fringed his patent blackmail scheme.
And. so, by, way Of retaliation. he has
been telling very bad tales of you. I'm
afraid you are in for good deal of
trouble, Horace"
There's no need of making fuss
about this affair. inspector" said Dupee.
assuming nonchalant air There's
been no blacknail thatI know Of It is
true that Judge KeteIle paid me a worth
less check the other day; but there has
been no pecuniary transaction, properly
speaking, and | don't know what this
man, indicating Crush, sis grumbling
about. know very little of him.
Liz Ac1o C3C duF dutd$SSS vi yOus GIFGl,
returned the inspector. "for he knows a
great deal about you. have been wait
ing for you for year. knew you'd be
back here, so didn't bother to disturb
you in San Francisco; but I've got that
thousand dollar note up at the Office: and
Crush has filed up any little gaps in the
chain. though we could have done very
well without him. Hold out your
hands,
The last words we're spoken in voice
SO different from the good natured BAN
ter Of the foregoing sentences that Dupee
gave start and mechanically extended
his wrists. and the next moment the
handouts were round them The mo-
ment after that. however. he seemed to
take in the significance of what the in
spector had said. He turned and cast
very malignant glance at Crush.
"You will find evidence against me.
will you'll" he cried, in a grating tone.
You did that job on the lady in the