Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-02

| 'Well, don't know what to think.
You bet me that you would commit a
crime. In few hours there is robbery,
and little later a woman is killed in
the very house where the Remsens lived.
1t is known-there is another account
in another paper here-it is known that
you were in that house for an hour after
i 80 at night and that while you were
there a woman was heard to scream
from that apartment where the corpse
was found. Then here they find the
jewels, and the case had your name on
it."
"The wCman's name, you mean. The
paper made that deduction, l think"
"That is true. did not think of that
OF course it was her name, but don t
you see am all muddled up and excited?
l came here to ask you to say outright
that you have had nothing to do with
this thing"
"That is impossible"
"What, you refuse? You will rot
claim that you are innocent? Then you
practically admit that you are guilty?"
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anything. Do you remember our wager?
l told you then that this crisis would
arise-that you would hear of some
crime and come to ask me about it, l
warned you that would refuse to en-
tighten you I simply keep my word"
This was followed by silence. Mr..
Randolph seemed much disturbed. jam
ming his hands into his pockets he went
and looked out Of the window. Mr..
Mitchell looked at him for some minutes
with q smile Of amusement lowering
about his lips. Suddenly he said:
Randolph, does your conscience trou
BILE you?"
"Most decidedly |" answered his com.
panion sharply, turning toward him.
"Why not 60 and unburden your soul
to the police?'
81 think it is my duty to do Sc. But
feel like a coward at the idea It
seems like betraying a friend"
"Ah, you still count me your friend |
Then, my dear friend-for I assure you
value your good will will show you
how to act SO as to satisfy your con.
science and yet not injure me-"
II wish to heaven you wouldn'
Nothing easier Go to Mr.. Barnes
and make clean breast of all that you
know"
"But that is betraying you to the po.
lice "
"No; Mr. Barnes is not the police
He is only private detective. If you
remember, he is the very one about
whom we were talking when the wager
was made. You were boasting of his
tkill. 1t should satisfy you then to have
him on my track, and it will satisfy me
ifyou agree to talk with no other. Is it
bargain?"
eyes, since you are willing. I must
tell some one in authority. 1t is impos-
sible for me to withhold what may be
the means of detecting criminal.
| Mr.. Randolph, upon leaving the no.
tel, went in search Of MI. Barnes.
Meanwhile that gentleman was holding
a conversation with Wilson.
"You say" said the detective, "that
Mr.. Mitchell gave you the slip again
yesterday afternoon?'
Eyes; he doubled so often on his
tracks on the elevated road that at last
he eluded me, getting on train which
I failed to board. You see, it was impos-
sible to tell, till the moment of starting,
whether he would take train OF not
He would mix with the crowd and seem
anxious to get on, and then at the last
moment step back. I had to initiate
him at the other end of the coach, and
finally he got on just as the guard at
my end slammed the gates"
"This was at Forty second street,"
"Yes; he took the down train. "
"Did he notice you in any way:"
81 suppose so, but no one would have
guessed it. He appeared entirely igno-
rant Of the fact that he was followed, so
far as watching me was concerned" "
"You are not to blame. Go back to
his hotel and do the best you can. Leave
the rest to me. l will discover where it
is he goes on these mysterious trips. "
Left to himself MI. Barnes thoughts
took this form:
"Wilson is no match for Mr.. Mitchell
That is evident. I wonder whether there
is any real object in this game of hide
and seek, or whether it is simply an in
timation to me that he cannot be shad-
! owed. If the latter-well, we shall see
Now let me think about those jewels
found in New Haven. They tally exact
! ly with the description. Their discovery
| complicates the case once more, I had
! almost concluded that those in the safety
! vaults were the ones stolen and that as
they really belong to Mr.. Mitchell, as
proved by his receipts, he stole them to
win his wager. In this way he ran no
risk, since, if the crime were brought
home to him, he could not be imprison-
ed, though he would lose the bet Now
here is another set, evidently the right
ones Mr.. Mitchell was plainly surprised
at sight of the list which I found. I am
sure he did not know of its existence
Therefore he may equally we'll have
known nothing about this duplicate set
Of jewels. In that case the occurrence of
the train robbery on the very night Of
the wager may be simply coincidence
He says that the dead woman was
blackmailer and that he gave her the
address of his Paris jeweler. May he
not have bought his set from that very
man and may not this woman have
stolen the duplicate set recently and
brought them to this country? Plainly
Marvellous Results.
From letter written by Rev. j, Gunder-
in recommending DR.. Kings New Discovery
as the results we're almost marvellous in the
case of my wife. While was pastor of the
RaDiist Nhurnh OF R;vas Jpnof;on eba yyoo