Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-02

tell me before ron act, and that you
will not az before Jan. unless abso-
lutely necessary
You mean as TO making an arrest?"
That Is precisely what l mean. You
need not fear 10 make the promise
will guarantee that your man shall not
escape. L know him. "
"You know him?' Mr.. Barnes was
astonished that Mr.. Mitchell should
make such an admission.
eyes, I know him. That is, 1 am
morally certain that l know him. Twill
tell you at once that having the knowl-
edge that / myself was innocent have
had an advantage over you, and have
been hunting down this man all these
months. have good circumstantial evil
dence against him, but not enough to
warrant an arrest-at least not vet. If
you could follow this clew and find that
il leads to the same man we could con-
Vict him.
"Will you give me the name of the
man whom you suspect?"
''No! That would materially weaken
our case. We must get the same result
without collusion. No, you work alone
and work quickly, for ] particularly
wish the case to be completed by Jan. /. "
"Why soY"
1T is the day upon which my wager
is to be decided, and I shall give din
ner party, at which l anticip..;1 some
fun. By the way, don't forget that you
won dinner from me on a wai r. Ac
cept an invitation to dine with lie Jan.
/, and if you can then convict Cur man
you shall be most welcome.
II shall bend every energy TO that
end. But now tell me the name of the
jeweler from whom the buttons were
procured.
Mr. Mitchell then wrote down the
name of Paris firm, also giving their
address Handing the slip of paper to
Mr.. Barnes. he took another sheet and
continued writing.
"Why, Mr.. Mitchell" exclaimed Mr..
Barnes, "this is the same firm from
whom your jewels were brought-those,
I mean, which are similar to the stolen
set. have already communicated with
these people, and they sent me word
that they knew nothing.
"Yes, / know. That was by my in
struction. - Saying which Mr.. Mitchell
smiled, and Mr. Barnes once more dis
covered that he had been fighting
against man who thought of every
thing. You see, continued Mr..
Mitchell, II knew that you saw the
name Of the jewellers ON the bill Of sale
What more probable than that you
should apply there for informationf
Now, my object throughout has been
not to defeat justice, but to have time
enough elapse for me to win my wager
Therefore Immediately sent cable to
these persons, Answer nothing signed
Barnes till you hear from me. Rather
long cable dispatch, but then ! don't
mind few dollars. OF course my cable
to them made them shut their mouths
to you. 1t was very simple. However,
/ myself have not been able to get salts
factory facts from them, and think it
needs person actually on the ground
to ferret out this thing. / believe you
are just the man for the case. This let
ter will give you their. assistance, and
here is check for $500 for expenses. "
MI bhrHeS WOuAu nave Ioluseu, puo
Mr. Mitchell insisted that from that
time ON Mr.. Barnes should consider
himself regularly employed on the mur-
der case. Though Of course" said Mr..
Mitchell jocularly, you are still free to
work out the robberies.
The two men shook hands at parting,
and one would have said that they ere
separating after mutually satisfactory
interview.