The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-19
WHEEIING DAILY INTELIIGENCER THURSDAY MARCH 49, 1886

He will be here presently and you
,u1jI sac hoy. hc facea the HrcusatlOn.
IL he under arre6t: ,,
No: but he Ia Swallowed. 10 VIII
be arrested II he does not keep inc up
polntment which he has with me here.
lie In overdue
Johnson glanced at his watch and
then stepped to the door; ] Haw nm
start. Ills lace suddenly flushed.
Come here" b. cried.
4 SLENDER youuE man In rather Shhb-
Dy drcgB Ftcpl d quickly TO tine door
"Whcrc'E StnlbrIdEe2" he gnspcd' MS
he glanced Into The room.
lie hasn't been here returned
Johnson. 'Ey Heavens, Muck. you've
lost him"
Not on your life. ! Swallowed him
to this room"
"He did not come In. The man has
eScape. he got onto you and look ihe
aiack. the lhadow. struck his fore
head with his right hand. -,
rs It possible tnat he got in therc;
he said. and then he pointed 10 the door
OF the vacant suite III he DID, ne hnsh
had any ChaNcc TO get out"
JOhnson and rushed into the rooms.
They were empty. The window open
ing into the shaft was open.
by all the Eaints!" exclaimed the de-
tectlVe 'The fellow has climbed into
the back room and has heard all haze
SAID"
We ran back and passed into the rear
room, leaving the shadow on guard IN
the hall. StRlbridgc was not there but
We were not long In finding evidence OF
his presence on the wall beside the
door Eomc words were scgRwled In PEN
eli. They evidently had been written
while the murderer stood there listen.
Ing. .,,--,,-,,..., ~.
Johnson. Your Views are surpr.sinly
accurate. would like to remain and
point out some Of your error9. but Time
presses. and certain considerations urge
my immediate departure. fear we
shall not meet again. as Il IL Improbable
that / shall ever return TO New YORK.
II Il were not for the distressing noise
Of firearms. wound open this door and
shoot YOU both where you sit"
These words had caught Johnson's
eve on his first gtInce around the Uttle
room, He read them aloud. ! mean
while had fastened 10 the window.
"The Internal rascal has got away"
said the detective. hut he VIII be
caught. It may be a long chase, though.
for he will take barrel Of money with
him."
As spoke measured with my eye
the distance between the two windows.
II was q hazardous feat TO pass from
one to the other. ! glanced Into the
shaft TO measure the distance one would
fall.
/ looked straight down into George
Stalbrldge's face. lie had fallen in
passing from one window to the other.
and he lay in the bottom OF the SHAFT.
mortally hurt.
His fall had been heard. thought not
by us. Before We could get down the
stairs he had been taken out OF the
shaft. He lived about half an hour. and
was conscious most OF the time.
knowing that he was fatally Injured,
he had no hesitation in speaking OF the
crime. His story coincided perfectly
with JOhnson's theory. Willard Davis
had yielded TO NormRn's pleas for fairer
treatment in the railway transaction.
statbrtdge, in the back room. had heard
all.
When Norman had some Stalbridge
entered, and there was brief and
angry discussion. which ended In my
uncle's touching match to the railway
contract. AS 1t blazed up. SO Stall
BRIDGES anger blnzcd. The fatal blow
came speedily. All else the reader
knows.