Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-22
Immediately, and with a loud cal,

sprang toward him.
"Mr. Perry! Oh, thank God, you
have comet" I stepped unthinkingly
on the plank at the bottom, and he
came down to me and grasped my hand.
Don't mind that. 1t cannot hurt
you," remarked, as the warning voice
again sounded out, just as though it's
services were longer needed.
II know it cannot" Mr.. Perry re-
marked, with smile. Here Sonntag
and another man brushed by us, and
went to Jackson's PROSTATE body.
evil yon look here, sir?" Sonntag
called. motioning for Mr.. Perry to APP
proach.
"My God! 1t is jackson! How terri
BILE! Is he dead? Who did it?" asked
Mr.. Perry, glancing up at me. "Were
you compelled to. shoot him, Nelson ?''
NO, am thankful that no mans
blood is on my hands. Although /
came very near shooting him."
Then l explained how jackson had
been killed. I told nothing about Mr..
Morley's connection with the affair.
They listened intently, and then Sonn-
tag, carrying jimmy, went to the door.
"Will you two stand to one side?''
Sonntag called out. THAT shooting ap-
paratus might go off again in getting
the door OPEN"
The bundle of papers which had
fallen from the dead mans grasp was
picked up by Sonntag's companion and
handed by him to Mr.. Perry. Then the
man turned to me, and, bestowing a
smile upon me ut the establishment he
evidently saw depicted on my face, went
to Sonntag's assistance.
No wonder I was amazed. For the
man was he who had played such a
treacherous game upon Florence, had
tried to shoot me, and had escaped my
wrath few minutes before-Skinner,
the station agent at Sidington.
"Ah, here is some of it, Nelson-some
of the stolen bonds!" Mr.. Perry en-
claimed, in excitement. "Perhaps we
may recover all of them. don't sup
pose there is any hope of getting back
the money" he continued. with sigh.
ooh, well, the bonds stolen amounted to
100000. If we get them back, it will
be something"
Then he hurriedly stepped over near
the door to watch Sonntag and Skin
ner, leaving me to my thoughts.
Poor Florence! My heart was rent
when I pictured her grief. And my
promise to Mr.. Morley chat she should
never hear anything against her IA
Their to cause diminution of her love
and respect-how was to keep that
promise, when the father lay there in
yonder room, shot to death by his part
per, his tool, his pupil in crimes
Here another pistol-report sounded,
followed by an exclamation of sutlsfac-
ton from Sonntag, for Immediately the
door swung open.
"Now, then, Mr.. Conway, you can
investigate this mystery" he said, COM
ing toward me.
While Mr.. Perry and skinner were en-
gagged in searching for the cause of the
voice and the pistol-shots, Sonntag
spoke in low, earnest tones:
Where is the man who came down
after you?" he asked,
I pointed toward the inner apart
menf.
what, did jackson lock him up
there? How did lie succeed" Then he
paused, and, holding the lantern higher,
eazedi thaagh,fnhy In my face. Dead,
iaas You don't mean to tell mel"
I nodded my head.
lord Almighty" Sonntag ex-
claimed, and then turned slowly from
me and joined the two at the door.
"Mr. Conway, come here" Mr.. Perry
called to me. "see," he said, when /
came M, ..'here is the voice.
On one side of the door was wooden
box, in which was photograph.
You observe this WIRE" began Skin
ner. ut is attached 10 the instrument,
and runs down seemingly in tho
ground. Now I'll go aud step on the
plank and see II the wire is not moved
and the photograph set a-going." He
did so, and clock-worl1 arrangement
was set in motion which copam.pnicated
with the Instrument.
"'1.ssl US see what pulls the wise-"-
A1r: Perry: said
,has or to the plank, and saw
oninner had raised it so we could
| look underneath. There was steel
spring under one end, which was COM
pressed when weight was put upon
the plank. The compression operated a
lever which pulled the wire attached to
st. The wire ran through an iron pipe
| under the stones toward the phOnO-
graph, the other end being fastened TIC
the clock apparatus as we had already
seen.
An arrangement like that which oper
| ntas the phonograph WAS also used fol