The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-30


Him. I mentally commented.
what a fringht the fellow was in, to
be sure. Why, he couldn't have been
more so had he been carrying dyna-
mite Dynamite In a flash sus-
picion passed through me, a suspicion
that became a certainty the more /
dwelt upon it.
l need not detail the many inquiries
Imade, nor will l dwell upon the various
means whereby | arrived at the final
result that led me to wire to London for
a warrant, under explosives act, for
the arrest of Antonio Bisocca; suffice to
say that, before the fortnight was over,
| was closeted in consultation with the
local police, with whom | discussed "a
plan of action for the purpose of bring
ing my Investigations to a successful
issue.
About Six o'clock in the evening T.
was walking up the broad, well-kep pit
avenue leading to the threshold OF
Grangeleigh, in which pretentious
dwelling my man was located. In the
rear of the house, abutting on the lawn,
was an orchard, and amid the trees and
beneath the thick underground belt
ing them some half a dozen able-bodied
men were concealed. | relied upon
them in the event of resistance, al
though. having learned something of
Bisocca's temperament, / considered
their presence unnecessary.
After some little delay l found my
self scraping my feet on the doormat,
waited for a moment until am answer to
my knock was given, and then passed in.
BiSocca was seated at a writing-table
left side toward me, and as my gaze
Travelled from his face downward, saw
some thing that made me blink my eyes
and set my fingers tingling for grip
of him. On a sheet of paper rested his
left hand-a brown, muscular hand,
with stub fingers and gap between
them! He threw down his pen, sprang
up somewhat hastily and came forward,
peering up at me from under his shay
gy eyebrows in a questioning manner
and wrinkling his forehead inquiringly.
came to the point at once and told
him to consider himself under arrest
He sprang back, wheeling on his heel
half way round and staring at the OPP
positc wall as though doubling his
senses. | took step toward him. As
| did so he suddenly snatched some
thing up from the table beside him.
Thinking it a weapon of some sort, |
rushed and grappied with him. Then
his grip met mine. and we stood there
locked together: he with his sallow
face. now flushed. close against mine
and his hot breath beating upon my
face.
You have trapped me-" he painted,
glaring up at me and breathing heavily.
You have trapped me, but-I-do-
not-mean-to be taken. You saw me
Just ow-picl-up-som My
-friend-I advise you-let me go. 1t
was a bottle-of-nitro-n glycerin
"a leetle bottle, and-unless you re-
lease me- -tumble-you-
and - myself 10 the ground, and
We'll die-together!"
[ shouted for help and redoubled my
efforts to overpower him. Then, amid
all the jerking, swaying and severe
struggling, something like a wave of
inspiration swept through me. Slowly,
inch by inch, hugging him tighter and
tighter still, I pushed to that side of
the room pierced by the window, An
other lurch, a spring backward. crash,
q n RI "a frlo fa1 i'm rio
my shoulders. Then | screamed, yelled
as | had never done before A scurry-
ing rush of footsteps, cries, crashing
of wood, and help had come.
Oh, YES, we got him to the station
right enough; and an examination of
the house revealed the fact that it con-
tanned enough explosives towel, to
make fair-sized hole in London, any
how. And we found. too, sufficient evil
dence to warrant our charging the gen.
tleman with the murder of Strauss. But
he cheated the gallows at the last. He
was found one morning dead in his cell
He left. however. a confession. of which
the following is the substance:
Strauss was member of an an
archistic gang on the continents; Bis
occa was their agent in England, and
manufactured explosives for them. Be
fore Strauss left Germany for this
country he had, it appeared. violated
certain laws of the society, and in order
to insure the safety of the organiza-
ton his death became necessary.
Bisocca was deputed to accomplish
his removal. He received news concern
ing Strauss intended journey, and,
looking up the time table, found that
the train conveying his victim stopped
at EcclesborOugh, so he purchased a
ticket from that place to Switcham-
The train arrived. Bisocca stepped
down the platform, recognized Strauss
seated in his car, reading. He entered
and the train moved on.
Bisocca waited until the train was
well clear of the station, and then,
without moments hesitation, sprang
uDon Strauss, gripped his throat and
plunged knife into his heart. Strauss
fell forward without a groan. Bisocca
hastily searched him and removed
everything relating to his identity from
his pockets. Then, finding both his
hands covered with blood, he looked