Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-05
MAN IN THE CASE.
Mysterious Hints About the
Porter Poisoning.
Finding OF LETTERS n TRUNK.

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Accused "a Oassss s.si,g NssAaAs.
Sheriff Quinn. Of Cambridge. and
Detective Kimball, who assisted In
ferreting out the Porter poisoning,
passed through the city this morn
ing on their way to Geueseo, where
they have more business in connec-
ton with the case. They have moth.
ing new to tell. The officers are OF.
ceedingly reticent about the affair
Just now. Neighbors Of the Portsrs
at Colona. who were very communi-
cative at first. have probably been
awed into silence, the most com.
munioative at FIRST have nothing to
say now. Mrs. Porter takes her In.
carceration coolly; or apparently %.
She spends her time reading maya.
zines. She appears to have strong
faith that she will gain her liberty
when her case comes up.
There are my steriou0 hints about
letters found in . trunk belonging 10
Mrs. Porter. These letters are said
to show beyond doubt that there 10 Q
man in the case. One letter, said to
be in possession of States Attorney
Graves. 10 reported TO be strongly in
evidence Of these allegations. But
Graves 10 silent when approached on
the matter. Like Napoleon, he ai
once discharges all expression from
his usually expressive countenance,
and leaves the interviewer stranded
on the soa-weeded shores Of sea ol
doubt.
II anything could bs amusing In
connection with this hideous affair,
1t is the efforts Of the daily press Il
get hold Of something new, says tn
Geneseo News. The Moline Mail sen
. man to Colona. Not Q soul woult
tell him . word. He interviewed
everybody in the village; but he maj
as we'll have interviewed the tele
phone po,es. and better. for it Was {
cold day, and the poles were singiuj
through their noses. That WAS bet
ter than utter silence. Then tn
Mail man took il into his head &
trudge out through the snow an
sand to the grave. Az he wesril
trudged over . sand dune, he saw
coming up on the other side, anothe
male man.
i The Other Fsl'sv.
The other man wore hair about th
complexion Of the surrounding sand
He also wore . bald face and an oves
coat, . SLOUGH hat and Q worried q
poet. The Mail man frightened uE
Here was o man who might kuo,
something, and tell IL. The Ma
man made Q mental note that thong
the other was smaller than he,
was active about the joints, and wor
. certain air Of reserve power. i
place Of necktie.
"Hallo. therei" said the Mail mar
"Hsllo. csntrsl-I mean huntin
rabbits. I presumed"
"Nit!"
Then the Mail man and the sand
man each drew in enough air to max
. small whirlwind on the crest Of tn
dune ON which they stood; and ma,
the News never see the back of Il
neck il they didn't both begin to eel
each other the very same question
at the very same time.
"Do you live here?"
, "What d'you know"
And AZ other inquiries.
At last when both were out o
breath. each asked the other 1t tn
} same time:
WHO are your"
Then they found out that one va
Stanley Of the Moline Mail. and tn
; other was Jimmie Andrews Of tn
Arena:
They both wen. home and wrot
; up CO umn and o half each to prov,
beyond question, cavil or doubt
now. henceforth or hereafter, thu
! there are great. deep, uniathomabl
mysteries connected with the case
which are past finding out.