The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-30

about quarter of mile. 1 live at Low
Hill. Goodnight, and thank you"
Him." mentally commented.
"What fringht the fellow was in. to
be sure. Why, he couldn't have been
moro so had he been carrying dyna-
mite" DYNAMITE! In fash a sus-
picion passed Through me, a suspicion
that became a certainty the more I
dwelt upon it.
need not detail the many inquiries
made, nor will 1 dwell upon the various
means whereby i arrived at the final
result that led me to wire to London for
warrant, under. explosives act, for
the arrest of Antonio Bisocca; suffice to
say that, before the fortnight was over,
/ was closeted in constiita ton with the
local police, with whom discussed
plan of action for the purpose of bring
ing my Investigations to successful
issue.
| About six O'Clock in the evening /
was walking up the broad, well-kept
avenue leading to the threshold Of
Grangeleigh, in which pretenticus
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 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 found my
self scraping my feet on the doormat,
waited for moment until an answer to
my knock was given, and then passed In.
Bisocca was seated at writing-table
left side toward me, and as my gaze
travelled from his face downward, saw
something that made me blink my eyes
and set my fingers tingling for grip
of him. On a sheet of paper rested hds
left hand-a brown, muscular hand,
with stub fingers and gap between
them! He threw down his pen, spr1nR
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
posite wall as though doubling his
senses. / took a step toward him. As
/ did so he suddenly snatched some
thing up from the table beside him.
Thinking it weapon of some sort,
rushed and grappled with him. Then
locked together; he with his sallow
face, now flushed. close against mine
and his hot breath beating upon my
| face. 10
"You have trapped me-" he painted,
glazing up at me and breathing heavily.
I;rYou have trapped me, but--I-do-
not-mean--to be taken. You saw me
Just ow-pick-up-som My
l-friend-I advise you--let me go. 1t
was bottle-of-nitro-n -glycerin
| "a leetle bottle, and--unless you re-
lease mel mean-to-tumble-y
and myself = to the ground, and
well iie--together!"
shouted for help and redoubled my
efforts to overpower him. Then, amid
all the jerking, swaying and severe
struggling. something like wave of
inspiration swept through me- Slowly,
inch by inch, hugging him tighter and
tighter still, pushed to that side Of
ha l.
other lurch, spring backward, a crash.
and the broken glass fell in pieces over
my shoulders. Then l screamed, yelled
as had never done before. A scurry-
ing rush of footsteps, cries, crashing
of wood, and help had come. Es
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 continent; 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 Peterborough, SO he purchased a
ticket from that place to Switcham.