San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-01


mo, am afraid not We are no
smarter than other folks, only we make
a business of putting two and two to-
gether, that's all You could tell that it
would make four as easily could. But
you have your railroad business, Mr..
Skene, and have to look for criminals
That is the only difference. Burrows
tried little conciliatory fattery, and it
operated to make Mr.. Skene more COM
municative.
by Jehosaphat! You hit it square
that time. kin smell rat, but it amt
my place to hunt him down. So guess
I'll Tell you who killed Lewis an let
you ketch him. Only seems to me you
oughtn't to git all the gloiy, hay?"
"You give me the clew, Mr.. Skene.
and when arrest the man you shall
have full credit for giving me the clew. Z"
"Oh, I'm only jokin. You ketch the
Teller an I'll be satisfied. amt lookin
for no notoriety." Nevertheless he wore
pleased expression. as when shrewd
New Highlander has just arranged one of
those typical Yankee bargains i'll
which each man swaps what he does not
want for what he does want and
chuckles bee iuse he has cheated the 9th.
er man. Mr.. Skene thought moment,
as though deciding where to begin.
Then he resumed, 'You noticed that l
said could tell you who killed Lewis?"
| Il did, " said Burrows, land won
iered whether you had seen the crime
committed.
"Seen it?" cried Mr.. Skene. why,
man alive, d'you s'pose I'd have let
the murderer escape? No, / didn't 'spect
him last night but seen him, l seen
him twice.
Whom did you see twice?"
"Why, amt tellin you? The muir
dererl / seen the murderer twice. The
fust time wuz when the up train come
along. When she stopped, he got off. l
didn't pay no speshal 'rention to him tall
the train wuz gone, when he came up
an spoke to me. He asked me how to
git to the Lewis farm"
This is important. You say man
came mp on train last night and asked
to be directed to the Lewis farm?"
That's Jest what said. toll him,
an then he asked for time table an
wanted to know if he could go back
las night. l give him time slip, an
off he went. / never tho't no more of
him till seen him ag'in pacin up an
down jest before the down train come in.
I tagged the train to stop, an he board
ed her. )"
"Did you recognize him? That is,
had you ever seen him before'f'
"As fur's know, never sot eyes on
him till las night, though once tiio't as
how his voice wuz kinder familiar But
don't lay no stress on that, cause ain
no good rememb'rin sounds Amt got no
ear for music. All can tell you is he
wuz medium size man with full
beard. "
Ibid he have any baggage?"
~ wuz jest comm to that, cause it
is kinder queer. He didn't have none
when he come, less it wuz on the plat
form an didn't see it. which amt like
w. But when he come back from Lew
is he had satchel. "
where did he go from here? That is,
for what point did he buy ticket?'
'He didn't buy none from me. That
wuz one thing made me sort of 'spi-
cious. Then when hearn of the muir
der, why, it all come to me as plain as
pikestaff. That mysterious visitor
come up expressly to kill Lewis. That's
why he wuz SO darned anxious to git
outer town ag in las night. Under them
circumstances it amt likely as how he'd
buy ticket from me-. +"
cat what time did he arrive and at
what time did he leave?"
"He come in at 9:07, an he ketched
the 10:39 down"
(which way do you mean by DOWN.
"Why, man alive, don't you know
that much? Down is down. Down to-
ards Nashuway, Wooster an that ere
way"
'You must excuse my ignorance,
said Burrows humbly. "Idon't pretend
to know everything, you see. Now, one
thing more-I must tell you, though l
presume you know it already, that it is
of the utmost importance when o de-
tectiye is trying to catch criminal that
he should keep close mouth. As you
and are working together, as it We're.
1 must ask you to speak TO no one but
| myself"
This speech was adroitly worded.
Burrows was anxious that Mr., Barnes
should not hear of this new clew, in
tending if possible to work it out alone.
In order, therefore, to close the mouth
of this egotistical countryman he in
geniously included him in his work,
having discerned that the fellow was
anxious to have tale to tell to the fire.
quenters of the saloon of how "me an
the detective from Borston worked up
the case. Mr.. Skene, however, made
one feeble protest
"Well, as to that, said he, 81 tho't
as how I'd have to 60 on the. stand at
the inquest an tell what know" He
evidently counted upon the notoriety to
be gained by such procedure.
"Oh, of courser' said Burrows, has
tily eudeayoring to satisfy him upon