Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-01-18

WAluoy, AHu urea 10 make him commit
the deed, but failed. My first intention was
to lay the crime on him, but after left the
mousse wrote the notes and scattered them
ABOUT town to keep the young man from
being suspected. I hated them both, one
for stealing, and the other for being the
person who would eventually get the bene-
| mt OF the money, but could not let another
! suner for deed OF mine. If you come, as
soon as you get this, to SGT Mott street,
~here nave room-top floor front-you
| may DO with me as you like. shall wait
! for you.
THOMAS HAMPTON FARLE1GH."
Us it trap?' asked DR.. Lampkin,
when he had read the letter.
Hendricks was silent.
ANY answer, sir?' The messenger
boy stood waiting in the open door
way.
No. But watt cried the detective.
"Do you know what time this message
was left at your ofice?''
! About nine, sir, l think. The in
structions were to deliver it exactly at
one o'clock
"Ah!" Hendricks pulled his beard
thoughtfully, as he looked at a clock on
the wall. You are punctual."
THE man said that it must be taken
| exactly on tune.
Tall, gray-haired, dark-skinned fell
low?''
Eyes, SIR
HAS anyone called to ask about it
since it was left?''
! NO, sir. I have been in the Office
ever since.''
The conversation paused for a mo-
] fho Info
lect his thoughts with start. He gave
the boy quarter.
Call a cab for us at once, as you go
out. Have it at the door," He turned
| to the doctor as the boy went down the
| stairs.
1--WE must go to Mott street at onc9
Are you sure you feel like it?"
Nothing could please me more. It
seems to me that you have been doing
all the work. Iwant to get into it,"
CHAPTER KIN.
Hardly a more disreputable spot
could have been found in all New York
than the immediate vicinity of the
house to which they had been directed.
| Along the street were several opium
dens, dimly lighted, and on the corner,
not far away, a man was selling hot
sausages from steaming vessel over a
charcoal fire.
| AS Hendricks and the doctor were
alighting from the cab near the house
to which they were going, solitary
policeman approached, and was about
to pass, when Hendricks called to him.
The detective introduced himself and
told the astonished fellow to stand in
readiness near the door of No. 567 The
policeman consented, evidently highly
f1attered at being in the service of the
famous detective.
AS they went up the steps to the little
stoop Hendricks advised the policeman
to pass on, SO as not to be noticed by
whoever opened the door. The detective
rang. There was a faint light shining
through the grimy transom over the
door, but no sound came from within.
Hendricks rang again, and when the
changing of the bell had died away a
door beneath the stoop opened, chain
ratified against an iron gate, and wom-
an half clad and with hair disheveled
came out amidst heap of garbage and
ash barrels and glared up at them.
What do ye want?" she asked crust
lily.
1--WE have an appointment with Mr.
Farleigh, who has room here, I Think -
Hendricks replied.
! "a purity time O. nj ght for it," snarled
the woman. But I promised the gin
tleman to let ye in, an so, if yell wait
till come up, I'll open the door,
In 4 minute she admitted them.
Eye was to go up to his room-the top
! floor front; We can't miss it. I would
! go up ahead O ye, but I'm that stiff
| that
:'We1l get there all right Hendricks
interrupted, passing her. I'VE won't
be long. Would you mind leaving the
door unlocked?'
''Not at all, SIR she replied. The de-
tective thanked her, and went up the
stairs.
| The door of the room in the front, on
the top floor, was closed. There was a
transom over it, but no light shone
through. Hendricks knocked and wait
ed. Then he put his hands on the latch.
AS he did so, DR.. Lampkin drew his re-
| volver.
Hendricks laughed grimly. Put it
up" he muttered. "You won't need
it,"
| The door was not fastened. Hen
bricks pushed it open. and as he did so
some strips of cotton batting fell to the
floor from the side and the top. The
room was very dark. The outside blinds
had been closed, and the curtains drawn,
SO that no light came in from the street
below nor from the moon above.
The detective struck match, and
lighted the gas near the door. The vel
low glare filled the room and revealed
a gruesome sight. A bed stood in the