The record-union., 1898-02-05

Others We're content to let the matter
settle itself into a mystery, to let the
assassination go unavenged and the
| law be cheated again. Sheriff Rush
has made no loud proteStations of his
intentions He has simply been follow
ing clews, patching together scraps OF
information, until finally the clews led
to Belew. and the scraps became an I'M
broken chain
Then the Sheriff acted
Yesterday afternoon a train from the
city was met at Benicia by a repreSen-
tative of the Call On board was the
Sheriff. A conference followed, and re-
suits We're sudden and decisive. The
Sheriff did not get off as the train
passed Suisun, his home town, but two
deputies got on. These were Robinson
and Fitzpatrick, two stalwart men, who
would not dread a task because it may
have danger in it. When the train
pulled out Of Suisun few noticed the
deputies, who came in quietly, and few
noticed that the Sheriff remained in his
seat. Yet their conduct was part of a
plan.
AT Elnira the party, which included
a representative of the Call took
carriages. There were whispered orders
to the drivers, some curiosity manifest,
some evasive answers necessary, and
the vehicles rolled out Of the little town.
None but those carried by them knew
the destination.
The horses in front We're put to a
smart pace. The horse in the rear
could hardly keep up, and at times the
larger rig was almost lost in the dis
re, nj 5rf+ lx.,
Mile after mile was reeled off without
pause The Sheriff knew that he might
be obliged to go as far as Dixon and
loss of time could not be risked.
Suddenly the leading team was halted
and there came from the carriage a
sibilant signal for silence.
The place had been reached
Leaving the horses by the outer fence,
the visitors went through THE gate,
across a growth of dark verdure by a
path well worn. A few rods from the
gate stands small house, low white
washed structure, that in the moonlight
looked almost ghostly.
No ray shone from within. No re-
Spouse was made to gentle knocks, and
| it was only when the knocks became
emphatic and voices had been raised to
! shouting pitch that any sound could
be heard inside the walls.
| Then there came a sleepy inquiry,
| Who's there?"
| There was no indication of haste to
open the door. There was no welcome
when the door was opened. But, with
| civil, yet scant apology, the deputies
pushed in, the Sheriff and newspaper
man remaining on guard, so as to cover
| all exits.
| Put on your clothes, Frank" said
| Fitzpatrick, and from the bed arose the
man who is now in a prison cell.
He is not at first glance, an evil
looking man. He is distinctly animal,
| however. All his features are heavy,
| his bones and muscles large, his chest
deep. A dangerous enemy in physical
contest had he but courage.
| II was not until Frank had dressed
| completely and stepped out upon the
lawn that he seemed to realize the Sc
| riousness of his predicament. He mad
made it appear that he thought the
officers were in search of a woman.
Such woman had been spoken of. She
was a fiction created for a purpose.
Completely clad to his oyercoat,
Frank is big man. He had just fin
ished pulling on his gloves when sud-
denly a weapon flashed in the hands of
Fitzpatrick.
| Put out your hands, Frank" he said
quietly, you are the man who killed
your sister,
| For a hardly perceptible instant
| Frank hesitated. He glanced at the
circle CT faces, the array of weapons.
| His hands were held out. Robinson
snapped the iron cuffs about the eX
| tended Drawn wrists. Frank was at
| last d prisoner. The beginning Of the
| end was upon him. It was a moment
which he must have dreamed of and
dreaded
Where are you going TO take me?"
| he asked, and, being told, he insisted
| upon changing his clothes for a better
| suit. At first there was demur. With
| handouts on Frank Bellew is a person
| to be regarded with more equanimity
than with them off. Yet he pleaded,
and his captors yielded the point. he
went back to the house, the dreary lit
| tie room He turned back the coveriid
Of his bed, showing where he had been
at rest and then donned a decent suit.
| Then he meekly held out his wrists for
! the cuffs again. In a few moments ne
had learned the lesson of submission.
| Then he sighed as he saw the
| officers rumnage in the drawers Of the
rickety old bureau. They brought out
| letters, pictures some of them old-fash-
Iioned and in the quaint cases of years
ago. There were personal trinkets Of
no value and yet the prisoner was
grieved at the liberty the officers took
with his trumpery. He was getting
another lesson in servitude.
Up tc the time the party left the
house the prisoner said hardly a word,
beyond to protest his innocence, but he
did say the handouts were too tight.
His brother Arthur looked on durlo D.
| ly. The friend Of the family looked on,
but kept silent. Frank Bellew is strong
/ only in body. From the first moment
he was aroused from sleep he showed
signs OF weakness. 1t was evident that
with difficulty he depressed tendency
to express violent emotion. He did not
get over the tremor in his voice, but
when il changed sometimes to a patu-
liant disclaimer ii seemed to become
more steady.
Il suppose" ventured the representa-
tive of the Call" that you had an
ticipated something of this kind?''
No, sir" was the reply. I did not
do this. You have the wrong man."
did you anticipate leaving the coun-
try before long?"
No. / cid not--but. we'll, If I did
intend TO go, that has nothing to Go
with this. l am innocent"
Don't you know that you have been
talking about this case and made fatal
admissions"