Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-07

ncuuTlChS 10 LampklQ TO
go with him downstairs.
"Get your gun ready" he said. "He
has a dark-skinnedassistan somewhere
about here"
II think he has skipped" said Den
ham. II saw a fellow in foreign clothes
run out of the side door. Twas afraidit
was your man giving you the slip, so /
get here in time"
"Oh, he's gone" said Kola, grimly.
"He is a coward. He knew what I was
going to do in regard to the deadefall
and was too chicken-hearted to faceit."
"Kola," said Hendricks, sit can do you
no possible good TO keep back informa-
tion in regard to Gielow's where
abouts."
"You will never know that from me-"
answered the Indian.
Hendricks face fell. He signaled DR.,
Lampkin to follow and led the way
downstairs.
In the basement they found nothing
OF note except o trunk bearing the In
itials of Weldon Caruthers.
THAT'S what he brought the body in"
said Hendricks.
In the big cellars below, they found,
directly under the trap Kola had ar
ranged, the yawning opening Of a deep
pit
IAN awful hole," said Hendricks, as
he turned away. He pointed to some
large steel vessels and two large cop
per cylinders such as are used for MAX
Ing lime light in the theaters.
That's where he cremated the body
section by section," he said. "He
thought, as most murderers do. that
his secret was we'll guarded"
They searched through all the rooms
of the cellar, and then Hendricks
stopped.
I'VE are losing time" he grunted, in
disappointment. II believe Kola told
the truth about his being the only one
who knows the secret of Gielow's hid.
ing-place. I am also sure that Gielow
is somewhere under ground. We have
seen n cavern, and 1t is not unlikely
that there are others. 1t has long been
believed that they are under this hill.
Can't you think of some plan to wiring
the truth from that imp?"
They had paused before the door of
a little room where a dim light shone
over the transom. L%ampkin tried the
latch, and, finding the door unlocked,
he pushed it open. The room had
shelves on all three Of its walls, andthese
shelves were we'll filled with all sorts of
bottles.
aHis laboratory" said Lampkin.
mo, Icannot tell you what to do. Anil
have an idea"
The doctor took down a bottle and
read the label and then uncorked it and
| applied it to his nose.
EITHER" he said. "This bottle re-
minds me of an experiment. once saw
performed at a medical college. thief
was made to confess under the influence
OF ether. In the first stages of anaesthe-
sia q subject almost invariably becomes
talkative and will talk about exactly
what he desires most to keep back"
Bring it upstairs, for the love Of
mercy" cried the detective. "It can'td do
any HARM"
Az they entered the reception-room
Kola's questioning glance became fixed
on the bottle in the doctors hand.
HUH" he grunted, you need not try
to give me that. won't take it."
Find me q towel, Hendricks" was all
the doctor said. He spoke like a de-
termined man who is thoroughly angry.
Hendricks darted into a bathroom
near by and returned with the required
article.
"Now lay his lordship on the floor"
the doctor said.
Kola wriggled like an eel, but, with
Hendricks at his head and Sergt.
Denham's determined hands at his feet,
they soon had him laid out. DIR. Lamp
kin folded the towel into the shape Of a
funnel and saturated it with the fluid
from the bottle. Then he started to put
1t over Kola's mouth and nose.
"Hold on, give him one more chance"
ordered Hendricks. "Where is Gielow,
KolaP"
The only answer the Indian made was
to close his lips tightly.
"The devil is trying to hold his
BREATH" cried Lampkin. "Ill show
him a trick that will beat that ] can
make him take it."
And, holding the towel over Kola's
nose with his left hand, he began to
punch him violently in the chest. This
proceeding made the Indian gasp for
breath, and forced him to take deep
draughts Of the ether.
Good, good!" approved Hendricks,
as Kola's body began to grow limp.
"Give. him some more!"
"Oh, no, he must not be too deeply
under it." objected Lampkin. HE is
just right now. Let him loose. I'll man
age him as easily as o rowboat down
stream. Now, II he will only talkl"
Kola's face was bloodless. For a mo
ment there was no sound inside or out
side of the house. Lampkin raised the
towel a little, for the lips of the Indian
were moving.
A harsh laugh broke from the death
like face.
"It's the wisdom of the east.
chuckled Kola. "I'l never be suspect.
ed, and when Hendricks Is out Of the
way, I shall he free. Yes, free. and rich,
and as powerful rs a king"
There he paused. Lampkin held uE
his hand to warn the others not to
speak, and in a distinct voice said:
but Gielow-will he be found9"
"Never!" burst impulsively from
Kola's lips. "No one else knows the Sc
cret door. No one would think of The