Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-10-19

nized BY certain parties who have given
the information and who are now in the
Macarthur as Farquharson Mr.. Rus
sell here. a brother J. p. issued the
warrant. I've only done my duty by
having him arrested and unless it can
be proved that he's not our man !
must commit him for rial | suppose
you've known him for some timer
Yes for some considerable time |
replied with difficulty keeping cool
But | needn't trouble you 10y explain
ing the nature of the mistake You We
made until you We had an opportunity
of justifying your action. Is it fair
question to ask if the character of your
information is above suspicionE'
The police magistrates face flushed
slightly. and he appeared not a little
annoyed. | wonder now why he did not
kick me ont
Mr. Parker. he said, Il IN not here
to discuss the pros and cons of this case
with you or any one else. Pardon me If
| show any warmth in the matter, bat
tomorrow, if there's been any mistake
in arrestiug the wrong man, you II have
an opportunity of proving it If not,
Ill be obliged to commit him FOX trial.
and as the government cutter : in the
river. must send him round and deliver
, him up to the Queensland authorities.
In the meantime, you wish TO see your
friend BY all means "
He touched a small bell The ser
geant reappeared
s oh. L.. hoe
to see the prisoner Perhaps we may
have the pleasure of seeing you later
on. Mr.. Parker. Good afternoon.
| was taken round to the police bar
racks. some 90 yards distant, and had
a long chat with Jack. What said to
him it is unnecessary to relate. Strange
! ly enough one point never touched upon
! by Us was his real identity. He seemed
to take it for granted that | considered
it immaterial We only speculated upon
what weight Miss Mackenzie's, Cor
don's and Savile's testimony as to the
ecognition Of the body by the squatter
would have with the police magistrate.
But the most important feature of the
| case would be the nature of the prosecu-
ton. Would it be sufficiently strong to
outweigh ours? | expressed my inten-
ton Of going down to the township and
getting information on this point. 1t
would not do to leave everything to
chance Besides, | considered that when
we had to fight the devil it would serve
no good purpose 10 shirk the task by
pretending to split ethical hairs. Ii
Jack were Farquharson, he had at least
NO s..a1 ha rrla rs-,r11i
| however, be necessary to prove that he
| was not Farquharson, so as to avoid
miserable period of captivity during
which suspicion might be diverteS from
| the real murderer. The end wCBd jus
tify the means
Jack seemed apathetic He either con
sidered his case hopeless or he was re-
! gardless of consequences.
Il don't see why you should put
yourselves TO all this trouble about me.
he said.
His indifference only made me the
more determined and occasioned me to
speak my mind to him somewhat
plainly.
Jack, if you'll excuse my saying SO.
you re a fool Leave this affair to me.
I'll look after your case tomorrow.
showed the police magistrate my pa
pers, and he said there would be no
trouble about my appearing for you.
| You re Jack Tyndall TO the best Of my
| belief, and l can swear to it If neces-
sary without perjuring myself 1t won't
| do to let them make out that you re
Farquharson, for then they'll commit
you for trial pack you off to Cooktown,
| and there's no saying what may hap
| pen Besides, once out of the district
we'd never find out who did commit
| the murder In the meantime put "a
stiff heart to stae brae. Here's some
| tobacco for you.
/ then gave him Miss MackenZie's
message and, saying l would see him
| first thing in the morning, went.
| Though my words We're purposely easy
| going and even brusque, my heart was
| heavy.
/ went on to the township, where l
| strolled into the combined store and
| grogshop kept by one Jack Reid. 1t
was typical place of its kind, all iron
| roof and veranda.
The room in use for shop and bar was
| roomy and comparatively cool At one
end was a rough counter manned by
the barkeeper, dark eyed, alert in
shirt sleeves and with cabbage tree
hat on his head Ranged behind him
were bottles, barrels and an assortment
of general merchandise as varied in its
nature as the contents of a dry goods
store in Chicago. a few barrels and
| benches were ranged around for the ac-
commodation of the company. The
company, however, mostly preferred
the counter, as affording point of
vantage which based its claims to SUI
periority of position in that when shak-
ing for drinks was resorted to the dice
could be easily passed round and the
| drinks themselves We're handy. The
bushmen and cattlemen present were
| of the usual type-garrulous, heavily
bearded and travel stained. The man
| from the cutter who wore u coat was
looked upon as giving himself airs. A
pair of molesl1in trousers and a shirt