Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-10-20

wonderful accuracy OF his deductions
It really seemed that the man had posed
to complete the case which the detect
i've from such tiny clews had woven 80
skillfully around him.
"The Honorable Rupert Grey?" said
Astray interrogatively
Darrent shrugged his shoulders and
taking the card from Astray's hand,
quietly tossed it behind the fire as he
replied: Herbert Darrent of the Chi
cago detective bureau. One is obliged
70 use an alias sometimes. The enemies
of the force usually do, SO we're level
on that"
The effect of his words certainly sur
prised Darrent, used as he was to sur
prises under similar situations, for the
man seemed to utterly collapse before
his eyes and fell back into a chair by
the fireside. the very picture of abject
terror and despair
'Herbert Darrent, the detectiyeY 7"
Astray gasped.
Darrent nodded his head.
'You have come to arrest me?''
Again the detective nodded. He felt
bit perplexed. This was different from
any of his previous captures, where the
criminal had either lied or shown fight
and attempted to escape.
''For the murder of my guardian.
Josiah Marsden, eh - Astray continued,
his tongue wetting his parched lips.
"Yes. fol- the murder of Josiah Mars
den on Jan. 12 at his country home,
which he called The Grange, Norcombe.
and warn YOU
II know what you warn me" the
other gasped-"that whatever l may
say may be taken down and used in
evidence against me. Then use it. /
am innocent. ! swear it. I've been
here, and now the worst has happened,
and shall be hanged-hanged because
can't clear myself, like many another
poor wretch has been because fate was
against him. Yes shall be hanged be-
cause a man in his hatred of me con
demned me to death and then went
with the DEVILS own sin upon his soul
to face eternity. He hated me. He al
ways hated me- When left him that
night, he cursed me, and as he died he
conceived the vilest, most villainous
lie.
"You had better tell this to your
counsel"
u want no counsel The rope is
round my neck already" He put his
finger up and loosened his collar, as
though he already felt tie clinging grip
of the hemp. II can't escape when he
himself condemned me. .
''Shall order "a cabY'
"Why order cab? Why not hand
cuff me and drag me through the streets
of Chicago2 Let the world see an inno
cent man who will be done to death to
satisfy the law. the bloodhounds of the
law, who yelp for vengeance, who must
hang some one. because public senti-
ment shrieks for victim.
Darrent shrugged his shoulders. He
was beginning to feel more at home
now that Astray had launched out into
this TRADE. He had been called blood
hound so often by criminals he had
Haced and captured that it sounded al
most like confession of guilt.
"You re not condemned yet" he
coldly answered. "You re only arrested
on suspicion. If you can provo IN
alibi"-
II can'ti Yon know l can't"
II know nothing of the kind"
.Look here. I'll tell you all. .
Il strongly advise you, for your own
sake, to wait until You re caliner, =
Darrent observed, pausing III the work
'of jotting dawn in very prosaic way
Astrays rambling statements.
81 mean to tell you all that happened
that night, and you can do what you
choose with it and bring me to the scaf-
fold if you like.
my dear sir. you are talking wildly.
The law has no desire to bring you to
the scatfold if you re innocent .
Il swear ami"
"Then. if you are and .aa put me on
the track Of the guilty party. SO much
the better Darrent replied. seating
himself and preparing to listen To the
weak story of defense, which he was
sure would only be like many other
that he had SD s}ften heard
son the night of the 10th of Janu-
airy. just week ago. ] returned to Chi
cago from South Africa.
"And travelled TO BaiExtaple by the
o'clock train next day. Darrent in
terjected
"Yes: hadn't seen my guardian fo-
two years. When / left him in 1884, il
was after a serious quarrel. He wanted
me to marry one girl, and | wo'lldn
because / loved another. Astray con
tinued. with stronger look in his face
than he had worn throu 1hout tie inter
view.
..Wellf"
~ returned to The Grange and he
welcomed me -
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