The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-17


noon before, and that he was then
in the house, in the third floor back
room. l wanted to be sure that he
was the right individual, of course,
before hammering on his door, and
so the landlady permitted me to take
up station in the woodshed back
windows of the third floor back frop1
that cOign of vantage. l hadn't been
in the woodshed, with an eye at a
knot hole, for more than 10 minutes
before the occupant of the room stood
before the window in order to shave
himself. He was my man, l saw at
a glance. had often seen him, al
though l didn't know him personal
ly, in st. Louis. I went to the chief
of police at once, and had the chief
accompany me to the boarding house
room. l raped on the door, and
received the usual Who's there?"
Then | turned the knob of the unlock
ed room, closely followed by the Mer-
..lan chief of police.
How are you, Jones?" l said to
the absconder, giving him his right
name.
He wasn't bit surprised and
greeted us pleasantly. The chief of
police put him under arrest, and the
man said that he'd been expecting
to be arrested. asked him if he'd
come along back to St. LOO with me
without requisition paper, and he
replied that he certainly would-that
he didn't want to give anybody any
unnecessary trouble.
81 suppose you've salted the
money!? | said to him, but he only
smiled in a faraway sort of fashion
and made me no rcp1y.
Il had him back in st. Louis in
two days later, and the officials Of
the building, and loan association were
on hand at the station to receive
us, together with the police officers
The man greeted the building and
loan associations officials cheerfully,
remarked in reply to their questions
that he had nothing whatever to say
and was taken to police headquar-
ters. The next day he was remand
to Jail without bail. He was fire.
quently visited by the officials of the
building and loan association but
he preserved stolid silence, anger
ing them to such an extent that they
promised him that they'd see to it
that he received the full extent of
the law.
Just two weeks after his capture
the prisoner sent word to the chict
of police that he wanted to see him.
The chief went to the prisoners
cell.
"1 want to be turned loose from
here, mildly said the prisoner, and
at once, I haven't done anything. l
don't know what l am being held
for.
"'Stop that jollying,' replied the
chief. You know very we'll what
you've done and what you're being
held for
"'No l don't, honest replied the
prisoner. whats more, | want you
you folks to let me out of this right
off or there'll be trouble for some
body
You have a startling nerve,
haven't you?" said the chief, bit
nettled. I suppose you will admit,
won't you, that you're the man who
plundered a st. Louis building and
loan association of 100000 of it's
funds and then skippedy'
Well, l guess I'll admit nothing
of the sort, because l never did any
thing of the kind complacently re-
piled the prisoner. This is the first
time | was ever in St. Louis in my
life. I had a twin brother here VINO
was a treasurer of building and
loan association, but his business is
not my business, and if he's jumped
with the associations money there's
no reason why should be held for
it,
The chief of police was flabber-
gasted, and he didn't believe the man
for a minute. The prisoner insisted,
however, that the building and loan
association people be sent for again,
and the chief sent for them. The
prisoner told them they'd got the
wrong man, and certain tones of his
voice and other characteristics made
them waver. The prisoner was so
about it all that they were
almost ready to acknowledge them
selves wrong, when he said:
Il suppose you gentlemen may re-
member, if you've ever happened to
see the mark, that my brothers left |
forearm was badly SCARED from n |