Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-01
CHAPTER XII.
THE ZABEL BROTHERS.

CHAPTER XI.
| THE ZABEL BROTHERS.
There were but few men In town
who wore long boards. A list was made
Of these and handed to the coroner
who regarded it with grim smile.
"Not man whose name Is here
| would be guilty of misdemeanor, let
alone crime. You must look outside
of our village population for the mur,
derer of Agatha Webb"
every likely, but tell me something
first about these persons" urged
Knapp. "Who is Edward Hope?"
"a watch repairer. A man Of estima.
BILE character"
"And Sylvester Chubb?"
"a farmer who, to support his moth
er, wife and seven children, works
from morning until sundown on his
farm and from sundown until II
o'clock at night on little fancy arti-
cles he cuts out from wood and sells
| in Boston"
"John Barker, Thomas Elder, limo.
thy Sinn?"
Gall good men. can vouch for every
one."
"And John label, James Zabel?"
"Ah! You might as well ask about
ourselves. Irreproachable, both of
them. Quite famous shipbuilders once,
but the change to iron shipbuilding
has quite thrown them out Of that.
Pity, too, for they were remarkable
builders. By the by. Fenton, we don't
see them at church or In the docks
any more"
"No. They keep very much to them.
selves. Getting old, like ourselves,
Talbot"
"Lively boys once. We must hunt
them up. Fenton. Can't bear to see
old friends drop out of good company.
| But this isn't business. You need not
pause over their names, Knapp"
But Knapp had slipped out.
We will follow him.
Walking briskly down the street he
went up the steps of certain house
and rang the bell. A gentleman with
a face not entirely unknown to us
came to the door.
The detective did not pause for pre-
liminaries.
"Are you Mr.. Crane" he asked, "the
| gentleman who ran against a man
coming out Of Mrs. Webb's house last
night"
81 am Mr. Crane" was the slightly
surprised rejoinder, land | was run
against by a man there, yes"
every WE'LL" remarked the detective
quietly. my name is Knapp. l have
been sent from Boston to look into this
matter. and | have an idea that you
can help me more than any other man
here in Sutherlandtown. Who was this
person who came in contact with you
so violently? You know, even If you
have been careful not to mention any
names"
"You are mistaken. l don't know. l
can't know. He wore sweeping beard
and walked and acted like man no
longer young, but beyond that
"Mr. Crane. excuse me, but l know
men. If you had no suspicion as to who
that person was. you would not look so
embarrassed. You suspect or at least
associate in your own mind a name
with the man you met. Was 1t either
Of these you see written here"
Mr.. Crane glanced at the card on
which the other had scribbled couple
Of names and started perceptibly.
"You have me-" said he. You must
be q man of remarkable persplcacity."
The detective smiled and pocketed
his card. The names he thus conceal
ed were John label, James label.
"You have not said which Of the two
it was" Knapp quickly suggested.
mo-" returned the minister, land |
have not even thought. Indeed / am
not sure that have not made dread
full mistake in thinking it was either.
A glimpse such as had Is far from
satisfactory. and they both are such
excellent men,
Fright! You did make mistake Of
course. have not the least doubt Of
It. So don't think Of the matter again.
/ will find out who the real man was,
rest easy"
And with the lightest Of bows Knapp
drew off and passed as quickly as he
could, without attracting attention,
around the corner to the confection-
er's.
Here his attack was warier. Sally
Lotion was behind the counter with her
husband. and they had evidently been
talking the matter over very confiden-
TALLY. But Knapp was not to be awed
by her small, keen eye or strident
voice and presently succeeded In sur
prising q knowing look on the lady's