The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-25

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- was in the pa>oE which had
WT.~ht to overtake young chap sus-
' 9 cd of crime.
= 40 this way" continued the dep
~ > filled his pipe and got back
Sere e breeze could do him most good.
IT. wa lilroading in those days at a
nj all ace call %Benson. Not far from
no was BIZ N town, and we were a
nc tof bra y, 1rillage. One morning we
Sword Z ON Wilton, which was the
es sger town, that old man Whitesides
e a his son had been murdered and the
zee robbed We got only few of the
kailS, but these We're enough to show US
lat desperate had done the trick. No
an in the city had stood higher in the
vi esteem than Whitesides. and when
was known that he had been killed
ping talk was rife. Everybody seem
hit on a young fellow named Nc
rs the murderer, and the fact that
a nd disappeared on the night of the
Mcr without paying his board bill or
W. when he would return added
rel 9Th to the belief that he was the
urlcrer. McIoy had been in the city
fsi couple of months and was working
r4..,
Mng on old man Whitesdes rs n nos
BIZ policy taker, and the townsfolk ar
eel that McIoy knew the ms and outs
b. way of living. The son was there
..dth him only part of the time. The two
bodics were found in the library by
servant Il good many hours after the
crimo had been committed. The police
found absolutely no Glow on which to be-
gin 1t was found that the safe had been
rol led Of Il good deal of cash. and the
ent house had been rummagcd.
rAhout I p. m. Il telegram came from
Benson that McLoy was stopping there.
and a detective was sent to place him
undo arrest. An effort was made to
keep the fact quiet but before the officer
had left to arrest his man it was known
throughout the city that something was
aboIt TO drop. lust as soon as the nopu-
Lace found that McLoy was in reach Of a
MOI # wos oorood r. on o,.n,. ,,i tal.a
hin from tho olIioor and l,.,,,l lin, ,ie
sno, This su~oa.tinn NAT Vii, .roh -
vor tb1t tbo rooL was coon o,.,.,,,i,,.l ANA
m rs ,vov 70 iptorco,t ,l,, d,,t.,,i,.a a,,i
lii r,i.o,,nr Watson 10 lato.ti,.o NJ.
moi if.d Nv v.iro tbo+ tbn mai, ,.,,,II ~,
dea yor to find him and no u.o. taId -
keen undor covcr mil no co,,l5 dal;re,.
his man for e,fo I,oonino
nl-,tson ,rros+od lie I,,or ,,.;.I,o,,4 ,,,,.
tro ma ma MI az eoiJ l. ~.
mid ol.a nc NO conId ,,ro,.a All IA o.,..,I
wa ID, he nroncrIv uroto,to1 from, a ,rilI
mol Tho oflircr ,,,,.rortool lin, - .,ro
4trip ~ tbo mil ~ TIa,vIov whore Ia
wol,l5 no frIlv nrotoct,d Watson ,,o+ -,
second message from Wilton oJvisin,,
hin ia tal;e m ONT of thn vav ror4o and
to hide his tracks.
"Watson was acouointnd with tho
scoprtrv. and bn decidcd Ia toLo ira bonI,
routc TO Uawlev He hondcufrnd his
iprisoper and started off in a tron uLilo
a Binding rain hogan 70 fan mis- al
NOT Interfere with his snnnd and tho
rarnble that NcI.ov woulJ no IvncbaJ
ruiltv or NOT il couabt Watson ammo.
ciated his position. and he got 60 ashon,.
ed 81 himself thot no unIorkod Tho mis-
oner's hondcnffs and MAIDS him hnld tbo
umbrollo 60 nc to rot eomo n,.,toctior
from the rain. The officer was in = mic
kle. however. when he cot ia = stream
and found that il was swollen foo much
to BE- crossed. and thcre was no other
route TO take TO Howlev without running
right into tho arms of tbe nursuors II
was black dark Watson acted cnicllv
He Drove hack short distance 70 an oid
house, drove his foam far into tho swami
to hid il and thcn returned to the shocI,
to get ont of tbo rain Tho nlocn was NOT
occupin1 and Watson soid no would vai+
there until the stream could he crossod
"Th be- officer and tho nrisonor had not
been in fhn bouso an bour hoforo tbev
heard voices and in q moment thnv know
fhafsfhn nurSuors ,roro unon +bom The
was had Watson smoked undar tho
house and NcTov roIlou,od ond in q n.
tie whe six members Of the moh came
In Thoy Ind lanterns ana tbev stood
over HE prisoner hnt tbnv did NOT know
II.
"The mi, Lo,+ hoo+;n,, dawn ond
there Noe nor ,n,,cb ob,noo 90 on,,hodr,,
crossing the swollen stroom that nigbt
The pnryuprs had 70 mako tba host az II
They sat around in tho don,n room ,nd
told how sweet VENGEANCE wonId hn whom
they Game unor no nurdoror An +bn
while the rain continual 10 nour ord no
six men rot lonely Aftar awhile one
small chan suvonstod that tbov NAV