The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-14

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however. that the murderer may hav,
worn IL over his ewn bleed stained gar
ments when leaving the house, theor,
that was evidently acceptable 10 the jury
This might not have been had not Mr.
Mora satisfactorily accounted fer hi,
time during the night II seems tina
he has been taking an interest lately In
the east side slums and has been study.
Ing the labor problem. On the night oil
the murder he attended ball at Apol-
10 hall hoping by assoeiatins with the
inhabitants OF the section to gain q
closer insight into their needs, ana thus
perhaps later on to apply the money
which he knew would be his and which
has now come to him so Unexpectedly to-
ward alleviating the distress OF the poor
slum dwellers. In support Of this story
he produced two witnesses who testified
that he was at Appelle hall throughout
the ball. dancing with some of the fair
Jewish maidens and making merry with
the men. They declared that he ala not
leave for home until about 4 e'cloek.
which tallies nicely with the time of his
actual arrival there"
Too nioely'i growled the detective.
Il need not read further. The reporter
seems to he making an effort 10 white
wash young Mora for the rest OF the
article Is devoted to sounding his praises
You may look Il over later II you iike."
Thank you. I will." said Mr.. Mitchell
taking the paper. Now. then. what
course Will you ptirsuef"
well, the police put forward the
| theory that Mora In the murderer. The
ooroners Jury has virtually knocked
their theory into q cooked hat have
noted that In cases Of this sort the po-
Iice make little further efforts. and by
degrees the details are forgotten by the
public. who seize upon the next crime
served up to satisfy their appetite for
the sensational. Thus the murderer
escapes. But In this instance he shall
not escape II Il pc young Mora. I will
bring tho crime home to him In return
for his insolcnt language 10 me. II II
be some other person. why. shall be
uallly well serving the ends Of Justice
b. discovering the truth"
Yes. but beware. Mr.. Barnesl For
The nrst time since have had tho hon
or OF your acquaintance you allow pcr-
sonal FEELING TO enter into your inyesti-
cation OF case Young Mora has been
in.sasnt to you. but that would not Jus
tiiy you IN weaving a web Of eircum-
snntial evidence around him which win
blast his reputation forever. even n It
90 not bring him to the Eallows."
hope / am above that sort OF thing"
said Mr.. Barnes. flushing deeply. II am
surg
30 am I-surs that you are above IT,
You Will do your best to discover the
Gus element In such investigations. 4
merely call your attention to the exist
ence Of the viper that you may orunh n
with your heel. But you ask me to AID
you in this affair II may surprise you
to hear me say that cannot go into tina
case as you desire.
Il am more than surprised I am sorsly
disappointed" said the detective.
"Oh. II In not so bad as that" added
Mr.. Mitchell quickly. "I may be of some
use TO you. You see. the truth Is. Mr.
Barnes, I am not exactly a detective by
trade. l mean no offense. but cannot
look at these cases from your Standpoint.
With you crime committed indicates
that there Is a criminal at large. That
criminal must be discovered. imprisoned,
perhaps hanged. That is your work. II IA
work with which can have no sort OF
sympathy"
But I have thought that these ,nvesu-
cations Interested you"
Mr. Barnes was much sstonished at Mr..
Mitchels words
"AhI Indeed the investigation of a mys- !
terry is interesting tosme especially where |
the use OF brains, and more particularly |
OF brains against brains. enters into the 4
work But the study OF murder case.
with the single object Of hanging the |
murderer is not attractive to me-"
Surely you do not mean that murder
ers should go unpunished7''
NO pershaps that would not be q wise
course. But to me II seems that the ar
rest. conviction and hanging OF a speci-
fed murderer are matters OF absolut tely
no Importance and OF no effect In abating
the tendency toward crime. which IL such
a conspicuous characteristic OF mankind.
As limited awhile ago, when you said
that I went too deep for you, / can al
most believe that IL Is OF more utility to
study the causes which have made a
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kill the criminal We think that we have
thus got rid Of him. We have put him
away. out or the world. We have ended
his career. Ahl But have we7 Can we be
sure that his crime will not breed anoth-
or crime as a direct sequence to the one
for which ne Is punished? And do we
know whether his punishment will ad-
vance or check the tendency toward
crime which he has left as a heritage TO
his offspring? These are questions OF
more interest TO me. Mr.. Barnes. than
the killing OF the man who killed Mr..
Mora"
But surely. I must repeat" said Mr..
Barnes. you would not advise that
crimes should go unpunished?"
Perhaps might when am wiser, you
know" Mr.. Mitchell laughed and once
again abruptly changed the subject.
However, Mr. Barnes. since you frown
SO upon me will lend you my assist
ance."
you WIN" exclaimed Mr.. Barnes
eagerly
Il will. and there's my hand ont. an
the song says. No! No! No thanks are
necessary. Who knows? As / said before
perhaps your AFFAIR may be connected
with mine. after ALL in which case
would but be advancing my own interests
IN aiding YOU"
do you mean that you have found
some connection between the killing OF
Mr. Mora and
Perhaps! / only say perhapsl DO not
press me 10 commit myself further And
now give me "a hours in which TO study
Lhe case. will your"
Mr.. Barnes accepted the hint 10 40 and
after cordially thanking Mr.. Mitchell for
MS promised assis tance he went away
lighter hearted With Mr.. Mitchell Coon
'rating he thought that only a few days
would be needed TO bring him TO the
ruth.
After his departure Mr.. Mitchell took
~ the newspaper. intending 10 read over
he report OF the inquest, when his eve
ested upon headline In the next coll
INN, which caused him To read the fol-
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