Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-05-15

lang, searching stare. then took up
some papers on his desk and looked
them over glancing up now and then
at Jimmy"
Great Heavens. Captain. what Is
it?' he faintly cried. when he could
stand it no longer.
"Come, now. don't give us any or
that. You'd better make clean breast
of 1t and throw yourself on the mercy
Of the court" The Captain spoke
sternly.
"But / amt,
"shut upv' said the Captain" we
know what you've DONE"
So Jimmy" sat, his brain awhirl,
while the Captains eyes seemed to
search him through and through. De-
tectiyes brought in other men. and he
was stood up with them, and man
came in and looked them over and
| picked him out, saying:
That's the mani"
He almost fell to the floor. His eyes
were stirling from his head, every bit
of strength in his body seemed to be
oozing out when they let him drop into
| q chair.
'pm surprised at you. Jimmy"
| finally spoke UP the Captain, when the
others had gone. Il thought you stuck
to the pickpocket game. l wouldn't
bave looked for you i'll this HARRISON
deal if everything wasn't such a clnch
against you"
| The HARRISON case! Jimmy gasped,
| He had read all about it in the morn
| ing newspapers the day before-hoW a
sneak thief caught in a house shot
] down man, and the whole police force
OF the city was on the lookout for his
slayer.
cap, you're kiddin'," he finally
gasped, though his tongue seemed
double its size and his mouth and
throat Were parched.
"Not bit of it, No use trying to
skin out of it." said the Captain.
We've got plenty of evidence, and
you've been identified by the man who
saw it done. Sorry, but / guess you'll
have to go to the chair"
GOD above, Cap, you know / didn't
do it. You know 1 couldn't do it. 1t
amt in my line. l never knew how"
Jimmy was groveling on the floor,
| gripping the Captains knees with Lis
hands. The Captain only looked at
him sternly and rang a bell that
brought policeman.
| "Take him down to court and ask
/ them to bind him over another day rs
suspicious person." the Captain or
| Gered. The policeman lifted him ND
and half dragged him out through the
office. He managed to walk after that
as they went out and up the street
and took car leading down the Bow
cry. The policeman had put on hand
cuffs that hound the two together,
though it was scarcely noticeable tc
others on the car.
They stood on the rear platform.
There We're tears in "Jimmy's' eyes as
| he passed places that he knew. He
was just beginning to realize the hor-
ror of the whole thing and the posi-
bility that he might, after all, be sent
to the electric chair-for he knew the
| police could do strange things when
they had mind bent that way.
He had just reached the conclusion
that he was in very serious situation
when something happened. He felt
the handcuff that held him to the
policeman give on his wrist. He looked
down. The steel band was open. He
| waited moment until the policeman
looked the other way. Then he gave
quick jerk, was off the car like
flash, and was racing down the Bow
cry. Before anybody had time to
raise cry he was through dark door,
way that he knew led to freedom.
Somewhere, perhaps, an unhappy
| man IS wandering longing for the Bow
| cry. Maybe detectives in other cities
are puzzling their wits over the work
OF one of the cleverest pickpockets that
ever stole a woman's handbag. But
New York knows Jimmy the Lift" no
| more and Sergeant Brannan and the
Captain smile whenever his name is
| mentioned.-New York Times.