Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-24

sible for any news to have got out
when oil the prisoners were in their
cells and the jailer alone could have
communicated 1t to the outside
world"
"Then the Journal reporter did not
come here to get the facts?"
"No; he must have obtained them
outside of the jail"
"This man in the red flannel shirt
was nothing further heard from
him?"
Nothing. But the jailer remem-
bers that such man had applied for
admission to the Jail yesterday to see
a prisoner named Billy Maloney."
"Have you questioned Maloney?"
Eyes, and he tells pretty straight
story. He says that he never saw the
stranger before, and that the man
told him of a friend named Bill Ma
loney, and he came to see II this was
the same fellow, but it was not. Ma
loney says the man hung around
some time talking to the prisoners,
but he did not pay any particular at
tention to him. He evidently got
hold of the name of one of the prison
ers and then carried out his scheme
with another of them, if, indeed, he
is the man who put up the poisoning
job"
Wright asked that Warde should
publish the facts in the Gazette and
place him right before the public, the
Jailer corroborating all he had said.
During the afternoon Warde ran
against John Holcombe, the city
editor of the Journal, and asked him
how he got the points about the sui
eide in Jail.
Jim laughed and said: 81 scooped
you badly on that, didn't I, old man?
That item was bird"
But have some curiosity, Jim, to
know how you got it. Who gave it
to you?"
81 can't tell you that. The party
who put me on made me promise not
to give him away. He also made me
promise not to go to the Jail for 1t.
Said he thought the authorities were
trying to keep it dark, as it occurred
shortly after supper, and nothing was
known of tat least not for publ
cation-at the station house at mid
night"
"TIe made great guy of you, who
ever he is"
what do you mean?"
"Why. there is scarcely word OF
truth in his story from beginning to
end. The man did not try to commit
suicide, and your report that he is not
expected to recover is all bosh. l
found him sitting up in the jailer's
office smoking q cigar this morning"
"Well, I'll be damned! If find out
that l have been imposed upon in
that way I'll wiring the neck of that
little skunk"
"Who is that?"
"Why-no; that won't do, Warde.
l won't give him away until I've given
him a chance to explain himself"
Holcombe departed in brisk dud-
geon and Warde sought the office,
where he found Fcnton awaiting him.
II got what l wanted this morn
ing" he said.
"Tell me-" said Warde.
"Mrs. Wright said that her nearest
neighbor, kind-hearted widow by
the name of Mrs. Anderson, had been
there at noon to take care OF her
child while she visited her husband.
Just as Mrs. Anderson was about to
take the child away Mrs. Wright had
examined the pistol and called Mrs.
Anderson's attention to the fact that
it had not been shot off for long
time. then went to see Mrs. Ander-
son. She remembered the pistol very
well, and knew where it had been
placed. The ivory-handled revolver
was not the weapon she had seen
there. But Mrs. Anderson had some
other facts. She had seen q man
coming out of the side door of the
Wright house and she accosted him
and told him there was no one in at
present. He replied that he had
found that out and would drop in
again when Mrs. Wright was at home.
Mrs. Anderson had thought nothing
further of it until she was told about
the pistols"
"Did she describe the MANI"
eyes; she said he was a rather
stoutly built man with probably
couple of weeks beard on his face,
and that he wore a red flannel shirt"
"Fenton, you have done splendidly.
and if you will agree to help me fur
Their, we will unravel one of the deep
est-laid crimes ever planned in this
section of the country" :
"I'n help you any way that 1 can"
"Then we will win the game yet"