Warren sheaf., 1903-05-21

= = p II asleep, and the
other, seeing him SO preoccupied,
took the opportunity to slip out of
the room. ss''. ss'.
me closing Of the door reused the
4 CHIEF from his reverie. for Ne SAT a.,
and looked around as il wondering
4 20 ma himself alone Just. then .
tlmld tap sounded on the door and
tbs attendant entered.
Well what do you want?,, asked
the chief. >s',1>s>-
here's q heavy swell outside who
says ne thinks he has news Of impor-
lance. bout this last robbery on de
aveny. 2 : -, sS, ~
- Some 'll other fool-crank, I suppose,
20 take tax up my time growled
barnes then, settling back in his
chair, with an air Of resignation,
well tell him to come in,
me visitor tripped in gayly, as il
bent on pleasure mission. He was
ratner 's y rdressed and wore a gar
denia IN his lapel. His face was, was
smnilingi b4t Barnes in an ill-humor
- OssAASu sOudOs QOW1ls
y ouss have some information-he
brief Sit down, 2 me tioning toward 4
char. The yisitof dropped into the
seat. 49,.
spector Barnes, Il believe YOU
are aware that a man known, under.
the sobriquet Of Will O. the Wisp res
Gently escaped, with others, from the.
Auburn prison. = :.i -
Barnes nodded stifay. s'.f'.''' S So.
@s.I have reason. to know that he ;a
stil1sin stli in t!, this city. That he arrived
here a few days ago. - :
s Are you sure Of that % 2? eyfng his.
visitor keenly. Our men have been
looking for him; but I had mo news;
of his Whereab BOUTS 2
well, you see an amateur some
& times can beat a professional
81 But how do you know you have
seen the man=-d you know. him per-
ssonally ?,' ;.#
well, hardly, not being in the
habit Of associating with such peo-
pie, Il with a laugh sSi
plain yours 2
need not, go into details-in fact,
prefer not to. This man.. it hap
pens, called on US some time ago
He holds a paper-a document
which, if made public, would do a
great injury to our family N ow, he
could only have got hold Of this pa
per through fellow prisoner one
Martin Frale-to whom it, was con-
fided many years sago z
see. Frale was the man who
was killed when a crowd Of them es-
capped from Auburn, 2 and the chief
examined paper which he drew
from one Of the pigeon-hole above
his desk. his Frales and Will, it
seems, had struck up a great friend
ship in prison: Frale, LEARN, saved
his life from the assault Of another
man when they were working in the
shoe shop. Since that time they
were like bro hers. It's rather a
pity that this Frale was shot; be-
cause, you see, he had but a short
time more to serve, If he had not
attempted to escape He replaced
the paper in his desk, and looked
to his visitor as If waiting for him
TO speak.
by the way, you have not told me
your name," as the other maintained
silence.
ITO be sure, I forgot that. OF
course, don't want to appear con-
spicuously in the matter 2
You need not
My name is Frank Ellison
.sAnd you think that perhaps this
escaped prisoner may be the head of
these recent robberies. The suppose
ton is not a bad one, for when he
was at large he conducted some pret-
ty clever jobs
He took memorandum pad from
his desk, and dipped his pen into the
ink, at the same time assuming an
attitude Of attention.
Now, then, where is this place
where our man can be found ~
There are reasons why cannot
tell you as yet, said Ellison.
sSA1AS1 uAOyPS lis PEI O1AS GlAS
desk angrily
Did you come here to have fun
with the depart %
Nothing Of the kind. 2 And the
visitor looked anxiously toward the
door.
Then explain yourself, j, and
brief z
q must arrange meeting with
this man-ifs j can. 2 S
what for? snapped Barnes.
Tt must be part Of our bargain. ]
first Of all wish to secure possession
i of this document. It would injure us
if this fellow should be arrested and
that paper in his hands. He woulc
make il public, and that would be Z
poor reward for what intend te
do
Barnes examined his visitor from
head to foot carefully For all tht
fippant, foppish air Of the man, b
4 felt when he looked into his eye.
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