Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-10

NO; he must have obtained them
outside Of the Jail"
This man in the red fanucl shirt
was nothing further heard from
him?"
Nothing. But the iailer remem-
bcrs that such a man had applied for
admission to the Jail yesterday to see
a prisoner named Billy Maloney,'
Have you questioned Maloney?"
"Yes, and he tells a pretty straight
story. He says that he never saw the
stranger before. and thnt the man
told him of friend named Hill Ma
loney and he came to see If this was
the same fellow. but it was not. Ma
loney snys the man hung around
some time talking TO the prisoners.
but he did not pay any particular al
tcntiun to him. lie evidently got
hold of the name of one of the prison
crs and then carried on, his scheme
with another of them. IT, indeed. he
is the man who put up the poisoning
Job"
Wright asked that Wardc should
rubbish the facts in the Gazette and
place him right before the public. the
taller corroborating all he had said.
During the afternoon Wardc ran
sgainst John lIolcombc, the city
editor of the journal, and asked him
how he got the points about the sui
+ eide in jail
Jim laughed and said: II scoopcd
Won badly on that, didn't |. old mau
| That item was a bird
But have some curiosity. Jim. to
know how you got it, Who gave it
to you?"
81 cant tell YOU that. The party
who put me on made me promise not
to give him away. He also made mo
promise not to 80 10 the jail for it.
/ Said he thought the authorities were
, trying to keep it dark, as il occurred
shortly after supper. and nothing was
| known Of it--at least not for publ
caiion-at the station house at mid
night"
"iIe made great guy Of you. who
ever he is
What do you mear?"
'Why. there is scarcely word If
truth in his story from beginning 10
end. The man did no! try 10 commit
suicide and your report that he is not
expected to recover is all bosh.
! found him sitting up in the jailcr'S
office smoking a cigar this morning.
! well, I'll be damned. If find out
that 7 have been imposed upon in
| that way III wiring the neck of tina t
little skunk!"
"Who is that?"
"Why no: that won't do. Warde
] won't give him away until I've given
him a chance to explain himself
Holcombe departed in a brisk dud-
gcon and Warde sought the office
where he found Fcnton awaiting him
Il got what / wanted this morn
ing" he said.
Tell me-" said Warde.
Mrs. Wright said that her nearest
neighbor, kind-hcorted widow by
the name Of Mrs. Anderson. bad been
there AT noon to take care of her
child while she visited her husband
Just as Mrs. Anderson was about 10
take the child away Mrs. Wright had
examined the pistol and called Mrs
Anclerson's attention to the fact that
il had not been shot off for a long
time. | then went to see Mrs. Ander-
son. She remembered the pistol very
well. and knew where il had been
placed. The ivorvhandled revolver
was not the weapon she had seen
there. But Mrs. Anderson had some
other facts. She had seen man
coming out of the SIDE door of the
Wright house and she accOSt"d him
and told him there was no one in a.
present He replied that he hao
found that out and would drop in
n2ain when Mrs. Wright was Al home
Mrs. Anderson had thought nothing
further of it until she was told about
the pistols.
Did she describe the man."
Eyes: she said he was rather
stoutly built man with probably a
couple Of weeks beard on his face
and that he wore a red flannel shirt
"Fcnion. You have done spIcndidiy
aud if You will agree TO help me fur
ther, we viii unravel one Of the deep
eet-laid crimes ever planned in this
section Of the country"
"Tll help you any way that can.
"Then we will win the game yet