The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-18

the boWl-my supper was Il sort OF |
gruel-and it must have been done !
by the man who handed me my bowl |
could not tell who did this, as sew
eral of the prisoners volunteer each |
day to act as waiters.'
"Of course" said Warde, you could
not have personal enemy among
these men,"
'Certainly not"
SIT is evident that this poisoning
scheme was designed outside of the
Jail, and that some one of the prison,
ers was bi'ibed to slip the drug into
your portion of the food.'
cit looks TIA, way beyond Il doubt"
Irwin" Wardc felt that the unseen
antagonist was again at work. lie
s}ivered when he thought of the re-
sources of his adversary, who could
affect the changing of the pistols in
the suburbs south OF the city. and
the attempted murder of il prisoner
in the jail in the northern part of
the town. lie realized ROW that it
was no ordinary foe that young
Wright had to fight. Shrewd intelli-
gence, an abundance of money, Il COM
mand of ready tools, perfect I'M
scrupulousness. and murder itself
were all ptted against the man.
The attempt on Wright's life had
one reassuring quality, ii convinced
| Warde that the mind engineering
these operations was not satisfied
with the case already made out
| against the young man, otherwise the
! law might have been allowed to take
| it's course. There were flaws in the
evidence, fatal weaknesses which
| might lead to The discovery of the real
criminals; and somehow the life OF
! Herbert Wright stood in the way of
( the accomplishment of Il Yelled pur-
! pose. The same motive which de-
lnanded the life of JOHN L. Wright
now demanded that of his son; and
Warde could not help thinking that
some tremendous issue WAS at stake,
or some far-reaching programme was
in jeopardy from licrbert's being
alive.
These thoughts were running rapid
ly through his mind while Wright
continued to discuss the affair of the
night before; and finally the reporter
asked:
IF you three made UP your minds
to keep this thing secret, how did it
leak out!'''
That cannot say. The jailcr says
the only person who left the Jail last
night was the doctor. The doctor,
who was here quite early, tells a
rather curious tale. lie says that at
the nearest corner he was saluted by
/; rough looking fellow who wore a
red ilanel shirt and whose face was
covered with stubblc. is he dead
t,octor?' asked this man. 'Who:' said
the doctor. Why, Wright. | heard a
niger say that he had taken poison.
No, he is not dead. replied the doc.
tor. That was all that was said. 1t
die! not occur to the doctor till after
ward that it would have been impos'
sible for any news to have got out
when all the prisoners were in thei1
cells and the iailer alone could have
communicated it to the outside
world.'
"rhen the journal reporter did not
come here to get the facts?'
NO; he must have obtained them
outside of the Jail"
: "rhis man in the red flannel shirt
was nothing further heard from
him?"
"Nothing. But the jailer rcmem
bers that such q man hn! applied fo1
admission to the jail yesterday to see
: prisoner named Billy Maloney."
"Have you questioned Malonvy?:'
Eyes. and he tells Il pretty straight
. story. He says that he never saw til,
: stranger before. and that the man
told him of Il friend named Bill Ma
+ luncy. and he came to see il this wa:
the same fellow. but it was not. Ma
lonry says the man hung arount
/. some time talking to the prisoners
/. but he did not pay any particular at
: tention to him. He evidently go
hold of The name of one of The prison
rrs and then carried out his scheme
: with another of them. if. indeed, h'
: is the man who put up the poisonin!
, job"
= Wright asked that Wnrde should
publish the facts in the Gazette am
$ place him right before the public, tn,
u
\, During the afternoon Warde raj
> against John lIolcnmbr. the cit.
: editor of the Journal, and asked hin
how he got the points about the sui
Y eide in Jail
u Jim laughed and SAID: II scoope
!, you badly ON that. didn't l, "ld man
|. That item was a bird"
q But have some curiosity, jim, t
/, know how ynn got il. Who gave
o to you?!"
II can't tell you that. The part
Il who put me on made me promise no
:, to give him away. lie also made m
4 promise not To go to the Jail for il
= Said he thought the authorities wel'
4 trying to keep it dark, as it occurre
# shortly after supper, and nothing wa
known of tat least not for publ
j, cation--at the station house at mic
~ night"
- "IIe made great guy of you, who
ever he is"
a "What do you mean?'
"Why. there is scarcely word c
truth in his story from beginning t
,, end. The man did not try to comm
" suicide, and your report that he is nj
expected to recover is all bosh.
- found him sitting up in the iailer
Office smoking IL cigar this morning
well Ill be damned! If find OF
- that l have been imposed upon
,. that way I'll wiring the neck of TIL;