The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-31

English, isn't it? 1 want to know. His
lop. who had a hand with you in the
| killing of David Collamore%'
| You devil Do you charge me-
"Oh, stop right there, Hislop. There's
nothing in getting excited. Janway
saw you do the job all right. I'm well
| aware of that. Your confederate, If
you had one Wait a bit, old mani" g
Casually placing his hand on the
arm of his chair while speaking, where
| the hand of Dillon had rested scarce
| three minutes before, Boyd had found
| the chair arm to be warm. With sus-
picion leaping up in his eyes, with no
further consideration for the CHASTITY
miscreant opposite, Boyd rose quickly
| to his feet and stepped around the
table, saying sharply:
I've taken your chair, Hislop."
| mo, no, you have not! 1 always sit
| here"
Then you were not asleep when I
rang" cried Boyd, with threatening Sc
verify. You had a visitor here. Tell
me who-tell me at once! Was it the
knave who"
Mercy"
Tell me who. And where he now"
| Boyd's threatening whispers were in
terrupted by the sudden turning of the
| door knob, yet the door did not open.
AS he wheeled sharp about, however,
| three rapid reports of a revolver thun-
| dered through the house, and the panel
of the door was shivered to splinters.
| Unable to open the door, Dillon had
| fired thrice through the panel. so di-
recting his aim as to shoot the man he
thought occupied the chair he himself
hal vacated-a fatality which only
Boyd's curious discovery and imme-
| date move had prevented.
| The ringing reports of the weapon,
| however, We're mingled with shrek
| of agony from the man in the opposite
chair, and Boyd saw Hislop leap con-
vulsively into the air, then pitch back
ward into the open crate, shot twice
| through the throat. The confederate
| sought by Felix Boyd had spared the
prison warden a disagreeable job.
With an irrepressible oath, Boyd
| leaped to the library door and strove
to force it open. At the same moment
he heard the glass panes of the front
door shivered in fragment.
| Coleman" he muttered, instantly
guessing the truth.
As the central office man beat in the
glass with his revolver. he caught one
glimpse of the man fleeing up the hall
stairs.
BY all the gods it's Hislops con-
federate, and Boyd Is done for!' he
roared to Alderman, close behind him.
Run your arm in and unlock the
door" yelled Alderman furiously.
Coleman already had it nearly open
and the two men dashed up the front
stairs in pursuit of the fleeing GRIM
inal. 1t was dark in the upper rooms
however, and uncertainty and delay
were unavoidable. Presently a rear
window in one of the upper rooms was
found open, Just below which ran a
sheet-iron gutter along the entire
length of the block. With his toes in
this gutter and his hands resting or
the lower incline of the French roof
Dillon already had worked his way &c
the upper window of the third house
removed, into which Coleman, leaning
out. saw him disappearing.
ITO the sidewalk. Akerman!" he
cried hurriedly. He's in the tbirC
house west, Look. out for. him at tbs
front of that house! I'll warn the boy:
in the alley"
Revolver in hand, Akerman dashed
down to the street as if shot from Z
gun, while Coleman roared his instruc
tons 10 the two officers in the alley Il
[ watch the back door and windows o.
the third house west.
Dillon proved, however, to be deci
dedly foxy. He did not attempt t
reach the street through the thirC
house west Instead he ran through
| the upper dNdlieu OF lIl'
. front gutter as he already had used tn
rear, and quickly worked his way t.
the very last house in the block. Their,
he beat in the front attic window
fioOred two men on his way down
stairs and within five minutes afte
: his murderous attempt upon Felix BoyC
!, his murdeTous attempt upon Felix Boy
. house last mentioned.
In the same five minutes, however
D. Ial he Of ell ~
: library iand dashed into the hall. Their
he encountered Alderman as the latte
i came downstairs, and with half-a -dozel
breaths the detective explained the sit
uation as the two men fastened to tn
street Boyd seized upon its possibili
: ties in an instant
Watch the doors of the neare
houses, Alderman" he shouted. "Leav
the farther end of the block to me-
While he spoke Boyd darted acros
! the street to gaze up at the roof win
dows, and. by good fortune, discovere
Dillon just as he broke through that o
i the last house.
:, To whistle Alderman to the front doc
: of the house required but moment
: and Boyd then drew his revolver an
ran TO the corner to watch the sid
door. Upon seeing the rascal emerge
. bent upon speedy escape, he darted for
! ward under cover of the wall. and tn
: instant Dillon's feet touched the side
Y walk. the chilling muzzle of Fell:
: Boyd's revolver touched his throbbini
head.
mot a move, my man" said Boyd
!, sternly. You will be a dead one If yoI
6 attempt it."
: Despite the nerve and desperation h
already had displayed. Dillon wilte
under the CLEAN of the weapon an
If that in the eyes of the man who ad
: dressed him. Five minutes later h
n was marching back in irons to Benja
n min Hislop's dwelling.
X X x
"Dead-yes, Jimmie" answered MI
: Felix Boyd. across his Office table. mex
morning. LAS dead as a door-nail. TIL
price has been paid, in so far as oil
4 Ben Hislop is concerned, and the Grim
q lexpiated."
= when did he cash in?" Colemal