The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
THE "X'' TIE.
Feminine Intuition Helps Cronkite
to Clear Up a Murder.

Ryland was dead; there could be no
doubt Of that. Not a puleation responded
as Herbert Cory laid his hand on the heart
OF the man whom he had come TO ex-
postulate with. TO threpten. Something
touched his hand as he drew L. away. H.
was a Fat red wallet. slipping from the
inside pocket Of the dead mans coat.
Herbert gazed upon IL longingly % he
stood considering.
Yes, Ryland was dead. murdered beyond
a doubt. The purple mark. specked here
and there with red, OIL his high. white
forehead, showed that. He had been killed
with q single blow in the privacy Of the
luxurious idling Don in the Aerial Building,
which for sppesrance sake he had called
his Office. On the desk lay the heavy
round ruler with which the blow must
have been dealt.
And the assailant had escaped, doubtless
beyond dissection; slipping down the IN
used stairs or mingling with the throng
which the oeaseless elevators could scarcely
bear way So too might Cory himself
escape. IL he acted without hesitation.
carrying with him this gift Of the gods.
preferred at 30 vital a tim.. the money
which the dead man had not needed At all,
and which he needed 30 cruelty.
Why not3 He could put this small,
unoonsidered part Of q noble Inheritance
to better use than Ryland had put the
great part which he had squandered. At
least it would not pander TO vile passions:
at least It would not be wet with woman's
tears wen while solacins shame. A happy
future for himself, for Ruth. was enclosed
81 that uuallat A lH.ts .pxNtt ~v,,xr.l
him on--there was no time to lose.
Desperation occasionally takes the place
Of resolution with a weak but not vicious
nature. Herbert put the wallet In his
pocket. He turned to 60. thinking rapidly,
connectedly. II the door remained TN
locked there was a chance Of some one
coming in before the charwomen made
their nightly rounds-s pedlar, a beggar. a
Sister OF Mercy. seeking aims. perhaps.
With quick discovery there might be dam
gerous pursuit-yes. it would be prudent
to guard against that.
Herbert put Town the catch Of the spring
lock. He stepped out and tried the door
II was fastened. As he started again. his
foot turned up the edge Of the mat. He
glanced Town and saw. lying next to the
sill. a small woouy object. He groaned as
he picked il up and tucked IL in his vest
pocket; he groaned as he slipped unseen
down the stairs. He groaned as he hurried.
he knew not where. along the streets. For
that small woolly object was a bit Of chenille
trimming. such as adorned his sister
Madge's dress. and it was to expostulate
with Ryland for his attentions to Madge.
to threaten him did he not desist from them.
that he had called just now AT the luxurious
room which masked as an office.
Herbert grew faint and dizzy as the con-
viction settled that Madge had been there
before him: that IL was her hand which had
caught up the ruler from the desk. and.
nerved by the insult which he had foreseen
and striven to avert. had dealt hat fatal
blow. Out of protection from the curious
eyes which even he had begun 70 notice. he
turned into a restaurant, ordered q glass of
wine and sat long over it in moody reflection
which yielded not a glimmer Of light. Then
mechanically he drew out the fat red
wallet and gave the waiter a bill Of large
denomination in payment Of his check.
~relapeing 30 completely into his melancholy
abstraction that he failed TO note how long
the man was gone. A smart tap on the
shoulder reused him with a start to nee a
police officer towering over him. banked
by the indignant proprietor and ~astonished
walters.
-where did he get it2' demanded the
fiery faced host. 1T 10 q counterfeit-a
bank cashier. one Of my best customers,
for many years, told me about il, warned me
to watch out for it. This person. I know him
not. He sits by himself for hours. waiting
for a chance. Then he gives this large bill
In payment for his anal account. though my
man saw plenty Of small bills in his wallet.
Where did he get Il. ! say?'
"What the landlord says 10 right, sir
the oficer continued civilly. impressed by
Cory's respectable appearance. This bill
is advertised as no good. There are sus-
picious circumstances"
In all probability II Herbert had offered
the explanation which Ryiand in such
case could rave %truthfully made. that he
had no recollection OF just how or when
the bill had conn into his possession, but
that he had offered il as no had received
il i~nnooently. the matter would have been
amioably adjusted in lawful money. But
desperation proved at onoe oficious and
recreant. Il goaded him to strike wildly
at the oficcr and struggle to escape; and
when, h~andcuffed: he was led TO the station
mousse ~ ytciuou pioCo W uCophir.
II.
And despair abode with him. not a.
servant. but as master. dumb. constant.
indomitabIe. during the whi-l e the NEXT
three months. The case. at ..l.cc simple
in facts. yet replete with huinsn interest.
aroused the activity Of the District At
torney. He would show the city that n
good citizen could not DO foully murdered
for gain in the very citadel OF business.
in the very midst Of his honest toll. with
impunity, and he did. With a speed which
must ave jogglsd the scales OF Justice
he prepared and moved tho case Of the
People against Herbert Cory. The trial,
at no time uncertain, was brief and do
veloped but one dramatic situation. That
was when Alicia Ryland. the young and
beautiful widow Of tho murdered man,
though her married life had been suoh as
to constraip her to live apart from him.
when called to testify to some perfunctory
oointa auddanlv raaa ON tha wifna~a .tapd