The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-15


or twice, and then / pulled down my
cap and''- Jessop, badly shaken, was
beginning to tell the episode over again
when Hurd stopped him.
See here" said the detective. you
say that you are innocentf"
1 swear that I am" gasped Jessop.
well, then, III give you the benefit
OF the doubt. Ny business is not to
nang innocent people. Take a glass Of
rum and tell me all you know, begin
ming with your first meeting with KriIl
and running down through the death
Oh Lady Rachel to your last meeting
In the Gwynne street cellar"
And when you know ala"
Then I'll see what is to be done"
"Will you arrest meY
Il have arrested you. Don't make
conditions with me, man." said Hurd,
with stern face. THE night is grow
Ing late, and want to get to the bot
tom Of this business before we go to
bed. Take some rum"
Seeing there was nothing for it but
to make clean breast, Captain Jarvey
Jessop wasted no further time in use
less lamentation. He could have
smashed Hurd easily enough, even
though there was the risk of being
shot. but the fracas would bring others
on the scene, and Jessop knew he could
not deal with the police. Therefore he
took stiff peg and became quieter-
in fact, when once started on his con-
fession, he appeared to be rather re
lieved.
IT'S been a nightmare. said he
wiping his forehead. I'm glad it's
come to the lawr, that I am. met
Krill. as he wos then, some twenty
FIVE year back by chance, as you may
say'-he cast a strange look at the de-
tectiye, which the latter noted-'yes,
by chance, Mr.. Hurd. I found he KEEP
the pub here, and this bein' no dis
lance from Southampton, took to run
min down here when the barkey was
a. anchor. Me an Krill became great
mates, and I'd what you might call
free quarters here-yes, slr-it's a fro
zen fact
VERY generous of Mr. Krill," re-
marked Hurd dryly and wondering
what the man was keeping back.
"Oh, he was right enough as a mate
when not drunk, but the liquor made
bowling dorg of him. I've seen many
drunk in many Places" said Jessop
"but any one who held his liquor wuss
nor Krill never did see. He'd knife
you as soon as look at you when
drunk"
But he evidently preferred stran-
Cling"
Hold on, mate" said Jessop, with
another deep pull at the rum. ''I'n
comm to that night We wos both or
the bust, a y'may say, and Mrs. Krill
she didn't like it, so got to bed with
the child"
''How old was the child?
''Maud2 Oh, you might say she was
thirteen or fifteen. 1 can't be sure of
her age. What's up?"
For Hurd, seeing in this admission a
confirmation that Maud was not KrilrS
child and could not inherit the money,
had showed his feelings. However, he
made some trivial excuse, not wishing
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sop to proceed.
"Well, mate" said the captain, filling
another glass of rum, "y'see the lady
had come earlier and had been put to
bed by the missus. never saw her my
self, being drinking in this very room
along o. Krill. But he saw her." added
Jessop emphatically, land said as she'd
a fine opal brooch, which he wish he'd
had. as he wanted money and the mis-
sus kept him tight"
'Krill was judge of jewels?'
Travelled In jewels once" said the
captain. "Bless you, he could size up q
precious stone in no time. But he sat
drinking with me, and every now and
then got out of the room, when he'd
stop away for perhaps a quarter Of an
hour at the time
did he mention the opal brooch
agaln?"
mo" said Jessop, after reflection
''he didn't. But he got SO drunk that
he began to show fight, as he always
did when booty, though q timid chap
when sober. l concluded. wishing nc
row, to git to my hammock, and cut
upstairs. Then l went by mistake into
the room Of that pore lady, carrying
a candle. and saw her tied to the bed.
! post stone dead, with q silk handker
chief round her neck. l shouted out
blue murder, and Mrs. Krill, with the
kid, came tumbling down. I was sc
feared" added Jessop. wiping his fore
head at the recollection. that 1 rar
out Of DOORS
what good would that do?"
''Lor', l dunno" confessed the man
shiverlng, 'but l wos skeered out OF
my life. 1t wos rainin' pitchforks. as
y'might say, and I raced on through
the rain for an hour or so. Then ]
thought. as l wos innocent, I'd make
tracks back, and did. 1 found Kril
had cut"
''Did his wife tell your
"Oh, she wos lying on the floor insen
sihle where he'd knocked her down