Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-24

DiSSlSu cHup III IOnB DlaCK coat, col
 lar up an muffled thick. Soft wide
 awake at, pulled over is eyes, and he
 was in hurry too"
 *Was his arm in sllng?' Aye, 1t looked so. Had it stuffed
 through the breast of his coat, like as though there might be sling inside"
 ''That's i'm. Any of ye tell me where
 I might run across old Bill Summers
 He'll tell me where my precious bilker went to-"
 AS to this there was plenty of infor.
 nation, and in five minutes Martin
 Hewitt, who had become an unoc- cupied cabman for the occasion, was on his way to find old Bill Stammers. That respectable old man gave him ex. act particulars as to the place in the
 East End where he had driven his mutf1ed fare on Saturday.
 At about 3 on Tuesday afternoon, as Nettings was in the act of leaving Bow street police station, Hewitt drove up in four wheeler. Some prisoner ap- peared to be crouching low in the ve- hicle, but, leaving him to take care of himself, Hewitt hurried into the sta- tion and shook Nettings by the hand. "Well," he said, have you got the murderer of Rameau yet?'
 ''No," Nettings growled. Unless we'll, Goujon's under remand still, and. after all, I've been thinking that he may know something" S
 Pooh, nonsensew Hewitt answered. You'd better let him go. Now, I have got somebody" Hewitt laughed and slapped the inspectors shoulder. eve got the man who carried Rameau's body awayp
 "The deuce you have! Where? Bring him in. We must have him
 All right. Don't be in hurry. He won't bolt" And Hewitt stepped out to the cab and produced his prisoner, who, pulling his hat further over his eyes, hurried furtively into the station. One hand was slowed in the breast of his long coat, and below the wide brim of his hat small piece of white band age could be seen, and. as he lifted his face, it was seen to be that of a ne- gro.
 Inspector Nettings," Hewitt said tremendously, ''allow me to Introduce Mir. Cesar Rameau!
 Nettings Hyasped. The negro looked round nervously and shrank further from the door. ...
 "Yes," he said. But please not so loud-please not loud. Fey may be near, and I'm 'fraid."
 "YQu will certify, will you not" asked Hewitt. with malicious glee. mot only tsat you were not murdered last Saturday by Victor Goujon, but that, in fact, you were not murdered at all? Also, that you carried your own body away in the usual fashion, on your own legsT ...
 "Yes, yes," responded Rameau, look ing haggardly about; "but is not zis- zis room publique? I should not be seen"
 "Nonsenser' replied Hewitt rather testify. You're safe enough"
 q suppose, then" Nettings remarked slowly, like a man on whose mind something vast was beginning to dawn, T suppose-why, hang 1t, you must have just got up while that fool of a girl was screaming. and fainting upstairs and walked out. They say there's nothing so hard as a nigger's skull, and yours has certainly made a. fool of me. But then, somebody must have chopped you over the head. Who. was itf"
 "Afy enemies-my great enemies-en- emies politique. am a great man. this with a faint revival of vanity amid his fear-"a great man in my countree. Fey have great secret club s'ieties to kill meme and my fren's; and one enemy coming in my rooms does zis-one. two"-he indicated wrist and head-"wiz choppa."
 Rameau made the case plain to Net tings, so far as the actual circum- stances of the assault on himself were concerned. A negro whom he had mo- ticed near the place more than once during the previous day or two had at- tackled him suddenly in his rooms, dealing him two savage blows with a chopper. The first he had caught on his wrist, which was seriously dam- aged as we'll as excruciatingly painful, but the second had taken effect on his head. His assailant had evidently gone away then, leaving him for dead; but. as a matter of fact. he was only by the shock and had only a very bad scalp wound, the bone being no more than grazed. He had lain for some time and must have come to his sense soon after the had left the room. Terri led at the knowledge that nfs enemRs lad found him out, his only thought vas to get away and hide himself. He hastily washed and tied up his head, ,nveloped himself in the biggest coat le could find and let himself down into 1 he basement by the coal lift, for fear if observation. He waited in the base | nent of one of the adjoining buildings | i'll dark and then got away in a cab. with the idea of hiding himself in the ] East End He had had very little money with him on his flight. and it vas by reason of this circumstance hat Hewitt. when he found him, had prevailed on him to leave his hiding lace. since it would be impossible for i'm to touch any of the large sums f money in the keeping of his bank Q long as he was supposed to be dead. With much difficulty and the promise f ample police protection. he was at