The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-18
TIE RED
NECKTIE


frs rate young fellow 81 young
FeIious -; rich enough not II F8Frg
and decent enough not 70 be wor-
ned. H, father made 2 fortune II
the Wh8lesale drag business and
DIX never had anything n ~ 1ut
enjy himself And enjoy hlnse.i
he did - esnflenaniy sort d q
uay. with ne for q slde-partneF nov
and again. for the lad had a 5it of
the detective ID him, and be liked
nothing better than occasionally p
have run with D.len of NV trade
IT was just after the Wolf MUIR
der mystery that tie thing occursd
Wolf, you may racoilect, was the
rich old jew banker who was sand
bsgaed one night np Hogan's alley
Lori only knows bow the old gentle
man ever came 10 81 in such lo-
cality at two 0fcloek IN the morning
but it wouldn't have taken detec-
tive 10 ten him that he would never
come oat of Hogan's alley alive with
! diamond III hia shirt Big enough
to buy brewery.
Well, the newspapers we're shout
ing themselres black IN the face
with four inch headlines about this
Wolf busin. when On top q II al
came TIE report that young Dick
Hammond had been murdered.
Murdered at noonday in the open
street ia one Of the best sections Of
ihe city.
when thc wire came ID, dropped
everything and made for the scene
Of tragedy. They bad carried the
body into the mansion at the cor
ner where the murder had taken
place. IT was Tie home Of The
young fellows sweetheart be had
been On TIE way to visit her at the
1ine, and when / came into the
house / imagined could hear the
shrek 81 the poor girl still ringing
III TIE air., and ! felt about al bad
a. II ihe lad had been MY own boy.
+ examined thc body The as-
sassin evidently bad stood within q
foot Of his victim and plunged q
dagger into hib heart then he turn
cd ana Ged y quickly that had an
ayenging angel been standing
around be wouldn't have bad time
10 ret a second look at the murder
er.
AS ! was thinking what a battling
mgstcry the whole affair might
prove 70 be, how 1t might even be
construed into 4 case Of suicide, !
suddenly noticed something peculiar
about the red necktie that the dead
man wore. Ny brain gave o jump
and began to tear along q trail o.
conjecture like a bloodhound tear
ing along hot scent.
:. Just then there was a commotior
al the door; the lads father was
coming up stairs, and while the AZ
tention Of those about was distract
ed. / gave twist Of my hand anc
that red neck scarf was safe inside
my coat pocket Then the fathei
came in, and well, | turned anc
looked out Of the window
A few minutes later my chief ar
rived and we began TO get what evi
dence could be got, which was mex
but a guess to nothing. No one ha'
witnessed the murder ali we coul'
learn was this-a servant goinl
from the mansion where the dea'
man lay had come upon the muir
dered body Of young Hammond ly
ing On the sidewalk.
saw that my chief was great
worried at the lack Of clews, anI
coming SO closely upon the yet an
solved Wolf murder, unless we land
ed the guilty man pretty quick, Oh
newspapers would say chat the do
toctiye force Of the city was no goo
and try to make politics Of L. Lorc
what can't the newspapers make POI
iiics of
But there was that red necktI
in my pocket AS soon as coul
manage IL | got away and mac
straight for MY room up at the h'
tel. There I lit D ruby lamp am
drawing every blind so as 10 sh'
out the white light Of the sun,