The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
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my mold of her and fell, fell.
CHAPTER IN.
CEC1l.Y SAYS GOQDRY.
The cold light of the morning brought
With IT q profound Skepticisnl. God
frey'S theory no longer seemed so con-
Vlhciing; lin fact, /, did not seem con-
Vlnc1ng at all. Many objections oc-
CURED TO me: ! saw that the whole
elaborate structure was quilt upon
qufcksand-there Was no proof that any
OF the clippings referred to Tremaine
or thompson; there was no truth tina
had gathered them With
elaborate care and OF set there
was no proof.
Yes-lhere was one point susceptible
OF proof; by IL the whole structure
would stand or fall.
M Royce l aid to our junior In
the course of the morning, ~ wonder IL
l could be spared this afternoono I've
some business of my own Nhich I'd
like very much To attend to-"
Why. certainly" he answered in
stantiy; SO when i left the office at
noon. took the elevated to the Grand
central station and bough, q ticket to
csstning. Once there. | went TO the
grey old prison and stated my errand
70 MI. Jones, the sub-warden, whom L
foundi in charge.
wv Gp iIoiiI NEW 1Ofk, L pc
gan. after giving him my card. ITO
see IL YOU can identify this man.' and
handed him the photograph OF
Thompson.
He looked at it long II searching
~. seemingly for a time in doubt. but
at last he shook his head.
L don't believe ! cam" he said.
There's something familiar abou, the
lace, but l can't place it,"
.ioW lons have YOU been connected
with the prison, Mr.. Jonesno' asked
II began thirty years age as guard
But what made you think I.could iden-
1ify this fellowo"
"We.ve rather imagined" ! answered
mat MS real nalne WAS johnson anG
tina he served a term here for rob.
berry, beginning In 1855"
He looked at the photograph again
with n sudden flush OF excitement in
his face.
II believe you're right" he said
Lets look at J%ohnson's photo"
de consulted the index, then 1urme,
to one of the Wall cases.
Here he is" he said, opening a COM
pal1lnent and pointing to "A photograph.
It's The same man, sure, My changed
a Dt. 1t would be easy to prove il,
l suppose they took his Bertillon meas
uleheHts at tt1e morgne, and we've only
10 p them with ours. They'd be
me same. 40 matter how much he'd
changed"
end he had changed. indeed. The
Johnson of the prison photograph was,
or curse, smooth shavcn; his face was
alet, Intelligent; there WAS nn scan
upn the temple. nor did the fraiures
SHOW the subtle bloa1iIIs of long con-
Timed dissipation. But i'll WAS The same
--uldoubtedl ii Was the same. There
was no need to apply amy liner tests.
remember him uow, said Jones.
4ooh'E Iroin one photograph to the
| OIQc.' VERY NratI H.. ,..- -. =,
behaved chap-had been captain of a
llll!slfafnP steamer. | believe. Had IL
Pe.lel mania for cutting pieces out
OF Newspapers and passing Them i'm n
sefiE book. He spent all his leisure
.last ma. way. Oh, yes; ] remember,
700. .e lf>ed TO escape. but his pal
wentback on him and left him lawn.
out Sider by The wall. His nll WAS 81
PAD ne. he was; he got away and
we item wondered wha become of
him. Here lie is.
He wung open another. con7n.,t,oe,t
and found myself staring a, IRE
main!
Nomn1il / was quite near New York
ana lfecover sufficiently from the eff
fects,f this discover: to heed the cry
OF .ntf,ih poN as he went through the
coarIS with the evening papers.
al about tn Icagemere murder"
ne WIS crying, and The name caught
MY er.
.Esemere," 1 repeated TO myself.
soInehere.' i
Thn in a fash 1 renlembered: and
m ahonlent more the whole story of
me ftseaN of the night before-the
lnurg of Graham and the theft of
Mrs;Oelfoys n~ecklace-lay before me.
Nitlwhat Intensity of interest rcan
1t cable easily imagined: | was shaken
lferNlS. horror-Stricken. That There
Was unle connection between this sec
ohd fiSedE and the one in suite four
teen did not doubt; and read and
fe-fta the details with the greatest
carein the effort to find where maj
conn1ion lay.
Bu 1T was impossible to sec how
II could be Implicated i'm the
q mystery even in the least
desf-his alibi was perfect. On the
o.lieiiaha. the evidence against young
orNstle seemed complete in every
ink. Certainly, non Of the PAPERS
douhd ms guilt. and they handled his
past ircer and his family history with
a mllteness and frcedon which must
haTe'een most trying to his friends.
iron f1enelooWer came in for the
~ilon'share OF praisn-e.aryone agreed
that e had conducted the case With
rare ;l!i and acumer. OF course. the
Recol had his photograph. as wen as
thos@f MS wife and six children. and
as pked at his round face, l fancicd
''il u.''ii6 Odth ana lOItl IN his S3-
loon, Inflated with pride. and listening
apprdlgiy to The constant ringing Of
the ch register. It's an i'll wind-but
certaly there was no denying that he
had h,dled M case adroitly.
Drllale, it appeared, had been
lodgein the Jail at Babylon, and
~steadstly refused to make any state
mentor to explain his absence from
the MISE. No reporters had been adj
nnitteto Edgemere-though that fact
did Il prevent two or three Of them
from riting minute descriptions of the
condpn of affairs there, and publish
ing tn:views with the members of the
fsmlEMarvelous accounts We're given
of ~thexquisite beauty and immense
Recorpublished a drawing of it from
a deception by Tiffany"
Wellled into the station, and I took
q caIowa to rny rooms. turning this