Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-09
CHAPTER ~.
C&cILY SAYS GoODnY

cs.tIl.Y SAYS GOODEY.
The cold tight OF the morning brought
With IL IL profound skcptici.in. Cod
frey's theory 10 longer seemed so con-
VthclnS. IN fact. II did :ot seem con-
Vinc''ix Mt I'll. Many objections oc-
CARED to- me. I. saw that the whole
elaborate structure VIA bull. upon
representatives. vas no proof that any
OF the clippings referred TO Tremaine
or Thompson. there WAS no truth that
Ihompscn n gathered them with
elaborate care " OF set purpose, there
was no proof.
Yes-thcre was n point susceptible
or prcot. by 1t the whole structure
would stand CIR fall.
the course II the morning. II wonder II
1 could be spared this afternoon? I've
some business of my own which I'D
IKE very much to attend o."
Why. certainly" he answered in
stantiy. so when 1 left the office at
noon. l took the elevated to the Grand
central citation and bought Il ticket To
osslning. Once there. 1 went to the
grey old prison II stated my GRAND
=" Mr.. Jones. the sub-wardcn. whom
.ounG in charge.
rive come up from New York" 1 be-
ean. after giving him my card, ito
see III YOU can identify this man. and
J. handed him the photograph of
Thompson.
lie looked at 1t long and searching
~. seemingly for a time i'm doubt. but
at last he shook his head.
No. l don't believe | can he .nid
lhere's something familiar about the
race. but | can't place it,
ftow long have you been connected
with the prison. MIR. Jones'" | asked.
began thirty years ago as guard.
.:ut what made you thin L could iden-
tify tins fellow"
We've rather imagined" l answered.
.that his real name was johnson and
that he served q term here for rob-
berry. beginning In 1885"
he looked at the photograph again.
with Il sudden flush Of excitement in
his face
II believe you're right" he said.
Lets look Mt Johnson's photo"
He consulted the index. then turned
to one OF the wall cases.
Here he s." he said. opening a COM
part'nent and pointing to "A photograph.
'lts the same a sure. only changed
q lot. 1t would he easy to prove Il.
l suppose thay took his Bertillon meas-
Grenients at the mocgue. aud we've ONLY
70 compare them With ours. They'd be
the same. no matte: how much ned
changed"
And he Ind changed. indeed. The
ohnso ct the prison photograph was.
or course. mooth snavea; his face was
alert. Intelligent: there was no scar
upon tie temple. nor did the features
snow the subtle bioating OF long con-
tinued dissipation. But Il: vas the same
II was the same. There
was no need to apply any finer tests.
Il remember him now said Jones.
looking from one photograph to the
other" very well. He was q quiet. we'll
behaved cnap--had recn captain of Il
little tramp steamer. L believe. Had a
perfect mania for cutting pieces out
or newspapers and pasting tncm in n
ecrap book. Ee spent al his leisure
time that way. On. yes; [ remember.
TOO. he tried to escape. but his pal
went back on him n left him layin'
out yonder by the wall. II:s nal was a
bad one. he was: he got away and
I've often wondered what become of
him. Here lie is.
ne swung open another compartment
and found myself staring ut IRE
maine!
Not until I was quite near New York
did l recover sufficiently from the eff
fects OF this discovery to heed the cry
of the train boy as he went through the
coaches with the evening papers.
All nbou tn EdEe:nsrc MURDER
ne was crying. and the name caught
my ear.
"Edgemere. I've heard that name
somewhere"
Then In a flash l remembcred: and
IN q momen moro the whole story OF
the tragedy of the night beforeAthe
murder of Graham and the theft of
Mrs. DelrOy's necklGce-lay before me.
With what intensity OK interest l read
1t can be easily imagined: 1 was shaken,
nervous. hOrrOr-strickcn. That there
was some connection between this Sec
ond tragedy and the one in suite our
teen did not doubt: and l read and
re-read h details with tho greatest
care. in the effort to md whcre that
connection lay.
But 1t was impossible to see how
Trcmaine could be implicated in the
Edgemere mystery yer In the least
degrcc-his alibl was perfect. On tho
other hand, the evidence against younr
Dryedale seemed complete in. every
link. Certainly. non of the papers
doubted his guilt. and they handled his
past career and his family history with
q minuteness and freedom which must
have been most trying to HIS friends
Coroner Heffclbower came in for ne
lions share Of prnise-everyone agreed
thnt he had conducted the case ,vith
rare skill and acumen. OF cOursc. fhe
Record had his photograph, as well os
eliOso Of his wife and six children. and
~ I looked At his round face. / fnncied
him. struttlng back and forth In his 10
@boon. inflated with pride. and ~listenina
Appr~vtnSly to the constant rineinr n
tho cash rcssstsr. It's al III wind-bui