The Ordway new era., 1909-01-29

s-.==7 was always open
n - at five at this time
-Ss- of year. and he
was in n hurry.
Stiffness was broken by the
IN. Drawing his revolver he
with 1t lightly on the glass,
in loud voice:
there! You In there! seq
old up your hands and come
b that! Come out. / say!"
well. well! 'Tis poor old
-he's hung himself" the po-
whispered In awe. Then he
ered that the door OF the shop.
on the outside. was secured
hs Of a bar and paddock. These
We been put in place by some
tth Swartz in the shop! Then
bid that somebody be II not
tderer' Yes. II was not suicide.
murder, and II murder. who
be murderer be but Flanagan.
y person besides Swartz pos.
n key TO the paddock?
the flash of this obvious Sc
into his mind. the policeman
to the store telephone and
pr his station. notifying It that
was murdered. that Flanagan
had done the deed and was
the evidence not n man of the
resent entertained the slightest
how the crime had occurred.
10 the criminal logically must
annigan. Just before closing
Saturday night when. trade
yer and the shop deserted. the
ioor was closed and the shut.
I on all but the back window.
some reason throttled his
III his powerful hands. slipped
|e around his neck and hoisted
there to make It appear to be
OF suicide. locked up and fled.
IAN was thick.witted. and II
never occur to him that he had
the signs pointing to himself.
" to himself. AS long as no.
ID seen him do 1t he would feel
or he was one Of those people
e continually repeating for the
uon OF their audiences that
you don't see you don't know"
Prs were at once dispatched in
directions for the man. The
at he was not at his boarding
but must have returned to his
Prom the shop and changed his
at some time between six
on Saturday evening and eight
DAY morning, was precisely the
&c That the police looked to find
|ahd they found It. Flannigan's
mistress said that on going to
IN 10 nut 1t In order on Sunday
y at eight. the usual time, she
at the bed had not been slept
examination showed that his
ay clothes hung in the closet
nis best suit was missing from
Fustomed hooks. And he had
leh seen in the vicinity since
ey morning, when he left the
|ior his days work. To this in.
Pon the police. making a search
room on their own account,
certain other suggestive items.
Y soiled shirt. torn up the back
'careed In a hurry. was crowded
the bureau; a razor, unwiped
sing and a shaving paper with
palmer on 1t. as II the shaver
such haste that he could not
clean away the traces of his
nere on a little table near the
T. a travelling bag. which the
mistress asserted that he
was not to be found; there was
IN n !. IN the bureau drawers. In
" the evidence tended to show
ne man had left suddenly for
/, ,haoWn, !, saying nothing to any
I. 4. MS Intended absence, taking
.in what few valuable effects he
'ea. II the razor remained be.
was was because in his excitement
forgotten 1t.
wy Y. In the nelghborhood soon
J. " light a man who had seen
sun late Saturday night with a
-se . and a big roll Of bills stag.
AZ o,l one saloon to another on
= down to the south station !:
presently being learned that
s-a : ma. mad relatives in the little
me- \ .own Of Fairvisw, which was
|. 'sss place. the rest was easy,
.c .ust the type Of man who.
Al. S,vnmitted a crime. would i'm.
,m. make for the vicinity Of his
4 I1s, = having neither sense. nor
Information enough to steer
Y way from that particular
+. possible. Connections were
y telephone With the polioe 81
n. ma ma within two houfs from
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