New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

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A MONTH passed. Hope had given lI-r-o
\ back his strength and he all.r- -. 5--sr
fears 10 interfere with the JOY he ,aa-. l- oe--
ating his secret system. On a w1ule-f1. SAT-
urday Menlo had finished sending o. Number
Eight the exact location where The bottle Ii
poison might be found He added Oh h. -t-t
message this vital sentence
Location of bottle OF extreme ----1--..-...
Prosecution admitted | left laJor4-. ~ Before
wife fell, without going into private once
Proves did not have bottle near ue when VIE
was murdered
Menlo went back % his cell on tra- ave1-f,,I
night full of great hope. sunday passed
without event; Till AT night he note. . sub I,-f
prison cOmmOtIon- He looked out 1-. his --U
gallery and saw guards carrying a t-a.-. ,..s,--t
He listened and heard guard wr,--a- z,,,-
eide. y great pity went sweeping over Nl71o
Some poor devil could not wait .s tao1lghr
As the sun rose and lighted The white walls
OF MenlO 5 cell the next dav the guards came
He was frightened and recoilel They rold
hun briefly and with cruel Inst.--.--r-v that
change was 10 be made which would .-T-cr his
future. They would tell him nothing more
Menlo feared his system Of cOunu-fc.tion had
been discovered, and Paled. II was told 10
remain IN his cell and that he would not sgsin
return 70 the ShOeShOp. With numb horror he
heard the words, and he staggered % his cot
and threw himself down IN an .-a1v Of bitter
anguish He realized that Number Eight VS.
Yet unpoSSeSSed Of important facts without
which the whole carefully arranged structure
might fall.
What did It all mean. The d4v passed The
great prison settled again into the silence Of the
days end. a Charnel house OF lead souls and
dead hopes. Nenlo sat brOodlug waiting for
what he did not know. And se an hour later
the guards came and found HIM and led him
a bewildered. broken man. down The long steel
corridors he had never before seen Al niSht
In he fetf1 Of h.a
strange men and officials. He sea-chcd their
faces with Sullen defiance; Tor nothing mat
tered now. Finally the warden spoke
Menlo. am ordered BY the Governor Of the
State 70 release You at once ON t1-l and uncou-
ditional pardon
Scarce hearing, not understt-6,-g stricken
dumb. Menlo gained but q vague l--uression Of
this new crisis. And then as the words sank
into his consciousness, he irurllret N Gods
name 70 know what II al meant. The warden
spoke again.
a prisoner killed himself last night He
left confession IN his cell. He Is the one who
murdered Your wife. He was here forgery
Baxter by naTne.-Nuruber Eight n v1ur ma
chine division Maybe YOU not.--- him"
was true that Harlow Baxter u- the ulur-
derer- IL was true that The ra aci silent
man AT number eight machine w.- q ne other
than he who had killed Ncnlos ISL the same
man who day by dav, had wacc-,- --e Gradual
unfolding of Nenlo 5 story with g ~ wing chiI
OF fear and haunting dread AZ -.-- had come
the day when MEMO had sent .v ms secret
cipher the location OF the poison
Baxter. IN the confession to--. . --:r MS
cell. had told how the fear ot rs had
grown quickly into certainty Ii. tef0re
HIM the picture If life AZ hard with
the single idea II ending the uliS,- that
was his and rIghtinS the terr. .- = 70
MenlO, Baxter had written his and
Stranglcd himself. In the hur-la5 Il
man eager for death Baxter had --eat
forgery IN his Younger DAYS --,Ieu
thouSandS Of dollars from Alic5 N her
while paving suit q the d4--a- one
knew i but she
He had come back that t--.., or
money. She had refused h.u. -- c-
suited and threatened her art
her cab. She had gone dire
laboratory TO seek his pro-.. 81 n a-. ..t----
BaXter'S arrest. Baxter -- -H-- she .l.-
reveal his forgery before --e- h.i-
followed her o. make a .-
He had witnessed the ScJ- -.- -nt
NenlO. had watched Men -r- --t
then stolen into the labor
II WAS her scream II ~.- ..".
clerk had heard which -a .,..-- --'