The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-28

woman that accompanied the reporter
They made rather a striking couple
Crawford blonde. tall and athletic
looking, the woman brown-eyed
brown-haired and brown-clad. slender
and girlIsh. grave and somewhat SAT
Of face, but unmistakably pretty
Crawford was giving her a good dea
OF attention. which probably accounted
for what occurred a little later. She
paused, hesitant. as they approached
The sergeants chair and let Crawford
go on ahead. Roacn had known Craw
ford a long time. and known him. per
force, well; also. II had been to the
interest of each to be on good terms
with the other Now the sergeant
reached a hand and tapped the re
porter gently on the shoulder. Mighty
pretty girl" he grinned.
Crawford flushed in manner quite
unusual with him. Mrs. Benton is
a new member OF the Press staff," he
said. We've come down on that
knock-out-drops case; Ryan tele-
phoned me. We're going to feature
II, and she's to do the woman"
The sergeant stole a glance at the
girl. who had retired little and was
looking down the Jail corridor. RE.
porter?' he observed. Guess she
ain't been at It long. Mrs. eh? Well.
widows are the hull thing. nowadays.
Wish / was in your place" 4.
Crawford flushed again, and paused
In the act Of taking out his notebook.
Mrs. Benton's husbands In the east, "
he said somewhat frigidly, shooting a
not altogether friendly glance at
Roach from under his eyebrows. Slip
ping quietly and casually from under
the sergeants hand, he continued
taking out the notebook. saying in his
most business-like tone: Give us a
few pointers on the case, can't you,
sergeant. for a starter? Ryan's going
10 see me about II when he comes
on"
A stranger had been found robbed
and murdered In a hotel and man
and woman caught while leaving the
place arrested
After getting particulars OF the
crime and arrest. Crawford turned
to look after his companion. Guess
we'd better get down TO business
and take our look at EN-" he said.
He called the girl. and he and
the sergeant went forward. snd
he introduced her-for this was
business; she might want to come
again-alone. The three walked down
the corridor together The Jail war
den met them. ilngllng HIS keys. The
sergeant spoke word to him and left
them. The warden returned and un.
locked door, and they entered an
other corridor. A grave, middle-aged
woman came out of a sideroom and
Crawford introduced her to Mrs Ben
ton as the matron. The four passed |
on together. Women, or the sem
blance of them, iaered at them from
the big cages and from private cells
as they went. Part way down the cor
ridor the matron paused and spoke |
name through the grating Mrs
Brown!" she said. tapping on the bars
10 draw attention.
The matron went through the for.
nality of an Introduction between the
prisoner and her visitors, and the
woman reporter began: I'm from the
Evening Press. Mrs. Brown. and we
ire interested--I. as a woman, more
,ver. am interested--to let the public
Snow anything You may have TO say
about"
But she never got any further The
whose dilated eyes had
lever left her face from the instant
II introduction. began backing away,
moaning In hysterical manner. and
rom moaning fell to crying. and
rom crying to screaming. throwing her
kirt over her face and crouching in
he far corner of the cell as If seek.
ng to escape from some terror that
pursued inexorably The matron re-
aonstrated, finally entering the cell
n the endeavor to calm the tempest
hat had been evoked-but in vain. At
asst Crawford suggested: Perhaps
ou'd better come with me for a few
and return later" The
iatron nodded approval to this propo-
ition, behind the prisoners back. and
he visitors retired AS they passed
trough the door of the woman's ward
hey heard the laments redoubled be-
ind them.
Down another corridor the warden
ID them. and again they paused at the
oor of a cell The man in the cell
as lying upon his cot. his back to
le door. Asleep said the warden.
Been SO for an hour. went in and
,oked at him, about half an hour ago,
nd he was sound Sleepin' off his
rink. Had a good deal in him when
e come in He ratified the door in
S iron casing Wake up there. John
,n!" he called. You've got com
any" 4,
There was no sign from the man in {
le cell. and the warden called again I
with a like result: and again. J
ina1ly, receiving no response what
yer to his efforts. he unlocked the )
,or OF the cell and went and bent I
fer the man and took him by the /