The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-26


The stepson strove to rally him to his
senses Jones closed his eyes. What
might have heen pnantom o. over
heated Imagination now became .
fearful reality. The stepson was now
almost paralyzed with fear A. Jones
slipped from his chair to the door.
Was he dead or alive? He uttered
a low and suppressed moan as his lank
and livid body was laid upon the bed
and stripped OF all its valuablss. Ths
stepson, thoroughly In earnest. wanted
to take Jones overcoat. but Reed said
1t would be dangerous. as 1t might
lead to detection.
l now leave the horrors of this occar
sion to the imagination Of the reader.
The two survivors suddenly left ths
hotel and crossed over to JerSsy City
ana took lodging at Taylor's hotel
where they registered under assumed
names. as they had done previously -
the Merchants. It was late In ths
evening when they went to bed.
They had left the Merchants hotsa
late In the afternoon. Jones. the sup
posed drugged countryman. was not
quite as dead A. the judges stspso0
thought him to be. He. too. was .
skilled pretender
Soon after his entertainers had II
ken their departure he. possum-nks.
from the brandy bottle that was LETT
upon the table. and made his way at
once to the government secret service
once. where he told the story Of his
adventure and received further In
structions. This so-called Jones was
detective OF marked ability. He could
assume almost any character and Do
oeive the best educated criminal. yst
withal an honest. faithful servant to
the government
At an early hour on the following
morning at Taylor's hotel Reed pre-
tended to be taken suddenly sick with
cramp in his stomach. He loft his
roommate and went below. A short
time afterwards he rushed back into
the bedroom and informed the judges
stepson with trembling voice that
they must get out Of the place in q
hurry or they would be arrested. Reed
a slip from newspaper. He handed
1t to the judges stepson. who, on
glancing at 1t hastily. at once sprang
out Of bed.
1t was a sensational article and bore
the appearance Of having been clipped
from a newspaper. As a matter Of
fact. however, 1t had been printed at
the New York Tribune Job odice. 1t
was nice piece Of deception and read
as follows:
A Brutal Murder and Robbery.
Another OF those outrageous and
dastardly murders which have 30
recently startled the community
occurred in this city yesterday af-
ternoon. the particulars of which
are as follows: It appears that
shortly after dark last evening
well dressed man, apparently
thirty-five years of age, was found
by the police lying near the foot
of CORTLAND street In an insensi-
BILE condition. He was taken to the
police station, where restoratives
were administered, and when he
had revived sum ciently he stated
that his name was p R. Jones and
that he was from Fort Wayne.
ind
Mr.. Jones was removed to the city
hospital last evening, where he be-
came delirious and died about nine
o'clock. The police are on the
track Of the murderers, who are
supposed to be from Baltimore or
Washington, as the clerk at the
hotel states that they came in just
after the arrival of the Washing
ton train. The clerk is positive he
can identify them.
A frightful ghost had risen and was
standing in It's most horrible form be-
fore the now half-crazed stepson. The
rope of the hangman was looming up
before his eyes. He did not even
take time to wash his face, so great
was his anxiety to leave New York be-
hind him. Even the very air he
breathed seemed tainted with the foul
odor of his crime. 1t was thought to
be dangerous to travel by rail at first.
and they started away on foot. and
finally concluded to make their way
to New Orleans.
Reed was, of course, the ruling
spirit and was carrying out the plan
they had agreed upon. They doubled
back and forth with the object Of put
ting imaginary pursuers OF the track.
Reed was seeking delay for the pur-
pose of gaining time. When the pair
orrived at New Orleans about the first
thing that met their eyes was hand
bill posted in the depot describing the
fugitives and Offering reward for
their arrest and conviction. Staring
at the bill with beads Of perspiration
starting upon his brow the judges
stepson nearly collapsed. He was
careworn, downhearted and ready to
auift ateann could