Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-01-29
Ole RED MOUSE
By
WILLIAM
HAMILTON
OSBORNE
8888888@8

presence.
~The captain wants 20 know what
he's TO DO about this Hargraves muir
der"
Frederick stared hard at him.
"HargraveS murder?' he repeated.
"What HargravesT'
The sergeant went on 20 give him
the facts Frederick the while was
thinking deeply. Finally he interrupt
ed the other with the question.
Look here. sergeant. what was
there 90 prevent Hargraves being shot
down 10y a highwayman or a thug?
Can YOU tell me thatF"
"Odicer Keogh says
Hang Omcer Eeoghr' yelled Brod-
erick. "Keogh is going TO say nothing
/ but what he's told TO say. Look here.
does anybody know who killed Har-
| graves2
/ EMO"
80 FAR so good. Now. then. that's
a dark street isn't &c? And other
| houses as well as Cradlebaugh's have
an opening ON that street haven't
/ they3 I say that this thing wasn't
\ pulled on inside of Cradlcbaugh's. It
I was the work Of au unknown ussas-
/ sin-a thug DO YOU understand he
/ declared cmpbaticaly
/ "Nou want fhc captain Go work 10
! out ou that theory, Isn't that itT'
Il don't want the captain 90 work it
/ ont on ans theory yelled Brodcrick
/ let the captain $50 stlll-do nothing
/ say nothing. I'm doing this thing I'm
/ work ont an the necessary theories
I DO you hcorT'
"rhc captain told me 90 remind YOU
/ that Prosecutor MurCutroyd
Frederick sprang 20 his feet and
| stood Cloweriug over the sergeant
"Murcatroyd, Nobody has to remind
/ me of Murratroyd. ID him. I'm al
ways being reminded OF him. He's the
| only odiccholder in this burg that
/ hasn't got the deccrcy to know that
/ what say goes. Sergeant" ho went
( on conhdentaUy "this is blamed im-
I portont thinc and before ] do any
[ thing I'm coing down town to consult
Mr.. Graham Thoruc. Tu bring him un
/ 20 Cradlehau-h's. You teu your cap
| tain to meet us there ln am hour and
half"
Twenty minutes latcr Frederick wad-
died Into thc private office 90 Graham
Ihoruc. Esq, counselor at law.
"rhornc" hc oXcmimcd. lounrirz
/ back comfortably in 81 chair. "have Won
/ seen about this th'uce 10 you know
/ what happened therc last ufchit"
Thorue smiled grimiy and pointed to
the pile OF morning papers on his desk.
II knew about 30 at 6 o'clock this
morning. I've been waiting FOR you Co
turn up Tor rhc last four hours" There
was note OF superiority m his voice.
which, strange to say Frederick in
uowisc resented
Broderick ever since he had met
Thorne had felt ana admiration for this
/ tan. handsome, dlcuidcd younr man
with che gray just commencing 90
creep in his hair. Thorue possessed all
the qualities that so 90 make up a
clever astute counselor at law. or his
anicccdcnts. Dr. rs true mo one knew
ought He had merely arrived n few
short years before. opened his big law
I Office stalked into the courts and ont
of them, into the clubs and out OF
them. TO cannot bc denied that he
made bis best impression upon laymen
md not upon the lawyers. although
even The members OF the bar conceded
that Thorne had ability. That he earn.
cd great deal OF money was quite
manifest, for DE spent "a with n free
hand if tribe too ostentatiouslv. He
hobnobbed with the best people. knew
everybody worth while. and everybody
worth while knew him. Broderick felt
that II fate could rcgenerate him he
should like 20 be Thorne.
Well" blurted out the politician.
what are you going 10 do about IT."
What are ere going 20 do about it,"
asked the lawyer in turn.
Il can handle the police" Frederick
affirmed.
That goes without saying. But
were up against something more than
the police"
IF Tom Martin or Sam Apgar was
the prosecutor now" walled Broder-
lex, wed have no trouble. They used
10 come TO me regularly for instruc-
tons
Thorne paced the entire length OF
his long private office.
But he protested. Martin isn't
prosecutor. Neither Is Apgar Murga-
troyd is prosecutor. and
"Confound the man. interrupted
Frederick Hes so straight that ne
leans over backward. 1t was he who
said six weeks ago that the Tweedale
suicide was the last straw; that il an
other fracas occurred inside Of Cradle
baugh's II would be goodby to Cradle
baugh's. And now there's this blamed
MURDER
Thorne looked Frederick in the eve
for moment and asked:
DO you know thar this murder han
pened inside Of Cradlebaugh'sY
mo. But I'm satisfied Il did"
Have you talked to Pemmican?"
Frederick stared IN surprise.
mo. But haven't your
ThOrnc shook his head.
You forget that I waited here for
you, Now that you're here, my idea
Is to see Pemmican and get the facts"
The captain OF the - precinct win
be there" explained Broderick. "He
understands that x.oarsro o.,.r.oa -