The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-02-10
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when he turned coldly to Pinckney.
81 am not questioning you. Mr.
Plnckney. may question you short
ly, and hope when do you'l be a.
eager to answer Then he turned
back to the ratified witness. WAS
Smith disc hargcdI"
IL think So" faltpred the head
draughtsmau. He was drunk. and hp
was discharged because Mr. Durant
never allows that"
when was he disrhurgedr'
81 don't remember exactly"
But he's working In Meadville IN
your new plant now. isn't hep came
the next sharp question that brought a
startled surprise to Mr.. Durant, be-
cause one of the cardinal rules OF the
Durant works was never to take back
a man discharged for inefIiciency OF
drunkenness.
The steel man turned In his chair TO
look sharply at pinckney, for Pinckney
was also acting manager of the Mead.
vile plant. The question had thrown
Pinckney into u secret panic, while
Marsh was openly nustered. II this
detective had found Smith carefully
hidden away under an assumed name
in the Meadville plant what might he
not know?
Il heard he was in Meadville."
faltered the conspirntor under fire.
He looked appca!'ngly at Pinckney,
but Bradley, the imperturbable. gave
him no rest.
What time OF day did that gun go
into the furnace. MIR. Marsh?"
Again Marsh looked hopelessly for
the help that could not be given.
IL don't know. sir" he said at last.
Bradley lifted his eyebrows. sur
prised.
But you told Lieutenant Sommers
II was going In at 0 o'clock" he said
sternly. Didn't you tell him thatT"
The witness was in panic now. He
did nor know which way to turn.
Mr.. Durant was looking at him
sharply. The shrewd steel man was
beginning to realize that there was
back Of all this, something
and he sat there. his
face getting grimmer and grimmer and
his jaws setting harder with each sharp
question and faltering reply-sat there
sternly waiting to administer justice
80 soon as guilt could be proved.
81 think | did" admitted Marsh at
last.
But you don't known persisted
Bradley.
mot for sure" the witness faltered.
The detective said nothing to that.
but his smile spoke volumes. Pinck-
ney saw 1t and moved uneasily.
Marsh caught 1t, and cold chill be-
gan to race up and down his spine
But apparently Bradley was satisfied
along that line, for the next question
branched to another side.
"If the gun had gone in the furnace
at q, when was 1t TO come out, Marshr'
About 2"
And 1t came out at quarter past
IL. so II must have gone In between
3 and 4. mustn't IT."
''Yes. sir. | suppose; ! believe 1t
must SIR" faltered the witness pain
fully.
The next question was put like
shot.
ibid you ever invent a gunf"
Marsh's mouth dropped open. His
face became chalky. His eyes rolled
Rbout the room piteously, seeking for
aid, but none was there. He saw only
the grim, stern face Of Mr.. Durant, the
hard eyes Of Pinckney, with terrible
contempt and fear in back Of them; the
eager, determined look Of Sommers
the anxious fearfulness Of Frances
and, lastly, the cold, calm, deadly smil-
ing man who questioned him. With a
gasp and gulp he managed to collect
himself.
mo. SIR" he said firmly.
what? You mean to tell me you
never invented gunT' demanded
Bradley sternly.
Marsh thought he caught hint OF
disappointment in the tone. and 1t gave
him courage.
But the disappointment, II there was
any, was hidden promptly by the
sneering smile Of the secret service
kuhu dS ne Sulus
"Why, you surprise me, Mr.. Marsh.
Then you don't know Mr.. Rhine
stromT'
mo, sir" he faltered.
Bradley merely smiled.
you've never seen him here. Mr..
Marsh"
mo, sir" reiterated Marsh more
p firmly.
Bradley's next question was still
hurled at the same point.
HAS he ever been at the works, Mr..
MarshT
Marsh looked about again wildly.
II don't know" he blurted at last.
"Ah, very interesting" smiled Brad
ley. "You don't know Mr.. Rhine
strom2 You've never seen him? You
don't know whether or not he's ever
been at the works? You've never In
vented a gun yourself, Of course. And
the one thing you do know is that Mr.
Rhinestrom is the inventor of the CUR
you are in charge Of forging. You are
sure Of that, aren't you, Mr.. Marsh