The Washington times., 1910-03-15

sidUity and perseverance, but without
success But StOrme avoided enJang-
ms alliances OF any kInd-aL least, ne
h2u done SO shus far
gentleman.
Whatever Of mystery had attended
his advent was dispcllcd as the years
went ON, and now II. Stanieigh StOrmt
was a much better known man than
many an uld-time resident Oi the place
IL was small wonder, therefore, thai
the town uruh-pDGhed the charge upon
WHICH ne was being tried
ihc court room was UNerCrOWded-
oNeicrO%dcd with the beauty and the
cnit airy. me wealth and the aristOcracy
OF the place
1t was a say and interesting sight.
more Ike an afternoon recepuOn tnan
dusht else.
atorme SAT AT one of the tables inside
me railing, with his counsel next 10
4 ann. / q laced the jury. but as le did
so tuin ad now and then apparently to
( seek so me familiar face iu the audience.
IatlHS found IL, he simply Iased uis
eEe2f"WS significantly. he do not nod
ms head.
lie 1elJ mat 1t was unfair to mis-
friends 10 do H. de preferred 20
await the issue Of the trial
II al these times he sought the face
Oh MISS Helen DumDut he was dlsap-
pointed She was not there, nor in fact
we're very many OF the very exclusive
Stu Storme kept his eyes rowing
, D1cN ana forth among the crowd until
. the trial began.
B1rke-a PLAIN clothes man-was on
] me stand. He had just been sworn.
me prosecutor leaned against the nail
ing IN an easy, careless manner. Burke
.o2ked first az the jury and then at the
prosecution
Shall ] tell my story. sir?" ne said.
Yes, tell your story. Burke" as
seuted the other
The witness turned 10 the jury.
1T was on the twenty-tlird of last
month"; he began Il was ordered up-
/ town ou special duty II don't make
no clH.-fuCr where I vast vas the
night thar anarchist row IN the hail
. I'D there got through az ten minutes
'It was bad night-buckets full
O. rair an a hurricane 10 back Il uD.
u was fierce An dark as pitch. too
half the lights were out.
"L had 10 walk from Manninr's Hall
HHreuf any cars, except about once an
hour that time o. night an 7 had 10
get back 10 headquarters an report
Well now. Burke" interrupted rae
district attorney, "teiI us fus- what Hr7-
uened, and talk bit more SLOWLY"
Burke nodded again.
We'll continued Burke. leaning over
confdenualiy toward the jury box, I'd
streets when 7 heard the sound OF
night stick someWheres in the vicinity.
+ knew by the sound it wasn't a rounds
man. an 7 stopped 20 locate &c.
Then T set ont on dead run f0~ the
place About Two blocks awav tsn
into Officer O'ConurU He wasn't rap
pin tren, cause, 7 suppose. he'd heard
me coming. T knew something was ...
for he was long rast due AZ that riace
Pr THAT -tu0 ~ nigHt--
.Ts h- heree' Interrupted the dis
tr.r+ ATTORNEY.
'TTa IS. Sir" continued the witness.
there he sits. Ei-. Wei. oCor2eI.
Tho counsel FOR The defense sprsnv
90 h'S feet
''2-ever Mind what O-Couueu said"
The witness sno-ted and began again.
"Tn consequence continued he with
triumphant smile ar tho prisoner
at-0r- c~-''t0 consequence ~ q coUvpr-
satioa ] had with 0.ConneH At that
Vow. what corner?" ImpatientIv se-
Wan1of rho prisoners counsel
The corner of washington and Mon
~re. returned the witness. 'TT y0uT
Give me time TT tell Won aN there IS
o. tel At tho corner % washington
am Monroe me an O'C0uueTT had p con
Vcrva-ion- an On CONSEQUENCE OF that
7 went with him 20 tho next corner.
Washington avenue and First street.
That's what T dI5. sir."
wen. what did Won find taere2., ask
ca the district attorUc-. co on
ct found t'{s bank there. sir. on tho
southwest ~o~uer-0F0~dauut' Bank. sf- /
AM O'ConneU told me-
Tire prisoners counsel again Jumped
what di6 vou 10, Burke Inquired
the diftr'ct atto-ue'. TEL rs what YOU
"7veu.. replied Burke urcertalnl.. y
didn't do uo-hin' Just then. went
gr on the et0op and looked through
tho 1it-lc hole y0 the outside doors and
T didn't sec nut that every thing looked
an right an 7 told O'Co7nell-
THAT IS 20 say, sir be continued
hastily. "I STAYED there with O'ConueI
for a tsue. about ten minutes, [ should
say. And here's where the queer thing
happened, gentlemen, and Burke
warmed mp now that he had reached
tho Interesting stage.
Me aud OC0uneU was just startiu
i- 20 reCDUnoi-er when we heard a big
corner. cater-cOrnercd Ike. It was
the vestibule inside door he tackled
first. O. course. n we heard some bolts
shoot back n then alI 0f q sudden
and tho big iron doors opens out. and
a. fellow comes down no front steps
he didn't come down rir 7t away. either
for he ssw us there. W." fcazed him "a
AS 7 said. it was lark an raiuin'
vitchf0rEe nut we could sec this fellow
come down an right, me an O'ConuelL
an we both snapped or lanterns o."
him ar the same time. s. we had him
iU q light that was double strength.
An the fellow had on q high hat
ono o them duU looking things, not a
. regular -tovepipe-an fuIl dress-we
could SEQ Just a hit OF his shirt-au'
long overeoat. Theirs the first things
we noticed
AN ir he hadn't turned round when
the Ifgnt flashed on him we'd a uabbed
htm then an there But he did tuTr
round am looked az US-au' You could
Knocked us bCtn down with n feather
me an O'T0Uu0Il-fOr We knew tho
man well. both of MS did.
''Ncl. 90 make long story short.
while we was both stauciu' there para
lyzed with heart disease pretty near. an
/ both of MS with guns, the fellow turned
ar made for IL, an US after him-nse
an O-ConneIl
Wed "a caught him. too hUt for its
hrin' such night but 70 was so dark
an SO windy. we couldn't track him hv
sight O. hv sound. so finally we lost him
an give e. uD for good.
we came back to the hank and 7
STAYED rhero while O'COuncll went for
Young Mr. NoTdaunt. an he dressed
himself an come, an We found that
everything had been srna shed Open-it
was done clever. too. an sixty thousand
dollars an some cents was gone clean"
Did -ou fnd ANYTHING clse?' inquired
tho prosecutor
"hur the next day we found that one %
the side v in1CvS had been entered. The
bars We're sawed clean apart, an stuck
to@ethCr again with some kind O stuff
An the win 7Ow pane had been cut an
. forced an the niece that he'd cut out