The Washington times., 1910-03-15
The Standing Alb Of H. StanIeigh StOrme
William Hamilton Osborne--

siduity and perseverance, but without
success. But Storme avoided enJ2n6-
IuG alliances OF any kiud-at least, ne
h2p done SO thus far
To an men ne was the same COuruy
gentleman.
Whatever Of mystery had attended
MS advent was dispcIlcd as the years
went on, and now IL. Stauieigh S1Orme
Was q nlIch better known man than
many an uld-timc resident OF the place.
IL was small wonder. therefore, that
ue town U"uh-poched the charge upon
Wllch he was being tried
the court room was oyerCrOWded-
oNeIcIu"ded with the beauty and the
tliIaifl, tne wealth and the aristocracy
OF the place.
i was a gay and interesting sight.
aug M else.
s,orme sat at one Of the tables inside
lht TdiliuS, with his counsel next 10
hih- lie laced the jury but as he did
SO turned now and then apparently to
seek some familiar face IN the audience.
taFtI5 found d., he simply raised HIs
eEe+r"Ns significantly. lie did rot nod
he teit that il was unfair tc his
4flenGs TO do It, he preferred to
await the issue Of the trial
II at these times he sought the face
. OF MISS Helen DumOnt he was disap-
pointed. She was not there, nor in fact.
were very many OF the very exclusive
stu storme kept his eyes rowing
..-e D4cN ana forth among the crowd until
Burke-a plain clothes man-was on.
,iie stand. be had just been sworn
me prosecutor leaned against the rail-
ilE IN an easy, careless manner. Burke
looked first al the jury and then az the|
prosecutor.
Shall ] tell my story. sir?" he said.
les' tell your story. Burke as
senjed the other.
fn
1T wes on the Jwenty-third Of last
month he began. Il was ordered up
town on special duty. II don't make
no difference where j vast was the
night o. that anarchist row iu the hall
up there. j got through 40 ten minutes
after L
'It was bad nlrht-buckets full
q rain an hurricane 10 back Il up.
j. was fierce An dark as pitch. too
Half the lights were out
II bad % walk from ManninE's Hall
up there way across town. There
weren't any cars, except about once an
hour tnrt time o. night an 7 had TO
ger pack To headquarters an report"
Well now. BurFe.' interrupted the
district attorney, ''tc / us Just what hap
Uened. and tax a , Q more slowly"
Burke nodded Az D.
We'll" continued 3urEp. leaning over
coUfdeuiaIly toNal- the jury box. I'd
reached about Monroe an lafayette
streets when 7 heard the sound or
night stick somewheres IN the vicinity.
knew hy the sound st wasn't a rounds
man. an 7 stopped ~ locate &c..
Then 7 set out on n dead run for the
place About two blocks away ru1
into officer oConneN. He wasn't rap
pin then cause. 7 suppose. he'd rea "a
mo coming. T knew C0muthiuu was uD.
Tor he was long past due m that place
af that time ~ UIEHf--''
'Ts he heree" Interrupted the dis
srrs e. ei-.. ~-~-f-,-ot +,- --t.-,---
There he SITS. ST. Wei. O'Conueu.
The counsel for the defense spranz
Never mind what o-Couner said
DO Iuteruoso5
The witness eno-teF and began again.
"Ir consequence continued f0 with
q triumphant smile ar the prisoners
saton 7 had with OCouneH ~ that
co~rr---'
Vow. what .co-ner2' imnatlertly de-
uau1cS -ho prisoners counsel
''The corner Of washington md Mon
~on.- returned the witness. 'Tr youII
give me time TT tell T0u ali there iE
t0 tell AT tho corner of Washington
an Monroe ~e an O'C0nneH had q con
rrr-a+Ion. am E0 consequence OF that
7 went with h'at - the unv. corner. /
Washington avenue and Fi--' street
That's what did sir
"WoN. what did v0u flUd thc~e7" ask
"a the district attorney "Go on
''T found tnig bank there sir, on tho
southwest ~0-Der-AIo-daunfs Bank. sir. l
An O'C0rreH told me"
The prisoners counsel again Jumped
% his feet
What did vou 40. Burke inquired
the district atto-neT- Tell ne what you
well" replied Burke uncertainty. "T|
6l7nt do nofhin' just then went
up on the stOoD and looked through
tho little hole IN the outside doors, and
didn't see but that everything looked
an tight an told O'Co1nell--"
That is TO say. SIR be continued
hastily "T STAYED there with C'CorueU
for a time about ten minutes I should
say And here's where the queer thing
hauUeued. gentlemen, and Burke
var~cd up now that he had reached
the interesting stage
Me aud O'CouueU was Just startin'
fu to reC0uuoitcr when we heard a big
racket az the front door-iLS on the
corner cater-c0ruerCd Ike. II was
tEa yosribuIe inside door he tackled
first o. course -U. we heard some bolts
shoot back; n then alI OF a sudden
something snaps very quick and loud.
and the oie iron doors opens out. and
"a fellow comes down the front steps.
He didn't come down riGht away. either
for He saw MS there. We feazed him
as T said. it was dark an rairin'
ritrhforge but we could see this fellow
come down an right. me an O'Conuell
an we both snapped our lanterns ot
rim az the same time. So we had MIN
Iu q light that was double strength.
An the fellow had on q high hat
one o' them dull looking things, not a
regular -t0voUipC-au fun dreSS-We
could see iust q hit Of his sEirt-an' q
long 0yerCoat. Theu's the first things
we noticed.
"Au. if he hadn't turned round when
the light flashed on him we'd uabbcd
him then an there But he did turu
round am looked az Us-ar' vOu could
a. Knocked us bot0 down with feather
me an O'CornojI-for- we knew the
man well, both of uS did.
"Weu. to make a long story short.
while we was both Staudin' there para
fvzrG with heart disease pretty near. an
/ both of MS with guns, the fellow turned
an made for IL. an Us after him-nis
an O'CounelL
.'[Ved "a caught him. too hut for It's
nciu' such q night nIt n was 50 dark
an so windy. we couldn't track him BY
si-ut or hr sound, 60 finally we lost HIM
an give 70 up for good
"Wo came back To the hank and 7
STAYED there while O'COnnell went for
Young Mr. Nordauut. an he dressed
himself an come an we found that
everything had been smashed Open-it
was done clever. too. an sixty thousand
dollars an some cents was gone clean"
'Did you find ANYTHING clse2' inquired
/ the prosecutor.
''E0t chat night" responded Burke
"hUt the next day we found that one o
/ the side W indCv-s had been entered The
/ bars were sawed clean apart, an stuck
I together again with some kind O. stun
Ar the window pane had been cut an
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