The Arvada enterprise., 1910-11-25

' Jones closed his eyes. What
lave teen phantom o. over
noA.eu Imagination now became
ieariul reality. The stepson was now
Amos. paralyzed with fear as Jones
snppeu ifon his chair to the floor.
| vas De dead or alive7 He uttered
low and suppressed moan as his lank
anu n'ld body was laid upon the bed
Anu suipped of all It's valuables. The
s'epSoA' thoroughly in earnest, wanted
70 take Jones' overcoat, but Reed said
would be dangerous, as It might
lead to detection.
| noS leave the horrors of this occa-
sion 10 the imagination of the reader.
| le two survivors suddenly left the
notel and crossed over to Jersey City
Anu 'ooK lodging at Taylor's hotel,
"hefe they registered under assumed
nanes, as they had done previously at
tne Merchants. 1t was late in the
evening when they went to bed.
lhey had left the Merchants hotel
iate In the afternoon. Jones, the sup
posed drugged countryman, was. not
quite as dead as the judges stepson
tnousht him to be. He. too. was
Skilled pretender.
Soon after his entertainers had ta-
Ken their departure he, possum-like.
came to life, got up and took drink
from the brandy bottle that was left
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
sructions. This so-called Jones was a
detective of marked ability. He could
assume almost any character and de-
ceiVe the best educated criminal. yet
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
a cramp in his stomach. He left his
roommate and went below. A short
time afterwards he rushed back into
the bedroom and informed the judges
stepson with a trembling voice that
they must get out Of the place in a
hurry or they would be arrested. Reed
said that while downstairs he had torn
a slip from a newspaper. He handed
It to the judges stepson, who, on
gancing at 1t hastily, at once sprang
out of bed.
1t was a sensational article and bore
the appearance of having been clipped
from newspaper. AS matter OF
fact, however. 1t had been printed at
the New York Tribune job office. 1t
was a nice piece Of deception and read
as follows:
A Brutal Murder and Robbery.
b Another of those outrageous and
dastardly murders which have 30
reo~ptiy startled the community
occurred in this city yesterday af-
ternoon, the particulars OF which
are as follows: 1t appears that
shortly after dark last evening a
4 well dressed man, apparently
thirty-five years of age, was found
by the police lying near the foot
of Courtland street in an insensi-
BILE condition. He was taken to the
police station, where restoratives
were administered, and when he
( had revived sufficiently 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 wa!
standing in Its most horrible form be
fore the now half-crazed stepson. The
rope of the hangman was looming W
before his eyes. He did not ever
take time to wash his face, SO grea
was his anxiety to leave New York be
hind him. Even the very air ht
breathed seemed tainted with the fou
odor of his crime. 1t was thought tt
be dangerous to travel by rail at first
and they started away on foot, anC
hnally concluded to make their way
to New Orleans.
Reed was, Of course, the ruling
spirit and was carrying out the plar
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
arrived at New Orleans about the first
hing that met their eyes was hand
bill posted In the depot describing the
Iugitives and offering a reward Tor
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
speed away as swift as steam could
carry him. In the course Of time the
lugitives arrived at Brownsville. Tex.
From this point received note from
Reed saying that they intended to
cross the Rio Grande and work their
way to the City of Mexico.
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