The new era., 1910-12-01

Step by step Jones became drowsy.
The stepson strove to rally him to his
senses. Jones closed his eyes. What
might have been phantom o. over
heated Imagination now became
fearful reality. The stepson was now
almost paralyzed with fear as Jones
slipped from his chair to the floor.
Was he dead or alive7 He uttered
low and suppressed moan as his lank
and lvid body was laid upon the bed
and stripped of all its valuables. The
stepson. thoroughly In earnest. wanted
to take Jones' overcoat, but Reed said
1t would be dangerous, as it might
lead to detection.
now leave the horrors Of this occa-
sion to the Imagination of the reader.
The two survivors suddenly left the
hotel and crossed over to jersey CITY
and took lodging at Taylor's hotel,
where they registered under assumed
names. as they had done previously It
the Merchants. It was late In tho
evening when they went to bed.
They had left the Merchants hotsa
late In the afternoon. Jones. the sup
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quite as dead as the Judges stepsoo
thought him to be. He. too. was .
skilled pretender.
Soon after his entertainers had t.
ken their departure he, possum-nks,
came to life. got up and took q 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
| structions. This so-called Jones was
detective of marked ability. He could
assume almost any character and de-
oeive the best educated criminal. yet
withal an honest, faithful servant to
the government.
At an early hour on tho 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
stepson with trembling voice that
they must get out of the place in
hurry or they would be arrested. Reed
said that while downstairs he had torn
slip from a newspaper. He handed
1t to the judges stepson. who. on
glancing at 1t hastily, at once sprang
| out of bed.
1t was sensational article and bore
the appearance OF having been clipped
from newspaper. AS a 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.
Another OF those outrageous and
dastardly murders which have so
recently 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
we'll dressed man, apparently
thirty-flve years Of age. was found
by the police lying near the foot
of Courtland street in an insensd-
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
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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 was
standing in Its most horrible form be-
fore the now half-crazed stepson. The
rope Of the hangman was looming up
before his eyes. He did not even
take time to wash his face, SO great
was his anxiety to leave New York be-
hind him. Even the very air he
breathed seemed tainted with the foul
odor of his crime. 1t was thought to
be dangerous to travel by rail at first.
and they started away on foot, and
finally concluded to make their way
to New Orleans.
Reed was, of course, the ruling
spirit and was carrying out the plan
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
thing that met their eyes was hand
bill posted in the depot describing the
fugitives and offering reward for
their arrest and conviction. Staring
at the bill with beads of perspiration
starting upon his brow the judges
stepson nearly collapsed. He was