The Montgomery tribune., 1910-11-25


nerve to perform.
Step by step Jones became drowsy.
The stepson strove to rally him to his
senses. Jones closed his eyes. What
might have teen a pnantom o. over
heated imagination now became a
fearful reality. The stepson was now
almost paralyzed with fear as Jones
slipped from his chair to the floor.
Was he dead or alive? He uttered
low and suppressed moan as his lank
and livid body was laid upon the bed
| and stripped Of all It's 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 Taylors hotel,
where they registered under assumed
names, as they had done previously at
the Merchants. 1t was late In the
evening when they went to bed.
They had left the Merchants hotel
i ldlc tuc dlttEuOOu. JOutb, thC bup-
posed drugged countryman, was not
quite as dead as the judges stepson
thought 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 a drink
from the brandy bottle that was left
upon the table, and made his way at
once to the government secret service
office, where he told the story of his
adventure and received further In
structions This so-called Jones was q
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
lit to the judges stepson, who, on
glancing at 1t hastily, at once sprang
out Of bed.
1t was a sensational article and bore
the appearance of having been clipped
from a newspaper. AS matter OF
fact, however, 1t had been printed al
the New York Tribune job Office. II
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
we'll 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
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 bs
| fore the now half-crazed stepson. Th
| rope of the hangman was looming u
| before his eyes. He did not eve
| take time to wash his face, so grea
was his anxiety to leave New York b'
hind him. Even the very air h
breathed seemed tainted with the TO,
o. odor of his crime. 1t was thought
be dangerous to travel by rail at frs
and they started away on foot an
- finally concluded to make their wa
to New Orleans.
REED was. of course, the rulin
a spirit and was carrying out the pla
% they had agreed upon. They double
back and forth with the object of pu
30 ting imaginary pursuers off the trac
ne Reed was seeking delay for the pu
&C. pose of gaining time. When the pa
IN arrived at New Orleans about the fir
thing that met their eyes was han
2" bill posted in the depot describing II
fugitives and offering reward II
their arrest and conviction. Starir
~. at the bill with beads OF perspiratie
ed starting upon his brow the judge
~ stepson nearly collapsed. He WI