Emmons County record., 1911-03-09

was asleep. yet considered y strange
ina, he should have selected SO I'm
comfortable a place Then ii occurred
10 han thar b. might be i'll Shakins
I hin ny the shoulder he cried
+ Hey Underwood, what's the mat
terri
/ No response came from the pros
,iate figure Howard stopped loper
@ So better. and aci iden,ally touch
Ing Underwood face found il clam
my and W.T. H. held his hand UP IN
;tv moonlight and saw that il was
covered with blood Horror stricken
he cried
Ny oed' ne bleedlng-he's 5
hurt
What had happened An accident
or worse Cur hls ht felt The man 5
pulse II had ceased to beat Under.
wood N.ss dead
Fer a aom.n' Howard was too
much overcome ty his discovery to
know What 70 ,h' K OF do Nhat
dTsadil tragedy could have hap
pened Carefully srlpias alon the
a'anislpisee n at las, ioand the .lec-
trie tsafion ana turned on lie light.
IaeFa stitched oat on ~ floor lay
Jaa,tw mood NTH . hllller ale in his
lei 'eIaple fsani waleA y ood had
f'ow.d ,r g down en Ms .all.dress
SHIRT L MAS shas'!s sigh, The
man Witt set lace. covered with
crimson s'rean nlaie a rs'IYalsivo
Sf' tac,e On Ne aoor naar 'h.. todv
~as AssAis polished rsyolyer. 5 ii
Sa4ck.ns
ilowari first saplosirion was that
hAae!asS rad entered the place and
that Underwood Had baen Killed while
de:,a.lns MS property He remem
s.ssi naw mat in hiS drunken sleep
= had heard voices N angry alterca.
ton Yet whs hadn't lie called for
assistance Perhaps he had and he
fadllt heard him
He looked al III. clock, and was
surprised 10 iind il was not Vet mid.
night He believed il was al leas,
i've o'clock IN the morning 1t was
evident that nderwood had never
gone 10 bed The shooting had oc.
CURED either While the angry dispute
was going on or after the unknown
visitor had departed, The barrel OF
the revolver was still warm. showing
that it could only have been dis
charged a few moments before Sud
denly il flashed upon him that Under.
Wood might have committed suicide
Eut il MAS useless to stand there
theorizing Something must be done
He must alarm the hotel people or
call the police He felt himself turn
hot and cold by turn as he realized
the serious predicament in which he
himself was placed If he aroused
the hotel people they would find him
here alone with dead man Suspi-
clon would at once be directed at him.
and ii might be very difficult for him
To establish his innocence Who would
believe that he could have fallen
asleep in bed while man killed
himself in the same roomo Ii sounded
The wisest course for
him would be to get away before any.
body came
Quickly he picked up his hat and
made for the door Just as he was
about to lay hand on the handle there
was the click OF latchkey Thus
headed off. and not knowing what TO
do, he halted in painful suspense
The door opened and a man entered.
He looked as surprised to see How
ard as the latter was to see him. He
was clean shaven and neatly dressed
vet did not look the gentleman. His
was rather that of a serv- J
ant All these details flashed before
mind before he blurted out:
Who the devil are you?"
The man looked astonished at the |
question and eyed his interlocutor I
;loseIy, as If in doubt as TO his identi-
" In cockney accent he said
oftily:
! am Ferris. Mr. Underwood's man,
'ir Suspicionsly, he added: Are
fou a friend of Mr. underwood's, sir9"
He might we'll ask the question, for
towards disheveled appearance and
chastity face. still distorted by terror.
vas anything but reassuring. Taken
~ surprise, Howard did not know
What to say and like most people
Questioned at disadvantage, he an
wered foolishly:
Matter9 No What makes you |
hlnk anything is the matter?"
brushing past the man. he added:
It's late I'm going.
Stop minute." cried the man
ervant. There was something in /
towards manner that he did not like.
'assing quickly into the sitting room, I
le called out: Stop minute." But /
Toward did not stop Terror gave
im wings and, without waiting for
he elevator. he was already half way /
own the first staircase when ne
card shouts behind him.
Murder. Stop thief. Stop that
nan. Stop that man..
There was a rush of feet and hum
u voices, which made Howard run
II the faster He leaped down four
teps at a time in his anxiety to get
way But it was no easy matter de-
cending so many flights of stairs. 1t
ook him several minutes to reach the
lain floor.
by this time the whole hotel was
reused. Telephone calls had quick
y warned the attendants, who had
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