The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21


So l yelled for the police, and one
came all right and he bit all right, and
II this man McGinnis hadn't hit him
with something couldn't see what
1t was, but it may have been the same
thing he hit me with--if he hadn't hit
him and thrown him OF his balance,
they'd be lying there now with the
janitor, and the cop would have me
lied up in some safe place where he
could come for me tomorrow morning
after he'd put on his citizens clothes.
Then we were to start off for my bank
together so l could draw $4,000 in
cash for him and $1,000 for myself
with which to get away on.
OF course. didn't know which was
the right bank TO go to. and 1t wouldn't
have done me any good il I had. I'd
have started off for some big bank and
then I'd have had d chance. either on
the way there or inside. to give the cop
the slip. 1t would have been good
chance, too. I've learned a few dodg-
| ing tricks these last few months"
Bruce looked UP from his writing
There's one thing. Joyce" said he,
: that | want especially to fine. out
can't quite understand It, 1t threw us
OF on the wrong track | mean 1t
made us think from the hrst that that
body was yours. How did it come to
| lie wearing that undershirt? 1t wasn't
lis, was it,
The man in the chair laughed.
No. it wasn't" he said. 1t was
mine He laughed again
So 1t fooled you, did it," he went
on. I'D forgotten about that shirt
and I've been wondering all the time
why you felt SO sure was Greening.
couldn't make it out, though that's
just what | planned to have happen
before | changed my mind
You see, my first idea was to put
my shirt on him. Then If the body
was ever found 1t would be wearing a
{ shirt marked with my name John
! joyce. Then. as | would be missing,
: it would be taken for granted by our
! ,!ever police that the body was mine.
I Then TOO. IL my connection with
,ireening had been discovered. II might
! Sc supposed that he had killed me and
MAS hiding That would explain his
( disappearance. too.
But. after I'd put the shirt on him,
| saw the great flaw in all that So
cut off the marking tape and must have
let it fall on the floor"
That seems all right to me-" OBJ.
served the Managing Editor What
was the a!a~ in It. IT. .
The man in the chair laughed very
bitterly.
What have | done all this for?"
he exclaimed hoarsely " WHY have I
spent night after night chasing a devil
through the streets? Why have
risked my life in his hands? Why
have put myself in line for the chair?
Why Can't you see Why For her
For her. To save her To get her
back. too, II ] could. but first to save
her from him And you ask me Why
cut on that tape why. it's as plain
as day why I did t. Can't you see
Il it,"
He paused and swallowed hard
Why" he went on again. CAM
you see that il I'd left that name on
I'd have had TO disappear? Suppose
didn't: suppose | kept on working al
the factory and the body was found
with shirt on II with my name or
IT. the body couldn't be mine, could
1t? And then, too. ia be suspected
right away OF having had something
TO do with It.
So. you see, IL I'd left that tap,
on, I'd have had to disappear and wha
would that have meant? Why, tina
I'd have had to lose her-and afte
saving her from him. too
The speaker vet his lips once more