Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-09
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and address Of the girl II this matter
comes into court we should know all the
facts"
"Oh. hang Doremus and the girl" pour
ing out another glass Of wine I'm sick
OF the whole business. ] want to know IL
there is not some way TO clear the whole
thing up. Why can't we make a clean
breast OF t. and tell the police all we know
and have that fellow caught and tried? We
haven't done anything wrong I'm sick Of
all this worry"
mo one seems to be worrying about It
but yourself, Mr.. Hartley remarked the
doctor " l have no bother. Douglas is en-
joying himself"
Yes" put in Groscup; Il was thinking
of cabling Douglas to come home as soon
as he pleased. l thought the whole thing
had blown over; but this puts new aspect
on the case. The first thing we know.
that girl will be going TO the police and
asking them to find Maxwell as she calls
him That is II she is sufficiently inter
ested in him. Where did he pick her up,
wunder?'
Brought letters to her family from the
old country, James says But they're for
geries, of course That's one of the lodges
of that Ardmore gang you know. They
always get good introductions to some wo-
man to use a tool to circulate their
counterfeits"
And pray what has the Ardmore gang
to do with this case?' demanded the law
yer, evidently astonished at the connection
of ideas
"Oh, nothing" said Hartley quickly TAX
ing another swallow of wine. Il just hap
pened to think it was probably common
dodge among criminals, and having heard
the Ardmore gang used it, probably Max
well used it
But Maxwell is not a criminal, If he is
Fletcher"
NO, that's So But of course he reads
the papers; and he probably read that the
Ardmore gang used that trick to get ac-
quainted with nice girls
That would mean that he forged let
ters and 1t would also prove him to be
the originator, not the imitator; because he
must have been acquainted with her long
before the Ardmore gang got into the
papers," and the lawyer looked at the doc
tor, who was simply smiling to himself and
apparently enjoying the confusion into
which Hartley was plunged.
We'll" exclaimed Hartley Suddenly, Tets
cut that all Quit We're wasting time. What
I want to know is, why we can't go to
the police with the whole story and sleep
nights"
Groscup smiled. 1.-THE first step they would
take would be to put the whole lot of you
in jail, and to institute extradition pro-
ceedings for my client Mr.. Douglas. You
gentlemen would be obliged to confess that
you deliberately instigated Fletcher to rob
Maynard; hired him, in fact, as you prom
Used to pay him for the job. While l have
my own theory of the truth of the case
the police theory would probably be that
there were some hitch in carrying out the
original plan Of the robbery and that
Fletcher was determined to have the
money and did not stop at violence After
you had all been put through the third de-
gree to find out what you knew about
Fletcher's antecedeuts, this girl you speak
of would be arrested. and you would
probably lie in jail until her letters of in
PRODUCTION were traced. 1 am very much
afraid, Mr. Hartley, IL what you tell us
is true. that the police will be Informed
quickly enough without you hurrying mat
tiers. II seems to me that the first steI
should be to see that young lady and muz
zle her, regardless Of expense Have you
any idea of her class? Would money bC
an object?"
Mr. Hartley was too dazed by the law
yer's portrayal Of the possible consequences
of recent events to answer. The doctor re
peated the question.
The grill Oh, she's a sumner! James
is quite gone on her. Miss Ohlstrom is the
name she gave; probably false. Have NJ
idea where she lives. though. johnson
knows all about that
And pray who Is Johnson p"
Hartley had TO take long pull at the
wine before he could answer this ques
ton. well, to tell you the truth, boys
Of course. this is sub rosa; because I'm
married man, you know-but took quiz
fancy to the young lady myself. stun
ming figure, you know. and all that. So
just had one of the men in the office
Johnson, follow her home to wher,