The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-04-28
CHAPTER vlII.-Continued.

Howard VA at no time an athlete,
md now, contrasted with the burly
policeman, . colossus In strength, he
nsemed like . puny boy. His cringing.
frightened attitude, az he looked up In
The captain's bulldog face. was pathet-
1c. The crowd Of bystanders could hard
y contain their eagerness to take In
every detail Of the dramatic situation.
The prisoner was sober by this time,
md thoroughly alarmed.
What do you want me for?" he
M1ed. Il haven't done anything. The
nan's dead. but I didn't kill him."
-6hut your mouth" growled the
mptain.
Dragging Howard after him, he
made his way to the elevator. Throw
ing his prisoner into the cage. he
turned to give orders to his subord-
hate.
sHaloney, you come with me and
bring Omcer Delaney" Addressing the
pther men, he said: "You other fellers
hook after things down here. Don't
Bet any Of these people come upstairs"
Then. turning to the elevator boy, he
ynvo the command: up with her."
The elevator. with its passengers.
hot upward, stopped with a jerk at
khe fourteenth floor, and the captain,
nmce more laying a brutal hand on
Howard, pushed him out into the cor
Efdor.
r ft could BE- said Of Capt. Clinton
khat he had any system at all, 1t was
DO be q brutal as possible with every
body unlucky enough to fall into his
banda. instead Of regarding his pris-
.nners a. innocent until found guilty,
- they are Justly entitled to be re-
Garded under the law. he took the d.
rsctly opposite stand. He considered
N his p~risouers as guilty as hell until
khs1 had, succeeded in proving them
selves Innocent. Even then he had
No doubts. When a jury brought in
verdict Of acquittal, he shook his
Aead and growled. He had the great
ut contempt for . Jury that would &C.
quit and the warmest regard for a jury
which convicted. He bullied and NAL
treated his prisoners because he frm-
~ believed IN undermining their NOR
n and physical resistance. When by
Aepriving them Of sleep and food. by
nhoking them, clubbing them and
Frightening thSm he had reduced
them to q state Of nervous terror. to
the border Of physical collapse. he
knew by experience that they would
mo longer be In condition to Withstand
his merciless cro3s-examinations. De-
moralized, unstfung, they would blurt
cut the truth and so convict them
selves. The ends Of Justice would thus
D. served.
Capt. Clinton prided himself on the
Thorough manner In which he conduct
"a these examinations of persons In
der arrest. II was a laborious ordeal,
put always successful. He owed his
present position on the force to the
skin with which he browbeat his pris-
6ners into Confessions" With his
third degree" seances he arrived at
results better and more quickly than
n any other way. All his convictions
had been secured by them. The press
md meddling busybodies called his
byotem barbaro1s, q revival OF the old
time torture chamber. What did he
eare what the people said as long as
~ convicted his man? Wasn't that
what he was paid for? He was there
10 and the murderer. and he was 60
lng to do It.
He pushed his way into the apart.
nsnt. followed closely by Maloney and
khe other policemen. who dragged
along the unhappy Howard. The dead
nan still lay whore he had fallen.
Capt Clinton stopped down. but made
- attempt 70 touch the corpse. mere
y e~Akisfyfng himself that Underwood
49, dead. Then. after . casual survey
- he room. 10 said to his sergeant:
We won't touch : thing. Maloney.
mi ~ coroner arrives. He'll b here
~ minuts, and he'll give the order