Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-10-04

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soon rot rid se Ill ~ frienl ~ M
vent g his room Is think Il ovsr.
He was morally certain thaE dor,unly;
and the man whom 10 had known g ::
boy as George Fordyco wsrs one and.
the same. Fortunately he had always.
liked Fordyce. and he va not dis
posed to do anything that would In
lure him. s7.,-..z.7-.
q course he had heard, q had g.
eryono else IN the Unitad atatas. a
the remarkable campaign Of George.
4ormly Tor the mayoralty Of. New
York. He had not had great>amount
Of personal interest In the matter.
however. But when he. idanti1ed
Gormly with Tordyce, the aRair g
once engaged his keenests at&antion.
Since the day he had left lxill Devil
Camp. he had mover heard one WORD
OF either the man or the woman. He
had supposed. % everyone else had.
that they had persisted IN the storm.
and although their bodies hadt navnr
been recovered there were pla ~ a
reasons to account for that. .
What was he to do? Was.he,to sec
Gormly, or Fordyce as he calledt him.
and put him on his guard? orkWas
he to wait and be governed 81; cir
cumstances7 This was not IN .aesy
problem to decide: but Colonel Bin
Hamilton finally came to the coin,clu.
sion that his best game was tho wait,
lng one. Besides he liked to inlay =
lone hand. and he felt every COM.
dence that he could do It. .
Meanwhile ho determined toA1ort1fv
himself with such evidence a. hq
could secure. and ct the proper time.
II the story was ferreted cut Aand n
attempt was made to make use at II.
he would, "a he phrased It, butt. into
the Gamo! He set the telegram to
work. thsfefarA and presently .receiv.
Cd from his partner in Butte (by ex-
press tin box full Of yeay private
odacial documents. Theres6tsr he
amused himself BY following the, prog
ress Of the campaign and doing, some
highly profitable local investigating On
his own account, the result Of (which
filled him with Joy and satisfaction.
The demonstration Of tho alliance.
between the Gotham Freight Traction
company and the 6achem society. the
publication Of the membership Of Hal
dane and his friends In the traction
company, the exhibition Of it's iniquit.
Gus processes, came Of according to
schedule. Such . storm Of wrath and
indignation rose IN the public breast
after the disclosure as had never
been equaled in any political campaign
In New York.
The storm Was % terrific that tho
administration papers made no At
tempt t. counter It. They oontented
themselves with stating that any dis.
cussion Of the issue or any defense Of
tho accused was inadv1sable in the
present heated state Of public opinion,
and at the proper time. under proper
conditions, the matter would be ,ex-
planned satisfactorily to the unpreju.
diced. Meanwhile the party in power
grimly rot til teeth and under the
able leadership Of the sachem society,
never 20 brilliantly displayed, massed
its cohorts for the final trial Of
strength In the election. now three
days OF. With Ill the machinery In
their hands. with eli the facilities for
promoting fraud at their disposal,
they were nevertheless BY no means
assured that they could % control a.
fairs az to win out.
The stocks Of tho Gotham Hreisht
Traction company had fallen OF terri.
dcally, and every other interest fur.
thered by the syndicate Of which Hal.
dane was the head had suffered &C.
cordingly. Tho city was on tho verge
d tremendous panic. Unrest, On
element, uncertainty. were In the Oh.
The people had besn aroused o. never
before. The great multitude Of them
were resolute and determined TO break
up once and forever the ring that had
dominated the city and put at the head
Of It the man. The members Of the
sachem society and the forces Of the
administration were equally deteJ.
mined that this should not be donAL
Ito be continued)