Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-02

Perhaps other detectives we're already on
that trail, and were about to spring a sur
prise upon him; perhaps to arrest him.
Somehow or other that was his great
dread-arrcst, followed by ridlcule. OF the
two, he feared most the laugh.
lie was in this frame Of mind as he sat
down to lunch at the club, when he hap
pened to see Mr. Groscup, Frank Douglas
lawyer. enter the room. Reckoning him TO
the table ne asked the attorney to join
him. and was glad to find that Groscup
had no other engagement. Hartley had
got to the point where he felt that he
needed legal advice, and he thought It bet
ter to trust man that already knew the
case than to make a fresh confidant. AS a
preliminary. Hartley preached the subject
OF Douglas absence and the reason for II,
and said that he would like to retain MIR.
Groscup as his counsel also.
III we are going to get into a mess over
this piece OF foolishness," he said, we may
as well have you engaged for the defense
The lawyer assured him that there was
no immediate danger, but he enlarged upon
the importance Of Mr. Hartley's not be-
traying himself. Nothing is so difficult"
he explained, "as for a person with guilty
knowledge OF anything to conceal the fact
that he knows the true state OF the case,
when he Is talking about the matter to
another person who has a wrong idea OF IL.
In spite of himself, he will make slips or
what Is just as bad, he will hesitate; show
ing that he is thinking OF some way to
frame an answer to a question which an
innocent person would reply to immedi
ately."
He went on to say that It would be neces-
sary for Mr. Hartley to be very careful Of
his conversation with anyone but his most
intimate friends. you never know who is
a detective these days" he continued, "or
who is ready TO rush off and give hints
OF things that have been told in strict
confidence. Then, the first thing you
know, the police get hold Of the story and
there you are"
Hartley explained the difficulty of avoid
ing people, his business bringing him I'm
contact with so many He did not like
the idea of running away from the city,
as Douglas had done. In his own home,
with his family, he was safe and he could
not be stopped and questioned in his pri-
vate carriage He seldom never rode
in the cars. The trouble would be to avoid
the people that came to the office They
would come to see him without his having
the slightest idea Of what they wanted,
and many persons whom he had never seen
sent in their cards
Then don't see any strangers" was the
lawyers advice. There must be some
way Of finding out whether the people that
want to see you are known TO you or not
or what their business is. Some OF our
trust managers have eluded the most skill
full process servers for months"
The trouble is. they come there and
find me in, or they have seen me go into
the offices and then it's no use telling them
am not in. II they are told 1 am en-
gagged they will wait for hours Sometimes
/ have found them in the corridor long
after the office has been closed. You have
/, no idea how men with money are bounded
why not have someone in your office
represent you? Have you no one In the
office you could trust to pretend he was
Mr.. Hartley? People who did not know
: you would not detect the difference. Ge
someone about your own age. The chic
thing to avoid is visits from people tina
may have suspicious and who want L
verify them. They will come and sprinl
sudden statements or questions on you
: hypothetical questions. we call them"
Hartley WINGED as he recalled his recen
interview with Johnson
n you must be ready for all kinds o
+ traps" the lawyer continued. For in
: stance, someone may call you up on tn
telephone and ask you for Maynard's ad
dress, simply 70 betray you into tn
+ acknowledgment that you know Maynard
= You should be especially careful of women
L They are great information getters. l
y any strange women calls on you, don
J. let her see you, especially II she is good
e looking. You are in a bad mess with thi
s thing, and II the whole story ever come
e out, you will certainly be charged as al
i accessory before the fact"
: 1T was all foolish after-dinner affair.
% Many little 'after-dinner affairs hav
u got the diners into serious trouble befor
u now Mr.. Hartley. Take my advice. Kee
quiet, see no one, and get some confidentia
q man in your office to see strangers befor
they get TO you. For my part. II It Is an
Le satisfaction TO you 20 know IL. think
It will turn out eventually that Fletcher ha
o. nothing to do with Maynards murder
/ That probably happened some time afte
l. Fletcher left him. My theory" continue
l. the lawyer, would be that someone kne-
ot Maynard had that money on him this
Is night, but Of course had no idea that Fle
ID cher was to relieve him OF 1t, and that TIL
IN person was the one that committed N
to murder. II the mystery Is ever cleared ul
c. 7 think you will find that is II. But Il
II this unfortunate complication OF your litt
ID after-dinner joke, should advise going
"a the police at once, and telling them thu
the body in the river was Maynard's."
IT, That would never dO!' exclaimed Har
J. ley hastily, shivering at the very though
e Then he added THE only thing thu
re makes me doubt your theory is that
on think II Fletcher had nothing to do wit
Il II. he would come out OF his hiding at ono
10 so as to clear himself OF the suspicion
ht the murder"
Id There is no suspicion OF murder lyir
10 against Fletcher, my dear sir No one HI
u made as much as a guess at the identity
at tho corpse, much less at the name OF Il
NJ murderer. That Is where your guilty CO.
lie science shows you are ahead OF the rae
known to the public"
rk Hartley smiled as he recalled johnson
as theory, but he deemed IL unwise to $,
II anything about that to Mr.. Groscup,
CO might lead TO unpleasant questions
NJ From what Douglas told me" contlnu
~ the LAWYER this Fletcher Is nret