The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-13
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aonkRl ID TNEtHl-tt &~ t1AUN H. t,a army. r,.t.tury,l from four to six by The addition of plain clothes man" and Dillingham;. the Bulletins star reporter. invaded the place B fore word was spoken. F,,uey The plain clothes man presented Scales vi,h a writ, which the latter attempted to read with uu-.eiuE Dy,-. his fingers trembling.
 What d.ys this mean he asked.
 That have come t# fakc posses sion.' said Hathy. with power to make an examination of every scrap ol paper ju tac place. Frankly, Scales. We expect 70 find something crooked aEou' inc Wa'trWoTkS con tract II Ne do NoI know the re sult If W, d. nor. the intcrrup- ton will l" ouly tenn orarily. and yoG will have very pretty grounds for action f.r am taking a long shot. and if | don't find what | am afts- have puf myself and the mayor into bad scrape.'
 Scales thrice opened his mouth to speak. and thrice there came no sound firm his lips Then he laid a bunch of keys upon his desk, showing them toward Focncy, and arose He halt-s-a agGered into the large cgaa room behind him. He had scarcely more than disappear ed when thprc was d sound of a shot. and Fl, body of Scales. with a round hole in the temple. roppled. face downward. out of the door l. was seal tragic confession of guilt Ihry sprang instantly 10 him. but nothing could be done for him H. was dead when they reach cd him.
 "Poor devil" said Ferris brokcnly. "It iS pr hahly thc first crooked thing he ever did in his lifa, and he hadn't nerve enough 10 go through with il. feel like d mur. derer for my share in rhe matter
 Bobby. too, had turned sick; his senses sWam and he telt numb and cold. He Was aroused by calm, dispasSiHnatg voice at the telephone. lt was Dillingham;. sending to the Bulletin carefully lurid account of the tragedy. and of inc probable cau,.- leading lip tn il.
 wen have all extra on the street ill five minutes" he told Bobby with satisfaction as h. arose. That means that the Chronicle men will come ogr u a swarm hut il will take fh.m a half h.ur to get here We have that mach time. then. to dig Ip the evidence We are atlcr and if We hustle We can have a second o&era ont before the Chron icle can get line. lis the biggest beat in years. ( me on. boys. lets cet busy" and h. rook up the keEs thar Scales had left on the desk,
 Dillmgham had no sooner left the reIeph ur than FeeueE tCok up tn receiver and called for a number. The reporter turned upon him like a flash, recognizing that call as the number of the coroucr's office Dil liu2ham suddenly caught himself be fore he had spoken. and looked hastily about the room. In the corner near the door was little box with the familiar bells upon il, and binding screws that held the wires Quickly Dillingham; slipped over 10 that corner just d. Fccuey was saying:
 Hello, Coroner's office, this is Feeney Is that you, Jack? We'll"
 At that instant Dillingham; loosen ed a binding screw and slipped eff the loop of the wire.
 Hello, Coroner,' repeated Fee hey. II say. Jack, Hello, Hello! Hello there, Hello. Hello" Then Feeney pounded the mouthpiece jerked the receiver hook up and down, yelled al exchange, and worked himself into vast fever.
 What's the matter with this thing anyhow, Dill?' he finally demanded
 Exchange probably went to sleep on you" said Dillingham;.
 Easily he was now opening one by one the immense flat drawers of drawing case, and with much in terest delving into the huge draw ngs that il contained.
 Come here. Mir. Platt,' Dilling ham went on. "You cast your eagle eye over these drawings while l dc little job Cf interviewing" and he walked over to the employees of the office who, since they had been roughly warned by Feeney not to gC near that body" had huddled, scar ed and limp, in the far end of the room.
 Perspiring and angry. Feeney tried for five solid minutes to ob- tain some response from the dead telephone, then he gave ii up
 I've got to go out and hunt up another phone" he declared. "Biff I'll appoint you my deputy. Don't let anybody touch the corpse till the coroner comes."
 "I'll go with you,' said Bobby hastily. very glad to leave the room and both he and Ferris accompanied by Ferris accompanied Feeney. No sooner was Feeney out of the place than Dillingham; reconnected the telephone and went back to his in vestigations. He was thoroughly satisfied. after a few questions, that the present employees knew noth, ing whatever. and Platt reported to him that every general drawing he could find was marked three-t nths inch to the foot, none being marked one-fourth.
 That doesn't matter so much, unused Dillingham;. Tt will be easy enough to prove that these are the same drawings that were provided the contestants, and six firms will swear that they were marked one fourth of an inch to the foot What we have to do is to prove that the drawings the Middle West com pany used as the basis of their bid were marked one-fourth inch to the foot"
 The telephone bell rang violently while Dillingham; was puzzling over the matter, and one of the em