Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER ViI.-continued.

Howard was at no time an athlete,
and now, contrasted with the burly
policeman. a colossus in strength, he
seemed like puny boy. His cringing,
frightened attitude, as he looked up in
the captains bulldog face, was pathet-
fc. The crowd of bystenders could hard
" contain their eagerness to take in
every detail of the dramatic situation.
The prisoner was sober by this time,
and thoroughly alarmed.
What do you want me for?" he
cried. 81 haven't done anything. The
mans dead, but l didn't kill him
Shut your mouth" growled the
captnin
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-
fnate.
'Maloney, you come with me and
bring Oficer Delaney" Addressing the
other men, he said: You other fellers
look after things down here Don't
let any Of these people come upstairs. +"
Then. turning 70 the elevator boy, he
gave the command: up with her.
The elevator, with its passengers,
shot upward, stopped with jerk at
the fourteenth floor, and the captain,
cnce more laying brutal hand on
Howard. pushed him out into the cor
ridor.
II It could be said OF Capt. Clinton
h0t M ha1
to be as brutal as possible with every
body unlucky enough to fall into his
hands. Instead of regarding his pris-
oners as innocent until found guilty,
as they are justly entitled to be re-
garded under the law, he took the di-
irec1y opposite stand. He considered
ell his prisoners as guilty as hell until
they had succeeded in proving them
selves innocent. Even then he had
his doubts. When jury brought in
q verdict of acquittal, he shook his
head and growled. He had the great
est contempt for a jury that would ac-
quit and the warmest regard for jury
which convicted. He bullied and NAL
treated his prisoners because he firm
ly believed in undermining their NOR
al and physical resistance When by
deprfvfng them of sleep and food, by
choking them. clubbing them and
frightening them he had reduced
them to state OF nervous terror. to
the border OF physical collapse, he
knew by experience that they would
NO longer be In condition to withstand
his merciless cross-examinations. De
moralizcd, unstrung, they would blurt
out the truth and SO convict them
selves. The ends Of Justice would thus
be served.
Capt. Clinton prided himself on the
thorough manner in which he conduct
ed these examinations of persons un.
der arrest 1t was laborious ordeal
but always successful. He owed his
present position on the force to the
Skill with which he browbeat his prig-
oners into confessions With hia
third degree" seances he arrived a,
results better and more quickly than
In any othe, way. All his convictions
had been secured by them. The presa
and meddssng busybodies called HIS
system hacbarous. a revival OF the old
time torture chamber What did he
care what the people said as long as
he convicted his man? Wasn't tha.
what he was paid for? He was there
to fnd tho murderer. and he WAS go
ing to do Il.
He pushed his way into the apart
ment. followed closely by Maloney and
the other policemen, who dragged
along the unhappy Howard. The dead
man still lay where he had fallen
Capt. Clinton stopped down. but made
no attempt to touch the corpse. mere
y satisfying himself that Underwood
vas dead. Then. after a casual surve,
q the room. he said to his sergeant:
We won't touch thing. Maioney
I'LL the coroner arrives. He'll be here
tny minute. and he'll give the orde,