The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-08

the inspector,, politely. my name d
Peace. OF the Criminal Investigation
Department. and called to INQUIRE /,
You can tell me anything concerning
the murdereof the sculptor. Amaroff.'
o"l know nothing" ~ eo6iE ut
That 10 strange. seeing that he wal
strangled IN thiS very room"
Here" cried The. Pole, with a stars
Of unbelief chAnsing into sudden ter
ror,l 'HererTin my ROOM" 81, snt
$50 4 believe, y said Peace.
The man Swayed for, an instant
grasping at the back of a chair, and
then dropped to the ground. moaning
his face covered with his hands. In
that crouchinSp figurA before, us wsa
written the extremity Of despair. :
srCome, come. Greatman. pull your
self together" said the inspector, tap,
ping him kindly on the shoulder. III
you are innocent. there 10 no need to
make All this fuss" 70 fs 9a
.sTt was Nicolin who lied to me-" he
cried. looking up with bewildered eyes.
~very probably" said Peace. at IA
Alhabit with him. dsa95fH n
, sYet IL was I. miserable that am.
Who made the meeting between them.
Before Heaven. It was with the inno.
eince Of a child. II those my com.
rAaes of the club but knew" 4.
He hesitated. his eyes searching the
room In sudden terror. safr e.f
srOblige, me BY seeing that We have
no comrades already at the keyhole,
Ny. Phillips" said Peace. e5f2 r
There was no one at the door: no
one In the dark passage: and when I
returned found that Peace, had lifted
the caretaker to chair, where he sat
ia q crumpled heap.
"You can trust u.s." the detective
was saying. Believe me, Greatman,
It will be best for yourself that you
hide nothing"
And so with many fierce cries and
protestations. this poor creature be-
gan his STORY.
40 II was Nicolin, 1t seemed, who had
discovered that Greatman, the care.
taker of the Brutus Club, was one and
the same$with the forger, Ivan Knoll,
OF Odessa. who had been wanted by
the Russian police for close upon
twelve years. But having a shrewd
head on his shoulders. Nicolin made
no immediate use of his knowledge.
For forgery a man might be extra
dited from England. Once In Russia
the charge would be altered to nihil.
ism, and sthen-Siberia. 1t was not
pleasant for the caretaker Of a nihil.
ist club to be at the mercy of black
bearded spy lounging on the step out
side. ''It was that which drove me to
the brandy" said poor Greatman.
alias Knoll.
About the end OF August there be-
gan. he continued, duel of wits be-
tween the two men. Amaroff and
Nicolin. the reasons and causes of
which did not, Il he might DO per.
mitted to say. concern us Nicolin's
career was dependent on his success.
For, him. failure spelt permanent dis
xraoes. Yet 1t was AmaroR who was
playing with his opponent as . cat
with q mouse, confusing and surpris-
ing him at every turn. driving him.
indeed. when time grew pressing. into
measures. At tho last he
formed q plan. did Nicolin. scheme
worthy Of his most cunning brain.
This. then. he did," ended the poor
caretaker. "He came to mel who
had 90 great love and honor for Amar.
oRs my friend. I whom he had turned
from. crime and aided to earn q wage
In honesty--he came to mo and he
says: s'Kroll. in my pocket Is 1 wan
rant that. will. send you, back to the
snow places in the East; do You fear
meomy good Krolli' And feared him.
SEE. now. he said, we desire to, sec
your friend Amaroff for q little talk.
We cannot harm him here In this
mad country. Contrivssa trick. bring
him into your private room behind the
bar. Give us the key of the yard door
that we may come secretly to him
and afterwards you will hear no more
Of Siberia, from me. Do you consent?'
Gentlemen. I believed him. also
fear OF the snow places: and I
$50 Amaroff answered my call. and
with some excuse I left him I'm this
room. It was at a time when few
were In the club-about
seven Of the clock. And that, as I
live, - all have to tell. I waited at
my seat behind the bar. saw moth.
Ing. heard nothing--and at last when
went, to nv room. behold 1t was
empty! tried to suspect no wrong
but did not sleep that night. In the
I saw in the papers that
Amaroff. my friend. was dead, and
how he died I could not tell"
80 Nicolin won the game" sug-
gested Peace, softly. "And there will
be no regrettable incident when the
Car enters Paris the day after to-
"Of that have no knowledge" said
but saw a sudden resolu-
ton shine In his face that seemed to
put new heart into the man.
well, Mr.. Phillips" said the In
spector. turning upon me with a warn
Ing. culver Of the left eyelid, ut is
TO meet Nicolin at the studio by seven
tomorrow morning. We must get to
bed early"
"Certainly" I said I was rather out