The Springdale news., 1912-09-27

young man. I've got to know what going on"
 T wish I knew myself" I said men, tally, adding aloud: When I am ready to speak you will hear many things that will astound you. Mean while, I tell you that 1 have every req son to believe that that man who fled from here is a great criminal and that If you do not aid in his apprehension you will be doing serious wrong to the community. I'll tell you this much, I am convinced that he was re- spensible for this woman's death and for other deaths"
 Maybe he Is and maybe he ain't," said the landlord T saw the lady myself, and nobody can persuade me 1t was anything but suicide. Why, I cut her down!"
 T am not denying that she commit ted suicide" l replied with some as- perity, but l am morally certain that if she killed herself she was driven to 1t by the man who has just fled. I insist on being allowed to examine his baggage"
 Look here, young man." said MT. Williams, T have told you once and for all that the baggage of no guest in this house Is going to be examined without due process of law. And want to say right here that it's evident that you yourself know lot more about this case than you are telling. If you are an officer and can show me a warrant l am ready to give you all the aid and assistance l can, but until you do, I'd advise you to keep your nose out of things that ain't your busl- ness and to stay out Of places you ain't got right to be in"
 The suspicion crossed my mind that it might be he who had discovered me in the post office the night before. decided quickly that 1t could not have been, for he was in the hotel when | arrived. felt sure it must have been either Crandall or the postmaster. Plainly, though, there was nothing further to be gained by argument with the obtuse Mir. Williams. After all, there ought not to be much difficulty in tracing Crandall by the vehicle in which he had driven away That could wait until Davis arrived. Meanwhile pondered on what l could do to throw light on the case. had it I would visit the post office again and see what I could learn about the holder of the lock box from which Davis believed the yellow letters came
 Abruptly leaving the landlord, 1 strolled out into the street, determined to go boldly to the post office and make inquiries. As l approached the building l saw little group of viii lagers gathered in front of it, the faces of some of whom had roted at the inquest. They seemed to be ex- citedly discussing some happening It was not without some trepidation that came closer. If my visit to the post office had been discovered and there was anyone in the crowd who could identify me, an awkward situation might develop. I put on a bold front, however, and approached closer.
 Whats the matter?" l asked, try ing to make my inquiry seem casual
 "The postmaster's disappeared" some one explained.
 "Where?''
 Don't know" said my informant He didn't come to the office at all to- day. When the people come for their mail after the New York train got in he wasn't here Hank Rollins always brings 1t up on the stage. and as he's passing, throws it on on the board walk and the postmaster comes out and gets it. Nobody ever goes for their mail for few minutes after that, to give him a chance to get 1t sorted. The first persons who got here today found the mail-saek lying just where the driver had flung it."
 Yes, sir" broke In an old man whom l heard them call Dad" Hutch inson. "Yes. sir, I was the first to mo- tice 1t. was going to the office to see if maybe there was letter for me from my daughter Mary, who lives up Boston way, and noticed the sack lying right over there. l went into the office to tell the postmaster about it and kind of have a little fun with him, and bless my soul if there was hide or hair of him to be seen any where. Looking through the boxes. I could see that the back door was standing open, and l went around there and looked, and I couldn't see of him, either It didn't seem right for the mail to be lying out there on the sidewalk, twas like taking un- due liberty with government property. so l dragged the sack around and flung 1t in the door and went looking for ths constable. Then l heard about the sui eide and the inquest down to the hotel, so l went down there to fetch him, and all the crowd that had been down to the inquest come trailing along
 'I noticed when 1 come along here last night that the post office was dark volunteered another of the crowd. T don't know just what time it was, but it was just before it began to rain. 1 remember, now, thinking it