The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
CHAPTER XVI.

In the silence that followed the slow
ticking of the tall clock sounded like
the tolling of bell. shut my eyes.
Go on / commanded as he sat
facing me with no signs OF any lncll-
nation to proceed. What does TINS
Junk signify to you?" He got up and
crossing the room silently bolted the
| door that led to my uncles apart
ments; then resumed his seat and ad-
dressed me in the low tones OF one
who adds caution to precaution.
/ when / began this investigation,
Tom. as I then told you | was ABOUT
/ to do | commenced to shift the cham
| from the wheat in order to decrease
/, !, t!.,e number Of objects which | would
4 in the last analysis be compelled 70
! examine with great minuteness. MY
4 injuries made upon the morning |
4 first came. together with my inspec-
! ton of the house upon that OCCASION
satisfied me of several things, among
(which were that Mrs Tebbets had
possessed no knowledge of the money
being in the safe, and because OF thar
/ and divers other reasons she should
. be eliminated; that your uncle had III
no wise spread the information OF MS
/ having the currency to anyone eS-
cept yourself and Bruce, and there
fore that he, as distributor OF tue
, news to outside parties, was to pc
, eliminated; that the house must have
! been entered by the front door, and
therefore that the idea that all par
, ties were telling me without reserya
, ton all they knew about the matter
a was to be eliminated, and last, thai
:, on account Of the unusual drilling OF
the safe and the quantity and quality
: of the explosive used, that all thought
of it's being the work OF profession
9 al cracksnan must be eliminated. YOU
4 see that brought me down to pretty
! narrow field" He ceased speaking
! and with my eyes still closed and M
4 head resting heavily against the baci
+ of the chair I; nodded slightly.
6 81 understand. Having eliminated
if the possibility of its having been don'
V by professional, you have. brought
+ down to Bruce, who possessed Key
/" or to Richard Mackay or one OF III
. friends who might have obtained
# duplicate from the key | left at Mrs
n Dace's. However, go ahead.
you seem to be following me t
+ certain extent Having decided tina
# 1t was the work of an amateur, | wa
= obliged to start out with thos
. thoughts in my mind as I attempte
# to still further construct the circle
II Your key was in the possession {
q your uncle at the time Of the crime
IA and I did not believe that you ha
ever had another Mrs. Tebbets an
h YOUR uncle had theirs: Miss Winton
O. was missing and you had assured m
r. that Bruce had been in the possess1o
Id of one which he failed to account tor
at that he had made rash statement
ID about getting money; had becom
q. angry at your uncle; had been III
,. generally unnatural and desperat
w frame of mind the day before, an
n therefore I started in to inVesuga1
at him. This seemed to me the mo:
IT, logical way of going at it. for iooI
X ing as big as he did among the su
a. fOinQlnSS, ulttSl eiAhoi toAAo> =
20 upon him as the probable thief. 4
fl greatly simplify matters by gettlI
RI rid of him altogether. You had to
of me Of his entering cab the even1r
If before the crime, and SO went I
Ia n friend of mine who is an of1clal
to the cab drivers union. They are pra
BIT tically all union men in this city, al
ia he sent out a circular to every mel
". Der of his association calling upon u
q. driver who had conveyed the perst
a described to come forward and recer
ST. reward. Within two days | was tai
ii ing to the man who had driven brue
he and in that way found out where
in spent the night The cabman dro
4 him to a resort ten miles from II
" place and Bruce spent the night
MS the robbery there asleep | unclos
re- my eyelids with an expression OF 81
Nv prise.
II 81 did not know that Bruce went
rs. such places. " ! muttered. LED
ad went on.
as Nor does he voluntarily. He h