Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-14
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.


There was h stir Of expectancy as the
man captured by the police in the house
N TEMPEST street, was brought into court
I"mlngton, craniug his neck, found it
hard to get the glimpse Of him for which
ne ne ielt curious, upleaping eagerness.
hen' with a sudden cleavage of the
crowd. he had clear vision of the man
OF thin, brown face that was full of
character, handsome face that in its
mes resembled the profiles of those Ro-
man emperors that have come down to us
on their coinage. a face that for ali its
undeniable strength was an evil face, lit
ny eyes of very noticeable light blue.
mat looked out on the world with a
sneering contempt
Previous Meeting.
Good Lord Rimington muttered the
exclamation under his breath
moment since he would have been
prepared to swear that he had no recol-
lection Of the man whose entrance into
the hall at Tempest street on the night
of the murder had been so unexpected
Tor the excellent reason that he had not
seen him. now he knew that subcon-
sclously his brain had received and re-
tanned an impression. Beyond doubt this
was the man of whom. as he sent him
sprawling by that unexpected blow which
had covered his own retreat. he had re-
ceived that curiously vivid impression
mat he had been taken, not physically
alone, but mentally by surprise
Almost as definitely and decsveIy as
though he had been woman. Jack Rim
ington found his opinion already formed
as he lolSed at the prisoner An opinion
that resolved itself into actual words in
his mind
That man Is as innocent as am.
Whatever he was after In that house it
was not murder. He knew nothing of the
body ! saw lying In the room upstairs"
1t was hard to generalize, of course
and he laid claim to no great skill in
physiognomy. still the prisoner was not
Of the type that does open murder He
was convinced Of that ON the obvious
surface he belonged to those who, If they
deal death, do so by subtlety and stealth
The first witness called was the CON
stable o whom SAKE had given the alarm
As Rimington looked at the man who tow
cred up in the little pulpit-like witness
box he instantly recognized him as the
man whose face he had seen staring in
at him through the uncurtained window
of the ground floor room in Tempest
street The recognition chilled him. He
leaned back and felt A recurrence of that
Sickening sensation that had racked him
yesterday when on Hungerford Bridge
man coming behind him had touched him
en- the shoulder
A Dreadful Moment
The police constable's evidence was
brief and consisted of a recapitulation
or what Remington had already read in
the newspaper account concerning the
alarm raised, the breaking into the house.
and the capture Of the prisoner, who de-
MED all knowledge of the murder, but
voluntarily surrendered the famous ruby
which belonged to Mr. Fitzstephen Rim
ington listened with a certain apathy to
the volley Of answers and questions, till
sharp Interrogation from the coroner
brought him upright in his seat, alert
and listening with strained expectancy
you say when the lights flashed up
suddenly In the room on the ground floor
that you saw the prisoner clearly stand
Ina there?"
And the mans answer hestating for
the first time, more natural and less off,
cisI in tones
"I saw man. sir"
"The prisoner"
~ would not care 10 swear to that sir"
To Riminnton It seemed that the whole
court room hung In waiting silence for the
coroner's comment. There was none
The coroner, alert, amazingly sklilful in
elicitinq necessary facts as he appeared
70 be- was all at once stricken by men
tai blindness, He merely told the man to
stand down, and Paul SAKE, being called,
duly followed him In the box.