Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-07-16

i 10 me or III tell Unfortunately,
In old Elser's case there was nc more
none left to steal, so he killed him
self, Am right, Young"
Again the prisoner nodded, and
again he demanded another dose Of
morphine. His muscles We're again
getting beyond his control. AS Davis
fixed the hypodermic, I asked: "But
whore does the old maid from Con-
necttcut come in? Surely she wasn't
dcfaulter.
az suspect it was the brother with
whom she made her home" said the
inspector.
"Damn her," said Young bitterly, at
was she who queered the whole game.
We tackled her brother for five hun.
dred and it came so easily we de.
cided to make another try. The weak
kneed old thief, in his terror of us,
told his sister all about it. She ir.
sisted on coming down here. She
saw Rouser and tried to find the sign.
er of the letter. Rouser denied know
ing him. She was n wise old creature
and pointed out that as postmaster he
must know who got tho mail. Her
suspicion of Rouser scared him stlh'
He wanted to give her the money
back but ut first l wouldn't hear to
it. She was threatening to commit
suicide il we didn't. He was SO
scared that I finally consented to let
him square her. l wanted to use him
still further and wasn't ready to have
him get cold feet. | gave him the
money, and he went to the hotel late
I'm the afternoon to see the old girl.
He slipped up TO her room and found
her hanging there. It gave him such
a shock that he dashed back to tho
most office, grabbed his bicycle and
hustled ont here as fast as he could
come, where WAS waiting to meet
Katharine Parrish"
With difficulty I suppressed an eX-
c1amation Of establishment. l could
not doubt that he was telling the
truth, for his story dovetailed so we'll
with what Louise had told me. Yet
It seemed impossible to believe, 1t
surely was prcpostorous to imagine
that General Parrish, wealthy and
honorable as he was, c0uld have
pceu thief. refused to believe IT.
!. decided to demand an explanation
from Young OF why he had sought
meeting with Katharine.
Its too bad Rouser was so easily
frightened" Davis was saying sar-
castically. !""Iie was SO scared that he
left behind in the cash drawer five
thousand he had just received from
Henry Eberle."
"The accursed fool" screamed
Young IN frenzy of rage that he had
failed to get his hands On this bit OF
plumber The sneak didn't tell me
that. al he said was that Dora Hast
!ngs. who was restaurant cashier,
had insisted that 1t was utterly i'm.
possible for her to pay up. The dirty,
damned sneakI"
IN fit OF madness he cursed and
cursed again his dead associate. foul
oaths rolling In streams from MS
parched lips. Anxiously | waited 70!
mis- fury to subsiGe to ask him about
Katharine and Hugh Crandall. il
seemed Dissertation OF her woman
hood to moution Katharine's name In
the presence of such man, SO as he
subsidized merely asked But what
about Hugh Crandall?"
Damn him." he cried, Chat was
another Of my mistakes! knew
Crnndall in college. When I got tho
goods on old Parrish thought could
rely on Crandall to help me to turn
the trick. l didn't know he was in
love with the daughter. When told
him about 1t he refused to have any
thing to do with It and rushed off and
squenlcd to the general. Much thanks
he got for L! The naughty old gen
eral ordered him out of the house
and wouldn't let the daughter have
anything more to do with him.
tried then to get him in on the
scheme. but 1t was no go. For weeks
he kept trying to worm my secret
from me. I fired yellow letter after
yellow letter Mt the general, but he
kept defying me. and all the while
Crandall kept after mo to make ME
give up the papers. ! was afraid I'd
weaken. There nre times the dope
gets me and ! hardly know what I'm
doing, 80 vanished. 1t struck me
that II the general wouldn't come
across maybe the daughter would. !
nut II I'D to Crandall and we arranged
q meeting. was to put the papers In
her hands and she was TO pay over
tho money. l slipped up On the first
appointment and guess you must
have spoiled the second"
I still was puzzled. What could DO
the terrible mystery in proud old
General Farrish's life that gave this
miscreant such q hold on him? 1t
was beyond my Imagination to con-
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