The Cairo bulletin., 1912-10-11
BY DAVID CORNELL.


To eliminate the innocent ones. and
f@sten Upon the gu.ity ole--:f indeed
lie gI!lty one Were amoag tkem-
was the task that lay before Clutter
and myself.
At the end Of two weeks work we
were exactly where We had started
Not one of the eleven people on tho
Bauder poolroom had shown a sign
whereby he might suspect their con-
neet!on with TIE crime; not oue Of
them but seemed heartbrohcn and
epraged over the fate of their erst-
While playmate
I'm afraid yoa had the wrong
hunch," said Clutter at the end OF the
two weeks
1t begins to look that way" said.
"But Pm not willing TO believe so,
The more so over the ground the
more | am convinced that our quarry
is one OF the eleven right on this
place, Clutter, did YOU ever take
much stock in the theory that a MUIR
derer is inclined to revisit the scene
OF his crime?"
Not much" said Clutter. But they
have been known to do it."
Then to take no chances of miss
ing anything, from now on we arc
going to keep a watch on the lawn
where the boys body was found
We've got to play all chances, because
this looks like hard, long chase"
Cuffer didn't have much faith IN
this theory, but lie good naturedly
agreed to watch the lawn with me at
night ...
1t was four days later that we had
our first reward 1t was about eleven
at nlght-a dark, moonless night
when Clutter and | We're lying hidden
In hedge, that a man, clothed In q
long macintosh and wearing cap
well down over his eyes, came sneak.
ing out on the lawn, looking hurriedly
around the spot where the boy had
been found, and hurried away into the
darkness before Clutter or | could
make Il move.
looked at Cluffer and Clutter look
ed at me Without a word my part
ner began to roll 4 c'-cgctte
WELL" he sail, at last, 81 guess
you v a. Now the problem is to find
who tH.t guy was who just inspected
the scere of the murder"
Luck favored us the next morning
for in the soft walks of the lawn We
found the imprint of peculiar
square.toed shoe BY night had that
pair of shoes spotted and they were
on the feet of young German, named
Hunemann, employed with me III Bau.
der's flower houses!
II was a shock. Hunemann had been
the little Baudor boys best tr!I-4
Among all the en- ployes he had been
the one TO whom the little fellow had
taken the biggest liking, and it was
with fiCaal ann that lie was most
often 10 be lcgni And Hunenann
had gricycd constantly over the little
fellows fate. Was il possible or had
tho poor fellow only gone TO the
scene of murder to erieye in Silence
as one might go to beloved ones
grave?
A few days later it rained.
"Hunemaun." said to my work
fellow, I've got to go down town,
Do you happen TO have macintosh
you could let me wear for an hour or
so?"
Hunemann started and looked at
me in way had not seen him look
before.
why did you ask me that?" he
demanded.
Because ! don't want to get wet"
said, laughing. Have you got a
macintosh"
Who told you had a mackintosh"
he persisted.
Nobody" replied. But have
you got one?"
no" he said, Il haven't, l never
had one"
Well. that's all right, then" | said.
II just asked you. You needn't get
sore"
But II was obvious that Hunemann
was sore. After that he began 10
treat me with suspicion. He refused
to BIO drawn into conversation with
me; refused to be with me at all
"Cluffer," said that night when
we met to confer. II want you to keep
on av.. ~, u,,narnaop Ha,o uattt,r