The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-15
Train Was Running Down
Grade Making up Lost
Time.
Engineer Knew Nothing of
Accident Until Train
Swayed.
Dining Coach Caught Fire but Flames
Were Quickly Put Out-Passcngers
Taken out Through Wlndows-Girl
Is Chopped out.

Kenton, o., Jan. 15.-Thlrty-four
persons were injured, sevcinl OF them
fatally, when Big Four pas
"Oh, she Is, is she7" returned the
sleuth. "And how, may ask, ma'am,
do you know that?"
"I say, have known her many
years." said Mrs. Missioner.
Donnelly held whispered consulta-
tlon with his mate. Then he asked II
he might question the servants.
Certainly, IL you think It neces-
barry" assented the widow. But
should warn you that cannot bring
myself to suspect any of them"
Everybody seems to be above sus-
picion," snapped Donnelly. Its al
ways the way, until we begin to get
on the trail, and then everybody be-
comes suspicious think I'll question
the servants. ma'am. Shall have
'em in here?"
Mrs. Missioner bowed and sent
Blodgett to summon his comrades.
zone at a time, please" said Don
nelly. The first to enter was the
housekeeper, staid woman In
black gown with narrow white ruch-
ing about her withered neck She
knew nothing Of the jewels save that
madam always locked them in the
safe herself, unless Miss Holcomb
was there to do It for her.
The answers OF the other servants
were equally straightforward. The,
butler, under-butler. chef, second foot
man, pantry-boy parlor-maid, cham
ber-maids. and kitchen maid, and the
majestic Blodgett himself were inter
rogated perslstently minutely, dog
gedly, even buIlyingly, and In the end
the net result of what they had to tell
was zero. That is to say, as far as
| Mrs Missioner and her friends and
the diamond expert were concerned. |
Donnelly thought otherwise. Carson's
mind was a receptive blank.
Are these all the servants?" asked
the large detective. I'
"All at present." answered Mrs.
Missioner. MY own maid is away on
leave, Oh yes, there's ALI"
SIS Allie the name of your maid?"
"No, All is a man--nn Indian"
"And what's his Job?" This ag-
gressively. .'N
"He is a courier"
Donnelly was puzzled.
when travel, he looks after the
transportation and baggage" Mrs.
Missioner explained. "
The detective stroked his jaw and
whispered with Carson again.
This advance agent of yours-this
Ali-where is he?"
"Blodgett," called the widow. send
Ali here"
The presence faded into the per-
Bpectlve of the passage and in few
minutes mAterialized on the thres-
hold-alone. m
"Ali is not In the house, madam"
the footman reported
ASK Miss Holcomb II she sent
him anywhere" -
What tribe does this Indian belong
to?" Donnelly inquired Importantly.
"Choctaw? Cherokee? Sioux? Maybe
he's an Apache?"
Mrs. Missioner smiled. It was not
an unpleasant smile, but It Jared an
! unconscious "Huhl" out of the de-
tective. All the others save the seri-
GUS Ranscome smiled too, and Girls
void laughed aloud.
"He isn't that kind OF an Indian"
Sands enlightened the sleuth. Hes
a native of India-a Hindoo"
"Of course" rumbled the Central
ONCE man, Indignantly. II know that.
What want to know is what kind of
a Hindoo?"
II should say he was a Sepoy," re-
marked Griswold. There was a ma
llcious CLEAN in his eyes.
"Sepoy-huh?" Donnelly turned to
Carson what do you know about
that?" he asked Carson knew moth
ing whatever about that. II would
have been disloyal to know more than
his colleague.
There was a man in Mulberry Street
pruxton was to find much more efii-
cient than the present visitors from
headquarters AS the widow did not
know that, she was a good deal bored,
and some of her first distress at the
loss OF her jewels, particularly the
Maharanee diamond, returned She
was almost respondent when the de-
tectives, after an exhaustive search
o. the servants quarters. returned.
They had ransacked even the room
OF Mrs. Missloner's absent maid, but
TO no purpose.
is there anything more you wish
TO know?" asked Mrs. Missioner, ris-
ing Donnelly was oblivious to the
hint.
Yes, ma'am, Mis- Missioner" he an
swered. II think Wen talk TO your
secretary now"
ITO Re Continued