Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-29
CHAPTER iII.-(Continued.)

We'll, so much for Blackstock--
until the police get wind of him. at all
events They're trying to locate him
by cable now; haven't heard of any
success that way, however. Naturally
But a few days ago Dundas
came to the surface"
Coast started violently. "Dundas!"
"Um-mm; full confession. exculpat-
ing you, discriminating Blackstock.
Corroborative details: letters from
Blackstock-all that sort of thing.
Furthermore, Dundas told us why
Blackstock feared Van Tuyl: Van
knew something-some dirty business
Blackstock had cooked up in the west.
Immaterial now; tell you later. Also
Dundas took us to the shop where
Blackstock bought that gun-sales-
man recalled the transaction. You re-
member how we failed to prove the
gun his?"
"Of course. Go on about Dundas."
We'll It was Truax's do
ing; nailed Dundas on the street one
day, somewhere east of Third avenue.
The man had been In hiding ever
since Blackstock cleared out; he was
in a pretty bad way, broke and seedy;
claimed Blackstock hadn't sent him
dollar since he disappeared. SO Dun
das, thrown back upon his pen for
reans OF livelihood. went all To
pieces; couldn't work-had forgotten
the trick-or wouldn't: drank up all
be could raise by pawning things
49,. Truax staked him TO a meal
and drinks, plenty Of drinks; and all
that on an empty stomach made him
ppaudlin. Confessed he was keeping q
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gnawing at his
vitals-whateyer those are-every
thing like that Then Truax bundled
him into q taxi and brought him to
my rooms 1t was near midnight
got me out OF bed; caught cold
However own 1t without
compunction, We worked the poor
devil through the third degree; sim
ply browbeat and bullyragged him un
til was ashamed Of myself. But the
truth oozed out finally. along with
tears-whisky tears. We hadn't
stinted the bottle.
As say, in the end Dundas owned
up to the whole filthy affair, just as
you told it-whimpered about selling
his soul to Blackstock, price not de
posed. We made him sign brief con
fession, but knew that wouldn't be
sufficient, and it was then too late and
Dundas too far gone to do more with
him. So / called In central Office
man l happened to know, and turned
Dundas over to him to be taken &c
Turkish bath and licked into shape;
and II did the trick, with a hearty
breakfast and plenty Of black coffee
for a chaser. He was pretty shaky
next morning, but | coaxed him into
taxi and had him at the district at
torney's Office before he knew what
was up. There he wanted to hedge
but his signature to the overnight con
fession took all the starch out OF him
and he went all over it again, with
stenographer taking It down-type
written deposition-all that sort o.
thing.
Meanwhile my friend the detective
had ransacked Dundas' lodging-somt
cheap room Just of the Bowery-ano
found a bundle of letters from Black
stock-mostly written during the trial
when they didn't dare be seen together
hints and orders as to the evidence
Dundas was to give. That settled II
Dundas was rushed before a magis
trate and jailed and the grand jur!
was asked to indict him for perjury
The poor fool was scared silly, as sooI
as he realized what he had done-de
clared Blackstock would get hin
sooner or later. So he saved him th'
trouble-killed himself In his cell bal
an hour after being committed-ha'
phial of morphia secreted In hi
clothing :"
After a pause Coast said slowly
$50 Blackstock did get him after all
That makes two at ieast-two w
know Of"
YES" warburton assented uneasily
worried by the hard expression tina
lined Coasts mouth; looked at tina
way. yes. Well. we called you
trial Judge into consuitation-the dill
trict attorney and land between tn
three Of us drew up petition for you
pardon. the district attorney being tn
first to sign. I got OF TO Albany b
the first train. There wasn't tn
] snoeHest trouble: the governor gran