The Raymer enterprise., 1912-07-11

the job. and threw these fellers into
jail. Oh, We don't need you over
here"
Have these negroes confessed?" /
asked.
mo. but they will after few days
Of what we're giving EN-" laughed
the sheriff. "Oh. we'll get 'em all
right"
He readily agreed to /: us talk
with the prisoners. To us they told
the same story they had told at the
time OF their arrest: at the time the
murder must have been committed
they were busily engaged In shoot
Ing craps in colored poolroom In
the poorer part of the town.
Where did you get the money to
shoot with?" asked Cluffer. suddenly.
Wed been wuhkIn' for Mr.. Brooks
who runs the brickyard. wheelln
bricks all day." was the instant an
swer. He done paid us of and We
goes over to dis place and shoots q
little craps all evenin'. We got folks
can swear to dat"
Where were you between the time
you quit work and the time you were
arrested" shot at them.
I'VE went straight to dis poolroom."
they answered. I'VE wuz dere all deh
time"
Next morning we investigated their
story quietly. We found Brooks at
his brlckyard. and he substantiated
the negroes story about being paid
on They had left the brickyard at
five minutes after five, and at the
poolroom 1t was said they had ar
rived at 6:i5, and had remained until
late at night when they were ar
rested.
Gross of the coons." said Cluffer
"They. never nau finger in this pie.
knew It the minute saw 'em; coons
always try to look foxy, when they're
lying. Those coons were Just plain
scared. Let's 90 look at the situa-
ton"
The Bauder home we found to be
exceptionally striking even in that
town OF prosperous homes. Bauder
was florist who had become q mil.
lionaire by investments In oil. but he
still conducted, In the fields. imme.
dlately back Of his house, the florist
establishment that had given him his
start. In front OF the house was the
great, well kept lawn upon which the
IL year old son hai been foully done
to death.
'Mr. Bauder." said. did your lit.
tie boy have any possessions on his
person or elsewhere that might tempt
a robber?"
Him? That little fellow?" burst
out the old man. mo, he didn't have
q thing-not a thing. o, hold on
He stopped as II romething had come
forcibly to his mind Well, now"
he said. ~ never thought OF that. He
had savings bank with $50 in 1t.
and / haven. seen II since he-sInce
we found him On the lawn"
A hurried and thorough search OF
the house was made for the bank. II
could not be found. II was not In It's
accustomed place In the child's room.
or elsewhere. 1t could no. be found.
There" said Cluffer as We left the
place, is your motive. Let's get
away and smoke and think 1t over" ("
We went back to the hotel. and pro-
ceeded to lay out our theory. Hav.
ing established the fact that the
chlld's bank with $50 in II had dis.
appeared on the same night as his
murder 1t was apparent that the two
were connected. the boy had been
killed for tho bank, slain by some mis-.
! creant who valued that paltry sum
beyond a chlld's life. But how was
/ this connection to be established In
n way to further our work? The boy
had been put TO death out on the
lawn. The tank usually was In his
room. There had been no burglary
OF the house. No one had entered 1t
to take tn, bank. How could the per.
son or persons. who killed the boy,
get the bank? Did they get II before
they committed their savage crime, or
afterwards? Was the murder the
main crime. or merely an incident to
robbery? Or wGs the robbery a
mere incident TO the murder?
Tho chief had said thGt We prob.
ably would ind robbery to be the mo-
tive. II this was 30. then tho person
or persons who killed tho boy did 70
because he stood between than and
the bank. They had to get him out
OF the wey to get that fiity dollars.
They wouldn't have killed him o;her-
wise. But the hank was-or usually
was-up In the boys room In the
house, where no Intruder had entered.
Why should they kill the boy out on
the lawn to got f.ty dollars in one
Of the upper rooms Of the house?
Either" said l. the boy had
caught them taxing the bank-or / b,
mad the bank with him."
Cluher Eat up rlsldly.
"Wow!" he said. That's some
hunoh. Either someone had Ia. !
the bank, and he knew who It WI
and was going to tell on them. o. a.
they killed him to keep him cuic,--
or no had II with him. believe W