The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-17

nBruce, You Had Key {
he said half interrogatively, nall as
| sertiyely. / told him / had not his
next question was, Why?
| "Because of several reasons. First
of all, they did not ask me; second
because Il have no idea that Bruce is
guilty in this matter; and thlfd, oe-
/ cause did not care, under the CIT
1 cumstances, to put his reputation III
their hands. Also, I assumed that ne
would Immediately acknowledge MS
possession Of it and give an adequate
! exclamation. You will readily under
| stand that did not want the neWspa-
| ners TO come out with sensational
story, and I, therefore, reserved Inae
bit of information for my own lnVesti-
cation. You may be sure, however
that ! had intended to mention It 60
him privately when we met again, ana
only volunteered the information TO
YOU because knew you would Work
a I'M to it eventually and corkscreW u
i out of me Furthermore, I know can
y rely upon you TO suppress detalas.
y which although AZ vet uneKpla med 10
all probability have no real bearing
on the issues His reply came WILL
out hesitation.
, TON. you have known me ZOE
: years and you know that even as
: boy | always played fair. Now, have
: no more use for a professional Grim
inal than I have for mad dog or
| yenomous serpent. They have shot
| me- stabbed me and laid In ambush
. ia assassinate me, and when | think
: of them am imbued with great ana
E righteous wrath. But when ! come
8 across a young fellow Of good instincts
e who has fallen because of reckless
4 stem. / would a whole lot rather give
l. him a boost than kick. | want you
r to get me right on that statement
n signified my comprehension AS
> he himself said, LeDuc had always
been q fair, even a generous, nghter'
" and his last assertion was wholly III
g accord with my understanding OF the
6 man. CHANGING about to make sure
- that we were safely beyond earshot OF
any possible listener I preached
matter about which I had been think
ing for some little time.
.sBilly. there is another thing which
the police did not bring out and which
did not volunteer, but which yot
ought to know. My excuses for no
| having stated it before are PRACTICAL!
| the same as those gave in Bruce
/ case, namely, because / do not be
| lieve it has anything to do with tn
! crime and because wish to shiel'
a certain individual from annoyanc
and publicity. Under the same III
| derstanding that you are to conslde
| it as a privileged communication
| will tell it to you. It is this: Their
is one more person, at least, VIII
knew that Uncle Abner OCCASIONAL
had considerable sums OF money 0
hand and to whom I impaired In
casual conversation the circun
stance of this particular amount beln
II In the house. | had little visit wit
N her Yesterday on my way doWntoW
after my quarrel with my uncle.
IT I told her of Bruces mfsfortun
Also, / once left my keys at III
house through an oversight and tne
remained there several udss. al
while I should bitterly resent eve
the intimation that she was a co
scious party to the crime, 1t is neve
the less a crevice through which Il
information may have leaked. I su
pose you would like to hear me Q
on this line" He slipped ais ar
through mine. drawing Inc closer
him.
"By all means. It may prove acc
eddy interesting. My promise goes
this angle of the case as well as
others. Shoot ahead
Then / do not mind telling y
~ that I am In the habit of calling up
lady who is-well, we will call b
an exceedingly good friend of mine
care a great deal for her, respect /
thoroughly and believe she Is 10
OF me. have incidentally told
about Uncle Abner and his stran
ways. and one evening left my Ike
| ID her apartments after having open