The Washington herald., 1912-04-14

NahetN oNNf AAOuaCln hAGWH anu
now l want you to surrender all the LETT
tiers and paper in your possession"
You will never get them" sneered
loung, as | sat there marveling at the
inspectors revelations. Il was news to
me. that he knew the name Of the Cen
trail Park suicide, and while / myself
had found the $1,000 had not the
slightest intimation that Davis knew
from whom II had come.
Either | get those letters" said Davis
evenly, "or you get no morphine
Young laughed in his face.
You haven't the slightest evidence
against me for anything. Without let
tiers or documents you can prove Moth
ing. You have no right to keep me
bound up here. shall get free and
shall make you pay for this. l don't
care what Rouser has told you, You'll
get nothing out of me and you have
proof of nothing"
.very we'll" said the inspector, mo
letters, no morphine"
Turning away from the couch, ne
spoke TO me in tone as indifferent as
II we had been camping together:
Come on, Kent, let's see what we can
dig up for breakfast"
We found the cottage well supplied
with provisions. as If It had been the
intention of the eonspirators to make il
their headquarters for some time. In
very few minutes Davis had some
bacon fried and toast and coffee made,
which he spread in the little iean-to
that was used as kitchen.
So you mean 10 starye him, too?" I
asked in an undertone pointing to the
couch.
TT won't be necessary" said Davis.
Take something in to him IL you like.
You'll find that the only appetite he'll
have will be for morphine"
Nevertheless, / took cup of coffee
and some toast in to the prisoner. A
yolley of oaths was my only reward, so
returned and sat with Davis while he
ate. ! myself had no appetite, but the
events of the night did not seem in the
least to have affected his. drank only
part of cup Of coffee, though he urged
me to eat something.
1t is apt to be long siege" he said,
and you must keep your strength. Our
prisoner IS a man of considerable will
power and is not going to confess read
ny. III you viii keep guard on him for
a couple of hours | am going to sleep"
'.Of course, | will"
Under no circumstances" said Davis,
as he flung himself down on the floor
of the lean-to, loosen any of his bonds,
and pay no attention to his pleas for
mercy. He has winning way about
him that is dangerous"
you need not fear replied. "Re-
member the agony he has caused to the
woman l love"
-And to many others" said Davis.
Speaking of that" said I, Il wish
you would tell me before you 60 to sleep
how you learned where the 5000 came
5sRouser told me" y
4 was not aware that you had any op-
portunity to talk with him"
Il didn't" said the inspector. Il lust
used my eyes in the post-office."
thought had used mine pretty well
in the post-ofhce, but certainly / had seen
nothing that would lead me to identify
the person who had sent the five thou
sand dollars l had found in the cash
drawer.
Don't talk in riddlesp exclaimed
rather petnlanay What did you find in
the post-ofhce p
Davis grinned
| nodded assent.
Did It not strike you as peculior that
there should be over two thousand
names and addresses in the forwarding
nst OF small poSt-othce like Ardway,
where probably not more than ten fans
lilies move away in ten years 2"
II did not examine it closely" | re-
piled, but even if l had am afraid |
would have failed to identity il as i'm
portant."
IF YOU had seen the name Of Andrew
Elser IN IL" said Davis, would you
not have examined it?'
Was his name there?"
Yes, and also the names of the
Bridgeport victim and Dora Hastings
and Henry Eberle Ii was Young or
Rouser who sent out the yellow letters
and. checked the list, using just plain,
ordinary shorthand for such words as
Sent Answered, Five thousand For
tunately the list shows that while more
than five hundred letters were sent out,
hardly a dozen had brought responses,
only in three cases had money been re-
ceived."
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