The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-04-24
Johnson.
observation-disclosures

lations Of some SORT Suppose. Ter H.
stance. Old Andrew Elssr. when his
law business had failed hin. hid b.
gun to speculate With the funds ~
longing TO the boy for whom hs vas
guardian. His spsculstions are un-
fortunate. He plunges and loses still
more. He becomes desperate. He
sees NO way Of replacing the moasy
he has stolen. II seems certain that
bis crime will b discovered and that
he will b. disgraesd. He can not
sleep nights. His brain. constantly
asitatsd By fear and vosry. will NOT
permit him to rest. His judgment
never acute. or hs would not have b.
come . thisf. becomes more and more
unbalanced. Then oas day this ysl-
low letter comes. It reads oonvinc-
ingly. II promises immediate aid. II
pledges secrecy. At last hs ssss an
honorable way out. He hastsns to
send . reply to Lock Boz No. II.
Ardway. N. J.. - directed. Can't you
imagine what happens then? Young
communicates with him at once. You
used the telephone. didn't your
Sure" he said. the telephone sv-
cry time. It leaves NO records behind
1t and the Bsrtillon system can't
Identify . voics."
Nov" the inspector went on,
what does Young say over the tsls-
phone to Elssr! Something IKE this
You're an old thief. I've got the
proof. You are stealing somebody's
money. Steal some more and give
It to me or I'll tell Unfortunately,
in old Elser's case there was no more
money LETT to steal. % he killed him
self. Am I right. Young?"
Again the prisoner nodded. and
again he demanded another dose of
morphine. His muscles were again
getting beyond his control. Al Davis
fixed the hypodermic. I asked: But
where does the old maid from Con-
necticut come in? Surely she wasn't
a defaulter."
Il suspect It was the brother with
whom she made her home" said the
inspector.
Damn her." said Young bitterly, ut
was she who queered the whole game
We tackled her brother for i've hun
dred and It came SO easily we de-
cided to make another try. The weak
kneed old thief, in his terror of us,
told his sister all about It, She in
sisted on coming down here. She
saw Rouser and tried to find the sign
er Of the letter. Rouser denied know
ing him. She was wise old creature
and pointed out that as postmaster he
must know who got the mail. Her
suspicion Of Rouser scared him stiff
He wanted to give her the money
back, but at first l wouldn't hear to
1t. She was threatening to commit
suicide II We didn't. He was so
scared that l finally consented to let
him square her. 1 wanted to use him
still further and wasn't ready to have
him get cold feet. gave him the
money. and he went to the hotel late
In the afternoon to see the old girl.
He slipped up to her noom and found
her hanging there. 1t gave him such
shock that he dashed back to the
post ONCE. grabbed his bicycle and
hustled out here as fast as he could
come. where l was waiting to meet
Katharine Parrish"
With difficulty l suppressed an ex.
clamation Of astonishment. l could
not doubt that he was telling the
truth. for his story dovetailed so we'll
with what Louise had told me. Yet
1t seemed impossible to believe, 1t
surely was preposterous to imagine
that General Parrish. wealthy and
honorable as he was. could have
been thief. l refused to believe 1t.
l decided to demand an explanation
from Young Of why he had sought a
meeting with Katharine
ITS too bad Rouser was so easily
frightened" Davis was saying sar-
castically. HE was SO scared that he
left behind in the cash drawer five
thousand he had just received from
Henry Eberle."
THE accursed fool!" screamed
Young In 2 frenzy Of rage that he had
failed to get his hands on this bit of
plunder. The sneak didn't tell me
that. All he said was that Dora Hast
ings. who was restaurant cashier,
had insisted that it was utterly i'm.
possible for her to pay up. The dirty.
damned sneak"
In fit Of madness he cursed and
cursed again his dead associate, foul
oaths rolling in streams from his
parched lips. Anxiously l waited for
his fury to subside to ask him about
Katharine and Hugh Crandall. II
seemed desecration Of her woman.
hood to mention Katharine's name in
the presence Of such = man, 20 ss he
subsided merely asked: But what
| about Hugh Crandall?"
Damn him." he cried. that was
another Of my mistakes! knsv
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