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Washington Pleased With
Presidents Definite State
mcnt of His Policy.
SENATOR'S APPROVE PLAN
Financial crisis in Southern Re-
public May Hasten Change
Of Administration.

s. tial CAME Dcspdtches to THE SuN
MrNicu CITY. Aug. ll.-Envoy John
I.nde arrived here by the Mexican Rail-
wav a. o'clock Tonight accompanied
by Ravard Hale who went to Vera Cruz
90 meet him More than 200 gendarmes
'murnted police and plain clothes men,
sso the entire personnel Of the Ameri-
can Embassy We're assembled at the sta
ton when Mr.. Lind left the train. He
wilk.d to a waiting automobile through
a douhle line of police sent to prote,:
him
20 crowd gathered and no excitement
was manifested. Mr. Lind went 10y auto
% the Hotel l.ascurian.
y ~ Jennings. the Hearst corre-
sponden; and Marvin Ferese, the cor
RESPONDENT NJ the Los Angeles Times
~ Lonis-Globe Democrat. Wall Street
,l0irndl. United Press and other papers
were arrested by secret agents this
morning by order of Senor trrutia. Min
is,er Of the Interior. The Chief of Police
says he knows no exact reason. Crru
"a could not be seen. 1t is supposed
the men would be deported as perni-
,ous strangers according TO Article 33
~ the Constitution.
VERA CRUZ. Aug. 10,--John Lind. Pres
ilent Wilson's special envoy TO Mexico,
left here this morning at o'clock for
Mexico city. accompanied by Mrs. Lind.
Dr. William Bayard Hale also left with
Mr.. Lind. They are expected to reach
the Mexican capital tonight at s o'clock
10 o'clock New York time).
Mr.. Lind refused To discuss the nature
az the proposals he will make to the
UIerta Government
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DELICATESSEN DEPUTIES NOW.
~hrrin liis0hUrR~r tO \VVoint Them
to Enforce SUNDAY Law.

~ committee of the Drlcatrss"r Deal
,rs Association will wait upon me to-
morrow" SAID sheriff Julius liarhurrer
last night "and VIII submit names of
special deputy sheriffs &" be appointed
They viii nam. thos. they want appointed
to that the sunday closing law is
not violated will appoint as many
d.puti-s as they want
sheriff liarburger explained that the
association had protested to him that
many dealers not members of the as
sociatiuu were keeping open all day sun
day. IN violation of the law. Accord
ineN fr would appoint N" deputies
from among tn. members of tn" assocla-
tiou 10 that tn" law is oh.y.d next
sunday. 'rh" police. said the sheriff.
We're not enforcing th. sunday closing
law and thc association had objected
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ANOTHER CRUISER SENT.
Tacoma Ordered to Mexico "a Take
Refugees Aboard.

"AsHlNGToN, Aug. 10-SeCretary OF
q" NavY Daniels tonight ordered the
c..'s-r Tacoma to proceed to Mexican
N'-.'S to cooperate with vessels already
i''," iu the work of assisting American
refugees TO escape from the sections of
lIrN.cp where hostilities are In progress
u in' n'cat-ued. Admiral Fletcher. In COM
ma'1 ~ tn" battleship Louisiana at Vera
{ ~, cabled to-day that there was need
OF lighter vessel than the battleshps
low stationed off the Mexican coast to be
used at potts where the harbors are not
deep enough to permit the entrance of big
"" vessels
Secretary Daniels desired It to be
I.""n That his action in ordering the
J." omn TO Mexican waters was not a
part of Il plan for mobiIizing the Pacific
N"'t but was simply for the purpose
q facilitating the departure of Americans
"H' had reached ports not accessible to
bt'tl"shps.
IN" Tacoma, which Is cruiser OF the
tn'rd class, left the New York Navy Yard
yesterday for Providence. She was In
'f'"pted by wireless tonight and or
""d TO return to New York for coal
a.1 then proceed in haste to the Gulf
-" cruiser is expected to reach New
'''H som" time tomorrow. The opera
"'h 'i coaIing will probably require
"'''e hours and the voyage to the Gulf
VII 'trdlv begin before Tuesday morning.
'' t''l"Shlps already in Mexico
t'" giving aid to Americans desir-
* ' reach tn" United States wherever
.t".' Rear Admiral Cowles, in com
''' DO. IN" Pittsburg at Guaymas. re-
'"' :" the Navy Department to-day
".'' d"ans"lnents had been made for the
u ''s 'oiittion OF a number Of American
~. '+''' from Guaymas. He reported that
10 M''r's"n, who had had difficulties
.t Federal officials at Guaymas. had
''" 'ufn"f over to him for transporta-
'' I'm" United States. William Vlcrck
''.' being cared for on board the sup
snip Glacier and was expected to leave
J. Poo United States tonight.
'"' ht"d States Consul at Guaymas,
''''rdug to Rear Admiral Cowles's re-
''N mas made arrangements for the
N'l"'lH'ion ~ Mrs. g. G. White and
"'' H. ! Martin from Empalne to
'''' mas, whore they will board the Pitts
"'s General Manager Hire Of the
southern 'acif, about whom many In
''f''N nave been made to the State De-
Iar'm"nt, IL reported to he proceeding to
'h' 'n''cd States by rail.
NJ and Mrs. Charles Uopklns and Mrs.
I"'d Gibson with nvc small children
''N' SOUGHT permission to be brought
.'''n on III" Glacier when she departs
." ''naymas and viii he brought with
ITO "'h"r Americans now on board the
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SHIP BRINGS SUGAR 5000 MILES
Crosses Ocean Twice with Cargo tO
Ne Sold Here.

The British tramp steamship kinross
arrived Yesterday after 1000 milo
roundabout VOYAGE tn New York with Il
cargo of "a. i9j bags OF sugar sh" shipped
at Caibari.n and Card-nas in the latter
part Of June,
Sh" was ordered To Queenstown and
when she got there on June - she was
sent TO this port II was more proiitabl.
to sell sugar her" than in the United
Kingdom and that IN why she headed
back across the Western ocean to land
her cargo here Sh" was more than a
month making the trip from Card"nas, by
way of Queenstown to New York.
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ACTOR DIES OF BROKEN NECK.
George >cOiiirld Of the Thve~ Hound
Ing GOrdOns Hurt Fatally.

George Scofiield, 81 years old, "A mem
bcr OF the Three Bounding Gordons vaudc-
Vile team, died OF a broken neck in the
Polytechnic Hospital yesterday afternoon.
Scoffield was the heavy man of the
team. He and his mates were practising
Friday afternoon in the gymna sium IN
the Whit" Rats clubhouse, Scoffleld stood
ready to catch on his shoulders a fellow
member who was tossed for n double
back sOmersault from tho shoulders of
the third man. The man slipped as his
feet struck Scotfi"ld's shoulders and he
struck Scoffeld terrific blow on the
head, swapping the vertebra.
Scoiiield fell to the floor unconscious
ii" was rushed to the hospital. but sur
gica' aid proved OF no avail. His home
was at 32S West FOrty-third street
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BALKAN PEACE rs SIGNED.
Delegates Afterward Attend Cathe.
dral, Where Te Deum II song.

Special Gable Despdtch to TIE Sun.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 10.-The peace treaty
bringing the second Balkan war to an end
was signed this morning by the repre-
sentatives OF Bulgaria, Runania, Servia.
Greece ana Montenegro.
After the signing Of the document a
Te Deum was sung In the Cathedral. The
service was attended by King Carlos and
Queen Elisabeth Of Rumania. the members
OF the Cabinet. the Balkan represent tatives
and members of the diplomatic corps.
PARis. Aug. 1.-The MatiN says that
the Turkish Ambassad dor to France has
notified Foreign Minister Plchon that
Turkey will decline to evacuate Adrianople
even II territorial compensation Is offered
to her by the Balkan kingdoms.
The representatives OF the Powers at
Constantinople informed the Porte several
days ago that Turkey must accept the
treaty of London signed at the end OF the
irst Balkan war. one Of the provisions of
which recognized the claim OF Bulgaria
to the possession of Adrianople
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STUDENTS UPHOLD HUERTA.
Parade to show Approval Of stand
on Mediation,

MvxiCo CITY, Aug. l0.-More than 1000
s.Idents took part in a parade here to-
di,, carrying banners announcing their
approval of President Huerta's stand
scuNst mediation by the United States,
TIE demonstration had been authorized
%. Ga. Huerta. who reviewed the parade
:oa a balcony Of the palace.
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MANY DIE IN INDIAN FLOODS.
Villages Near Bnrdwnn swept Awn
when River Breaks.

Spfc'df tuoN bfSpdfcH 10 THE Sun
CALCUTTA. Aug. lO.--Thousands OF lives
are believed to have been lost when the
embankments OF tine Damado River near
Burdwan collapsed to-day. flooding the
country for many miles. Many villages
were swept away and thousands OF fami.
lies are homeless and without food.
There Is six feet Of water in Burdwan
and railroad service 70 Calcutta 10 stopped
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kuiing by Calculus.

Mortar iire which consists in hurting
II haif ton Of metal Two miles up in the
air 10 the exact point whence IL will fall
on battcship. pierce her deck and -x
piode inside her. libcrating deadly gases
ana 'rnmplins up her Vitals is nothing
nut mathematics to the men hrine And
In the wait while ships course is being
hscertained and her whereabouts "A mo.
ment after firing determined tn. most
ignorant observer gets an impression of
calculated death. Mortar fire is killing
by calculus
standing on the sand dunes at tn,
a defence for New York harbor is the
peaceful Ambrose channel all by itself
The buoys that mark it need be shifted
only little to put the batti.ships OF an
enemy hard aground But the supposi-
u"h now is that "A warship Is moving
steadily under cover Of darkness I'm from
the ocean and abeam the Hook.
Al IN" feet Of the man ashore ar.
two concrete craters in one of which
men are huddled about four short, mur.
d'rous black guns, A little house over
looks the pits
To the south and to the north ar.
similar low rooted little houses in which
are men with their eyes To powerful
glasses sighting the target one house
hnds II so many degrees from south.
the other 80 many. Other men with
graduated instruments map shore and
target to scale. Where the two lines Of
sight intersect the enemy lies
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Trees Their Only shelter.

They hurried ashore and found no shell
ter except under the trees. Officers of the
American I.ifr Saving Society, volunteers
who hay" station at Pelham Bay Capt,
Gustave Lam. First Lieut.. james McCor-
mick, second Lieut.. John Glcndon ard
Roatswain Joseph t,za. wer" busy get
ting the last rowboats in when the light
ming struck
They hurried To the aid of the crowd
under the tree. In this crowd was A
nurse. She helped the life savers revive
the score Of unconscious mo; and women
IN" men with great .ffor, lifted the
fallen nounh from those beneath it.
Perhaps a hundred persons had squeezed
into the life savers tent to keep dry.
These had to he forced on, into the rain
that the wounded might have shelter. An
ambulance from Fordham Hospital
brough, Dr. Donovan The life savers
went along with four in the first amhu-
lance load and held them So that In their
agony they would not hurt each other
more All Of them were burned
Before this climax of the storm a baby
had fallen overheard and it's mother. III
less from hysteria. had run away f<bm 4.
Lieut.. Mccormick Of the III. savers
jumped in, pulled the infant on, and then
found its mother
Up at Wilcox and Philp avenue. near
Throggs Neck, James Hay. IA letter car
rcr of l3S West l29th street, WAS WALKING
with his wife, Asnrs lightning brone
the bough Of tree and II fell on them
Hays right leg was broken and both his
wifcs ankles were broken. They are in
Lebanon Hospital
The storm ovcr,ook them and they put
In at Manurs!ng Island. where are half a
dozen fine estates The two landed near
the home OF W. H. browning and over
turned their boat for shelter. The light-
ming came down as they la under IT,
Servants in the browning house saw the
bolt, Morgan had 10 I've taken 10 the
United Hospital at Port Chester. He will
probably live,
Westchcster village, Pelham Ray. Will
iamsbridge and the towns Of Van Nsss
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4 few. dashes ANGOsTURA RnTERS Ia .
glass Of water countersct impurities.-Ads.
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Lightning Kills One i'm
Crowd: 20 Crushed Under
Fallen Bough.
PANIC IN PELHAM PARK
1000 in Mad Scramble; MANY
Fall Into Ditch: WOm-
ems Clothes Torn.

lightning killed five persons and nine
were drowned Ia Greater New York and
vicinity yesterday.
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Governor Says lie Didn't Divert
Campaign Funds or
Speculate.
TELLS OF A STOCK LOAN
Declares Ignorance Of BrOkera ge
Firms Mentioned In Com
mittep's Testimony.

ALBANY. Aug. 1o.--Gov. Suizer. after
maintaining silence for three days regard
ing the disclosures made by the Frawley
cOmmittc. concerning his campaign con-
issued IA statement late tonight making
general denial of all the charges upon
which the Legislature expects to institute
proceedings looking to his Impeachment
and removal from Office.
The statement. issued from the Execu-
tive Mansion. was distributed by Chester
c. Platt, the Governors secretary MIR
Plat explained that the statement was
dictated by the Governor after h.. had
Marshall and other advisers The state
ment follows:
''ln view Of the fact that the Frawlev
committee Is about to make it's report
OF the investigation 1t has been making
am advised that IL would be unwis. for
me at this time to make any detailed
statement in reply to the matters that
had been brought to the attention Of
that committee. hut having promised that
] would furnish the press "A statement
In fulfilment of that promise. | make the
following brief reply to the matters that |
am informed had been brought before such
committee
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Bolt ui,~ Tree; $50 Under IL.

I.sh,nins stluck a hls Elm tree tina.
Sheltered ." people in Pelham Bag Park.
l. Killed an Italian, as yet unidentified
~" was about "a years old, The bolt
brake off a great b"ueh. whicn crashed to
IN ground falling upon twenty of the
crowd
SSrNeu or eight w.lr 50 badly hurt nv
tine lightning and tn" falling bough that
they had 20 br held fast on the long rid.
t" III" hospital les, IN their wri,hins they
hurt each other
The ''dsn aud tuuudrr,lap threw into
panic 1000 Other pleasure seekers in TIA.
PARK. some Of them under other trees.
Thee Vas 4 mad stampede for the trolley
cars
In- cars wer" thrt" blocks distant on
Eastern boulevard. Men. wuuen and
children plunged through the sum toward
them. deep di'cn lines the road Mfny
fell into IT,
IN Few minutes the ditch was fail NJ
struggling men aud women. A. they tr. d
To rise others ran over them and left
them unconscious Tn. wumen's clothes
w"r" torn off IN the fight to gain the ears.
Tn" bolt that killed one left twenty un-
conscious under the elm.
The parks biggest Crowd--lO OOO per
sons-hhd begun To thin out before the
storm came. but half the number w.r.
STAYING t"caus" IN" park showed signs IL
becoming cool and tine, KIN, W their homes
w"r" not Man' Were out in roWboat,
when gusts of wind announced squal.,
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were ulo"heu ii bI'dltf New York ana
vicinity yesterday.
List Of the Dead.
BOWEN MOSES g. Haa-e place. Enslewood
J. stepped on wire 1t was struck ny
lightning
BROWN JOHN l. years old d.ckhand on
Munson liner CurI',ba; blown off deck while
an" was al her dock AZ Yonkers
DEFIESCO, SALVADOR. 80 of Central avenue
N"w Dorp. Staten Island: struck by bolt of
lightning while dosing window IN H.. home
GILBERT HENRY. Isi Richmond avenue.
Richmond. staten Island. drowned while
bathing off South Beach
GO1DsrElN. MEYER. l" years old a clerk.
of 2.: Cherry street: crowned IN the surf at
Coney Island when seized with cramps
HAND, HOWARD wears old of - boulevard.
Kocasway; drowned a, Rockaway Beach.
Hll.LNER FREDERICK. il years Old a. Am.
ho, road. Staten Island; drowned while
bathing off Brook Point durn, the storm.
KELLY. PETER i. of Por, Chester n :;
lying undcr boat ON Manursing Island to es.
"apr storm; lightning struck boat,
MADIO. CANINE ~ vcars old. a laborer:
>nzcd with cramps while bathing in the
Con"y Island Creek and vas drowned before
he oou!d bc rescued
OLSEN. PETER. .' of 30sl Coricar avenue
Tn" hrunS. IA iaunch overturned by storm
ia i'ud-pu River OF .3.d street
PhTGOiD. ADOIpH, -. of eSe wikir.
avruu'. Th- Bronx. killed by wire burned
ou' by lsh,mns
TARANT. W. 3; wears old n deckh a nd on the
steamer CImhrla of the New York and
Rockaway Transport atom Company; fell
from boat near the Battery
WEiNGARl. RUBEN 20 wears Old Of l5s he.
lano"y street drowned on Balzer Pier Rock
aWav Beach
| u,rniIt-d lraitan: kIlled bv hSh'nlng while
sisutlln. uudcr tree III Pelham Bay Park
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house In
great excitement over the attempted SUI
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an Investigation and finds that hugh
Crandal sutton for Katharine. who mad
been forbidden the house by General Far
rlsh, had talked with Katharine, over the
telephone just before she shot herseiI.
torn piece Of yellow paper is found.
at sight Of which General Parrish IS
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
Andrew Elser, an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope IS
found in Elser's room. Post Office In
spector Davis. Kent's friend, takes up
the case. Kent is convinced that cram
dali is at the bottom of the mystery.
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
dalPs room and find an address: Lock
Box II. Ardway. N. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to Investigate and becomes suSp,,
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel.
yellow letter also figures In this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had Just been
called by Crandall from the same pooth.
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master is missing. Inspector DAVIS ar
tigation. He discovers that the dead
woman is Sarah. Sacket of bridgeport
Louise telephones Kent imploring MIN 10
drop the Investigation Kent t returns fro ro
Louise. He finds the body of woman In
Central Park and more. yellow letters.
He sees Crandall. whom he recognizes as
Cook" enter the Parrish home. Louise
again implores Kent to drop the tnvesti-
cation and refuses to give any explana-
ton. Later Kent sees Crandall and Louise
in an automobile. Kent returns to Ard
way. Davis announces that he mas
planned to arrest the missing postmaster
and also the master criminal While seek
ing the criminals. Kent comes across
Louise and Crandall. Pursued by Davis
the postmaster jumps off precipice ana
is killed. Aleck Young. the master GRIM
inal is found in a hut in morphine
stupor. Louise tells Kent that she and
Crandall had come to get papers from
Young which gave him a strange hold
over General Parrish. 1t is shown that
CrapdalPs only interest in the case was
to help Katharine recover her fathers
papers. Young is shackled and bound.
with morphine just out of his reach. in
an attempt to make him confess and give
up the papers.
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MA5AaNM5M URaznes

lowed MS glance to the chair near the
couch, where, beside the hypodermic
syringe and the morphine, Davis, as
| II 20 accentuate the torture of his
| letters, had placed the key that un-
| locked them. l would not have known
how to administer the morphine, even
| If / had wished to do so, and besides,
l had strong aversion to drugging
| fellow-man, but as | saw the key
| there, | thought of a solution.
IF / unlock the letters on your
| arms" said l, $50 that you can reach
the morphine, will you promise me to
| answer my question:
I'll promise on my word of honor
to answer every question you ask"
he replied, an eager light coming in
| to his eyes,
Il swear ton my mothers honor"
Thinking how amazed Davis would
be when he awoke to learn that had
the prisoners full confession, reach
ed for the key. Young turned over as
far as he could to permit me to un-
lock the letters
Then, quick as lightning, as the
steel fell away from his wrists, his
hands shot out and clutched my neck
with maniac strength. I felt my eyes
bulge, my lungs fill to bursting.
put forth my hands to try to shake
off his grip, but felt my strength fast
failing.
Athletically inclined though l have
always been, and matched though /
was against a drug-weakened wretch
with fettered feet, found myself no
equal for his maniacal desperation.
Back and forth over the couch we
swayed in a silent death.struggle, my
cutoff breath all the while pounding
unpurified through my bursting lungs,
my brain turning weak, and my sight
growing dim. l was beaten l knew
l could hold out but a few seconds
longer.
There passed through my mind in
my struggles a vivid picture of what
was about to happen. Young would
silently choke me to death. Silently
he would hobble with his fettered feet
to where Davis lay in the lean-to
sound asleep and brain him with a
blow. He would cast off his letters and
long before the constable would re-
turn to find our bodies would make
his escape on Rouser's bicycle. The
mystery of the yellow letters never
would be explained. Poor Louise
Young's hands fell from my throat
and I staggered back gasping for
breath l thought at first that the
strain had been too much for his drug
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-28
HUSBAND
TIRED OF SEEING
HER SUFFER
Procured Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound,
which made His Wife
a Well Woman.

Middletown, Pa.-"I had headache.
backache and such awful bearing down
pains that I could not be on my feet at
times and had organic inflammation SO
badly that was not able to do my work.
could not get good meal for my hus-
band and one child. My neighbors said
they thought my suffering was terrible.
"My husband got tired of seeing nae
suffer and one night went to the drug
store and got me bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
told me I must take it. ] can't tell you
all suffered and can't tell you all that
your medicine has done for me. was
greatly benefited from the first and it
has made me well woman. ] can do
all my homework and even helped some
of my friends as well. I think it is q
wonderful help to all suffering women.
] have got several to take it after see
my what it has done for me. Mrs.
EMMA EsPENsHADE, 219 East Main St.,
Middletown, Pa.
The Pinkham record is a proud and hon
orable one. 1t is record of constant
victory over the obstinate ills of woman
ills that deal out despair. It is an es-
tablished fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored
health to thousands of such suffering
women. Why don't you try it if you
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If you want special advice write to
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be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
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racked body, but soon l saw what
had happened. His muscles had not
weakened, but his will Standing
over him was Davis with a revolver
pointed at his head Even before |
had recovered myself Davis had the
letters readjusted and the rope passed
through them.
Our lives were saved. The mystery
might yet be solved, despite my fool
hardness.
AS soon as my aching throat would
permit me to speak l began making
abject apologies for my foolhardy con,
duct and trying to express my thanks.
but he would not listen to me.
81 guess you'll guard him safely
enough now" he said, and once more
was fast asleep.
With something of the feeling of a
chastised school-boy who knows he
deserved far more than he got, / sat
down beside the couch and for four
long hours watched the struggles and
heard the curses and listened to the
entreaties of the drug-mad prisoner.
But now had no sympathy left for
him