Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-27
THE RED BUTTON

And then, with the sudden brutality
which was part of his third degree
method, And it was with that knife
Lawrence Wade stabbed your hus-
band.
Inspector MCGEE might have
thrown that very knife instead of his
words, so sudden was the effect upon
Constance Hanska. The color left
her face. Her eyes grew big and
wild. She flashed to her feet, tren-
bling violently.
"oh, non she pleaded. "oh, no!
Oh, that will hurt him so! He
couldn't have used it--some one used
It after he left-Lawrenee Wade
could no more have stabbed an un-
armed man She stopped, wres-
tied herself back to some semblance
of composure. Don't you understand
he was a gentleman" She turned
from McGees triumphant state TO
Rosalie's softened face why, Mrs.
lie CT ange, gentlemen don't do such
things. He was an athlete-he played
every game honorably-do you think
he would have put me in such a po-
sition, even if he thought of nothing
else-he would have had to break
every instinct-he-he-
Look here, Mrs. Hanska,' said In
spector MCGEE, bouncing upon his adj
vantage as experience had taught
him to do, there was what you call
an affair between you and this Mr..
Wade, wasn't there?"
Here Rosalie swung IN again.
inspector" she said, IF you go
that way, I'll advise this young
woman to get a real lawyer before
she talks to you any more. Now. my
dear, you just answer what you
please"
well, I should say sol" put
in Betsy Barbara. Constance, why
don't you leave this place at once?
You didn't come here to be in
suited
But Constance was mistress of her.
self again.
"All this will come out in the trial,
Betsy- Barbara. l might as well tell
everything now. When he put him
self in this position he was trying to
help me- There was no affair, as you
call it. But when he first met me he
thought l was a widow. And before
he knew my circumstances he pro-
posed marriage. He never spoke OF
it after ] told him. He was gen.
tleman. He only tried to serve me
as a gentleman would under the cir
cumstances.
Has it struck YOU" asked the in
spector, that this might be used as
a motive?"
This Is perfectly dreadful" cried
Betsy Barbara Constance, you shall
not stay here another minute. You
come with me to A lawyer!"
That's right" said Rosalie LIE
Grange shortly. Inspector MCGEE
you can excuse u.s."
mot for while" said Inspector
MCGEE shortly. Madame, l must
have your official statement as to
what you have just told me--before
let you leave"
! Now Constance had risen, and
Betsy Barbara. in state of sup
pressed fury, stood beside her, flash
ing sparks from her golden hair and
her blue eyes and her little white
teeth. Inspector MCGEE stepped to
the door to summon stenographer
And Rosalie. quick as thought
slipped up beside Constance.
mot a word more than you can
help about this proposing to you
not a world" she whispered.
"Step into this room, ladies' said
MCGEE. "Ill join you in a moment
We won't need YOU, Mrs. LIE Grange.
Alone with the inspector Rosalie
LIE Grange stood regarding him from
top to toe. He faced her in little
embarra ssment, which he covered
with bluff.
well, you carried your pretend on
nicely" he said: "anybody'd have
thought you were sore on me-
For answer Rosalie drew up cor
ner of her fine, firm, upper lip.
Sometimes" she said, II hate a
cop!"
Martin MCGEE laughed uneasily.
We'll, we got the goods, he said;
motives established all right,
You got the goods, not We re-
piled Resale; don't you count me
in on that game Third degree' On
the likes of hertz
But Inspector MCGEE, more inter
ested just then in his professional
problem than in what any woman
thought of him, was pursuing his
own train of reflection.
I'm love with Hanskas wife-and
Hanska'd mistreated her-and she
wanted a divorce and couldn't get 1t,
Wade and Hanska had quarreled.
Wade goes UP there with his eurio
shop and lays it down on the table.
They quarrel again. Wade's fencer
He picks up that knife and let's him
have it just by instinct. Then he
walks out of the door and gets rat
| tied and beats it. OF course, it would
be hard to establish first-degree muir
der on what we've got now-but we'll
get it,"
You think So do your replied
Resale. MY, don't promotion make
a smart man of a payement-pounding
cop!"
Guess you don't know replied
MCGEE, what this man Wade said
when we pinched him in Boston and
told him what it was for?'
NO"
He said:<I didn't kill him, but by
God I'd like to shake hands with the
man who did, In the inspector Z