The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-01

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siioM 81 aathcEitgs iinnei iateiy took
cotaniand d ~ TIM Is
To- III sefEe b Il Ids hidl b
said: 80
''M Honey. this. fellow may have had
an aeeompttee. Take four. omeera and
RatcA every exit from the hotel. AT.
raSt hhybody attempting to leave the
building, Put StWo olncsES to NatcA
thu me- escapes. Send one man on
the root. co."
"Yes, sir. replied the sergeant, a.
he turned Away 10 execute the order,
Capt. Clinton gave two strides for.
ward, and catching Howard by the col.
lar, 3efked him TO his feGt
New young Teller. you come With
me! Wen 60 upstairs and have >
look at the dead man"
Howard was at no time an athlete,
ana nov, cohtt6Sted With the burIy
policeman. q colossus in ,strength, he
seemed like a puny boy. His bringing,
frightened attitude. .Gs he looked up In
the captains bulldog face wa pathet.
ic. The crowd Of. bystanders could hard
" contain thsir eaEerneab To take in
eyoEy. detail Of the dramatic situation.
The prisoner was sober by this time,
80 kka,n..hIy nlnraaad
What do you want me for?" he
cried. az haven't done anything. The
mans dead, but. | didn't kn him" .
"shut your mouth" roWled the
captain.
Dragging Howard, after him, he
made his way to the elevator. Throw
ing his prisoner into the cage, he
turned to slFS orders to bis ,nsbOFd'
mate. "a: "a, .s -.
".Maloney, ssoa: come. Viii mo ana
brlng oRceE pe.saeyl" Addrsssing the
other men, h6 S&ta: You other fellerb
look after things dotFh here. Don't
let any Of thssA people come apstairs."
Then, turning 10 the elevator boy, he
gave the command: "Ib With her"
The elevator. with Its passengers.
shot upward stopped with 4 Jerk At
the fourteenth door, ana the captain,
once moro laying 4 brutal hand on
Howard, pushed him out Into the cor
ridor. =. sssss... -, a,s.,.
If it could be bGia 81 Capt. Clinton
that he had any system at HI, 1t vas
to be as brutal NJ poSsibls Nth etery.
body unlucky enough to ,taIl into his
hands. Instead or regarding his ;pris.
oners as innocent Until found guilty,
a. they are, Justly entitled 10 be re-
karded under the law, he took the d.
rsetIy opposite stand. He considered
all bis prisoners a. guilty as hell until
they had succeeded in proving them.
selves Innocent. Even then he had
his doubts. When a Jury brought In
verdict OF aCQuittal, he shook his
head and sroWlOd. He had the great.
est contempt for 4 fury that would &C.
quit and the yGrmest regard for jury
which convicted. He hullisd and NAL
treated his prisoners because he Arm.
ly believed In undermining their NOR.
al and physical resistance. When by
depriving them Of sleep and food, by
choking them, clubbing them and
frightening them he had reduced
them to a state Of nervous terror, to
the border Of physical collapse, he
knew by experience that they would
no longer be In condition to Withstand
his merciless cross.examinations. De-
morAlized. unstrung, they would blurt
out the truth and SO convict them.
selves. The ends Of Justice would thus
be served. .,,a, ~ r., ,..,,s. IA
Capt. Clinton ,prided himself on the
thorough manner in which, he conduct.
ed these examinations Of persons IN.
der arrest. II was q laborious ordeal,
but always successful. He owed his
present position on the force to the
skill with which he browbeat his pris-
oners Into confessions With his
third degree" seanceB he arrived at
results better and more quickly than
in any other way. All his convictions
had been secured by them. The press
and meddIing busyhodies called his
system barbarous, a revival Of the old
time torture chamber. What did he
care what the people said as long as
he convicted his man? Wasn't that
what he was paid for: He was there
10 find the murderer. and he was go.
Ing to do II.
he pushed his way into the apart.
ment, followed closely by Maloney and
the other policemen, who dragged
along the unhappy Howard. The dead
man still lay where he had fallen.
Capt. Clinton stopped down, but made
no attempt to touch the corpse, mere.
" satisfying himself that Underwood
was dead. Then, after casual survey
Of the room. he said to bis sergeant;
We won't touch a thing, Maloney,
Till the coroner arrives. He'll be here
any minute, and he'll give the order
for the undertaken. You can call up
headquarters so the newspaper BOYS
get the story" .r....r
While the sergeant went to the tele.
phone to carry out these orders, Capt,
Clinton turned 10 look at Howard. who
had collapsed, white and trembling, In.
10 a chair,