Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-22

/ it up, and went on to my ROOM Juan
was therein my dress. He kept me
from fainting or dying while we
changed back to our own clothes
know the rest from Juan. Shall
tell it?"
CAT about this point, occurred one
of those irruptions of expletiyes,
broken sentences, pleas, prayers.
which always mar a confession for
legal purposes, and is, therefore,
edited out by the police before the
finish typewriter statement goes
back to the witness for his sigma
ture. This extraneous matter, you
see, tends to create in the minds OF
unthinking persons a false sentiment
for the criminal.)
Juan said that he waited until at
ter 1 o'clock. The house was quiet.
From the window of the lumber
room, he crawled to the f1re-escape.
That window had spring-catch-
you had only to pull it down and it
locked of itself. Since he intended
to leave Captain Hanska's room by
the door, he closed this window be-
hind him in order to cover up his
tracks. That window of the captains
room which led to the fire-escape,
was open for ventilation. The rain
was drifting through it. 1t occurred
to Juan that everything would be
safer if he closed 1.-THE was afraid
that a gust of wind might blow
spray into Captain Hanska's face.
and wake him. He did that; and
he fastened the sash with the catch.
Captain Hanska was asleep, breath
ing very heavily. Remember that.
you have seen the room. The
bureau, where I found the strong
box, was in the corner farthest from
the window which Juan had just en-
tered. Between it and the window
were a table and Captain Hanska's
bed. Juan carried our pocket cleo
trio torch. He turned it on the in
side of the top bureau drawer. The
box was there. Also, the key was
in its lock. Juan thought 1t would
be better to take the Jewels out and
leave the box. BY doing that he
could find whether the bill of sale
was with the jewels, or whether he
would have to search further for it,
That was his great mistake 1t was
trick box. Inside was an alarm
bell which rang whenever the cover
was lifted.
Juan opened it; the bell rang.
Captain Hanska awoke at once. Juan
had no time to move, before Captain
Hanska pressed the button at the
head of his bed and turned on the
electric light. 1t must have bewil-
dered him for moment when he saw
WhAf ~ he L
ing by his bureau-but Juan held the
stronghold in his hands. When he
saw that the captain came at him.
Juan is a small man. Captain Han
ska was big and very powerful Just
then, Juan saw on the table between
them that great knife.
Juan is a swordsman. He picked
up the knife to stop the captain by
threatening him with it-held the
point toward his chest. Captain
Hanska was a brave man, and very
violent in anger. He had one of his
terrible spells of temper now He be-
gan to curse Juan. And then his
hands went up to his head all of a
sudden, and he tumbled over with all
his great weight on the point of the
knife. Juan did not thrust-he is sure
now he did not thrust--he only held
the knife steady-but it pierced Cap
tain Hanska through" I'm this place,
Detective Kennedy had to edit the
statement a great deal. in order to
make it seemly for the official ar
chives)
We will leave for moment the po-
| lice statement.
| Fell on it" asked Martin MCGEE.
Whats that you're trying to give
us?"
ION my soul and my mothers, -
solemnly declared Miss Estrilla.
Don't you see-can't you under
stand? A doctor in Port of Spain
had warned him of it-Juan has done
nothing since-nothing-but read med
ical books-he was dead before he
touched the point of the knife--if
Juan stabbed him, he stabbed a
corpse-Captain Hanska died of APP
oplexy caused by his anger!"
J During these last dramatic stages of
Miss Estrilla's narrative, Resale LIE
Grange had slipped into the room.
For a moment, Miss Estrilla gazed
full upon her betrayer. For mo-
ment, all that the tropics had given
her of storm and flame glared from
her eyes Then that light died away.
Thereafter 1t was as though Rosalie
had not been. If Miss Estrilla' S
| glance, wandering from one point to
another in her effort to concentrate
| on her narrative, touched upon Ro-
sales figure, they looked straight
! through it.
| Rosalie moved by imperceptible
stages to Detective Kennedy's table.
Casually she picked up a fountain
pen and a sheet of paper and wrote:
New York, Nov. is, 19o--.
1T am telling to the police all know
of my part in the death of Captain
| John H. Hanska. | have confessed
that we followed him to America to
get jewels, and that it was my brother
Juan who appeared to have stabbed
| him."
The inspector was questioning GENT
! " now upon the apoplexy theory,