Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-04-10

uOW Oi tue CApthiu TOou WHICH teN
to the FIRE escape, was open for vcnti-
lation. The rain was drifting through
It. II occurred to Juan that every
thing would be safer II he closed 1t
he was afraid that a gust OF wind
might blow spray into Captain Han
ska's face. and wake him. He did
that; and he fastened the sash with
the catch. Captain Hansks was asleep.
breathing very heavily. Remember
that.
you have seen the room. The bu-
reau, where / found the strong-box.
was in the corner farthest from the
I window which. Juan had Just entered.
| Between IT and the window we're a
table and Captain Hanska's bed. Juan
| carried our pocket electric torch He
turned 1t on the inside of the top bu-
reau drawer. The box was there. Also.
the key was In Its lock. Juan thought
It 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 a
trick box. Inside was an alarm-bell
which rang whenever the cover was
lifted ..
Juan opened IL; the bell rang. Cap
tain Hanska awoke at once. Juan had
no time to move, before Captain Han
ska pressed the button at the head OF
his bed and turned on the electric
light. II must have bewildered him
for a moment when he saw what APP
peared to be a woman standing by his
bureau-but Juan held the stronghold
in his hands. When he saw that. the
captain came at him. Juan is q small
man. Captain Hanska 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. xnd very violent In
anger. He had one OF his terrible
spells OF temper now. He began to
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 1t pierced Captain Hanska
through" Qn this place. Detective
Kennedy had to edit the statement
great deal In order to make It seem
ly for the Official archives.)
We will leave for a moment the po-
lice statement
Fell on itf- asked Martin MCGEE.
Whats that you're trying to give us?"
"On my soul and my mothers" SOL
emnly declared Miss Estriiia- Don't
you see-cant you understand? A
doctor in Port Of Spain had warned
him OF it-Juan has done nothing
since-nothing- read medical
books-he was dead before he touched
the point Of the knife-if Juan stabbed
him. he stabbed corpse-Captain
Hanska died OF Rpoplexy caused by his
anger!" ".
During these last dramatic stages OF
Miss Estrilla's narrative. Rosalie lie
Grange had slipped into the room. For
a moment. Miss Dstrilia gazed full up
on her betrayer. For a moment, all
that the tropics had given her OF storm
and fame glarbd from her eyes. Then
that light died away. Thereafter, IL
was as though Resale had not been.
II Miss Estriila's glance. wandering
from one point to another in her effort
to concentrate on her narrative,
touched upon Rosalie's figure. they
looked straight through It. =
Rosalie moved by imperceptible
stages to Detective Kennedyie table.
Casually. she picked up fountain pen
and sheet of paper. and wrote:
New York. Nov. Is, 190--.
Il am telling to the police all
know of my part In the death OF Capt.
John II. Hanska- have confessed that
we followed him to America to get
jewels. and that Il was my brother
Juan who appeared To have stabbed
him"
The inspector was questioning
gently now upon the apoplexy theory,
hoping TO trap the witness into an In
consistency. While she talked. Miss
Estrilla Tor Senorita Perez paused
from time 10 time as though gathering
strength. Resale waited for such
pause. Then she braced the paper on
a book and slipped up to Inspector
MCGEE.
You've forgotten this" she said.
you we're goin' TO git IL sIgned at the
very first. you know"
Inspector McGee's expression proved
that he was puzzled. But he. had be-
come accustomed to following Rosa
lies mental flights without knowledge
OF their destination. He nodded, there
fore, and gave book. paper and pen TO
Miss Estrilla- II was the best possible
to the inspectors third de-
gree methods. that she signed without
a protest. Rosalis took the paper 81
lently; but she did not depOsit IL where