The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-03-20


crooks loose just as you please and
get away with It! It's all very well
for you, but look at the fix you're leav.
ing for me. The Hanska case is
cleared up. Wade is innocent We've
had the wrong man all the time That's
Joke enough on us. But when we
find the right one, he gives us the
slip. The Big Commissioner will get
roasted by the papers and hand II to
the Deputy Cornish. and the Deputy
will pass the buck down to me, and
III have to report how it happened.
Yes, and / WILL tool" he burst out.
I'm tell, all right! Conniving at es-
cape You know what that means?"
rs 1t felony or a misdemeanor?"
asked Resale. Il sort OF forgot which
It was at the time committed It,"
Look here" said MCGEE. you can't
BLUM me-"
q know ! can't" said Resale, IAN
you can't me, either"
Come, out with II then-what have
you done and why did you do it,"
"As for what I've DONE" said Ros-
ale, "teIlin you would be spoilin' It.
Why did do It? I've answered that.
couldn't trust you or any man alive
to let that poor boy off. Apoplexy ?
You morted when his sister said II,
An' ou'd he Snortin' now II you had
him here in front OF you. They'd
laugh him to the chair. I've saved you
tho necessity of KILN an innocent
man, An l ought to be thanked, not
kicked"
You'll get worse," said Martin Nc
Gee; you'll go up--that's what Will
happen to you!"
Now will l." Knocked Resale, break
ing out her dimples. full.blazon, for
the first time in two days. What an
awful trick on a lady! Especially
when youIl have to do 1t yourself.
You're the only witness-the only per
son who knows that promised to
deliver Estrilla. You're the only per
son that's heard me confess | let him
get away So you'll be put on the
witnessstand, an then I'll be put on
the stand. An I'll testify how the
New York police were bafiled with the
real criminals passin' right under their
noses twenty times a day, an how
poor boardin'-house keeper that used
to be a medium-iest plain, good old
soul-took u hairpin an thimbleful
of common sense an got a confession
an made you all fools. My lawyern
get 1t in an If he dom, the papers
will, because I'll tell EN-.
Marty McGee," she added, Tets
git down TO cases. You can't do a
thing to mo that'll help your position
at all I'll go to Jail for life an never
tell where Juan Perez has gone. But
II you'll listen, III show you Just how
to fix this without trouble for any
body"
Inspector McGee was now playing
with flexible paper.knife, his down.
cast eyes fixed upon 1t as he twisted 1t
back and forth.
How" he asked In a voice from
which the buster had gone.
Rosalle established herself comfort
ably in her chair.
well, it's funny thing for US TO
do--you an me-tell the truth. Not
quite the truth, either; the truth fixed
up a little, which is the best kind of n
lie that is. Give out what happened
but say your own smartness cleared
up the case. not mine. Get DR.. Cleary
to certify that he found apoplexy at
. more careful autopsy, made after
the Coroner's inquest, but that he sup
pressed the report at the request OF
the police. You can force him to do
that to save his skin; his work is get
tin careless enough SOS one more
slip would make his political hackers
drop him. Say the theory that q man
died of apoplexy juf when a knife
was held at his breast ready for him
to fall on II, was SO strange an I'M
usual that you couldn't believe 1t in
the beginnin'. So you held Lawrence
Wade until you made sure. Say you
suspected Miss Estrilla-Miss Perez
from the first, an learnin' that she
was superstitions. had her worked BY
a police stool.pigeon who played at
bein' professional medium. Say
your men listened to the seances. an
broke In at the end an pulled the
whole story out of her. An. II that
amt awful near the truth. never
made up lie that was"
II fail to see how that excuses al
for letting Estrifla--Perez-go." said
Inspector MCGEE. with q stir Of sar'
casm.
THAT point" said RosaIie. "is the
best thing I've thought out-the very
best. Up to the confeasion-thGts oul
story--you hadn't the least idea but
Miss Estrilla done II all herself. Wed
never thought about their changiA
Clothes. An when you got the con
fesSion. you sent out to arrest him.
but he was gone-probabiy tipped o1
somehow. How. search mol haven't
thought out . good lie thsre hAyb>
you'll haxe 10 invent that youfsalf
otherwise it1l Just b ous Of TIE nv
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