Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-04

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And then came the entries for Fri
day. Saturday and Sunday. Friday
evening:
6:3o-Eating hearty supper.
Lights cigarette and PAGES floor.
Notice that when Mrs. z. knocks he
goes to desk and pretends to be writ
Ing.
SIS examining book. Looks ike
railway guide.
s;30-It is a steamship guide.
s4@Tailor's boy brings box. Gives
boy 80 cents. Query: Where does he
get money now that ]. B. IS gone?
9-Tries on new suit Drown.
9:3o-Hss been spending a quarter Of
m hour ID his knees looking behind
furniture and examining Dashboard.
IO-He has the key TO the onyx clock
Has hidden II twice-once up the Chin
ney fue. once behind Dashboard.
10:I5-He has just thrown key or
similar small article outside window
into yard.
11-Has gone 10 bed. Light burning.
Shall sleep here on floor.
il ;30-He cannot sleep. Is up walk
ing the floor and smoking.
a. m.-Saturday. Disturbance be-
low. He had nightmare and was call
ing Jennie He got up, took drink
and Is now reading.
a. m.-Must have slept. He is shaw
ing.
u m--NOtbing this morning. He
wrote for four hours. sometimes read
Ing aloud what be Lad written.
= p. Nile has a visitor. a man.
Cannot hear aiI-word now and then.
-I-lewellyn is the very man Devil
of a risk Well see you through"
Lost the slip" Didn't go to the no.
tel. She went 10 Il private house"
Eliza Shaeffer-''
Who went TO a private house2 Jen-
ME Brice:
2:3o-Cannot hear Are whispering.
The visitor has given Ladley roll of
bills.
-FolIowed the visitor. a tall man
with a pointed beard. he went TO the
Liberty theater. Found it was Bron-
son. business manager there. Who
IS Llewellyn. and who is Eliza Shaef-
fer?
4:I5-Had Mrs. 2. bring telephone
book; six LleweIlyns in the book; no
Eliza Shae1er. Ladley appears more
cheerful since Bronson's visit He has
bought all the evening papers and is
searching for something. has not
found IL
Ate well. Have asked Mrs. p. TO
take my place here while interview
the six LIewellyDs.
I1-Mrs. p. reports quiet evening. |
He read and smoked Has gone to |
bed. Light burning. Saw five Lew |
ei.rns. None Of them knew Bronson |
r or Ladley. Sixth-a lawyer-out at re- I
vivaI meeting. Went TO the church and !
walked home with him. He knows ;
something Acknowledged he knew /
Bronson. Had met Ladley. Did not 4
believe Mrs. LadIey dead. Regretted !
! had not been to the meeting. Good /
sermon. Asked me for a dollar for
missions.
. a. m.-Sundsy. LadIey in bad
shape. Apparently been drinking ALI
night Cannot eat Sent out early for
papers and has searched them all.
Found entry on second page. stared at
81, then flung the paper away. Have
sent for same paper.
10 a. m.-Paper says: Body OF wo-
man washed ashore yesterday at Sc
wickley. Much mutilated by food
debris" Ladley in bed. staring at cell
ing Wonder II he sees tube? He is
CHASTITY.
That IS the last entry in the note
book for that day. Mr.. Holcombe call
ed me in great excitement shortly after |
10 and showed me the item Neither
of Us doubted for a moment that II.
was Jennie Brice who had been found. |
He started for Sewickley that same /
afternoon. and be probably communi-
Gated with the police before he left, |
for once or twice I saw Hr. Graves.
the detective. ssuntering past the /
house.
Mr.. Ladley ate no dinner. He went
out az =. and had Mr.. Reynolds fol-
low him But they were both back In
q half hour. Mr. Reynolds reported
that Mr.. LadIey had bought some head
ache tablets and some bromide DOW
ders 10 make him sleep.
Mt. Hoicombe came back that even
ing be thought the body was that of
Jennie Br1ce. but the head was gone.
He was much depressed and did not