The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
CHAPTER XVI,
Who Shot Grians?


Who Shot erisss?
TOR few minutes longer the
Il two men discussed the details
of the crime, theorizing over
- the battling event. Then Cas-
sidy entered. @'-
II got the factory at Hartford on the
WIRE" he explained, land they gave
me Mr.. Maxim himself. He said this
was surely special gun, which was
made for the use Of Henry Sylvester,
one of the professors at Yale. He
wanted it for demonstration purposes.
Mr.. Maxim said the things have never
been put OH the market, and that they
never will be- got this man, Syl-
vester," Cassidy went on, ION the
phone too. He says that his house was
robbed about eight weeks ago, and
among other things the silencer was
stolen"
rs there any chance that young GIL
der did shoot Griggs?' asked Demer-
est.
You can search me-" the inspector
answered. my men were just outside
the door Of the room where Eddie
Griggs was shot to death, and none of
'em heard q sound It's that internal
silencer thing. OF course, know that
all the gang was in the house,
did you see them 60 in?'' a9g
mo, didn't, but Griggs''-r>5 @
''Griegs is dead, Burke. You're up
against it. You can't prove that Gar
son or Chicago Red or Dacey ever en-
tered that house"
.''Wen, then, I'll charge young Glider
with murder and call the Turner wo-
man as a witness" .;" a.a-
"You can't question her on the wit
ness stand. The law doesn't allow you
to make a wife testify against her hus-
band. No, Burke, your only chance Of
getting the murderer Of Griggs is by
q confession
'"Then I'll charge them both with
the MURDER" the inspector grow!ed
vindictively. "And, by -. they'll
both 60 to trial unless somebody comes
through. If it's my last act on earth.
I'm going to get the man who shot
Eddie Griggs.''
Burke, after the lawyer had left him
watched the door expectantly for the
coming Of Aggie Lynch, whom he had
ordered brought before him. But
when at. last Dan appeared and stood
aside to permit her passing into the
Office, the inspector gasped at the un-
expectedness of the vision. The next
instant the inspector forgot his sur
prise In q sincere, almost ardent admi-
ration.
The girl was rather short, but Of a
slender elegance of form that was raw
fishing. Her costume had about it an
indubitable air, fnality of perfec-
ton in its kind. On another it might
have appeared perhaps the merest tri-
fie garish. But that fault was made
into a virtue by the.correcting inno-
ence of the girls face. It was a child
ish face, childish in the exquisite
smoothness of the soft. pink skin, child
ish in the wondering stare Of the blue
eyes. now so widely opened in dismay,
childish in the wistful dropping Of the
rosebud mouth.
'Now, then, my GIRL" Burke said
roughly, ~ want to know
There came change, wrought In
the twinkling Of an eye. The tiny.
trinity shod foot Of the girl rose and
fell in wrathful stamp.
"What do you mean by this out
rage?' she stormed. Her voice was
low and rich, with a charming round
ness that seemed the very hallmark of
gentility. II demand my instant re-
fease."
"Wait a minute" Burke remonstrat-
ed. "Wait minute"
"You wait!'' she cried violently.
"You Just wait. tell you, until my
papa hears Of this!'
"Who is your papa?"
II shan't tell you." came the petu.
liant retort from the girl. "You would
probably give my name to the report
ers. If it ever got into the newspa-
pers my family would die of shame!'
''Now, the easiest way out for both
Of us is for you to tell me just who
sou are. You see. young lady. you
were found in the house of u notorious
crook
How perfectly absurd. ! was call.
ing on Miss Mary Turner
4 How did you come to meet her any
how ~ ST; Il {.
was introduced to Miss Turner
by Mr. Richard Glider. Perhaps you