Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-26


door. A short fight Of winding stairs
took them to the basement and little
prison known as ..the barrel" This
cramped and dark place would hold
Montgomery until he was arraigned
before magistrate and the slow proc
ess of marching through the courts to
prison or liberty was begun. Here, be-
meath the level Of the street. he could
send no word to lawyer or friend, and
he was as far removed from the saw
ing benefits of the habeas corpus as II
he were existing before the signing of
Magma Charta.
Pending his arraignment in court
this citizen of the United States was
without one single trace of considera-
ton by the law which was written for
his protection.
1t was noon the next morning when
Montgomery groped about his little
black cell and found an iron shelf
hinged to one Of its walls He threw
himself on dirty, twisted blanket, his
body worn out and his mind blank.
His stomach called for food. but he
dared not ask for any The lunch
hour tramping of feet above lulled him
into oblivion. His tired eyes closed,
and he slept
A voice. sounding very family at
first. but gathering volume until his
ears ached, awakened him.
! II thought you was Dead" he heard
the turnkey say. Here, take this"
The prisoner dropped his legs over
the iron pallets edge and held out his
hands.
lineup filled with beef stew, and the
SAVIOR of it made the boys brain reel
with the delights of anticipation. He
lifted the cup to bis lips and drank
from 1t eagerly. The turnkey handed
him piece of bread. He clutched it,
stuck 1t into the stew and ate of 1t
with little grunts of animal satisfac-
| ton.
Montgomery heard the cell door slam
and the key turn in the lock. AS the
welcome process of digestion started
the starved, tired lad forgot his sor-
|
more in dreamless and refreshing
slumber
Simple as was the food. and only toe
slight for famished youth. it started
the blood coursing healthily through
his veins once more. This second
sleep brought back his strength. and
the fog that had come to his brain
while he was undergoing the strange
hardships OF Identification began to
lift. When he wakened again he found
that nature, replenished with fuel. bad
cast off the dread load Of despair thai
had settled upon him.
He knew not whether it was day ol
night. He rubbed his face briskly, TAX
ing dry bath and equalizing the sur
face circulation of his blood He threw
out his arms and legs vigorously. re
moving the kinks in his muscles.
Through the bars of the cell he saw
the yellow smear of light and the turn
key sitting beneath it smoking pipe
He was debating the advisability O.
asking the day and hour when tn,
door Of the barrel" ratified and hi.
keeper bestirred himself
man in uniform was admitted
The turnkey placed his pipe in hi
chair and came to Montgomery's cell.
Get your hat" he ordered as h,
unlocked the door.
Montgomery groped about for hi
cloth cap, found it and stepped out o
the cell.
Its time for the lineup" he was in
formed. They want you upstairs"
In charge Of the uniformed man h.
made his way up the winding stair
way and stepped into the blindirl
sunlight which flooded the assembl.
room Of the detective bureau. Tn
room was large and wainscoted higl
with racks of pictures-the old rogues
gallery. In the center of the room wal
clump of fifteen men and three VIC
men. They made up the police GRO
of the night before. Yeggmen. bur
glars, pickpockets. confidence men an
black browed Sicilian bomb throwe
were included in the group. The VIC
men. blowsy. frowsy and insolent
were common thieves.
Montgomery was put in this her,
and told to wait there. Half a dozel
uniformed policemen were doing dut
as doormen.
After few minutes of anxious
nerve wearing delay Il door opened an,
on the threshold appeared man !,
the garb of Il citizen. Montgomer,
felt the prisoners about him turning
in one direction and he turned an,
looked. He saw the man in the door
There was something uncanny abou
his appearance. and he looked NOR
closely. The mans face was covere,
with black mask. He stepped int
; the room and another masked man ap
peared on the threshold.
The prisoners In the center of tn
} room drew closer together There wa
a snicker of contempt from several O
them and whispered anathema as tn
plain clothes men gradually began t
/ crowd the room. Montgomery counte
the first and then the second dozen an
] still they came. silently. and showin
} hideous black patches where human
: faces should have been.
The detectives peered steadily at tn