Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-24

You're crazyl" exclaimed Crowder,
losing his customary calm.
guess | ought to knowl I have
reason enough to rememberl"
| why, man alive, II was pitch dark.
You couldn't have seen a clock"
mo, but heard one. The Tower clock
struck two while I held him."
Crowder looked again, to see II Craig
could be flighty in his head but his eyes
were clear and his tone was positive.
Then II wasn't Helderman!" an
nounced the detective, with equal con-
| viction.
But it was, There's just one man
I've ever known that had such a grip" F"
Craig persisted, vexed at the detectives
doubts.
The other was smiling. "Ah! That's
what you are going by, is TIA mans
grip in the darki"
You seem to think that such evidence
would be thrown out of court" retorted
Craig But let me tell you. have made
study of the subject, and know the
characteristic grips of men in wrestling
just as YOU would know their walk or
the tones OF their voice. Once before
this l encountered Helderman's grip, and
] know positively that 1t was his this
time also"
Nothing could have been more con-
vnclng than the manner in which Ruth
eElOTu stated InlSs Out DOtn tue sttltN
service men looked incredulous.
AT two o'clock night before last"
said Sims, 81 saw Helderman pacing
back and forth before his window, up
on Riverside Drive He did not leave
the house"
And he was there last night too"
added Crowder.
Rutherford looked at the two detec-
tives and they returned his glance.
all Rt, aF
other, and yet Craig was unshaken in
his conviction, while he knew that the
two men were absolutely set in theirs
It was the testimony of pair of hands
against two pairs of trained eyes; and
Craig had the sense to know that the
average and Observation-Disclosures man
would give tredence TO the eyes.
What were you doing up there" he
asked
Were camping on the job, dry nights
and wet, Just now-T one night, and Sims
the next" replied Crowder.
"Phew" Craig whistled. Must be
getting pretty warmH
Yes, and we're not the only ones
either. There's a bull. n plain-clothes
man, too He wants to know my lay
and I'd like to know hs-but we don't
find out I've got my suspicious that the
State of New York Is keeping an eye on
HliIi, dH wen dS Nllt lHlltu SItttS'
Look here, Crowtler IL Hederman is
under suspicion, I'm going to make n
complaint about this affair of mine"
Don't do it, Mr.. Rutherford! It'n
spoil everythinE!"
DO you think I'm going to let n man
come here and beat me up, and then go
scot-free?" demanded Craig Indignantly.
whats everything, anyhow"
"Our case. We haven't got it quite
where we want 1t. yet Besides, you
couldn't prove that he attacked YOU.
know YOU think so; but Sims here saw
him up at the house at the exact time
you are so positive about. The other man
saw him. too. There was a woman came
up to the house soon after 2-young and
pretty We have seen her there before
She would testify that he was UP there
for he left the room with the big plate
glass window just as she entered the
house. So you see you would only make
a mess of thinEs!'
Rutherford listened and needed He
knew that his own testimony would
promptly be thrown out of any court
yet he remained unconvinced.
"Then the man has n double, worse
luclSH' he complained. For I know that