Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-25

eyes cleaning, because it is really
the moment Of his triumph which is
at hand. The instant the traitor open
ed the drawer he would be stabbed by
the poisoned mechanism! 1t was for
that that Armand waitedv'
lay back in my chair with gasp
of amazement and admiration. ] had
been blind not to see it!
"It was not Until the last moment"
Godfrey went on. when the traitor
was bending above the cabinet feeling
for the spring that realized what was
about to happen. There was no time
for hesita toni sprang into the room.
Armand vanished in an instant, and
the giant also tried to escape. but ]
caught him at the door. | had no idea
of his danger; ] had no thought that
Armand would dare finger. He had
to kill that man; there were no two
ways about it. Whatever the risk. he
had to kill him."
But whyY' I asked. "Why%
ITO seal his lips. If we had cap
tured him do you suppose Armand's
secret would have been safe for an in
slant? So he had to kill him-he had
to kill him with the poisoned barb
and he did kill him and got away into
the bargain!'
perhaps be knew that we were
there all the time"
'Of course be did" assented God
frey grimly. ITO think that ] was
fool enough to suppose that could
follow him about the streets OF New
York without his knowing It'll he
knew from the first that he might be
followed and prepared for it."
But how about Armand" l pro-
tested. Aren't you going to try to
capture him? Are you going to let him
get awayY'
HE won't get awayT and Godfrey's
eyes were cleaning again. I'VE don't
have to search for him, for we've got
our trap, Lester, and it's baited with
a bait he can't resist-the BOule cabi
netv
"And you really think be will walk
into your trapT
81 know he will! One of these days
he will try to get that cabinet out of
the steel cell at the Twenty third street
station in which we have 1t locked
The only thing l am afraid of is that
he'll get away with the cabinet in
spite Of u.s."
Days passed and nothing happened
nothing. that is. in so far as the cab
met was concerned There was an in
quest. of course. over the victim OF
the latest tragedy, and once again
was forced to give my evidence before
a coroner's jury.
The Bertillon measurements Of the
victim had been cabled to Paris. and
be had been instantly identified as a
fellow named Morel, well known to the
police as daring and desperate Grim.
inal; in fact, NJ. Lepine considered the
matter so important that he cabled
next day that he was sending Inspector
Pigot to New York TO investigate the
affair further and to confer with our
bureau as 10 the best methods TO be
taken to apprehend the murderer. In
spector PigOt. 1t was added. would sail
at once from Havre on La SavOie
Meanwhile. Grady's men. with Sim
monds at their head. strained every
nerve to discover the wherea bouts OF
the fugitive: net was thrown over
the entire city. but. while number of
fish were captured, the one which the
police particularly wished for was not
among them Grady asserted conf
IDENTIFY that he had left New York.
The BOule cabinet remained locked
up in cell at the Twenty-third street
station. and SimmOndS kept the key in
his pocket | was much amused at
the pains which Godfrey took to in
form the fugitive as to its where
abouts and as to how ii was guarded
Over and over again. while the other
papers wondered at his imbecility. he
told how it had been placed in the
strongest cell at the Twenty third
street station: a cell whose bars were
made of chrome nickel steel which no
saw could bite into: cell whose lock
was worked not only by key. but by
a combination. known TO one man
only: a cell isolated from the the 9th
ers. standing alone in the middle Of the
third corridor, in full view of the Off
Ger on guard. SO that no one could ap-
proach 1t. day or night. without being
Instantly discovered: cell whose door
was connected with an automatic
alarm over the sergeant's desk in the
front room.
OF the Boule cabinet itself Godfrey
said little. saving his story for the de-
nouement which be seemed so sure
would come. But the details which
have given above were dwelt upon in
the Record. until, happening to meet
Godfrey on the street one day, | pro-
tested that he would only succeed in
frightening the fugitive away alto
gether, even if be still had any designs
on the cabinet, which l very much
n