The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21

nerve to discover the whereabouts Of
the fugitive; a net was thrown over the
entire city, but, while a number Of fish
| we're captured, the one which the po-
lice particularly wished for was not
among them. Not q single trace or the
| fugitive was discovered; he had van
ished absolutely, and, after a day or
| two, Grady asserted confidently that
he had left New York.
For Grady had come into the case
again, goaded by the papers, particu-
larry by the Record, to efforts which
he must have considered superhuman.
| The remarkable nature OF the mys-
terry. Its picturesque and unique fea-
| lures, the fact that three men had been
killed within a few days. in precisely
| the same manner, and the absence OF
any reasonable hypothesis to explain
these deaths-an this served to rivet
public attention. Every amateur de-
tective In the country had a theory to
| explolt-and far fetched enough most
| OF them were!
Grady did q lot Of talking in those
days, explaining in detail the remark
| able measures he was taking to capture
| the criminal: but the fact remained
that three men had been killed, and
| that no one had been punished; that
\ a series Of crimes had been committed,
and that the criminal was still at large.
and seemed likely to remain so; and,
| naturally enough, the papers, having
| exhausted every other phase of the
case, were soon echoing public sentl-
ment that something was wrong some
| where, and that the detective bureau
| needed an overhauling, beginning at
the top.
The Boule cabinet remained locked
| up in a cell at the Twenty third street
station; and Simmonds kept the key in
his pocket. I know that he was as
| much In the dark concerning the cab
met was; and the general public was
very much In the dark indeed, for the
cabinet had not figured in the accounts
| Of the first two tragedies at all, and
| only incidentally in the reports OF the
| latest one. AS far as II was concerned,
| the affair seemed clear enough to most
| OF the reporters, as an attempt to
smuggle into the country an art object
/ OF great value. Such cases were too
common to attract especial attention.
| But Simmonds had come to see that
Grady was lettering on his throne; he
| realized, perhaps, that his own head
was not safe; and he had made up his
| mind to pin his faith to Godfrey as the
only one at all likely to lead him out
OF the maze. And Godfrey laid the
| greatest stress upon the necessity Of
| keeping the cabinet under lock and
| key; so under lock and key II was kept.
| AS for Grady, I do not believe that.
| even at the last. he realized the import
ant part the cabinet had played in the
| drama.
| But while the Boule cabinet failed 20
| focus the attention OF the public and
| while most or the reporters promptly
| forgot all about II. was amused at the
pains which Godfrey took to inform the
| fugitive as to It's whereabouts and as
to how it was guarded. over and over
again. while the other papers wondered
at his imbecility, he told how 1t had
| been placed in the strongest cell at the
| Twentv-third street station: a cell
whose bars were made OF chrome nickel
| steel which no saw could bite into: a
| cell was worked not only by q key but
| by a combination, known to one man
| only; a cell isolated from the others.
standing alone in the middle Of the third
| corridor, In full view of the officer on
| guard. so that no one could approach II,
| day or night. without being instantly
| discovered: q cell whose door was con-
| nected with an automatic alarm over
| the sergeant's desk in the front room; a
cell, In short, from which no man could
possibly escape, and which no man
could possibly enter unobserved.
or the Boule cabinet itself Godfrey
| said little, saying his story for the de-
nouncement which he seemed so sure
would come: but the details which I
| have give above were dwelt upon I'm
the Record, until, happening to meet
| Godfrey on the street one day, I pro-
tested that he would only succeed In
| frightening the fugitive away altogeth-
er, even II he still had any designs on
the cabinet, which I very much doubted.
But Godfrey only laughed
"There's not the slightest danger Of
Frightening him away" he said. This
| fellow isn't that kind. II am right in
in sizing him up. he's the sort Of dare
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only attracts. The harder the Job, the
more he Is drawn to 1t. That's the
reason I am making this one Just as
hard as I can"
But man would be a fool to at
tempt to get to that cabinet" I protest.
ed. TITS simply impossible"
cit looks impossible, I'm free to ad-
nit" he agreed. But. Just the same, l
wake every morning cold with fear, and
run to the phone to make sure the cab
inets safe. II could think Of any
further safeguards, would certainly
employ them"
looked at Godfrey searchingly. for It
seemed to me that he must be testing.
| He smiled as he caught my glance.
Il was never more in earnest in my
life, Lester" he said. You don't ap-
| precfate this fellow as I do. He's a
genius; nothing Is impossible to him.
He disdains easy Jobs; when he thinks
a JOD IL 100 easy, ne makes II narder,
Just as sporting chance. He has
been known to warn people that they
kent their Jewels too carelessly, and
then, after they had put them in a
| safer place, he would go and take
them"
"That seems rather foolish, doesn't
it?" ] queried.
mot from his point OF view. He
doesn't steel because he needs money,
but because he needs excitement"
You know who he Is, then?"I de-
manded.
Il think 1 do hope l do; but I
am not going to tell even you till I'm
sure. I'll say this-if he Is who think
he is, IL would be a delight to match
ones brains with his. We haven't got
any one like him over here-whiCh is
a PITY"
was inclined to doubt this for l
have no romantic admiration for gen
tlemen burglars. even in fiction. How
ever picturesque and chivalric, thief
is, after all, a thief. Perhaps it Is my
training as a lawyer. or perhaps I am
simply narrow, but crime, however bril-
liantly carried out, seems to me
sordid and unlovely thing. know
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