New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11

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BODY family plate, t,ed up In q table.
cloth. been reposing at my feet
Unlike the first floor, the second was
subdivided into rooms. It took a
dozen precious matches to find our
way to the side OF the building over
looking the club and another dozen to
find the window we wanted. When
we were there at last Burton leaned
| his elbows on the sill and looked
down and across.
"Could anything be better" he said
There's our theater. and we've got a
proscenium box. Tint room over there
stands out luxe spot light
He was right. Not more than flf-
teen feet away and perhaps q foot
lower than our window was the win
dow Of the room where Fleming had
been killed It was empty as far as
we could see. The table, neat enough
now, was where 1t had been before.
directly under the light Any ore
who sat there would be an illuminat-
ed target from our window Not only
that. but an arm could be steadied on
the sill. allowing for an almost per-
feet aim.
Nov where's your staircase?" Bur
ton jeered
Above the rattle Of the rain came
the thump. thump. Of the plano and a
half dozen maAe voices. The shutters
below were closed We could see
nothing
think it was then that Burton had
his inspiration
IN bet you a five dollar biik'' he
said. That n I fire. off my revolver
here now not one Of those fellows
down there would pay the slightest
attention"
al take that bet" returned IN
wager that every time anybody drops
a poker since Fleming was shot the
entire club turns out to investigate"
'd'H tell Ecu what I'll Do said Bur-
ton. Everybody down there knows
me. I'll drop In for bottle Of beer.
and you fire a shot into the floor here
or into somebody across. If you happen
10 see any one you don't care for
suggest that you stay and fire the shot
because If you went. my friend. and
nobody heard 1t you would accuse me
Of shooting from the back Of the build
ting somewhere
he gave me the revolver and left me
With a final injunction.
''Wait for ten minutes" he said 1T
Will take five for me to get cut Of here.
and Eve more to get into the clubhouse.
Perhaps you'd better make It fifteen"
He went away into the darkness. and
sat down On an empty box By the
window and waited Had any one ask
ed me at that minute how near we
were to the solution Of our double mys-
terry would have said we had made
no progress save by eliminating War
drop Not for one instant did dream
that was within less than half an
hour Of revelation that changed my
whole conception OF the crime ] had
an idea that 1t would be hard to ex-
plain my position. aione In the ware
house. firing a revolver into the floor,
II my own argument was right. and
the club should rouse to a search. I
looked again at my watch.
Every one who has counted the pass-
ing OF seconds knows how they drag.
With my eyes On the room across. and
my finger ON the trigger. | waited as
best could. At ten minutes 1 was
conscious there was some one In the
room over the way. And then he came
into view from the side somewhere,
and went to the table. He had his
back to me, and could only see that
be was large man. with massive
shoulders and dark hair
It uas difficult to make out what he
was doing. After half minute how
ever, he stepped to one side. and !
saw that he had lighted candle and
was systematically reading and then
burning certain papers, throwing the
.hnrred fragments on the table. With
the same glance that told me that I
knew the man. II was Schwartz
I was SO engrossed in watching him
that when he came directly to the win
dow stood perfectly still staring at
him. With the light at his back I
felt certain had been discovered, but
WIS wrong. He shook the newspa~
per that had held the fragments cut
out Of the window, lighted cigarette
and turned back into the room.
He was not alone. for he addressed
some one In the room behind.
You are sure you got them aIl?" he
said.
The other party came within range
OF vision. It was Davidson
ali there were, MIR. Schwartz" he
replied. Eve were nearly finished be-
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