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

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T...I would rather have done 1t alone,
Me-, Schwartz" he said. Il found this
ring In Briggs pocket this morning. It
belongs to the girl."
/ Schwartz swore and, picking up the
ring, held It to the light. Then ne
made an angry motion to throw It out
OF the window, but slid it into his vest
pocket instead.
You're poor stuff, Davidson" he
said, with sna11 II she hasn't got
them, then Wardrop has. Tell Nc
Teely want to see him."
! Davidson laft, for I heard the door
close Schwartz held the ring to the
light. looked at my watch. The
!, time was 1most up.
A fresh burst OF noise came from be-
low. LEANED out cautiously and look
ed down at the lower windows; they
We're stin closed and shattered. When
raised my eyes again TO the level of
! the room across, was amazed to see
a second figure IN the room-a woman
at that.
Schwartz had not seen her. He
stood with his back to her, looking At
the ring IN his hind The woman had
thrown her veil hack, but I could see
nothing az her face rs she stood She
hooked small beside Schwartz's tower
ing height. and she wore black
She must have said something just
then very quietly, for 6chwart1 sud
denly wheeled On her. had clear
view Of him, and II ever guilt, rage
and white Tipped fear showed on a
mans face Il showed on his. He re-
pied half dozen words n a low
tone and made motion to ofer her q
chair She paid no attention.
have no idea how hong time they
talked. The fresh Outburst of noise
below made 1t impossible TO hear what
they said, and always there was the
maddening fact that / could not see
her face. I thought of Mrs. Hem-
Ing. but this woman seemed younger
and more slender. schwarz was argu-
ing. imagined. but she stood immo-
bile, scornful, watching him. She
seemed TO have made request, and
the mans evaslons moved her no whit
1t may have been only two or three
minutes, but Il seemed longer.
Schwartz had given up the argument,
whatever + was, and BY pointing out
the window supposed be was telling
her he had thrown what she wanted
out there. Even then ahe DID not
turn toward me. I could not see even
her profile.
What happened next was 10 une1-
pecbed that Ii remains iittle more than
picture In my mind The man threw
out his hands rs If to show he could
not or would not accede to her request
he was flushed With rage, and even
at that distance the ugly scar on his
forehead stood out Hike welt The
next moment saw the woman raise
her right hand with something Ia it,
1 yelled TO Schwartz to warn him,
but he had already sen the revolver
/ As he struck her hand aside the e.
paosion came. saw her stages
clutch ak chair and fall backward
beyond my range Of vfsioa.
Then the light went cut, and I was
staring at black brick wall.
fell rather than ran down to the
floor below and got 20 the street.
found the gate to the White Cat with
out trouble. The timer gate was IN
locked. az Burton bad satd he would
leave II. and from the steps OF the club
could hear laughter and the refrain
of q popular song.
Burton was there In the kitchen, with
two other men whom ! did not recoe
ni1e, each one holding stein 0 beer
Burton had two, and he held one ont
10 me as 7 stood trying to get my
breath.
4 ''Eon win" he said Although I'm
hard working Journalist and need the
money i won't he. This Is Osborne al
the Star and McTlghe Of the Eagle, Mr.
Knox. They heard the shot In there
and If hadn't told the STORY there
would have been panic. What's the
matter with your
For Gods sake, Burton" painted
''iet's get upstairs quietly. I didn't fire
any shot. There's woman dead ny
4 therer'
WITH characteristic poise the three
reporters took the situation quietly,
We filed through the grillroom rs casu-
ally rs we could With the door clos
ed, however, we threw caution ASIDE.
I led the way np the stairs to the room
where had found Fleming's body and
where expected to find another.
On the binding at the top OF the
stairs i came face to face with David
sou the dekective, and abehind him
Judge McFeety. Davidson WIS trying
to epen the door q the room where
Fleming had been shot With skeaetn
hey. But d YVES bolted inside. When
I had got the door open and had not
felt Schwartzss heavy hand Ct my