The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-06
CONTINUED from Wednesday,

1T don't know who you are or the
meaning of this outrage" he protesteu
anGrily. Some one will have TO pay
for this"
Hold on to his hand a minute: 10,
kerr" said Forester, and one or tlis
other detectives seized the wrlst TIC HUI
been grasping.
The chief inspector thrust his HANG
beneath the pillow and produced sniuIi
automatic pistol Il just graboed MN
in time" he said LITTLE breathlessiy.
II went to know :" persisted tn1
prisoner. .;,,, "1
am a police officer" DC said. I.;o am one M,
resting you as an escaped CONVICT o'0
John Crakc.' :. II l.,
Something approaching CLEAN OF m
terest shot into Crakc'S liteless o' e ~
so that's it, is it," he said quieiiy.
wonder how you got on to It: AG ;craSo
has still five years. to- serve; HE
An an order from FORESTER MS
clothes were searched and passcu 10
him. He was adjusting his Tie Win
ton. You have something else TO gay
THAT can wait" returned FORESTER
"Renlembcr. that anything You say
II know" interrupted. Crake; you're
bound to give that warning; W nat nv nv
good OF all this tincsSe; NJ. wer n g
&c, oft Fnr murder. ana ir; you want me TO
"ay ANYTHING you'd better listen NOW
while i'm in tho mood. FIRST o. w. all
though, how did you get on to me.
"TLcrc was n finger print. and we nau
vours in The records taken when you
we're on trial for the otl:er thing.
Look here" Crake spoke as lhousm
he was merely an Interested onsGrH;n =.
with no personal concern III st'c md
Word better tell me the full story. ana
= 49,, arr any Eaps I'll I'll them IN
for YOU. Is that a bargain: .,,,
Eorrcstcr reflected n moment. ~
right" he agreed with glance ne , pr
yrrnlc. There can be: no harm IN lhae
If Won want to know. In the first rlace.
when the woman was found II was cas-!
70 nenctrutc the idea Of. clumsy At
TEMPT TO simulate suicide. we haa H..
lie 10 guide US beyond the ACT ma S.e e
vas Mrs. Dc Rcszke, who had come
frnn, tho States in the Columbia. Ihcn
Ar SfIvcrvalc here. turned up win tnc
story of the brother on board, ana soIi.o
Of our men picked up the same st",s
from other passengers We lraSHi No
t1f course with De Reszke missing, we
went off full cry on arfalsa tran: Inetc
Wcrc scores Of circumstances that point
, nI against him. and bat for the acclden!
Of the finger print it might nave lookup
very ugly" .,o+ e,gor
nrint." remarked Crakc.
III was left on the book the woman
had been reading when you placed AZ On
The table Well. anyway We eot pe
Rcszke. and when L found that MS In
ger print did not agree win tnat On .nc
T had had YOUR reEord looked up ~hen
Mr. Si1yer,ake ideptificd the dead wom-
an MS Madeline Fulford and found you
wcro supposed to be still IN prison. ~
| urally. we had not considered sSe GS airht
m against it took forlorn chance am
and compared the prints from 1T, the ps,on
J with those We had OF yours. theIt M ,
Silvrrvalc identified portrait OF you
MS that of passenger n C ndlru re-
menhcrcd that a Mr.. Norman had oeen
questioned here by our people, ana we
came on. That's ALL"
C,rakc's thin lips curved into sheer.
| "Ti was lust the off chance OF your
comparing the prints thae o'a 4" "
said. ,,t-.t,o ,act.ire
/ .7'hn rccords would have been searcneq
J sooner or later in any event. ana we q
have hit on you. 1T would nave taken q
iny or two. though and you'd nave so'
S'a "And YOU don't know how 1t Is I'm I'm
still not in prison, and no one Knows
| I've hccn Mt largo for a year.
NO. not altogether" admitted me
chief detective carelessly: L Inc triherV
non n,," That's for the prison people
~ nxniain,' He was careful not TO nsN
All! HV!r WIFI said crakc slowly. y can help
rou out on that. This Is what napicar."d
| vhen that Jezehel there-hG Je[Net
ms ,n n;.'i sworc I'd get quits with her,
! ~ sn.rnp for it." He spat out tne
words in an even voice that mace 'nem'
trn times more venomous. Mhrh Sou'