The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-13

then went I'm and on the register sal
the name. Francois Tribadeaux. South
Carolina.
| The problem before me now was
duplex. must procure funds with
which to follow the man-perhaps to
Europe-and | must prevent the pos
sibility of his transferring the sap
phire to confederate, The former Of
these two matters must he attended to
ut once. shut myself in telephone
booth. called up Mr.. Ackley and in
formed him OF what had occurred. He
at once sent me by messenger an
envelope containing ample funds for
| immediate use and letter authorizing
me to draw on him for further neces-
| sites.
| The Frenchman remained in hts roorn
| till s o'clock. then came down stairs.
| walked with deliberation to a news
| stand. bought morning journal and
| went into the breakfast room. A num-
Der of persons were now about. and
did not fear being spotted as a
| shadower. | followed my man into
the breakfast room and ordered meal
| for myself. finished before he did
and waited for him outside. He went
| to the rack containing tSee tables and
selected one of the Pennsylvania rail
road.
could have called for assistance to
arrest him. but feared that ! might not
find the gem on him. l preferred to
wait till | could get him where he
could not pass 1t to some one else or
hide It, If he took train, this would
indicate that he had 1t with him. /
felt confident that he would take q
train on the Pennsylvania road. and
when he left the hotel soon after
breakfast he went out, called a taxi
cab, and in another followed him to
the station of that road. He bought a
ticket to Philadelphia and i being at
the window at the same time bought
one for the same city.
The train was not an express. but
feltecOnfident that my quarry was GO
ing to Philadelphia to sail for Europe
determined to prevent his leaving
the country If possible, but l wished to
settle the matter between us without
the interference Of any one else. How
could do this?
l determined to give him a ciew to
the fact that ] was on his trail, hoping
that to elude me he would leave the
train. Taking seat near him began
to ogle him 'suspiciously, and saw at
once by his expression that he had
taken alarm. When con vinced Of this
fact. l took cigar out of my pocket
and put 1t in my mouth and by my
expression indicated that was eager
for Il smoke. Then shortly before the
train was to stop at way station
felgned to be so anxious to light my
cigar that I could no longer resist and
went into the next car ahead. which
was n smoker.
But was on the lookout for my
man. The train had already started
on from the station at which it had
stopped when / saw my man walking
away from the track. He had let him.
self down from the rear end of the car.
The train was going at good speed.
but l jumped off and hurried after
him, heading him off from the houses
about the station. Seeing me. he made
in the other direction. Aiming to cross
his track 1 drove him into the open.
He had made q mistake in leaving
the train at very small town. had
secured condition that had earnest
ly wished for: He undoubtedly had
the gem with him, and no possible OPP
portunity to pass 1t to any one else or
to hide it. But the French are ingen.
ious people, and he had perhaps
not counted on.
There could not have been any doubt
by that time that was detective
seeking the sapphire in his possession.
AS 1t turned out he was figuring to get
me where he wanted me, just as 1 was
figuring to get him where l wanted
him. He led me along the railway
track till he reached cut and turn
in the road at the same time. Then
he turned and, drawing a pistol, said
to me in broken English:
"Stop where you are or will kill
you"
had been routed out Of bed early In
the morning and had started Off in
such hurry that had not provided
myself with my revolver. Somehow !
did not believe the man would carry
out his threat, and ! kept on toward
him. But he fred at me. Then, to my
surprise, he threw down his pistol and
said:
Monsieur, / do not know what you
want Of me. At any rate am ready
to convince you that l am a citizen OF
France travelling in America and that
you cannot have any real interest in
me-"
L was now convinced that he had got
rid of the sapphire and was very much
taken aback as to how he had done 1t.
did not propose to leave, his pistol
behind and picked it up. 1t was an old
fashioned weapon with single barrel
large enough to contain a large sized
hickory nut.
1t flashed upon me that the gem had
been fired out of the pistol. My man
remained in the position from which
he had fred at me, and, turning and
looking in the direction he had fred,
saw little ridge of clay made by the
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