The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-01

in the bottle to kill man. she said. q told him there was, and asked him why he wanted to know oh, I might want to take some if things don't go right with me- he replied, laughing and l thought that he was merely joking in grim way"
 the detective
 Tt s," said Mrs. Kane At least I have not used the drug, and it must be there.'
 "Where?"
 "On the shelf in the bathroom"
 Turning to Dominick Reilly, the detective asked him to look for the bottle.
 Geidel's face showed the first signs of alarm. Here's the bottle," said Reilly, but it's empty!"
 'I thought you said you hadn't used it." said Dougherty to Mrs. Kane, sharply.
 The bellbOys eyes started from their sockets. He had believed the bottle destroyed or lost. He sank in his chair. NTcGrane did not return the glance of inquiry his friend shot toward him. How much did the detectives know? Geide looked first at one face, then another. The reddish glow Mrs. kanes features showed the anguish she in. Paul knew she fond of him. She must be suffering so because she had been obliged to tell all she knew about the choroform. Me Cranes features stod. Geidel knew what he had told his friend and to him this meant that the friend had betrayM, him.
 Belly handed e4pG +tYMu' sts Mrs Kege .sgr & 'St to Paul Geid@ aess. fxlp.e coye to the roof or his so %oan thats vl the o@n drdg eeuo to h dP Jack son with, is it?" queried Dougherty You are under arrest.'
 Every glance, every movement of the prisoner told of his guilt, yet he did not speak. The de- tectives did not press him with questions. Dough erty was content to let the setting he had ranged-the silent third degree-work on his mind.
 oil he Gpidp been examining with the horror he would have shown had a deadly adder been placed, wriggling in his hands.
 They took him to police headquarters. All the way downtown Geidel living again the scene in the little room lit by the reddish gleam from the lamp. of times he lived again that moment when the detective, with horrible dra- matic force, had stepped out of the bathroom, in his hand that bottle which the youth had forgot. ten to destroy.
 Before he was sent to his cell Geidel said to Reilly: q did it. Can they hang me for this?"
 Gedel was convicted.
 "Abe" Rueffs Experience.
 An early form of the silent third degree, in that questions were asked, practiced on Abe" Rueff the San Francisco political boss who was convicted of graft.
 Rueff was in prison awaiting trial William J. Burns handling the case and making every effort to wiring confession from the prisoner.
 There was keeper in the prison named Me Carthy, who on duty Ruefs cell. Burns discontinued his calls and instructed this man to walen Ruef every night at two o'clock sharp This Mccarthy did by banging on the wall with a heavy stool. Ruef the first few nights, did not pay much attention to the disturbance, merely turning over and going to sleep again. At last it got on his nerves. He would jump off his cot at the first sound and demand, "what was that?
 Mccarthy would make reply, and Rueff would run to the barred door of his cell and look out to see the keeper apparently asleep.
 Sometimes he would waken the keeper anG say, "Didnt you hear anythng?"
 Not sound," Mccarthy would answer.
 This formula was gone through nigh after night until on enc occasion Rueff leaped from bed to find Mccarthy wide awake.
 Didn't you hear anything at all?' asked tho prisoner.
 "Nothn but you talkin' in your sleep" sait Mccarthy.
 What was I talking about?" said Rueff alarmed
 "The graft cases" said Mccarthy.
 My heavens!" cried Rueff. "Am I going crazy My mind must be getting unsettled. I want t see Burns tomorrow"
 Next day the detective called on the prisoner Rueff tried to bring up the graft cases, but Burn turned to other subjects until at last Ruef broke down and half shouted: Look here, Burns you've got to listen to this It's my confession 1!