Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-02-04

loselher' taking in low tones O. "eu
~ before noon Mr.. Howard K Snor-
appeared in company with Helen n -l
mad been sent to fetch him VINO
At the hour mentioned Ca,
cell, haggard from loss ~ - EUR
hunger. handcuffed and closely IAN, ana
ed by two uniformed mon 4lo
Drought into the room. He trios vas
maintain an air of bravado. but - 10 70
away before the austere demaono @ieu
the men he knew to be his i,5 u
They sat watching him in Uses
sort of silence that was more tar-!
bic than open accusation.
He seemed, however. moro -
hensive and doubtful of Helen ~
of the rest. Who was she? Who +ai
this impressive beautiful girl -
might have symbolized Justice CT
and unrelenting? His shifty glance
wandered furtively to her again and
again; but the purposeful regard ~
her clear, serene eyes never wavered
they never altered their expression
At last the fellow could no Longer
hide his disquiet He dropped heayilv
upon a chair, which the officers had
placed for him.
With a sudden, noiseless. catlfte
movement, Felix Hazard crossed tho
room and bent over the prisoner. His
face, set in hard lines, was thrust
close to the others; his look. cold
purposeful, menacing, for perhaps a
full minute bored into the wretch.
By and by Purcell began to tremble
and shift uneasily in his chair.
Then Hazard spoke. His voice was
low. restrained, but vibrant with a
metallic incisiveness and determine
ton
Purcell, you know why you are
here, so we shant waste words or
time on you. l mean only to tell you
that you have one chance-a slim
chance; I'm making no promises-but
a chance to save yourself from the
rope. Wen give you just five min.
utes to come through; if you don't.
you'n take the consequences"
With startling suddenness Hazard
brought his right fist forcibly down
into the palm of his left hand within
an inch of Purcell's nose. He raised
his voice to thunderous command
What have you done with the stuff
stolen from Kendals safer"
No answer. Again the purposeful
fist cracked under Purcell's nose. He
jerked back his head to avoid it. Haz-
ards jaw shot forward and his eyes
were merely two pin-points of light
(which of your gang was it that
croaked Mrs. Feuroy?"
Still there was no reply The pris-
oner sat pale and trembling, his head
and body weaving this way and that
as if he would avoid the terrible figure
confronting him. But Hazard ruth
lessly pressed him.
"Just to show you this is no bluff
or police frame-up, I'll lay few cards
on the table.
Tuesday night some time--on the
train or at the depot, it doesn't mat
ter where-Howard Gentry's pocket
was picked: his leather was reefed
and the contents brought to you be-
cause they promised rich possibilities
and the duller-witted crooks needed an
ADLER brain to plan for them So you
evolved the scheme of selecting a man
of some address and not unlike Gentry
to impersonate him.
"But first Gentry had to be gotten
out of the way. You took it upon
yourself to ditch him. How? Easiest
thing in the world.
There were papers and letters in
that poke that Gentry would have
given his right hand to recover, and
you know it. So you went to his ho-
tel, represented yourself to be dick,
and told him that somebody had been
pinched with the pocketbook on him.
You wanted him to come along to
identify it.
Then you got him up over Levin
skis, doped and slugged him, and left
him there to be disposed of later.
Armed with the letter of identif
cation, your tool had no difficulty per-
suading Mrs. Fleuroy that he was
Gentry.
LUZ 1lGl = dtOAlS TIC lAiAC yS~
crooks always fall down. With all
your cunning you have no more fore
sight than little children. Instead OF
carrying out the grim masquerade and
having the money handed to him, your
tool committed the incredible blunder
of looting Mr.. Kendals safe.
What was the result? Why, just
what might have been expected. Mrs
Fleuroy, knowing all that money was
in the house, and that she was in a
way responsible for it, was lying
awake, waiting for burglars. OF course
she heard the noise, poor lady, and in
the panic at being caught the crazy
fool beat her to pulp.
Now, then"
But there was no need for Felix
Hazard to continue. The wretch had
tainted