The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-15

son. 1t is my duty TO warn you that
! anything you may say may he taken
down in writing and
The truth forced itself on Mike with
the suddenness and emphasis Of steam
hammer. His fists clchched.
This is you. Paxton" he snarcd
Paxton YEARLY shrugged his should
| You must take it easy Mike" he ad.
vised. You're Il corpse, you know. Only
-" he leaned forward and shook 4 fin
ger reproringly-"y0 should remember
when you're dealing with unscicntiflc
| folk like Scotland Yard to burn your
| dentists bills"
Mike stared hlankly Then he shrug-
ged his houldsrs reSiEnrdlr. oh, al:
! right, Paxton" he said. You'll see
thisll be as big a frost as the case just
/ finished"
II don't understand" said Lourne
NO" said Paxton. Yet it's simple
just been carted away. Is Mr. Mordaunt
Peck. who was burned to death at Frcn-
hurst and for whose murder Mrs. Peck
whom by the way We, know as Khaki
lAnnie-is under arrest"
| When it's ajar." muttercd T.ourne.
was burned"
No, it's not riddle It's as simple
looking for Rrean-Elungry Mike-for
months on another case. hut We lost all
trace of him. In point Of fact he was
down GOV nat at Frenhurst with Annie laying
didn't show UP where we we're likely
TO notice him till after the fire, and
then some hundreds OF miles from
Frenhurst. We hurried up to the place
and grabbed him uuick-scc?
We'll. it so happened that up at the
Yard they recognized the PHOTOGRAPH Of
Mrs Peck as Khaki Annie who was
known as Il pal Of Dreams That was
! ri Lao I'LL
job.
! Now. Mike had me cold on this
other thing. ! knew lie was guilty.
nHf pToHi KEd waS IN enreT dffersnt
VIC could do nothing Yet before he
knew exactly what we were after he
MACS atn an attempt 10 escape-a fact
been in some big thing on which he
wasn't so sure that we couldn't get him.
When they told me- about this inSur-
aitcc business ut the yard. il was "a
clear as MONDAY that he had had a fin
! ger IN 1t. And there was n matter which
| hadn't anything In do with the other
case, hut II CHANGED To put me- on the
| trail here. Among some old papers he'd
! torn up and thrown away at Harrow
| town was a d>ntist'S hull for two scts OF
i false teeth. one item dated three months
| back and the other Immediately before
! tho fire. I suppose that some people do
have accidents to their teeth. but ii set
mo thinking, and II little ConVcrSat ion 7
| had with Mike in his cell led me to feel
| pretty sure that there had been no MUIR
| der at all.
| Il sent a man down to ito ccntist and
| put other inquiries afnot and went down
! to Frcnhurst tn have Il look around
| Among other things, I got hold Of Il rib
! of the lLtc lamrnted Peck and sent il up
/ 10 town to nc examined by ono OF the
! biggest surgeons we could lay our hands
| on. lic was able TO point out TINT il was
n bone from prepared skeleton built up
| by All anatomiSt. probably for the pur-
poses of demonstration"
Lnurnc opened his eyes wide. you
! don't moan"
II do. or course had London ran
| sacked till We found the place where
! 1t was bought. That was only a matter
| uf pushing inquiries. And we found
tho establishment. Tho false teeth had
| been Il delicat" touch Of Mikes. He's
| like chat. He stage manages Il thing
we'll. and if you people had felt inclined
! TO raise any quest ton Of identity there
| were the tceth--hc'd carefully been to
| some local dentist 10 max" some trivial
| alteration to thcnl---Io confuse you
| "Another thing was that down in the
| depths of III" country Mike had not
considered il necessary to disguise him
| self ms he has sometimes when doing a
| job in town. So We can get heaps Of
| Identification"
so" said Lourn- slowly. Hes the
man who said Scotland Yard had no
science"
That's the fellow" agreed Paxton.
when in doubt nlnr n TRUMP"