The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-15

dissent till his superior had gone. Flo
vas q Shrewd man in dealing with IN"
commoup!aces of crime. but he lacked
subtlety. and accordingly deSpISed H.
The Suvnor's too kid glovcd. he com
planned with aSperitS- to the uniformed
inspector. Whats the use OF muckiuE
about? The hlokc's q Yankee crook. IT."
admits he came over in the Fortuna.
and says he don't know Sweeney. WIN"
came over in the same boat. Why, he
must have been laying for him. lie
must have Swallowed him till he got
fair chance. Mark me. when we've
traced those notes We took oft Strickland
We shall find that they we're Originality
paid out 10 Sweeney. Waste or time
tinicking about. call it,
Whi;'p!n WAS on hand at Scotland Yard
early n"NC morning. The report of tn"
tragedy was in the morning papers. but
they had given it little prominence.
From their point OF view il was OF little
news yalue-just g shooting attray. with
! a man detained. This was I'll" Wow the
superintendent Of The criminal inVeStl-
CATION department. to whom Whipple
, had come ~ report took of il.
Straightforward case. Isn't 1t. Whip
ple?"
rah"r bad FOR Strickland. but somehow
| don't believe hn did it. l cant say why.
but that's my impression.
You must be careful IF impressions.
Nnlpp''. InHY carry YOU away from the
:art sometimes.
II knuw that. Well. the facts are
these: Sweeney. the dead man. was the
president Of a hardware company al Dc
rroi:. I S"n: cable off last night. He
had come over partly on business. partly
IN pleasure. and was held in very good
raruto thorr. Ah"ut five minutes ago [
so; this fresh cable" He Smoothed out
Il yellow strip with his hand and read:
News Swecner's death rreciritatcd
crash his firm. His business unsounl
for Years. Insurance company informs
us recently increased life premiums for
half million dollars. Suspect fraud. Re-
uucs, you will max" stringent tests Of
dcuiity. altnrnatively suspect suicide.
That's signed by the Detroit chief Of
police
The superintendent stretched out a
hand and took tn" cahl"Gram. He read
II through twice with puckered brows.
; That's q Queer development" h" adj
mirtat. Il don't So" what they're getting
At. II the murdered man is not Sweeney.
; that hypothesis assumes that Sweeney
got Somr one else 80 mpcrsonate him
and that the second person know ne was
! 10 b" killed. That's ridiculous"
SO I think. sir. There's more 70 the
suicide end. The divisional surgeon says
! that the dead mans temple was black
"ned by the explosion OF the pistol That
shows that tina weapon. when It vas
! fred was but a few inches from his
fac" OF course. when saw the surgeon
I didn't know what this cable tells u.s..
but luckily I put the point to him. There
was no weapon found. 7 asked him II.
surprising that Sweeney had killed him
self. he could have thrown tn" pistol
into the water after pulling the trigger
it was a distance of several yards 10
the rarapet os tho bridge. He was en-
phatic that /, was impossible"
Then II comes back IN murder after
all Yes. its certainty curious about the
Insurance. Who's the chap you've got
in"
Jimmie would have hncn Interested IN
no reply even had ne heen less vitality
concerned. It would have shown him
now vain were his hopes Of cutting away
from his record. ~ iittl" rcd-halred
chap wi5h n big mouth. who give the
name Strickland--a Yankee pickpocket.
Jimmie lies. or Red Jimmie. You'll re-