The Washington herald., 1918-12-29

the room OF the mysterious patient
the next night he expected to find
that the injured man was Herbert
Roper. and his expectation was fully
realized. Roper WAS professional
artist of the underworld" man
who could be assigned to any kind of
criminal Job" that required brains
and skill. In the brief time he had
been on the force. Daley had learned
about Roper and knew him well. He
had. incidentally. wondered a number
of times whether Roper knew any
thing about the robbery of the Slater
house, which occurred on the very
night of the Hooper murder. As he
looked at Roper in bed he realized
that the doctor had given a good
guess when he said that his patient
was pretty near gone"
Hello. Roper,"~ began the police
man. You are in bad shapf. aren't
your"
"Guess I am." replied Roper, weak
ly. I'm about done for"
That was nasty love tap that
Hooper gave you. wasn't itP' The
officer expected his words to carry a
shock. but they did not. Indeed,
Roper Stripped the end of the mat
tress. weakly pulled himself up to a
half-sitting position, reached one hand
to the policeman's knee and said:
Tells whole story.
Say, cap. I'm dying. Take my
story, Will you? Saunders and me
croaked Hoover that night. hate
to squeal, but Battle and Saunders
are giving me the dirt since / got put
10, kn, nd haGfAaa Hnnn-
er was a good scout, and I'm sorry
we croaked him. That Italian you
fellows got don't know anything
about the deal at all"
"I know he doesn't" said Daley.
Tell me your story as briefly as you
can, so that I can get out OF here
without Reid knowing about my
visit"
Me and Saunders did the job at
the Slater house that night" went on
Roper. "and We had just got back
here. | had the little bundle ofStools,
so Saunders went round to open the
back entrance for me. While | was
waiting, along comes Hooper down
the alley, nearly runs into me I'm the
dark and when he sees the bundle he
grabs me. I drops the bundle and
pulls the knife Just as Hooper
smashes me on the top with the night
stick. / tries to close in on him
quick, 'cRuse / was getting dizzy and
blood was running into my eyes. when
Saunders arTives,e grabs up the
! Jimmy from the ground and sma shes
! Hooper on the back of the head with
| it. That settled it. He crumbled up
| and ! struck him AS he fell. We
looked at him on the ground to make
/ sure of the Job and we saw his lights
/ go out without a flicker. And that's
all the truth. And wouldn't he
squealing If Reid and Saunders WASH
! handing me dirt"
! The last words were smothered in a
/ ht of coughing that brought blood
/ gushing from his mouth Ind nor.
And the officer knew that a higher
I tribunal than any in this world would
! soon be passing upon the case cf
| Roper.
Scene In Court Room.
I A dramatic scene is being enacted in
| Criminal Court No. /. The room is
crowded to suffoCation. for a trial Of
tremendous interest is closing Her
bert Roper and Wall<re Saunders.
| professional members of the under
world and understudies OF Harris
Reid. have just been convicted of the
murder of Patrolman Hooper. Roper's
sentence being suspended because of
rapidly approaching death; and now
the case of Reid himself, charged
with being an accessory after the
fact. is being Civ to the jury. A
1 solemn. sray-haired judge is charg-
ing them.
Gentlemen of the jury" he says,
the evidence in this case requires no
analysis. The full confessions of Ro-
per and Saunders. the mass of evi-
dence, direct and indirect submitted
by Officer Daley through the district
attorney, and the chain of circum-
stantial evidence that is logically
| fiawless-all establishes beyond doubt
the guilt OF the defendant. and the
court feels justified in directing that
a verdict of guilty as indicted be
returned"
Twenty minutes later Harris Reid,
| under sentence of twenty-five years
| Imprisonment. passed through the
! city halls corridor of signs" curs-
ing Policeman Daley. At the same
moment the district attorney was
congratulating the young officer. who,
in later years. became a captain in
the metropolitan police department.
with a national reputation.
That was great work; a triumph
| in manhunting," said the attorney,
and | believe that you have given
the DEATH wound to organized vice in
'Helis Bottom But say, did you
notice Carlmo in court? He slept
most of the time. l guess he's try
/ ing to catch up some of that beauty
sleep he lost ia No. s.