Charlevoix county herald., 1918-10-11

maybe he'll tell you, III you let him
McKabe suggested. Anyway you're
grabbed. Sit down." He forced him
into a seat.
All eyes turned to Dual. He spoke:
"Mr. Reich, wherein have. / lied to
you? In what have played the hypo
critics part? What have said to you
I'm any instance which has not been
the literal truth? In nothing. Tonight
you asked me why did net say what
meant. and l told you that I would
explain to you later. am about to do
so now.
"You say that all have done in this
case has been to advise waiting-and
scribble on bits of paper. admit that
to you that may appear to be correct
and I will also say that that was prac-
tically all I needed to do, for the SIM
ple reason that knew you would lead
me to the place where they held the
woman you had betrayed"
He lifted his eyes and swept them
over our staring faces.
"Tonight I told you that ] would
show you something more appalling
than any of the human paradoxes you
mentioned. This Is it: A man who
has used the sacred passion OF wom-
ans love to work her ruin.
"Mr. Reich, told you that my meth
DDS were peculiar and unlike those OF
the police. They embrace the use of
forces not recognized by even the bulk
of mankind vet in this case they have
succeeded. If tell you that the rea-
son I seemingly waited and did moth
ing was that had read your mind and
knew you guilty, and used you to
guide me to your victim. even while
you tried to mislead me. You will
doubtless sheer, but I shall allow the
result to constitute the proof and ex-
plain my acts.
shortly after I met you in Gold
field perceived the true character of
your nature. Thereafter I used you to
your own undoing. To read a mans
mind ii is first necessary to fasten 1t
firmly on the thing it wants to con-
ceal That did bv speaking and act
ing in a manner which destroyed your
mental quiet. and kept you in a state
of uncertainty as to my meaning and
actions. For the rest it was merely
necessary to wait, while you betrayed
yourself"
Reich laughed with a sneer.
"And you base your accusation on
that? Just what do you accuse me of,
too? You haven't said"
81 accuse you," said Semi, "of being
an associate of the white slave people,
and specifically of having betrayed
Miss Lawton into their hands,"
ION that evidence? Mind reading3
What is this-a joker"
"Oh, moi" said Semi Dual. 81 was
merely explaining how I worked so
that you would understand. At Ihe
same time am aware that such evi.
dence would be worthless at law.
Therefore l obtained more substantial
facts to support my complaint.
"First, let ne call your attention to
the fact that before l arrived in Gold
field you sent several messages to Salt
Lake. One Of them was addressed to
Mrs. Annie Paul. / saw that message,
and it was so worded that it might be
either a request for information about
Miss Lawton or a warning to the ones
who held her.
Further, there is only the differ.
ence of two letters-'o' and 's'-be-
tween the address of the telegram you
sent and Mrs. Annie Paulos, now
under arrest. That you really filed
the message is proven by the fact that
1t was in your handwriting as shown
by another sample of your chirography
upon the back of photograph of your
self, found in Miss Lawton's room.
ALSO, while at Goldfield, you re-
ceived letter, missent from Denver,
the envelope of which contained re-
turn postoffice box number in the
Denver office. AS you remember, I
saw that letter, and noted the num-
Der of the box.
when I reached Salt Lake / wired
Mr.. Glace's partner-a man by the
name Of Bryce-asking him to ascer-
tain the name of the party holding
that Denver box; and later I wired
him from Winnemucca to send his ans.
wer here.
"Now, Mr. Reich, you claim to have
loved Miss Lawton, and admitted that
you had offered her marriage. Let
me read Mr. Bryce's reply to my mes
sage which you saw me receive few
moments ago."
He drew the telegram from his
pocket and read:
p. o. Box No. =, Denver. held by
Mrs. Ada Richmond, wife of Harold
Richmond, alias Homer Richmond,
alias Homer Reichman. Disappeared
from Denver some two months ago. AL.
legged destination Salt Lake. Present
name under which he Is operating I'M
known. Homer Reich-quite prob
ably correct.
"Mr. Reich, you are a married man
and incapable of offering honorable
marriage to any other woman. Now
to proceed. When we reached Salt
Lake you made an excuse OF impa-
thence OF my methods and arranged a
meeting between Mr. Clace Colonel