The Washington herald., 1919-02-03


Delaney leaned over the satchel.
Another link" said Drew. drawing
out telephone receiver without wires
attached to II. r"And here" he added,
''is the testing set with the sharp
clamps. That's for listening in or
| talking with other peoples connec-
tions. i don't doubt that this fellow
knows his business. Here's a micro
volt meter that registers fractions OF
volts. Here's an am-meter Of the
pocket size. I've seen this kind on
automobiles for testing dry cells. Now,
what is this?"
Looks like a full set Of jimmies!''
blurted Delaney That's a sectional
jimmy
Hes got everything" said the de-
tective, turning and gIancing at Loris.
Here, Miss StockbridGe," he said,
holding up an empty cartridge she'll
Here is the most important link in
the chain against him. It's a twenty
two shell which has been fired. See
l-wait-whats this, Delaney? The
cap on the end hasn't been struck
The cartridge was discharged-the
cap is intact. How could that be?'
Loris and Harry Nichols leaned over
the detective. He turned the tiny
shell around in his fingers He
shifted it. He held it out 50 they
could see the end. Discharged" he
exclaimed. without touching the
decorating cap on the end, That's
odd! Very suggestive"
| Let me see it," said Nichols. "TH
tell. We have exams on these things
| This seems to have been fired he
continued with thought. IT'S been
fired without conclusion. I'd say il
was heat that did ii. A match
touched 10 the base here would fire
the cap, which would. in turn, set off
the powder. There's a different color
to the brass at the cap end. 1t looks
to me like a shell which has been
clamped down by three-no, four
screws There's marks on the rim.
See them. Loris-M Miss StockbridGe?
Right there. Right at my nail"
That's about right Harry" de-
cIarcd Drew. reaching for the
cartridgr 1T was clamped down
with small screws. II was ignitcd or
set off by heat 1t forms part OF a
homemade pistol which conforms, to
a hair. with Fosdick's statement that
| the bullet never went through a
barrel that was rifled."
blurted Delaney. "Fosdick never had
brains enough to figure a thing out
like that. All he knows is pinch
everybody two or three times. I've
seen him do it"
Drew eyed the prisoner. so you
sec" he said softly. CUttinCly. crime
does not pay. The net has closed
over your head. You erred a score
OF times You couldn't afford TO make
one little mistake. 7 coUld-I did /,
I've made a hundred in this case
already, It's the hound and the hare.
} The hound loses the scent and brays
on blunderinCly till he picks ii up
/ again. You lost me time and again.
( You fooled me in thatFlineman's gUise
when you came into the library. Your
makeup was perfect. You said Just
the right things"
| TIE prisoners lips curled in a thin
cruel line. He ratified the cuffs de-
| family. His shoulders lifted then fell
/ back upon the rug.
! Bert" snapped Drew. Bert" he
! repeated with awakening thought.
! Delaney" he said. turning and
I CHANGING up at the operatives broad
flushed face Il got this fellow To-
| Gated. What was the name Of the
|
| failure? The one VIC had a bench
warrant for? He was indicted. The
indictment was scaled You know,
Its a name YOU didn't like. The feI-
| low who escaped to Rio or South
America? Who afterwards went TO
| AntofoEasta- All. CUthbert,"
| That's it. chief, CutbCrt, Cuthert
Morphy-thc devils brother. This is
him"
Drew rubbed his hands vigorously.
1T is" he exclaimed, with his eyes
swinging over tho prisoners drawn
| features 'Cuthbort Morphy 90 a
brother tool and confederate. We're
getting on"
The defective rose and faced Loris
and Nichols Captain" he said. "a
| firing squad at sunrise would be the
army's answer to this mans deviltry.
| Consider what he has done. He's
worked hack to New York after a
! wear as a fugitive. He connected in
some manner with Morphy at Sing
| Sing. Perhaps he went there as a
visitor under the prnteSJ Of business
connected with Morphys affairs This
| scheme was hatched there in the
prison II was financed by Morphy.
| II succeeded in so far as Mr.. Stock
bridge was concerned. First the tele-
phone call to the cemetery superin-
tendent Then followed his visit to
this house for the purpose of fixing
some fendish device. Or"
He might have fixed the windows.
| chief" suggested Delaney He
might have opened catch and
climbed in afterwards"
He wasn't near the Windows" said
/ Drew. He had something else in
the back OF his crafty. twisted brain.
/ He came and went out with Mr
{ StockbridSp and ] watching him. lie
/ called UP. then. and threatened the
death. lie probably looped tho library
| phone up with Sing Sing at ur about
midnight. We have a record Of both
calls
why" asked 'Lorrs. as brew
paused in thought. '.Why did he have
/ Morphy connected with father? I
can't sec. MIR Drew. that part Of it.
The rest, you have told is. is very
clear"
! Nor | yet" admitted tn" detective
But that is detail. il IL prob
/ ably the criminals ego. which is IN
every one OF them. to notify their
prey that the hour has come. Morphy
was an artist in crime. lie was a
master mind in finance and ChicanCry.