Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-21


Wen lay quiet and try the young lady
out. Beaton here can give her an in
production to Miss La Rue. and the
rest is easy"
Westcott's purpose IN visiting the
La ROSita mine was a rather vague
one His thought had naturally assoc
! ciated Bill Lacy with whatever form
! of deviltry had brought Beaton to the
neighborhood of Haskell and he felt
| convinced firmly that this special
brand OF deviltry had some direct con
nection with the disappearance Of
Frederick Cavendish. just what the
| connection between these people might
| prove to be was still matter of
| doubt. but as Miss Donovan was seek
| ing this information at the hotel. all
that remained for him to do at pres
ent was an investigation of Lacy. The
| careful review of all Miss Donovan
| had told him only served to Increase
| his confidence that his old partner
! still lived. No other conception seemed
| possible, or would account for the
| presence of Ned Beaton in Haskell. or
1t was equally evident this was not
caused by any miscarriage of their
original plans. Apparently every de-
tail of the crime, which meant the win
ming of Frederick Cavendish's fortune
| had been thus far successfully carried
| nj
tically in their possession, and NOT the
slightest suspicion had been aroused
| 1t had been masterpiece OF criminal
ingenuity so boldly carried out as to
avoid danger of discovery
Every step had been taken evactly
! In accord with the original outlines
except possibly that they had been
! hurried by CavendSh's sudden deter-
mination to return West. and his will
disinheriting John. These had com
PEELED earlier action. yet no radical
! change in plans. as the machinery
was already prepared and I'm position
| Luck had been with the conspiratorS
/ when Frederick called in Enright to
draw up the will.
| Enright! Beyond doubt his were
the brains dominating the affair. The
! whole foul thing lay before We>tcotts
imagination in its diabolical ingenuity
-Enrights legal mind had left no
loophole He intended TO play the
game absolutely safe, so far at least.
| as he was personally concerned
The money was TO go legally to John
! without the shadow of a suspicion
resting upon IL; and theu-well. he
/ knew how TO do the rest: already he
| had a firm grip on n large portion.
| Yes. all this was reasonably clear:
what remained obscure was the fate
Of Frederick Clvendish.
Westcott came back from his mus
ings to this one important question.
The answer puzzled him. If the man
was dead why should Beaton remain m
| Haskell and insist on Miss La Rues
| joining him? And If the man was
| alive and concealed somewhere in the
neighborhood, what was their present
object? Had they decided they were
| risking too much in permitting him to
| live? Had something occurred to
make them feel it safer to have hin
out of the way permanently? What
connection did Bin Lacy have with the
gang?
Westcott rose to his feet and began
following the tran up the canon He
was not serving Cavendish nor Miss
| Donovan by sitting there. lie walked
! rapidly, but the sun was nearly down
| by the time he reached the mouth OF
| his own drift
While waiting word from the East
/ which would enable him to- develop
| the claim, Westcott had thought it hest
TO discontinue work, ana hide as best
/ he could, from others the fact that ne
/ had again discovered the lost lead OF
rich ore. To that end, after taking out
/ enough for his immediate require
/ mentS in the form Of nuggets gath
/ cred from q single pocket, which he
| had later negotiated quietly at town
/ down the railroad, he had blocked up
| the new tunnel and discontinued ouera-
/ tons. He had fonIly believed his se-
| cret secure. until L2cy's careless words
! had aroused suspicion that me latter
/ might have seer his kilograms to CAV
endsh. His only assistant, a Mexican.
| who had been with him for some time
remained on guard at the bunkhouse
/ and, so far as ne knew, no serious ef-
! fort had been made To- explore the drift
by any of Lacy's satellites. Now, as
/ he came up the darkeniug gulch and
| crunched his way across the rock pile
! before The tunnel entrance, he saw the
tio1 Of making appropriate Mexi-
: rest of our share will COM nuas-
next meeting.
Yours trut
Nels NJ
Count dropped
If Resolution by Superus,f You
d Resolved by the count
$ Iron county assembled at not to
4 II ed annual meeting there by the
day Of August. 1920, that
I there is hereby appropriai llkatv
u" county TO the district T -
II Hospital fund, IN addition poNS