The spectator., 1921-05-13

 your tip from the big fellow. The railroad people must be made to get into the fight in the coming election, and get in on the right side. If they don't; and if NorcrOss stays and keeps his fire burning. you fellows lose out"
 Clanahan sat back in his chair and showed his hands into his pockets.
 'Ye'd stirring me as if l was boy !'N he scoffed "'Tis your own game firm first to.last. Dye think I'm not know ing that? 'Tis bread and butther and tn big rake-off for you, and little ye care how tn election goes. Suppose we'd croak this man in tn hot par-rt av tn p'litcal fight; what happensF Half tn noospayperS in tn state d play him up fir martyr to tn cause av good governmint, and we'd all go to hell in d hand-basket :"
 was cramped and sore and one of my legs had gone to sleep, but l couldn't have moved if I had wanted to. My heart was skipping beats right along while 1 waited for Hatch's an- swer When 1t came, the drumming in my ears pretty nearly made me lose it.
 'Clanahan," he began. as cold as an icicle. II didn't get you down here to argue with you. You've bungled this thing once. and for that reason you've got 1t to do over again. We haven't asked you to 'eroak' anybody, as you put it. and we are not asking it now"
 "'Tis d-d little you lack av asking it. retorted the divekeeper.
 Listen" said Hatch, leaning for ward with his hands on his knees. Besides keeping cases on Norcross here, we've been digging back into his record few lines. Every man has his sore spot, if you can only find II, Clanahan-just as you have yours. What if I should tell you that Noreross Is wanted in another state-for a crime? Before he came here he was chief of construction on the oregon Midland. There was right-of-way fight back in the mountuinS-hfty miles from the nearest sheritf-wlth the |. X s. F. Norcross armed his | track-layers, and in the blufiing there was man Killed"
 Though 1t was warm night, as have said, the cold chills began to chase themselves up and down my back. What Hatch said was perfectly true. In the right-of-way scrap he was talking about. there had been q few wild shots fired, and one of them r had found F. X $. F. grade laborer. l don't believe anybody had ever real | ly blamed the boss for 1t. But there had been man killed.
 While l was shivering, Clanahan said: Well, what av it?"
 "Norcross was responsible for that mans death. If he was having trouble over his right-ofway, his recourse was to the law, and he took the law into his own hands Nothing was ever done about 1t, because nobody took the trouble to prosecute. A week ago we sent a.man to oregon to look up the facts. He succeeded in finding rant has now been sworn out for Nor cross arrest"
 ''Well?" said Clanahan again. "I e have the stirring in yer own hand ; why don't ye pull it?'
 That's where you come in," was the answer. The Oregon justice issued | the warrant because it was demanded, l but he refused to incur. for his county, l the expense of sending a deputy sheriff | to another state. or to take the neceS- Sary steps 10 have NorCrosS extra ! dited. If Norcross could be produced in court, he would try him and either 1 discharge him or bind him over, as l the facts might warrant. He took his | stand upon the ground that Norcross was only technically responsible. and told the brother that in all probability nothing would come of an attempt to | prosecute"
 "Thin ye've got nothing on him, after all,' the lriShman grunted. Yes" Hatch came back; i've have the warrant, and, in addition to that. we have you, Pete. A word from you to the Portal City police headquarters,
 
 and locked up--to wait for requisi- ton from the governor of Oregon
 But you said tn requlsition wouldn't come" Clanahan put in.
 Hatch was sitting back now and stroklng his ugly jaw.
 Tt might come, Pete, if it had to :: there's no knowing. In the meantime we get delay. There1l be habeas cor pus proceedings, of course, to get him out of jail, but there's where you'll come in again; you've got your own man for city attorney. And, after all, the delay is all we need. With Nor cross in trouble, and in jail on a charge of murder, the railroad ship1l go on the rocks in short order. The Nor cross management is having plenty of trouble-wrecks and the like. With Norcross locked up, New York will be heard from, and Dismuke will step in