The Washington herald., 1921-05-01

toward the settlement house. He's the
last one out"
He found Mr.. Benedict" I said. Hes
there now"
The chauffeur and the watchman
mounted the car after helping me within.
and in q moment we had come to the
railroad. They ran up the stairs before
me and had come to where Justin stood
guard over the dead man when I arrived
at the platform. Justin's cry halted me.
But it can't be! He's dead. killed. but
not murdered"
II think it's murder, Mr.. Terry" the
chauffeur was insisting. See, his coats
cut right over his hearth A knife did
that. And where's his overcoat? He had
it on when he left the car. Sure. it's
murder"
1T looks like it," said the watchman-
I'll send in . police call"
He passed me on the run, and moved
closer to Justin. You'd better 60 home,
Edith" he said. I'D take you. only
must see this through. They'll want me
as q witness"
Wont they want meT'
81 hadn't thought of that 1 shouldn't
have let you go for the watchman.
Otherwise you could be kept out of it"
He began to pace the platform restlessly.
As he passed me for the second time he
stopped.
II quarreled with Benedict this morn
ing" he sard. The quarreling was moth
ing new. We did that once a week at
least. but the occasion for this was diff
ferent. He ordered me to do something
that-well, that I couldn't We had 1t
out, all over the office. Then I quit.
cleared up everything tonight. Queer,
isn't 1t, the way things work out? II I'd
waited till tomorrow wish I hadn't
said all I did. I've worked for him for
nve years, and" He drew himself up
from his meditations. 20. well what Is to
be. will be. But I'm sorry"
who could have killed him. Justin7-
who knows? He had plenty of enc
m,es. but I can't imagine one of them
doing it, 1t may have been for money.
He probably carried q wad of currency.
the back"
But his family? Who'll tell them?"
He has no family: The only relatives
CT whom I've ever heard are distant
cousins in Omaha"
rs there any one to notify?"
Parsons. the secretary. will know
He went back to his pacing, apparent
ly oblivious to the immediate problem of
the manner Of Benedict's death in his
regret over having auarreled with the
dead man. 1t was who remembered the
coming of the local and cried warning to
the chauffeur. Justin sprang to help him
bear the burden from the tracks. They
had Just succeeded when the train, un-
signaled by the platform lantern. rum
bled past us, leaving the three Of US
there with Benedicts body. Then, once
again, the switch targets shifted from
green to red.
Four officers, guided to the place BY
the watchman, came with q scurry Of au-
thority. One of them, McGrath, Justin
called by name. Its an awful thing"
the policeman said. 'the way these hold
ups are Killing"
"I don't believe it's q holdup," Justin
said. Benedict has been stabbed"
who found him?"
'T did"
was he dead?-
Yes. I thought the train had struck
him 1t was passing as I came up the
stairs i saw something on the roadbed
and ran toward it." t
Did you see any one running away7'
NO one. I did not know It was muir
der until Lane, the. chauffeur. and the
is there. with 5000 in it"
And the lady?" He looked at me.
Miss Hagar came up to take her train.
the local that follows the limited. She
found me Just after discovered that the
man was Benedict"
'I see" He gave an order to the other
officers, then one to us. You'll have to
come with me to the station" he advised
US.
We went, driven, In Bepedict's car, and
with . strange sense of the incongruity