The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-07-07

While ! was shiverinG Clanahar
said We'll. what av itTs
-Norcross was responsible for that
mans death. IL be was having trouble
over his r~ight-of-way. his recourse ~ss
70 the law. and he took the law into
his " hands Nothing Was ever
done about II. because nobody took
the trouble 10 prosecute A week sgo
We sent a man 10 oregon TO looA ~
the facts. lie succeeded In finding
a brother OF the dead man. and a war.
rant has nov been sworn out for Nor.
cross arrest"
"weny" said Clanahan again. "Ye
have the stirring in ser own hand
why don't ye pull itr'
That's where you come In" vas the
answer. -The oregon justice issued
the warrant because IL was demanded,
but he refused 10 incur. for his county,
the expense OF sending q deputy sheriff
TO another state. or TO take the neces
a r steps 10 have Norcross extra.
dited. II Norcross could be produced
In court. he would try him and either
discharge him or bind him over. as
the facts might warrant. He took his
stand upon the ground hat Norcross
wal only technically responsible. and
told the brother that In all probability
nothing would come Of an attempt 20
prosecute"
Thin we've got nothing on him.
after all" the Irishman grunted.
Yes" Hatch came back have
the warrant, and, in addition TO that.
we have you, Pete. A word from you
TO the Portal City police headquarters.
and our man finds himself arrested
and locked up-to wait for a requisi-
ton from the governor Of Oregon"
But you said tn requisition wouldn't
come" Clanahan put In.
Hatch was sitting back now and
stroking his ugly jaw.
ut might come. Pete. II II had to:
there's no knowing. In the meantime
we get delay. ThereTl be habeas eor-
pus proceedings. of course, TO get him
out Of jail, but there's where you'll
come In again; you've got your
man for city attorney. And, after all.
the delay is all we need. With Nor
cross in trouble. and In Jail on II charge
of murder, the railroad ship1l 20 OF
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
and clean house. That will wind up
the reform spasm."
"'Tis a small chance" growled the
chief Of the ward heelers. "Tll talk
II over with the big fellow"
Again Hatch leaned forward and
put his hands on his knees.
you'll do nothing Of the sort. Pete.
You'll act. and act on your " re-
sponsibility. II you don't, somebody
may wire the sheriff Of Silver Bow
county, Montana. hat the man he
knew in Butte as Michael Clancy
Ia. . -"
The d~ivekeeper put up both hands
as II to ward OF q blow.
""Tis enough" he mumbled. speak.
ing as II he had a bunch OF dry cotton
in his mouth. "slip me tn warrant"
Hatch went to a small safe and
worked the combination. When the
door was opened he passed a folded
paper to C%lanahan. Through all this
talk, Henckel had said nothing. and
I suspected that Hatch had him there
solely for safety's sake, and to provide
a witness. With the paper In his
pocket, Clanahan got up to go. II
was time for me TO make a move
It's curious how an idea will some
times lay hold Of you and knock out
reason and common sense and every
thing else. Clanahan had In his pocket
a piece OF paper that simply meant
ruin to Mr.. N%orcross. and the blowing
up OF all the plans that had been made
and all the work that had been done.
II he should be allowed to get up town
with that warrant. the end Of every
thing would be In sight. But how
was ! to prevent itf
The three men were on their feet,
II 11hlCu WIS ItntHibk " TIC wan
switch which controlled the single In
candescent lamp hanging from the
ceiling of the scale-house. II ! could
only think of some way to blow the
place up and snatch the paper In the
confusion.
Up to that minute I had w
thought once Of the pistol ] had taken
from Fred Mays drawer. though II
was still sagging In my left hip pocket.
When / did think Of II l dragged II
out with some silly notion OF trying
TO hold the three men ny al the door
Of the shack az they came out Hstch's
stop TO light a cigar and TO hand out
a couple TO the other two gave me
time TO chuck that notion and grab an
other. With the muzzle Of the auto
matte resting In the crack Of the
opened window / took dead aim At
the i~ncandescent lamp in the ceiling
and turned her loose for the whole
magazineful
Since the FIRST bullet got the lamp