The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-14
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-Now let me tell you how they hap
n.nea 10 catch him. Maybe you
ssard--he and Dago Frank were In
the act % breaking into the Western
panlsh Hank Part 81 this I'm stving
You now came straight from Frank
himself. lie says that they we're In
the alley. In the act % Iimmyinx n
window, and all At once Kinney
s.raiKhtened up az II something had
hit him and let the Jimmy fall with
q thump TO the pavement Frank
said he thought that the man had
gone or ut. nut hut It's my private
opinion that he had been somewhat
dsranged all the time he was In Sc
attic. and he Just came 60. more or
less. that minute. The man hardly
seemed 20 know what he was doing
.Tave you lost your guts Kinney
Prank asked hims and Kinney stood
there. staring like he didn't know he
was being spoken 60. lie put his
hands 20 hts headd. then. Hike a man
with a headache. And the next In
slant cop came running from the
mouth Of the alley.
KINNEY was heeicd. but he didn't
even pull hts gun. He stiii stood
With his hands 10 his head All his
pards IN the underworld always said
he'd die before he'd give up. but he
let the cop take him like he was n
baby. Frank go, away. but they
get him. you remember. three weeks
later. After sorne kind Of . trial
Kinney was sent down here"
sprigiey paused and shifted his gun
from his right 20 his left shoulder.
you'll say that's all ON m o
enough he went on. Now let me
tell you another queer thing. You
know. the chief has started q -ys-
tern here 20 keep track Of all the
them good citirsns when they gr, out
He has them all All out card. wen.
when this man kinney turned In his
card. be had written Tscn' on II. but
Tire rest was absolutely blank.
Mr.. Mitchell thought ~ FIRST that
Tire man couldn't write II turned
cut. tho. that he can wrste-an
Intelligent hand. and spell good too
Then Mitchell decided he was Just
sulking But his second guess was
10 better than his first. haven't
got Mitchell persuaded yet. and may
he never win have him persuaded.
but Tn confident I know tho an.
s~er. The reason ne didn't fiil out
that card was because he couldn't
remember.
He couldn't remember where or
when he was born. or who were his
folks or where he had come from. or
how he had spent his iife lie knew
that Ben his first name. sounded
right 10 him. but Kinney didn't
the reason likely being tina, Kinney
vas an alias adopted during his lifs
- q criminal suppose you've
rcficed that queer. bcvildered look
he has when any one calls hin Kin.
nsy. What his real name II be doesn't
know. He can't even remember that.
Ana the explanation is-compiets
ID@ OF memory.
You mark my words. Howard
that man hasn't been a criminal al
unys Something got wrong with HIS
head and he turned crook--you
might say that tho criminal side that
III Of rs has simply took possession
a him That uixht IN the alley hs
came TO hsrsscif-oniy his mind was
Iess . blank not only In regard to
his NE as criminal. but all that
had rome before
Then why don't ycu % somsthing
about it--bcsifes taIk7 Mitchell says
yours settin' 20 you talk Of nothin'
else
It's not for me 20 20 anything
about H. The man was . criminal.
he State can't 20 any further than
that suppose n every man was
1T free who wasn't. IN the last
analysis. responsible for his crimes.
~ wouldn't have anybody ieft in the
penitentiary. He's IN for five years
considering what hen pick up here.
y might as well be for life. Amnena--
that's what ths doctors cali IT,
amnssia following some sort OF q
mental trouble. In tho END you'll
- that I'm right
Hprigiey was right To ben Kin
ney life was Hike . sinris pale hight
IN long. dark street Complete loss
Of memory prevented him from look
Ing backward Complete loss Of hope
kapt him from looking ahead
IL had been this way for months
now-evsr since the night the police
man had found him. the Jimmy"
dropped from his hands. In the alley.
Heaven knows what he had done.
what madness had been upon him.
before that time. But as sprtRiey