Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14
Whitfqrd With the story Of his at.
TEMPT 70 hire ths rang leader to

II must he admitted that when
RromheN. made up his mind to clear
Lindsay he did It thoroughly. His
confession te. the. police was quiet ana
nnsiness.hkS He admitted respon-
slniaty TOR the presence % the west
plAinsd that his guest had neither
Eambled n taken any liquors, tha.i
he had come only as "a spectator out
OF curtpsity. The story o. the killing
was told by him simply and clearly.
After ne had struck down the gun
man, he had done bolt down stairs
and got away BY a back alley. His
instinct had been t9resc4Pe frem the
what no had done, but 81 course he
could not let anybody else suffer IN
bis place. So he had come TO give
himself up. $
The late aftsrnpon papers carried
The story that Clarendon BromAeld,
Mell-knowq man about town, had con
fessed 70 having killsd "siisn" Collins
Ind had completely exoperatsd Lind
9 i Was erpectsd that the latter
you'd be RELEASED Immediately.
he was. That eYsning hs dined at
the home of the Whitfords. The mine
ewnsr had wanted to 70 Oh the bond
rejected. & y
Well hear what the coroner's jury
haS to thetsmAn behind the deak
at hs~adauArtsrs had decided. .:.It1l
not UT him I rsst day or>two in
After dinner ths. committee OF de-
fense meth the RED room and dis
euased ways and means. johnnie and
his bride wefN present because II
would have heen cruel to exclude
them but for the most part they were
silent members Tim Muidoon arrived
with Annie Milukan, both OF them
sorneShat awed by the atmosphere
o1 h big house adjoining the Drive.
Each OF them brought. i piece Of in
formation valuable to the cause.
The ma in charge Of tho blotter at
the Station had told Tim that from a
dip called Fog Ciney, lone of those
arrested in the gambling house raid,
an automatic gun with two chambers
DISCHARGED had been taken and turn
ed IN by those who searched him. It
Tim to get permission to seb Fog
alone, but he had. used his influence
Or thu force and managed this.
Fox = q sly. dog. He wanted to
make gpula On which 4ds his bread
was bukteFsd before he bee4me com
mqnie4dVs. AT hrst he had been
w1llinE to tell ezantH nothing. He
: alre.ady hssn eeen BY Dufand,
and he hehl@ Very pffonSnnoed re-
Intil he had became convinced that
he had "comn thf9pxn' with What
| Muldoon wanted. Then he admitted
that he had pfeked- thu atkoufnGaafte M
from the door. where Collins hhd
dropped It when be tell. HI STORY
further ,eossoeer.tsd .. thet q The &C.
before he WINS struck BY the chair.
Clay summed up in / sentence the
result Of all the evidence they had
collected. .:It's not any longer a cues
ton of whether .Br0mfeld goes to
prison. but OF Durand. The fellow
has sure overplayed his hand"
BefoFe twslve hours MORE had
passed pnrand discovered this him
sell. He had been too careless, too
You'd tho law. At Art he had laugh
cd eoatsmptuousiy at the advice OF
bis henchmen to get to cover before
IL was too hte- a
They can't touch me-" he Dragged.
They darent." &
But It came 70 him With o stcken-
Ing realisation that the district attor-
after htn aa housh Is vere an or
binary crook. Z,
Jerry began to use his ""puu." There
reached, him presently that aame sink.
Ing at the pit. Of the stomach he had
known when Clay had thrashed him
He learned that when q lawbreake,
IL Eotng stroAg, friends at court who
are under obligations to him ara q
hniwark Of strength. but when one.
power Is shaken politicians prefer tt
take no risks. No news spreads more
l r. nS61V than that ~ tho TN nA~At~A
tall OF 4 ch1eftain. The word was
passing among the wise that Jerry
Duraad was to be thrown overheard
Dprapd thried to make an appoint
ment' with Whttford. That gsptlemaz
declined to q him. Jerry persisted
He offered. to meat him at one OF his
clubs. Hs telsphoned to the house
satisfactory than tho cold voice of
servant .Ry1hG. 'lr. whitford doc,
not wish to talk with you, sir" Al
last he telag+sphad.
Tho naeEaEe read:
"Tu come to youz Aeuse at eight
this eveninG. Bstter 500 me for mis-
DIS s4ke."
i "a asned ey purana.
When jerry ealled. he was admit
Wh,tforu met him with chil hos
tilty. He hsl4 the telegram in hi:
hand. What does this message
NEAR :" he asked blunty.
Your daughters engaged to Brom
aald, amt she?" demanded the ex.
priSe-Aghter, his bulhous e-,s full OF
his host. ~
'.rhat's our business, dir"
II eot a reason-for asking. She i
or she ain't. which IS it,"
Wen not discuss my daughter!
i AAAC4lA =+I..E-a. IS .E.H# aH-n .r -
AN right, since ypu.re % id par
ttcuhr. Wen discu4a Bran fields.
warned him to keep his mouth shui
o he'd get lAto treAbleL"
he va RECESSED froR [prassn thi!
'paa I ny anything about prison p
ftura9A askad- There's Other kind!
&C Ex4sf beel1da NednE In sttr. /I'vo so
this Su rig}t-s
-J9st What % you mean. Mr. Du.
raaa1-
Il1dsny In bud with you and the girl
He wan'to b eAnght Mt. the Omnluu
club With . w0aAan whan tho polio
ataAds the place, and it was to &c
z asat ssaae,s It." said wh,ttor,
1You WIN. I had = dietaraph i,
Tho ROOM whea BromneM came to ne,
me. Yon can heAx 1t ~ In his owl
voaeAl-
-leuk tAaEs veMt azy wosnan VIII
Lindsay 1t lE11loGks 1hea tbs ri,
vas pulled o.
sre tA.r, ~aar><I thrsv Rrom
-YoR axranxed Is shayA Iand.s