Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-10-06

WHilloIu lHlerIered. Hold on
honey. Don't rub it in. Clarendon was
bit ratified. That's natural. The
question is, what's he going to do now?'
Their host groaned '.Durandll see
go to the chair-and I only struck the
man to save my own life. wasn't try
ing to kill the fellow. He was shooting
at me, and had to do it."
"Of course" agreed Whitford.
We've got proof of that. Lindsay is
one witness. He must have seen it all.
I've got in my pocket one of the bullets
Collins shot. That's more evidence.
Then"
Beatrice broke in excitedly. Dad,
Mr.. Muldoon just told me over the
phone that they've got the express
wagon. The plank with the bullet
holes was in 1t. And the driver has
confessed that he and a carpenter,
whose name he had given, changed the
| partition for Durand."
| Whitford gave a subdued whoop.
| 1--WE win. That lets you out, Claren-
| don. The question now isn't whether
you or Clay will go to the penitentiary,
but whether Durand will. We can show
he's been trying to stand in the way of
| justice, that he's been cooking up false
| evidence"
Lets hurry! Let's get to the police
| right away!" the girl cried, her eyes
shining with excitement. "We ought
not to lose minute. We can get Clay
out in time to go home to dinner with
| u.s."
Bromfield smiled wanly. He came to
time as CALAMITY as he could. "All
right. I'm elected to take his place, /
See"
"Only for day or two, Clarendon"
said the older man. "As soon as we
can get together coroner's jury Wen
straighten everything out"
Yes" agreed the clubman lifelessly.
1t was running through his mind al
ready that If he should be freed Of the
murder charge, he would only have
escaped Scylla to go to wreck on Cha
rybdis. For it was twenty-to-one bet
that Jerry would go to Whitford with
the story of his attempt to hire the
gang leader to smirch Lindsay's repu.
tation.
1t must be admitted that when Brom-
field made up his mind to clear Lindsay
he did it thoroughly. His confession
to the police was quiet and business
like. He admitted responsibility for
the presence Of the westerner at the
Omnium club. He explained that his
guest had neither gambled nor taken
any liquors, that he had come only as
spectator out of curiosity. The story
Of the killing was told by him simply
and clearly. After he had struck down
the gunman, he had done a bolt down.
stairs and got away by back alley.
His instinct had been to escape from
the raid and from the consequences of
what he had done, but of course he
could not let anybody else suffer in his
place. So he had come to give him.
self up.
The late afternoon papers carried
the story that Clarendon Bromfield,
well-known man about town, had con-
fessed to having killed "Slim" Collins
and had completely exonerated Lind
say. It was expected that the latter
would be released Immediately.
He was That evening he dined at
owner had wanted to go on the bond
Of Bromfeld, but his offer had been
rejected.
"Well hear what the coroner's jury
has to say" the man behind the desk
at headquarters had decided. "It'll
the cooler"
After dinner the committee Of de-
Tense met in the Red room and dis
cussed ways and means. Johnnie and
his bride were present because 1t
would have been cruel to exclude them,
but for the most part they were silent
members. Tim Muldoon arrived with
Annie Millikan, both Of them some
what awed by the atmosphere of the
dig house adjoining the Drive. Each
of them brought piece of informa-
ton valuable to the cause.
The man in charge Of the blotter at
the station had told Tim that from a
dip called Fog Coney, one of those ar
rested in the gambling-house raid, an
automatic gun with two chambers dis
charged had been taken and turned in
by those who searched him. It had re-
quired some maneuvering for Tim to
get permission to see Fog alone, but
he had used his influence on the force
and managed this.
Fox was sly dog. He wanted to
make sure on which side his bread was
buttered before he became communi-
cative. At first he had been willing
to tell exactly nothing. He had al
ready been seen by Durand, and he
had very pronounced respect for that
parsonage. 1t was not until he bad
become convinced that Jerry's star was
on the wane that he had "come
through" with what Muldoon wanted.
Then he admitted that he had picked
the automatic up from the floor where
Collins had dropped it when he fell
His story further cOrroborated that of
the defense. He had seen "Slim" fire
twice before he was struck by the
chair.
Clay summed up in a sentence the
result of all the evidence thew had