South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-25


criminal One reason IS that II YOU
do. he'll be sure TO bIab right out how
YOU and Felix and Sam Larder
helped him 20 escape from the Gala
boose."
"Oh. you're welcome 20 what YOU
think" said the district attorneR
But just for the sake OF argument
how do YOU know that Slike didn't
Kill Tuckleton?"
Because the initiated butcher
knife Slike took with him from Miss
Waltou's was still on him when ne
was caught"
There must have been two
knives"
There were two knives. but
only one belonged to Miss Walton
Rale. YOU gave out that Miss Walton
herself had killed Tuckleton because
YOU had planned ahead that she was
the one you were going to hang the
10 planned ahead? Because you
killed TuckletOn yourself!'
The district attorney sat perfectly
still His eyes stole toward the bed
room door. What on earth was the
matter with Jack Murray? Why
didn't ne shoot?
Il don't know why you killed
him" went on the inexorable voice.
but you did. I've found out that
early last spring you went TO Nate
Samson and borrowed his hardware
catalog sent a telegram 20 the
supply house getting out this cata-
log. and their answer stated that
YOU had ordered from them back IN
February. a butcher knife, paying
for il in stamps. They gave the
catalog number Of this butcher
knife, and the catalog number is the
, same number as that Of the butcher
knife with which Tuckleton was
killed. You cut T w on the handle
OF this knife. rusted il a little and
ground it some, and then you
Rale. you rat I've got YOU right
where YOU can't even wriggle."
Billy leaned across the table to
emphasize what he was saying.
heard a slight sound in the bedroom
and promptly blew out the lamp.
With a heave of one arm he slammed
the table over on the district attor-
ney. he latter. taking the table to
his BOSOM, went over backward to-
gether with the chair he sat in and
wallowed on the floor.
Both guns exploded simultan-
eousIy. What happened next has
never been clear in Billy's mind. He
only knows that his head rang like
struck bell at the shot. and burn
ing powder grains stung his ear and
neck He fired blind. A voice above
his head cried aloud on the name OF
/ God a hot and sweaty body col
4 lapsed upon him and he dragged
himself out from under precisely in
time TO glimpse the district attorney
who. having torn open the door into
the hall. was silhouetted for an in
slant against the dim radiance
emanating from the kitchen.
Billy hunched his right shoulder,
took snapshot and drove an ac-
curate bullet through the right leg
of the district attorney.
Hes comm around" said shot
gun Shillman Now he'll be a in
valid nuisance for a while, like
] Rale"
What's Jack trying 10 do?" Riley
Tyler asked Here. take that out
+ of your mouth"
1t was Billy who reached Jack
Murray first He snatched the
wadded ball OF paper from Jack be
fore he could close his teeth over it.
Billy smoothed out the crumbled
wad II appeared TO be a letter and
a promissory note. Billy read:
Judge Hiram Donelson.
Hillsville.
Dear sir: The man who killed
Rafe Tuckleton is the county prose
cutor Arthur Rale Rale owed
TuckIeton five thousand dollars on
a note and couldn't pay it. Rate
wanted his money. Early in the
evening on the day he was killed.
Tuckleton came 10 Rale's house
where I was at the time. and de-
manded payment He brought the
note with him. Rale refused and
they quarreled Tuckleton had been
drinking Before TuckIeton left
ne said ne was going 20 the Walton
ranch After he left, Rale told me
he had planned some time ago TO
kill Tuckleton and get the note back
at the first opportunity. This
looked like a good opportunity Rale
showed me a butcher knife He
said il was just like one at the Wal
ton ranch. He had cut Tom Wal
toms initials on the handle so II
would be like t. Rale said he had
tried 10 get the original knife. but
had not been able TO. This one he
had fixed up had 10 do He said
when his knife was found on Rates.
body everybody would think Hazel
Walton had killed him. and nobody
would believe her II she said the
knife wasn't hers. He asked me 10
so with him. I went. and we hung
around Walton's till TuckletOn came
out. and then we followed him, and
Rale stuck the knife in him a cou-
pie OF times. When Tuckleton was
dead. Rale took the note out OF
Tuckleton's pocketbook, and held
BAD, mp and took the note away
..m him
Iere is the note he took of
.sleton.
Yours truly.
(Signed) JACK MURRAY
Silly handed the letter and the
Rale note 70 Shotgun Shillman. who
folded both carefully and slipped
them into an inner pocket OF his
vest.
Well" observed sam Prescott.
folks viii be sending Bill 10 Con-
greSs next"
Yes" assented his daughter,
now that the grand jury have IN