Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14

Whttftofd With the story az hia 1T
tempt "a hire ths raKx reader Ia
snnifcha IAndAay.'s Reputation.
~ must be admitted that when
Rromneld made UP his mind to clear
Lindsay he did It thoroughly, His
confsseion to the police was quiet ana
nnei!ess-like. He admitted raspon-
sioihty for the presence az the west.
pliinsd that his sueat mad neither
Safnhled nor taken{ any liauors, thar
he had come only as Z spSctakor out
o. curtosity. Tho at0ry of the killing
was told by him simply and Clearly.
Altar ~ had struck down the gun
man, heSh4d done 4 bolt down stairs
and got fWay by 4 back alley. His
instinct HAD bten to escape from the
raid and from tina Consequences st
1877 he had done, but Of course he
hts place. 50 Ne h1d come to give
himself up.
The Late AFTERNOON papers carried
the; story that Clarendon Bromaeld,
Well-known ma about town, had con.
fessed to having killed ':Slim', Collins
and had completely e~xontratAd Lind
gay. + waa expected that the Natter
you'd be released immediately.
) a So %ss, !. T 1tsI l ,sssainE he q, a,ned Ct
~ uVAAA0 va Lo0 " A1t4OxO8.H s 3n0 M100
owner HAD wanted to 60 on the bond
OF Bromheld. but hin ofter had been
rejected.
""ve'M hear what, tho coroner.s Jury
has to say" tho man behind the desk
at headquarters had decided ''ft'll
not hurt him to rest I day or Two in
the cooler" 2
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 N
them, but for the most part they w4rS
silent members. Tim 'Muldoon arrived
With Annie Millikan, both Of them
somewhat awed by the atmosphere
OF the big house adjoining the Drive.
Each Of them brought a piece OF in
formation valuable to the cause.
n man in charge Of the bl6tter at
the station had told Tim that from i
diplyeallep Fog Caney, one Of thoss
an automatic gun With two chambers
discharged had been taken ana turn
ed in by those who searched him. It
had required Soma maneuv6rtnt for
Tim to get permission to SEES Fog
alone, but he had used; his influence
kon the force ana managed this.
Fox vaASS q sly doc, He wanted to
make sure on which Hade his bread
was buttered before he became com
mantcAttya. At hrst he had been
willing 70 tall eractty nothing. He
and ~ hadta vary pronounesd 70
spect for that Parsonage. It was not
until he hAd become eonvnted that
Jena1s's stat was On the wane that
he had ''eome Through" with Whist
Muldoon wanted. Then NJ admitted
that hs had picked thY ,a9ten,Atfc M
from the 1poF, whore Collins had
dropped It whom hi fell. HIS story
before he vas struck by the chair.
Clay summed up in 4 sentence the
result Of all the evidence they had
collected. IT'S not any longer a ques-
ton OF whether Brom6eld goes Sto
prison. but Of Durand. The fellow
has SUR overplAyod his hand"
Before twelve hours more had
passed Durand discovered this him
salf, He hAd Been too careless, too
q that he was outside Of ana be-
yond the Law. At hrst no had laugh
ed contemptuously at the advica 81
his henchmen to get to cover before
It was too hto-
They can't touch me-" 9e Dragged.
But It came to rim with a dcken.
Ing realisation that the district. attor-
noy meant business. He was1g oing
after him as Trough he were an Or
binary crook.
Jerry began to Use his pull" There
reached him presently that same sink.
Ing. at, the pit OF the. atomach he had
known when Clay had thrashed him.
He learned that when a 1awbreake1
Is going strong, friends at court who
are under obligations to him are q
bulwark Of strength, but when ones
power Is shaken politicians prefer I'd
take nc risks No news spreads more
rapidly than that of the impendins
tall Of q chieftain. Tie word was
pasMug among the wise that Jerry
purand. was to be thrown overheard.
Dura1d thried to make an appoint
mesnt With Whdtford. That gentleman
He offered to meet him At one 81 his
clubs. He telephoned to the house,
but could not get any result more
1A~tlsfAckofy than the cold voice of q
servant saying, "Afr. whitford does
not Wish to talk with you. Air." Al
last he t~eleSraphed. r
The message read:
I'M ,conae to your house at eight
this evening Batter SOC me for mis-
It was signed ~ purand.
When Jerry called. he was admit
Whitford mel him with chill hos
tllty. He held the telegram In his
hand. what does this. message
mean ~ he asked blunt1y. ~
Your daughter'ss engaged to Brom-
.h0ld, amt she ?" demanded the 8ex-
prtss~hshtsr, his dubious e-,s full on