The Dolores star., 1923-05-11
- ~. nr,nc,paI whose agents had

had come IN utSiptld dIi'h " -
nv learning the facts? l realize fuiiy'
Avery, that by means of you my plihu-
ness and my reputation have beeh
used for five years to conceal from tue
nublIc the fact that Matthew Latron
had not been murdered. but was sun
alive"
Santoine heard Avery get dp; ne
stood an instant and tried to speak,
but his breath caught ncrvousiy he
made another effort.
81 didn't have anything TO do with
convlcting Overton. or know anything
about 1t until that part was all over
| never saw him till | saw him on the
train. didn't know Warden was
going to be killed"
But you were accessory TO the roo-
berry of my house last night ana.
therefore. accessory 10 the murder nt
Wallace BlatChford. Last night. too'
knowing Overton was innocent OF ev-
erything charged against him. you
gave orders to fire upon him at sight
and he was fired upon. And what
were you telling Harriet when | came
in? You have told the police that over
ton Is the murderer of Latron. Isn't that
so the police will refuse to believe
anything he may say and return him
TO the death cell for the sentence 10
be executed upon him? The law Will
call these things attempted murder.
Avery"
The blind man heard Avery pacing
the floor. and then heard him stop in
front Of him.
What is II you want 10 know, sirF'
"Who killed Warden"
"Iohn Yarrow is his name; he was
a sort of hanger-on of Latron's. l
don't know where Latron picked him
up"
"Was It he who also made the at
tack on the traln?"
"Yes."
"Who was the other man on the
traln-the one that claimed the tele-
gram addressed to Lawrence Hill
w8rd?"
His names HolloCk. He's tItulnr
owner OF the place on the Michigan
shore where LatrOn has been living.
The telegram | sent night before last
was addressed TO his place. you know.
He's been sort OF go-between for
Latron and the men-thOse who knew
who were managing the properties.
I'd never met him. though, Mr.. San
tome. and ! didn't know either him
or HolIock on the train. AS | said,
| wasn't in the know about killing
Warden"
when did you learn who Eaton
was, Avery?"
The day after we got back here
from the West l got word from La
tron: they didn't tell me ill they
needed to use me" Avery heSitatcd !;
then he went on: you understand,
sir, about Latron's pretended death
guide at the shooting lodge had
been killed by chance shot In the
woods; purely accidental; some one
of the party had fired at a deer,
missed, and never knew he'd killed a
man with the waste shot. When the
guide didn't come back TO camp. they
looked for him and found his body.
missed or inquired for and was very
nearly Latron's size; and that gave
LntrOn the idea.
AT first there was no idea Of pre-.
tending he had been murdered; It was
the coroner who first suggested that.
Things looked ugly for u while, under
the circumstances, as they were made
Al.
come out or someone else be charged
as the murderer. That put it up to
Overton. He'd actually been up there
TO see LatrOn and had had a scene
with him which had been witnessed.
That partial but the evidence which
showed that he shot Latron after.
ward-was perfectly true. He thought
that Latron. as lie was about to 20
to trial, might be willing to give him
information which would let him save
something from the fortune he'd lost
through Latron's manipulations. The
circumstances, motive, everything was
ready to convict Overton; It needed
very little more to complete the case
against him"
50 II was completed"
"Rut after Overton was convicted
he was not allowed to be punished
sir"
Santoine's lips Strengthened in con.
tempt. He was not allowed 20 be
punlshed?"
"Overton didn't actually escape, YOU
know, Mr.. Santoine - that Is, he
couldn't have escaped without help
Latron was thoroughly frightened and
he wanted 1t carried through and
Overton executed: but some of the
others rebelled against this and saw
that Overton got away; but he neve,
knew he'd been helped. / understand
1t was evidence Of Latron's insIstence
on the sentence being carried out tba,
Warden found. after his first sus
picions had been aroused, and thu,
put Warden in a position to have La
tron tried for his life, and made 4,
necessary to kill Warden"