The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-03

sheet of paper with me, No one seemed to notice it--all were intent on what had been discovered, I en- tered my cell when 1t came opposite the entrance.
 When the rotary ceased to turn, I laid the tube and paper earelesslS on the seat by the door. The prisoners, knowing that something unusual was happening were silent. l could not see the officers in the outer cor ridor, but their talk told that they were fishing out the saws one by one. Then they left.
 spoke to Fred in a low tone: q wonder whats wrong?'
 Seems they found something there at that window he answered
 What could it have been? I couldn't see anything"
 "Neith.r could l." he answered; but whatever it was, I have an idea that it will be the same old thing of havin' us all out in the office askin' a million questions. Every time anything is found, that's what happens"
 It happened. Because of the fact that mine was, in point of serious ness, the most impC rtant case on that floor, they were seemingly bent upon making me admit that l knew something about the matter. The newspaper had been told of the sup posed plan for a jail delivery, and while l was not permitted to see the. daily papers, trusty told me my name was mentioned often.
 For days others and I were ques- toned over and ever The sheriff s force used no third degree nor storm ing tactics, but they believed the whole story would come out if they were but sufficiently persistent. The HnIf-wit Gives n Clue
 One thing was particularly against me. That half-witted fellow had told the sheriff that he had seen me doing something over at the window. The matter of the tube that I had. car ried cut from the cell was spoken of again and again. and it was pointed out that 1 had then seated myself by the window. To that, how ever, l was always ready with a re- turn suggestion that if there had been anything contraband in the tube, surely l would not have called the sheriffs attention to it and asked him to take it to the fro'nt office and mail it for me It goes witht ut the event he had started to take the tube then, I would have expressed desire to address the wrapper first, and would have stepped out of his reach in an unconcerned manner, i, moreover, that if I had not seen a chance to unload the saws at that window, I would have gotten far enough around the curve of the TO- tary to slide them further along on the floor and out of sight.
 The last day they ever had me out for questioning the sheriff said:
 Jack, we're not going to question you any more about, this matter of the saws, but I may Just as well tell you that from here on we're going to watch you closely. Have you any thing to say?"
 "You seem to have your mind made up about it."
 "Yes, I have" he went on. And while, of course, we know you'd die before you'd duplicate that young woman. Miss Grey still we know that she had SC mething to do with it. She has not"
 For heavens sake. sheriff." broke in, put all the blame on me. Don't say she's Isuspected."
 "We kept her" name secret"->nd he puffed silently upon a cigar-"be- cause of her family. But just as surely as I find out for certain that she was in on it. her name won't be kept secret from the prosecuting attorney"