Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-28

class of person with whom hey hAd
10 deal Before the inspector could
get out half dozen words. lie was
lying on the pavement Will: bullet
through his shoulder. His compan-
ions dragged him TO the pavement
and set him up against the ratings.
Then they turned to look for Pugs'
ley. There was not a trace OF him 70
be discovered anywhere.
The amazing skill and cunning OF
the man was amply demonstrated or
that morning. BY some extraordi-
nary means he seemed to disappear
from the face Of the earth.
The morning which witnessed,
however. the shooting Of the inspec-
tor and the remarkable disappear
ancc Of the man in whom | was so
deeply interested, was memorable, so
far as | was cofcerned. for another
noteworthy incident. Absolutely dis
custcd with the result of my six
months labors | determined to wipe
tho whole thing from my memory,
and Travelled down to Woking with
the intention Of playing a round OF
golf. | was introduced by the secre-
tary to a resident OF the place whose
name was James Stanfield, and we
had a round which ranks amongst
the best ever played in my life.
Stanfeld was a silent but by no
means gloomy person. He ap-
pcared to be about forty years Of
age and an absolute golf maniac. He
played every shot with the most
ridiculous care, but l must confess
with also the most wonderful pre-
cision. His drives were never long,
but they were long enough for him
20 escape trouble, and in the APP
proximate eighty shots which he
took to complete the course. / can
not remember one that was In any
way fluffed or fooled He beat me
at the seventeenth hole, and it was
while we stood together upon the
eighteenth tee that the incident hap
pened which was to bring still more
excitement into the day.
On our right was small planting
of shrubs through which wound the
path which my partner pointed out
to me as leading to his house. Our
attention was attracted by the con-
tinued barking of a small dog which
had wandered from the adjacent
footpath. l had the curiosity to walk
step or two into the shrubbery to
SEQ what was the trouble. My COM
panion, however. who was little on
my left, was the first to discover the
cause of the dogs excitement. AT a
uttle cry from him l hurried to his
side. Stretched upon his back, with
extended arms, and a small blue hole
in his forehead. we found the body
of a man. He was dead but still
warm. and by an extraordinary
chance l at once recognized him. He
was one Of the two plain clothes
policemen whom l had seen in
Woollerton Road that morning.
foiled in his attempt to arrest the
man who had been passing under
the name Of Thomas Pugsleyl
Janet Scales Explanation
TUST before midday on Thursday,
the third of November, my master
made one of his unexpected re-
appearances. I was not surprised.
Only the night before, had dreamed
of him, and 1t seemed to me impos'
sible that with my passionate
prayers going out day by day. he
should stay away much longer.
When I first saw him turn in at the
gate. was filled with excitement. If
he could have seen me at that mo-
ment, he would have known and
understood everything BY the time
he had reached the front door, how
ever. and ! let him in, had re.
gained my self-control. l must have
seemed to him just the ordinary yell
hammered, well-conducted parlor-
maid.
He changed his clothes and went
off presently for his round of golf
When | went to his room to brush
and press the clothes which he had
taken off, | found. however, that he
had placed them in a drawer and APP
parently locked it. The discovery.
coming on top of many others, gave
mo LOOu iOI luOuSHl. resolved W
watch the next mornings newspa-
pcrs. 1t was becoming more and
more clear 10 me that there was
something in my masters manner of
life which he was anxious to conceal
from the world. ! was the more
convinced of this when I saw that in
the top drawer, which he had opened
to take out a tie, he had concealed a
small revolver. loaded in all six
chambers.
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