Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
TwENTY-sEvENTH INsTALLMENT.

TWENTY-SEVENTH INSTALLMENT.
= HOREHAM stood watching while
the policeman went through
Settles pockets. The contents
~ were miscellaneous; Madison,
who had found and lighted bulls
eye lantern, turned his attention
at once to a somewhat bulky pocket
book, stuffed with papers, which he
low wall by which they were standing
Most OF these were letters or receipted
bills relating to the farm; Madison
swept these hastily together and put
them aside for subsequent examination
But on his next find he spent more time.
Look at this!" he muttered to Shore
ham. Here's passage, in the name
OF Steddle-near enough to his own,
eh?-from Glasgow to New York by the
S. S. TranSylvania, sailing day after
tomorrow! That shows clearly what
this man was going to do--clean clear
outl And evidently he'd no fear that
he'd be followed, or that we should
come across these to hold him up.
Probably they were all making for the
other side, on some scheme or other
And here, you see, in this pocketbook
Is fair lot of money-bank notes:
we'll count that later But I'm begin
this gang. for that's the name for
'em-were all getting away. Sanderson
and Hewitt have, no doubt, got clear
away already They"
Here's a revolver superintendent"
interrupted Wilson. TN his hip pocket"
mo Doubt" remarked Madison
cynicallys Just what you'd expect.
Take care It. Just as it is. Well, these
He began to turn over some letters
taken from an inner fold of the pocket
book and suddenly drew Shoreham's
attention to an envelope selected from
amongst them.
Look at thisl" he said in a whisper.
See? It's addressed to that man Mill
waters, who was shot dead at Harling-
toni an address in London-tte post
mark, Barowsburgh. What's it doing in
this mans possession" he went on,
hurriedly drawing out the enclosure.
Inc handwriting seems familiar to me
why, good heavens, it's a letter from
Mr.. Seton Engleden, written from the
Castle Hotel, See? Not long but,
ny George, captain, this throws some
light on things, See what Engleden
says? Millwaters is to come to Harling-
ton at once and meet Engleden at q
hotel there at certain time-he sends
him money for his expenses and thereIl
Well, we know that Millwaters did come.
and that he saw Engleden and johnson
on the evening of his arrival, and that
they left him at the hotel, and that
he went out and was murdered He
must have had this letter on hin-now.
how did this man Settle get hold Of it?"
I think that is obvious" replied
Shoreham. Settle is the man who shot
Millwaters! For reasons of his own, he
lryof en4g III A1-zk
letter, at any rate. Possibly Millwaters
had shown Settle the letter. I think
Sieere's no doubt that Millwaters' MUIR
oerer iS-therel Murdered. himself"
They'd been warders at Southmoor,
hadn't they?" asked Madison. turning
over more of the papers. And con-
cerned in that escape I've heard about?"
They were in charge of group of pri-
soners from which Smelling and Hardle
who are certainly Sanderson and
Hewitt-made their escape" replied
ghorehanl. ut was always suspected
that some official had connived at that
business, though Col Engleden found
1t hard to believe-he was a man of
great loyalty to his staff. Nothing,
however, could be brought to light, and
can't say that ever suspected either
OF the two warders But now-now. I
should say there's no doubt that Settle
was party, heavily paid for his SER
vices. And, considering he's been for
some time in this neighborhood, 1 should
say ne continued to levy toll on Smelling,
or. as you know him, SanderSon"
Here are two or three more papers
belonging to MillwaterS." remarked NAL
1tson. We'll, all this will have to gone
into later, carefully. See what there is
on the other man, Wnson--nice end for
a man who's passed as highly respect
able, law-abiding citizen, this, Captain
And he was magistrate, too, was Brat
ten!" There was little on Bratten's body
to arouse any particular interest Like
Settle, he was armed; like Settle, he
carried considerable sum of money.
And he, too, was furnished with a
passage across the Atlantic, but by a
different route.
"See?" said Madison, holding the
document to the glass of his lantern.
Liverpool to New York, via Queens
town, per S. S. Franconia. Liverpool,
eh?-the other was from Glasgow. /
see the idea! These men once away
from here, were going to separate and
travel by different routes, to meet event.
ually In New York. I've no doubt that,
II we had the luck to capture Sadler,
we should have found that he'd ticket
rom southampton. Well, we're learn
~ q bit. captain"
nAC yOu SOnIE W W 00OAt
Sadler?" asked Shoreham.
Rouse the countryside for him! Reg
ular hue-and-cry! I don't see how he
can get away. Probably he's already
realized that: Johnson's upset his plans
altogether by coming here What he will
most likely do will be to seek some place
where he can lie quiet for a time-he
has, no doubt, no end of money on him
and he'll be able to do things that the
ordinary fugitive can't. If he can reach
a big town where he'd pass unnoticed.
he'd have a chance. But, considering
that he won't find it easy to disguise
himself, it's poor chance. oh, well
be after him-but the next things to
get these victims of his removed to
Barowsburgh. Nice nine days wonder
theren be in readiness for the Barrow
burgh people when they wake up in the
morning, eh, Captain?"
Shoreham murmured an assent and
turned away to look at the last stages
OF the fire. AS Madison had said from
the beginning, there had never been
chance of saving the place. The
woodwork was old and dry; there were
quantities Of straw and hay about the