The Washington times., 1930-01-02


through so perfectly as to seem
mysterious--the work of q phan-
tom. I laughed at them! But
had to call in aid. Unfortu-
nately, I picked q blunderer.
"All that went well was my
work. Yes-that Partridge and
Montgomery should get Elliott
in that dark passage, where
once he got me 'sdamn his
soul forever! This crime need
never. have been - two beings,
one Of them vastly more pre-
cious than I, would be living
today If Guy Elliott had minded
his own damn business; II he'd
kept his face out of my af-
fairs. I've evened my score
with him.
TT was I, too, that had
Slim Partridge change into
Eliott's clothes after they
dumped him here. / that had
Slim ride in Elliott's car to
Lafayette Square, where for
ten months I'd watched Billy
Bryce at play. I, who had a
second machine meet Partridge
down the Skyline Boulevard.
He stopped long enough to
change his clothes and return
Elliott'S things to me. So I
could dress him in them when
left him at the ransom scene.
"And / who phoned Mills
Field to have the plane tuned
up for Aces take-off. The one
thing I didn't, perhaps couldn't
anticipate. was the presence of
Elliott'S girl there. She aueered
it all! But for her-even blum
dering as Ace did in the storm
but for Elliott's girl, they'd
have, made good the getaway.
"All went well. They reached
the field I'd staked out In Gil
7 roy. They found the shed with
the gasoline I'd stored there.
They took of again Tuesday
morning at dawn. Thus far, I
led them.
But the jig is up. Mont
gomery Queered it. He's caught.
This means he'll Squeal.
All right! They'll have him.
Perhaps they'll even land Part
ridge alive-though I doubt it.
But they'll never put the rope
on me!
Goodbye 'fellows-it was q
short life and q damnable one.
ask this favor-deliver the
several packages, articles and
notes you'll find on the table,
to the parties to whom they are
addressed. All are carefully
labeled.
IF you want to know why I
got into this, and why I'm now
lying here, you'll find a COM
plete answer on the table. There
is my story with it's details and
evidence.
Kind regards
- TOM BURNS.2
On the table was q motley
assortment of articles and notes.
A pair OF handouts, foot-shack-
les and chain labeled:
With these I held Guy Ell.
lott. But first carefully
bound wrists and ankles with
soft cloth that no marks might
appear, and no evidence that
he'd been imprisoned would be
left. I wanted the police to
hold him-charge him."
A helmet. blindfold and gag.
with these I Siienced and
blinded him."
A bog Of powders:
~ put these in his coffee
whenever 1t was necessary to
have him sleep. He got several,
almost one too many last Fri
day night. Put him out until
Sunday. Sorry! Ha, ha!
A book, attached to which
was q key and q note: Here
you will find all the details Of
this ROMANCE. Something
beautiful and precious that
died. Something ugly and re-
pellant that lived. How did ]
get away from the flume lasc
Friday night? What have /
done with the ransom? Right
before you, boys!
And how did re-enter this,
house at IL o'clock last night
with the cops watching? They
say my car entered the garage
about 10 o'clock and didn't 20
out again. They're right! But
I slept in this cottage Friday
night : and I was out in
the hills at midnight Friday,
when I took Bryce's $4,000
anad Laura Dawn's $4,000. He
didn't have the whole of it!