| Show ANOTHERS CRIME I PROM THE DIARY OP INSPECTOR BYRNES I BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE I AUTHOR OF The Great Bank Robbery An American Penman Etc Copyrighted by O M Dunham and published through special arrangement by the American Press Association with Cassell Co New York and Lon o1 This story was commenced la THE SUNDAY HBIIALD April 2Sth Back numbers can be obtained i I ob-tained at this office CHAPTER XXL AT HEADQUAIITERS HE nt morning morn-ing whijo the judge and Pau lino were sitting over their breakfast break-fast he said By J the way my darling I dar-ling you remember I remem-ber my saying I yesterday that i that persontho s black hairod j man whom I 1 paid a check to I reminded me of II I some one I Pauline who had been sitting in a listless and pensive posture instantly brightened up and expectation sparkled in her eyes C Yes I remember Elavo you thought who it is It occurred to me last night or early this morning while I was lying awake Tho namo ho gavo yesterday evening Johnsomething John Grush John Grush yes that was not the name of tho person I am thinking of I dont mean to imply that his name may not havo been John Grush But ho certainly cer-tainly bears a remarkable resemblance to another man whom you I think never saw but whoso namo will bo familiar famil-iar to you Who tell me The juige was a little surprised at her impatienco Mind you its only a fancy of mine ho said Perhaps I shouldnt r liavo mentioned it but it had such an odd relation to a matter very near to you Of course howover it is impossible impossi-ble that the person who was here last night can bo tho man I refer to But who is it Ho reminded mo of Horace Dupee said the judge Of course you know I pijvhom I mean I was not personally engaged r en-gaged in tho trial but I dropped into the court ono day and watched the proceedings pro-ceedings for half an hour That was the only occasion on which I ever saw Du pee He was a striking looking fellow and I retained an unusually distinct memory of his features This man Grush looks a good deal older than Dupeo did though to be sure it was several years ago Will you havo sonic more coffee dear asked Pauline No more thank yon Ill go and smoke a cigar and then How is your mother feeling this morning About tho same I havo an idea it might bo good for her to get up to breakfast break-fast in the mornings I think she could if sho tried Perhaps a stimulus of some sort would benefit her some great piece of news for instance Possibly But I hardly think tMore 4 is any news that would bo likely to interest in-terest your mother She hardly ever so much as looks in a newspaper I dont mean nows of that kind But if for instance she should hear that the j thief who committed tho robbery of which Percy was accused was caught and convicted or if It were possible that Percy himself is not dead but had in somo strange way escaped Ah yes such news would give her fresh life no doubt But we must not let our imagination take so wide a range It is not impossible Why may not Percy bo alive No one has seen his dead body Why may he not return someday some-day Men havo often returned who were thought to bo lost for years and years 4 Why my dear do not let your mind I run on such thoughts You aro excited already Wo must not iiope to see Percy again After a pause Pauline said If he were to come back do you think he would bo arrested on that old charge Speaking from the legal point of view I suppose ho would be But supposeJjo were to como back suppose ho were in New York now would it bo unsafe for him t9 be seen or to havo it known Would no hayo to keep in hiding until his innocence could bo proven My dearest wife replied tho jqdgo gently the law cannot tjo affected by sentiment If it were so it TirouliJ cessa to bo the law I dq not say f bar w 41 < ceasing to be the law it might not ir certain instances become something better bet-ter and higher Only fe Certain instances in-stances mind youl A s to Percys case there is no reason to suppose that lie would bo treated with any special l s verity ver-ity Quito tho contrary It is almost certain that tho orSginal prosecutor would not appear and tho ggernmpt would scarcely take trp lio mtter tjOj Percy would bo arrested thi certain for 4 malitiea gono through with and bgtj bless my soul I am talking as if tho poor boy wero still in this world r God blesa him Ho is far beyond tho reach of worldly justice or injustice now With these words the good judge got up and after kissing Ins I wifes hand In a chivalrous fashion of his he went into the library to smoke his cigar Pauline loved her husband but she was glad to be alone at that moment She was wrought up to a high pitch of excitement and felt the necessity of 9j dealing with hOT thoughts and emotions in private She went up to her boudoir and locked herself In j Since the occurrence of the day before the had more than once been on the point of revealing the whole matter to her husband Had it concerned herself alone she would have done so at the outset But the secret was Percys in the lust place and she could not tell how she had been blackmailed without revealing his presence in the city No doubt the judge would keep the secret for her sake if for no other reason but she had reflected that it could do no good to Percy to have him know it and if Percys presence should happen to be discovered in any other way it might prove awkward for the judgo to have been found in the position of sheltering a fugitive from justice On the other hand sho could not tell Percy of the insult that had been put upon her because he would undoubtedly sacrifice everything to inflict summary punishment punish-ment upon the blackmailer She had therefore decided to pay the latter a sum of money giving him to understand that no more would be forthcoming for a month and in tho course of that month I she intended to turn all her energies to the task of clearing Percy by some I means or other of the old charge which I so hampered and obstructed him She would then be free to deal with the blackmailer black-mailer at her leisure and she intended to punish him to the full extent of the lawBut But the revelation of the blackmailers identity changed the whole aspect of the case To Pauline it had been totally unexpected un-expected and yet in looking back she could fancy that she had known him intuitively in-tuitively from the first Bo that as it might it was a triumph more complete than she had ever dared to anticipate Dupes was tho man who had murdered her brother Jerrold he as she believed was tho man who had cast a nearly fatal shadow over the career of Percy and he again delivered himself bound hand and foot into her power by perpetrating upon her the crime of blackmail She had him securely for though he had given a false name the judgo would be able to identity him as the recipient of the check and the case against him would thus be proved Ho would bo arrested ar-rested on that charge and then it would go hard but the whole truth should come out She regarded Percy as being as good as free and was strongly impelled to go and tell him the story at once but on second thought sho decided to wait until tho probability had been made a certainty and then bring him news in which there should be no element conjecture con-jecture Sho wished moreover to enjoy en-joy the pleasure of managing the affair herself without either her husbands or her brothers help Having determined in her own mind her plan of proceedings she waited until her husband had started on his daily trip to his office and then she put on her cloak and bonnet and went out herself It was a fine clear forenoon It was not the first time sho had visited police headquarters and she knew tho way thither The squalid denizens Bleecker and Mulberry streets stared at the handsome hand-some lady as she passed by but she was too much preoccupied bv the matter in hand to notice their observation She mounted the steps of the big whito faced building with light heart and asked to be admitted to see Inspector Byrnes She had just put the question to tho sergeant when the inspector came out in hat and overcoat He recognized her immediately and lifted his hat with a smileYou You are going out she said When can I see you I am not going out was his reply I am going to ask you to come into my office and havo a talk If you had not come hero I might have called on you today Come in And ho conducted her to the inner room Now then he said when they were I seated what is tho news I It is you who should have l news for me she returned smiling Im sure you have had time to find out a dozen such mysteries as the one I asked you about The inspector wore an amused look When you want to bamboozlo an old hand like me he said you must first of all learn to command your face You must not look happy if you expect me to believe that you are miserable If you have lost a brother you must not look as if you had found one Paulino blushed and got a little frightened fright-ened It was not my brother that I asked you to find Inspector Byrnes she said No tho brother was to be thrown in I suppose 1 This is fino weather vo are having just now Mrs Ketelle ho added I add-ed in another tone Capital for exercise exer-cise I beg your pardon He laughed You livo up near the park ho said Would it be too far for you to walk up to Ono Hundred and Twentyfifth street or that neighborhood neighbor-hood hoodTo To Ono Hundred and Twentyfifth streetBy By tho way that reminds me of something perhaps you may bo ablo to enlighten me There is an English friend of mine in town a gentleman by tho name of Clifton Ho is over here to loot alter sue interests or a valuable English estate It seems that tho hereditary hered-itary owner of this estate lately deceased de-ceased and it became necessary to find tho uxt man in tho succession It was knowriv that he bad gono to New Zea lands bat upon investigation there it appeared ap-peared that he had left on a visit to this country Finally news of him was received re-ceived fronS Mexico Does the story interest in-terest you Let mo hear the said Well in Mexico a man answering to his name was fond but on being told of his inheritance declared that he 7 would have nothing to do with it That seemel odd for people are not in the habit of throwing away threequarters of a million mon y Jut then a person appeared on the scene who affirmed that this man was not the person ho represented repre-sented himself to be at all but an impostor im-postor That seemed possible in one way in the other way an impostor would be the last man in the world whom one would expect to let a great property slip between his fingers My English friend was puzzled but he knew that this mysterious mys-terious gentleman had lately been in New York and it occurred to him that it might be a good plan to come on here I and see if he could learn anything more about him Now it so happens that I have an acquaintance ac-quaintance in Mexico who makes a point of knowing what goes on there and whenever he hears of anything that he thinks might interest me he drops me a I line or sends a telegram if there is any hurry He had heard about this affair I speak of and also that the mysterious gentleman had had an interview with some government officials and immediately immedi-ately afterwards had left Mexico en route for the United States He telegraphed this information together with tho alleged al-leged name of the mysterious gentleman It was a name I had heard before and I had even met the gentleman himself So when tho steamer was announced I took half an hour and went down to the wharf to say good day to him And then Mrs Ketelle a curious thing happened He paused and fixed his eyes on her Sho sat before him with her hands tightly tight-ly clasped in her lap her lips compressed and her eyes dark with emotion The gentleman whom I saw continued con-tinued tho inspector was not the one named in the telegram but it was an intimate in-timate friend of his whom I had also met before He had however been reported re-ported dead But seeing him alivo and well though somewhat changed in appearance ap-pearance I came to the conclusion that perhaps a mistake had been made and that it was tho friend who had died But Pauline could restrain herself no longer Sho lifted her hands slightly and let them fall again He was a dear friend of mine sho said while tho tears came into her eyes he was a good friend to Percy T sec you know all inspector you seem to know everything What are you going to do with him CHAPTER XXIL Jon CRUSh I HAT am I going t to do with him 1tj I the inspector repeated I re-peated Why I A have been under t tho impression Ii i1 l that he was il W fi eady in the best J of hands and J I I would need no attention 1 n1r at-tention from mel + N k Ah dont I laugh at mel If you mean harm 1 tilto him let me JjJ5 know it It was by my advice that ho kept in hiding If he were arrested here it would ruin his position in Mexico even if ho wero released re-leased again immediately Now Mrs Ketelle let us understand each other said inspector becoming grave and business like You asked me a year ago to clear the memory of your brother whom you believed to be dead of the stain that had been put upon it by discovering and punishing tho real perpetrator of the crime ho was accused of I told you that I would do what I could and I have kept my word I By and by you discover that your brother iaxiot dead after all and is in New York Dont you think it would have been a kind and courteous act on your part to havo come to me and told me of it He is my brother was her reply I oouJd think of nothing before his welfare wel-fare I have told no one that he is here or that he ia alivenot even my mother nor my husband I know that you are an officer of tho law and that when you saw your duty you would have HO choice but to execute it I hoped that the real criminal would be found and so all turnout turn-out right I dont know as I ought to expectyou to care more for the law than you do for your brother remarked the detective stroking his chin and perhaps I should feel complimented that you expected the real criminal as you call Mm l to be tracked and captured out of hand But America is a large place and the po police havo a number of things to look after and as you know it is one thing to suspect a man and another to convict him l As to Mr Percy Nolen 1 will only say at present that I have thought it sufficient to keep one eyo on him l his arrest ar-rest is not necessary at this stage of the proceedings I thank you Inspector Byrnes Pauline Pau-line said whether you considered me in your action or not But have you heard nothing ofof Horace Dupee The inspector raised his head and contemplated con-templated her gravely I So you continue to think it was Horace Hor-ace Dupes who stole the money he said Oh lam sure of ifcl But Avould you go on the stand today and swear to it I could not do that sho replied reluctantly re-luctantly I have not the evidence I only feel that it was he Then if you had the evidence it would bo all right Yes indeed Havo you found anything any-thing she asked eagerly Well that depends on what ono considers con-siders anything Ho opened a drawer and took out some papers There seems to bo reason to think that Horace Dupee was in New York at thin time the robbery was committed All I knew itl It also appears that immediately after I the robbery ho left New York and went to San Francjsco Yes yes I knew He fled to escape arrest I Shortly after his arrival there continued tinued tho inspector impassively a I thousand dollar bank note was presented to be cashed there which was issued by a banking institution here in New York and as it happened by tho same insti ution where Mrs Tunstall kept her account ac-count Then it is proved I He is the man exclaimed Pauline triumphantly No it is not proved returned the detective shaking his head It takes more than that to make a conviction We do not know that tho note was presented pre-sented by Horace Dupee and even if wo did it would still be possible that he had received it from some one else No Mrs Ketelle we cannot arrest Dupee on that evidence If we could find any pretext pre-text for arresting him either on this charge or on any other then it might be possible to complete our evidence as to this But the power to do that is unfortunately unfor-tunately wanting Do I understand you that if any one brought a charge against him on another matter you could obtain a conviction on thisI I dont promise we would do it I only say it might be possible But at any rate I think it would do no harm you would tell me all about your interviews inter-views with Dupee and what came of it Pauline gazed at the inspector in astonishment as-tonishment You know about that too she exclaimed ex-claimed at length Why not What is there so wonderful wonder-ful in that he returned composedly I suppose nothing seems wonderful to you replied she butl confess I had expected to surprise you in regard to that Well then if you know that I have seen l him I suppose that you know all that passed between us also No not rejoined the inspector laugh ing my knowledge stops at tho fact of tho interview What you said to each other you will havo totell me if you wish mo to know it It was in order tell you that I came here said Pauline and she went on to give an account of the whole affair the inspector listening to her with close attention at-tention Her narrative was clear and precise Do you think that ho was avaro that you were the sister of Jerrold and Percy Nolen ho asked after sho had finished Ho must havo known it I was married mar-ried only a short time ago and my maiden name was in tho papers Does it not seem odd that ho should havo made this attempt upon a woman whose brother he had murdered Murderers Mur-derers are usually more careful if nothing noth-ing else I think wo shall find Mrs Ke telle that ho is innocent of that crime As regards tho robbery I say nothing but I have never thought it likely that a fellow like Dupeo would commit a murder mur-der so peculiarly cold blooded and comparatively com-paratively unprovoked as that would have been But if ho was wrongly charged with it it is quite conceivable that lit < may have embraced this opportunity oppor-tunity to revenge himself upon amember of the family that brought him to ruin You may be right I believe it will turn out so Bat there another point suggested by your story It is quite certain that ho did not know your brother for if ho had ho would not have attempted to blackmail you on his accountor at any rate not on the ground that he put forward Yes there can bo no doubt about that P ulino assented Then dont you see it has a bearing on tho robbery Your theory has been that he committed the robbery partly at least in order to have your brother arrested ar-rested for it But as ho did not know your brother by sight that theory will not stand If wo consider him l to have I been the thief Ins involving your brother in tho scrape must have been inerely coincidence Your brother happened to be talking to the lady and his overcoat pocket happened to be the one in which the purse could most conveniently be dropped If Mrs Tunstalls husband I instead of your brother had been in your brothers place the evidence so far as I tho purse was concerned would have pointed at him That is logical 1 cannot dony it said Pauline But it does not show his innocence of tho robbery it only shows that he had not the motive for committing commit-ting it that I supposed ho had it was not icvenge it was vulgar pocket picking I Well that is as it may be But let me refer to another point in your story You said that the name he gave to your i husband was Grush John Grush Ye but of course it was an assumed nameNo No doubt but it is curious that he should have assumed that particular namo instead of another Why not that as well as any Because it is the name of another mana real man that is a fellow who has been a companion and intimate of Dupees for some years past JohnGrush went with Dupeo to California and returned re-turned with him It was ho who pointed you out to Dupee in the park tho day you first saw your brother It was he who suggested to Dupee that it might be a profitable job to blackmail you How did you learn all that Inspector Byrnes I might tell you that I learned it by detective intuition or some other sort of witchcraft But the simple truth is that John Grush told mel Ho told you He is one of yourmen thenNot j Not at all But he has dono me good service on this occasion nevertheless But It It I dont think I understand under-stand it is such a thing as happens every day John Crush was arrested last night for attempting to take a mans watch in an elevated train It is not the firstjtime we havo had dealings with him and whon ho was brought in he realized that lie would probably be sent up for long term So ho resolved to get even with a man who had gono back on him as ho expressed Dupee it And that man was Horace I DupeeThoy Thoy had quarreled Precisely And the quarrel was about you When Grush proposed blackmailing you Dupes had pooh poohed it but he did so only in order to have all the profits to himself Having got rid of Grush as ho supposed ho followed owed you about and traced you to your brothers lodgings in Harlem What he did there yon know But Crush had distrusted him and found out the double game ho was playing Ho boro him a grudge for it and early this morning he sent word to me that ho had something some-thing to communicate I went down stairs ana saw mm in LiLa cell 10 wIn me of Dupees bad faith and said that I would find that Dupee had actually received re-ceived money from you I acted as if I placed no credit in his accusation and upon that he went on and declared that Dupee had a year ago committed a robbery rob-bery for which an innocent man was arrested ar-rested Yes Mrs Ketelle it was the Tunstall robbery that he mentioned I asked him how he knew and ho said that he was intimate with Dupee at the time and that when Percy Nolen was arrested Dupee had laughed and remarked re-marked that it was a good job he was glad to have done a Nolen an ill turn and that he hoped Nolen might rot in jail while he was spending the money Nolen was imprisoned for Oh the villain murmured Pauline I with dilating eyes told Grush continued the inspector that I believed if Dupee had had any thing to do with the robbery that Grush had been equally guilty He denied it at first but finally admitted that he had discovered the fact that Mrs Tunstall was in the habit of going about town with large sums of money in her pocket and upon my pushing him still further ho added that he had pointed her out to I Dupee on the morning of the crime and had waited outside tho jewelers shop while Dupeo was doing the work inside According to his account Dupee had not acted squarely with him on this occasion occa-sion either he had refused to give him fair share of tho plunder but Grush had postponed betraying his dissatisfaction until ho could givo it somo practical effect Ho gavo a number of detaiL which coincided with facts that I had previously ascertained and convinced mo that his story was substantially trueThank Thank heaven I exclaimed Pauline Oh my dear brother Wait a moment icjoined the detective I de-tective We are not quite out of the woods yet On making a review of the evidence at our disposal I doubted whether it would be safe to cause Du peos arrest on tho robbery charge If wo should fail to hold him wo might bid him goodby ho would never bo seen hero again But if I could get from you a confirmation of the blackmail story and especially if you could prove actual payment of money then our course would be much simpler Wo could arrest ar-rest and hold him on that ground without with-out any doubt and the rest unless I am greatly mistaken will come of itself I can certainly provo the payment said Pauline My husband and the check aro both in evidence Very good and now said the inspector in-spector lowering his voice and leaning forward let mo explain to you a little plan I have formed for bringing this thing to a head |
