Show i I 10 I SYNOPSIS Howard Jeffries bankers banker's son flon under the evil influence of or Robert Underwood a student fellow-student at Yale leads a life of or dissipation marries the daughter of or a gambler who died In prison and Is disowned dIs- dIs owned by his father He tries to get work and rails falls A former college chum makes a business proposition to Howard which requires 2000 cash and Howard Is broke Robert Underwood who has been re repulsed repulsed re- re pulsed by Howards Howard's wife Annie in his college days and had once been engaged to Alicia Howar Howards Howard's s 's stepmother has apartments at the Howard decIdes de decides de- de to ask Underwood for tor the 2000 he needs Underwood taking tailing advantage of or his intimacy with Mrs Jeffries Sr becomes becomes be becomes be- be comes a sort of or social highwayman Dis Die Discovering Discovering covering his true character she denies him the house Alicia receives a note from Underwood threatening suicide Art dealers for tor whom he has been acting as commissioner demand an accounting He cannot make good Howard Jeffries calls caUs in an nn Intoxicated condition He asks Underwood for 2000 and Is told by the latter that he Is In debt up to his eyes Howard drinks himself into a maudlin condition and goes to sleep on a divan A caller Is announced and Underwood draws a a. screen around the drunken sleeper Alicia enters She demands a promise from him that he will not take his life pointing to the disgrace that would attach to herself herselt Underwood refuses refuses re re- fuses rUeS to promise unless she will renew her patronage This she refuses to do Underwood kills ills himself The report of or orthe the pistol awakens Howard He stumbles over the dead body of or Und Underwood Realising ReaU- ReaU sing his predicament he attempts to flee and Is met by Und Underwood's valet CHAPTER VIII VIII Continued Howard was at no time an athlete and now contrasted with the burly policeman a colossus In streng strength h he seemed like a puny boy His cringing frightened attitude as he looked up Inthe in inthe inthe the captains captain's bulldog face was ic The crowd of bystanders could hardly hardly hard hard- ly contain their eagerness to take In every detail of the dramatic situation The prisoner was sober by this time and thoroughly alarmed What do you want me for he cried I haven't done anything The Theman's Theman's Theman's mans man's dead but I didn't kill him the Shut your mouth growled captain Dragging Howard after him he made his way to tc to the elevator ThrowIng ThrowIng ThrowIng Throw- Throw Ing his prisoner into the cage he turned to give orders to his Maloney you come with me and bring Officer Delaney Addressing the theother theother theother other men he said You other fellers look after aCler things down here Dont Don't let any of these people come upstairs Then turning to the elevator boy he heave ave ve the command Up with her The elevator with its passengers rs shot upward stopped with a jerk at athe atthe the he fourteenth floor and the captain once nee more laying a brutal hand on toward Howard pushed him out Into the corridor cor- cor idor If U it could be said of Capt Clinton that hat he had any system at all it was to 0 be as brutal as possible with everybody everybody every- every body ody unlucky enough to fall Into his hands Instead of regarding his prisoners pris as innocent until found guilty as ss 5 they are justly entitled to be re re- regarded under the law h he took the dl- dl opposite stand He considered all his prisoners as guilty as hell until they hey had succeeded in lu proving themselves themselves them- them selves elves Innocent Even then he had his doubts When a jury brought In ini 1 i verdict of at acquittal he shook his lead head and growled He had the greatest greatest greatest great great- est contempt for tor a Jury that would ac ac- and the warmest regard for a Jury which convicted He b bullied med and maltreated maltreated mal mal- treated his prisoners because he firmly firmly firmy firm- firm ly y believed in undermining their moral moral mor mor- a. a al and physical resistance When by depriving them of ot sleep and food by choking them clubbing them and Tightening frightening them he had reduced them to a state of nervous terror to the he border of physical collapse he knew by experience that they would so longer be in condition to withstand his lla merciless cross examinations cross Demoralized De De- moralized unstrung they would blurt out gut ut the truth and so convict them- them selves The ends of justice would thus to e served Capt Clinton prided himself on on the thorough manner In which he conducted conduct- conduct id ed d these examinations of persons un un- Ser ler arrest It was a laborious ordeal but always He owed his bis present position on the the force force to tha skill with which he be browbeat his pris iners Ders Into confessions With his third degree h he arrived at results better and more quickly than thann 21 Ti any other way All his convictions lad gad been secured by them The press tad ind meddling busybodies called his system barbarous a revival of the old Ime torture chamber What did he heare aro are what the people said as long as asie asie ie convicted con d his man Wasn't that what he was paid for lIe He was there jo 0 o find the murderer and he was going go go- Ing tog to do it He pushed his way into the apart apart- vent nent followed closely by Maloney and the other policemen who dragged long the tho unhappy Howard The dead nan still lay where he had fallen apt Clinton stooped down but made 10 to attempt to touch the corpse merey mere mere- y I satisfying himself that Underwood vas dead Then after ater a n casual survey f the room he said to his sergeant We Ve wont won't touch a thing Maloney II HI the coroner arrives Hell He'll bo be here ay 1 minute ami hell he'll give the order I W s 7 1 0 jj 1 n J V iO t THIRD r e KLEIN AND r ARTHUR HORNBLOW LOW V ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY COPYRIGHT 1909 II 1 4 f fU M I FI r 4 s 2 t I v L I I I I The he Persistence of His Stare Made Howard Squirm for or the undertaker You can call up headquarters so the newspaper boys get the story While the sergeant went to th the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone to carry out these orders Capt Clinton turned to look at Howard who had lad collapsed white and trembling Into into into In in- to a n chair What do you want with me cried Howard appealingly I assure you I had lad nothing to do with this My J wife's expecting me home Cant Can't I go Shut up thundered the captain His arms folded his eyes sternly fixed upon him Capt Clinton stood confronting the he unfortunate youth staring at saying a word The persistence of his stare made Howard squirm It was decidedly un un- pleasant He did not mind the detention detention detention tion so much as this mans man's overbearIng overbearing overbearing overbear overbear- ing bullying manner He knew he was Innocent therefore he had nothing to fear But why was this police captain staring at him so Whichever way waytie he tie sat whichever way his eyes turned he saw this faced bulldog faced policeman staring silently at him Unknown to him Capt Clinton had already begun the dreaded police ordeal known as the third degree CHAPTER IX Fifteen minutes passed without a word being spoken There was deep silence In the room It was so quiet that once could have heard beard a pin drop Had a disinterested spectator been there to witness It he would have been at once impressed by the dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic tableau presented the presented the dead deadman deadman deadman man on the floor his white shirt front spattered with blood the cringing frightened boy crouching in the chair the towering figure of ot the police captain captain cap cap- tam tain sitting sternly eyeing his hapless prisoner and at the far end of the room Detective Sergeant Maloney busy sending hurried messages through the telephone What did you OU do It for thundered the captain suddenly Howards Howard's tongue clove cloye to his palate He could scarcely articulate He was lImo Innocent cent of course but there was something in this mans man's manner which made him fear Cear that he might after all have had something to do with the tragedy Yet he was positive that he was asleep on the bed all the time The question Is would anybody believe him He shook his head pathetically I didn't do It Really I didn't Shut your mouth Youre You're lying and you know youre you're lying Wait Walt till the coroner comes Well We'll fix you Again there was silence and now began be gan a long tedious wait walt both men retaining retaining retaining re re- the same positions the captain captain cap cap- tain watching his prisoner as a cat watches a mouse Howards Howard's mental anguish was almost almost almost al al- al- al most unendurable He thought of his poor wife who must be waiting up for tor him all this time wondering what had become of him She would Imagine the worst and there was no telling what she might do If It only he be could get word to her Perhaps she would be able to explain things Then he thought of his father ather They had quarreled It was true but after all It was his own flesh and blood At such a critical situation as this one forgets Ills Isis father Cather could hardly refuse to come cometo to his assistance He must get a lawyer too too to protect his Interests This police lolice captain had no right to detain detain de de- I tai tain him like this He must get word I to Annie Annl without delay Summoning up all his courage he said boldly You are detaining me here without warrant In law I know my my- rights I Iam Iam Iam I am the son of one of ot the most Influential influential influential In in- men in the city your name growled the captain Howard Jeffries Son of Howard Jeffries the banker bank bank- er I Howard nodded Yes The captain turned to his sergeant Maloney this feller teller says hes he's the son of Howard Jeffries the banker Maloney leaned over and whispered something In the captains captain's ear The captain smiled grimly So youre you're a bad character eh Father Father Father Fa Fa- ther turned you out of doors eh Wheres Where's that girl you ran away with Sharply he added You see I 1 know your our records record Ive done nothing Im I'm ashamed of replied Howard calmly I married the girl She's waiting my return now Wont Won't you please let me send her a message The captain eyed Howard suspiciously suspiciously sus sus- for a moment then he turned to his sergeant Maloney telephone this mans man's wife What's the number six Eighty Morningside Maloney again got busy with the telephone and the wearying wait walt began began began be be- gan once more The clock soon struck two For a whole hour he had been subjected to this gruelling process and still the lynx lynx d captain sat there watching his quarry If Capt Clinton had begun to have any doubts when Howard told him who his father was Maloney's Information information mation immediately put him at his ease It It was all clear to him now The youth had never been any good His own father had kicked him out He was In desperate financial straits He had come to this mans man's rooms to tomake tomake tomake make a demand for tor money Underwood Underwood Underwood Under Under- wood had refused and there was a quarrel and he shot him There was probably a dispute over the woman I Ah yes he remembered now This girl he married was formerly a sweetheart sweetheart sweet sweet- heart of Jealousy was behind It as well Besides wasn't he caught red handed with blood on his hands trying to escape from the apartment Oh they had pad him dead to rights all right Any magistrate would hold him on such evidence Its the Tombs for tor him all right all right muttered the captain to himself and maybe promotion for tor me suddenly there was a commotion at the door The coroner entered followed by the undertaker The two men advanced quickly Into the room and took a look at the body After m making a hasty examination the coroner coroner coroner cor cor- oner turned to Capt Clinton Well captain I guess lies lie's dead all right Yes and weve we've got our man too The coroner turned to look at the tho prisoner Caught him red handed ch eh Who Is he Howard was about to blurt out a reply reply reply re re- re- re ply when the captain thundered Silence To the coroner the captain explained explained ex ex- ex lIes Hes tho the scapegrace son of at Howand Howard How How- ard and Jeffries the banker No good good good- had era eJr His Ills father turned him out 1 I l ll lI e li I i l' l d t tJ ts J I s r of at doors There Is no question about his guilt Look at his hands We Ve caught him trying to get away The coroner rose He believed In doing things promptly I congratulate you captain Quick work like this ought to do your reputation reputation tation good The community owes a debt to the officers of the law If It the they succeed in apprehending criminals quickly Youve You've been getting some pretty hard knocks lately but I guess you know your business The captain grinned broadly I guess I do Dont Don't we Maloney Yes cap said Maloney quietly The coroner turned to goWell goWell go Well theres there's nothing more for me meto meto meto to do here The man Is dead Let justice take its course Addressing the undertaker he said You can remove the body The men set about the work Im mediately Carrying the corpse Into the Inner room they commenced the work of ot laying it out outI I I suppose said the coroner that you'll take your prisoner immediately to the station house and before the magistrate to-morrow to morning Not just yet grinned the captain I want to put a few questions to him first The coroner smiled Youre going to put him through I the third degree eh Every ones one's I heard of your star-chamber star ordeals I Are they r really allY so dreadful I Nonsense laughed the captain We wouldn't harm a baby would we Maloney The sergeant quickly Indorsed his hla chiefs chief's opinion No cap Turning to go the coroner said Well night good-night captain night Good Mr Coroner Howard listened to all this like one transfixed They seemed to be talkIng talk Ing fag about him They were discussing some frightful ordeal of which he was I to be a victim What was this third degree they were talking about Now he remembered He had heard of Innocent In innocent men being bullied maltreated deprived of food and sleep for days in order to force them to tell what whal the police were anxious to find out He had heard of secret assaults ol of ml midnight of prisoners being choked and brutally kicked by a gang of policemen in order to force them into some damaging ad mission A chill ran down his spine as he realized his utter helplessness If he could only get word to a lawyer Just as the coroner was disappearing through the door he darted forward and laid a hand on his arm Mr Coroner wont won't you listen to tome tome tome me he exclaimed The coroner startled drew backI back I cannot Interfere he said coldly Mr Underwood was Has a friend ol of mine explained Howard I came here to borrow money I fell aslee asleep on that sofa sola When I 1 woke up he was dead I was frightened I tried to get awa away That's the truth sc Be Behelp help me God The coroner looked at him sternly and made no reply No one could e ever er reproach reproach- him with sympathizing with criminals Waving his hand at al Capt Clinton he said night Good captain night Good Mr Coroner The door slammed and Capt Clinton Clinton Clin ton with a twist of his powerful arm yanked his prisoner back into his hie seat Howard protested Youve got no right to treat me melike melike melike like this You exceed your powers I demand to be taken before a magistrate magistrate magistrate magis magis- at once The captain grinned and pointed tc the clock Say young feltar feller r see what time it 11 itIs itis is Two-thirty |