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Speaker 1: The mysterious Highwayman by Sergeant Ryan, the inspector in charge

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of the Detective Bureau at Police Headquarters, was talking to

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half a dozen reporters and at the same time was

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exchanging a dress coat for one of dark blue, which

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was not part of a uniform, though suggestive of it.

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I don't know any more about this case than you do,

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he was saying, I've been to the theater and was

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eating supper afterward when I got word of it. The

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report that came to me was that a man named

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Prescott Carroll had been arrested for the murder of Oliver Brundage.

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Oli Brundage, you all know him, the reporters nodded. The

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name and fame of Ali Brundage were quite familiar to them.

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He was a young man of good family, a bachelor,

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a clubman who managed to move in the highest society

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without any visible means of support. They also knew Carroll,

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who had gone out of journalism into literature eight or

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ten years before, and had won a certain measure of recognition.

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The arrest was made by a patrolman and detective Hinds

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of my staff, continued the inspector. It seems Carroll knocked

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Brundage down with a sand club or something of that kind,

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and was going through his pockets. It was on West

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seventy eighth Street, just opposite the new Church. The prisoner

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was taken to the station house, but I sent word

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to have him brought down here. Brundage's body is at

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the station now, that's all I know. The reporters exchanged glances,

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then one of them asked, what's this about a millionaire's

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pocketbook being found in Carroll's pocket. I heard a rumor

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to that effect, said the inspector, but I am not

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prepared to a answer any questions. Isn't it a fact,

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queried one of the reporters, that there have been a

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good many hold ups in the neighborhood, and that your

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man Hindes was up there. On that account, there have

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been some wild stories in the newspapers. The inspector began,

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but checked himself as he perceived a lieutenant entering by

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the door on the left. The lieutenant executed a sort

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of military salute and departed without having opened his mouth.

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You boys will have to get out of here now,

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said the inspector. I'll see you later. The reporters filed

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out like so many pall bearers. Every one of them

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looked at his watch. Though there was a clock in

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plain sight on the wall. It was half past one

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in the morning, and minutes were precious. No one remained

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in the room except the chief and the man in

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the dark gray suit, who sat against the wall opposite

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the door where the lieutenant had appeared. You know him, Carter,

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don't you, asked the inspector three years ago, replied the detective.

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I knew him as a brilliant and promising fellow, but

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he passed out of my sight. Writer, eh, I've read

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one of his stories. It was good too. Why the

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devil should he have done this thing? Carter answered only

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with a gesture. The inspector glanced quickly toward the door, then,

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leaning forward in his chair, with his right elbow on

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the desk and his open hand against the side of

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his face, he waited in the shadow. The brim of

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Carter's hat was nearly level with his eyes, and as

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the principal source of light was a cluster of lamps

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against the wall and almost directly over his head, his

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countenance was scarcely visible. The door at the left swung open,

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and two officers appeared with the prisoner between them. They

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paused an instant so that the man seemed to come

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along into the white glare of light and oppressive silence.

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He was tall and of strong frame, but excessively thin.

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He had wavy, dark brown hair, a high forehead painfully

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wrinkled above the bridge of the nose, pale blue eyes

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with that faded look that one sees in the eyes

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of tired women, a light mustache, and a well molded

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but rather weak chin with a dimple in it. He

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wore a shabby black overcoat above what seemed to be

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expensive and fashionable evening dress. Carter, who remembered Preston Carroll

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as he had been, was shocked at the change in him.

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He seemed to have lived a dozen years between twenty

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nine and thirty two. There was a straight backed wooden chair, which,

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standing alone in the middle of the big and bare room,

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had a singular effect of isolation. Carol looked at it,

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perceived that it was for him, and sat down with

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a shutter. At that moment, Hines, the headquarters man who

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had assisted in the arrest, appeared at the door. While

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Carter crossing the room, whispered to one of the policemen,

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who immediately went out. Well, said the inspector, addressing Hines

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at ten minutes past twelve, responded the officer. I was

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going west along seventy eighth Street toward Berkeley Avenue. There

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was an apartment house on the southeast corner with an

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alley behind it, which runs half way down the block

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and then turns into the avenue. There's an iron fence

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with a gate on each end. Close by this fence,

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where there wasn't much light, I saw this man stooping

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over a body that lay on the sidewalk. I ran up,

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and at the same time patrolman Bruce came from the

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direction of the avenue. We had the man between us,

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and when he saw that he surrendered. He seemed to

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be dazed, and we couldn't get him to say anything

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to us. I recognized the man on the ground as

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Oliver Brundage. He was alive then, but unconscious. He died

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before the ambulance came. There was no weapon. Brundage was

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killed by striking his head in falling. We had the

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body taken to the station house and took this man there.

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He talked to himself on the way, he said, don't worry,

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don't worry. I'll be all right. It's the best thing

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that could have happened. He admitted having killed Brundage, and

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that is all we could get out of him. The

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inspector turned to Carroll and asked him whether he had

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anything to say, warning him, in accordance with the law,

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that whatever he said could be used against him on

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the trial. He remained silent for perhaps half a minute,

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during which interval Hines laid upon the inspector's desk a

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package containing all that had been taken from the prisoner

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when he was searched at the station house. Denial is useless,

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said Carroll. At last, I was taken in the act.

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His manner was indefinably strange. If one may attempt description,

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it was more like an invalid's than a criminal's. This man,

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of cultured mind and delicately sensitive nature, seemed to feel

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neither remorse nor shame. There was evidence of considerable anxiety,

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but this state was repeatedly interrupted by involuntary outbursts of reassurance,

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almost of satisfaction. What was your motive, asked the inspector.

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Robbery replied, the prisoner cheerfully. I was driven to it

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by poverty. The inspector looked hastily at Carter, who returned

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the glance meaningly. Both men perceived that the prisoner's answer

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was a lie, and that it covered a mystery. This case,

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which on a casual view seemed so clear, being the

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arrest of a highway robber beside the body of his victim,

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became at once to those experienced men, a problem for

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close and rigid investigation. I thought you were successful in

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your profession, said the inspector. I might have been, was

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the reply. But I had bad luck and many burdens.

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There were people dependent upon me. I never worried about myself.

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I suppose nobody does. It was about others. He became

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excited as he spoke, and his self control slipped away.

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It was obvious that he did not mean to tell

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his story, but that it told itself, just as the

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first words he had uttered in the room had overridden

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his will. It appeared that he had been married five

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years before, and that his wife had almost immediately begun

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to lose her sight as the result of a malady.

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Rare and little understood gradually with that steady debilitation which

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nature commands and human torturers vainly strived to imitate. The

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shadows had closed around her. Carol had beggared himself with doctors.

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He had become a borrower under the pressure of need

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that could not be postponed. His friends had turned from him,

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and some of them, for the sake of spite that

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grows out of money, had raised up other enemies when

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their own power to injure him had seemed inadequate. Meanwhile,

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his strength had declined, and his imagination, too much occupied

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with images of his own increasing sorrow, had ceased to

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suggest the pictures which his art required. His earnings had

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decreased as his needs grew. He had labored under that

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enormous disadvantage of visible misfortune. He became the lame wolf

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which the pack rends. Throughout the latter part of this

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wretched period, his sister and his brother's widow, with two children,

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had been dependent upon him. His wife at last had

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gone to a private hospital, where the charges were excessive

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and the benefits few. The wonder was that the men

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had not gone mad laboring with a brain so clogged

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with miserable thoughts. Yet he did not seem to be insane,

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though surely on the break of it, neither Carter nor

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the inspector interrupted Carol's recital, which he himself finally broke

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off with an exclamation of despair. You see, I can't

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help telling this, he said, though upon my soul, I

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did not mean to do it. The inspector glanced at

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Carter and touched his forehead. Unperceived by Carrol, the detective

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made a negative sign. We'll see what we have here,

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said the inspector, opening the packet which Hines had brought.

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It contained a few trifles, separately wrapped because they were

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obviously the prisoners, and the things that he was supposed

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to have taken from Brundage. The latter consisted of a handkerchief,

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some letters, a cigarette case, a card case, and several keys.

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Another handkerchief, a woman's and small coin to the value

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of sixty four cents were marked as having been found

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in Brundage's pocket by the police. Then you got no

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money at all, said the inspector. I got a pocket book,

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said Carroll, with hesitation. Do you mean to say that

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that you got this from Brundage? Demanded the inspector, holding

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up the wallet certainly, answered Carroll, but he did not

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meet the eye of the questioner. Do you know whose

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pocketbook it is? They told me at the station house,

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said Carol, faintly that it was Stanton Ripley's. Stanton Ripley

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was a young man about town, possessed of great wealth

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and a barnful of wild oats. The pocketbook bore his

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initials and the crest of his family in gold and enamel.

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It was a plain, light Russian leather book, of the

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sort that folds in the middle, with one large compartment

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on each side. Carter received it from the chief's hand

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and discovered that it contained three thousand and ten dollars,

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one one thousand dollars bill, four of five hundred dollars,

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and two of five dollars, all new they found in

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the prisoner's coat tail pocket, said the chief. Were you aware,

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he continued, addressing Carol, that this was in Brundage's possession

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when you attacked him. Carol pondered upon this question, I

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couldn't have known that, he said. At last, in a

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faint voice. Carter observed that he had taken hold of

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the sides of his chair, as if to keep from

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falling out of it, and that a bluish pallor had

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overspread his face. He is there anything I can do

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for you, asked the detective kindly. Could I have something

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to eat? Said the prisoner in an embarrassed tone. Of course,

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if it's too much trouble. I have already set out

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for some supper for you, said Carter, looking closely at him.

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It occurred to me that you might like it. I

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wonder it hasn't come before this. Carol expressed his gratitude,

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and while he was doing so, a policeman entered with

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several packages. The detective drew up a small table and

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set forth a bottle of milk and a loaf of bread,

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at sight of which the prisoner's eyes shone. Behind him,

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the policeman was opening a box from which he took

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a steak and potatoes on a wooden plate, and a

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knife and fork. He held up the knife and looked

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inquiringly at Carter, who nodded, and the utensils were laid

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upon the table. The prisoner ate well. Many times he

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spoke aloud in praise of the food, clearly not meaning

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to do so, for he always checked himself with shame. Now,

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he said, at last, I feel first rate. Heavens. The

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exclamation came suddenly. Carrol half rose and then sank back.

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He pressed his hand across his forehead, which had become

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wet in an instant. My wife and my sister, he cried,

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How shall I tell them? I'm afraid that the newspapers

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will anticipate you unless you telegraph, said Carter. He took

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a pad of blanks and a pencil from the inspector's

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desk and laid them before Carol, who, after many attempts,

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wrote this message. Be prepared for very bad news, yet

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all for the best. Don't try to understand, don't come here,

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We'll send money. He puzzled a long time over the

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last sentence, and finally let it stand. The message was

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addressed to his sister, missus Hilda Carroll, in a small

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town in Massachusetts. At the bottom, he wrote a request

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to repeat the telegram to his wife in care of

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the physician in charge of the hospital where she then was.

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Carter gave the telegram with money for its transmission to

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one of the policemen, who went out with it immediately.

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The inspector, meanwhile, was answering a call upon the telephone

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which stood on his desk. He received a long report

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at the close of which he ordered that the prisoner

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should be taken into the adjoining room. Nick, he said,

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as soon as they were alone, I've just got word

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from the man who was sent to Ripley's rooms when

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the pocketbook was found on Carrol Ripley has just come

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home with a bad wound in the head. He seems

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to have been wandering around the streets dazed for quite

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a long time. He was at his club until eleven o'clock.

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Then he started out for a walk on Fifth Avenue,

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alongside the park at sixty third Street. He saw a

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man step out from behind a tree. As he turned

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to face the fellow, he got a wrap on the

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left side of his head, and the next thing he remembers,

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he was on the other side of the park way

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up at eighty first Street, and it was more than

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two hours later where he'd been in the meantime, he

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didn't know his pocketbook was gone and his watch nothing

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else was taken. He said. He probably could not identify

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his assailant, though the man looked familiar, he knew Carrol

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very well. They were in college together. He lent him

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some money a year or so ago. Then they had

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a falling out, and he hasn't seen Carrol since he

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didn't think it was Carroll who assaulted him. What do

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you make out of this, Well, it seems somewhat extraordinary,

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said the detective, that a man on the verge of

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starvation should not have used one of those five dollar

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bills to buy a meal. It occurs to me that

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we haven't found Ripley's watch, and I am also puzzled

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to know why a man who had made a haul

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of three thousand dollars should take the desperate chance of

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assaulting Brundage, who is well known never to have any money.

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Perhaps Carol didn't know him, suggested the inspector. It's as

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bad one way or another, replied the detective. He wouldn't

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have risked three thousand dollars and his liberty on the

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chance of what might be in the stranger's pockets. However

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we might ask him about it. Carrol was brought back

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into the room and was informed of what had been

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learned about Ripley. He made a strong effort to cover

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his emotions, but Carter was of the opinion that for

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some mysterious reason. The prisoner was not only surprised but pleased.

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It is true, he said, I did not take the

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pocketbook from Brundage. I took it from Ripley, where demanded

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the inspector, who had not mentioned the place designated by

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Ripley in Central Park, was the reply, I followed him

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from his club. At this point the pri showed his

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first disinclination to answer questions, yet he consented to hear

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a few from Carter, and this exchange resulted. Were you

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acquainted with Brundage? I knew him by sight and by reputation.

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When did you see him this evening when he turned

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out of the avenue on to seventy eighth Street Did

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you recognize him? Yes? Did you speak to him before

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attacking him? No? Where did you get the dress suit?

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Ripley gave it to me a year and a half

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ago when he got me to go to dinner at

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a club. Do you mean that he bought it for you? No,

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it was his. He had just had it made. It

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was one of his freaks to give it to me.

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What is that stain? It was a reddish mark, as

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if from a blow with a rusty iron bar, and

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it extended across the the back of the overcoat about

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the waistline. The garment was lying on a chair. Carol

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looked at the stain with mild surprise and said he

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did not know what it was. Your dress coat was

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torn in the struggle with brundage, I suppose, said the detective,

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indicating a ripped seam at the back of the left

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shoulder and some further damage here and there. Carol nodded.

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You had your overcoat on when you were arrested, didn't you. Yes,

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I just slipped it on after the struggle. Why didn't

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you run through the alley when you saw the policeman coming.

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I didn't know there was any gate in the fence,

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replied the prisoner. This closed the examination and Carrol was

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assigned to a cell. It is a singular coincidence, said

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the detective, that I happened to be very familiar with

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the spot where this arrest was made. I waited there

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some hours on a recent evening. The gate in the

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fence could not be overlooked by anyone, and just within

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it there is a rusty iron bar extending from the

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gate post to the side of the house. From the

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appearance of the mark on Carol's coat, I should say

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that he had leaned against that bar. I came very

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near to doing it myself, so Carol had a neat

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way of escape and didn't take it. The inspector drummed

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with his fingers on his desk and gently whistled a

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little tune for a case. It opens with a confession.

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He said, at last, this is a beautiful muddle to

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begin with. The man is such a purposeless liar. I

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would hardly say that rejoined Carter. He knows what he

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is about. A liar. He certainly is one of the

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most perverse and incalculable that I have ever encountered. But

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his statements held to a clear view. Obviously he is

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willing to say anything which will tend to show that

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he attacked Brundage for the purpose of robbing him. Now,

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of course, this crime is not robbery, though Carroll tried

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to give that color to it, and on a hasty

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inspiration too, or he would not have committed the absurdity

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of taking the man's handkerchief to say nothing about this

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rubbish of cigarette and card cases. You mean that he

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killed Brundage for some other reason, asked the inspector, did

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you observe the weather, rejoined Carter with a smile. It

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has been snowing a little, and the pavements are a mess.

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Carol's coat shows a considerable struggle, and by all the evidence,

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the two men must have fallen to the ground, one

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gripping the other's throat. It was then that Brundage's head

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struck the projection and the iron fence, but the assailant

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could not have immediately known the result. Without doubt, they

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rolled there together in the dirt. Yet there isn't a

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mark on Carroll's knees. That is so. But the elbow

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and left sleeve of the coat are soiled, not the overcoat.

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He taken that off. It is all very singular, said

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the detective. I am being gradually led toward a remarkable conclusion,

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but I am not ready to talk about it yet.

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I suggest that we put the whole thing off until tomorrow.

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The case is in your hands, said the inspector, if

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you will be kind enough to take charge of it.

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On the following day, the detective called upon Stanton Ripley

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at his rooms, which have sometimes been mentioned in print

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as the most luxurious bachelor apartments in New York. Ripley

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was under a doctor's care, but had almost ceased to

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require it. He had a contusion on the left side

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of his head behind the ear, but was suffering principally

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from the mental strain the result of his adventure of

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the previous night. It was necessary to avoid exciting him,

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and the detective proceeded with the utmost caution. Ripley declared

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positively that his assailant was not Carroll, and after an

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hour of shrewd questioning, he admitted his belief that it

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was Brundage. Then he seemed to regret having made the statement,

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and he concluded by asserting his ignorance of the highwayman's identity.

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It became necessary, therefore, to trace Brundage's movements on the

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previous evening, and this proved to be easy. From nine

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o'clock until a few minutes before his death. Brundage had

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been in the apartments of a young widow, a Missus Haskell,

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who lived with her mother and sister in that building

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on Berkeley Avenue, behind which ran the alley that has

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been referred to. There had been three other guests, a

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man and two women, and Brundage had put them into

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a cab just before going to meet his fate. It had,

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unfortunately been his intention to walk across to his home,

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which was on Central Park West. This negated the idea

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that Carroll could have found Ripley's pocket book in Brundage's pocket,

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But where had he obtained it? Since Ripley was sure

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he was not the robber, and what motive could have

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induced Carroll to play his singular part in this affair,

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A study of the locality could not fail to raise

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the presumption that Carroll had been lying in wait for Brundage.

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The spot was well chosen, Yet Carroll was unknown to

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the Haskells and could hardly have had any means of

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knowing where Brundage would spend the evening. Indeed, all the

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evidence that Carter could collect seemed to show that Carroll

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and Brundage had no common interests and no possible grounds

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for animosity. There were rumors of ill feeling between Ripley

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and Brundage on account of the fascinating Missus Haskell, at

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whose home both were frequent visitors. But even upon the

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wild supposition that Ripley had been sufficiently jealous to employ

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Carroll as his bravo, he would hardly have paid him

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with a watch and pocket book, nor would Carroll have

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collected his price with the aid of a sand club.

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The newspapers saw in Carroll a mysterious highwayman. They exaggerated

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one or two small robberies in the neighborhood into a

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great list of desperate crimes, and the young author was

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pictured as one of the famous degenerates of the age.

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But the real puzzle of the case remained unanswered. Nobody

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could account for Carroll's retention of that pocket book, for

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his senseless risk in attacking Brundage while carrying so great

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a plunder from another crime, for his failure to take

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an easy chance of escape. In the evening, Carter called

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at the headquarters and found Carrol's sister, his sister in law,

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and the latter's two children. Though women had come to

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the city with a vague idea that their presence was required,

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and without enough money to take them back again, they

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and the children were in tears, and the scene was

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intensely distressing. It became positively harrowing when the inspector yielded

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to their entreaties and summoned the prisoner from his cell.

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Somewhat to Carter's surprise, the man was greatly improved in appearance.

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His bearing was marked by a sad serenity. He beheld

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the tears and accepted the reproaches of the women with

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perfect composure, and it was only when they spoke of

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their immediate need of money that he showed any considerable anxiety.

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He referred them to a lawyer whom he had retained

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during the day, saying that he would probably assist them. Otherwise,

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he said nothing to them except vaguely reassuring words, and

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though they said they would come again on the following day,

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a suggestion which the inspector did not see fit to contradict,

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Carroll bade them farewell with an air of finality. When

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the prisoner had been removed, Carter inquired about his lawyer

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and learned that a corporation attorney, practically unknown in criminal courts,

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had been retained. Carroll had given the name an address,

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and the attorney had been summoned to the best of

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by judgment, said the inspector. He had never seen the

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prisoner before. Carroll was arraigned and waived examination as you know.

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Of course, during the evening Carter obtained a bit of

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evidence not altogether unimportant. He had appeared that when Ripley

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left his club on the night of the crime, a

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man answering Carroll's description, who had been loitering for more

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than an hour in the neighborhood, had followed him. Two

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cabmen were the witnesses on this point. They were perfectly confident,

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but they said that Ripley had gone to fifty ninth

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Street instead of Fifth Avenue. Carter called upon Ripley in

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regard to this contradiction, and was informed that the young

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man had walked a little way up fifty ninth Street,

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but had returned. He had not seen Carroll following him.

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About noon the next day, Carter called upon the inspector,

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who began conversation by stating that he had been devoting

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a good deal of thought to the Brundage case. And

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you have evolved a theory, said the detective, with a smile.

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Shall I tell you what it is? The inspector shut

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one eye and scrutinized Carter closely out of the other.

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Go ahead, confound you, he said, you'll tell me what

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it is, and then you'll show me why it isn't

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good for anything. On the contrary, replied the detective, it

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is very near the truth. In fact, there can hardly

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be two theories in this affair. I happened to know

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that one of your men compared the stain on Carrol's

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overcoat with the iron bar I spoke of as to

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hype from the ground, general appearance, et cetera. The conclusion

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that Carol knew about the gate and the way of

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escaping through the alley is thus verified. Why didn't he run?

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The obvious explanation is that he remained to cover the

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retreat of someone else, precisely, said the inspector. If the

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snow hadn't melted so soon, we would have found tracks.

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You believe, continued Carter, that this young man, in his

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half crazed desperation, had formed an alliance with some thug.

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That it was the thug who attacked Ripley. That the

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ease with which Ripley was disposed of sent them both

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on a mad career of depredation, with the intent of

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doing one big night's work and then quitting the town. Well,

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something of that sort, admitted the inspector. Then it is

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the pal who has engaged this lawyer and has supplied

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Carroll's relatives with money. Have they got some platty, replied

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the detective, And they have gone back to Massachusetts, and

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I can tell you something more agreeable. Two of the

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leading medical experts in this city have taken an interest

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in missus Carroll, who, by the way, is a very

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charming woman whose needs, but never her importunities, have burdened

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our friend, For she is different from the others. Have

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you seen her? Yes, this forenoon. She does not yet

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know of her husband's misfortune. It was deemed unwise to

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tell her. But would you believe it? Those experts, who

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were so much interested by the accounts of her case

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published yesterday in connection with this affair, tell me that

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she has a good chance of recovery, that the treatment

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hitherto has been all wrong, and that she may fully

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regain her sight. I'm glad of that, said the inspector.

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The experts are great men, said Carter, But they are

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not philanthropists. They are sure of their money. By the way,

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have you seen Carol today? Yes? And the change in

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the man is wonderful. Upon my word, he has gained

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pounds of flesh, and he looks positively handsome. His mind

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is relieved, responded Carter. You remember how he never worries

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about himself. That is the truest words he spoke to us.

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Worry for others has driven him half crazy money worry,

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and now it is over. He sees the electric chair

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before him and is cheerful. I was near forgetting, he continued,

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after a brief pause, that I have recovered Ripley's watch.

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Some of my men searched the west side of the

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park from seventy seventh Street northward this morning, and they

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found it where somebody had thrown it over a wall.

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A portrait on the inside of the case at the

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back has been scratched with a knife, but the job

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was done in the dark. The face is still recognizable.

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It is missus Haskell's. Why in blazes, my friend, it

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is clear as a bell match it with my discovery

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that Carroll's coat showed every mark of a fight with brundage,

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in which singularly enough, his nether garment seemed not to

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have shared. Do you mean that he changed coats with

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the real assailant? Gasped the inspector, beyond a doubt, the

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inspector sprang up and seized his hat from the rack

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on the wall. Let's go down to the tombs, he said, Carroll,

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is there in a private room of the famous prison.

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The prisoner in the Brandage murder case brought from his cell.

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He knew not why found the inspector and the detective

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waiting for him. Mister Carroll said, Carter kindly, the cat

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out of the bag. The prisoner started violently, and his

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face flushed. You were in desperate straits, the detective continued.

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You knew not where to turn for help. You had

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quarreled with Ripley, who once had befriended you, and yet

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in your emergency you could think of no one else.

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You dressed as well as you could in a suit

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that he had given you, and yet when you came

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to the club, your shabby overcoat kept you from asking

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for the man you wished to see. When he came out,

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you followed him, hesitating to speak, for miles along the

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street in the winter night. You kept him in sight,

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while he, with a foolish burden of jealousy on his mind,

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did not see you. At the corner of Berkeley Avenue

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in seventy eighth street. He stopped presently, he turned back,

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and you stepped within the iron gate to let him pass.

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Then Brundage appeared. Before you realized what was happening. The

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sharp struggle was over. Ripley had gratified his jealousy far

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more fully than he had planned to do. Brundage lay

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dead on the sidewalk, and Ripley, bending over him, groaned

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in agony. A sudden, grotesque and terrible thought leapt into

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your mind to exchange burdens with Ripley, to take his

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deadly sin and give him your care that would rest

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so lightly on this crisis. With what insane relief he

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accepted your offer, what promises he made in those few

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thrilling moments. We can readily imagine he had taken off

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his overcoat that he might be more free to punish

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his rival. His clothes showed the struggle, as your two

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suits were identical. The change in coats was a natural suggestion.

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The purse with the money was forgotten, but Ripley, after

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he had escaped through the alley, remembered it, and his

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story of robbery was the only invention that could meet

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the situation. The rest comes naturally, including your queer lawyer

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that Ripley recommended. Curse you, cried Carroll, leaping to his feet.

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You have ruined me in return. Let me promise my help,

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said Carter. I pity you. Driven mad by cares as

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you have been. There is no reason in the world

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why you cannot bear your burdens when you have had

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rest with an easy mind. I can promise it to you.

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Carroll sank back into a chair and began to weep hysterically.

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The inspector viewed him with professional self control, yet with

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some signs of sympathy. Shall I send a man for Ripley,

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he whispered. I have attended to that, responded the detective.

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He is on his way to headquarters by this time. Manslaughter,

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I suppose, muttered the detective. I'll bet a hat he

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doesn't get over five years. The end of The Murderous

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Highwayman by Sergeant Ryan