The Spruce Street Tragedy

self, Old Spicer turne

you have something in

up a little informatio

d; let's

as told you that some, if not all of them, belong to women.

you can!

Otto W

igar-maker who lives dir

e s

sure you

hat, I have discovered parties who are ready to swear that they have seen the cloth found a

etting on

ot thro

what

m the apartments occupied by Mrs. Er

I reme

ed woman and informed her that he was going to leav

ow he

k liquor with the old lady; but he claims that she was in the best

ny of the regular fo

es

let him f

es

r have they gone

ought to the police office by Det

now what

s questioned Webber for over an hour, and then

did it all

e would not be allowed to depart again until a jury had pronounced him guilty or not guilty of the crime of murder; but

allowed to g

ere detailed to watch

ities know all

sn't best to give an

also established a wa

looking after him. And he isn't the

Who is the

who, until last week lived in the h

sons for suspecting th

e occupied, and was told to move by Mrs. Ernst. He moved, but swore he

a singl

children, but is considered

a police

as found guilty. I have no doubt that a more careful s

you on h

er Mrs. Ernst's apartments shortly before nine o'clock last night. He further said that Strouse entered the base

en this fell

fter a long search, found him in Fre

did h

f money and was slightly un

speak w

im a little, in a ca

have to say

place last night, and said he had not b

d that,

di

een him enter one of her back doo

l vouch for

Mr. Strouse then

ndeed, I am confident that he k

ng him shadow

properly disguised

f him. This worthy anarchis

d he may lead us to a poin

you mean

as hard up and looking out for number one, otherwise he wouldn't have come. By keeping at her, he at last succeeded

idden about her apartments. Her brother believed this. He knew exactly how she had left her property, and h

believed the greater part of that $50,000 was in the house. A

I have had it hinted to me that he was seen only a few

n the road a few evenings since. You can p

re was profound silence in the li

eorge Morga

his case begins to wea

y black about it," mused Old Spicer, "ye

to do for the next

est, if the thi

y dear fellow. A

vice to you, sir?" a

te possibl

m going w

. George and I will be gone about two hours.

lf upon the lounge, in less than a m

George Morgan left the house,