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Out of the Darkness

CHARLES J. DUTTON MBkr DoM. Mwd

“A FRAME-UP?" John Bartley, noted criminal tnvestlxator, recently returned from Secret Service work during the war. la asked by the governor of New York to investigate a mysterious attempted robbery of the Robert Slyke home at Circle Lake, near Saratoga. Bartley is asked, in view of recent developments, to establish the guilt or innocence of two men In the penitentiary for the crime. A miscarriage of Justice la suspected. Rogers, chief of the central office, arrives as Bartley and his friend Pelt, a newspaper man. are preparing to go on a fishing tsip. and begins to describe the case. CHAPTER I—Continued. Bartley was Interested. He took! np his pipe, lighted It. and eaning back In his chair, listened attentively us Rogers continued. “When It came time for the men to be Identified, there was a bit of a conflict. The step-daughter wns pretty sure that there had been two men. while Slyke Insisted that be had only seen one. In fact, he did not seem to he very eager to push the case—even requested the police to drop it. since he had lost nothing." Bartley asked In surprise. “Then why, under heaven, did they keep on with It?" , Rogers shook b» head. “I don't know. John. It ms been suggested that the city police did not want to drop it. Anyway, they held the men; and a few days later announced that they had found a piece of paper torn frqtn < newspaper In the room where Slyke had discovered them. Several days later they announced that they had found a newspaper with a torn corner in Horn's pocket, into which the piece that they had found at Slyke's house fitted." *■ Bartley asked with a weary air. “Did they later find a piece of cloth torn from the coat or trousers of one of the men? Find it, perhaps, on a bush near the window the men ban jumped out of?” Rogers gave his friend a startled look. “1 thought ;on had never heard ot the .case? They did find such a piece of cloth." Bartley half laughed. “I never heard a word of it until you told me. I had an Idea that a piece of cloth would be found that had been torn from the clothing of one of them. A piece that would fit, say, the torn trousers of one of them.” Rogers threw me a look, as If to ask how Bartley could have guessed, then remarked. “I don’t see how you hit Jt off, John; but that’s the very tldng that did happen. All this did not come out until the trial. When it was introduced, it made a stir. Both men claimed, In fact, that the whole thing was a frame-up." He paused to relight his cigar before continuing: "The man to whom the trousers belonged asserted that they had been taken from him the week after he had been put in jail, and that there was no tear in them when he gave them up. A tailor at the trial testified that the cloth was so strong that it .could not have,been tom away bycatching on anything, and that It looked to him as If the piece had been cut out with a knife.” Bartley threw back his head and laughed. Rogers was thoroughly displeased. “I don’t see the Joke." "There Is no joke, Rogers. Tell me who found all thia evidence? Was it the police?” T am not sure. I think it was the head of the local police. It was a day or so after the crime that most of it was discovered." I broke In to say, *1 presume the men claimed the police faked the evidence?" Rogers nodded. ‘That’s Just what they did claim. In fact, their whote defense was on that line. They were fiaid to have been night-fishing on a Kame preserve near the lake. A good deal was made of the fact that rhe incriminating evidence was not found until some hours aftei the crime—even days in fact. I admit that it l»ks a bit fishy. Still, you never leard of the police faking evidence to the extent they claim this was done." We both laughed and our langhter nade the red face of the chh* turn s\ shade darker. We had in mind the charges that one of the newspapers was making at the time against his own detectives, that they had planted gnns on some men they wished to h<4d- But even at that, he was right. The police do not fake evidence to the extent that this story of bis seemed to hint. Bartley's next remark showed that he felt as I did. “You are right, Rogers, though the whole thing does look queer. I take it the conviction made a stir." Rogers shook his head. "It did not at the time; It's doing it now. The papers thought the men’s denial was the usual tiring. But later the lawyers got Interested, then a reform society, and now they are all getting after the governor. He thinks there might have been a miscarriage of Justice and wants you to look into the rhlrig He wants you to do it at one*.*" with a shrewd look, Bartley asked. “Then there Is something new?” “Well," answered Rogers, "that depends. The other night there was another attempt to break into Slyke's house. They say there have been several since these men went to Jail.” Bartley said but one word, but it was expressive enough. We sat In silence until Rogers pulled out his watch, glanced at It. aryl rose to his feet. Time I ran along. That’s the way It stands. The governor wishes you to look into It. and aays be will consider It a personal favor if you will do so." Bartley also rose, and placing his tend triaod’s shoulder, said, e

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,T will deal with the case at once, but In my own way. Tell him he won’t hear from me until I have found out whether those two men ought to be In prison or not.” Roger nodded, and after a second glance at his watch hurried out Bartley said. “Pelt over in the bookcase, •n the section of the trials, you will find a small brown book. It’s somewhere in the third section, under the letter ’E.’ The title is, I think. The Edlingham Burglary’." Wondering a little why he should want It. I went over to the portion of the bookcase lie had indicated. In a moment I had found the volume that he wonted—a thin book, covered with brown cloth, and on the title page The Famous Edlingham Burglary or The Innocent Persecuted 1879 I handed Bartley the book, and without a word he opened it and quickly ran through the pages. In a few minutes he threw It over to me, saying with a smile. “I know. Pelt, you are wondering why we should spend our time on a simple burglary case; but this may turn out to be a rather curious one. When Rogers told me the story of the Circle Lake affair. I recognized at once that it resembled a very famous case that took place In England In .IST.)." He waited to fill and light his pipe before continuing: “Yes. that’s why I am interested in It. It’s almost the same in every detail as the story you will find in that pamphlet you hold In your hand The English case, known In criminal history as The Edlingham Burglary,’ is famous because two Innocent men were In prison for six years for a crime they did not commit. The evidence against them, the manner in IB lw “You Are Getting Wiser Every Day, Pelt-” which it was discovered, is almost, if not the very same as that In this affair at Circle latke of which Rogers tells ns. “The Edlingham case goes down in the history of crime as one of the worst miscarriages of justice of which we know. There is no doubt that the police faked the evidence against the men. They spent six years in prison for a crime they knew nothing about. In that case, too, the two men were found early in the morning In the house of a local vicar. Just as Slyke and his step-daughter found someone In their house, so the vicar and his daughter discovered two men In their living room. Later the men were arrested on the outskirts of the little English village; and. as in the story that Rogers told US. a piece of paper was found in the room at the vicarage that fitted into the torn corner of a newspaper which was discovered some days later In the house of one of the men. Footprints were also found un der the window, and a little piece of cloth on a rose bush. This in turn fitted into a torn place in a pair of trousers belonging to one of the men." I uttered an exclamation of wonder, and Bartley grinned. “It Is the m<»st famous case of Its kind In the history of English crime, h’s odd how the evidence in this Circle Ijike robbery parallels it so closely. It looks a little as if someone had read of the English crime, and tried to repeat the evidence In this one." "And then these men may be innocent ?" "Well," replied Bartley thoughtfully. “mavbe. The fact that there have been other attempts to break into Slyke’s house points that way. To a student of criminal literature, the finding of an old crime re-staged Is rather interesting. That is why I said 1 would like to look into It. “Go into the office, will you. Belt, and see what we have there on Slyke." Bartley had a large office, lined with tall, green filing cabinets, containing the reports of his cases and bis wonderful card index. This index contained Information almost every important person in the country, information that gave at a glance a keen insight into the character of the man

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Little Thing Like Conventionality Made No Sort of Appeal to Enthusiastic Angler. Fishermen who make their own trout flies will go great lengths to obtain materials for the lures. “Once," said th* fly fisherman, “I spotted a bit of chenille that I thought could be twisted to good advantage on a trout hook. Unfortunately, It was part of the fringe of a wrap worn by a young woman I noticed on upper Broadway. Although It seemed mighty unlikely that I could get a piece of the chenille. I followed her for a few

wteaa name vfaa on the eard. It took me bat a second to find the card that contained Slyke’s name. When I returned to the Mbrary, Bartley asked me to read ft aloud. * It contained the following: “Slyke, Robert, broker. Born Kittery, Maine. Educated to public school. In business tn New Hampshire, 1879 to 1886, buying and trading cattle. Came to New York, 1886, became a broker. Made and tost several fortunes. Said to have been converted by Billy Sunday in 1913; no evidence of It Rather eccentric, dabbled a bit in spiritualism and has been duped by several mediums. Quick tempered, with few friends. There is a question of his business honesty. Wife died 1914. One son and a step-daughter. Summer home. Circle Lake, N. Y. City home, Garden City. Was worth about $500,000, but rumored to have lost a part of this in recent years.” Bartley listened while I read this short and commonplwce history.When I had finished, he said simply, “I wonder what was hi his bouse that the burglars wanted.” I asked the question that had been in my mind for some time. “Why was he unable to identify the men when his daughter said she could?" Bartley smiled ut my question. “You are getting wiser every day. Pelt. It is curious that Slyke professed to be unable to idemify the men when the girl, who was on the steps behind him and even further away from the men than he was, could do so. It may be i that he did recognize them find did not v unt to say who they were. If that is so, then the whole affair is more mysterious than ever." He rose to his feet and glanced at his watch. “Tomorrow, or Sunday, we will run up to the lake. We |jpd better drive up In my car. It will take only seven hours. I will telegraph to Currie, my old Harvard roommate, .that we are coming. He has been after me for several years to come for a visit.’’ He walked the length of the room, and paused a moment to study attentively a Rops highly colored etching. much as if he had never seen it before. Then he turned back to the desk and said, “You had better read over that pamphlet of the Edlingham ease now. The two cases are curiously similar." As he left the room, be added with a regretful little laugh. There gce« our fishing; It’s always the way." An hour later when he returned I was still curled up in a big chair by the fireplace. I had spent the time reading the story of the old English crime. The two cases were, as Bartley had said, very much alike. 1 agreed with him that, If we took the i ground that someone at Circle Lake had faked the evidence, then whoever he was he bad read the report of tidy other crime and used it aS a guide. CHAPTER II In Which We Visit Mr. Slyke, but Do Not Receive a Very Warm Reception. It was not until early Sunday morning that we were able to leave the city. After the days of rain, the ride along the banks of the Hudson was very beautiful. At Albany we had luncheon in, one of the large hotel.to the accompaniment of an orchestra booming the popular music of the mo merit. Bartley was so thoroughly uncomfortable that he refused to speak. It was not until we were waiting for thejwaiter to return with our change and he trad lighted a cigar that he became more amiable. He bowed to some people he knew, then leaned toward me and spoke "softly so tliat those at the next table would not hear. “Pelt, we cannet say just what we will find up at the lake. I have thought the affair over carefully, and the more I think of it the more puzzled I am. If Rogers told us all the I. cts, then there are two well-defined conclusions to be drawn. The first is that those two men are Innocent. The second is that Slyke knew who it was that broke into his bouse, but iiad strong reasons for claiming he could not reeognite them. If his daughter could swear to the identity of the men that were arrested, he should also have been able to recognize them. But he says he did notrand. we are told, he wanted the case dropped.” He paused ns the waiter appeared with our change, and we went back to our car. Saratoga was only a forty-five mile drive from Albany. Circle Lake was several miles nearer. I knew very little about the place except that it was a small lake outside of Saratoga where there were a number of large summer estates. Bob i Currie, who had roomed with Bartley at Harvard, had a place there where he passed the greater part of the year. About an hour and a half out of Albany, Bartley said suddenly, potnt- ! Ing to a small sffieet of water In the distance, “That’s Circle lake.” • We were on the top of a large hill at the moment., uud, though the lake was several miles away, it looked even smaller than I bad expected. It was not more than a mile across, and was a complete circle except where a small bay broke its circumference.

“I’m sick of the whole thing. Those men had a fair trial and were found guilty. What more do you want?" <TO BE CONTINUED.)

blocks. Then she turned Into a movie theater and I followed, taking a seat directly behind her. “As she seated herself the end of her wrap slipped down between her seat and the wooden back. With my pocket knife I snipped off a couple of pieces of the coveted material. I had great success with the fly that I made from that chenille.”—New York Sun. Philosophy's Power. . Misfortunes cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.—Seneca,

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