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CHAPTER XV.
The Last Council of War.
Summoned by Llffey at Haldane'.
urgent request, the governing mem
ber! of the ring met that night at their
secret rendezvous. There were pres
ent besides the two mentioned, Van
Slyke and McRonald, Rutherford, Con
nell, Habberley, Benson representing
;the allies, and the mayor. When Hal
dane arrived, he found the others al
ready assembled.
"Well?" asked Llffey as soon as the
other entered the room.
"He's found It out and he's going to
4o If
"Found out what and going to do
what?" asked Rutherford.
Gormlv has cot onto ua Mr. Tin.
therford," was Llffey'. reply. The boss I
r..n,.,i n,tonn , .r.A
realized Instantly that Haldane had
failed to poptpone the disclosure.
"He's found out the secret history of
the Gotham Freight Traction com
pany. He's found out the whole bloom
in' history; where we git our money,
how we spend it."
"And who was the traitor that be
trayed you?" asked Benson fiercely.
"I'd like to know that same," an
swered Llffey, his fat Jaws clamping
together, his "pompadour" crest bris
tling. "I don't imagine anybody betrayed
us, said Rutherford. "We've known
all along that the thing was bound
to get out sooner or later. If it had
been later, it wouldn't have made
much difference; but now la he
going to publish It?"
"He is," answered Haldane.
"When?" demanded Van Slyke.
"Tomorrow. It will be in every pa
per in the city except our own."
"Great God!" exclaimed Connell. "If
we could only stave it off for Just
three more days. GImrae three days,
and "
"Did you bid for him?" questioned
the chief of police.
Haldane nodded.
"Did you go high enough?" asked
Benson.
"I went so high," said the man,
"that his refusal covered me with
worse shame than the publication will
4o."
"And It wasn't enough?" queried
Ttutherford, who had a clearer compre
hension of what the offer might have
been than the others.
"No."
"So it's coming out tomorrow, ti
Jt?"
V "Yes."
"Well, I don't know what we can
do," said Llffey, "but grin and take
it."
"Gents, hear me!" burst out Connell.
"I can't throw no light on this sltua
tion; I don't see no way of keeping
this rot out of the papers unless we
could burn up the plants or close iu
down some way, which I'd like to
have the Job of doln'. But we ain't
beat yet.
"This man that's posln' as an angel
of virtue before the people of New
York and talkln" reform and so on Is
an adulterer, a thief, and a self-confessed
murderer."
"What!" roared the men present.
"You're dreaming! You're mad!"
"I am, am I? Well, you Just wait,"
returned the chief, "and you'll find I'm
the sanest man In the whole bunch.
You know the other night when you
was Jammln' through the franchise at
the city hall and Gormly made his
great play?"
"Yes."
"Well, one of my men I had a
bunch of plain clothes men scattered
through the crowd with his eyes and
ears open heard a man say, lookln' at
Gormly standln' up on that automobile
and glvln' the crowd his Infernal rot,
'Well, tf that ain't a dead ringer for
a boy named George Fordyce that I
used to know back In Kill Devil. Camp
In Wyoming twenty-five years ago, I'll
eat my hat!' My man sized up the
speaker at once. He was a big west
ern man free of speech as he was
with his money. His name's Bill Ham
ilton, and he's a big Montana mine
owner. They call him colonel out
there. They struck up a friendship
right away, had a few drinks together,
and my man got enough out of him to
get on the trail of the story we been
Inokiu' for without Hamilton In the
least suspectln' what he was after. 1
Kent a doen of the smartest men on
the force out td Wyoming to ruBtie up
old Inhabitants of Kill Devil Camp,
which has long since been blotted off
the map. It seems that this Gormly,
or Fordyce, or whatever hla name is,'
once run away with a miner's wife,
first, robbln' him of his pile and shoot
in' the miner."
The little group of men listened to
the chief's startling story in a fever
of excitement and surprise, which Con
nell greatly enjoyed.
"Now, we knew that he never came
to New York with no woman," he ran'
on. "We've got his whole history froni
the day he landed here, every minute
of it. We reasoned that the woman
must have denerted him. or he ter.
i
Xaturally she'd make for one of the
ci'.ios, especially If sho hal the
i n.oi'ey. We uelieved that she had it;
for he had practically none when he
landed. He went to work as a elerK
i In a store at five dollars a week, A
turn up on the town somewhere soon
er or later. We've got a detailed his
tory of everyone of 'em here and else
where. If she went down to the gut
ter, she'd be dead. If she went up
to the parlor, she'd be alive still. It
was only necessary to look among
those that are runnln the thing. We
found one, who'd come from Wyo
ming. I went to see her myself, and
I've got her confession here." He
hauled a paper out of his pocket. "She
didn't want to tell nothing about it
She don't come out of it especially
creditable; but we had means to make
her. All we got to git now Is the
Btuff from Wyoming, a witness or two
to Identify Gormly with Fordyce, and
that's the end of him."
Connell snapped his finger In de
rision. "Has the woman seen the man?"
asked Benson as soon as he could gt
bis breath.
"Often."
"Does he still M
"Lord, he don't know she's on the
earth."
"Is she sure he Is the man?"
"She says so."
"Has she never tried to blackmail
him?"
"Never. She's glad enough to let
him alone, I guess."
; "Why Isn't she witness enough
then?" asked the district attorney.
"Well, she's mixed up In it In rather
a nas,y she'8 afrald Bhe'n Buffer
If her part of it Is made public."
"I can fix that," said Rutherford
coolly enough. "A promise of lmmun
lty, and "
"She won't do it," returned the
chief. "You can drive these women
Just so far, and there you stop. Be
sides, It ain't never goin' to come into
court."
"What do you mean?" asked Ben
son.
"I mean," said Connell emphatically,
"that Gormly Is goin' to give up the
game."
"Give up the game!" repeated Hal
dane.
"That's what I said. It's goin' to be
put up to him as to whether he wants
this told or whether he withdraws
from the field."
"You might back your 'put up' to
him with a warrant for murder, I be
lieve," said the district attorney. "If
the evidence Is what you say, I'll have
charges preferred against him."
"All right," answered the chief,
"Mr. Rutherford and I will fix that up,
Now, gentlemen, you leave this to me,
I am accustomed to denltwlth crlm
inals, and I'll fix Gormly. I ought to
"He's an Adulterer, a Thief, and a
Self-Confessed Murderer!"
have all the reports In my hands the
day after tomorrow."
"Wouldn't it be well to spring It to
night?" "Hardly. .Besides it's too late. Not
even Gormly himself could keep the
etuff out of the papers now.
"I guess now, Mr. Haldane," said
Rutherford, as the assembly dissolved
and the two found themselves alone
together, the others being gone, "that
youjtre rather glad than otherwise
that your bribe did not work."
"Yes, I suppose so. I don't know,"
enswered Haldane brokenly. "I had
heard some Intimations of thla, noth
ing definitely. Connell has been very
close mouthed. I tried to bluff Gorm
ly with that. I don't know what ef
fect the disclosure la going to have.
I don't know how true It la. It seems
rather suspicious."
"Connell had better be careful what
he does," returned Rutherford. "He'd
better be very sure of his facts."
"Why did you leave the handling of
the affair to him?"
"Well, he'd make a good scapegoat
j if anything went wrong," answered
Rutherford with cynical Indifference
Now, as It happened. Colonel Bill
Hamilton was not bo guileless as he
looked. After the first exclamation
and the first few confidences over the
drinks which he gave to the plain
clothes man who had so adroitly
sought to get his story on that event
ful night, Colonel Bill shut ud like
clam. The interest of the stranger in
the story was suspicious. Colonel Bill
knew a great many things that be had
tint roiu, Mjq are not Inteno to tell un
less it was necessary. Therefore, he
soon got rid of his new friend and
went to his room to think It over
He Vas morally certain that Gormly
and the man whom he had known as a
boy as George Fordyce were one and
the same. Fortunately he bad always
liked Fordyce, and he was not dis
posed to do anything that would in
jure him.
i r, i
ur course be nad heard, as hnd ev-1
eryone else In the United States, of
the remarkable campaign of George
Gormly for the mayoralty of New
York. He had not had a great amount
of personal interest in the matter.
however. But when he identified
Gormly with Foriyce, the affair at
once engaged his keenest attention.
Since the day he had left Kill Devil
Camp, he had never heard one word
'of either the man or the woman. He
had supposed, as everyone else had.
that they had perished in the storm,
and although their bodies had never
been recovered there were plenty of
reasons to account for that
What was he to do? Was he to see
Gormly, or Fordyce as he called him,
and put him on hla guard? Or was
he to wait and be governed by cir
cumstances? This was not an easy
problem to decide; but Colonel Bill
Hamilton finally came to the conclu
sion that his best game was the wait
ing one. Besides he liked to play a
lone hand, and he felt every confi
dence that he could do it.
Meanwhile he determined to fortify
himself with such evidence as ha
could secure, and at the proper time,
if the story was ferreted out and an
attempt was made to make use of It,
he would, as he phrased it, "butt into
the game!" He Bet the telegraph to
work, therefore, and presently receiv
ed from his partner in Butte by ex
press a tin box full of very private
official documents. Thereafter he
amused himself by following the prog
ress of the campaign and doing some
highly profitable local investigating on
his own account, the result of which
filled him with Joy and satisfaction.
The demonstration of the alliance
between the Gotham Freight Traction
company and the Sachem society, the
publication of the membership of Hal
dane and his friends In the traction
company, the exhibition of Its Iniquit
ous processes, came off according to
schedule. Such a Btorm of wrath and
Indignation rose in the public breast
after the disclosure as had never
been equaled in any political campaign
in New York.
The storm was so terrific that the
administration papers made no at
tempt to counter It. They contented
themselves with statlrjg that any dis
cussion of the Issue or any defense of
the accused was Inadvisable In tho
present heated state of public opinion,
and at the proper time, under proper
conditions, the matter would be ex
plained satisfactorily to the unpreju
diced. Meanwhile the party in power
grimly set its teeth and under the
able leadership of the Sachem Boclety
never so brilliantly displayed, massed
its cohorts for the final trial of
strength in the election, now three
days off. With all the machinery In
their hands, with all the facilities for
promoting fraud at their disposal
they were nevertheless by no mean
assured that they could so control af
fairs as to win out.
, The stocks of the Gotham Freight
Traction company had fallen off terri
fically, and every other Interest fur
thered by the syndicate of which Hal
dane was the head had suffered ac
cordingly. The city was on the verge
of a tremendous panic. Unrest, ex
citement, uncertainty, were In the air.
The people had been aroused as never
before. The great multitude of them
were resolute and determined to break
up once and forever the ring that hnd
dominated the city and put at the head
of it the man. The members of the
Sachem society and the forces of the
administration were equally deter
mined that' this should not be done.
T he Continued.
Ileal li Near South Bend.
On Friday, December 16, 1010, oc
curred the death of Mrs. Louis Detz
auer, near South Bend, this county.
She had ailed for some time with
nervous prostration. Funeral services
were held Monday, December 19,
1910, delivered by Rev. Hydke. Two
soloa were rendered by the young
ladies present: "Nearer My God to
Thee," and "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me."
Mrs. L. Detzauer was born on Feb.
2, 1868, and leaves to mourn her
loss, a husband, two daughters, Mrs.
Herman Schell and Miss Minnie, and
four sons, Lucas, Emll, Bennle ami
Deitrich, and a father and mother
and four sisters.
Interment was made In the Main
land cemetery.
Box Social at Becker School.
The pupils of the Becker school in
District No. 41 and their teacher,
Miss Marie Iliber, are going to give a
box social at the school house on Fri
day evening, December 23rd, to which
they most cordially Invite everybody.
A fine program Is being arranged,
which will be given at 8 o'clock
sharp. Proceeds from the sale of the
boxes will be used for school sup
plies. 12-15-3td3w
Do you want an
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If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
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Dunbar, Neb.
DateB'made at this office or the
Murray State Bank.
-Good ServicJ Reasonable Rates
Men's House Coats $4, $5, and 67. Men's Hath Kobcs $5 to ?10.
Men's SHU Umbrellas, pold and pearl mounted ?3 to 5?5. Men's
Leather Traveling Cases, in wall us or goat, $4 to $15. Men's
Japanese Collar Hags, with button pocket, $1 to $3. Men s
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5E I BAN K S
H ROAD BILL
Which He Will Introduce in the
Senate at This Winter's
Session,
Senator W. B. Banning, of Union,
stopped off In this city yeuterday as
he was en route from Omaha and
discussed with some of the citizens of
rialtsmouth and vicinity and mem
bers of the county board of commis
sioners, and county officials, some of
the details of a measure which Sena
tor Banning proposes to Introduce at
the coming session of the legislature
which will convene next month,
amendatory of the present road law.
The law as it now stands Is very
unsatisfactory to the public and the
officials whose duty It is to disburse
the fund which the levy for road pur
poses brings Into the county treasury
each year.
Under the present coiuMtlons a
supervisor In each road district is
elected at the general election each
fall, and It devolves upon this offi
cial to warn or notify each individual
property owner who votes In his dis
trict to appear at a time and place
designated each year and do a speci
fied amount of work on tho road. In
addition to this the district super
visor may have the property owner
work out In his district one half of
his road property tax, tho balance of
the road tax Is under the control of
the county commissioners. The pub
lic has never received anything like
a fair return for value of money ex
pended by the district road overseers.
For some unaccountable reason when
a taxpayer is warned to appear and
work out his tax, he appears all right,
but usually only about half works.
If there Is any excuse to stop his
team to talk to a passing neighbor for
an hour, he does so, and his time goes
on so far as the road boss Is con
cerned. The result is the road is
poorly worked. Mr. Ilannlng's pro
posed bill if enacted into law will do
away with the loitering and soldier
ing on the job.
His measure provides for a county
engineer to be appointed by the coun
ty board, and to be responsible for
all toad and bridge work In tho coun
ty tnd accountable to the board. The
engineer Is to appoint a deputy In
each road district who will bo under
the direction of the coiftjtx.f nglnecr,
and amendable to him and his ap
polutment can be revoked when at
any time the deputy's work Is unsat
isfactory, and it Is found that he is
YOU 'UP
STUMP?
about your Christmas buying. Can't
think of anything for "him?" We've
a hundred things he'd like things
he buys for himself would prob
able think more of them if you
bought them for him. Look around
this ad, them come to our store and
look around. It will solve your dilemma.
C. E.
SONS
HOME OF SATISFACTION
iu)t having the rond under his juris
diction properly maintained. The
i ew measuro Is meeting tho approval
of men of experience in county rond
effairs and la pronounced a good
method of handling this vexed ques
tion of county road work.
ItecrlvcH N'omn of Sister's Dentil.
J. li. Douglass received a telegram
last evening Informing him of the
death of his sister, Mrs. Bessie Mur
ray, at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas.
Her funeral will occur Thursday at
Maryville, Missouri.
Mrs. Murray was forty-one ycarB
of age, and had been an invalid for
almost a year. She leaves surviving,
her husband, Edward Murray, and
one son and an adopted daughter,
and five brothers, V. S., of near
lOlReno, Oklahoma, J. K., of I'latts
in oil th, Rev. Lane Douglass, of Bur
lington Junction, Missouri, Dr. G. (1.
of Cortland, Nebraska, and P. E., of
Maryville, Missouri.
Settling l-lNtule.
E. G. HanBen, A. P. Hansen, C. N.
HanBen, from neur Nehawka, and
Peter Hansen, from Walt Hill, Neb.,
and J. G. Wunderllch, from near
N'ohawka, were In I'lattsmouth last
Saturday, the latter gentleman hav
ing some business matters to look
after, and the four former gentlemen
coming In to attend the final hearing
In the probate court of the estate of
J. G. Hansen. These gentlemen are
among the best farmers of south C'asH
county, the kind that It Is always a
pleasure to meet. We acknowledge a
brief visit from Mr. Wunderllch, who
has always been a staunch friend of,
the Journal.
It. II. Mycin in Town.
Our old friend "Hube" Hyers came
In last evening from Lincoln to visit
his old friends and neighbors, and of
course called on the Journal. Mr.
Ilyers has a host of friends in I'latts
mouth and Cass county, who are
always glad to meet him. In men
tioning tho appointment of Mr. Hyers
some time since, we were mistaken,
ho being appointed deputy game war
den Instead of deputy coal oil Inspec
tor. Anyway, the governor couldn't
have found a better man for the
place.
Attention.
Take a trip to a warmer climate
and Bee the Adeline plantation lands.
Fare round trip, $32.50, sleeping car,
meals, etc., furnished free. Go Dec.
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full information. See our ad on an
other page.
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IN TI1K MrtTKlOT COUUT Ol-' CASS
County, NolniiHkii.
Wlllltim II. lialiu-y. riulntllT, vs. O.
M. Joril.-n, (tlt-Kt mi mo unnown)
(lenrKe V. Jorilmi, Jmnt-H K. Jordan.
JiuiiiH o. Jordi'ii, 1'luillnlii Jordan,
rharlci O. Jordan, Mary 10. Jordan,
JuHimr A. Ware, KmUlitun II. DavlH,
Ha run K. luvln, lic-nrg" Al . Itobnrl-
non, nnil Mrs. ITuiicIh A. I'arry, L
fndantM. To (I. M. Jordcn, (flrnt namo un
known), dt-roirtt V. Jordrn. Jump K.
Jordeii, Jinni-H o. Jordi-n, Cliallxta Jor
den, Clmili-H O. Jordan, Mary 10. Jor-
uun, JUHpcr a. Wur, Mull him II.
IuivIk, Harali 10. Jin via, (IcnrKO M.
KoliertHon, and Mrs. KranclH A. I'arry:
You and ciicli of you will licrchy tak
notice that on tlitt ZL'd day of Novm
I !!, HIM, William 11. Itiilncy, plain
tiff, tlli-d IiIm petition In tlin IilHtrlct
Court of Oiihh County, Nohraxka.
BKUlnHt you, tho object, purpono ami
player of which In to remove rlouda
from ninl quiet til In of record by Oi
decree of nald court to the eaHt half ot
the northeiiKt quarter of nee! Ion twenty-four
(24( In town eleven (11) north.
In rnngo thirteen (13) Hint, and th
south twenty-live and one-fourth.
(25 1-4) uciea of the nouthwest quar
ter of the north wext quarter of auc
tion nineteen (10) In town eleven (11
north, In ran tin fourteen (14) east ot
tho Sixth . M., In Chhr County, N
brnKka, In plaintiff, William II. Italn
ey, oa iiKnliiHt you, n ml to exclude you
and eiiih of you from ever aHertlnif
or clnimlnK any rlKlit, title or Interest
therein, or to any part or parcel there
of, and for audi other and further re
lief ns may he. Junt and equitable.
You are required to aiiHwer anld pe
tition on or before the 01 h day of Jan
uary, 1U1I, or the alleR-ntloiiH contain
ed In on lil petition will bo taken as
true and a decree rendered according-
1 luted: November SMIi, 1910
ly. WIIXIAM 11. ItAINlOY.
Plaintiff.
Ily John M I.eydn, 1 1 Ik Attorney.
Mr. 1 C. Hansen, of Macy, Ne
brnska, and J. N. Wunderllch, of Ne
hawka, were over night visitors iny
the city, guests of tho Plattsmoutn.
hotel. Mr. Hansen departed for his,
home this morning while Mr. Won
derllch returned to Nehawka after
looking after business matters In thqi
" "
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Better Live in a Trnt
on your own land than pay rent for
a mansion on your neighbor's land.
.Thlok It over, talk it over wlto
your wife.
i' Itecodio Independent.
Others have done it, why not your
Start todaf''C6'tne and see us "and
learn -w'kati'aWery little ready cask
will do for you. " 1
W. E. ROSENCRANS & SOH
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