dancer of any leak.
«•in que.tloa, Mrs. Schwa«» at last
Ttiua. from one city to another, and
10 pay m« otner lawyers. Superb)» ■
,,|nkert"n t»>.t her tenuent
through every part of the country, any Su"h
Robert si-n remembers well the
tsmin”!
‘"
i
f"Und
“
parlla«e
con­
criminal may be shadowed today ns taining five thousand dollars of the stol­ dying woman's emotion as she made
Schwarts was shadowed, one set of en money under one cf the seats on this solemn declaration, one calculated
detectives relieving another every Conductor Danforth’, train, on the to compromise seriously a man of
twenty-four hours, and the man s ev­ night or hi, return to Chicago. He some standing and belonging to an
ery word and action be carefully note-1 had kept this money and used it for honored profession. Her body was
down and reported, without his hav­ his own purposes, but had been guilty wasted with disease, and she knew
ing the faintest suspicion that he Is of no other offense In the matter. Mrs. that her end was near. There was a
under observation. The task of shad­ Schwarts stuck resolutely to this state- flush on her face, and her eyes were
bright with hatred as she declared that
owing a person who is traversing city further UD<1 * ° Uld adlnlt DtHhln* not one dollar of that money was ever
streets is Intrusted to men especially
Believing that he had drawn from returned to her, or ever used In pay
skilled In the art (for art It Is) of
¡ng the costs of tier husband's trial.
seeing without being seen. This Is, In her as much as he could, Mr. Pinker Nor was one dollar of it ever returned
COURTNEY
deed, one of the most difficult tasks
now accompanied Mrs. Schwart; to the railroad company, or to the hank
n : zy
a detective Is called upon to perform, ton
to the Jail, where she wus to see he: officials, who were tl.e real owners.
and the few who escel In It are given husband. The first words she said
COOPER
little else to do. Where a criminal on entering the room where he was
like Bchwartz, upon whose final cap­ were: “Harry, I have told Mr. Pin The More Power the Less Cost
Old Brent was a grouch.
ture much depends. Is being followed, kert-m the whole truth. I thought
(Portland Public Utilities Bureau)
two. three, or even four shadows art- that was the best way, for he Is your
Business had made him
W e w ant m ore people to read th e
If electricity can be delivered In
employed simultaneously, one keep­ friend. I told him about your finding
so.
He never had had
ing In advance, one In the rear, and toe five thousand dollars under the large volume to sufficient farmers over
time to be a boy, to be
•
two on either side. The advantage seat of the car, and that was all you simple, direct wires, the total cost of
electric service will not be heavy to
of this Is that one relieves the other had to do with the business."
a
youth, to get married
any one customer.
hy change of position, thus lessening
I or the first time Schwartz’s emo­
I he p u b licatio n s listed below a re offered to o u r
or do anything else ex­
If electricity must be delivered. In
the chance of discovery, while, of tions nearly betrayed him. However,
course, It Is scarcely possible for sev­ he braced himself, and only admitted small quantities, to a few customers
cept make money. The
i e g u la i\su b scrib e rs at a g re a t red u ctio n from re g u la r
eral shadows to be thrown off the trail In a general way that there was some to each mile of line, it may be so
doctors read him a sen­
at once. An adroit criminal might truth In what hl, wife had said. He expensive that neither farmers no any- i
prices,
tence which was: to drop
outwit one shadow, but he could refused positively to go Into details, one else could afford it.
The only economically sound process j
scarcely outwit four. A shadow, on seemed very nervous, and almost Im­
everything and get back
coming Into a new town with a sub­ mediately asked to be left alone with of bringing electricity to the farmer is I
to nature unless he de­
that
the
farmer
will
find
electric
i
ject, reveals himself to the shadow his wife. Mr. Pinkerton had been ex
who Is to relieve him by some prear­ pectlng this, and was prepared for It. energy so useful and profitable to I
sired to wear a wooden
ranged signal, such as a handkerchief He realized the shock that would be him that he can purchase it In large
overcoat and be the
volume and accept its delivery, not for
held In the left band.
caused in Schwartz's mind by his
to get as m an y new su b scrib ers as possible to rea d
chief figure in a funeral.
The result of the shadowing in wife's unexpected confession, and a meal, or for a few hours lighting,
Schwarts's esse was conclusive. No counted on this to lead to further but for several hours a day for gen­
the E n te rp rise N O W wo will, d u rin g the m o n th of
Read the laughable and
sooner was the brakeman out of Chi admissions. It was, therefore, of the eral farm use.
Issued from Ottawa a report on the
cago than he began spending money highest Importance that credible wit
thrilling experiences of
April, give the five for a y e a r to every p erso n who
far In excess of his Income. He bought nesses should overhear all that tran­ central electric station industry in
Brent while he was try­
Canada
for
1925
shows
an
investment
fine furniture, expensive clothing, ar­ spired in the interview between
pays $1 to have th e E n te rp rise se n t to a new n am e
ticles of Jewelry, presents for Ids wife, Schwartz and his wife. With this end of g316.858.286 in public projects, equiv­
ing to learn how to turn
and laid In an elaborate supply of In view, the room where the Interview alent to a horse power capital of $238.
back the clock.
a year.
rifles, shotguns, revolvers, and all sorts was to take place had been arranged The privately owned projects have in­
of ammunition. Including a quantity of so that a number of witnesses could vested $409,862,801. amounting to $183
1 lie I ath fln d er, an ex cellen t weekly p u b lish ed a t
cartridges. The shadows found that see and hear without their presence per horse power. With an investment
In almost every case he paid for his being suspected; and the sheriff of of nearly $100,000,000 less than that
the n a tio n al capital, will be se n t six m o n th s in lieu
purchases with fifty or one-hundred the county, a leading merchant, and a of the privately owned companies, the
dollar bills. As far as possible these leading hanker of the town, were wait­ number of employes is 981 more and
o f ono ol the m o n th ly m agazones if req u ested .
the number of kilowat hours generat­
hills were secured by the detectives ing there In readiness.
ed
per
employe
is
less
than
half
of
Starting
in
•
from the persons to whom they had
As soon as the door had closed and
If you are an Enterprise sub­
been
paid,
Immediately
after the husband and wife were left aloue. that produced by the privately owned
and operated companies.
Schwarts’s departure. It will be re­ Schwartz exclaimed
RURAL ENTERPRISE
scriber get a new name for our
The revenue per kilowat hour Is
membered that the money taken In
“You fool, you have put a rope
7.77 mills for the private concerns, as next week. Hive or six columns every * and —................................. get all th is good rea d in g
the robbery consisted of fifty and one around Watt’s and my neck !'*
week until finished.
hundred-dollar bills.
Why, Harry, 1 had to tell him against 14.23 mills for the publicly
If you arn not on our list sub-
a t nITD r v n r v o n
That more people tnay become ac­
In addition to tills, It was found, hy something, he knew so much. Yon owned projects. The private compan­
scribe
N(J\Y
and
OUR EXPENSE
ies
are
paying
annually
$7,736,494
In
quainted with the eight page Enterprise
the Investigations of detectives at can trust him.”
taxes,
which
reduces
their
net
revenue
it
will
be
sent
for
ten
cents
until
this
Philadelphia, that Schwartz was thp
“You ought to know better than to
per kilowatt hour to 6.56 mills.
story is completed.
son of a wealthy retired butcher there, trust anybody.”
a most respectable man, and that he
The man walked back and forth, a
had a wife and child In Philadelphia, prey to the most violent emotions, his
Como to
whom he had entirely deserted. This wife trying vainly to quiet 1dm. At
gave an opportunity to take him Into each affectionate touch he would brush
custody and still conceal from him her off roughly, with a curse, and go
that he was suspected of committing on pacing back and forth fiercely.
fo r
a higher crime. The Philadelphia wife Suddenly he burst o u t:
and child were taken on 1° Chicago,
"What did you do with that coat—
and Schwarts was placed under arrest, the one you cut the mask out of?"
charged with bigamy.
“Oil, thut's all right; it's in the
Mr. Pinkerton went to the jail at woodshed, under the whole woodpile."
once, and, wishing to keep Schwarts's
They continued to talk for over an
confidence as far ns possible, assured hour, referring to the murder and
him that this arrest was not his work robbery repeatedly, and furnishing evi­
at all, but that of Detectives 8n>«wi an- dence enough to establish beyond any
Murray, who were, as Schwartz knew question the guilt of both Schwartz
working In the Interests of the rail and Watt.
road people and of the Chlcngo news
Meantime Watt had been arrested
paper. Mr. Pinkerton told Schwart/ In Chicago, also charged with murder,
that lie still believed, as he had done and In several examinations had shown
and
•0 8
sll along, that Watt was the guilty •dgns of breaking down and confessing,
man, and promised to do whatever he hut in each Instance had recovered
could to befriend Schwarts. The lat himself and said nothing. The evi­
ter did not appear to be very much dence of Schwartz himself, however.
alarmed, and said that a Philadelphia In the Interview at the Jail, taken with
lawyer was coming on to defend him the mass of other evidence that had
The lawyer did come a few days later accumulated, was sufficient to secure
when a bond for two thousand dollars the conviction of both men, who were
was furnished for Schwartz's reap­ •ondemned at the trial to life Impris­
pearance. and he was set at liberty. onment In the Joliet penitentiary.
FOR ONLY
Matters had gone so far. however, that They would undoubtedly have been
It was not considered safe to leave hanged hut for the conscientious
VARNISHKS
Schwartz out of Jail, and lie was Im­ scruples of one Juryman, who did not
mediately arrested on the charge of helleve In capital punishment.
murder.
About a yenr after the trial
Whether because of long preparation Schwartz's Chicago wife died of con
for this ordeal or because he was a sumption. Dn her deathbed she made
man of strong character, Schwartz re­ i full confession. She said that her
Enough reading for the
ceived this blow without the slightest husband's mind hail been inflamed by
whole fam ily — stories —
show of emotion, and went back Into the conslnnt reading of sensational lit
household h in ts — a helpful
the jail as coolly as he had come out.
rature .of the dime-novel order; and
group of magazines nt a price
He merely requested that he might that under this evil influence he had
you can ufiord to pay. N o
hate an Interview with his wife as planned the robbery, believing that It
need to w ait aa renewals w ill
soon as possible.
he extended one year front
would be easy to intimidate a weak
Mr. Pinkerton had evidence enough little man like Nichols, and escape
date of expiration.
against Schwartz to furnish n strong with the money without harming him.
presumption of guilt; but It was all cir­ Nichols, however, had fought like a
cumstantial, and, besides, It did not In­ tiger up and down the car, and had
volve Newton Watt, whose complicity finally forced them to kill him. In
Ä s j
was more than suspected. From the the fight he had torn off the mask
first Mr. Pinkerton had been carefully that Mrs. Schwartz had made out
conciliatory of the later Mr?. Schwartz o f one of her husband's old coats. It
At Just the right moment, and by was Watt who fired the pistol,'while
adroit mnnagemen/. he got her under Schwartz used the poker. Schwartz
his direction, and hy taking a train hod given Watt five thousand dollars
mi
omi
with her to Morris, and then on the of the stolen money, and had kept the
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next morning taking another train hack rest himself. He had carried the
to Chicago, he succeeded In preventing money away In an old satchel bought
her from getting the advice of her for the purpose. A most unusual
husband's lawyer, who was meantime place of concealment had been chosen,
making the same double Journey on and one where the money had escaped
pursuing trains with the design of cau­ discovery, although on several occa­
tioning her against speaking to Mr. sions, In searching the house, the de­
Pinkerton. She had come to regard tectives had literally held It In their
ITH no muss or bother you can now
Mr. Pinkerton more ns a protector than hands. Schwartz had taken a quan
as an enemy, and he, during the hours tlty of the cartridges he bought for his
I
make your floors beautiful, at very little
G entlem en: I wish Io take advantage of your M agazine Bargain
I
they were together, used every de­ shotgun, and emptying them, had put
U tter. I am enciotmg the above amount in payment for a one year
I
cost. Give them a coat of LOWE BROTHERS
vice to draw from her some damaging in each shell one of the fifty or one-
aubacr.ption to your paper aud thu L I V E M agazines 1 have m arked
I
I
NEPTUNITE VARNISH STAIN and see what
w ith so X below.
admission. He told her that the evi­ hundred-dollar bills, upon which he
I
dence against her husband, although had then loaded in the ppwder and
I
a difference it makes. Stains and varnishes at the
Berlons In Its character, was not, In his the shot in the usual way, so that the
same application. Comes in many natural wood
!
opinion, sufficient to establish his shells presented the ordinary appear­
shades and dries to a lustroua waterproof finish.
guilt. He told her of the hills found ance as they lay In the drawer. The
Tou’' ------- — ...... s u , .................................... ..................
Fine for doing over furniture too. C om » in an d
In Schwartz's possession, of the torn detectives had even picked out some
piece of the draft taken from the of the shot and powder In two nr three
g et a color card. We’ll be glad to show you how
F:. or R. F. I).......................... ~...... w..............~..... __
▼sllee, of the marks on his hands and if the shells; but, finding them so like
to use it for best results. We carry a full line of
the lies he had told. All this, he said, ither cartridges, had never thought of
' 1 A m e ric a n F r u it G ro w e r
□ H o m e C irc le
painting supplies.
proved that Schwarts had some con­ probing dear to the bottom of the
A m e ric a n N eedlew om an
□ H ou seh old M ig a c in s
nection with the robbery, but not that shell for a crumpled-up bill.
L A m e ric a n P o u ltry A d v o ca te □ Illu s tra te d C om panio n
he bad committed the murder, or done
Thus about thir’een thousand dollars
□ » C a p p e r's F a rm e r
□ ‘ ‘O K ” P o u ltry Journal
more than assist Witt, whom Mr. Pin­ lay for weeks in these ordinary-look-
L . F a rm & Fireside
□ P a th fin d e r ( W e e k ly ) 2 6 Issue
kerton professed to regard an the chief ¿ng cartridges, and were finally re-
□ T h e F a rm Jo urnal
criminal. The only hope of saving her .loved in the following way: While
□ People's P o p u lar M o n th ly
□ F a rm L ife
husband now, he Impressed upon her, Schwartz was in Jail, a well known
□ People's H o m e Jo urnal
□ F a rm M echanics
wss for her to make a plain statement lawyer of I'hilade'phla came to Mrs.
□ S portsm an's D igest
of the truth, end trust that he would Schwartz one day, with an order from
□ G en tle w o m an M a g a c ia e
□ Successful F a rm in g
use this In her husband's Interest.
J G ood Storiea
tier husband to deliver the money over
D W o m a n 's W o rld
After listening to all that he said. to hint. She understood this was to
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