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ane rou'd better lock him up at once; as| s dae wy attempted murder 1) ed his shoulders at but said nothing. oa Leon shrugg Before he left the hotel the detective! asked the employees a number of ques-| _ tions, hoping to get some ‘clew as to the) accom plice who had entered the sitting | ~~ room and taken the stone during the short but hard fight with De Leon. _ There was no doubt in his mind that passed through the this accomplice had chamber and into the corridor and so down the stairs, but he gained nothing} pa” hisi inquiries, for none of the employees: could remember distinctly whether any- si} body had left the hotel at t time or not. = “Campo was known by si ight to two or _ three of them, and these were certain had not entered of left the that Campo hotel during that evening; in fact, they en ee Soe hag. Ue: a him for several for he b eli ed ‘that : 2 Campo disap- | ‘peared Front his quarters near Lee Circle, he had 1 not left the city, but had sim ply mee — f himse!s and remained NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. he me eohegman pecording?y prepared to to headquarters, Trim : also to make the | ag nt se nothing to Trim, in Or} vhole police 15 ‘If that is the case it is all the more important that I should find the accom- remove those hand-|plice and the real criminal, for I don’t want .Richard De ‘crime that he didn’t commit. Jeon punished for a ‘He's a bad one, but he’s got enough of his own doings to answer for without being convicted of another’s crimes. “T must say that I’ve put him in a |very bad position. ‘shown on investigation that he was in great need of money, and he may admit that he went to the flat for the purpose of raising money. ‘‘His previous bad character will be ainst him. It will be miglity had for ‘him to prove that he was not. in the flat at the time the crime took p “The whole thing will, seem clinched by the fact that I saw the ereen stone upon his table and that he was try- Ling to conceal it when I entered. ‘The fact is then that I’ve got really two things to accomplish. ‘One is to prove that Richard De ‘Leon did not commit the crime with see I have charged him, and the other s to find the man who did commit it. “At the same time it must be shown ‘that De Leon was in it as an accomplice; that will be easy enough, I reckon, if I ‘can once get onthe track of the real man, “T wonder how it 1 would do to get the force -of New Orleans to It will doubtless be - ae he ¢ Leon’s| _ «a econ uplice in the matter was none other h -: Campo, but he had no proof of it} he ping ad all his questions in the hope me : information might be agined would point in that direction. Whe hi ge went to headquarters | > his Saeg agent De Leon, he| aire 2 He @ ¢ € oak ai ee that De Sante for Campo? — peorsees find him. “Tf they should succe any good because I sh ould still lack © evidence to comyaes him of the crime. find all the e evidence, to 4 done within le 2SS s than a week, Trim arrived at the voodoo’s - : » he went. st aight up to the door ; he went at once to the house} ~ pas gs pon i it loudly. a where he had Backed t the \ voodoo. ia pat fo Grids surprise it was opened ss aes ing 1s e hands or the | Za ‘on : _ gure he | e ~ = A . - ae m. - i " “ . ' { keyg : _a , J te * - oF » " ) ia as * 4 > | ‘ - i ia -* — a -_ ts, a a ; * ; ea ie ry + ia 4 . , | - es a og . ie 7 , 4 - j a ‘ae j i i y ° sal — : ne voc 10 s look NE > 4 ae p i, ' : | a 4 i Lo - , ie : pa . eo ; — al — ~ TT, . % i ' j ; s . q * = ° bal * on -_ i . ., » 2 ~ ' s t . - | ae ae 7 a 4 i” ® | = rs es * F % ‘ ; i = — » i i a ’ a d = _— ‘ . — ~, . = Pe - . . t = x a , ; ax 4 ee = p - ¥ ~~ 4 —- a . 3 — . ‘a ; —_ « rr _ by, J € , 4 * v n't : 3 ‘ “a i ’ “= ‘ ' in ' : , ey ’ 4 e a ; iJ 1 ' 3 - a ew, .« - J 9 =~ | ‘ j = ~*~. a8 «* os . a ii . a | J ~~, © a? i dil J » te tos x : . . _ % Pine = ™ * = ™ S “ - J be om . —— - - 4 ¢ m ~ ie _ = - * ‘ ™ , * : elie » ~ i « bd . a @ “| ° -~ —_— - ° . “ —_ Probably they = ed it wouldn’t do ee g too. and it ears be ore nd the voodoo himself stood | = 4 -~ _ ee. e —_ . oll * e td ae =— y 2 » = « 4 * ' P = on - i ? \ i _ . 7 a j a ra 7 t Hw _— Ld ) i “se | \ - , | { 7 = d =. - - * wo > % he 4 ~ << — + . a j _*& 7 ’ r ** : al | ~— Lew wT "tS te - : - - te aad bs a —_ le e ’ ” . ‘ - =~ _ . - ae 2 - y+ - at “4. al _ | on 7” 7 wu -” : 6 - « + 4 a ~ 5 : -_ a é& *