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THE SCRANTOJT TRIBUNE THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1895.
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The weather was warm and sultry,
kittle air was stirring In the streets,
but aloft there were light currents
constantly varying In direction. The
balloon was now to the south and west
of its anchorage. The sea breeze, cer
tain to spring up In the aftornoon,
would waft It probably In the opposite
direction. If the wind were strong, the
captive globe would' tauten Its wire and
move around a large area; if light airs
prevailed, the wire would become more
nearly vertical. The safest place was
obviously the house in which the wire
was secured, because only In the far re
mote possibility of absolute calm could
the balloon remain directly above the
Hastening point of its cable. The wire
r -mow.
fhe Object of Tholr Attention Was a
Walloon.
might TSb a" couple of thousand feet
long. No one Just then felt like calcu
lating how large an area of the city
was menaced. That It was a large om
that it Included both a densely pop
ulated section and rows of the most
palatial residences in New York,, was
only too plain,
The authorities at once put the fiu
perlntendent's order Into effect. ' The
balloon being now directly over the
Union league club house, squads of po
lice Invaded every residence for blocks
around the menaced edlflce, and force
the dwellers, not only into the streets,
but out Of all streets which might pos
sibly be endangered by falling walls.
The eick were carried out on their
beds. AH available vehicle were
' pressed into service to transport the
Children, ithe women and the aged. . Be
fore half of the section supposed to be
immediately menaced was thus clenred,
the wind shifted, and the balloon
swunsr over the Windsor hotel. While
the police were emptying this hostelry
the i"p!e pi-rvlou-sly ejected returned
to their dwellings'.
The news had been telegraphed
down town, ami the desertion of the
whole biis;n::.l fuar;?r of the city fol
lowed. Th-re was a simultaneous rush
for the region of -Hi;- residences a rush
of men frantic with fear and apprehen
sion for th lr Imperiled families. Great
throngs choked the streets and ave
nues. Thtf populate saw the useless-nr-s
of trying to avoid a danger which
constantly shifted Its probable point of
attack. Tho opposition became violent,
rlotoun and finally, the police, literally
overwhelmed by numbers, ceased their
efforts. The hotels and bearding houses
remained entity ; the ojcupnnts of
dwelling houses returned, and began
less hurried preparations for removal
from the menaced district.
The arrested lodgers had meanwhile
been closely Interrogated by the super
intendent, but none of them could shed
the smallest light on the mystery of
how or by whom that balloon had been
sent aloft. The landlady told of i.er
former Inventive boarder, and thus ac
eounted for the existence of the bal
loon and the safe. The fate of their
owner the police already knew. Since
his death, the room had been let to one
Smith, who had departed several days
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ago, and since then It had been occu
pied by one Julius R. Crawford.
"Then the question is," said the su
perintendent, "where Is Julius It. Craw
ford?" There was a slight commotion out
side the room, and the young man
called Julius, somewhat out of breath,
made his way through the crowd of po
licemen and reporters.
"That Is my name," he said quietly.
"I heard of this Inquiry and returned
here as quickly as possible. I had
some difficulty In getting In."
The murmur of surprise which ran
around the apartment was hushed by
the sharp order of the superintendent
thnt the room be cleared.
"You are under arrest," he said to
Julius when they 'were alone, saving
the olilclal.stenographer.
"I suppose so."
"You are not obliged to answer
questions which Incriminate yourself,
but anything you say may be used
against you."
"The usual formula?"
"Ah, you have heard It before?"
"We'll see. You occupy this room?"
"Yes."
"Any one else room with you?"
"No."
"Any business?"
"Not now."
"Tho landlady says that that balloon
and that safe have been here some
time."
"Does she?"
The superintendent looked at the man
sternly. Julius returned his gaze with
entire calmness.
"You're not disposed to be communi
cative, I nee," said the officer, finally.
"Unlike the others.1'
"What others?"
"Oh, come now. This game Is up.
Your friends have told everything,
and "
Julius laughed contemptuously.
"I have nothing to conceal, no one has
told anything, nor has any one any
thing to "tell," he said, finally. "I did
not send up the balloon."
"Who did?"
"I saw no one do It."
"It certainly was sent up from this
house; It Is anchored In this room."
"Quite so during the night of Aug.
21. I understand."
"Where were you at the time?"
"Coney Island."
""Was that balloon here when you
lert?"
"Certainly. Ho' was sewing up the
holes In It."
"Who?"
"I decline to say."
"Did he tell you what he was going
to do with the balloon?"
"No."
"Did you ask?"
"No purposely."
"Why?"
"I thought I should be questioned by
the police and didn't want to know."
"When did you return to the room?"
"Just now." - .
That Is rather a poor story, my
mnn." '
Julius shrugged his shoulders.
"1 suppose," continued the superin
tendent, "that you know nothing about
that notice tacked up there."
Julius read It over quietly and smiled.
"You'll find that there isn't much to
laugh about before you get through.
This is a matter of murder."
"Why?" demanded Julius.
"Why! Do you suppose that a lot of
dynamite can be dropped Into this
crowded city without terrible destruc
tion of life?" returned the superintend
"No; but what is going to drop the
dynamite?"
"Can't you read that notice?"
"Certainly; where does It say so?"
"It Intimates as much."
"Not to my mind."
"Do you mean to say that that bal
loon carries an explosive or not?"
"I thought you Just said that It did."
"Never mind what 1 said does It?"
"I don't know."
"That will do,?? said the superintend
ent, stepping to the door. "We shall
find other means of dealing with you."
The officer who entered snapped a
pair of handcuffs on Julius' wrists.
"One moment," said Julius; "what am
I arrested for?"
"As an accessory to sending up that
balloon laden with a dangerous explo
sive." "Which you do not know Is there."
"Take him"
"One moment, Mr. Superintendent!"
There was a ring In the man's voice
which made the officer relux his hold
on his arm. "You have omitted to ask
one question and the most Important
of all. You believe that fe great peril
threatens. In deuling with It, you mere
ly follow your Instinct as a detective to
find the prepetrator. There Is a more
pressing need than that. Will finding
him avert the danger if not, how Is It
to be met?"
The superintendent saw tho force of
the remark, and motioned the police
man to wait.
"Can you prevent It?" he demanded.
"Yes."
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"Nevertheless you didn't send up the
balloon, and don't know anything
about It."
"Then why arrest me?"
"Very well. Prevent It, and you go
free."
Julius turned away contemptuously.
Then he said:
"Io you really suppose that that bal
loon, charged, as you say, with a deadly
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torpedo.wassent up simply that I might
tell you how to avoid Its effects in or
der to get clear of arrest for not having
anything to do with it?"
"What do you moan?"
"Simply this. I can prevent this, and
so save, as you believe, Immense de
ntructlon of lire and property, I will
do so for $100,000."
"A blackmailing scheme, then?"
"How so'.'"
"To send up this balloon and threaten
to murder with It, unless you are paid
not to do so."
"I did not send up the balloon. Even
the apprehension of its danger 'is all
yours not mine." . '
"Your gume won't work."
"Very well; lock me up. But remem
ber you are arresting me as the per
petrator of this supposed outrage me,
the very person, on your own show
ing, besrt able to apply the remedy who
is not only able, but willing. Have you
read that notice? The hours are flying
and It will soon be too late. And then
whose Is the responsibility for the
dreadful result yours or mine? Black
mall? Is i't blackmail for the physi
cians who fight the epidemic to ask
their pay? Does the sum I ask equal In
value the good I may do? When the
time comes for public execration, Mr.
superintendent, the people will Judge
between the man who offers hlmslf as
their savior and you, their servant,
who condemned them to this calamity
rather than give the Just reward for
their protection."
And here the conversation ended.
Julius was locked up In the nearest po
lice station. Shortly afterward the
mayor, having arrived on the scene, en
tered Into earnest consultation with the
superintendent. , The result was the
posing of hand-bills all over the city,
and the publication In all the news
papers of a ciall for suggestions of ways
and means to prevent the balloon drop
ping its load. For any successful plan a
reward of $5,000 was offered.
And meanwhile, as Julius had pre
dicted, the great strike was forgotten.
To Be Continued.
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In This Instaneo tho Pout Wns Without
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Horace Fletcher, one of the most
charming of New Orleans' charming
people, visited Boston last summer, and
while there he determined to make a
trip to Amesbury, the former home of
the poet Whlttler, says Kugene Field
In the Chicago Record. Mr. Fletcher
has a poetic nature, and he reveres the
memory of the dear old Quaker lyrist.
He got aboard an electric car and
whirled to and fro amid the quiet
scenes In which Mr. Whlttler used to
participate, and presently he could sup
press his emotions no longer he had to
unbosom his thoughts to a fellow-traveler,
a resident In Amesbury, an humble-looking
mnn, seemingly a carpen
ter, for he had a kit of tools with him.
Mr. Fletcher praised Amesbury and its
people, and then he discoursed long
and eloquently upon the poet Whlttler,
and upon the honors which his genius
had reflected upon his townsmen and
associates. Mr. Fletcher even quoted
whole poems, by way of clinching his
argument with his fellow-traveler, but,
curiously enough, the Amesbury man
sat silent and unmoved.
Finally, after our New Orleans friend
had talked himself to the verge of
bronchitis, the Amesbury man said
coldly and forbiddingly: "We folks
here In Amesbury don't think as much
of Whlttler as we did. You know we
don't go much on a tax-dodger. While
he VU2 llvln' he never paid no taxes
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