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He believed himself that a blunder had been made, and Fotheringham was wrongfully accused. "I said, a short time ago," he continued, addressing Wittrock, "that you could lighten your sentence if you wanted to do so." "How?" "Tell me where you have hid the money." Wittrock hesitated, and glanced at his companions. Perhaps he saw in their faces, that if he didn't tell, they would.
"Fotheringham hadn't anything to do with it any more'n you did Wittrock knocked him down and he couldn't help himself." "Mr. Moriarity, if all this is true, you will be benefited by the information you have given," then turning to the baliff, he said, "We are through now." Moriarity, still cursing Cummings, was led back to the cell, and the detectives left the jail for Chip's boarding-house,
"Curse you," shouted the man called Wittrock. "How often must I tell you not to call me that name. By God, I'll bore a hole through you yet, d'ye mind, now." "Oh, no harm been done, Cummings; no need of your flying in such a stew for nothing. We're all in the same box here, eh?"
"We helped the thing a little." As they were talking, Weaver returned with the detective, bringing several packages of money, still in the original wrappers, which Wittrock had taken from the safe of the express car.
The researches of Wittrock included only a small number of elementary species, but every one who has observed the violets in the central parts of Europe must be convinced that many dozens of constant forms of the typical Viola tricolor might easily be found and isolated. We now come to the field pansy, the Viola arvensis, a very common weed in the grain-fields of central Europe.
Of late Wittrock of Sweden has joined them, making extensive experimental studies concerning the real units of some of the larger species of his country. From the evidence given by these eminent authorities, we may conclude that systematic species, as they are accepted nowadays, are as a rule compound groups.
"You here, too," he exclaimed. "Looks like it, don't it," said Haight, with a grim smile. "You may as well own up, Fred," said Weaver, "they have the drop on us." "Coward!" hissed Wittrock. Then turning suddenly to Mr. Pinkerton, he said: "That cur is right, you have the drop on us." "Then you confess you committed the robbery?" "Yes," he answered, curtly. "Was Fotheringham in the ring, too?"
A few days later the train carried them to that city, and as they passed the various places, Wittrock pointed out the gully in which was located the moonshiner's cave where the plunder was divided, and then, as the train rounded the curve, he depicted, in graphic language, the struggle between Moriarity and himself, which was only ended by the freight train bearing down on them.
Late in the evening of the day on which he arrived he boarded a West Lake street car and jumping off at Lake street, knocked at the door of a small frame building over which was the sign "F. Wittrock and Co., Hard and Soft Coal." No lights were visible and for some time no answer came. Finally the noise of shuffling feet were heard and a clear voice inquired: "Who's there?"
The door had scarcely closed, when, dropping his cool and calm demeanor, Wittrock sprang from his chair and confronting Haight with flaming eyes, he whispered in terrible tones: "Moriarity turned informer, he swore away our liberty, and all our work has been turned to naught by the cowardly traitor.
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