Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-07-05
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CHATTER Ill.

1t was late IN the afternoon Of the following
day that Charles Rivngton having returned to
town where he resided was seated in his office,
employed IN counting roll OF notes, pile Of
dollars laying at the same time before hun,
when three men abruptly entered the apartment
You our prisoner cried the foremost Of
the party. BY heaven! jim look there; there
the very money itself can swear to that
pouch And he very rudcy seized our hero
by the collar
Stand back, sir, and lay hold of me at your
peril, returned Charles Ryington stcrnly; as
shaking the man from hun, he gave him a blow
which sent him to the other side Of the Office
What Is 1t that you have to say: and if am
TO be made prisoner, produce your warrant
You may well submit quietly, Doctor
RIylngton, SAID another of the party, who was
constable. You perhaps explain every
thing; but YOU must come with us before Squar
Lawton. This Is my authority; Showing a
paper,) and 1t IS only necessary to say that sus-
plcion rests on you, Is the murderer of Old
SikersIght, who found shot through the
head on the road this morning
Is 1t POSSIBLE poor old man; has he really
been killed; When parted from him last night
he not only well, but seemed III excellent
spirits SAID the Doctor
He parted from him last night; mark that
Jim Buckhorn,' sand the who had just re-
ceived severe repulse from our hero, and
whose name was Carlock lie left him in ex-
cellent spirits, mark what the villain says
There need be no Jeerlng about 1t, replied
Buckhorn. Doctor Rivington, you tended me
in my bad fever last spring, and again when /
had the chills in the fall and you stuck by me
closer than any friend I've had since my old
mother died, except tins ere rifle; an I'm mon
strous sorry found it where did. 1t may so
be, that you've got clear conscience vet; but
hot ar. oil
has hunted together many and manys the day,
you shall have fair play any how, damn me ii
on sha'nt. That ere money looks bad; If it
had been fair fight we might a-hushed 1t up
somehow or MOTHER
Our hero while Buckhorn was speaking, had
time To reflect that If Silversight were indeed
dead, circumstances would really authorize his
arrest. The rifle which he was known TO have
carried from town, had been found, it seems,
beside the murdered body The money that
the unfortunate man had entrusted TO him, was
discovered in his possession; and how could it
be proved for what purpose 1t had been given
him: As these thoughts rushed rapidly
through his mind he turned to the officer, and
observed:
Nr. Pike, yield myself your prisoner.
perceive there some circumstances that
cause suspicion TO rest on me. | must rely foT
a while, upon the character which | trust,
have acquired since my residence among YOU
for honor and fair dealing, until | shall either be
enabled to prove my innocence, or heaven places
in the hands of justice the real perpctrator Of
the deed
SO saving he gathered up the money from
The table and departed with the officer and hi.
companions To the house of MIR. Lawton, who,
being justice of the peace, had ISSUED a warrant
for his apprehension.
have always been glad to sec YOU hereto
fore, Doctor Ryington, SAID the magistrate,
politely, on the appearance of that person be-
fore hun, and should be SO now, were 1t moi
that you are charged with "a crime, which, ii
proved will call down the severcst vengeance
of the law. | hope and believe, however
that YOU establish your innocence Wherc
YOU, sir, on the afternoon of Yesterday :;
went out to visit some patients meaning t.
continue my ride as far as Mr.. Buckhorn's; ant
took his rifle with from the gunsmith 5, with
the intention OF stopping and leaving It: but
met old Mr.. SIlversight al the cross roads, who
was going up from the New Settlements and he
offering To take charge of It, gave II to him.
We parted at the fork, and | crossed over to
Mr.. Wentworth's'
Did Nlr. SIlversIght continue on his Journey
having jim Buckhorn's rifle with him. asked
the Justice.
Yes, sir: but before We parted he gave me
this money, handing the notes aud specie to
the magistrate, requesting me 10 pay 1t into the
land oihce to-day TO clear out Mr.. Richley :
land Tie said there were five hundred dollars
IN ALL and was counting II when arrested
There Is a most unfortunate coincidence of
circumstances against you, Doctor The man
is found murdered the rifle which YOU were
known = have carried, laying near him, and YOU
arrive ~ town on the next day, with the money
of the deceased in Your possession. The poor
mans horse going home without rider excites
alarm; Buckhorn and Carlock, with other neigh
bors, set out upon the track: they find the MUIR
dered victim, stark aud bloody, lying on the
snow, which was scarcely whittier than his aged
head; they dIylde-some bearing the body back,
while the others follow on the trail; it leads to
Mr.. Wentworth's where you acknowledge YOU
passed the night; they there enquire what per-
son made the tracks they had followed and were
answered II was YOU; they continue on your
trail until they arrive In town; they make aft
davits to these facts, and procure warrant for
your arrest, when TO complete the chain of eyi-
dence you are found counting the spoils of the
murdered man. Now, sir, what answer can YOU
make TO those appalling circumstances.
They are appalling indeed, sir said our
hero, and | can only reply to ,hem-I am in
nocent. Ii the poor man has been murdered
the one who did II must certainly have left tracks
and fear they have fallen on his trail, and taken
i, for mine. But 1t is in my power 10 prove that