The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14
The Cords hat Huau Tave.i

Whatever may have been bis fears. \,
hopes, bis fsncies. or his thoughts, thsrest.
denly flashed slong the wires Of he sIsciic
telegraph, which were stretched close besd,
him, tRe following words: "A murder Ia,
Just been committed al Sslthill. and Ii.
suspected murderer was seen to tsks klx
class ticket for London by the train which
left Slough al III. 42m. pm. H.sn
the garb of Quaker, with brown uss..
coat on, which reaches nearly down 10 bis
feet. He is in the last compartment, Of tbs
second fstclass carriages. And vel, e..
as these words few like lightning past him.
the information they contained. win all is
details, as well as every secret thought Tia.
had preceded them, had already eOnsecu-
lively flown millions Of times faster; indeed
at the very instant that, within the walls Of
the little cottage at Slough, there had been
uttered that dreadful scream, il bad Smul-
tsneonsly reached the jUdgmeni-sesio Of hsa.
venl On arriving at the Pa6dingtOn So
tion, after mingling for some moments win
the crowd, he got into an Omnibus, and a
it rumbled along. taking up one passenger
and putting down another, he probably isli
that his identity was every minnIe becOmin,
COMPOUNDED and confused By the exchange
OF lellOw-passengers Tor strangers that vss
constantly taking place. BIT all he Tine
he was thinking the cad OF the OmniDus-a
policeman in disguiSe-kneE thai be he'd
his victim like a rat in cage. NlIhou',
however, apparently taking the slsh'ss nc
tice Of him, he took one si1Pencs. gave
change for a shilling. handed out tbs lsdy,
stuffed in that one, until, arriving al me
Bank, the guilty man, STOPPING as be wax.
ed towards the carrisge door, descended he
sleps-paio his fare;-crOSsed over 70 he
Duke Of Wellington's statue, where Paus
ing for a few moments anIiously 70 gaze
around him, he proceeded to The yeIus'isn
coff ee-hOuse, thence over London Bnege .
the Leopard coffee-bOuse IN The Borough
and finally to lodging-hOuse N Se0.!
ward, Canon street. He PROBABLY lAncisa
that. BY making 30 many turns and doubles
he had not only effectually puzzled ali Po'
suit, but that his appearances al 80 nany
coffee-houses would assist him, i Necessary
in proving an abb; but whatever may n'''
been bis motives or his thoughts, be nn
scarcely entered the lodging when The %,
liceman-~ho, like wolf, had ioilowea
him every step Of the way--OPened Us
door, very calmly said TO hinl-Ihe SO'd'
no doubt were infinitely more appalling
him even than the scream that had oeeh
haunting him-"Hav'n't you Just come iIO'n
Slough" The monosyllable NO con
fusedly uttered in reply. subsIan1s'ed o.
guilt. The policeman made him ni' prs
oner; he was thrown into Jail, tned' OOnI
guilty Of wilfll murder, and-hangra.
few months afterwards, we happened 70 %
travelling by rail from Psddington 70 Slough
in carriage filed with people al s'ranS
ers 10 one another. Like Englfsa is's1-
srs, they were ali mute. For nssfiy h'esn
minutes no one had uttered single wO'u'
until a shorLbodied, short-necke<l sno''nCs
ed exceedingly respectable looking man y
the corner. fixing his eyes on The aPPsrenIy
Heet;nz posts and rails Of the sieetne 'sl'
er.ph s'zni6csntly nodded to Us IS he nut
Tered alood: sThem's the cord, maj nun
John Tawell."-StokeTs and f0S'''' y
Sir Frascis Head.