The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-11-19
RAVENNA. THURSDAY. NOV. 10, 1857.

il could discover any clue there. imme-
diutely acted upon it, and in few minutes
found myself before the door Of the late
Mr.. M'Leod.sresidence, Fat. ,e.i.
1t was = large, gloomy looking house
bearing anything bu, an inviting aspect, and
just such place as one would imsgine to
b. the.thenre of some DARK deed! 4 knock,
I'd at the door, and requested to see MISS
M'Leod. 1 was Immediately shown into Q
purlor, and in few minutes she entered the
room. it..
then informed her as to the result OF my
interview with Harvey Johnston. l also
told her that | believed in his innocence,
but did not seek to disguise from her the
act that there was much to be done before
r we should be able 10 convince a, jury such
to be the case. then requested permis.
sion to search the house. It was immedi.
5 ate!y granted.
Ny search did not amount to much. mo.
ticed, however, one thing-the drawing
room door was so situated that when any
one stood on the thresh I'D Of it lie eould
not see porion Of the room on accoun, OF
the projecting fire place. was further sat
isfed that person might easily have enter
ed from without, ascended the stairs, stupi.
fed one or both of the inmates of the draw.
in..ruom with chlnroform, and then com.
house, when the thought struck me had
no. examined Mr., M'Leod's bedroom. |
hastened to repair my forgetlulncss,,
found it to be an ordin,ry sized chamber,
with nothing special in it except an old bu
reau, which Immediately stru k my atten-
ton from the fact OF my father having pos,
sessed oHe exactly like it. | opened the
top OF it. and toHnd that it contained two
secret recesses like ours at home. I open.
ed these recesses, and discovered one to be
empty, the other contained a single, paper
which proved TO be All old letter, yellow
with age. felt justified in opening and
reading it. 1t ran as follows:
. .Y ALBANY. N. ", May le, 1895.
"You hove basely deserted me, and Dc.
ceiyed me,-all my burning love is turned
to bitter hatred; out do not Imagine you
shall escape with impunity. by the living
God swear to be revenged! Gun wait
years, ay yeor., to accomplish my purpose.
Think Oh il and tremblsl ~.
,..i.,.. = Heller MORRIS"
On the outside i. bore the inscription
"Mr. NJ Leod, So Front street. New York.
| read the letter over several times; il was
to eay the least Of it, a curious document
and I!ecided 10 Keep it in my possession
not expecting that it ,wonId lead to any dis
covery--it appeared to,be written. too lpD.
, ago for that and the chances were that Hell
en- Morris waA long ago summoned to he
. tiohL, last home. ... -E# tEy.1 aa
, returned home, weary aud unsatIsfied.- =
II For the next three weeks made every pos
: sible exertion to clear up the mystery with
out the slightest success. The day OF etria
p approached, and hud not discovered tn
e slightest evidence to corroborate the prise
t ucr's statement. Scarcely day passe
d but Miss M'Leod either called herself, 4
n sent to know what progress was maxim!
d could give her but very slight hope Of b.
|, ing able to save Harvey. III -.-.,s ..g'. Yi
, Ou:th evening before The day fixed Il
trial, se.ted myself in my Office, ,utter
1t dispirited and worn out. had NO hope
E being able TO convince u jury of Johnston
lc innocence. wac we'll aware that his stat
is ment would be laughed at, and the on
witness could bring forward, would be
!. to character. was miserable at the i'd
ut of bringing spch a lame defence into cou
. and my irst case, too. ~ g. a.;
Itaought wCuld smoke cigar, and t
er if thot woald have any effect in soothi
lie my irritoted nerves. i tore piece from
old New York Herald, in order to light
Z. when by some strange circumstance, viii
II it is. difficult to expIuin, the following +,
en- ;ertsement among the personals" caut
ne my eye: ,t.> ssh.
"If the lady who purchased the chic
m form Of Messrs. R. & c , apothecaries, :
.e. Broadway, will call upon the LITTER she '
ust have the purse restored which she left
for the counter"
e. sHatehed the other portion Of the pa
the for the purpose of discovering the date.
ing found it to have been issued the very
in alter the murder. - 1,@."h r ..
ce, 10 throw away my cigar, put on my
)n. end rlsh from the house was the work
- moment. had not tar to go, and
en-, found myself in Messrs. R. g. C.'s stor'
rise "a lady bought some chloroform of
blu, about two m nths go!" said |, to, a ger
ell manly look ng clerk, behind the counte
zen "Yts, sir."a,l fi. sal ".aisn T. sr
lgty "she lett purse on the counter!"
,ion ayes, SIR" -'' -. 4.
,en, "Wlfydu be good enough to inform
be- If she, has ever reclaimed that purseP'A
ther "She has, not, although we advertis
,cid. several days" ~ u IL -' IA =
I was "Who served her with the cbIorofo
was II did" ..s ~ li~,acso vs.
clue "Did you notice her rappearance!
me "She was quite elderly. was surp
ouse at her buying SO much at time; but
they stated she wanted it :or her husband, y
- 7 lot has hauo IL -,