Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-02-09

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I onsIy, Ii soon appeared shss lady d q
) Eaady failing haalth. AkoEAnighs Aes,
I ths quarrel with hsE asphew. shs baaass
alarmingly i'll. UnasuaI and bahia
. symptoms showed themselves /; and aSte
suffering during aighs days from alter
! nats aeuas psan5 and heaTys nasOnqHaE
able drowsinssas shs sxpirea in hsx nsph
j sw's arms. This anddsn and kasai III
: ness og bis relative gppeassd % re- 9sEs
ken ali Frederick Evsfestss eanaerAss
/ and sEessioa for bar. Hs was inosssaa
in his close assaRdaass ia ths siea
! chamber, s-.zss.
On The morning Of the day that Mrs
FiazAugh died, her ordiBaFy insdieai a.
tandank, Mr. Saith, saRriRad and psE'
plaxsd By ths nxgsney af sha syRptogsi
] exhibited by bis pasisul, called u thl
| Rie Of locally eminent physician, DIR
! Archer, who ct ense changed tbs treat
naat till then parsaed, and ardeEad pow
sgfal sassies 20 be administers, vita.
Got, heweyeE, ne We hags sSens pEodu.
cling any saving or seusibie effect. From
syaps0zms &c yase pa&fes4s DT. Arehss
stated that, In his apiaa0a, poison had
bean admInistszsd TO sha deceased lady,
though what precise kind he vas some
what at 8 loss 20 conjecture. The con
seat Of the relatives being obtained the
body Vas opaned ca the foilowing maEs
ping, and II was found that shs aeassss
ed lady bad persisted by aeesste Of NOR
phine thaa verifying the sagaeioas
guess Of DR.. Arches. A uinass search
Was Immediately HaAda ashEoughamt the
| apartments, and bahiad saa Of the dFaw-
era Of u eahinss in MIR. Frederick Ever
| ett's bedroom at the back Of the stslf
or partition upon which the drawer res
ted, and Of course completely hidden BY
the drawer itseif whsn IN It's plaoe-wss
found aaE Tin aaak, aassa on the oat-
side, and slossd With . screw stopper; it
was loosely enVslopsd in a sheet Of
brown paper, directed "-EVerett,
Esq, Woodlands Manor House, York
shire )" and upon eloss examinations, .
small Quantity Of white powder, whieh
proved 70 be acetate Of morphine, wss
found in the flask. Suspicion Of young
EVeTeEtss ggilt nov became conviction"
These were the chief incidents disv
closed to me by Mr.. Sharpe, during euE
long and painful consultation. Our
consultation the next day was q sad and
hopeless one. Nowhere did gieam al
GhesTfel light hssak ia. The ease was
Overwhelmingly somplsts ag@inss the
prisoner. The vague suspicious we en-
tertained pointed to crime so mons
trous, so Incredible, that We fslt Il could
not be so much IS hinted at upon such,
legally considered, slight grounds.
Business was over, when Ar. sharpe's
ehiet clerk entered 0 ssy that Sergeant
Edwards, an old soldisr-who had spo- |
ken to them some time before relative TO !
largs claim which be asserted be had |
against Captain KVaEetk, rising oat Of a |
legacy beqaeathed to him in India, and |
the beat mode Of assuring its payment
by "a annuity, ss proposed by che cap |
taln-h&d nov called 30 say thAG shs /
terms we're at Last finally arranged, and .
that he wished 10 know when Mr.. Sharpe /
would be at leisure 10 draw up the bond. |
''He need nos fear for his moueyP' ex-
claimed Sharpe t4rtly, 'tthe captain will /
be rich enough, think, before another
week has passed over our heads, Tell /
him TO call tomorrow evening; | will
see him after retuFa fFom eoark." 4
few minutes afterwards, | and KiRgs-
ton took our leave.
The Crown Court was thfoaged 10 Euf-
location on the following morning, and
the excitement Of the auditory appear.
ed TO be 0! the inkeAsest kind. A true
bill against the prisoner had been found
on the previous afternoon; sQd the trial
Il had hssn arranged, - suit the con
Of counsel, should be hrst
proceeded. with. As soon as the Judge
had taken has seat, the prisoner was or
dored to ba brought in, and hush of
expectation pervaded she assembly.
The different witnesses we're then cal
led, and testified 70 tho various facts
have before related. VRinIy did Mr..
Kingston aud exert ourselves 20 ia%al-
ldRte the irresistible proofs Of guilt 90
detailed. 1t il nse-
less," whispered Mr. Sharpe, as + sat
down. ''Y6u have done afi that eeuld
be donej but he is a doomed msa, spite
Of has innocence, OF which 1 feal. ersEg
that look at him, the more and
more convinced" The arguments were
made; the judge summed up the jury
isIIberated for a few minates and q
verdict OF "guilty" Eaa Eetarnei. Sen
.enoe to die on the dag after the next
followed and all vas over!
vas sitting at home about an hoaF
after the court had closed, painfully
nusiug on the events Of the day, whoa
The door Of the apartment suddenly dew
open, and in rushed Hr. Sharpe ip q
stats Of great excitement, accompanied
by Sergeant Edwards, whom the reader
viii remember had called the previous
day at the gentleman's house. In few
minutes was in possession Of the fol-
loving important information, elected
By Ar. Sharpe from the half willing,
la!f-Eeluetant sergeant, whom he had
found waiting for him at his Office
In the first place, Captain Everett was
not the father Of the prisoner I fhs
ga4ng nam vas the son OF Mary Fisa-
hugh by her arat marriage; and his
name, consequently, was MOrdauut, not
Everett His mother had survived her
,esoad msFFiags barely six moushs.--
EvaEett calculating doubtless upon the
great peeuniary Advantages which weuld
be likely to result TO himself as the re-
puted father Of the hsir to q splendid
English estate, should the quarrel with
Mrs. Eleanor Fitzhagh--as be nothing
doubted-bo ultimately made up, had
brought bis deceased wife's infaaf son
rs his own. This was tha secret OF Ed
wards aHd his wife and to purchase
their silence, Captain EyeReat had ~
greed TO give the bond for an aaauiEy
which DIR, Sharpe was 10 drnwup. The
story Of the legacy was mere pressnes.
When Edwards was In Yorkshire before, +
Everett paeiaad aim for tha time wish q
san Of money, and promise 80 do more
for him as soon - bis rsputsd son cane
into the property. Ha thee hurried the /
cs dsuaas sergeant back 10 Eondon; and
at the Lass iaEsEviow be had With him,
gave him aota addressed to = person
living in one of sha streets forget i
which-leading eat Of sha HAymaxksa,
with fve pound note which he waa 10 /
pay the person 10 whom sbe fekaex was
addressed Tor acme very rare and gAlua-
bIa powder, which Ehs eapaain wanted /
for soiensiho purposes, and which Ed.
wards vas 70 forward BIZ coach 10 weed /
lands ManoF. Houaa. EdwAsssa ohsvad /
his Instructions, and delivered the nss-
sage 10 The qaaar hnshy- bearded for |
eigaer 10 wh0m Il was addressed, who /
taId him thai, If hs bFoughs him the /
sum Of noney mentioned "a The note un |
the foIIawing day. Be shaald haga The /
agsiaie required. He aiae bade him
bring vel ssoppersd bottle % pa1 il |
Ia. AS the b9Esle was 10 be asas BIZ
eoash, Edwards purchased s sin Gask, Is /