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er but, nevertheless, it was requis
lite he should be provided with an at
tested certificate of his death, before
be could take possession Of the inner
itance, which would devolv on him as
next heir at the decease of his then
very aged father
He engaged the assistance of the
advocate Schelnitz, a lawyer of justly
reputed intelligence and activity and
with him he proceeded to Coblentz. -
The mystery of the case, the impor-
tant interests involved in it, and the
rank of the family, all contributed to
stimulate he zeal of Schelnifz, and be
speedily brought to light certain facts
which promised to lead to the detection
of the criminal
Ferdinand and the lawyer visited
the house which had been occupied by
Edward Won Bergfeldt, at Coblentz. =
Seals had been affixed to all the
drawers, trunks, &C., ard on q careful
examination of the effects, there was
found in the pocket of coat a note
written in French. The address had
been torn off, but the note was as fol-
lows
| grant the interview on condi-
tian of its being the last Your
threats can never intimate me. | de
fend myself with the arms of virtue
and honor This is my last communi-
cation Secret correspondence must
not continue. 90
July 18th"
AS soon as Ferdinand Won Bergfeldt
perused this note, he felt convinced
that he was on the right track for the
discovery Of the murderer
g It has been conjectured," obser-
we'd he, that robbery was the motive
for taking my brothers life--no such
thing | feel assured that the fatal
blow was struck by female hand
the same hand to which this glove be-
longs, and the same hand which traces
this note. Every one of our family
are aware that my brother did not be-
have well to his wife; and that his
conduct caused them to separate
sh >rtly after their marriage"
The active inquiry now set on foot
brought to the knowledge of the mag
istrates various circumstances worthy
of attention.
A country girl deposed that, while
she was engaged in cutting wood in
the neighborhood of the castle of OF
tenberg, on the morning CT the 10Th
Of July, she had seen a gentleman in
hunting-dress walking with lady.
She described the lady to have worn q
straw bonnet, bright-colored dress,
and to have carried a parasol
The keeper of the baths of Pode-
viii, near ,Tnhlbach, furnished testi-
mony somewhat more important. He
stated that, about noon on the 10th
of July, lady, elegantly attired, but
pale and evidently suffering from ia
tigue, came to the door Of the bath
ing establishment, and wanted some
person to tie a bandage round her
right hand, which she said she had ac-
cidentelly cut. Tle wife of the bath
keeper washed and bandaged the
wound. The cut was long but not
very deep, and appeared to have been
infli ted with knife. The lady re-
quested to have q clean white hand
kerchief, which was furnished to her !;
she left ducat in payment, and went
away hurriedly. An old man dressed
like a wood cater, had been observed
waiting for her at some distance, and,
the lady having joined him, they went
away together. From the evidence
of person living near the baths, it
appeared that being at work behind a
hedge, he had heard a short colloquy
between the lady and her guide. The
old man said 80 her, 9" In the name oil
Heaven, madam, be calm /! Tears can
not recall the dead to life-from me
you have nothing to fear-I will be
silent-silent as the grave p
Thase witnesses described the lady
to have had light-colored parasol, a
straw bonnet trimmed with flowers,
and green silk dress
Ferdinand Won Bergfeldt now enter
tanned no doubt that the investigation
would speedily lead to satisfactory
result. In letter, which he address
ed to the magistrate of Muhlbach, he
said eve shall soon unravel the truth
We have the glove, and it will not be
long ere we have the hand. 1t is 0
righthand glove, and on turning it in
side out, have made discovery
which has heretofore escaped observa-
tien. In the inside is written name,
part of which is obliterated, the let.
ters Eeny- F--ke being all that
are legible" But was this the name
of the wearer or the maker With
the view of solving this question, the
glove was transmitted to an exper.
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