Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-16

thsrsfofs mpposed that he was merely ad-
sustipe the fsnoe In the corner: and ss I knew
that Mr. Boldsro was In the habit Of carrying
corn In his skfH TO the mill at The outlet Of the
pond a. arst supposed that 10 be his srraud,
and afterward took 1t for granted that he had
other BY sinking II In the pond
Such was the testimony Of King and here
the prosecution rested. Mr.. Yapman oross-
sxamined him with no e1sst and sfter mere
brief summary Of the proof on my part, and q
dngularly feeble answer from him, the case
went to the Jury, who, after fifteen misutss'
dslibsrstiOn, brought In their verdict, az every
one expected, Of Guilty Of murder In the first
degree.
two, TO an eat some details. The old justice,
Bulpin, had retained Boldero's will, without
even mentioning its existence, during all Jag
gers proceedings under the previous one, In
accordance with q strict construction of the
old gsauemsn's Instructions 10 him st placing
II In bis charge. rs ,45s
!" The neishbors, In their search for the
bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs Boldero, would have
found them lad they dragged the pond. Bat
tais does NOT seam 10 have occurred TO them,
a there Il an ancient and received tradition
In the Vicinity that certain large area Of 1t,
lying opposite the mountain, IL unfathomable;
an account, by the way, which Is almost invs-
riably current, aad religiously believed, near
any rustic lakelet. They say the same of the
on the summit Of Tslcott Mountain, west Of
Hartford.
cit appeared aftsrward that quite an elsb.
orsts scheme Of defense had besr sonoocted
by Jaeger or his counsel, which, however, was
rendered useless BY the unexpected and over
whelminS directnsss Of Kings testimony. and
BY the sfeot of it and of the bones 50 suddenly
al lxf
was to have consisted mainly In the testimony
Of Q fsllsw who was to have swern to having
been informed Of the place where the silver
was buried, while At sea, by sailor, who died
and who ws to have been made out the mur-
dersr."
Thus ended the lawyer'rstory. "Now,"
said he, raising, come this way, and see how
plainly we can see the farm" We followed
him to point at the eastern brow Of the
mountain, where It falls, in one stsep slope,
down TO the very waters edge Of the deep
pond, and looked where he pointed. The farm
lay apparently within q stones throws lone
ly square clearing; faint smoke rising from
one chimney, and all around Il the thick
woods, dark green with the latter Summer,
spread silently out for miles. Not another
house vas in sight all along that side Of the
long, silent sheet Of deep, black water.
Z" The place 10 very lonely" he added. On
any ordinary computation Of chances 1t was
perfectly safe to 60 and murder two old people
there early In the morning Jaeger had come
in from sea, and only waited about uatil he
found that the old couple were alone He
knew nothing Of the Coast Survey operations
there. he was Justified, N mathematically speak
ing, In believing himself quite unseen. This
side ofthe pend is still more lonely than that.
No human being could have reekoned upon
the presence OF detective hidden at this dis
tanoe, and upon this lofty, solitary spot, and
armed with such an efsotual auxiliary. .-Hc,-
pss's As11rIge