East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-01-27

cause any one ebe at the laDle cOul
have been shot without the murdere
having occasion to lean over the wa
! aud hold on by it; and had he not don
so, the ball would have taken effect o.
!. any one else in quite a'differcnt man
{ ner.'
Have you mentioned to the friend
: Of the mnrdered gentleman yonr suspi
clons, Sir Astley?'
Not as regards the pistolhaving beer
fired by left handed person. l though
it was better, to further the ends o.
justice that / should first have the ad
vice of an able police oflicor.
l stood for afew moments in thought
and meanwhile the Inspector handed me
handbill, which offered FIVE hundred
pounds reward to the person or per
sons who might discover the murderer
and cause him to be apprehended and
convicted of the crime.
The bait was a tempting one, besides
| wished to keep in favor with Sir Ast.
ley Cooper, and | at once said that |
would do my best, under the circum.
stances, to discover the guilty party
but you must be aware, Sir Ashley
said /, that the scent is a very faint
one, There is merely suspicion that
the pistol was fired by efl.handed
person, and tho person is not only un-
known, but unsuspected. You are not
sure that the murderer must have been
left.handed p ..r.. .rfa
Il am not sure replied Sir Ashley !;
but Tm as confident as l well can be,
under the circumstances, not having ac
tually seen the pistol fred
very WELL l replied, Il will go home
to my longings, pack up a clean shirt,
and start off for Deptford this very af:
ternoon.' A -
DO, do said Sir Ashley, actually
rendering me his hand-a mark of con-
descenslon was greatly surprised at,
for the knight was a great aristocrat in
his notions.
DO, do, / like your promptitude. l
could have had an officer employed be-
fore this; but l begged the Inspector
to allow you to undertake the job
You may not be successful, but do
your best, and and the other friends
of Mr. Blight will take caro- that you
shall not 90 unrewarded'
That evening reached Deptford,
and Immediately called at the house
lately occupied by Mr.. Blight, and still
tcnanted by his widow and family, con.
sisting of grown up son and daugh-
ter.
/ had learned that Mr.. Blight was a
retired merchant who had accumulated
large wealth, and who, for the last two
years, Ind been leading the life Of an in
gentleman. He was greatly
in the town Of Deptford, and
had already made himself prominent as
a public benefactor. The excitement
occasioned by his murder was intense.
1t was the common talk of the place,
and no one could possibly assign any
reason for the perpetration of the fend-
lsh outrage.
L was introduced to his son, n,-the
widow had not as yet made her appear
ance since the death of her husband.
l briefly explained to the young man
the object of my call.
1T is heart.rending affair." said he.
My poor father was SO kind and gencr
Gus to everybody that l did not think
Il possible he could have had an en-.
omy'
Had he. not been engaged in any
aw suit of late-in nothing that could
nave led to animosity on the part Of any
,ne 7? | said, inqniringly. |
In nothing that / am aware of. As
% law suit, believe my father would
rave sooner forfeited almost any amount
n reason, rather than have engaged in
my such business, He had perfect
lorror of the law
And with ample reason replied.
No sensible man who had ever read the
able of the "Monkey and the OYSTER"
would engage in law. But tell me,
your father had no enemies, you say
lad he any particular friends II
Every one was his friend, but of
course he had some friends who visited [
,ur house on terms of intimate friend.
hip l.,
What were their names p
Leu Ilc scc, IucIo WcIc Inc OcI' |
lings, and the Simpsons, and the Tomp
;ins, and there was Mr.. Peck and Mr.. 1
Patch
Stay said I, Il am about to ask you ;
singular question. Were any of these
riends whom you have named lefthan. .
led p {
1T is a singular question, indeed, j.,
aid ho, 'and no ways applicable to the [
PRESENT case; but to tell the truth, now
think Of it, | have remarked that Mr..
Patch was left.handed; but why do {
,ou ask p ,
honestly stated what Sir Ashley {
Joopcr had told me. 6
1T is singular said he, 'and it shows |
vast deal of skill on the part of Sir c
Astley to have discovered such clue q
o lead to the arrest Of the murderer ]
ut / am afraid his penetration is at Z
ault in the present instance. / would G
s soon suspect Sir Ashley himself, and @
@ was an especial friend and intimate ]
{ my father, as Mr. Patch b
'Who is Mr.. Patch, inquired. s
'He is an independent gentleman, a b
mo reeident of the neiuhborhood- who u