The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-06-16

man as that killed by so furious wound.
/ with all the arteries and veins Of the head
broken, there could not have fl wed much
was il? There had not been pint spilled
where the body had lain. looked 10 see
If could find blood anywhere else and
by -and-by found eliot near TO the creek
| continued to move on at the very edge
Of the stream, found more blood not
much-ony a few drops-but | knew
that it was blood. And found more;
found the prints of feet deeply sunken in
the mud.
A, this point the idea which had before
been dmly floating in my mind as a pos
siblity became very near reality. Those
prints were at some little distance from
the sunken bridge and :he man who had
made them had crossed a point of tuft in
Ieaching the road selected a point
where the mud was quite hard, aud here
| stepped along by he side of the other
| was heavy man, and yet tie prints
were not halt as deep AS those other pIin's.
What did this signiiy1 Il signifed very
plainly To ne that the man who had made
those deeper tracks had borne a heavy
load upon his shoulders.
And thus | arrived at a conclusion
which explained why the search and in
vestigston Of the officers for two wears
had proved futile. They had searched in
-hs wrong place They had taken il for
granted ;in,; the murder had been com
United upon that dark road in the swamp
| Was now convinced that the dead body
[ had just left bad been borne to lis pre-
sent place Of res, from he shore OF he
creek We shall presently see.
| left the proper officer to take charge
of the corpse and having told Mr.. Watson
TO meet me in Jackson on the following
morning, | started for the latter place
and put up my horse in the stable Of the
int the inn kela by Lamar Stoker.
found the hosiler; and shuddered when
looked at hin-not because he WAS very
ugly looking man but because he looked
to n1e exactly tit to help his master do
bloody work lie was thin pale, cold
blooded fellow. with low, receding brow;
sharp, Geld eyes, a small triangular nose :;
and thick, heavy under lip If he bad
been large man these characteristics fea-
ture wonld have been more prominent,
and people nigh. have feared him bu,
As 1t was he had passed for a weakly. IN
healthy man, and nobod! had thought Of
his dong harm.
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/ Towards the creek 81 ..,a N w., na.d
when within few rods Of ,h+ water /
stopped | Jaw .one.hinp on the nrs,>
- dark, red clot hanging urou = .,.,,f
blade. and bending II down | stored and
| took i, upon nv t;nrer, .nd fopua 20 h..
blood pushed on to the Stream. .hn
there we're no fresh footprints There. |
went back little way, snd founG ,ha, thr
Irail turned 10 he LETT, and led 10 u point
Of the swamp which made up behind the
bluff upon which the viilag. stood made
my way into the thicker of vi,es nnd cot
tonwood. aud presently / found boa,
drawn up upon the shore of the creek.
1t WAS kind called dug OUT" aud wa,
wet OUTSIDE and 10 as though it had been
lately washed down.
Perhaps you can imagine that | WAS
beginning TO be a little excited in ,nv
search The boat had been washed down
And rinsed: but the fa,sl marks had no,
been sntrel, obltera'ed The water that
had gathered 10 the bottom, standing in
lit,le pools. had a crimson ,inge and there
were one or two dark spots which had ia,
been washed off.
So far a. nv own mind was concerned
I had 20 doubt left. Since had first en-
tertaned the idea of the criminaii,y of
Lamar Stoker, everything had turned ont
lust as | had looked for i, and, when had
| left The host | had abnut ror,o to tho ,.,,