The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-09-27

years past.
The next witness was Inspector Parker,
who stated that having received orders to
| search the accused's house he had done SO
on that very morning accompanied by two
other police officers and Mr.. Richard Dunno;
that in examining the back drawing room
he had observed writing table very SINH
lar to that at the banking house, with
several drawers in it; one only was locked;
he had procured instruments and broken
| open the drawer; and after long patient
search amid a mass of papers, old letters,
! etc., he had discovered five of the missing
notes There were seven in all missingO
carefully wrapped up, and slowed away in
small packet hidden among variety Of
| others.
The solicitor for the prosecution next ad-
dressed the court in few telling words,
pointing out that the accused did not deny
| having received the notes, but said that he
had placed them in his private drawer
without the slightest injury to the lock
evidence had been given that it was i'm
possible violence could have been used he
who locked up the drawer alone could I'M
lock 1T; accused further stated that the key
| had remained in, his possession. 1t was
certain, then, the notes could not have
been taken out of the drawer by thief;
then in the course of the following day one
| Of the notes was found in possession of the
! accused's brother-in-la,c. He was aware
that this gentleman was priest, and his
| reticence in giving evidence was to be
| understood and respected; nevertheless,
the fact of the note being in his possession
was, he submitted, a most suspicious one,
and strong proof of the prisoners guilt
but hardly any further evidence was
nearly all the remaining notes had been
found in the accused's possession his
own house. He wound up by submitting
that the case had been fairly proved, aud
| the accused should be committed to take
his trial.
The solicitor for the defense declared that
base conspiracy of some sort was on foot
to condemn an innocent man, and that he
doubted not a short time would enable him
to unravel it. He should, however, reserve
his defense until the trial.
| The magistrate said but a few words, ex-
pressing his keen regret at seeing a man of
Frank Murphy's standing in SO painful n
position; he had no other course open to
him than to send the case for trial.
Bail was then offered, but the magistrate
| said for SO serious q charge he would not be
justified in accepting it.
Frank was therefore to remain in custody
until the next sessions, which would COM
mence in about a fortnight's time. His last
hope of being allowed to rejoin his suffer
ing wife was dispelled. and, almost broken
hearted, he re-entered his prison cell.
CHAPTER VIII
| The examination had been held on
Saturday, and Willie, after having tried his
best to console and comfort Frank, went to
visit his sister, who was hanging between
life and death and Margaret, who was now
watching beside her, feared that if life were
spared, reason would give way, so sore had
been the blow to one in her weak state and
the poor little children, with pale wan faces
and terrified eyes, crept down from the nur-
sery at the sound of their uncle's voice, not
knowing or understanding what had hap
pened, and nestled round him, and wanted
to know when papa was coming back, and
when mamma would be better. He COM
fOrted them as best he could, and took the
elder ones to the room where the babe that
had beeH-bern and died yesterday was
lying in her little coffin, loving hands had
laid white flowers round her, and a crown
of immortelies on her breast. The children
were awed, but not frightened, and they
never afterward forgot their first lesson
about death-the baby, waxen face, with a
a smile upon it's lips, the sweet flowers
fading round her, who had gone to gather
flowers in the gardens of Paradise.
| Then he talked to them about death, and
sorrow, and suffering. How death had
come after sin, and how it had since been
robbed of its sting; and he spoke to them
about the Cross-how blessed it was to
bear it after Jesus, how it was just now
heavily laid upon their dear father and
mother, SO that its shadow had 'darkened
their young lives; how they We're to pray
that the heavy cross mi ght turn into a
bright and glorious crown in heaEen, might
make their dear parents saints, very dear
in the eyes of God. And the little ones
werefsent away conforted and happy, to
whisper their simple prayers that God
would take care of dear father and mother
and make them very holy. Willie watched
them as they crept one by one upstairs
holding their breath lest they should make
noise outside mammals sick-room, on
their way to the nursery. When they were
lost to sight, ne It turned siH g. back INTO ths
the room, his foot caught in something; or
3 looking down he discovered it was q glove