The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-24
PART IV.-MIsRFPoRT.

Extract from the ''Htdclod-cwn,- C1Gg Ga
sette.
''Our idiotic contemporary, the Erpress,
during one of those temporary obfuscatons
which occur to it so often on the evening of
market -day-the evening unfortunately on
which it goes to press-was guilty of disco
vering O mares nest of remarkable proper
tions. ., Whether it was the victim of hoax
or merely of its own innate stupidity we can
not say, but at any rate it gave full, true,
particular, and circumstantial report of q
murder-10htch didnt tdk6 plGce! The KJ-
press ssys:--
"'Our reporter---who we may state in the
public interest. in order that the inhabitants
of Mudclod and its vicinity may not be im-
posed upon by the impudent fabrications of
unscrupulous iournals-was the only member
of the local press present, etc.
'"The charges of impudent fabrications
and the terms 'unscrupulous journals fall
back rather hard on our friends own head.
As for its reporter, he was evidently 'all
there, and no mistake
The Confession Of the "EIpress" Reporter.
81 had certainly been at The George all the
afternoon. Farmer Potterton called in there
for glass on his way home. distinctly
understood him to say that he had seen young
Redhope in the fields near the vicarage at
Frogleigh, dead He certainly said young
admit the farmer was the worse for liquor. /
am no Judge of my own state, but should
say / was decidedly sober. ! merely added
few details to his which felt were necessary
to swell the paragraph to its proper import
ance. 1 communicated the information to
Inspector Spry, whom l met on my way to
the EgpreSS Office.
The AdmSsSion Of Giles POtterton, YeOm@n.
'I was not more drunken than usual of
market-night when l met Mr.. Chivery, the
Express gent at The George. He axed me
what news there was. l told uu l didn't
know of none, except Id passed young Red
| hope lying dead-drunk in the ditch near
| passons house, to Frogleigh. 1 said 'You
know-the chap as were courtin' Polly
| Trouse, He didn't say much, but then he
| couldn't you see for he were we'll on. But
| he wagged his head and looked solemn"
The Deposition Of Inspector Spry.
e'I met Mr.. Chivery, who informed me that
| Mr.. Potterton had told him he had seen the
| body of young Redhope. He advised me to
| 90 at once to Frogleigh. He asked me if
| knew of any one who had grudge against
young Redhope, and / mentioned that had
| been called in to separate him and Travers
| at the Red Lion one night when they were
| fighting. Mr.. Chivery was not sober, and
| don't suppose the farmer was, being market
/
tgate and went over to Frogleigh at once L
met young Red Redhope just as was getting
to the village. He had not been murdered. v
| TIE E1pJGndtion Of tie Murdered Man.
| Nobody hasn't murdered me, as I'm
aware of. On the night in question 1 was
| lying under the hedge near the vicarage. 1t
| was Polly's evening out and we were going
| for walk. 1 saw Farmer Potterton ride by,
but didn't speak to him, because 1 knew he
was drunk. / did have fight with Travers
| once, but it was all in friendship. He's left
these parts in consequence of Lord Fitz-Fes-
santries keepers being that hard upon him. y
| Latest .tfom Mr.. Mole.
'T have returned to Puddleiock, and shall
henceforth devote myself entirely to the
| hardware.
| IN. B.-To be disposed of, bargain, the
complete works of Kilkee Wollins and Edgar
Allen. Apply to L. NJ, care of Messrs
! Tetheridge Coulson and Pobgee, st. Mary
Axe. No reasonable offer refused"