Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-08-26
Vo. XV Whole No. 100 No "a.

doctors secret closet, he hurried to Mr..
| Smmonss house. He had not been mis-
| taken.
"How easily people even of our call
| ing may be misled, the Judge said when
| the officer entered. "Eckert is far more
guilty than you anticipated. Look at
| this parcel here. The villain has not
only killed Young Burns, and tried to
destroy Fred Hill to rid himself of a IA
vorite rival he even robbed Ellen Full
Ter Of the greater part of her fathers
inheritance"
II it possible!' Dorney cried in
blank astonishment. The Judge nodded.
When old Collector Fuller died. we
were all ofus surprised ut his having left
20 little property; but nobody dreamt Of
this This parcel contains mum Der /
state bonds, with 81 minute statement of
the whole Of his property. They are. Of
course. payable 10 bearer. and Eckert
managed 10 steal them; but perhaps he
trusted too much in the perfect safety
and secrecy othis closet
"Beyon II doubt il was the doctors
intention from the outset to secure Ellen
Fuller at any risk for himself; aud thus
he commenced his operations by depriv-
in her Of her fortune
- believe you are right. Dorney
Half Of the present evidence against him.
would suffice to bring MN 10 me gallow-
The bullets taken from Hills chest tit
this pistol. lie must have secrcted them
" hen he went out a-huntiug with the
poor forester.
lie surely sought Hills company
with some vile purpose" Dorney re-
marked.
The bullet Peacock drew from the
tree exactly tits this revolver. ana this
piece oi paper which found in the poe
ket % those pautaloous j. just the other
half of the leaf he used in loadingt, YOU
"" thc print i,cxactly the same-it is
Latin"
II wonder how Eckert will behave
whci. tht> evidence j, produced: his
presence Of mind will, I think, then
clearly iorsake him.
II dare say he will DENY all know
ledge Of those things y answered Mr.
simmons but we will close thi- case
N once-thi- very day"
When Dorncy wa, about to 90 home.
hc met on crossing the outer hail. the
Rev. Mr. Field. In this mans face an
@rr and anxiety were plainly visible
luvountarilv he receded step oil see
ing lptaiu Dornrv, for he in no wise
expected To meet him.
Dorney could not help smiling. .'Glai
tp zee your reverence, = he accosted him
~ may At once thank vou for the pro-
phctir words Won spoke Ye~, sir, iu~-
ticc hh- triumphed at last; you were a
prophet indeed
Rev. Mr.. Field was too perplexed ~
M all" 70 speak. He would have liked
u make himself invisible if he could
have managcdit.
"Ars. YOUR reverence Justice has al
ways friumphed over wicked aud ma
liciou~ tongues. The world knows the
" Antt ~ your rr"ed-Four society har-
opr. eSccIlont m1~tlaH~-one Of them
thlel hhd murderer. liza, ha. your reI-
rf"htt. the time l. NOW rapidly APP
pr"Athih- when we two shall square
Mrruhi~. and YOU need not fancy
~hlH Spar" YOU. onr ob"dieut SER
NA.ii. Your reverence,
lth lo"A ~ uhutierablr di-daiu,
II" turned hi- back on hitn, and lcft the
hil~t- bat hr djd net ,rr the m"uar~
lI'I gesture ~ thr minister aud hi-
f''N ~ hatred and revenge. but il prov
III iA"l thi- maI oI The Gospel did not
understand thr religion o: love our
NAs l'Hr taught.
il" new tlui secret closet, the
contents ol Whch doubtless gave evi-
deHrc ul kck"rt' guilt, had been dis
covered ~ the burning house. spread
Hkr Wtlihre through the town, and
mdhv i tiini friend oi DorucV'~ now
rune forward to proclaim hi ,agactv
anl worth. But hc turned his back II
dl W Ao congratulated aim a. he passed
along the street. When he arrived al
home, the first Thing hr did wa, ID tear
~ the letter hc had left on hi desk
then he sought, tor few moments, thar
repore 50 much needed.
oh the afternoon OF this day Eckcrt
wa, brought before court III session.
y ilh lhc compp-urc Of u man who felt
himself gulltlc-s. he SAT down
"Auothcr trial Of your case will b.
necessary. prisoner at the bar" judge
Summons accp,ted him, while eyrrs eve
~ the room was fixed upon the d,c-
t'r calm features. There has been /,
hrr ia-t night, and your dwelling ha-
been partly consumed"
The doctor gave il sudden start. but
>Don recovered his presence Of mind.
"I M ori4in 81 tAi- fire In, not been
discovered; our IL l. the general i'm
preston tlIt il ha- been caused bf aba
mrcndIarf. !. i not now our bu~inr--
tp iini thi- out. a. we have at present
only ~ dp with the important reycla-
ton canecd this same fire. 4 secret
closet has been unexpectedly found ia
one 81 the rooms Of The ground floor.
Pa you know 81 IT. existence:
"No, -ir, E'hert replied calmly and
firmly. II was not aware OF IT,.
That i very singular; for we have
found Ia tins closet several things BE-
longing to you personally. How do you
account for that:
That can not Very well be, because
did not know ~ a closet being there "