The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-21

0f what his brother practitioner demon
slrated, DR.. Ross had made no thorough |
nersonal examination of his body.
Returning to Crawford, | called on
DIR. Gryant He had almost entirely re-
covered his self possession with the day
light, but was still quiet and reserved
found him employed at his surgery bell
He had taken ont the bell-handle and
bell-wire, | went up stairs with him, to
examine the bell itself, and found he had
taken away crank, bell-wire, and all from
that end, and there was, in fact, no WIRE
of any kind now attached to the bell
The bell hung, as it does at present, In a
corner, about two inches either way from
the wall, and certainly he left nothing
attached to if which could account for
disturbing the peace any more.
That night was awuy from home be-
tween 10 O'clock and the next morning.
Nv business took me to the catacombs of
Crawford Church. But it is g fact that,
Notwithstanding all communication had
been cut off from the doctors bell, the
bell still rang at IL o'clock that night, with
the same monotonous steady "toH" as be
fore. 1t rang for nearly minute, and
then ceased. | found, on my returning
L.
at the door, nearly beside himself | did
not wonder then, for kneao s0hy.
The following day remained az home.
/ had important business there, which
led me- to lock myself in the dining room
fer great part Of the day, and also to-
lock the dlHing' room door when | had
finished. In the afternoon, among somv
old letters IAN escritolre,l found piece
of paper on which the contents OF my
fai hers cdshpox were specified. Towards
evening l ascertained from the huus,,-
keeper the precise position i'll which tht
cashbox was found when my father diest,
and WHERE the lo,,se gold and notes lay
on the fl mr Doctor r ,ss spent that
evening with me-
Eleven clock struck. | pulled lit
tie cnrd by the fire place My her had
been accustomed by this cord 1o uniatch
the front door, without leaving his seat.
1t set the front do r ajar. Then | .ali
my hand on the hook where the parrots
cage had hung every night till now, kept
it there with agen IL p assure, and waited.
In a minute or TWO we heard Doctor
Gryant's door unlocked He came to
ours, aud finding itopen ran into the
passage. ~ @ oa iu
"This is some Internal trick, Mr. Nor
ley, and l aciU know the rights of it. Did
any one in this house ring my bell?" His
lips were bloodless and quivering as he
spoke, his words quick and frightened.
"You shall know" said, shutting the
door and locking it to prevent his retreat.
"Some one in this house did ring your
bell Have you forgotten who said,
Whenever you hear the bell ring in that
way, it is 1, and l want you ?" Come in,
Doctor Gryant; yOu soVl find my father
in the djnang-room !"
We forced him into the room, carried
HIM almost, hut he was helpless as child
and would have fallen but for our support
There we sat him face to face with his
crime Everything was arranged as it
had been that night. The cash box wasl
there, and the loose fluttered notes. and
the gold on the floor and in the dead
mans hand. And the dead man was there
Your p0stm01tent examination was
superficial" said, Doctor Gryant; you
omitted to notice very important fact
The deceased was attacked by paralysis,
it is true, but he died of murder from the
minute puncture of a surgeons needle.
find that the needle was inserted in the
open mouth of the patient, and the throat
stabbed through to the spinal cord, SO
dexterously that it scarcely bled internal
ly, and left no outward sign. And you,
Doctor John Gryant, did this deed toI
cover your robbery of e13,200 from his
cash box. That is what my my father
summoned you for to hear this. And
now, what have you to say to my father =
The mans face was fearful-he gasped
and struggled to get free, but in vain.
His mouth was SO pal ched he could
scarcely frame word, but covering his
face with his hands, and seeking to hide
it, he said" Ill" and stopped.
A horrid, choking voice in the room
screached, "You killed him, J ohm, Yessir
It was the parrot, which kept on repeat
ing the same words, and l could not stop
it. / never heard in my life sound SO
CHASTITY, gnIzq1s- ~EaIha83 3sn L
When he heard that, the murderer
shrieked and leaped from us--madt I'll
was with great difficulty he was secured
iniuring himself ge 3easc9 gdt III
The Goroner's commission was reopen
ed, and followed by formal trial. Dr.
Gryant was sentenced to be confined dur
ing Her Majesty's pleasure in
criminal asylum where he
soon died raving mad. With
the aid of my fathers memorandum re-
covered most of the gold, and all the
notes, of which had the numbers. We
found them in drawer in DIR. Gryant's
surgery.
Respecting the bell, as you will have
guessed, twas put up originally by the
former owner of the large house. to ring
for his butler in the smaller house, as an
unmistakabfe summons in case of serious
alarm at night. The hook in the dining