The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-04

resident here almost a year No one
ever suspected her being aught than what
she seemed, until one day [ was ordered
to arrest her as a murderess
1t was now alleged that this young
beauty was no other than woman who
had poisoned her husband in Havana.
and fled with all his wealth. An i'm
mense reward was offered for her appre-
hension, and the circumstances that had
come to our knowledge pointed her out
beyond all doubt as the person we were
in search of. Yet the person who recog-
nized her the evening before at the thea
tre advised US to be careful lest she should
escape US. [ laughed at the idea. Mr..
I. and myself were surely sufficient to ar
rest lady. We were old enough in the
ways of cunning to defeat such an attempt.
When the lady left me stepped to the
window and said to Mr. l., who was wait
ing at the door:
1.-The lady desires to send messenger
for friend suffer him to pass"
Almost at the same instant the door
of the apartment opened, and youth
apparently a mulatto boy-came out and
passed hurriedly thro' the room into the
hall, and was, no doubt, the messenger,
I thought, and aud / picked up a book
and commenced reading. Nearly an
hour passed, and still the lady did not
make her appearance, nor did the boy
return. The friend she had sent for
must live at some distance, thought, or
the lady is unusually careful, about her
toilet; and so another hour went by
At last l grew impatient, and knocked
at the door
"Madam, [ can wait no longer"
| There was no reply. I knocked re-
peatedly, and at last determined to force
an entrance. Strange fears harrassed me-
| began to suspect, 1 know not what
1t took but moment to drive in the
door, and once in the apartment the mys-
terry was revealed. The robes of the lady
lay upon the floor, and scattered over the
room were suits of boys wearing apparel,
similar to that worn by the mulatto boy
/ On the table was cosmetic that would
stain the skin to light delicate brown.
| was :oiled for surety the lady had
escaped in the disguise of messenger !;
| should have detected the ruse; l felt
humiliated, and determined to redress
the error. l knew she would not remain
in the city an instant longer than she
could get away. [ hurried to her bank
ers, but found that she had already drawn
the amount due her an hour before.
"Who presented the check ?'' / asked
of the clerk
"a mulatto boy. 1t was made paya-
bic to bearer"
There was yet chance. The French
steamer left within an hour; it was pos
sible she would seek that means of escape
| jumped into cab and arrived there
| ten minutes before she left the wharf
just IN time to assist an aged, decrcpid
gentleman into the cabin. There were
few passengers, and none of them answer
ed the description of the person l sought
1 stood on the wharf watching the reced-
ing vessel until it disappeared. l was
in the act of turning away when hack
man approached ne with the remark
'Mr. T., did you see that old man on
board He had long, white beard, and
hair that fell on his shoulders
Yes"
DWELL there's something curious about
him"
"Why 2"
"Why, sir, when he got into my car
riage he was mulatto boy, and when he
got out he was an old man"
l viii not repeat the expression I used
then-it was neither refined or polite,
for L knew the vessel would be far out
to sea before she could be overtaken. l
was foiled by woman. Nor could
help rejoicing now that the chase was
over, that she had escaped.
Innocent or guilty, there was a charm
about her none could resist. The spell
of her wondrous beauty affected all who
approached her. 1t fingers in my men,
ory yet; and l could not have the stain
of her blood upon my conscience.