New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-29
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| afternoon IN EeOfudTY, the passage leading
| to the accident ward at St. Thomas wa
thronged with the friends of the various pa
| TENTS A man in plain dark clothes, VIII
| was the first to arrive, stood patiently b,
| the porter, asking for no one and not al
| tempting to pass. He watched every face
| and listened to every name, but Learned
nothing to help him. When all had gOn
| in, he said he was only general visitor
| wishing to see no one in particular, ant
| passed Oh.
1t was not the first time he had been il
the ward, and he knew this man At frs
he walked about carelessly, lingering b.
those patients who had no one to see them
but finally he halted by the bedside of thu
sufferer next to the one he was interested
in, with his back turned to him, and tried
to listen; tried, for there is nothing so diff
cult as to overhear conversation wleI
you may not look, and he only gathered a
word here and there.
At last he turned boldly round, and took
good look at the git4.
She did not il any one particular answer
to the description Of Jane Hardy.
Maybe she was a messenger sent by one
who was afraid to come herself; and,
nothing daupted, the detective passed out
of the building, and concealed himself be-
hind pillar near the entrnnce, resolved to
follow the girl wherever she should go.
By and by she came quickly out, looked
neryousIy to the right and lett, and then
walked rapidly away, crossed Westminster
Bridge, went on by the Thames Embark
ment to the Metropolitan railway, and took
ticket to Noting Hill. Her unknown fol
lower did so also, and got into the same car
riage. On arrival at her destination, she
walked on again for about mile, and then
entered public house. The detective went
in also, watched her as she walked into the
bar, asked for paper and pen and ink, sat
down, wrote a letter, walked out again,
and, passing pillar-b0x, posted it. By this
time the evening was drawing in
The girl evidently knew that She was
watched. She turned about hesitatingly,
then went back to the same pubIic-house,
and engaged bed.
The police officer, feeling more certain
than ever that this was a new dodge to
elude detection, saw her 90 up to the room
to her, then, calling for a glass of
beer, he took up a position in the bar
which commanded a view of the staircase,
and drawing pipe from his pocket,
smoked away complacently.
When the hour came for the house to be
closed for the night, he went out; and now
lettering about now leaning against some
ratings opposite the house, now sitting
down on the doorstep, he passed the time
until morning.
About six o'clock bis patience was re-
warded. The same figure reappeared, and
walked away more swiftly than ever, after
he nights repose. Away, past the neat
little villas, with their trim gardens, the |
only break in the mornings stiffness being |
he distant shrek of an engine, OF the rattle |
If the milkman's can, or maid half asleep |
jtill, shaking her mat outside the door of |
Ter masters dwelling. Where on earth is |
he going t02' thought the detective, when |
uddenly she turned corner, and, quick
IS lightning, jumped into an open trap and
Rove away.
Done, by Jove +" calculated the detec-
i've, as he stared yacantly after the vehicle
She's an artful one, and no mistake! !"
Then he walked modify on, thinking
yer the events Of the previous day. The
9tter the girl had written was doubtless
, tell those who were in her secret that
be was watched, and to plan the means
or her escape, which had succeeded SO adj
lirably.
The county town Of Golderby is astir,
9veling in one Of its few gayeties; for the
bring assizes are coming on, and the judges
ave made their triumphal entry.
There are not many cases on the list this
only. One of embezzlement
Y bankers clerk; another, Of willfully
citing fire to a dwelling house by womans
nd the third, the one upon which all intero
1T is concentrated, the trial of William
ardy for the murder of Robert Kenyon.
At ten o'clock on the morning after the
rival Of the judges, the court is crowded,
olicemen guarding the steps leading TO
10 uouLs' nave CeCldI6o tn@I Only jurors
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lie 10 leave tne hospital IMAM the ponce il
nnce upon hlm' arrestlng INN on the 81
arge OF being an accompIiee in the buro
~ at WestmlnsteTe and while N cuso +
~ some OF the inhabitants OF Seton are X
Ken to the prison, and each swears shat. il
luSh he has IN many ways disguised him
I; he IS none other than BllI Hardyo
The clerk OF arralgns addresses the prise II
n, telling him that he is accused OF the IC
lbla crime of murder and bUrDf9rV. to