St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-13

and III short he inSultcd me, accusin"
me of taking advantage of his kindness
to ingiatiate myself into the heart of
his only child. Finally. | too got an
%rN. and can hardly remember now
what | said, only | know | did not
threaten him. At the close of our con-
verSation he left the room. aud was
shown ont of the house. | went direct
lV to my room and to bed. This morn
ing ! went as usual to the bank and us
soon as Mr.. Richards came down he
took me INTO his private office and said
To me that most men would discharge Il
clerk from their employ under similar
circumstances, but us was honest. ca
pnble and faithful, he would keep me
on condition that would forget my
prcSumptuous fancy.
why said he. Clara has more for
pin moneysthan your salary: : and then
after informing me that | would no lon
ger be received ut his house. he told me
to return to my desk. Nothing umusll-
al occurred during the day. until just
before we closed. when we received an
unusually large cash deposit. As was
on the point of leaving the bank, Mr..
Richards called me and said
Howard. here is Il package contain
ing $4,000 | wish you tn take to Mr.
Martin. cashier of the City Bank of
c. You can explain to him about
our vaults not being any too secure.
and apologize for coming at such an um-
Seas"nahle hour. and ask him rs IL per
>onal favor to me to receive the funds
on deposit. Take il receipt and return
III the morning. you can take the six
O'Clock train this evening.
i had Il little money on deposit ut
our bank. and having payment due
on my life insurance in C, drew
: 100 and thought | would pay that he
fore returned. | took the package
containing the $1,000, and after rccciv-
my some money for my expenses
started. arrived at my destination
about G::D o'clock and went directly to
Mr. Martins house. but found that he
had gone up town and later was going
to the theatre. Whrrcupnn | sought
the principal hotel thinking might Src
him there. walked around where |
thought | would be most likely to meet
him. until about half past eight and
then returned to the hotel where took
supper, and engaged Il room To which
went. sat down and read the evening
paper until about lO:;b. when started
i"r MIR. Martins house. ~ | came
down stairs. and opened the outside
door. Il hurlN fellow touched me on the
"h"''ilrl an" "hi>l'el'"
i arrest You for the robbery of the
Farmers bank of k. and the mur-
der of Mr. Richards
He placed the handouts ON me and
escorted u,. here And now | have
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securely guarded 10y an IRON grating
and felt that the aS>hsSIn entered me
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through the door. There was no trace
OF the as>;issIn ANA r"hhcr' us sAlu'
but felt that the accused man. my en-
ent, was innocent "f the terrible CRIME
of which he was accused. ne ciiSillcl
had gone t" c and lodged formal
complaint against Howard Burton. and
the examination would he held the fol-
lowing day.
Il stood at the window in the presi-
dents office. staring vacantly out. hard