The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-30

from which the murderer ran on the night OF the
crime, pass IN BY the main door and notice thai
window, and on the white sash there are traces 0
6. guapowder. the tavern Keeper intro
Kitchen 70 the right OF the hail. sitting by table
anu ne Is DUSTY engaged IN dressing small but
anu vigorous. loutish looking German servant
girl Is dong chores and Gamble asks us into the
paror In which Matilda Hujus was slain.
down. can see IN his sallow cheek. trembling lips,
furtive eye and general appearance, that this man
attenuated almost to a shadow. and hesItates and
stammers when asked question, ~ IL he were AZ
the bar 81 Justice de Is IN his shirt sleeves and
marked him for It's prey. and whatever his secret
may be- he win soon tell II 70 the last dread tri-
and then the conversation nows on with the slug
g sh monotony OF swamp drain.
might have me sSs, sc wanted
often enough around apq about the house and the
village; and they killei her instead OF me-" His lips
tremble violent y, and he looks up and his gaze
s.Have you any suspicion as to the person who
did the deedy DO you or have you feared any
.'oh," said he, II have no one to blame but the
Murphys; There is no one else that would injure
me that know OF around here"
"Are you on friendly terms with Hujus, the
husband OF the dead woman 20
ION, yes. never had any difnculty with him at
long timev
Ibid YOU ever have any business dealings with
this man Hujus at any time ~
.sYes; bought farm from Hu1us.n
.'Was he satisfied with the relations that his
vile bore to you or the position that sne held IN
ION, yes We were always good trienos."
alrercatioa with Hu,us about ms wife ~
mo, never We always lived peaceably."
"wny were you afraid that the Murphys would
.Wen there was lawsuit and they wanted to
get the money. They said she was WORTH $1So,000.
be-, why. she was not worth hall Of that they
they are tough lot, the Murphys. She was not at
all like them" with qulvering lipl.
"Wno was not like the Murphysi"
my wife, Mrs. Gamble. She was nice-she was
Here ONE d PIN n a
ing been sent by the very meddlesome tavern keep
elr to watch over the interest OF Gamble and
low, knew that he was de tr0p, and he tried nard
to look at his ease.
asked Gamble II he had any reason to lear the
"Why because one night he tried to Kill me.
had been out IN wagon and was coming home
burned down. got out and left the others and
somebody ran forward in the dark and pulled
he trlpped up and tell and that saved me; 1t was
"You say that Murphy did that. How do you
know that it was Murphy who 1red the pistol III
mean his face p"
s.No, did not see his face or recognize the man
that fired At me, bat know it was him. There
was no one else to do it or harm me-" weakly.
"These Murphys are poor people, as under.
suit with you for six years; believe 1t is not
GAMBLE COUGHING HUsKnY.
"On, don't think they did 1t; It was their
sster-Sister Corona, they call her. think she is
sister OF Charity In Brooklyn. She is carrying 1t
down, and he shifted himself uneasiy In the CHAIR,
and his lips twitched feverishly)
ed you did
81 think It was early in 1855 when got acquaint-
ed with her in East Twelfth street, in New York.
but at trends. We were married at the Catholic
church in East Fourteenth street."
1.-THE Church OF the Immaculate Conception, was
eyes, near First or Second avenue, think; then
We came up here to live. She had property In Fiji
went to our own house after we got married. 1t
was cOwardly thing to XIII her, Mrs. HuJus. She
never did ner any harm"
dis that your picturea'' said l, pointing to the
amprotype OF q large, powerful and handsome
looking man which hung on the wall.
.'ies," answered Gamble, with q feeble smile.
II was quite big man then; and look at me now.
/ got heart broken when was married.
IN 81 the ONE see ba
been looking at. II showed the face Of o woman
OF thirty, dressed In black silk and with gold
watch cham depending from very lair neck. The
face was pure, the brow noble and ample and the
eyes iull OF tenderness and good sense. This was
Margaret Gamble, who died amid strangers and
was huddled into grave without Christian to
say q prayer for her. Nemesis some times skulKs
abroad IN Rockand as she might have done at
When Matilda Hujus was shot she rose to her
feet, and. looking at the picture OF Margaret
the flm closed over her e5es-the lace or the
woman whose place she was said to nave unlaw-
from underneath the picture OF Margaret Gamble.
Gamble limped over to the picture OF his dead
vile and looked at It steadily as he could. ana the
detective, with an unieeling interest. surveyed
every article in the little apartment Tor the twen-
tieth time. What was passing in the mind OF
Gamble could not tell, but spell came over him,
and he moved away in stupor
"Yes,n he repeated, with that feminine CULVER
OF the p,n she Was smart woman, she Was. A
nice woman she was Oh, she wasn't like the
Murphys at all had to bury her In Calvary
Cemetery, and they never gave cent towards 1t.
Yes, she was a smart wOman.n
Then he went over TO the walnut wardrobe in
the corner, which was built OF halEinch pianks,
and with curious anxiety, as II he were miser
counting his gold, he pointed with pride to the
holes torn In its surface by the squirrel shot
which were Intended Tor him.
"You see there Is thirteen shot in there. II /
had got them would not be here. l got SEVEN
though, in me. You see some OF the snot have
gone through the plank clear. And here Is the
wall where the slug went IN, and We had to break
the wall open TO get IL 0ut.n
The detective pointed TO a hole in the wall over
which mad been cut out OF its surface az clearly as
possible. The brick had been broken and the
deadly slug taken out.
at was dangerous missile TO fire at man.
was 1t nOt?n said
20 indeed 1t was. II ! had got 1t | would not
have wanted any more. / have enough now now
and saan't stay In this hOuse.n
Here the little boy pointed to the writer and ex-
claimed, four or five times, Nv no is tnat, papa ?
VINO Is that, papas" THIS was the same cnild VINO
was heard to say on the night OF the murder,
Don't shoot, papa! don't shoot any more, papav'
Whom the child meant by '.papan Is not YET known,
bu. In Rockland county, until the arrest OF the
Murphys, HuJus was suspected or having shot
his vile and Gamble, out oil Jealousy and hatred.
while others limited that HuJus mad hired q man
to do IL and aDsented himself purposey at the
time OF the muroer. Then there are others who
assert that quarrel arose between the woman
Hujus and the man Gamble on the litigation ques
ton about money, and Gamble snot her and then
tried to commit suicide, but Jailed. Whoever did
1t must have known the neighborhood aud coun.
try as he Jeff no firearms or traces himself and
no one got aboard OF the train that went out
Immediately after but man in white coat
named HITCH German shoemaker, who got on at
Pearl River and was tracked to lager
beer saloon kept by man named Baader.
He Ii under surveillance and so Ia