Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-10-13


t could doubt no longer This wa
: bona f0e evidence. | bad found m,
son and wife, at least had ascertaine'
. the to me all-important fact that the,
! still lived. The discovery gave nj
, new impetus-renewed courage.
| you'd find them forthwith! 4! Blu
) whittier seek? An idea struck me-
/ / would insert in n leading newspaper
a notice which wolld be copied int
the smaller Journals of'the country
and thus would | be morally certain o
reaching them. Upon further retiec
} ton, however, | rejected this method
for the reason that it would necessari
T ly give too great publicity; and
wished also to seek out Charles Gay
lord and bring him to justice in goot
time, and this would put him on hi:
guard, and be would keep ont of my
reach, very likely. | therefore finally
determined further to try my skill at
searching for the missing in the man
ner had before adopted, and after 6
time-this failing-to make use of the
other method us n last resort. J. had
travelled over the West and portion
of the East; having been unsuccess.
full in obtaining any possible clue un.
til Il few months ago, when, while
looking over daily journal, | came
across an item which gave the intelli,
gence of the discovery of the body of
a murdered man, and of the arrest of
one Bayard II. Rood of E., as
the supposed murderer The report
also stated the time of the murder to
have been the 18th of November.
49,, ard said that the evidence
against the arrested man was Of a
most positive character. SO, then, |
was in luck at last! | had indeed as
certained concerning the residence Of
my long sought for wife and son; for
the description given of the person
arrested afforded little chance for
doubt. But how about this murder? ?
Were it possible that Henry haG COM
mitel such Il deed /? Nt comse it
could not be. Aye, and it required to
me, right there and then, that | held
in my possession evidence by which
he could, easily enough, prove IN al;bi.
For, on the very day when, according
to the report, the deed Of murder was
committed, he was Il guest OF the Old
Red Inn at Evansdale, Ohio. | pulled
out the diary, that might be positive.
1t confirmed my impression; for un-
der that date he had made few notes
while seated by the fire, soon after his
arrival at that hotel. The fact would
appear therefore, that Henry could
not have committed the deed. because
he was, at the time, thousands of
miles from the scene Of the tragedy. |
Well, this is about all that | care to
state here, as this diary is at the ser,
vice of this court. | will only add
that my mind was at once made up to
the effect that | would be here in sea-
son to aid in establishing my sons in
nocence, and that lin order 10 support
my own testimony, | have brought
with me several persons as witnesses;
among whom is the landlord of the
Old Red Ihn,' who has with him the
register containing Henry's name
among the arrivals under said date. .
While the witness related his story
he most intense stiffness prevailed in
he courtroom, which was only brok,
IN now and then by the audible sigh
" sob induced by the narration of
ome thrilling incident But when he
lad concluded and was leaving the
tand, perfect uproar of excitement
PREVAILED.
When the house had become quiet
he prisoners counsel arose and read .
n evidence little billet, which he ex-
loined, had recently been examined
y him for the first time, it having
een picked up by Bayard Rood, near :
he bridge, on the night of his arrest, .
hrust INTO his pocket and forgotten =,
ntil at late hour when It's contents
ccidentally came to his knowledge :,
nd which taken in connection with
he evidence just given, would, he
1lsted tend to throw some additional -
ght upon the case. The billet ran as -
'llows:
''NED IL have just been apprised o
Roods intention to visit Miss Pei. -,
N this evening. He may be arrested, C
'wever, but if he should not be, you p
ould have grand opportunity to do G