Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-10

cause Jonas Sampson was favorite of
mine, besides I've detectives nature, and
like to solve mysteries.
'To my knowledge" said speaking be-
fore Mr.. Smith. "'rhe physician, Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith, myself, and a young lady
boardlr, Miss Gardner by name, who staid
up and nuysed him last evening She to
my knowledge, is the only person who was
in the room alone with Jonas Sampson be-
fore his death
Gas far as | know" said Mr. Smith, "Mr.
Slocumb is correct III what he says. But
| douht very much whether Miss Gardner
would do such a thing i'll fact, | can hard
ly give such a suspicion Il place in my
mind for an instant She has rs open and
honest a face rs | ever saw, and is very
laiy-lke and refnel in her manners. Tis
true, she has been boarding at our house
only Il month and my wife and | know
nothing about her beyond that she is Il
salcswoman in 4 Broadway store"
She may not he 4 professional thief
perhaps We are wrong in even thinking
that she is Il thief Of any kiud-but prob
ably she chanccd to see the money in his
coat pocket, where saw Simpson place it
before leaving the store yesterday, and, on
the spur OF the moment, was tempted to
purloin it and did so when he was un-
conscious from fever or sleep. | tell you
what we can do" said Mr.. Horton. ''ro-
morrow, when this Miss Gardder is away
attending to her business, you and | Mr..
Smith, can search her room, clothes, ana
things, and if we do not find SOM" couiilna-
ton of my suspicion, in The shap' Of the
money, we will Let the matter drop. Let
poor Sampson's remains he dcccntly in
tcrred," added Mr.. Horton. and have
the bill for sam. sent to me. There is,
know, more than hundred dollars due him,
which he said, when he took his money yes
terday, he would draw next week. So
there will b. mot, than enough to pay fun
eral expenses anl board bills"
Mr.. Smith agreed to Ilr. lIorton's prop
osition about searching Miss G Grlner's
room, to see if she had taken the dead
mans missing money; and, accordingly,
the next day it was dome.
TO Mr.. Smiths surpris" and re ret. We
h'il"reo una Ninety |'7'' ""'h"" 'rv
found secrctcd in an Old dress in her trun1.
The money WAS replaced where it had
oeen 'lse''''e'' lt'' mr. li.'''h' III" S''S-
p'clon ots"3'' '''i'''no'' iof"!''' procured "
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Jonas Sampson hat three hundred dol
lars on his person the evening before he
died said Mr.. Horton as stcrnly as before
"Mr. Smith and Mr., Slocomb searched his
effects, and found but five dollars. ! at
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