The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

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suggested the possibility of his having
hidden away plumber. All the evening
these things dwelt in her thoughts,
and she was once ON the point OF COM
municating the whole story to the police.
She hesitated, however, to do so from
the dread of being mixed up IN the
dreadful affair, and finally resolved to
keep the visit of the man and all con-
nected with it secret.
The officers of the law had meanwhile
secured the neighborhoOd to discover
the murderer, and in Sunderland, the
town to which Mrs. Rand had gone with
her unwelcome companion, it was ascer-
tanned that on the morning after the
murder man and woman had been seen
to enter the town together, ard soon af-
terward separate. A farm laborer resid-
ing in Harrington, a village halfway be-
tween Houghton and Sunderland, swore
to having seen the same man and woman
passing through the place at about seven
o'clock ON the morning of the day in
question.
Finally, n tcllgate-keeper identified
the woman as Mrs. Rand, and the author
tiles visited her house to make inquiries
In her fear she denied having been
with the man, but in such way as to
excite suspicion that she was lying. Her
house was searched and under the bed
i'll her own room was found the clothing
worn by her strange visitor, which he
had exchanged for q suit of her hus-
bands. The clothes were coarse and
patched, and such as might have been
worn by hghterman or river laborer
In the pocket of the jacket was found
bundle of letters. These proved to be
of the greatest possible value, for they
were addressed to the murdered man,
Mr.. Greene, and were from younger
brother, asking for loans of money, and
promising amendment of life. This dis
covery left no noubt in the minds of the
authorities that the wearer of these
clothes was the assassin of Mr.. Greene.
When Mrs. Rand learned that they
had found the clothes, and that they
contained letters evidently stolen from
Mr.. Greene, she was in a dreadful state
of excitement, and begged to be allowed
to make statement. Then she told of
the mans visit, as already narrated, and
of his having been seen digging in the
field. She pointed ont the spot as nearly
as she could, and after a short search
newly disturbed mold was found. 1t
was dug up, and tin box containing
several hundred pounds was discovered.
Papers in it showed that it was the prop
eTty of Mr.. Greene. Renewed search
was made for the man, but all TO no plir-
pose. Mrs. Rand was arrested, and was
finally held to await the action of the
grand jury, as accessory after the fact.
She was tried, and, thanks to her previ-
Gus good character, was acquitted.
In the meantime the dead Mr.. Greene's
younger brother had taken possession of
the hall as next of kin. He had not
been at the family seat for twenty years,
having, when mere youth, seduced his
own cousin, and been driven forth to live
the life of vagabond. Nothing had
been heard of him for years, and it was
generally believed that he was dead until
the letters found in the clothes dis
covered i'll Mrs. Rand's house showed
by their date that he was alive and in
England. The new Squire lived seclu-
ded life, and became remarkable for his
abstemiousness.
The cousin whom he had wronged was
living in retirement on pension granted
by the deceased Squire, and his success
sor, six months after taking possession
of the estate, sought to remedy the evil
he had wrought by privately marrying
the now mature woman and installing
her mistress of the hail. The new
couple lived in the greatest harmony,
and within twelve-month of their mar
riage an heir was born. They kept no
company, and seldom went beyond the
precinct of their own domain.
In the second year of their married
life they drove into Sunderland, and re-
turning the same night, an accident hap
pened to the carriage just as they were
entering Houghton, and they had to wait
until another vehicle was sent for to
convey them home. The villagers were
drawn from their houses by the exciting
! event, and among them was Mrs. Rand.
The momept she beheld Squire Greene
she exclaimed
Good Lord there is the man that 1
saw digging i'll the field, and that come
into my house and made me get his
breakfast, and then swopped his clothes
for my husbands"
These words were overheard by one
Makepeace, "a village constable, and repeat
ed next day to the rector, who was magis-
trate. So much importance was attached
to them that Mrs. Rand was sent for,
and privately examined by the magis-
trates. She swore positively that Squire
Greene was the man who paid her the
mysterious visit, and accompanied her
to Sunderland. There was but one thing
to do-to arrest Squire Greene for the
murder of his own brother. This was
done, and Mrs. Rand's Identification of
him was complete. 1t will be remem-
bered that when Mrs. Rand's strange
visitor changed his clothes for her de-
ceased husbands, he would not trust the
woman out of his presence, but insisted
that she should remain in the room.
When he removed his shirt he remarked
that he could see behind him, as he had
two heads, at the same time pointing out
wen between his shoulders, which
closely resembled a rudimentary head.
On examination, Squire Greene was
found to have an excrescence in the same
place and precisely similar to that on the
strange man, as described by Mrs. Rand.
There was an attempt made to prove an
alibi, but it was shown by the prosecu-
ton that at the time of the murder of
the late Squire, his brother was living in