The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-02-24

The proceedings have been formally
opened, the jury sworn, and a postpone
ment of the view" agreed upon until the
police had given their evidence, those
public guardians were examined.
This evidence was that, owing to in
formation they had received they had
come to the spot Immediately after the
"haccident." They had found the de-
ceased quite dead. Description Of her
state, and other details not pleasant to
publish, for which see the morning Reg
ister and other newspaPers.) Inquiry
had been made at No. -. IL appeared
that a woman had been living there for
some time of the name Of Helen Bell
house; was supposed by the tenants Of
the house to be respectable" That the
previous afternoon she had been with
two gentlemen in the frontroom, her
parlor-how they got there to be explain
ed dafterward-the bedroom being behind
She or they had ordered refreshments
(evidence Of respectability)-a bottle Of
sherry, bottle of champagne, and bot
tie of brandy (further tokens OF respecta-
bility). The gentlemen, who were un-
known to the keeper Of the house, had
left it unnoticed during the confusion
created by the accident The room show
ed signs of a scuffie near the window, but
was OLueINlso neat anu COLulOINADAts Il ne
gentlemen had not been traced. But
meanwhile very important piece of evi-
dence had turned up. Among the de-
ceased's effects were books and letters
proving her real name to be Helena Hurl.
ingham, and also a number of letters
from a person named Hurlingham, who
evidently was, or professed to be, her hus-
band They were well written and ex-
pressed, and indicated a person of supe-
rior education, though of degraded char
acter. BY an extraordinary chance, the
police had been obliged to remove to the
station the man who, in a state Of drunk
enness, had, in the outrageous way be
/ fore detailed, stumbled over the body Of
\ the deceased. In an old pocket-book
\ found upon him his name was written,
and there were three or four letters in a
woman's handwriting. The name in the
/ pocket book was Hurlingham. The let
/ tiers were addressed to Mr.. Hurting
/ ham" and we're signed Helena Hurting
ham, They contained answers to claims
/ for money from the man to the writer
One of them was read 1t was only a
week old.
/ "HENRY-I send you the last flO have, and
| the very last you Will ever get from me. bor-
rowed II nom q gentleman last night. 1 have
for me, as shall never go there again. You
/ need not try TO ind me out, for am determin-
ed you shall never see me again alive. You
/ want TO know where our poor child Celia h.
! You hound! / can scarcely hold my pen for
| wish To get hold OF her. You would sell her for
I a nights drinking, and make her. as you tried
TO make me, the minister Of your vice. Ohi
think il you were here I could stab you. and I
warn you TO keep out Of my way. BY Gods
my nTsP R dviee and leave S heS alone. ~ teI YOU
have a powerful protector, 11d he likes me.
" A grocer in Noting Hill.
While the letter was being read, the
miserable creature we have described
passed through several changes of man
ner and feeling He first looked with
brazen assurance round the room. When
the child's name and the foul aspersion
on her father were arrived at, he began
to cover and tremble, and then subsidized
into silent maudlin weeping. This was
the man suggested by the police to be
the husband of the deceased woman
whose real name was undoubtedly Hele.
ma Hurlingham.
After this evidence the man was put
forward--certainly a man to look at
have looked on wrecks by the sea-shore
whose very desolation made one shudder
Such a wreck was he. lie seemed to be
fifty pears old, or more; for his face
though fabby, was withered, and his eyes
were sunken and his forehead wrinkled
He attempted to steady his trembling
head and assume a bold stare, but the
effort miserably failed. His coat had
been the coat of outward gentlemanli
ness 1t was well cut, and once fitted
him well, but it now sat loosely on the
palsied limbs. 1t had but one button OF
r the front; its frayed edges and shining
t seams and badly mended rents showed
t how the hard usage Of shouldering WALL
9 and rolling in the gutter had tried il
J, texture and its gloss. There was M
, waistcoat beneath the garment wan
= which had been partially concealed will
I the aid Of a pin in the two flaps OF tn
coat. The wretched piece Of silk whicl
b did duty as neckerchief had long sine
lost its color. and the glimpse of shir
? front which its slovenly ease permitte,
e showed only yellow, dirty, and ragge
J apology for linen.
J. Nevertheless, as the man stood VI
o strengthened bit by his cordial, wit