The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
VOLUME 4.

He soon found his way over to Sturry
where he had been born, and resumed
his acquaintance with many old friends
and among them Mrs Brandon, Whose
husband was then alive, but had no idea
,bat the man who came amongst them
after 20 many years. absence was an old
sweetheart of lis wife's.
Other people knew it, though; and
many who had forgotten the circnmstan-
ces were reminded Of it BY their neigh
hors, who began to talk in mysterious
hints when it was found that Tom Dill
Ions scarlet Jacket was constantly to be
seen in the little bar parlor of the Bag
O Nails
'Of course you'll understand that all
tbia happened before we went to Canter-
burv. and Bill Burke ONLY got it al sec
oud-hand from Mary, who was little
more than child when Dillon made his
reappearance in the village. As | said,
people Degan TO talk about him and Mrs.
Brandon in strange whispers long before
her hu. .band suspected ANYTHING arniss,
but the time came when his eyes were
opened, and The next tine ION Diiloi'
made his appearance at the Bag o
Ma H. there was a regular shiniy-
We'll, Dillon left the house, OF course;
but after he was gone there was worse
row between Dick Brandon and his wife,
he swearing that Tom should never go
there again, and she declaring that he
should, that the sooner such drunken
pe'er-do-well as he meaning her nus
band-was out of the way, the better,
that she had never cared for him, and a
great deal more of such things as people
will gay when they get in a rage, and
the end of ii Was that he thrashed her,
and she left the house to seek refuge
with her sister in-law, who lived in the
village.
Next morning Dick Brandon was
i"nhn oeao oehiiiu Tue oar % Ms ." II
mouse
l'eau -m"rdtreu- ihere to''1u oe ''''
dohht OF that. WIN MS hFa" at'eEe"
in, evidently by some blunt lnstrn-
nent-
The cash-box had been stolen, 50 u
was evidently the WORK OF 'h'eVeS'
though there weren waning people VINO
more than once hInted that Mrs Bran
don had either done il herself"r sci Tom
Dillon on TO commit the deen. H""eV
MT stop the TALKING went rlght aeaihst
such snppo<ltIon- 1t was shown PiaiH-
" enough that Inc woman 'o"l" ""Ne
haH II" hahn III H. ior She ma" le'' '''e
house directly after her hnSoann oeat
her going no further than her SISTER, IN
-" the hh'raere" man own SlS'' +
once leave hef mouse alter entering Il
I'LL the news or the horriole discovery
came next morning
The case looked hlacker against Ton
Dillon. for surgeon certified that the
blows had been given with a Hat, blunt
instrument, most likely heavy hammer
snch as used by smiths. Dillon worked
in the farrier's shop, and on searching
among his tools it was found that a
large striking hammer-just such an in
strument as the surgeon declared would
have caused the wounds-was missing,
This certainly looked very ugly
against him and he was arrested on sus
picion and examined before the coroner,
"hen ne alhrhlen that ne mao iost the
manner tilree OF lo'ir oayS oe'ore anu
hau ineh'iohe" 'he ihc' Ani"nR ms c''"'
RACES In the forge 1here WAS oh'y one
man VINO dlstinclly Swore that ne re-
memoered being toln OF the Ioss' ana
certainty that alone "oulo hot nave eo'
BIN on; out In addi'ion the corPoral OF
ms room oepoSeu' 'iiA' bli'oii i'''" s'''ie
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nome tne "".'sn'e' y. me "oin"' WIN
mum "'S D'"'uoi no" ' -, lug :.
rom her huSoahu 'loiehce' 7he' i'
was GEAR c'u'' nave ia" no p"f' !" .ne
ni'l'ei' "o' was nF' e''" lo' a. on ., ne
'ii'' oi I" "o"i'' ''u' = e''s' VAN - : sunny
secret
With Dillon it was different. There
was no evidence 70 convict him by, but
people looked supiclousl on him for all
that, and when short time afterwards
he got kick that broke his leg while
shoeing horse, and was discharge with
a pension in consequence, the general
verdict was that it was Judgment on
him.
However. he didn't seem TO care much
what ANYBODY thought. for he hired a