Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-12-01
WEAVERVIIIE CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1877.

tied that all should be as he requested
and in short time the new comcrs were
safely domiciled in the hotel.
In three or four days letter came
from Armfeld, and matters began to
look serious. Fielding, the murdered
man had been farmer and rs such en-
ployed hands to help him, Tut being of
peevish disposition the mon he hired sell
dom remained long with him, but soon as
they earned little money took it and
went on to the mines. Three or four days
before he was killed he employed pass
ing man who gave the name of Shively.
Shively was seen by one or two of the
reighbor but they formed no acquaint'
ance with him. Ono morning Fielding
was found in dying condition, but he
lived long enough to tell those who found
him that his new man had struck him
down, robbed and left him for dead. The
search that was made for Shivey was n
fruitless one. Once he had been hoard
of in n distant camp on the head waters
of Feather River then report came
that he had been seen on n Panama steam
or, going East. Tho officers concluded
he would escape their pursuit, and had
given it up, when they heard again that
he was at Indian Diggings under an as
sumed name. This led to tho arrest of
Armfeld, as l have detailed, and the
strange part OF the story was that those
who had seen Shivoly during the short
time he was in Fielding's employ posi-
lively identified Armheld as tho man.
Hetty had received another letter of
similar import. | handed her the one |
had received and she read it eagerly
! When she had finished she turned to me.
1--WE must go to Marysville," )" sho said,
"Will you go ?"
"If you wish, certainly"
81 do wish it you believe him inno-
cent, do you not ?"
:" do. A man who commits that
crime and once gets out of the State,
would hardly venture back again, much
less have a wife come TO join him and
settle down"
81 should think it would be easy
enough to prove who he is, these people
here knew him back home and there are
others who knew him when boy"
"That's not the point, though. Any
man can change his name for the time
being and that is what they will claim he
has done. We will have to find tho true
criminal, (Which fear is n hopeless task, }
or find the men Charley was with at the
time the crime was committed. The ex-
press wagon goes in the morning and will
take us to Sacramento in one day. From
there we go on the steamboat and will be in
Marysville the next afternoon"
| need not detail the incidents Of oui
journey, nor Of the meeting between Arm.
field and his betrothed. Leaving them
together, / went to have talk with the
legal gentleman who had been retained
Cor the delonse. We had long consul
tation and L found his professional feel
I ings were thoroughly Interested.
: at would be a plain case Of mistaken
5 Identity" no said, in conclusion, "werC
} il not for one thing which will be hard tC
prove. That is the whereabouts of you
! friend at the time the crime was commit
ted. lie tells me that they passed th'
winter Of that year in the Antoine can
{ yon that himself and partner found {
rich streak there in the fall, kept th'
knowledge of it to themselves, packed in
, their provisions quietly and went TO work
, Tho first snowfall shut off all commun ca
ton with the outside, and for four months
they saw no human being except eacl
other. They came out of the canyon to-
gether, went East together and separated
, in New York City to go to their respec-
tive homes. Snow, his partner was
r Rhode Island man, bu. Armdeld has for
, gotten his address"
Was Snow married man 2"
"No."
"Then he's more than likely to have
come back here. Wen put an advertise
ment in tho Times and Transcript tha
, may bring US information OF his presen
locality"
"Do so," said the old lawyer. /" Tn
I less we can find that man Snow, we hay
Il bad case. The most / can do for you
/ friend now is to stave off tho trial whil
we search for him. Do you know" h,
2 added, "that we have got TO prove hin
f not to be the guilty party; that in tn
? present state of public feelings verde
of acquittaI that left doubts in the mine
' of the populace might be his daa.h war
/ rant. There have been so many mocker
les Of fjustice called trials, within the pas
6 year that the people become excited, TAX
3 the law into their own hands and ham
the accused to the nearest tree ? Only las
week they strung up man at Quincl
: against whom there was scarcely II parti
Gle Of what could be called legal evi
/ dence.' We must feel our way as W
2 CO."
| / knew the old lawyer told the truth
and left his office in no very cheerful
frame of mind. Returning to the jail
, found Armfeld and Hetty in close con
t versation in the keepers room. 1t wa
evident that their interview during m.
, absence had been painful one.
Now, Joe, I'll tell you what we'v
Q planned, or rather what she has planned
for don't want her to do it. But thi
girl has ciphered it out that we are to b
8 married at once"
G "That's just what you might have ex
f pected," said |. "But what then Yo
r can't keep house here, nor do | think yo
> mnuld be allnwnd even Ills unuch lihnrt.