The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-10

Detective.
San Francisco Golden En-.
IL VS. tbs last act Of NV missjon n
. detective before leaving New Or.
leans for San Francisco in The .nrine
OF 1919; and may - we'll add that
it's the saddeet memory Connected
With my career rs detective.
In one Of the fashionable millinery
establishments Of that CITY WAS a
young girl named Mary Ellison. She
was very young. but with q character
formed by the sad experience which is
sure to be met with in the life Of an
orphan. She had clear, BEAUTIFUL
gray eyes. cheeks soft and delicate a.
the leaf Of the roee; brown curly
hair shaded . low. broad forehead.
instinct with intellect and intelligence.
She was small in figure. but the petite
firm was faWl,less in its delicscv Of
outline and contour. II was impossible
not to love her. If to such physical
beauty is added the generous aud kind
heart she really possessed.
II is not surprising that such q girl
had many admirers. 1t would be
strange il she had not. But there
we're two who. from their devotion
and her treatment. acquired . prum-
inence over the rest. Indeed, the
sphere they moved in was iar above
that 1T the little milliner. She be-
lieved they loved her: and not~i,h-
standing the great difference in their
social positi"n. believed they meant
kindly. That they loved is certain.
They were jealous. and more than
once hostile meeting WAS imminent
between them.
Her wav home from the store led
ny jackson square. 1t Was not %
beautiful then NJ now. but its rich
foliage anil elegant bowers even at
That day excited admiration. One
evening. as she passed along the river
size of the square. she was met hy
Lusiand Lac,'ur. the richest and mnst
Persevering Of her admirers. hut the
"ne whom she favored least. Indeed,
it was said she disliked him, and ON
one occasion had resented bit,erly an
insult he had offered her. A passer-
BY heard her voice raiseJ Indignantly
as she passed him that evening in
front Of the iron gate. Standing
there q moment, she entered the
square, from which q half hour after
ward she was seen to hurry away With
every sign Of distress and Intense ex-
element.
1t WAS but few minutes after this
that young Lacour wss found murder.
ed, lying on the iron bench with
short Spanish dagger through his
heart The girl had been known to
P"ssess such . weapon-the gift Of one
che never named.
This was oil.
Of course almost every one believed
her to be the assassin. cnuh not.
I had seen too much Of criminal life to
mistake its characteristics. That girl
was innocent ] knew. When arrested
she protested her innocence in laneu-
age frantic and wild horror had made
her ibrgetful. seemingly Of look and
action. and she gave away to the
most excessive paroxyems Of grief and
Distress. After che was tsken to the
station NJ. L. and myself visited her.
to zee il We could learn anything Of
the case.
We ielt more like friends than de-
teciives. The ssd erphansee Of the
young girl enlisted our deepest gym
pathy and touched our hearts-they
would have been Ainty. indeed, had
they not soitened At her distress. I
never saw such anguish before. The
pale, beautiful face Was almost Wild
wi,h terror. She Was frantic one
moment. and sobbing. walking and
sorrow stricken the next. As We en-
tered the cell she threw herself at my
feet. and lifting her face, % pale and
beautiful, walled out:
IL am innocent, sir-I sm innocent.
II nelieve you are Mary. and it Was
to help yoW that we came here"
II could not do such Q deed, sir;
indeed ] could not"
Il know that. but, May do ycu
know whO did :"
She lifted her face quickly. and .
wild. frightened expression crossed it,
and then it grew like marble in an
instant. She did not reply. but I
never saw one in when hope seemed
50 sudderly and utterly to have fed
Is th.s s'rl then. 1 repeated my
quession.
DO you know Who did Nary
She shook her head sDd remained
silent. told her that ne we're saiis-
lied that che was innocent, but to
establish thia il was necessary to bring
the real criminal to justice. She
could help usin thia But she still
shook her head.
MARY, Paul Villiel u the mani!
| She eprsng {" her feet and screamed
out rather than epoke her denisl.
mo, M. no. not him, it WAS ], il
was l. / did IL! I'll acknowledge it
now-punish me If you will. but do
. not accuse hlm-do not let him be ar.
. rested!"
4 II vss plain to me now. Nv 6rst
impression Was correct. Young Villiel
had come upon his rival talking with
, Mary in the square. and under . first
. impulse Of recruitment had slain him.
| Her confession Of the TACT VAS only
8 lacking to secure her scquittsl, but
|, she would not confess, and from that
! hour acknowledged her guilt. A few
days after young Villiel fled the coun
I try and in time bis family furnished
) evidence that released the girl. Che
ton went AWAY Int II "a NOT Ions