The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-21

Golden Cross he was accompanied by
two strong men. They stayed below
and chewed straws while he went up
stairs and spoke to the landlady.
madam" he said, "my name is
Terwhit. and I'm a lawyer. I came
here to find the murderer of my friend
and neighbor, DR.. Hunston, the father
of the young man whom you know. I
have found him."
"Gracious goodness!' the landlady
exclaimed, "you have found hint
and who is hep
"Send for Mr.. Hunston," the farmer
said, and I will announce it in his pres
ence."
Hunston speedily attended the sum-
mons, and found himself confronted
with the farmer and two men chewing
straws.
"Mr. Hunston,' said the farmer,
elf you look nearer I think you will
know me, though my side-whiskers
have been shaved of"
"Why, 1 DECLARE" Hunston said,
"it's Mr.. Terwhitr'
Hunston held out his left hand, but
Lawyer Terwhit pushed it aside, say
ing:
"No, sir. You are charged with the
murder of your father, and these men
are here to arrest YOU"
Hunston's face changed to purple,
and he endeavored to draw a pistol
from his breast pocket. Having only
his left hand he was not expert enough
to do what he purposed, and in an in
slant he was in the grasp of the officers.
The young mans guilt was DOW all
too apparent. He resolutely denied
everything. In the first place it was
proved that for some time he had lived
extravagantly at Cambridge and run
into debt, and his gambling proclivi-
ties had led him into other difficulties.
1t was shown that, on the morning of
August 10, q person answering his de-
scription, though evidently disguised,
had come down to Norwich by the Lon
don coach. A blacksmith, whose forge
was about half mile from DR.. Huns
toms residence, saw a young man pass
his place about nine o'clock in the
evening. On the blacksmith and the
driver Of the Norwich coach compar-
ing notes, no doubt was left that the
man who came down from London and
the man seen by the blacksmith were
identical. Then there was the wounded
hand. When it came to be a question
of importance, Hunston refused to say
how he injured his hand. 1t was clear,
however, that on opening the sash
from which he had probably removed
the catch a month before when medi-
tating the crime-he placed his right
hand on the sill. The sash fell, and
hence the injured hand. In spite of
his frightful wound, however, he went
on with the bloody work. No doubt
he tied up the hand and then worked
with the left. This cleared up the
difficulty. and accounted for the left
hand being used to cut the throat and
open the lock, and also for the impress
sion of the left hand only in the soil
outside the window. The voice of
young Hunston had probably pacified
the dog before the window fell. He
and the dog had been playmates for
years, and the dog was not given to
suspect wrong when his old friend was
about. To complete the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence, some of the miss.
ing jewelry was found in possession of
a man to whom young funston sold it.
Hunston swore positively that his
father gave him the jewelry on his last
visit home, but Terwhit swore with
equal clearness that he saw it in the
doctors hands the very day before the
murder, when he was searching his
desk for a fruit-knife.
Huston was convicted of the MUIR
der, and hanged at Norwich.