The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-12

! the tOe-mark being nearest and the
| landmarks being furthest off. These
impressions were evidently made by the
murderer in his descent from the win
dow. The bottom of the window sash
showed on it stains of blood, with pie
ces of skin adhering. How had the
blood and skin come there
,. The throat of the doctor had been
cut as the murderer stood at his left
! side. The knife was clearly drawn
! from right to left, and hence the cash
! in the bolster on the left side The
position of the knife on the left side of
the bed, where the assassin had drop
| ped it, also proved that he stood on
that side when he perpetrated the deed.
| 3. On the soil outside OF the window
( there were impressions of his knees,
| two toes, and the left hand only. The
! person forcing the lock of the desk had
! leaned against the right wall. and evil
/ IDENTIFY worked with his left hand. The
! person who welded the fatal knife had
used the left hand, for the wound
/ slanted upward from the edge, and was
made from the left side. If made from
/ the left side with the right hand it
/ would either have been straight down or
/ inclined from the entrance of the knife
] downward. y moments thought will
/ show the business of this reasoning.
/ 4. Was the perpetrator left-handed !?
/ He might have been but in that case
/ why did he not fall on the right hand
as well as the left in descending, or
/ rather falling, from the window
>. Had the murderer only one hand.
! and that the left That seemed to be
/ the fact, and then the remarkable COIN
cidence presented itself of a man with
only the left arm being murdered by
/ "A wit z Oft
s. Were the dog and the murderer old
friends. If they were, the savage
beasts quietness was accounted for.
THE SUSPECTED SAILOR.
Wisheach is on the Wash, a small
arm of the sea, and does a small coast
trade. Seafaring men live there. Half
a mile from DIR. Huston s reSidencel lived
one Joseph HaTTell, an old man-of-war's 5
man. He lost the right arm by the eX-
ploSiOn of a gun when firing a salute.
and had received his discharge. He was
in middle life, and the head of a-gang of
smugglerS who fTequented the Norfolk
coast. He was pretty hard character
Suspicion fell on this nan for having
killed DR.. Huston from the fact of his
having only the left arm. He was ac-
tually arrested and examined as to his
whereabouts on the night of the murder.
II " StS ~ 'ittIlN pIONtu JildO IlC WAS
elsewhere that all suspicion faded away.
Lawyer Terwhit found himself eXecu-
tor of the dead mans will. and proceed
ed TO settle the estate. All the proper
ty, with the exception of few trihing
legacies, was bequeathed to James Hun
StOn, the doctors illegitimate son.
This young man was notified of his
fathers sudden end, and he hastened
down to WiSbeach. He had recently
had Z fall from hOr5e, and sprained his
right hand, which he carried in a sling.
He did not stay at his late fathers resi-
dence but at hotel, and as soon as
possible settled all the affairs of the es-
tate which needed his presence, and re-
turned to London. He listened to all
theories as to the preparation of the
crime with deep attention, and only
made one remark When the cirCum-
stance of there having been found the
marks of two knees and ten toes, and of
only one hand was mentioned, young
HmstOn said:
''Is is not just possible that those
marks were made by my father himself?
He might have fallen, for you know he
was fond of going among the flower beds
and examining the leaves, and beetles,
and worms, and such like. -
This set Lawyer Terwhit to thinking.
The doctor was a prOverbially careless
man in his attire. and if he had fallen on
the damp soil, as suggested, his clothes
would show it. They were examined,
but there was nothing to indicate that
such an accident had happened. But
the lawyer had suddenly acquired the
DRY of his own, and he resolved to see
whittier it led.
WATCHED.
When young TIunStOn quilted Wis
beach he went to PeterDoro to await the
London coach, for tie time, be it re-
membered. was before railroads. The
morning following, the coach started,
with HunstOn on the box seat near the
driver On one of the rear seats sat
we'll to-do farmer, comfortably but plain
" dressed. When the coach reached
London the farmer hurried away, but
not for far. Once outside the precincts
of the old "BUll and Mouth, - on HOl-
born, where the coach stopped, he turn
ed and posted himself in a doorway.
Soon young HustOn came out, and was
about to enter a cab which had been
called for him. Suddenly a thought
seemed to stir the farmer, and he moved
toward the cab into which HunstOn was
in the act of stepping.
In those days the number was placed
license. and the farmer had no trouble
in ascertaining it. Then he inquired
from the people in the hotel where the
cab was usually found. and later in the
day sought the stable. The driver 5
memory being aided by a donation, he
told the farmer whittier he had driven
HunstOn.
Drive me there, too,'' the farmer
said, and in a minute he was on his way
to the famous hostlery, the Golden
Cross, at Charing Cross,
\ CONVERSATION.
Once lodged there the farmer seemed
to be comfortable. He met the landlady
in her quiet little bar parlor, and IN a
few days was a favorite.
THAT seems a nice. quiet youth. . the
farmer said, as Hunston passed the bar
window.
Yes, very the landlady replied.
''Where does he keep his horses p the
farmer inquired.
Horses ~ the landlady replied u
never knew he had any
''Oh I thought you sailor it might
be somebody eIse-that he fell from his
horse and Sprained or broke his wrist. >
{ the farmer said.
THAT is the first word ] have heard
about it" the landlady answered.
/ ''Still 1t might be so, for he was absent
/ for a day or two, and returned with his
! hand in a sling, as you see,
'.It must be painful and awkward for
/ a young fellow like that to have to go