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

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IDENTIFY worked with his left hand. The
person who welded the fatal knife had
used the left hand, for the wound slant
ed upward from the edge, and was
made from the left side. II 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. A moments thought
will show the business of this reason
ing.
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.
5. Had the murderer only one hand,
and that the left? That seemed to be
the fact, and then the remarkable CO.
incidence presented itself of q man
with only the left arm being murdered
by a man with only the left arm.
6. Were the dog and the murderer
old friends. If they were the savage
beasts quietness was accounted for.
Wisbeach is on the Wash, q small
arm of the sea, and does q small coast
trade. Seafaring men live there. Half
q mile from DR.. HunstOn's resided one
Joseph Harrell, an old man-of-war' >
man. He had lost the right arm by
the explosion 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 frequented
the Norfolk coast. He was q pretty
hard character. Suspicion of having
killed DR.. Hunston fell on this man
from the fact of his having only the
left arm. He was actually arrested
and examined as to his Whereabouts on
the night of the murder. 1t was so
clearly proved that he was elsewhere
that all suspicion faded away.
Lawyer Terwhit found himself exec
utor of the dead mans will, and went
to work to settle the estate. All the
property, with the exception of a few
tritling legacies, was bequeathed to
James Hunston, the Doctors son.
This young man was notified of his
fathers sudden end, and he fastened
down to Wisbeach. He had recently
had fall from a horse and sprained
his right hand, which he carried in a
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unc(e's residence, but at hotel, and as
soon as possible settled all the affairs
of the estate which needed his presence,
and returned to London. He listened
to all the theories as to the perpetration
of the crime with deep attention, and
only made one remark. When the
circumstance of there having been
found the marks of two knees and ten
toes, and of only one hand, was men,
toned. young HunstoD said:
lis it not just possible that those
marks were made by my father him.
self? He might have fallen, for you
know he was fond of going among the
aower-beds and examing leaves and
beetles and worms and such like"
This set Lawyer Terwhit thinking.
The doctor was proverbially careless
man in his attire. and if he had fallen
on the damp soil, as suggested, his
clothes would show it. They were ex-
amined, but there was nothing to indi-
cate that such an accident had hap
pened. But the lawyer had suddenly
acquired theory of his own, and he
resolved to see whittier it led.
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beach he went to Peterboro to await
the London coach, for the time, be it
remembered, was before railroads.
The morning following, the coach
started with Funston on the box-seat,
near the driver. On one of the rear
seats sat a well-to-do-farmer, comforts
bly, but plainly dressed. When the
coach reached London the farmer hur-
ried away, but not far. Once outside
the precincts of the old Bull and Mouth,
on Holborn, where the coach stopped,
he turned and posted himself in a door
way. Soon young Hunston came out,
and was about to enter 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 &C. of stepping.
In those days the number was placed
conspicuously on the outside with the
license, and the farmer had no difficult
ty 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 drivers
memory being aided by a donation, he
told the farmer whittier he had driven
funston.
''Drive me there, too" the farmer
said, and in minute he was on his way
to the famous hostelry, the Golden
Cross, at Charing Cross.
Once lodged there the farmer seemed
to be comfortable. He made the &C
quaintance of the landladv in her quiet
bar parlor, and in few days was a
favorite.
"That seems a nice quiet youth, :"
the farmer said, as Hunstorf passed the
bar window.
eyes, very" the landlady replied.
"Where does he keep his horsesp''
the farmer inquired.
"Horses?" the landlady replied; 81
never knew he had any,"
"Oh! l thought you sailor it might
be somebody else--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 it may be so, for he was absent
for day or two, and returned with his
hand in sling, as you see."
cit must be painful and awkward
for young fellow like that to have to
90 around in that way" the farmer re-
marked.
cit is better than having to lose the
hand" the landlady replied; "at one
time DR.. Ardoble thought amputation
would be necessary. as many of the
small bones were broken"
"Clever man, DIR. ArdobleP" the
farmer asked.
$50 they say" was the reply.
"You see," the farmer said, GIVE
got little trouble I want to consult q
doctor about, and l would as lief 90 to
him as another"
"Here is his address," the landlady
said, handing the farmer slip of pa
per.
An hour later, the farmer was al
DIR. Ardoble's residence, and closeted
with that gentleman.
IL am executor of the will of Hun.
ston's father" the farmer said. after
some Introductory matters, IS and wish
to know beyond doubt whether YOU