The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-21

| VGr the prisoner bdJb IN lOOkCu upon uS
luitc confidential.
BY the time that certain MAGISTRATE
ad decided that the aspect of thugs
IS against Austin Sivory did not justify
i'm in having the man arrested, but did
ugtify bin in making private inquiry
y this time, be it said, bets were numer-
Jus on tho Stock Exchange, as to whether
0r not the assassin would be discov veIed.
Furthermore, some intim itious of the
]nspiciOns brought against Siyory had got
into the papers
When the detective charged in chief
with this affair called upon Mr.. Sivory,
tnat gentleman received him with perfect
)o0lness, ex xl,ibited some natural astonsh-
nent at the officers statement, and then
at once offered to go down to the police
court with the officer, and offer all the ex-
plantations Of which he was capable.
The rncm in which the metropolitan
magistrate was waiting the arrival of the
suspected man was arranged like most
rooms Of similar character. At one end
q door opened upon tie court, ct the other
was the door terminating tho passage by
which the magistrate reached his court
upon leaving his carriage; while q couple
of entrances on one sido If the chamber
led to small minor Offices. The other
s.de of the apartments gave it light
through the medium of several large win
dows; and it was opposite these windows
that chair was placed for the suspected
individual. The magistrates chair was it.
self in shadow-a well-ayranged plan-pH
that he could at once sec any change upon
the Defendants face. while his, the mag
istrate's, own features remained. to o
great extent concealed.
The magistrate who made The following
inquiry has already quilted this world.
Daring his life ho never hesitated at
bringing home prisoners guilt; equally,
be never finched in trying to save an
accused whom, in his own mind, he knew
to be innocent.
1t is week since the discovery of the
CRIME. about three il the afternoon. and
Mr.. Cae.lem. the magistrate in question, is
standing near the fire, talking Gravely
with lady in deep mourning-a lady
whom he has seen more than once since
tho awful death of Graham Forbes.
80, Miss Mayter," he saws, nothing has
happened since Yesterday"
Nothing, sir"
"DO not hesitate to acquaint me with
the faintest particulars bearing upon this
painful case, and which you might think
too unimportant to be reported. We
magistrates know that it willoften happen
that justice will suddenly Obtain light
upon a given subject in consequence of
some trltiBg proof looked upon up to
certain moment as quito valueless. un-
| Il - ND TO- ,
enough to reside at the place where the
murder was committed.
eyes, SIR" replied Margaret. "You
know, of course, that viii has been
found which makes me MIR. Forbes
LeiIessW W
Since the day when she arrived in Len
don by the night mail, Margarets face
Lad quite heightened through grief;
but she was so young, her features were
60 exquisitt ly regular, and despite the
rallOr, so much Of health and life were to
be seen in her counteHance, that the terri
bic alteration in lcr appearance, so far
from destroying her beauty. had simply
changed it, tho result being that she be-
came really more beautiful than she had
ever been.
Tho magistrate was unable to resist a
look of mingled interest and ritY as she
rose from her scat, &c waited until pLa
was once more comparatively calm, and
then he said. 81 am truly sorry, dear lady.
to increase your suiferipg-to open the
deep wounds Of your love; but | must do
go, in order to assure you that you are able
to aid iustico in her de.errlind search
after the assassin. viii you help u.s."
"Oh, inGced, yes!' she cried, raising her
head. "And you will track lin, will you
notY You-wc-wiu aveuge my dear
GrabamW
~ hope to do so," replicd Mr.. Caellrm;
"but it is only right should at cree admit,
that, in the whole course ofmy experience
and it is Of very long date-I have not
encountered moro troublesome affair
than this which we are both prosecuting,
The mystery is perfect. gather up what
think the threads of the case, and TO
sooner do try to knot th m, than they
snap. am now ad 'ancinr, as it were, in
the DARK. cautiously, with my hards
spread out before me; for if an honest
magistrate INCREASINGLY reproachea himself
should he let culprit slip through his