, 1880-08-11
The Alleged Murderer Of Me-
nIahOn Probably Insane.
There Ia No Evidence Of tho Mans Guilt
but BE Is Still Confined,
Deprived Of ALL Comforts, and Not AL
lowed to See His Friends.
Ro Tears His Clothes 10 Pieces In His Desperate
Ravlngs..

4H great C!ljf HuuEI III uHI1UIG IO0I, llca
family asleep. Tile 1,ard-worket husband,
tho loving wife, tlle three children, nll nrc
buried III rcposc. It Is the hour before dawn.
the i1uur when tho mnntio Of silence and
darkness Is wrapped closcstabOut the l,uslled
city, and the foraetfulness Of sleep Is most
profound. All is Quiet nl1a peaceful. There
tlollB Rnd interrupted sound, rs II n working
mt were pa,tsing at intervals to listen. No
bot1y hears. Tho sound ccnses. There Is
silence for n moment, Then tho shutter
swings slowly open upon its rusty hinges
with faint squeak. TIlcre comes n low
scraping noise, rs the sash IL slowly raised.
Silence again. Against tho gray g'i1nmering
square Of the opened window Is q atilouet
barely outlined. II seems to be that Of
man in sloucl,cd Int md loosely
fitting clothes, M.nt ateoltlily forward
rs though intenuy listening. The silence
grows deeper and deeper, nt3d the slowly
dropping rei1 Of mist blots out even tho faint
light Which struggles from the stars, until
tho outlines Of the stll,onet at the window,
almost merge into tho hesurrounding blnckness
anu are lost.
Within, the rcposo is swccter md more
peaceful, for cool breeze crceps in through
the opening and fms tho seepcrsso lightly
nnd tenderly that 1t bit woos them to falrcr
dreams. Their rcgular breathing becomes
calncr and calmer, and now scarcely stlrs
the mir Into snur11ur. The cfnriDn Of dis
tant rooster shrllls kecnly through tho hush,
but Is answered not. Tho deep and hoarse
monotone Of 4 heavy bell tolls4.
TiIe silhoret Mt the window moves. There
IL a. cat-1tke trend upon tho floor. What
seemed tllo outline OF a man Is now within
tho room, CROPPING on tho bcd among tho
clothing OF tho sleepcrs. The act Is bull
gllngly done, and tic wife feels the touch Of
q strange hand upon hers. It is warm,
but 1t chll!s her like tho contact Ut II snake.
With q start OF horror she wakes. and,
though seeing nothing, hearing nothing,
feels tho undetincd dread OF a i,ear unnger.
She aroltscs her husband. He starts up from
his quiet ,slumber, wondering. For 'tio-
n,ent there Is silence. Tlicls low but dis
.,inct rustic Mt tho foot Of the bed Is heard.
Some lnreo object Is moving there. Tin
dnu,rtcd, he challenges the unseen intruder.
Then comes ribala oath,
A FLASH. 4 STUNNING REPORT,
binding, suiTocating cloud OF sulpllurous
smoke, and u low moan. In tile vivid bright
ness the wife secs the imago OF mnn sud-
denly revcalcd-darks cont, gray pn,lta1o0l,s,
dark mustaclic, slo,,clied hnt-tl!on grizzly
blackness swallows Il up again. There Is q
quick rush through, the roo1,t, then tho faint
pntter OF rapid feet growing fainter mud
fainter down tho roMlslsle-illere il 4 piasE ot
something hot, liquid, alMt slippery UPON
her bure brcast-hcr husband leaps
from tho bed as II In pursuit.
nva thsn S5os somss sg; dn fs orrn # t
aoyS' olakem . s'EM, tn,MMteS Mofeinte SILL
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cI,aritahn ' nm ,,aa t.'s cen ae,nt ,inwu Il, III is
cxx,, nl,s i @ t ,nst og ba, Ss on 10y aa y ,, as
,as Ss l., g. @ ista,t a' f,tt nf ,f s n"iai, Kit.
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roo,n n eat lint ai,oWr "se.. salr"adv IL w sac Hill
s5 s psis s II h0as9T osnTS e14v r4e !{9ss S@fs
Inp fho tw,rslovs VI Ithot ;fe ,n,H,tw
rrvm etroPoils 5es aa foa aS M s Srss esy,n
ntiy!nH stvsls ~ Pnsy LII ges rMt'o Il,
nsy ~ a MoM U @ rougat gt,p' aa', hnr ~
o is eso,vn ;usi ona n,, W." cst
'a 20 ppin their ways a.te sinfrows noh
inther ~. ni'd taaitnor " never-enaius pstntW!
a, anl IrG eiaSmi, acitnr, " a' axt n,o
amutbdnr n.cM IN, tIGT thair hTnxn fatl'rrs out IN
TIE IT, wHr gad is,n is,nashte ha, wlte piEeoy
iEnt, go nagn aIg tloy aa to VI tEa.s
tll4 h9hans ,nl.itte Alau !atglhl!Slc ~ tl!0as
~ pnt WntIitnH ntu5atiar utit iattszo nt ovui
wa!en MiiS me m noon1'tlo na.les " @ Us glory,
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!nntkeu iti Mt'h ptk'lnt ht'9a 'u na,i ~.
Will hAIst bo.liu utAMa , ~ I.,. sutcn ~, s, "a
pTeSsion VI WI h9'ia sissHlpsa wy as0 Sspsa
sllnilo oi lliorpll cHltgstH sHtSu. so'a ~ ~,
alAeIetli nt''lE pih'!Gncu Watn Mo'Ao'' AHu'o
eehtfo OF tlo clfcle llley iofnl u
4 NARROW TAlsLE. pRApEp IN WHITE.
From 1t six cnntllestlcks rise g1ltterinE, eaell
bearing u tapcr whose flame flekelS rGtlly
and smokes fiji tho breeze. The nIr IL heavy
with, tho sIckenlng. smell Of ftst-witler.-
lux flowers, mingled with ialnt .odor Just
perceptlhe but Instantly recognized: At tia
head of tho tablD stands tho lllnEe ut q crllcl-
led God, md FROM tl,nt stretches II
rigid, stark, horribly mo.ionless. some
thing, to which overy a}u In THO
rnOtil Is fcarflslly, frreslstibfy turned.
From morning to Ltgh noou 1t has heoll
there, nll frotl morning tu lgll linDn 1t las
l,evur moved, never 0lcncd the hidden a1d
sunkeiI eycs, rolaxod thp grim ind meaning
less smile, Or unclnspgl THO white fingers
TINT Giye 1t tlla se'ab!uIce Of 'nnnl; Though
from morning tn, high noon 1t has been
guzetl upoil BY thousand pRtr pf eyes, mud
touched by two Thousand llAntIs. md pratel
ub0ut My twice twenty Thousand hlzzfng
tongues. Even when the sun BlDpca west
wnrtt, anti 1t is liftntt' Into horribly black
antl nulAhetl caso glIttortng witt, cold metal,
and n ultr.dbr rrnI,4 rn1tu1 aninNv tIa M