The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-07-20
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. JULY 20 1880

rate, although badly crhckeu.
ought to have mentioned that the
drawers in which Miss Parkway kept
her money and jewelry were forced
open and every valuable abstracted, the
only trace OF them being n few links Of
slight chain ofa very unusual pattern,
which, with o curious stone, the lady
generally wore round her neck. This
chain had evidently been broken by the
violence used and parts OF II scattered
about the stone was gone.
Information was Of course sent TO
Miss parkway's relative who came some.
times to visit her. And the result OF all
the inquiries made was TO make things
look so very suspicious against young
Lytherly, aud 40 much stress was laid
upon his quarrel with Miss Parkway
upon her refusal 10 lend him money
which seemed known TO everybody
that was obliged to apprehend him.
didn't want 10 hurt his feelings; 80 |
went myself with fly, although his
lodgings were not half mile from the
town hall, 30 as to spare him from
walking In custody through the streets.
l found him at home, looking very
miserable, and when he saw me he said
81 have been expecting you all the
morning, Mr.. Robinson ] am very
glad you have come"
Well, I'm sorry" 1 answered.
But you may az we'll remember that
the least said Is soonest mended, Mr..
Lytherly."
"Thanks for your caution, old friend"
he says with sickly smile; "but l
shan't hurt myself, and feel sure no
one else can do 80. Why said / was
glad you had come, was because from
Sunday night, when the murder was
found out, until now, middle day on
Tuesday, every body has Stunned me
and avoided me as If had the plague.
1 know why, and now It will be over"
didn't put handouts on him or any
thing Of that and when we got into the
street he saw the fly, round which
there had already gathered at least
a score of boys and girls, who had, /
suppose, seen me go In. He looked
around and said:
"This was very thoughtful Of you,
Mr.. Robinson; l shall not forget It,"
We drove Off, and spoke no more
until we arrived at the town-hall. Here
the magistrates were sitting; and here
found a tall, dark, grave-looking gentle
man talking very earnestly to Mr.. Win
grave, our chief solicitor. ! soon found
this was Mr. Parkway, the cousin Of the
murdered lady. He was giving instruc-
tions to the lawyer to spare no expense;
to offer reward If he thought it neces-
sary; to have detectives down from
London, and goodness knows what.
Mr.. Wingrave introduced me, and was
kind enough to say that there was no
necessity for detectives to be brought,
as they had so eminent functionary as
myself In the town.
1t was supposed that this would be
merely preliminary examination, but
1t turned out differently. A few Of
Lytherly's companions-although, as 1t
transpired afterward, they fully believed
him guilty-were yet determined he
should have a chance, and so subscribed
guinea for old Jenny Crotton, the
most disreputable old fellow in the
town, but a very clever lawyer for all
that; and Jenny soon came bustling
in. He had few minutes converse
ton with Lytherly, and then asked that
the hearing might be put off for an
hour. This was of course granted, and
by the end of that time he had over
whelming evidence to prove an alibi,
for the landlady's son hadn't slept q
wink for his toothache, and he was with
Lytherly until dinner.time on Sunday I;
and then the accused went for a walk
with couple of friends, and did not
return until after dark, having spent
two or three hours at public house
some miles off, as the landlord, who
happened to be in the town, 1t being
market-day, helped to prove; the rest
of the time he was in the Bell, as was
usual, poor fellow.
There was no getting over this. There
was not q shadow of pretense for re-
manding him, and 80 much to Mr..
Parkway's evident annoyance-Lyther-
ly was discharged.
Mr.. Parkway left that evening, hav-
ing placed his business in the hands of
Mr.. Wingrave; for as there was no will,
he was the heir-at-law. Now this was a
very curious affair about the will,
because Miss Parkway had told her
landlady not many days before, that
she had made her will, and in fact had