Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-07

ford, concluded ~ follows: "WhOsys
can give notice Of any person missing
lot them give notice TO Mr. Taicott, cor
oner, in Feering; or to the constable q
Chelmsford or to Mr.. Roper, bookseller
over against 81. Dnnstan'S church, il
Fleet street."
The sister of Kidderminstc RS widow
was one day rcad;ng newspaper to her
when her eyes rested on tbs advertise
mcnt, and HlIe Immediately exclaimed
S'@tGr, here IL itfws ct yuHF missiu:
hnsbauh.' The sine men i0urA in h.
announcement IL She period during
which the rcmaips were supposed tt
have besn buried agreeing with the
time which had elapsed since Walter
Kiddermnster had disappeared, il seem
cd extremely probable that the bonet
were those of the missing man and the
widow went Immediately to the shop OF
Roper, the bookseller, by whose advice
sho SET out for chelmsford.
On her way she stopped at Romford,
and there learned that one Moses Dray-
ne, who had been ostler at the "Whito
Horse" at Chelmsford at the time of her
husbands disappearance, was then liv-
ing in that town. This man WIS sent
tor, but declined 30 appear Tho widow
then went on To Chelmsford, where she
learned from TurJcr tho circumstances
attending tile discovery of the skeleton.
On her way back 10 London, sho again
stopped at Romiord; aud having found
out Moses Draynp, asked Inn TO describe
the man WHO ci: bis horse behind him
at the white Horse at Chelmsford in
the ycar 1904, and what clothes ho wore,
obscrying that sho thought he might be
her husband, who had disappeared at
that time, aud had never been seen or
heard of since. Dlayne replied that tho
gentleman in question was a tall, stout
man, with dark brown hair, curled at
the ends, bat not very long, and that he
wore gray sui, acd a black hat. This
description cor:espondcd with that of
Walter kiddcrlEInSter, with the cX-
ceptIon OF tho bat, That of the MISSING
HAN bong grey; aud on the widow no.
tlc'pg this point of difference, Drayne
changed color several times, ana never
looked Der in the face aftorward. He
broke off the conversation with the re.
mark that Mary Kendall, who had been
a Servant ut the "Whi,e Horse" a. the
time, could give her moro information
than be could ; but no coal,l not tell her
whereMary Kendall was then to be found.
Drhyne was Lhereupon appr eheptied
on suspicion of having been concerned
in tbo murder and committed TO lbe
county Jail. Sewcl!'s widow died before
the assizcs of 1868 camo on, and consid-
erablo difficulty was experienced in trac-
ing out Mary Kendall, but she was found
in tIme to give evidcuco against Draype.
Her testimony was that, on the day
the missing gentleman stopped al tue
inn, she had been to Ki.den TO SEQ her
father, and on her return at night her
mistress desired her to put clean sheet
on the bed in the best chamber. On 90
ing into the room with the sheets she
found Sewcll and his wife there. and tho
gentleman standing with his back to tho !
fire and his hands behind him. He drank
hor health, gave her glass of beer, !
sslled her whether she was the landlords
daughter or his servant, and desired her
to bring him napkin 10 make a night !
cap Of SewelI and his wife suppcd with |
the gentleman, who; IN the presence of
the witness, gave bis cloak bag TO the |
former, observing that it contained near
~ SIX hundred pounds, besides docu-
ments of considerable value. Her mis-
tress then hade her go to bed and to
sleep with the younger children at the
further end of the house, which was not
her usual chamber.
After she had gone to bed, the door of
her chamber was locked on tho outside.
and between ono and two in the morn
ing she heard a heavy fall, which shook
tho room. Her mistress unlocked the
door of her chamber. in tho morning.
and when she won't down she found Sew
Oil and his wife and Moses Drayne sit
ting by the fire drinking and very merry
They had not, she believed, been in bed
all night, nor had Sewel's two eldest
daughters. Not seeing tho gentleman
" no had occupied the best chamber, she
after some time, whether he
had gone. Her mistress replied in the
Affirmative, and gave hcr a groat, which
'he said the gentleman had left her.
She thon offered to arrange the chamber
n which he had slept, hut was told it