The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30

jacket with two leaves missing, and a
ragged edge left on the remnant, exactly
matching the fragments Of the gum
wad.
His own shlpmates, now that the real
murderer was known, could understand
the motive, and the terrified wretch
confessed all. 1t appeared that soon
after the Beuona left Hobart-Town on
her outward voyage, Domingo had been
flogged for theft from shipmate, and
that Warwick, the beach-header, had
been very active In detecting his dishon-
esty, and instigating the heavy punish
ment he had received from the captain.
The Portuguese bad nursed his wrath
and kept 1t warm until the right oppor-
tunity for sweet revenge should arrive,
which was not until the night in
question. He was out on the beach
with his lance, and had strayed out of
his usual beat, some distance up the
gradual ascent toward the glacier, when
he recognized Warwick coming, and the
devil, as he expressed 1t, took full pos
session of him, for now, if ever, was his
chance. 1t was dark, and there was
probably no other person within a mile
of them, so he concealed himself, and
waited for Warwick to come up. He
knew that If he attacked the beach,
header with lance or a sheath-knife,
he must work quickly, and make his
first blow sure one, or he might lose
his own life, for the fear of loaded gun
was before his eyes. Nevertheless, he
could not forego an opportunity such
as might never again be thrown In his
way, and had about made up his mind
to rush up and strike when, as he again
said, the devil helped him, and In the
most unexpected manner. Warwick,
on arriving abreast the spot where his
enemy was crouching, stopped to rest,
and leaving his gun against a hillock,
sauntered away from 1t a few PAGES to
the verge of the bluff where he stood
gazing ont upon the ocean. The temp
tatlon was not to be resisted; with O
single leap Domingo had the gun in his
grasp, and took deliberate aim at the
head of the figure, standing out motion
less against the dark sky. He called
out that his victim might know who
was near, but before he had half turned
his head the shot was fired, as was
evident from the position of the wound.
But to have sent him into eternity in
ignorance of the source whence death
came would have been drawback TO
the fullness of Domingo's revenge.
After Warwick fell to the beach
below the Portuguese listened moment
on the cliff; but hearing no sound, he
descended to the beach, and finding that
the work of death had been effectual, he
proceeded to cover the tracks of his
crime, and to throw suspicion elsewhere,
by reloading the gun. He knew that
Warwick was in the habit of carrying
wadding, preferring it to oakum. He
found bullets and caps, but did. not find
wadding in the same pocket, and did
not search the others, for here he said
the devil deserted him, and he became
flustered. Any paper would do, and he
hastily desecrated the sacred missdl, this
fact afterward appearing to strike him
with rather more remorse than the
thought of the murder itself. He ram
med home the wad, and laid the gun
carelessly across the stony ground near
the body, to appear as If it had fallen
with him. 1t had not occurred to his
mind that there were 30 few guns on
the island, or that the guns might hap
pen to be all Of different size in the bore.
He then retraced his steps down the
point, but did not return home until
midnight. He had borne himself brave
ly during the inquest, and had not
WINGED until the discovery of the differ
ence in the oalibre of the guns. 1t then
became an object to get possession of
that little wad, or else to fire off the gun
in the ordinary way, blowing it away
into space, but as Ben Comstock had
firm possession of it all the time, he was
haffied. Being an ignorent devotee, of a
religious turn of mind, he had not dared
to destroy or make way with the prayer
book, and now thought that his detec-
ton was the direct vengeance of the
church upon him for his sacrilege in
having mutilated it. He believed that
If he could have succeeded in swallowing
the little wad, it would somehow have
acted as charm for his deliverance.
The miserable wretch was placed in
irons for security, but we could not un-
dertake to punish him for his crime, as
there was crooked question of juris-