The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-07-27
THE TIMES. NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. JULY 27. 1880

room every night for this month. =
Where Is my wifeY"
We told him she was not at home,
and that we were anxious to spare her
as far as possible but he gave such
bitter smile and said "She will GER
tainly be vexed to have had husband
that was hanged but she will be glad
to be widow on any terms"
We didn't want to hear any more of
this, so got him away; not without
some little trouble though and II there
had not been 80 many OF us, we would
have had a scene; as 1t was we were
obliged to handcuff him.
The servants, four of them, were
naturally alarmed, and were In the hall
when we went out. Mr.. Parkway gave
few directions, and the elderly
woman grinned quite spltefully at
him.
Don't insult the man, now he's
down" !" 1 said In whisper, while Park
way and the two officers got into the
fly. Lytherly and were to ride outside
and drive.
"Insult him the wretch ~ she said;
You don't mean to suppose he has
any feelings to hurt. He has been try
ing to drive my poor young mistress,
that nursed when baby, into her
grave, and he would have done 1t If
had not been here. The only excuse is,
he is, and always has been, a dangerous
lunatic."
We drove off, and saw no more of
her, and never heard how Mrs. Parkway
took the intelligence.
The lady was present at the prelimin-
ary examination and to her great sur
prise her carbuncle brooch was taken
from her and used against her husband.
This examination was on the next
morning, and we obtained more evil
dence than we had at first expected.
Not only was the carbuncle marked as
Lytherly had said it would he, but L
had been up to the station, being unable
to shake off old habits, and had made
some inquiries there. Strangely enough,
| the man who was head-porter now had
been head-porter five years ago Ut is a
very sensible way railroads have of
keeping good man in the same posi-
ton always; promotion generally upsets
and confuses things,) and he was able,
by secondary facts, to fix the dates and
to show that not only did Mr.. Parkway
90 to Combestead for the funeral, but
| tIxnt Ho ,x,apf IN r Ion1nn opI baalY itIat
before; from London, Of course, he
could easily get to Combestead, and his
absence left him about time to do so.
We proposed then to have remand and
get evidence from Combestead, but it
was not needed.
Parkway had been expecting this
blow for years, and always kept some
deadly poison in the hollow of his
watch.seal. This he took on the night
after his examination, and was found
dead in his cell by the officer who went
the rounds. He first wrote very long
and minute confession, or rather justi-
fication, showing that his motive had
been to prevent his Cousins marriage
with Lytherly, whom he seemed to hate
very much, although the young man
had never harmed him. He said he
went expressly to Combestead to get
possession of the money his misguided
relative had drawn, and to kill her. He
felt that if he left her alive she would
carry out her scandalous plan, and
therefore it was his duty to kill her; sc
in doing this he felt he had committed
no crime, but had only been an instru
ment of justice. So suppose he was
as the housekeeper declared q danger
GUS lunatic.
However, the reward of e100 hat
never been withdrawn, and got it i
was paid out of Parker's estate, too
which was about the strangest go eve
heard of. Lytherly and his wife ar
great friends with Mrs. Robinson ant
myself; indeed, we have usually one o
their young ones staying with us, whel
we haven't one or two from my marrie'
daughter. Mrs. Parkway, heard, sol'
off at the Mount, and went away; an
some time after saw by the papers tina
she was married to some one else.
hope she made better match the secon
time.
On the whole, on looking back 1 an
| inclined to think that of all the clues b
which ever found anybody out, thi
was really the straDgest.