The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-05-14
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BY W. @, FALKNER.
BY W. O, FALKNER.
CHAPTER xxx1v.
yGOMAR's STORY CONTINUED.

lNGOMAAS 5 STORY CONTlNUED.
An unusual amount of excite
ment was occasioned by the ap.
pearance on the stand of the Cele
brated detective, Mr.. Dabbs, whC
was supposed to hole the. destiny
OF Miss Bramlett in the hollow o.
his hand; and if the fate OF all crea-
ton had depended on his evidence
the self-lmportant look that ap
peared on his face could not have
been increased.
"Mr. Dabbs," said Mr., Outlet
"tell all you know about the case
now on trial. Take your time and
tell it in your own way"
81 have" said he, "for ten years
been employed in the secret ser
vice Of Philadelphia; and was en-
gagged by Mr.. Wallingfurl to work
up this case. immediately on my
arrival at McnphiS, | made thor.
Ough inspection of the premises
where the murder was committed.
Ihad been led to believe that the
case was going to be diff ;ult one
to work up, but to the contrary,
found it in all respects unmistaka'
bly, plain and clear of mystery"
ave do not want any Of your
opinions as to the plainness of the
proof" said Mr.. ROckland, "but
just tell what you know"
ayes, ofcourse, that is the very
thing | was about 10 do when you
interrupted me. Well, We found
a dose Of strychnine concealed in
the pocket of blue silk dress that
belonged to Miss Bramlett. The
dress was suspended on hook in
II wardrobe belonging to Miss
Bramlett. Tie dose of strychnine
was wrapped ina small blue paper
exactly similar to those in which
the quinine was wrapped. We
found a small quantity of qninine
under the CRATE in the room where
the boy died, and oil one of the
empty papers, we discovered traces
of sEychnlne and quinine, both
showing clearly that the qQinine
had been emptied into the CRATE,
and tho same paper filed with
strychnine; because, upon close in.
spectlon, we found that next to
the surface ofthe paper was small
PARTICLES Of quinine, and on top Of
the quininc was discovered very
small quantity Of strychnlEe. In
the righl-hand pocket of the same
blue silk dresa, we folinl most
mysterious letter, which mention
ed a scheme clearly meaning the
murder OF the child. As soon as L
became perfectly convinced that |
succeeded in discovering the MUIR
deress, | disguised myself as a bill
collector, and visited Miss Bran
lett at the jail, intending to take
her by surprise, and thereby pres
cipitate her into confession of her
guilt. Having first procured orders
to the jaiIer, instructing him 70
render me all the assistance bel
could, entered the room where
Miss BramIett was, and after col |
Iecting a small bill which she owed
for come books, / broached the sub
ject on the murder, and she pre-
tended 10 become very angry. Ali
of q sudden, threw of my dis
guise and confronted her with the
letter, and told her that her crime
was at last discovered, and that it
would be folly to make any fur
ther effort 10 conceal it. ! advls-
ed her to coufess the crime andre
" on executive clemency, which
had been assured could be obtain
ed for her; then, sir, she performed
some Of the most splendid stage
acting that Lever beheld | have
seen Miss Cushman play Meg Me-
riles in Guy ManreFing, saw
Julia Dean III her prime, have
witnessed Miss Eliza Logan, and |
have seen Miss Mary Anderson in
Evadne, IOgomar and the Hunch-
back, but never had witnessed
10 equal Miss Bsanlett'S