The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-01
SEARCHING OUT 1 MYSTERY.

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SEARCHING OUT L MYSTERY.
,FE.a@ - Il Es FEE6As.
The hair Of all Twiddleton stood on
md with excitement. A box contain
ID the disme mbered skeleton OF amman
ia been dag upsin the cellar of an old
seuse back of the hotel;- and until the
urstery thereof was solved, no inhabit-
ut Of middleton could enjoy an
hours mental repose. sss9'z' go
Bdsin5ssKAs heglscteR III ETwaddie-
lon. Men eengreaated, al corners to
DISCOURSE upon the all absorbing topic;
md women lett the dinner pots to boil
su, Nhiis they yfiiscusdaa tfu,uystery
sboFe their yard-fepcas.e The parson
ia made the murder of Abel, the sub
bet Of his last sermon, and at the vii
hHI geeum, the quastion sssIs therein
Esgene Ard1a amongst us?'' had been
rested ii q MANNER I'd eurdle the blood
dths hearers, and inspire each with q
ank distrust of his next door neighbor.
SILL no one had taken any actual isfeps
hthe discovery OF the murderer, un-
Mr.. Soloman Slocum publicly ana
manced his intention Of taking the
mttef Ia. hand, and inhis own words.
lifting it to the bottom.n sH4 s.sssss'l
Hsny one sh0rtof a No. detective
zere competent for this task, it was
a0man Slocum.~ There had never
hen mystery IN T#iddieton that he
kdnot ferreted ont; never assecretaet
dlawlessness, from the burning Of
squire Rennie's barn to the tying Of a
ut to Mrs. SINNERS brass door
hacker, but that he had succeeded in
aeutifying the culprit. He also in
aHested himself in matters : of a more
Fivate and innocent nature. He knew
Y history of every 1Anily u the
nanty, with most OF their domestic
khlfs:s had ascertained the age ofevery
angle lad Ind would tell without
h,lation who wore false hair and teeth,
= xhen 2 mix dress had been dyed
za maae over. -s'1ss ass
ss9aa ouCum Went 20 WORK IN q very me
IL 49, lenner. Flrs1 ne asfFeanR
asm corporation deeds that the house
aa1alnlpg the mysterious cellar now
snpied ny an estimable singM lady,
I. .no nso M .minten Oh the sdiscovery that
e s. iau ts usen ss1 81 iVlng over Q dead man J
e wen puilt nearly 9 hundred yeats
% o az ancestor Of the tarker
IS a,lf I. inereupon q shadow fell upon
& s nasKers. anu several persons were
~ 8 e aa sae discovery that they had al
sgeIheu 2 sly ana underhanded
ss. !, ovy ikzaf nOFev6r, proved
.sa - sse ..,a mouse nad beeA sold some
el yea1s alter rs ScoD H9tlolAA ~.
Fa~,1a ,ah = Noamnie: s.oa Whereupon the
|h.e0 ,h.I.M o1.n1 IN ior SNARE Inel
sa.s 10y and young Timms, 1tbe village
w nnose Fourth OF July Ode Tom
Z sunsieS asnsS nad ridiculed, asserted that
y had always had 4 rnystArsoas Irephl-l
,ss.s ~ = .ne latter individual, and had
.'s seen " murder" upon bis brow.l
aem ana his father then caiars for
\. sas1' ane former with a horsewhip and
3 iatter with q paper, which proved
- ~ the days of the Womb1es' oc-
apsncy Of the house no cellar had ex-
Aea beneath it.
roilowing this clue, Solomon Slocum,
- ~ much investigation, succeeded in
e.alng himself that the cellar in fact
= comparatively model4f aadition,
i. ag oeen excayated in the year 1845,
E s'ser the property had passed into
NJ mlsnos OF the Bowans.
49, "a discovery. Of course. at once
. sa mat family under a ban Of the
Nj ises. q suspicion. Solomon. whose
i, ~ son, Joe, had been paying partic-
ss.da attention \: to pretty Jessie Bowan.
81 ~ a n,mseH not proof against the gem
III 'Caice sfal SsII
stha.. plocnm. he remarked, with
Nh Z .esolullon. ssa. shall marry into q
bod of = . r,noss mnoss I've veins runs the black