Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

Wv "''oi "cheiu MN III our lives Till
just now on the trainl What can he
have to say of us?"
Don't know, num-" replied the Off
Ger, but he telesraphed for US, q. any
rate; so you had best come along easy.
and make no stir until we get to the
magistrates office"
Several persons had gathered around
the party as they stepped out on the de-
pot platform, but, as they were all
strangers to the prisoners, they had no
chance to appeal successfully for aid in
their distress. They were loud in their
protests against such ignominious treat
ment, but were forced TO accompany the
officers 10 = magistrates oa;cc noas.
Matters were soon in progress for the
opening of the case. The prisoners
were brought forward and their accuser
summoned to present himself Hiram
HaZ,ott advanced (greatiy inflated with
his consequential position and pro-
cecded to state that the prisoners had
been overheard by him plotting against
the life and property of the unfortu-
nate husband of the prisoner with the
gray veil. He repeated at length all he
had overheard, and, perhaps uncon-
sciously, elaborated to a great degree
what he had inferred, rather than heard.
He said that he did not doubt the in
tended guilt of the woman, and that he
considered il to be his solemn duty to
arrest her Ill her career of crime. The
lady accused at irst looked quite over
whelmed, but as Hiram progressed with
his narration she exchanged 6iances
with her companion, and both quietly
awaited the conclusion of the serious
charge. At its conclusion the magis-
trate required the prisoners TO answer
as best they could ia the accusations
made. Then the lady Of the gray
veil requested that she might he per-
mitted to send note to a friend
in the city. The magistrate, after slight
hesitation, complied with the request,
and an errand hoy was called and dis
patched with the note to certain ad-
dress. In short time two or three
gentlemen arrived, and in great aston
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quirc Of the ladies the cause of their
| singular predicament. To the intense
surprise of the magistrate and the Won
drous chagrin of the doughty Hiram
they were told that the lady of the gray
veil was Mrs. Allworth, wife of Judge
Henry Allworth, prominent lawyer in
New York. Her companion on the cars
was Mrs. Spencer, who was returning
with Mrs. Allworth from visit to friend
in the country. Their conversation on
the train was found to have related to n
novelette, which Mrs. Ail~oith VAS
writing, in which she had wife plot to
rob and possibly murder her husband
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