The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-25

premises. nights, for . chance 20 BE-
come . burglar. and spent . large
part Of every day si the Jscksoas'
homestead.
II happened as might have been ex-
peeled Lizzie Jackssa became the
wife % ThomaS Crane. after an en-
gagemeni Of ~ short moath. late in
December. lie told her Of his fearful
oath before the marriage. She was
shocked. even though her husband
was following the murderer of her
brother.
lit isn't long now. barely n fortnight;
and you may put whA; evidenc. you
have in the hands of the authorities and
be free yourself then. BE brave and
true only n little longer" she said.
And Thomas Crane answered: 81
Will"
That night the evening paper con
tanned the following item.
We are giai q, b. able Q, announcs that
Mr.. John Land is abis % travel The doc
tors have informed her. however. that .
change OF eIimsic - absolutely necessary. Mr..
and Mr.. Land left for Florida ths morning
with their two little ones Mr.. Land viii return
Thomas Crane laid down the paper.
kissed his bride, arl said, sadly:
Duty first You know. ! must break
into John Lands house { o night"
An hour later Crane Was inside the
express messengers house. His heart
ached rs he looked around him. Pri-
walton and sacrifice everywhere. Little
devices 10 make discomfort more com
Portable, Of the possibility o. which the
rich man who was looking it over had
never dreamed. Thomas Crane was
ashamed Of his suspicious. lie had
half turned to go. but n vivid memory
Of the dead eyes Of q man looking into
his nerved him TO do what he felt was
mean n t~reacheroax II swor. it,"
he said. and he remained.
The desk in which John Land kept
his papers was easy to find and easy 10
open Bundles OF letters were east
aside, old account books were NOT
opened. Presently n neat bundle was
found. The first paper was THE Last
Will and Testament Of John Land"
The next was an envelope. closely
sealed. and addressed TO the lawyer
who had written the will. II was in
dorsed: ITO be opened only ~ my
death" But Thomas Crane opened IL.
Inside was another envelope indor-el:
TO be opened only when some person
shall have been indicted for the murder
Of Charles Jackson. January Z. 1881"
Crane opened that also. IL was .
long and circumstantial account of tho
murder and all facts connected with it.
Mrs. Land's brother was q dissOlute
fellow, who was adisgrace to the whole
family. lie had been with Land the
whole OF the day before the murder. A
package, said TO contain live thousand
dollars, had been found AT night to con-
ain only one thousand dollars. The
express authorities did not suspect Land
but they did suspect his brother-in-iaw.
They boldly claimed that he had changed
packages, having had access 10 the en-
velopes in which money WIS sent. They
offered To retain Land. in spite OF his
carelessness. il he weuld get the money
back. The bank to which the money
was sent agreed with the express man.
ayers. The whole matter should be
hushed up on the return of the money.
He returned home 10 find that his wifc's
brother had gone away. no one knew
where. He must have the money. or he
must face disgrace and dishonor. lie
had seen n gentleman draw five thou
sand dollars from the bank while he was
there. lie resolved 10 get it. The man
was q gambler. usually q successful one.
and would 60 home late at night. Land
resolved TO watch for him. He told
those who had given him time that he
would find his brother in-law during the
night, secure the money. and get him to
leave town. He mistook Charles Jack
son for the man with the money. and
was being o~verpowered by him when he
managed to get his knife aud escape by
killing him. \ half-hour later he
robbed the half-drunken gambler with
out difficulty. The robbery. reported
the next day. sunk into insignificance
beside the murder. and had scarcely
been heard of outside of police circles.
The five thousand dollars which Land
presented at the bank the next morning
was expected there; Land believed his
wife's brother was suffering no injustice
in being supposed to have given il up
under threat, and SO he sad he had.
Land closed with a solemn protestation
the man UhO hal changed the money
Uas alone responsible for the
murder.
And Thomas Crane shook his head
AMI said: Il believe he Is right. and l
shall try to find that man." But he
had the following message sent to the
city. through which the passengers for
would pass the next morning.
for all that:
ARREST John Land for the murder of Charles
Jackson. In this city. on January eth, 1871.
Full and complete proofs OF the crime are
:
At home-that is at Mrs. Jackson's
he found q letter from his father. He
laid il unopened upon the table while he
babe his wife and her mother good.
night Il shalt sit up in the parlor to ,
wait for 10 my messages" he !
said. after he had explained all. land /.
will come up later /,
In the morning. when Mrs. Jackson ,
md her daughter came downstairs. the .
liable in the hall was seen to have been :
moved to the foot of the stairs. On is
ay the letter which Crane had received
rom his father. open now. They stood
and read it:
"Come down and help us s~traishten out 8 =
queer mistake. for whsch uoa ara responsi5,e. .
IN January TN. 1881 after I had left the bank. /
-ou transacted two items OF business. as shown /,
~ the books. One was the putting away OF a ="
,ackaye said to contain tl.00. Toe other was :
ending O. the - Bank q package con- q
ainx GoM The express ccmpany have |;
lone 80 much business with us that they mighs =
lot inquire closely. but why the hank never Z
made trouble l don't understand. But in q
,utsnell- the package here was opened to-day :
md contains 20oe and as $500 left our bal. 4
nee all right. only &i.Wc went TO the BANK.
'ome and help US nx il all right. as you are q
responsible for IT." =
They dropped the letter. Tho bride :.
4 y day glanced at her mother, and her :.
mother back again to her. There was y
of hope in either white face for :
he other. Both looked towards the !
and shuddered. The utter
lcsolation OF despair in their new loss }
ras chilling their hearts. There was =
10 need TO open the room to know the .
thing it held for them. q
The chain was complete. Thomas :
was responsible; and they knew
e had kep.his oca. /
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