The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-20

brother had gone away, no one knew
where. He must have the money, OF he
must face disgrace and dishonOr. He
had seen a gentleman draw five thOuS-
and dollars from the bank while he was
there. He resolved to get it. The man
was a gambler, usually a successful one
and would go 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 misUOok Charles Jackson for
the man with the money, and was being
OYerpOwered by him when he managed
to get his knife and escape by killing
him. A half hour later he robbed the
half drunken gambler without diff
Guilty. The robbery, reported the next
day, sunk into insigniticance beside the
murder, and had scarcely been heard of
outside of police circles. The five thOus-
and 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 sup
posed to have given it up under threat,
and so he said he had. Land closed with
a solemn prOtestatiOn that the man who
had changed the money package was
alone responsible for the murder.
And Thomas Crane shook his head and
said: 81 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
Florida would pass the next morning,
for all that:
ARREST Charles Land for the murder
of Charles Jackson, in this city, on Jan
uary 7th, 1881. Full and complete proofs
of the crime are secured"
At hOme-that is at Mrs. JacksOn's-
he found a letter from his father. He
laid it unopened upon the table while
he babe his wife and her mother good
night. Il shall sit up in the parlOr to
wait for answers to my messages" he
said, after he had explained all, "and
will come up later"
In the morning, when Mrs. jackson
came down stairs, the table in the hall
was seen to have been moved to the foot
of the stairs. On it lay the letter which
Crane had received from his father,
open now. They stood together and
read it,:
"Come down aud hel us straighten
out a queer mistake, for which you are
responsible. On January It'll, 1881, after
had left the bank, you transacted two
items of business, as shown by the
books. One was the putting away of
pdChdS6 Sdlu W COnlhlh PlBOOOs luO
other was sending to the = Bank
package containing 5000. The express
company have done so much business
with US that they might not inquire
closely, but why the bank never made
trouble, 1 don't understand. But in a
nutshell, the package here was opened
to-day and contains 5000, and as $4,000
left our balance all right, only $1,000
went to the - Bank. Come and help
ne fix it all right, as you are responsible
for it,
They dropped the letter. The bride
of day glanced at her mother, and the
mother back again to her. There was
nothing of hope in either white face for
the other. Both looked towards the
parlOr door and shuddered. The utter
desOlatiOn of despair in their new loss
was chilling their hearts. There was
no need to open the room to know the
horrible thing it held for them.
The chain was complete. Thomas
Crane was responsible; and they knew
he had kept his oath.