Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-08-22

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where my supposed murderess was ON
7 con,d ,'eI; nor was it at all likely tina
faSS; uiu oi9f or frighten her into cor
fesslon; Moreover, wished to kno,
ths ts. why she would have cared fo
'heSe missing papers. ~
ihaI AFTERNOON strolled to the cioa
store. An elderly German was beh;n
.iie counter. In the eveeing / tried !
again No girl was to be seen
determined to learn sometb;na ~
neI. entered and bought some cigars
heep the store alone?n said /. casu
any, as lit my cigar.
Trade good?'
''Yaw."
on ought TO have pretty girl t,
trade Ae0"S
"Yaw.n
l turned and walked away. Nothing
TO be made there.
watched the store until it closed
anu nan the next day. Then was re
wafueu. At about noon a girl entered
iald aside her hat and cloak and tool
her place behind the counter. while tn,
man went away. When he was wei
OUT OF sight L dropped in and did 1
little trading.
Ii was the same girl, a little nervous
L told myself.
L watched her until the store closed
then followed her as she hurried home.
ward. She lived two miles AWAY. neal
The river shore, in a small, old tene-
ment house. She climbed to a room
near the roof. l followed all the way.
stumbling in the uneven halls. but
looked upon, doubtless, as new tenant
a little off.
1he girl entered the room locked the
door, and then | heard the voice of two
talking. Evidently she was conversinc
with a man.
L made friends with half boozy
bachelor on the floor below, and found
from him that the girl was an old
tenant, but that man had recently
arrived who occupied a room next to
her, and was called her brother.
waited all night just across the
street from the tenement house.
Early in the dusky dawn | saw man
steal out. | followed him.
He went straight into the country,
walking fast, and covering nearly five
miles before sun-up. | followed all the
way, not near enough to cause suspi-
! cion, but near enough to watch.
At last the fellow turned into piece
of woods. L haStened, and just as l
entered the grove | saw him not far
away, bending over a little fire.
As he heard me coming he looked up
hastily, hesitated a moment, then turned
and ran. At first L was impelled to fol-
low, then something at the fire caught
my eye, and / paused. Papers were
burning. Quickly seizing the bundle
for such it proved to bel managed to
eXtinguish it, while still considerable
portion remained unconsumed. L OPEN
ed it. There were all the papers and
proofs in the Harcourt will case-the
identical papers stolen from Alport OIL
the night of this murder. My heart
bounded. 1t was the third day, but
the scent was very warm now.
L returned to tine city with all haste,
but by another road, and at noon was
at the cigar store. The girl appeared
and the German disappeared.
Supplied with the torn and bloody
glove, | awaited my chance, aid when
the store WAS empty entered. Hav-
ing first purchased cigar, came close
to the girl and said in a low tone: us
this YOUR glove? l saw you wearing 1t
few nights ago" at the same time
presenting to her the kid, stained as 1t
was.
The girl turned fairly liyid, gasped a
little. then whispered:
..Where did you get it?"
..In the same Office where those
napers were stolen and Lawyer Airport
was murdered, three nights ago!' L
said.
The poor thing uttered a single
moan. and would have sunk 10 tiie moor
| if / had not caught her. A glass oil
wafer stood upon a shelf. L threw part
of If into her face. Slowly she opened
her eyes. ,.;oa
hoarsely.
L
She uttered low shrek.
"A detective. He is lost-loSt!'
s.Nv good girl,'' said L, sit is best
for YOU. and him, too, to tell me the
whole truth. Shut the shop ana COME
She obeyed me unhesitatingly, and
,ad her to NV own office? There, IN
ieu saUoa NJ IF a brother officer, she
told me the whole story.
She was the wife-sad fate.-ol q
comb,er who had sought to personale
she lost heir of the Harcourt estate.
sn ,rsI had he succeeded that wheli
~ sInort began to make trouble Tor him
Ia datermined to get rid of Airport ana
nc hG moot at one blow. Dressed In ms
n isa,s clothes he had visited Airport s
Ns;ee and killed him, then stolen the
SaS;red papers. The torn glove ne i,au
Idoubtless found in the poche. =, - o
wife,s dress, and used TO WIPE SonaS OILY
SIGHT stain up from his hailuS, an.u
then % carefully dropped it IN the WASTE WASTE
Lnoi,at neh The papers he had taken
t,ana ~ and afterwards carried away u
HoI.rav o He passed as his wne
hcr ueett where they lived she mao
i'nown % of the murder after II Was COLL
mi.1NH s.WbV did you not tell when you saw '
hat this man had donef' said l. l.
sternly. "Why did you seen ~ f
him conceal his crime! ,;,L
'' She looked at me moinen. % ova,. msr
an onen ewes; then a great lear o'oi
spreSa IeSantIemen. a1e mem did not dare TO. He he
,nrsatened to kill me if even Sp0A'
Ito him of it." aouarli Giotti
al dhreS husband was in our hands: "A rni, fa
Ieoded Tue Italian, with an Engllsh na. mns J
= oiS SSesperado, if ever there soS, %a' 0'
a a ueSl n but a revengeful dog, ox.m;
eoxsr%, We led him away from the nnswer sxar,
.t;on where he refused 70 d1 had TOLD
nsIe nar,S question, and his wife nau .T hs
SaF sl story again as she told ,ord II u to- to til,
san asked ie 1t was granted and snete ne aiIv h,
mear mo to her. But even acled as nc hand
eddeplV near N raised his manao,eu a,ew on nth, tn,
suddear SUD strnek her such blow S. on To tb tl