The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-10
MURDER WILL OUT
The Truth Of the Old saying forclbIy
illustrated
Ia the Case Of Murder Forty i've
Years Ago.
A Criminal WITH Millionaire SOFAS.

"rhsre are few sayings that mora frs-
queutiy come true tnah me oil iHmllial
Que thai Murder Hih out" said an Old
gentleman the other day % u reporter %
tus New York Word. THE instancsa ~.
very rare that some link has not been = {
hunind by the murdeFer--sOme point iui
uncovered that will expose his crime, eysl
ritrr many years have pa,Esd, and when Il
would seem as though all VINO could have
revealed 10 have been removed by death, o
Hyrr alter the criminal has followed his
'lim To the other world one ot sucl
cases has recently come % my knowledge
aud, ms oil OF nearly all the parties 10 u
are dead, don't mind giving n TO you iol
publication. Some foriy.fve years ago
pNl named Scriyner was established IL
NusinCsf IN East broadway by = friend
-lyn,r wgs a gambler anu-ns aiteTwarf
appeared iorger, aud be gave 10 his beL-
eiactor some pnpcrto negotiate which wa
forged. la endeayoring o get this spur
Gus paper d. 1unied the beneiactor o
scriyner was arrested and confined In the
Tombs.
Wiling st'll 10 shield Scryner, or per
haDs not iully convinced OF his rrscality, he
declined 10 tell from whom he had received
ths paper, aud while awaiting his trial hs
was tnSen IN with typhus fever and was put
In the hospital ward. where Scrivner visiied
doctor, since dCr1, at that time hospital
surgeon. hut who Afterwards became, as
. you well know, one OF the most eminent
/ physicians in the city or in the United
States. one morning this prisoner was
found dead In his bed, and the physician OF
whom have spoken, who lives at prc1ent
IN sixth avenue, who was the brothe..in-
law Of Scryner. was called In TO examine
the body. Inc cause Of death WAS only too
plainly apparent. The tongue protruded
/ aud the finger marks about the neck bore
unmistakable evidence - the eyes OF the
skilled physicians that the man Ind been
sirangled. ScrivDer had been with him
until late on the previous evening -prison
discipline then being much more lax Than
&c pre-. eht--aDd inquiry revealed the fact
that no person hHd entered the cell alter
Scrivner LET II until themorning, when the
attendant turnkey entered and found the
man dead.
II WAS "a clear case of murder. and
co 1slly clenr that the murderer was Scriy-
uer, the brother In law OF one u the physi-
claus then examining the corpse. The
doctor had not at that time attained the
cninent position which he afterwards o.
cuplei. He was young man, barely
earning "a subsistence; the other physician
was wealthy. How much money ives paid
10 this doctor | don't know. The man who
paid IL is alive, and he can and must tell
y
as az accessory after the act OF the murder
by conniving its conoealment. Whatever
the amount was il was suili, ent, and tho
doctor certified that the cat Of death was
typhus feye'.
"At that time we had noted detective
in this city named Hays, usually called
Old Hays,' aud his keen scent became
awakened, and he too became aware OF the
act that nurder had besl committed.
The sum paid to quiet him also be dis
closed by Scrivner's =, alive who
fpaid it, aud the supposed VIC
Tim Of the typhus fever was buried and the
secret slept until recently. Odd Hays is
dead. Scriyner has eso gone to his last
account, and the doctor, the eminent ply
siciau, passed away full ui years aud
hnnors. Only Scriyhe,'s relative is left,
and, except he had revealC the secret, IL
would have remained hidden forever had
not the doctor left amolg his papers
! complete record of the whole transaction.
1T became my duty to examine these
short time ago, and thus | came into pos
cesson of the secret. III you viii go up to
detailed account of the circumstances pre-
csding the murder, as well as the cub
sequent history OF the parties"
The reporter on calling at the houce
on Sixth avenue found Scrivner's relative,
an old man with long, snow.wbite beard
nearly bald head. On mentioning the bus
mess which had brought him there the re-
porler observed that the old man became
very much agtated and for a moment it al
most seemed that he would loss conscious
ness. However" he gasped at length
could this have got out? Dear, dear me;
IL Is an old SAYING that murder will out.
You little know the terrible secrets that
come TO doctors knowledge in the course
of his practice. / cannot say anything
about this, my friend, till | consult my law
yers. 1t is now forty-tive years ago, and v
did not think that there was soul alive eG'
Cept myself that knew this story. y on
nave got Il porCion OF the truth, he coniin-
ued, as the reporter recounteu some of the
points OF the story given above, "but not
all oft. | only can tell the whole, and
must not say anything about II,
and will not, he added almost pas
sionately, "till l have time TO think. l
must think it over, think what TO say aud
what not to say. must consult my law
yer. Say 70 your editor that will commu'
nicate with him personally as soon as DOS
sible, and that the truth OF the matter he
shall have"
'ls this brother-in. law-he that commit
ted the crime--alive?"
Very SADLY mo, he is dead; but with
passionate vehemence) he has children
worth millions. Millions" he repeated,
dtl tlcy WOh pay oSpt,r hN't' W
honor, and il people won't pay debts OF
honor they deserve no mercy. That is how
this thing has got out. You don't know
who sent you that story, do your
asked line lid man, looking wistiully at the
reporter, who replied that this WAS some.
thing that he could not disclose.
You must excuse me-" he said again,
hiding bis face In his hands. This Is so
sudden, cannot bear to think OF it. It's
u sad story and ought not to be published.
They are all dead and IL will do no good;
but will come down TO the office and SEQ
your editor myself, aud all that can tell
him will tell, but can not, will not say
more now"
1T is said that the murderer and forger
confessed to you his forgery and also the
murder Is that sop
The old man again became violently ogi-
tated as he replied:
II cannot talk about it, do not know
how much or how little ought to say. |
will do anything for the World; tell them
80, will your Be sure to tell them that
am friendly toward them. / have no OBJ
lection to their knowing the truth, for /
see that in some way they have got hold OF
a portion of the story, but cannot talk to
you. must find out (savaEely) who has
given this story.