Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-14

out still possible, Do yoa know. miss" |
o~ntiuped sLud, "a anyone icing acauain
ID With ihete cipher n 'esssgesr -.
Not ihrough me" abe answered qnickt
Be, | rer ember Efneat saying that youa
Mr. Parkman knew all Ahoat me, and rs
been very Kind. But he ca mot have an.
thing to do with It"
mo-" the detective answered briskl,
but he may have told some n else.
must 10 to Richmond to-morTUR or az 500
as ] can, and ask him. We VIII lose n
time" he added eheerily. "YoAr youn
gentleman shall be free m q day or two
And / hope that then he will teach you
better cipher, miss-or get nd Of sny neces
city for using one" !.
On the tyamear Peters said to- himset
Wanted, some one with two things. Firstly
q motive for numbering CritceloW, and sec
ondiy. q knowledge. however, gained, OF the
the relations between Crisp and this yary
nice girl. By gadI This is q new idea
Could it be that Crtcqlow fsncied the girl
and tried to decoy her there with this bogus
message, and was found out and killed BY
the jealous lover before the girl came! |
must consider THAI. This is new ideal"
CRAPrER V.
"Are you engaged to marry the accused2'
This wa not the FIRST question put to the
witness, but it was the FIRST that promised
to afford the spectators, who occupied eve-Y
inch of floor in the Justice room, the slight
est return for the trouble they had taken.
The CITY were talking of nothing but the
Critchlow tragedy; and even in Cheapside
the excitement wa plainly visible. Every
one who could win an entrance, and was not
engaged elsewhere, was there. 1t was ru-
mored that the matter was now as clear as
the murder was d~iabohcsl, and that the
young man would eesis inly be committed
for trial to-day. Among the persons pointed
at, and scanned and skstched by the crowd
in that close green painted court with the
one window and the skyGght, was Mr.. Park
man; and close observers noted that his
eyes would now and again turn from var
dering over the court to cast q look of anx.
iety, Of expectation, almost Of dread, toward
the door.
But listen. The witness has answered
the question brayely. 81 am"
And he was in the habit of c~ommunicat-
ing with you by CIPHER advertisements simi-
lar to the one l predaceT'
He was"
Did he commuaieate with you by an ad-
vertisement appearing in the Standard on
the Friday before the murderY'
HE did not"
Were you" said the counsel, smiling,
under the impression last Saturday that
the advertisement emana.ed from himT'
Il was. But you must let me explain"
And with great steadiness she stated her
reasons for 80 thinking, and what she had
understood the message to mean, and why she
did mo- think Ernest the author of it. This
caused a great sensation. The strange cipher
advertisement was a fact quite now to the
general public.
DO l understand you to think, then, Miss
Naunder, that the person, whoever ne ws',
wfo Inserted this advertisement was also
uurderer?'
Il don't know she faltered. Then with
courage: "Yes, | do think so"
He smiled calmly as he looked around.
It was evident he thought nothing OF the
girls theory, but believed Crisp to be both
aurhor and murderer. Others in court also
smiled and shook their heads. Her idea
1as too complex and far.fetched for them.
They could not swallow it, in vulgar phase
She was taken then through the event Of
lie Saturday afternoon. and examined par
~icularly as TO the prisoners statements
about the deceased. Afterward the solicitor
@. the defense, well known to be employed
~ Mr.. Parkman, drew from her all thai
night tell in the prisoners favor; and then,
.aSiirg one long, loving look Of comfort at
Ger lover, Ethel sat down. She had told
Re truth; she had perfact trust now in the
wisdom Of the law.
Two or three u~nimportart witnesses fol-
owed, tie medical evidence succeeded these
ard then Mr.. Parkmau was called. AS he
COX Of his glove many s~ympathizing g~lances
zcre cast at his handsome figure and grave
ACE. What o trouble and annoyance it
aust have been to him! What q loss to be
i,prived of his two chief employees at once
And then how rich he was said to be; and
Md almost fashionable, too, for was he moi
,tipg to be married to the Hon. Sylyestra
dautban? Even the lord mayor could
1sIdly reirsin from leaning forward III his
great oak chair to look his sympathy.
The prisoner has been q clerk in the EN-
ployment Of your firm for nearly fourteen
years, Mr.. PGrkmsn?' That was the first
question Of any interest,
HE has. He has been a most faithful,
steady and upright man in all his dealings
With US"
This was gallant testimony, but what
could it avail against facts? 1t only evoked
4 lcok Of warm gratitude from the prisoner.
Mr.. Psrkman then went on to tell what he
knew of the differences between Critchlow
and the prisoner. and the u~ntriendly men
len of the cashier, which Crisp had made
n their last conversation. But he told this
30 reluctantly that the examining barrister
vas struck by his bias il the prisoners favor
and asked him with a smile: And do you
tbilk that the same person inserted the sd'
vtr,isemen and committed the MURDER
The witness paused; it was clear that he
had no doubt that his protege was guilty Of
he one and the other for he faltered aud
passed his hand over his brow. Then he
said, lido"
And so do l." said the counsel dryly,
aid was about to sit down with that quip in
his mouth when there was q hustle at the
door. Some glanced that way impatiently;
what was the expression of Mr.. Parkman's
face it was hard to say. 1t was almost 8
Oh fled, hunted look that came into his light
blue eyes, and the hand which he raised to
stroke his moustache scarcely hid an odd
contraction Of the mouth. The noise ceased
as a burly man pushed his way through the
crowd to the table. He seemed to be some
one ofimportance, for the counsel paused in
the act of sitting down, and lent a willing
ear to his whisper. Then q hurried and SEEM
ipgly exciting conference went on between
these two and the solicitor for the defense
and one or two others-so exciting that ex.
pectation was raised to a very high pitch,
and at length the lord mayor, uusbleto bear
it longer, said: Have you any more
questions for this witness, Mr.. B~snckworthp'
Thus recalled to himself, Mr.. Bsnckworth
rose from his STOPPING position and seemed
to hesitate. Finally be said, with an air OF
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