The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-14

| DAYS, any letters addressed to him to our care
will be mailed to him. He will post US up in
| his address from time to time. We are to say
that with the exception Of the slight sprain be-
fore mentioned he is quite well, and you will
please give his kind remembrance to Dr. Ware
and to Lawyer Wood and to inform Dr. Ware
that his opinion was quite correct; it was change
| that he needed. Also, give his love to Aunt
Dorothy and to Dick, and accept the same, with
his sincere affection and solicitude for yourself
| I'VE remain, yours,
/ Later there comes, among other correspond
enee which need not be mentioned the follow
| ing history of the adventure of Kate and her
husband, in letter to Lawyer Wood, the con-
tents of which are to be disereetly communi
Gated to Mrs Dorothy Norbury 1t seems to
| the historian that this renarkakable letter
brings to sufficiently complete climax the story
of John Needham and his most unfortunate
double:
From Richard Woodvins to Horace wilkins Wood.
| QUEENS HOTEL, TORONTO, Canada
| my Dear Mr. Wood-You will be good enough
| to break this news to Aunt Dorothy. My dear
| wife, who has behaved with singular heroism,
| is quite calm under the blow which fate has
dealt US. I knew it from the first she says,
and while shall never be happy woman again
| / shall bear my sorrow with Christian resig-
nation, and do my duty to you'-meaning
me- l am beginning in rambling
| fashion, but you must bear with me. When you
| have broken the intelligence conveyed in this
| letter to Mrs. Dorothy Norburv, you will please
take such legal ard proper steps as are necessary
for the removal of the remains OF Joseph Nor
| bury from the grave at Kensal Green, where his
murdered body was inferred in the name of
| Needham. The nclosed depositions and other
| papers our lawyers here consider, as do sufh-
cient for you to obtain the necessary faculty for
fl,a of tno hNAx 70 iS
to be inferred in the family vault by the side of
| the remains of the late Mrs Joseph Norbury.
All this you will please attend to with dispatch,
| SO that everything may be prepared for our re-
| turn, our dear Kate being anxious that the
proper interment of the dear fellow shall be our
first melancholy duty on our return home
II am so borne down by the events that have
| occurred during the past few days that could
not proceed to relate them to you without lettin
you understand at orce that my dear wifes views,
| confded to you at our departure for New York,
have been proved to be only too true an inter
probation of the dreadful facts. When we ar
rived in New York we found that Joe had left;
Messrs. Hall, Bond e Fske, the lawyers had
| written to Kate informing her that he had hurt
his thumb and could not at that moment write
himself. Mrs. Dorothy Norbury will have
opened this letter and shown it to you no doubt,
as it was understood she would have the benefit
| of your advice, and had authority to open all
| letters. Well, it seemed ali perfectly natural,
for there were messages in it to you and to Ware
| DuC hate was not SatlSQeQ. TO distract her
| thoughts from their all absorbing fear. We went
to the theatre, drove about the city. accepted an
invitation to dinner. Thus three days went by
and we then asked the lawyers if Mr. Norbury
had communicated with them! Yes that day
by telegraph his letters to be sent to the Palmer
House hotel, Boston. would have telegraphed
our arrival to him. but Kate preferred that we
| should 60 straight to Boston
| "'Shall you write to himP she asked Mr.. Hall.
| eyes he said, we shall inform him that we
| have had the pleaSuro of haOdipO fo his SiSfer
| copy of the letter we had forwarded to England
Might ask you. as favour, not to do SOP
said Kate
"'If you have any special reason for making
| the request we shall gladly act upon it, apart
from the fact that the request is made by lady,
| said the lawyer.
| "I would like to surprise him. she said. You
have written to me upon the question of my
marriage, and we. my husband and l. would our
| selves like to be the bearers Of the news of our
union If you will humor u.s. especially me, to
this extent, we shall start by the first train for
the Palmer House, Boston
"sWhy, certainly, Mrs. Woodville. / shall
consider your request a commando there are no
letters for your brother, and we have no in
| formation to send HIM except the news of your
arrival. hope you like New York
| "'Oh, yes, very much said Kate.
| 81 know the Palmer House people, and shall
| be happy to give you line to the clerk there to
see that you have every attention.
Thank you very much, said, for your
|
"'No thanks required you are welcome to the
| best we can do, ne said.
1.-The next morning we were in Boston We
travelled all night. Mr. Norbury had left Boston
until he communicated his next address to the
| hotel clerk We called upon the chief of police.
| This was Kates wish. Not that we told him
| anything beyond our desire to overtake Joseph
| Norbury. Could they assist us? They would
do anything to oblige us, but if we had no charge
| to make against the gentleman, they did not see
| their way. We put it as matter of family inn
| portance and the anxiety of sister to find her
| brother; offered to pay any expenses. They de-
| tailed detective to service. gave him
| privately heavy fee. At night he brought US
news. Mr. Norbury had not bought ticket for
Chicago; he had gone to Toronto, Canada. Kate
| clutched my arm for support. The detective
| ticed her emotion.
Don't you think you had better tell me what
the trouble isp' the detective said. i guess you
| can trust me-
1--WE told him all. At least 1 did He went
and had long talk with the hotel clerk. Kate
| was tired She went to bed on the understand
ing that there was no train leaving for Canada
until the morning.
"'Did he always shave, this yere, Mister
Norburyg the detective asked me after his con-
| ference.
"'Always, + said.
I" He is growing beard now, snaves the up
per lip, has gotten about four weeks on his chin,
| and streak of side whiskers. He asked for
English newspapers and read them diligen tly,
made great show of going to Chicago; but
have friend at the depot who has an eye for
faces, English faces in particular Bet your wife
| is right women are cute, sir, very
| "'What is to be donep
"Guess Ihave done tive telegraphed to
have him stopped and his baggage held, await
ing our arrival
'sThe next night we arrived at Toronto
There was no such name as Joseph Norbury on
| the hotel books. The police had not discovered
him. No baggage had been found with his name
or initials upon it.
"'He felt secure until he got to Boston, said
the detective; then l guess something in the
newspapers scared him; bring me the latest
| English papers
"a waiter brought bundle of papers. We
read the sensational article alluded to by the