The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-14


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famii~ I'LL i'm IN .rnoCtstion of 4 Gtls
And aSo,fura Sni this counled with the
fact that be did the bulk Of the Coionel's
auencc WITH III niece To bring about che
=, rrss.~ w %hinh III Is" rsv.r 70 r. Consnm.
mstad
ThS nam. ,,,o.t corrscted v,ith Cantain
Mervvn,s ,~ss thst ~ Miss Tnes Hsrman.
The coroner,s inSuest toot niace one dav.
and tSa rr;.a,ar9 9uvS' wa. hronrht hafoTa NJ
Harman the ne.t Miss Harmsn sat Al
the soiic,tor,. tshia and was certnioIv NOT
IN her Art y"mth She hsd heen verv
beautiful. and her ewes and hair were still
SsSE phdhss .d former Ssr f.tSrg large Rd and
had hasr s euer ~, H. cnnsm,sr ..rvice ana hsd
msrried ! snsnish isdv previon, to beine
transferrei Ia RAIL. Ae died and Jeff his
only daughter to his brothers care. During
coRnissnt of two thines. The widowed
bride hsd nersisted in beinp nreaent. and
earlv in the nroceedines i saw her gaze
upon the prison er in such q wav as proved
to me bevnnd doubt that she loved him with
her whois hes heart s and soul soul. An hour later l
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niece. and beheid her LOOKING at Mrs,
Mervvh. the bride. with such an Expression
of Concentrated hate as 1 never saw before
or since on a human face, That look was
a revelation to me. and that afternoon I
went secretly and made cast of the i'm
pression ~ the Voman,s shoes in the
ruined hut. 7 tried To trace them from the
old buiidino. bmt the soil wa, sandy. and
the rain had obliterated ali recognizable
trsces Of anv foot.marks.
communicated with headquarters, and
the local authorities. who had applied for
the continnntion of NV services. made
the acouaintanoe Of Miss Harman's maid,
and was not long before got an oppor.
tunity Of comparing one o7 the ladies'
formed a mold from the cast. / fitted the
shoe in. and it was perfectly accurate.
Cantain Ciavton and Mr. Rromiev swora
positively to having seen a mana SLIGHT
one, probably-ay from the scene of the
murder and that set me thinking again.
A fortnipht nassed over. and Was al
most despairinr of making the discovery
desired. when an advertise appeared
in the Tim, for = coachman to be .:oener-
ally useful As an Indoor servant" / al
most leaped for ioy whom read; "Apply
to Mr.. Harman, Milton House, Hilston
to provide mo with first.ciass references.
and then hurried nm to town. From there
Ianplied for the situation. and. having GOT
IL. dfsguised myself by donning a close-cut
red-brown wig and crepe hair side-whisk-
conS s, cap ~ % thew with imnunitv rnoh 'n Ns.t
dav arrived like a stranger in Midhamn-
ton and On raschino tha meoi stratass
house was. thanks to the exceilencv of INV
test;monisIs niaced in a confiden tIaI nos;.
mile further on the road than the harracks.
aud the ronte taksn nv the fIvin1 fnvit;ve
on the night of The murder wouid lead
rioht tn the hack gate Of the nremisos I
had provided mvself with complete set
of KEYS and .spick-iocki instruments. Il
was nv hone tn he ahie to use them suc.
cassfniIv IN The first Smndav. The dav.
however. was wet and had To drive tHe
IN oistrats and III. n;ece 70 church
Maxi Sunday daVned beautifuilv. and
the whole household. with the exception of
the cook and myself. walked to church.
The former WAS too DuSv tn look Alter me.
so I had amnie time to ransack every
corner of Miss Inez Harman's rooms. In =
cnnhoard on the dressin groom found q
mnd -stoined sailor suit ~ clothinv which
sfterwarT discovared had hslon oed to her
comsin the ma0istrate,s son. now. a snb.
iieutenant in the roval navy. The gar
ments ware cast OF when he was a mid.
shinman and had hsen iocked mn in his
room 10 which Inez. "a mistress Of the
house. had access. OF course. A pnir Of
shriveled nm shoes were rolled mn in the
trousers. and in one of the pockets of the
latter I discovered the remainder of the
nroof NJ the nosm aFareveil y Tho burned
Sra~ment al been used as waddin9 for tho
oun' and this found at the bottom of a
curious old box. which stood in a dark
corner of the DIRE ssin groom II was a short.
Ornamental weapon Of Spanish manufact.
ure. and several bullets exactly matchin2
the one taken from the dead mans wound
were found in a case beside it. l carried
ali the proofs of the woman's guilt into her
sitting-room and placed them upon the
table, Then / went up.stairs to nv own
bedroom, and, Changing nv disguise waited
the return of the murderess.
She came upstairs lightly, and entered
the apartment humming a hymn tune.
The next moment q terrible scream, or
rather Shrek, startled the whole house. i
ran down stairs and saw the unhappy
wome n living on the carpet inssnsible. The
servants came rushing up, but stood at
the door and permitted no one to enter
Until her ,,ncle arrived