Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-02-17

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~. Qaeen'o cUunsol visibly pricked n
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Ia4 u nadden fhouQht had iIashed acrOsI
hmareot Colt ca Il beYp
IhHv Waa \ e6neeal eensattpn. Shane
IN ~ cOuyt! OAcer, suppress auy e.
tompt ~ densonstration. 1esculapins had
Iua1Sro3ed Vith he course ~ the lall. m
Iuueh fihe suicide. Father Time now "a.
manded tha& those ave minutes should IS
accounted hi,
AL eyes. = II ~ raqic. feli uron nj,
vervain Glare. NJ Wa Z tall and hand.
snns nan, ~slseautly dressed, ! sort' 81
prtnOs Hal auonQ fair women, IA had
sHahx hair which curled III close rinrlets
around { eyeceful brow. palo blue eyes. ma
n oval facs. clean shayen excent for 1
6o4nSkty yeaIouilh mustache. which he cul.
1tyated WIN assfduous care. He was ius,
81. He HAD evidently braced himself 10,
this ordeal. There vas q ilush about hir
lface which sueessted champagne or brandy,
hut not ! muscle 0uiyered.
The women aased Il him a. at q new
Don Juan. This would have been an un-
cOmtoFtablo moment Tor the most etolid n
fashionable men. Yet he faced the room
full With ! serene and nonchnlsnt ~.
Then followed 4 INSTRUMENTATION a,
soyere ~ Z respectable gentleman il ant "a
ind himself ever subjected TO In this refined
~. You saw the deceased last, when,
Gif yervain? =
aAt . o'clock the evening Of his DEATH
~Whsre2"
AIn his private library.n These vords
produced ! msrked sensation.
~Bilence 81 the court!s
4Have you ~ objection 10 state xhethe,
there was friendly feeling between yoursell
and the deCeased.s
AThnf = i-rrelevant.s sa;d Tia younc man.
4ncalo46R - Ae 3keurhty. ~Am I kefe n
nceOunt fof nv rolnii0na ID ~peoplegs
~6ometiues euch relations connt with =
iury.s said his tormentor. carelessIy.
Am I through or nok?r said the bnronet.
With 4 feeble attempt & ! yawn.
AyOu may ut down" was the reply.
There wa 4 suppressed murmur Of In
diguation, which was promptly-checked by
the guardian OF the peace. This Young
man could not have tossed his head Il n
with American ViRilanter!
There wa absolutely no fixing the true
inwardness OF the case. But medical opin-
lon q 70 suicide was backed by a fatally
strong link. Those Ave short minutes. or
course Il would have required hard DRIVING
or running to have reached the yard, and
thence into the library in 1--WE minutes. for
! man 1t the Mercury Club son,e squares
distant. But the clock had been tampered
with. Az, thers was the rub! What like
lihood was there that the dead man should
have changed the time lust before firing
the fatal shot? And what more reasonable
than that the murderer-tha assassin, SO
M prosecutor called him in no doubtful
tones, should hope that q frand 20 slight
would never be detected, and would per
hsps serve to establis b his alibi. None but
4 shrewd hand would have thought Of such
1 subterfugs.
Had the grounds been examined? Yes.
Not : Footprint not a trace! Very likely,
Since On Intruder could have reached the
low library window from the street by the
tesseiated walk. And the ground Itself
was parched and dry, so that foot prints
would have made little impression.
Was there any evidence OF n struQclep
No. ! particle. he had been discovered
With the pistol in his hand? And this
poor scape-Rrace OF q Lothario suspected
ct 20 devtlish . crime.
Cannot . pistol be inserted into a dead
mans handl
Then Il must have been done in the
twinkling OF an eye. The maids were IN
the two minute after the report was
heard. Tom Henningham a minute or two
f~An.