The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05

d111ry WIN when no coMp0fS1d himself
throughout, while resting under the shadow
Of such serious charge.
.But now that 1t has been conclusively
proved that be is innocent, the question arises
in every ones mind. Who is the murderer Of
Oliver WhyteF The man who committed
this dastardly crime Is still at large, and for
all we know, may be IN our midst.
"There seems to be no possible clew discov-
cradle at present which car lead to the dis
covery of the real murderer The man in
the light coat who got out OF RanEni's cab at
Pow,ett street. East Melbourne ldcsig3edly.
rs il now appears. in Tder 20 throw suspicion
on Fitzgerald, has vanished as completely a.
the witches in Macbeth and VT no trace
behind II was O'Clock in the morning
when he left the cab. and, in quiet suburb
ike ras. Melbourne. 10 one would be about,
% that be tould easily escape unseen. There
seems To be only one chance of ever tracing
1im. and that is TO be fond in the papers
which were stolen from the pocket OF tho
lead man. What they were, only two per
.ons kuew. and one knows now The first
NO were Whyte and the woman VINO was
allied The Queen, and both of them are now
lead. The other who knows now is the man
who committed the crime. There can be no
Ionbt in the minds Of or readers that these
,apers were tie motive CT the crime, as 10
,opov w~e taken frnu-.jl9 raa,:H.s Of ;.he de-
ceased. The fact, also, that the papers were
carried in a pocket made inside the waist
4 -, hot If
value. q,
"Nov, the reason we think that the dead
woman know Of the existence OF those papers
is simply this: II appears that she came ont
from England with Nhyie as bis mistress,
and after staying some timo ia Sydney came
on to Melbourne How she came into such
foul and squalid den as th,t she died H. we
are unable TO say, unless, seeing that she was
given TO drink. she was taken M drunk by
some Samaritan Of the Sums ana carried TO
Mrs. Rawins humble abode Why;c visited
her there frequeytly, but appears 10 have
made no attempt 10 remove her 20 better
place. alleging, IS his reason, that the doctor
said she would die if taken into the air Our
reporter learned from one Of the detectives
that the dead woman wa, in the habit Of talk
Ing 10 WHITE about certain papers, and on
one occasion was overheard to say 20 him
They'll make your fortune if you play your
cards we'll This was told to the detective
by the woman Rawlins, to whose providen-
tial appearance Mr. Fitzgerald owes his es-
cape From hi, IL can = gathered tia' TIE
they might oc-wcrc OF
value, and sufficient to temptanothcr 90 com
NIT a murder in order 90 obtain them
WHITE. therefore, being dead, and his muir
derer escaped the only way OF discovering
the secret which lies a. the root OF this tree
Of crime 4, 10 find out the history of the wo-
man who died in the slrui Traced back for
some years. circumstances may he dscoy-
cred which will reveal what these papers con
tanned, and once that is found, wa can conf
deatly say that the murderer will soon he
discovered This is the only chance of find
ing out the cause and the author OF this mys
ferrous murder and If IT fails, we fear the
hanson cab tragedy wi! have t. be role
gated ia the list Cd. those undiscovered
crimes. and the a5l--iu 90 Whytc viii have
no other punishment tiIlu the rcnorsc of his
own couscionrem