New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-09

room to make another dive INTO the wardrobe
| amone some loose gloves ties etc, when felt
INV foot sink slightly on plank Of the flooring.
| fConfound it? l exclaimed What are we
thinking OF ,,
| ,otn up-and thought they came away aStonish-
| ngly easy-the carpet rolled back, and the n9or-
| M bare In front Of the hearth We found
| mall round hole into which, when | put my
hand and pulled trap-door rose ca lily on hinges
| In was such n contrvance as had seen before
| for slowing away conveniently small supply OF
'.oals / learned afterward that such. in fact,
| had been the purpose OF this construction, the
rooms having been for many years occupied by
an old and valued retainer Of the family. On
looking in ] saw nothing but heap OF black
dust; but SmpISlns thrust his hand IN, groPee.di
bosrt bomnded"wc had him now The reproach
would be taken away from my order, ana us
character vinuicatcd He next brought out one
silver cup. then another; and finally SILK neck
30 | seized on this last. shook 1t free from
dust and held it up. \ small piece had been
torn of from one end; that piece had IN my
racket book. had seen tie OF the same pattern
on my flst visit. but il was lntact-he had par
of them We Lad just gathered our prizes TO-
rcthcr when a key va, thrust into the door; when
we had fastened within. | quietly undld the
now dusk. and he did not at first observe the
state Of his room. He came IN and closed the
door. We had cone prepared for all contln-
scnccS. lou are my prisoner sara, iaRtIis
my and upon his shoulder, and S'mpIunS qule1Iy
slipped pair OF handouts on his wrists. By
this time his eye had caught the open trap ana
ne sank on a chair sIeechlcSS. lie volunteered
no remark. and we asked him no questions, but
took HIM away quietly in vehicle belonging 10
the house which placed at our service
] need net prOong my story; the result many
will remember Lowe asserted his innocence till
after the trial AZ which the evidence WAS strong
enough TO obtain unanimous verdict OF Will
murder but unlike many of his class, against
whom the only evidence is circumstantial he did
did not persist in alschood 10 the end.
BY his own account he had gone INTO Mr;
Austns room at late hour TO make a final
appeal, and had found HIM partly undressed pre-
parng fer bed. Mr.. Austin had ordered nun
out of the room. when IN a gust OF passion ne
struck the old man on the head. and TO prevent
him crying out had .graSfed him by the neck
and throttled him. After killing his victim he
had coOlly undrcsscd him. put on his night,
clothes. ard laid him in bed. had then locked
The door inside. opened the window ana carrier
of the watch and cups 10 throw inquiry oil the
scent. Making himself certain that Horace was
asleep he had ,aS / surmised stolen ont that
way leaving Of necessity the door of lloraccs
bedroom unlocked. When he reached his own
room the question how TO dispose Of his booty
PRES ntcd itself and after q little he remembered
the box in the floor. lie had discovered IL one
dav during house-ccanng operations lie took
ont the carpet 1astcnings carefully ana alter
dcpositing the articles replaced them as wei as
ne could without using hammer. Ills craFat
which had got torn somehow in the snort struggle,
ne threw into the hole along with the other things
Ills design was 10 remove them as soon dS pos
sible and hide them somewhere else, DuJ ddy
after day went past. and nc could never summon
courage to take them out. or iiA on a suitable
nlacc for disposng of them safely. | have often
observed that criminals are astonishingy stupid
in the traces they leave of their deeds. There
/, always something done or lett llnd0nc WnlGh
leads TO discovery and Identification At the
same time the annals OF crime show the difil-
Guilty Of getting rid Of articles such as Lowe
had rashly taken possession DIN such WY
as TO cludc detection and leave no connecting
trails immense
lie died protesting to have repentcd OF his
crinc and a year aftcryvard the marriage was
announced of Horace Austin. esd. Of Ards TO
Florence DAUGHTER of the late Sir Willoughby
Willoughbv Bart.
| was invited to the wedding, but, having by
that tine been transferred to another part OF
the country could not attcnd.-lEdward HENS III
IclgraVia.