The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-03-07

the intore10 Of ju1tca, 70 rovaa tt-Why,
don't knoWI but W al have our little faultA
and from IN amiablA though mistaken.
sense of-GhAll ny dutyt-y0u rofusO 10 do
liver up the man who's coWardly crime %
nearly COT you your nfol
"After your departure from Melbourne
every one aid, The hanson cab tragedy b
ct an end, and the murdsrOr WIN mover b
discovered lvsnturOd 10 disagree with the
WiseacrUs who made such Q remark, and
asked mySslf. Who was this woman who died
at Mother Gutt@nipSS1 Resolving no sAtiS-
factory answer from mySolf, I determined TO
End out and took steps accordingly In the
ira place, learned from Roger Moreland,
who. II you REMAINDER, was . Witne@ against
you At the trial, that Whyts and RoaAnna
AoorO had come out 10 Sidney In the John
Elder about . year ago - M. and MrA
WhytA neod hardly say that they did not
think Il needful 10 go1hrough the foFmality
Of marriage - such . de might have been
found inconvenient on some future oocaaion
Moreland knew nothing about Roaanna
moore. and advisod ne 10 give up the search,
a coming from . city Ike London, n would
b diflcult 10 nnd any one Who know hoF
thsrA Notwithstanding thiA, tslepaphed
home % . friend Of mine who b be Of an
amateur dstsctivO, Find out the name and
al about the woman who Isft England b tie
John Elder on the 2lStd day Of August Is, -
the wife Of Oliver whybA' Mirabilo dictu,
be found out eli about her, and moving, =
you do, what maslstrom Of humanity Lon
don b, you must admit my friend WaS clsvsr.
II appearA however. that tho task ut him
to do was easier than be expected. for the %
called MrA Whyte was rather Q notorious
individual In her own way She was bur
lesque actres ct the Frivolity theatre In Lon
don, and, being very handsome woman, had
been photographed innumerable timeA Con-
Sequently when she very foolishly went with
Whyte to choose berth on board the boat,
she was recognized by the clerk In the Office
- RosannA Moore. better known a. MuSettO
Of the Frivollty Why she ran away with
WhytS cannot tell you With reference to
men understanding women, ] refer you 10
BalEAcS remark anent the sAma Perhaps Mu-
settle got weary Of St johns Wood and cham.
payne mpperA and longed for the pursr air Of
her native land Ahlyou open your eyes at this
latter Statsment-you are Surprised-no, on
second thoughts you are not: because she told
you herself that she was Q native Of Sydney,
and had gone home In 1858, after Q trium.
plant career Of acting In Melbourne And
why did she leave the applauding Melbourne
public and the nesh pots Of Egypt You
know this also She ran away with Q rich
young Squatter. with more money than
moralS who happened 10 b IN Melbourne a
the TINA She seems TO have had Q weakness
for running away But why she chose
WhytO 10 20 with this time puzzles ma he
was not rich, not particularly good looking,
had no position, and q bad temper. How do
Z IN L.. "a A.. -.
acter, morally and sociallyi Easily enough;
my omniscient friend found them all out
Mr.. Oliver Whyte was the son Of London
tailor, and bis father, being well OF, retired
into private life and ultimately went the
way Of al aesh. His son, finding himself
with q capital income and pretty taste for
amusemsnt. &C the shopof bis late lamented
parent, found out that bis family had come
over With the Conqueror-G ianville do
WhytS helped 30 0sW the Bayeux tapestry,
mppoa-and graduated at the Frivolity
theatre a mAaher In common with the
other gilded youth Of the day, DO worshipad
ct the gas LIT shrine Of MuSstts, and the god
den, pleased with bis incense left her other
admirers In the lurch, and ran away with for
tunats Mr.. WhytA Asfar a. this goes there %
nothing TO show why the murder was com.
mitted Men do not peFpetrate srimes for
the sake Of light q loves like Musetto, unlesS
indeed some wrotched youth ombeEzlssmoney
10 buy his divinity jSwelry The career Of
Nusetts In London was simply that Of Q
clever mamber Of the demi-monds, and, q
far q I can learn, no one was % much In
love with her a. 10 commit q crime for bar
sAkA So far, 70 good; the motive Of the
crime must b found In Australia WhytS
had spent nearly all his money in England,
and consequently Musette and her lover a..
rived In Sydney with comparatively little
cash. However, with an Epicurean like
philosophy they enjoyed themselves on what
little they bad, and then came to Melbourne,
WHARF they stayed 1t q second rate hotel
Musstta may tell you, had one special Vica,
acommon one-drink. She loved champagne,
and drank Q good deal Of Il Consequently,
on arriving In MelbouFns, and finding that .
now generation had arisen which know NOT
Jo0sph-l mean MusettO-shO drowned her
sorrow In the flowing bowl, and went out
after quarrel with Mr.. Whyte 70 view Mel.
bourne BY night-A familiar aspect 70 her, no
doubt What took her TO Little Bourne street
don't know. Perhaps she got lost; perhaps
II bad bean Q favorite walk Of hers In the old
days; at all events she was found dead drunk
In that unsavory locality BY Sal RawlinA
know this d 70 because Sal told me 20 her
sslf Sal acted the part Of the good Samar.
titan; took her 10 the squAlid den she called
home, and there Rosanna Moore fell danger.
oualy N Whyta, who bad missed her, found
out WherO she was and that she waS too III 10
be removed. presume be was rathsr glad
20 get nd Of such an encumbrAnce, 90 went
back 10 his lodgings at St KildA, which,
Judging from the landlady'S story, be must
have occupied for some time, while Rosanna
Moore was drinking herself 10 death In q
quiet hotel Still be does not break Oh bis
connection with the dying woman; but one
night q murdered In q hanson cab,
and that same night Rosanna Moore
dies 30, from all appearance, every
thing d ended; not %, for before dying
Rosanna sends for Brian Fitzgerald at bis
club, and reveals TO him Q secret which hO
locks up In his own heart The writer Of this
letter has q theory-a fanciful one, n you
Will-that tho secret told TO Brian Fitzgerald
contains the mystery Of Oliver WhytSS
death Now then, have l not found out Q
good deal without you, and do you stil do
cline 10 reveal the restl ! do not my you
know who killed Whyta, but do say you
know sufficient 10 lead 10 the detection Of the
murderer II you tall me, % much tho better,
both for your own sense Of Justice and for
your peace Of mind, Il you do not-well, ]
shall Gnd 70 out without you. have taken,
and still take, Q great interest In this strange
caso, and have sworn 10 bring the murderer
10 Justice; % make this last appeal 10 you
10 tell mo what you know. II you refuSs. I
win 20 10 work to ind out al about Roaanna
Moore prior 70 bar departure from Australia
In 1855, and am certain sooner or later TO dis
cover the secret which led 70 WhytSS muir
der II therS b any strong reason why 10
should b kept silent, |, perhaps, viii come
round 10 your view, and let the matter drop.
but II have 10 fnd Il out mysslf, the muir.