Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-14

grleI ana emotion In fact, ns rather over.
dld II II vas moro like acting outa part
The people were indignant that hs should bs
suspected and he WAS not put under 70
suain2 Indeed, no warrant had been issued
| for him
Early the next morning, satisfied in my
own mind that Fergus was the murderer, ]
drove out to his aunt'S Hound that he ar
rived there at O'Clock Saturday night. Hall
an nour later De complained Ok headache and
went 20 oeu, SJ1ns he would be down again
oy ocock As he nd not keep bis promise
tne nreu gn1 Knocked on his door at that
hour, bun Tecasfng no reply. was told not to
DISTURB nfn ne wss not seen blythe inmates
OF the house until O'Clock Sunday morning.
The girl was up &c ;, and as she crossed the
yard she ssw that his window was up. and
some Of bus clothing was banging IN the sun.
at the barn I found the cooperis buggy.
washed cAan. Fergus had doce this Sunday
forenoon he had not made god lob ON
the horse, however. and / found psenty OF
mud on his fetlocks AS it Was dusty Sasur-
day night when he was driven over, this mud
must have been picked up after the Storm.
found the harness stlf and damp from being
wet, and the cloth caShioa.af the buggy was
=
fresh tracks of horse and buggy turning into
the barnyard AFTER tho rain The window OF
theroom occupied by Fergus opened on tho
roof CT the shed A. the lower edge Of tina
roof stood a leach On theedges Of this leach
and On the root found mud On the Garnet
IN Fergus room found more OF it he ha.t
scraped arni chaned his boots and flung the
dirt into stove, whence.f got half pound.
4 COT
that l ~as after proofs l then returned to
the scelse II the murder and after an hours
search discovered the place where horse had
been hitched for some TINA Ewas in thu
rear of the house, ON an open spaco and unSler
O tree, and the horse had pawed I'D the
ground and gnawed the bark of the tree.
The footprints Of a man could be faintly
traced across the garden, snd had no doubt
that Fergus came and went thisSway On
the fourth day after tho funeral I learned
from the insurance man what be- had sxzp
during the storm, and then a warrant was
iSsuoi and Fergus was taken into custody.
BY this time the townspeople had begun to
think it queer case Fergus had Como over
the house and declared that nothing had been
taken No suspicious characters had been
noticed in the neghborhocd Jevelry-and
money had been left lying on tho bureau.
showing that the object could not have been
plumber. Did the woman have an enenyi
No, not one, as far as we.could learn. Who
could profit by her desthf No one but Fer
gus, and yet this was ono of the strong points
he brought forward IL was knownto a scors
Of people that she had made horswili in his
favor. Would not everything bohis at her
death,
To clinch our case and make circu,nstantial
evidence good We must show t. motive This
seemed hopeless, but went at the task,
hoping evidence might aid me If Fergus
was guilty. examined his personal effects
over and over again in search Of hint, bus
for two weeks after he had been sent TO jail I
discovered nothing. Then / got the Chew
where l ought TO have secured 10 beforo In
q drawer in his desk found several ativer-
tisements plainly in the interest OF swindlerS
Ono of them read:
"a steady young man with $4,000 cash caEa1aI
can double it IN ono year IN legitimate enter.
prisa Fo< particulars address box SOL. "etc.
Another read:
II you heve nerve and s. coo ia cash VIC win
maxi, you millionaire IN on ynar. We permit
the fues: Investigation before investment. Write
for particulars.
4 third Just hit bis case;
Arc you yo,IEg and ambitious man, feeling
that you could ,retahead IL properly backed and
encour1gedS Have you any money Can You
get from ono thousand 20 three thoURandY II 10
We win positively guarantee you 500 Ia return
for every dollar, aud inside Of year.
I felt sure be had written some OF these
parties, but as / could not find any letters
from them set out D. hunt them UP In per-
SON They vpTe bold faced swindlers, aud
they bothered mo some, but In tine epd I got
five letters written by Fergus In ono Of
them he stated that ho would soon have
money to invest, and erpucsssi his ss.tixfac-
ton at the particulars Of thospecufa1ion as
far as given him Tho greed Of gun. then,
was his incnntive Tho woman, who had
been mother and sister TO him, carne Of q Lone,
lived rnce, and was in good hoarh, and a
month before her death was told hyaa doctor
In the hearing Of Fergus that shs was hknly
TO live to b. 30 or 100 years ola Until har
death the young man could hopo forslttle or
nothing, as sshe was Obliged 70 mako the in
terest of her capital support her.
Murderer or not, tho boy WIS tho egaI
heir, and be employed ths.bcst lrYa talent
in the west 20 defend HIM Tho lawyers
might take every dollar II they could bus
clear him /. was a vritafio IL INT for life
with ali the money aDdmos Of tlE,ts,but on
one sidto but tlIat web OF ci1curnstantill evi-
denco kept drawing closer and cIoaer. and 10
could neither be broken nor crplainssi way
Had Fergus been innoc11t frank reTsy 70
each auction would havo explained H.
Being guilty, his syassons only MADE IIIstsnrs
worse. Tie jury were out foartnzn hours
before finding Verirvs OF guilty, but within
an hour he Ind urads full confaston. Hs
told mo that he had beou pfarlring for two
months, and thss be bcteyV<i bs aad ar
ranged dctaiis until hts cass couil withstand
tho most minute investigation Of ths highass
detectivs taIent---5ew York Sun