Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-09
Walker. the village postman. Everybody

| w alker, the Vlllage Pos1udn' GNSAJ OOUJ
| knows me.
"Come forward, Mr.. Walker" cried Mr..
Vellum, by this time growing excited at the
turn matters were promising to take. But
Mr.. Walker had difficulty in obeying his
request so completely wedged in was he In
the crowd of curious sightseers.
But way was found, and soon Mr.. Wal
ker became visible as he was hoisted shoul-
der-high and passed over the heads Of the
spectators into the witness-box. He was a
little bandy-legged fellow, whose pedestrian
feats, notwithstanding his infrmity, were
the talk of the neighborhood, and one of the
most noted personages of the little town.
Indeed Jenny was quite character in
his way"
'sNow, Walker, listen to me-" said the
Chairman, 'I think heard you say that
YOU saw Mr.. Fraser returning to Clump
| Cottage ?''
"I saw him go into his house."
The reader will remember that the path
leading to the house was visible from the
road
"You saw him go into the house?"
saw him turn in at his gate first, before I
had come up to it; and when I got there he
was standing on his doorstep, as if he were
just going in"
"What time was this?"
LAS near o'clock as possible. 1 am due
in at Rissborough at o'clock, and was a
little late that night.
"You knew Mr.. Fraser well, and there
was no chance of ofmistake?"
"Knew him well?" Jenny replied dis
dainfully, "I knew him as well as 1 know
my own face in the looking glass"
"And you are sure there is no mistaken"
"None whatever"
"I would like to ask the witness one ques-
tion," said Mr.. Vellum.
The Bench bowed an assent.
"Was Mr.. Cameron with Mr.. Fraser?"
''There was nobody with him.
"He has not been sworn" cried Mr.. Jor-
kins, excitedly.
"I don't think that matters at all" the
Chairman replied ironically.
"Not q bit of it," replied Jenny glee-
fully, as he began to realize what a new i'm
portance his Intervention would give him,
and how many pots of beer it would be good
for at the Phoenix that night. "Swear me
if you like. With book or without book, it
will be all the same"
''It is not IN the least necessary" the
Chairman replied. Then, after delivering
sharp reprimand to Mr.. Jorkins 'for YOUR
indiscretion and 'oficiousness, misnamed
zeal, he proceeded to address few words
of sympathy to Fred Cameron, who was
looking on Jorkins' discontinue with a
scornful curl of the lip.
'I should be glad of word of advice. -
said Jorkins, now in q humble tone. and
thoroughly crestfallen. "What am 1 to do
now?"
The Bench consulted for a few moments.
and then the Chairman turned and ad
dressed Mr.. Jorkins.
"Our structures are entirely limited to the
unwarrantable step you took in the arrest of
Mr.. Cameron. We agree with YOU so far,
that the disappearance of Mr.. Fraser raises
the strongest possible suspicion that he has
met foul play. That has been our opinion
all along from the moment we heard your
case. But after the perjured testimony of
the womant Bint, who must have been living
to conceal guilty knowledge we entertain
no doubt whatever. If you like to go
through the formality of applying for war
rant against her you can have it, unless Won
prefer to have her at liberty under police
surveillance"
81 apply for warrant against Deborah
Bint, John Forbury and Mary Shadwell.
1t is more than one pair of hands that has
been engaged on this job" Jorkins said.
"You can take them, the Chairman re-
piled.
'Take them downstairs, and don't lose
sight of theu,'' said Jorkins to Ellis.
my client is of course at liberty" said
Mr.. Vellum. And as Fred Cameron. set at
liberty with renewed expressions of sym-
pathy from the Bench, was moving toward
Mary, she staggered to meet him, and then
fell limp figure into his arms.
Mary had tainted.