The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19

I HSSut uSu VIII i1SI3 Out az tllS AAbtt0
bridge she ordered me to leave her,
threatening to do desperate things
4ifI did not relent by the morrow.
] did not return by the highway,
as our meeting was a secret one and
j did not want it known. Icrossed
q corner of the graveyard. fell of
the fence as 1 did SO, and there my
face was scratched by the briers. .
"But you hardly denied your
guilt, / said.
Because / was confused and
stunned by my arrest, and because
1 saw no nse of itY' he replied. 81
have told you the truth / want
you to help me prove myself clear. .
left him with the feeling that
The was Tying to ME, and that noths
ing could be done in his case. Ten
/ or twelve days had elapsed, but
there had been no rain. 1 went to
the bridge, crossed the creek at the
point he told me TO, and soon came
upon his trail. AT the graveyard
fence / found broken rail and the
| lspot where he had fallden. Ifound
the briers broken aid crushed, and
from the thorns / gathered several
small fragment belonging to the
suit he wore. Further on he had
stepped into ditch where mud was
soft at the time. 1t had now dried
hard and preserved the print. 1
measured it, and when / returned
to town 1 had begun to believe that
Meyer was either good talker or
an innocent man. His story was
all right in one sense, but all wrong
in the other. Did he make the trail
while leaving the woman alive or
dead2
An old saying always goes with
an arrest: "If he didn't do it, who
did?" Somebody must be held re-
sponsible. After two or three in
terviews with young Meyers and
his parents, 1 doubted if ne could
have choked the woman to death.
Hc was f.ail and in poor health, and
she robust and strong. She had
scarcely struggled at all, proving
that she had been attacked suddenly
and that the grip was terrible
one. Her neck was discolored as
well as her throat, proving that two
large hands had been employed.
However, no suspicious characters
had been seen in the ncighborhood,
and the murderer, if other than
Meyers, had made his escape.
was completely blocked, and could
only hope that accident would help
me out.
1t was said that the body had not
been robbed. The only theory
seemed to be revenge, 1f it were
not Meyers, then it was some former
lover, and l went to Cincinnati to
make inquiries. On the way up my
watch stopped, and my first call was
at jewelers.. 1 had not been in
his place sixty seconds when in
walked stout, strong fellow, who
laid a lsdy's watch on the show case
and said:
81 am going away, and 1 want to
sell this. It belonged to my wife
who is dead. "
aWe don't buy secondhand
watches, replied the jeweler, but he
carelessly picked the watch up, ex-
amined it, and then said:
eThis is one of our watches. Ire
member selling it two or three
months ago"
'eYes," replied the man, reaching
out for it.
"Let's see the name, continued
/ Che jeweler, as he went for a book.
"Never mind," replied the man.
|"If you don't want to buy, very
well; I'm in hurry"
"Sold to Mrs. Albright, of -, .
said the jeweler, as he handed ii
over.
aTho woman whowas murderedl''
/ said to the stranger. "Were you
her husband?"
"N-, yesl" he stammered.
9And you have not been near
That is strangel You wifi go with
me to the police"
He tried to draw his pistol, but
was too quick for him. ghe police
recognized him as bully and q de.
graded character, and inside of hall
day 1 had established the fact that
he was formerly lover OF the mar
dercd woman. Then | traced him
to the depot, and on the train to the
village, and later on found two vii
layers who remembered seeing him
: there that night. When 1 had got
him reasonably sure confronted
him with my facts, and he broke
down and made a full confession
He and the woman were bleeding
4 young Meyers. He had come out tc
see her that night and he bad found