The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-27

the towsl. The pitcher was on the door,
half II contents gone, while q gill oi
blood-stained water remained in the
bowl. Conclusicn: The murderer had
washed his hands here.
8. A hall ran through the house M
stsirs. At the rear end of this hall was
. window, and beginning two feet below
the sill was the long sloping roof Of the
kitchen and woodshed. The lower sash
was raised. The sash had been fast.
ened with nails. These nails had been
pulled out. I found one of them on
the dashboard. They could only have
been pulled out from the inside. The
sash bore no marks of violence. There
was snow on the roof and it showed no
traces. Conclusion: The murderer
had raised this window as q blind, but
had blundered.
4. The bureau in the old lady's Don
had been overhauled, as if in search of
plumber. Here and there an article
showed a blood stain. The articles had
been flung out in such q way that even
q novice could e that the idea was not
plumber. A watch, several rings, a
dozen gold pieces, and a roll of bank
bills were in the heap. A robber would
have taken them. Plumber would have
been his motive and object. Conclusion
it was another blind.
There were several other things.
trifing to an outsider, but having a
bearing to me, and when the coroner's
jury had been admitted to view the
body, I began to make inquiries about
the son. He soon appeared to answer
for himself having returned on the q
o'clock train. There wasn't q man, wo-
man, or child in the village who had the
least suspicion of him. He seemed
stunned and overcome by the news but
while his demeanor satisfied all others,
it looked to me as if lie was playing q
part. His lamentations were overdone.
I sat down with him after awhile,
and told him that he would have to &C.
count for his time the previous
night. He appeared quite willing and
stated to me as follows:
II left the house at 8 o'clock last
night. Exactly at 8 I took the train
for Providence. I reached here ut 1876.
I went to the - Hotel. 1 was as
signed to room 80. After registering
I went to $40 Blank street to see o girl
named Matte Davis. She was not at
home. I returned to the hotel, played
two games Of billiards, and went to bed.
u went up stairs with John Carew, a
Boston drummer. slept until 8 in the
morning, had breakfast, strolled about,
had dinner, and left for home at 1 :455. y
All this seemed straight and reasona-
ble, and 1 took care to hide my suspic-
ions. I went to Providence and verified
his statements up to a certain point. He
did call at 24O Blank street, and asked
to see a girl named Matte Davis, but
when told that she was out and would
return in ten minutes he would not witt.
Why? That was his object in going to
Providence, as he admitted and he had
plenty of time. He did go up stairs
with John Carew, but ten minutes after
entering his room he came out again.
A chamber maid saw him. She saw
that he wore o different hat, Or rather,
had exchanged his hat for a CAP.
When he went down stairs, he went
ont by the ladies' door. In every cor
ridor of every large hotel, the help are
sentinels. It is a part of their duty to
watch the guests. This woman sus-
pected and remembered young Brush.
When the night watch came on he was
told to look out and see at what hour
the young man returned.
A train left Providence at midnight.
I hunted up the conductor who had the
run that night, and he remembered tax
ing up the ticket Of young man who
o a cap and sat in the smoker. The
passenger had his nose in a newspaper
and seemed deeply interested, although
the light was very poor, and it was
q strange hour to be reading the
news Of the day. He was sure this pas
senger got off at the town where the
murder was committed. A train left
here again, for Providence at 8 o'clock
in the morning. I found the conductor
of that train, and he remembered TAX
ing o cash fare of a young man with q
cap, who got on at that place; remem-
bered it more distinctly because the
young man was curled up on the seat as
if asleep, or as il anxious to beat his
way. Returned to Providence and in
teryiewed the night watch at the hotel,
and he said that the young man
assigned to room 80 came softly in at
about $3.50 o'clock, and staggered along
as if drunk. He figured it out that the
young fellow had come into the city for
lark, and had had it.
It took me ten days to study all this
out, and, meanwhile, the murdered
woman had been buried, the coroner'a
jury had returned a verdict, and public
opinion had settled down to the convic.
ton that the crime was the work of q
tramp. who had gotten safely away.
must be sure of my use before moving
against young Brush, asI would stand
entirely alone. When I had the evi.