Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-09

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 out passing him. "In our profession it is as well to waste as few words as possible. When you gave your commission to my comrade had just left the force, with the intention of starting @ private business of my own, and was in London andin my comrades office at the time you called upon him. I heard all you had to say. and the description you gave of your wife's personal appearance aroused my curl osity. You left portrait of her with my comrade, and when you were gone looked at the picture, and was surprised to find that 1t was a woman whose face was acquainted with. She had occupied @ position as a kind of governess and companion in the house of a rich gentleman in Sevenoaks, where was stationed when in government service, and understood that she was single woman. A Frenchwoman, too; she went by the name of Mdlle. Rosalie. Your statement to my com- rade that she was your wife, and an English woman proved to me that In Sevenoaks she had been sailing under false colors. made a proposition to the officer you engaged, and we agreed to go partners in this affair, and to share and share alike whatever was got,out of it. There was more depending upon it than you were aware of at the time. In the house in which Mdlle. Rosalie, your wife, was em. ployed, murder had been committed. An old gentleman, MT. Wilmot, was found oA i, had 1or money was missing-no less than five thou sand pounds. five hundred of which was in gold, and four thousand Ave hundred in Bank of England notes. Don't miss word of what l am saying, gentlemen; you will soon see the importance of 1t. Now, there was a mystery in connection with this mur- der. A man whose name was Samuel Fleet wood, who all hts life had borne the best of characters, and had been employed in the service of MT. Richard Pardon, the gentle mar in whose house the murder was com- mitted, had disappeared on the night ot the murder. Suspicion naturally fell upon him, and at the coroner's inquest verdict of guilty was pronounced against him. Of course that was not couclusiye. Before he was found guilty he had to be tried; before he could be tried he had to be caught. We could not catch him, but eventually he gave himself up at the police-staAon in sevenoaks. and confessed to the murder. He was in a dying state, and in point of fact he died in the police-station few hours afterwards. having first made written declaration of his guilt, which he duly signed in the pres ence of clergyman.
 "On the following morning the town was oko iaI n1x h,,A oR kl,o news of this confession. but by the mysteri- ous disappearance of MT. Pardon and Mdlle. Rosalie. They had both been seen the night before by Mrs. Pardon, the lady of the house, Mdlle. Rosalie at about eleven o'clock, and her husband at one or two o'clock in the morning. Her husband was then in hio study, and by cunning questioning q myself went to sec Mrs. Pardon, at her request, to endeavor to find the missing gentlemaneby cunning questioning, I say, learned from Mrs. Pardon that when she last saw her hus- band in his study. at that late hour in the night, he appeared to be greatly disturbed in his mind. She ascribed this to his having been completely upset by the dreadful mur der which had taken place in his house; did not agree with her, but ! did not tell her so. was greatly put out by MT. Pardon's disappearance, because he had offered a large reward for the apprehension of the mur- derer of MT. Wilmot, and he had promised me, notwithstanding that Samuel Fleetwood had voluntarily given himself up. that this reward should be paid. Up to this moment it has not been paid, but I live still in hopes.
 "Of course the natural conclusion people arrived at was that there was something not o&1 hofx Mr nd Mdlle. Rosalie-begging your pardon for speaking so of your wife,"
 ''Not at all. said stanmore. 5landly; "I hap. pen to know the lady,"
 ''The natural conclusion, then, was thas those two had run of together. and that they both were no better than they should be. AS did not agree with what Mrs. Pardon told me about her husband, so now I did not agree with the general verdict pronounced upon the missing pair. However, I kept my opinions to myself, for the reason that had an idea that the reward offered by MT. Pardon for the discovery of the murderer of Mir. Wil- mot would one day find it's way into my pocket. How is that perhaps..you will ask, when Samuel Fleetwood had confessed to the crime, and the gentleman who offered the re- ward had disappeared, partly because he wished to save his money7 We'll, now, you will think it strange when tell you that I had my doubts as to the genuineness of Samuel Fleetwood's confession. It seems that he had given the clergyman 8 private letter, which he implored should be conveyed to his master, and that he had placed q most extraordinary and unnatural importanc upon the sa f.. T ,fi,-r-,- s.s +t;. inanment Tn TONCORI BUGGIES,