The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-11

call that eVcnlng. DySOh CCPO9Nu 'u finding that such favor had been e1'cAde' to Miller. he did not call Ut hr. Cameron house as he had intended to do
 "Miller was arrested and admitted hay inr received the letter and having called O Nise Cameron as it requested hln. but ho said that at ten o'clock he left the house, iis Miss Cameron had been up very early thl, morning and was tired. t was proved however. that he had bought chloroform a few days before at a drug 5i5t'S store III , Columbus and in the very bottle found cy Miss Caneron's bedside, for 1t had laDcl upon it of another drugstore over Whlch the drugglst had pasted his own name. ! The druggist remembered this IacL GiS- [ tjnctlv and also that the word 'cblorofornl was written in blue ink and spcit without ] the sh.' On the removal of the outside l2Cei ! in court the other label was found and was exactly as the druggist had described It, Miller admitted having bought the chloFo- | form, but said he had got It for MISS Cala- 1 eron. who used it to take out stalns rom | silk.
 "Millcr was held tor the grand jury, and, as the delays in justice down there are not
 many or long, he was brought to trlal with | iE month of the alleged crime On the very first day of the trial, however, the 1 negress Hannah showed remarkable signs | of improvement, and began to give utter ance to expressions which induced her friends. with wh0ra she had remained, to send for Mir. Cameron, y7iiO took along with him friend. It had always been supposed that. on returning home on the fatal night,
 Hannah had found lior young mistress dead and had at once rushed back to her friends
 house to glvc the alarm; but that the
 terrible discovery had given her such Q | shock as to affect her brain and bring on the attack of fever, which had so nearly
 proved fatal Her disclosures, on recover ing her faculties, showed different state
 of things.
 "She said that, as shc returned home,
 and when she had reached the eide of the
 house, intending to enter by the rear, she
 saw an unkno-yn negro standing little
 away from the open window of Miss Cam
 cr.or's bedroom, which was on the first
 floor. The next moment tto negro started
 as though frightened, and immediately a
 white man appeared at the window, spranG
 out grasping a revolver, and followed the
 negro, who lied toward the rear ot the
 dwelling The man fired and the negro
 rave a shricl She was terror-str1cken,
 and instantly started back for her Trends
 house. She remembered seeing the light in | the HInGCkV, blu l-iNil SltS lOoO OOAA%SAONS
 ness. The man whom she saw leap through
 inc window, Crasping a revolver, and who
 started in pursuit of the negro was Mr. By
 son. She had no doubt about it whatever,
 and could net have been mistaken, as the
 moon was shining full upon him and she
 knew him well.
 ''The trial of Miller was stopped and By
 son was arrested. The revolver found Tn
 the hand of the dead negro was brought for
 ward and traced to the possession of BysOn.
 Of course, you may easily guess the end
 Miler's trial was postponed and Byson was
 indicted and tired and convicted Of the
 killing of the negro, but up to this time nc
 light was thrown upon tho mystery sur
 rounding the death of Miss Cameron,
 though it was believed that Byson's pres
 ence in her room on the night of the shoot
 ing of the negro had something to do with It.
 '.WEen Byson found that his fate was
 certain he made q confession, of winch the
 following is the substance: My one lde9 was vengeance, but 1 hadn't made up my mind what shape it should take. AS looked around the room 1 saw letter bear ing Miler's address on the dressing table
 and 1 put it in ny pocket Next l saw bottle Of chlorOfCrm, and horrible sugges tion presented itself. laid down the lamp LOOK tue DOILlS Ol CliOIOloIAl s@4Au osN0oA a towel with the liquid. Then placed It t( the nose and mouth of Miss Cameron. Sh( struggled and gasped, but was soon still At this moment heard a sound as of on' gasping, and, glancing to the window which was open, saw outside a negrt l watching mo with dilated eyes. felt a once I was in this mans power. Drawing 1 my revolver, l sprang out of the window l The negro fled and 1 pursued. As he turned Q round toward the orchard fired He gav' : a scream, but still fled. pursued him II ' the orchard and saw him fall. l stood ove . him until 1 was sure he was dead and thel n placed the pistol in his hand to induce th t belief that he committed suicide. started S early the next morning for Atlanta. On s my way remembered the letter found Il S Miss Camcron's room and read it. It wa > the one produced against Miller as evidence t Miss Cameron had no doubt asked hlm t S return it, with tho intention of dcstroylni ,, it, so that it might not compromise her !, "Byson was hanged. He was cleve }. fellow, q good naturalist, and possessed O S much scientific knowledge. He had led 1t rowing life and was utterly unprinclpled
 That is my story. l hclped to defend tn p man. but saw it was bad case from tn Is outset The murdered negro was neve