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

look before bringing my accusation.
While l was inside / heard some one
enter. OF the upstairs hall was a
closet into which I stepped and held
the door slightly ajar. My idea was
that 1t was young Brush and that he
had come alone for . purpose. he
could not have known Of presence but
he came in very quietly, and as he got
to the head Of the stairs, where 1 could
see him, he was pale and nervous. He
acted like n who had dreaded to come
but had still been forced to. I had
overhauled the clothing in his room and
searched high and low in hopes to find
the knife with which the stabbing had
been done. I was certain that he could
not have escaped blood stains, and that
he had changed at least o portion Of his
clothes after committing the murder. /
was there for a last search and it wasn't
five minutes before I had proofs that /
had been blind.
Young Brush dared not enter his
mothers room. He started to but backed
out. He walked up and down the
hall two or three times evidently trying
to get his courage up. and then entered
his own room. Igave him q couple OF
minutes to work, and then left my place
of concealment, and tip-toed to his
door. A chimney ran up through his
room and was fitted for q stove pipe,
but the hole was stopped by an ordinary
tin stopper. He had removed this, and
was sta. ding on q chair and had his
arm in the hole when I entered the
room. For half q minute he looked
down into my eyes with a frightened,
despairing expression. Then he made
o spring for ME, and as we both crashed
to the floor he made o grab for my
throat. He was desperate, and despera-
ton gave him false strength, but after
o struggle OF three or four minutes
had him handcuffed and helpless. Then
Investigated the chimney. There was
q fire place down stairs but it had been
stopped up. opened it and found the
entire suit he had on when he committed
the murder. Every garment was spatted
with the blood of his mother. Not only
the clothes, but the bloody knife was
there. 1t was q farmers mckenzie
with a blade large enough to prune
trees. Not a word was spoken between
us until I had all this evidence. Then
the young man asked:
"Did you suspect me from the first"
81 did"
II Thought SO. Twas a blamed fool
to come here in the day time. I suppose
the jig is up?"
II have all the proofs to convict you"
Sitting on u chair in his own room
with the blood evidences before us, he
confessed everything aud related all the
details. While lie expressed no contri-
ton. he said he should plead guilty and
humbly accept his fate. An hourl later,
when I had him in Jail, he had decided
to fight the bitter end. He had rich
and influential relatives to back him in
this decision and when the case came to
trial he was actually acquitted in spite
of evidence enough to convict him ten
times over. The defense set up that I,
as the detective in the case, could not
find the real criminal, and therefore
made my plans, to convict young Brush.
They even charged me with preparing
and hiding the clothes, and with buying
and fixing the knife. I was denounced
as a monster and q dangerous man, and
many people Stunned ME. Six months
after the verdict young Brush drowned
himself in a pond. II was deliberate
suicide, and lie left q note behind him
saying: IL cannot endure this longer.
I was cleared by the law, but I am the
murderer Of my mother"
1An xA1DnS' SJ S51%Eos1s OF THE
Now that the newspapers are all
talking of DIR. Brown-Sequard and hls
wonderful elixir stories of his ex-
p~eriences in this vicinity are in order,
and some of those which are told are
droll enough.
1t may be remembered that one Of
his ideas was that the nervous condition
of a person could be judged by the sus-
%ceptibility of the skin, and this he
tested by the distance apart at which two
pin pricks merged themselves into one
to the sensation of the patient. This
method he used with considerable
success, being not infrequently called
in as a specialist in complex cases of
nervous disorder.
On one occasion, it is said, he was
called upon to go to the suburbs Of
Boston to see a young lady who was
suffering from some rvous trouble,
and was left alone with the patient to
make his examination. After O time
which seemed to the family rather long
he came down stairs with q serious face
and informed the family that he was
extremely sorry to report that the vi
tally of the girl seemed SO low that
there seemed no nossibilitv of her raj.