Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-30

ulu man mere kpOluLlus 10 pOOt Oiu
saac. who stood the picture OF hopeless
Misery. shaking his head from side to
lde) come down an open the shutters.
hen asked him IL there was anything
vrong, an he TUX me up here. an we
pened the dure, an shure we see this
nd he pointed to the body, and kneel-
ng down, began to straighten out the
,oor, twisted limbs. As he opened
he clenched hand lie started slightly,
md as Paul, In a mechanical sort OF
way, asked, Has he been murdered,
10 you thinkP' 'Shure 1 know he has,
IN the man that this fits done the
Ieed,' and, still kneeling, he held
yold ring ND for Paul's inspection.
Paul took a step forward, but needed
10 close scrutiny to assure himself as
20 the identity of the object. Ii was
MS own seal ring. which he had missed
the night before. His overtaxed nerves
could not further stand the strain.
Once more the blood seemed TO surge |
away from his heart, and he could no |
longer draw his breath, but gasped as |
be endeavored TO speak, and then, with |
out cry or a sound, he fell forward |
over the table in a dead faint.
To point out the Importance, tribes
may assume Is a mere truism, but yet
1t seems remarkable that chance en-
counter of Paul's with a blackguard
correspondent some years
before the terrible death of his uncle
should bring HIM untold misery. 1t Is
altogether likely, however, that II he
had not offended Mr.. A. Jabez Tuttle,
the New York correspondent OF the
Chicago Spy, by refusing to give him
some information he desired relative
AL a1t y Nf xrvht n
Paul was member, that unpleasant
person would not have written the
vindictive letters to the Chicago paper
which were indirectly the cause of
Paul,s arrest and committal on the
charge of wilful murder. Paul, it
seems, had not only contemptuously
refused to speak to the fellow about
the club matter, but had referred to
him afterwards, and this had got to
Tuttle's ears, as drunken Silenus
with a note book'-a description rem
dered apt by the correspondence fiery
red nose and long, gray beard Iuttle.
whose other SobTiquet of 'Ananlas,
Paul,s phrase almost superseded, was
furious, and carefully entered the
young mans name In little volume,
which he called his blacklist title
which his enemies declared wanted but
the Insertion of the word mali to
/ make it perfectly applicable. Then a.
Jabez Tuttle waited, and when he
heard of the death under mysterious
circumstances of his enemy's uncle, he
knew his chance for revenge had prob
ably come, and he was the further
spurred on to make matters disagree
able when he discovered that Harold
Proudfoot was dong all in his powe
to induce his brother city editors tc
treat the case with reticent discretion.
Tuttle hated Proudfoot as he did every
rising young man, and more particu'
larly as ProudfoOt occupied the very
position which, in his better and more
reputable days, he himself had once
oec,tied. So the Chicago Spy began
10 publish decidedly cleyerly writer
despatches from its New York CORE
spondent on what he termed the "Mys
ferrous murder of Washington Square.
No one ever doubted Tuttle's clever
ness; 1t was only his honesty that wa
called in question, and the article sool
: attracted the attention of New YorE
editors. Day by day he moused ou
. some new fact or ''clue," as he calle
IL. and day by day 1t began to groN
, apparent that in some way Paul Harle
= was implicated In the murder. Their
l was the testimony of the park police
, man as to the finding of the signet rim
tightly grasped in the dead mans hand
. and his account of the dispute hear
: through the partly opened wlndo
b shortly after Paul entered the hous'
I There was a story skilfully extracte
O from old Isaac about the terrible qua
g rel between uncle and nephew on u
1 morning before the murder, Isaac II
!. only identifying the ring as his your
e masters property. but insisting that
:. had heard Paul come up stairs al
g quietly enter his own room about fo'
? o'clock in the morning. Still mott
8 seemed to be absent, and though ia
e. ODDS good Offices In his friends behs
1t were no longer able to keep consta
s- reference to the affair out or the Ne
le York papers, nothing might nave De
<. heard of it after the frequently q
a journed coroner's inquest was end
IN had not Tuttle made a startling disco
r. ery. In some way he found out that
in hour or two after the quarrel betwe
te ! Mr.. Warren and Paul, the form
n. went down town TO his lawyer and ga
No him instructions to draught codi
ly to his will, revoking all bequests to
TO nephew. This clinched the matter;
IN New York papers took up the
on voiced by the Chicago Spy, that h'
"a was a rich man evadIng the clutches
he the law on account OF bis wealth,
IA coroner's jury charged by the lgnora
ed potoriety seeking little beery coron
he found that Austin Warren had bt
oh murdered by Paul Harley, and
ad months after tn crime was commit
nd Paul was sitting in the prisoners d
are on trial for his life, with the o
ct, apparently against him.
i; The period between his commltta
we the coroner and his appearance bel
no the Jury was one Of almost unmltlgs
aen horror. the only relief, In fact, bt
hi the almost constant presence OF Ha
led Proudfoot and Helen, the latter
ore whom had thrown all reserve aside
eel boldly ayowed her love for Paul
ted her perfect confidence in him
me belief In his innocence. Her bro
he secured a leave of absence from
llty editorial duties and gave himself u
was the task of proving his friends II
not cence, finding It much more dlfll
lob. than he had at first supposed. He
the opposed to him an enemy who prol
ice to the conflict years OF experience
uck brains which, had he also possesst
the grain OF moral principle, would
u 4 | pldCeQ nltU cL luc hcdt va eAO Jun
D. tic profession. Tuttle, OF course,
the a double object IN fastening the C
to on Paul, for not only would his d
and for revenge be satisfied in such
but he would reap direct pecuI
nan, advantage by reason of the lncre
,ent: market his copy" would conn
see owing TO his connection with the
mar Every little fact which could be tw
who 10 tell against Paul was ferreted
sell and forcibly presented by Tuttle
later dispatches tn the Spy. which
IN l copied into every paper IN the y
l to Harold worked haru anu niani
open the case seemed hopeless until on
BIT il about week before lne lIidI.
,eard spent the afternoon sitting in the
nice. In which the crime had been cor
we've ted, trying to reconcile his own {
fther OF an interrupted burglary endil
yinty murder and the sudden flight