The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-26

G<sxe4sf Ihcnspcctor rose
end placeda chair
= for her. She sat
down. regarding him with great intcnt-
hess. as if ondcavoring 70 satisfy herself
What manner OF man be was.
~Can be OF any assistance 70 you,
MADAME" the detective inquired.
81 hope YOU may" was her reply, "for
] don't know where 30 look for help, I'M
less % YOU. You wcro officially cogni-
can't. wcro you not. Of tho ease OF Nr.
Percy Nolen. who was accused Of rob
berry q few weeks agoF
Tie inspector inclined his head. ct
came 60 my knowledge in the ordinary
routine" no said. 1T has been ad-
iourncd. as you are probably aware, and
the chance are that 1t viii not soon be
heard Of again
"porcv Nolen was my brother she
rcsumcd "He was lost at sea" Her
lins trcmllel. hut she recovered herself
tho inspector noted that she seemed to
possess unusual self command-and went
on - mother and arc the only ones
of the family left alive and my mother
IS an invalid My brother died with
shadow upon lis name, and ! consider
umv duty to remove it, am sure that
s. can be done. and am ready to make
.nv c.Toft or sacrifice 70 do l.. Nothing
would bo O. sacrifice that would accom-
1i.h that result"
I'm afraid You will find II no easy
matter. Hiss Nolel. Speaking Is a pro
fassicnal man. I must say thai the pros-
rcct IL not hopeful one"
Il don't expect il 10 be easy; but am
determined - succeed, and l mean TO
liye all NV lilo and energy 20 Il" said
fhe. il Che same quiet to1o which she
Dad usei from fhs Grst. but with i'm
mcnes underlying earncstness. "Of
cou.s,. ! know nothing about the ways
If finding out criminals. and ! don't
thin1 that, IN IN ordinary matter, ]
should make . good detcctivei but this Is
a Thing caro- 80 much about that its
different. believe that II the man who
s.1io li-t money was 10 pass me on the
..ree: should feel that IL was be"
The inspector dropped his pencil and
stopped 70 pick 1t up. Tho notion q
idenaiyng criminals by emotional inlu-
iaon was not without as humorous side;
out hs did not wish his smile 10 be- seen;
and iV tho time be had recovered LIS
pcucil BE Lad recovered BIS gravity like
wise. "I... if YOU were able 10 Tecog-
rize Linn jn lhat way, Miss No,en, 10
s.uarEcd. there would be 10 ovidence
.n that t. fa-tcn the crime upon him.
The Jury nigh. lhinE you Nero mis-
,aken. and would refuse 80 convict an
fact. J don't think yOu could persuade
any judge % iLe bench - grant yen =
warrant"
81 wasn't thinking Of putting It on
i4l. ground" Pauline replied, colorlnS2
lhJe bat when / have cOnyjLced my
Eli u.al ] know The man, would ind
evidence agains, lin. that ssould CON
Vince ths world to. Only Iel inc knoE
lin first, and lh- rost would BE- easy"
"Wcn, al Gu say l., ! hops youD
and him"
y lhould not have come here 10 waste
your time merely by selling you this, ;"
A. continued. looking UP II him firmly.
81 wish Co tell YOU something that may
Indicate who Ae is. and then You Will be
able. perhaps. to help me find out where
lo is and what his record is. l don't
suppose YOU know that Percy was not
ms only brother
The detective intimated that he did
not
NV other brothers name was Jerrold.
He died "a few years ago. They had rea-
son 60 think that his death was fastened
Av foul means. The man whom he ac-
cu-elof it was tried; the case was APP
pealed several times. but at last, after
having been confined for over year. the
accused was acquitted. lie said that he
would be revcnged upon Us. Why may
De- not have taken this way TO be re-
icngcdf
Tho inspector began TO be interested
"What was his name. he asked.
"His name was Horace Dupee. lie
was "a medical student
Tell me the circumstances. ma!
rccorect something Of IT,"
"When my brother Jerrold left college
he decided 70 be a physician, and he be-
can the study Of medicine here IN Ne"
York. lie attended lectures and went TO
the hospitals. lie was fond OF fun and a
faySrite with his fellow students ana l
euppose ne was rather imprudent ~ las
habits. lie was good naturcd and eNcit-
able and the others LED him ON.
"The way the end came was this
There was a. supper given to one OF the
students who had got through his course
lie was the Horace Dupce spoke o.
lie WIS a clever man, believe. never
saw him. and be and Jcrrold were great
friends. There were ten or twelve oiheI
Young men at the supper. ihey df''iiA
Il GOOD deal Of wine and became noisy
and excited. They began to play practi-
cal Jokes on one another AT last Hor-
ace Dupce got up 10 make a speech. Ny
brother. who sat near him, kept inter
rupting him with jokes and laughing,
lie cot angry hnally-Dupee did-and
made some threat or said some insulting
thing. Nv brother instantly threw a
glass of wine in his face, glass and all.
"Dunec rushed at him and struck him
with his Gst. They began TO fight; Du'
NV brother was the stronger, ana nc
struck Dupcc in the face, 50 that nc io'l
over chair. Then the others separated
them; and my brother, after moment
forgo. his anger, and wanted 70 MAKE
friends with Dupee again, but Dupee
would not for a while, but the other,
urged him, until at last he laughed and
came and shook hands with my brother
aud pretended that he was quite recon,
ciled; but he said afterwards 70 one oil
The young men that lac would DO even
with Nolen yet
They had been on tho point Of break
ing up, bat after this they got 10 drink
ing and talking again; and Dupee came
and sat down by my brother, and kept
filling his glass for him, but only pre-
tending TO drink himself, until my
h,o.her e,ot o,1ita intoxicated and acted