Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11

| Information further to contribute. When
he went over to Sonning, after the receipt OF
the letter, he found the cottage left IN
furnished state. and as there had been no
further communication received from Mr..
Osborne nor from anyone else on his behalf,
he had continued to let Rose Cottage ever
since, furnished, as the previous tenant had
left it.
To the question whether he had kept the
letter which accompanied the rent, Mr..
Green promptly replied that he had not.
He explained that he had once been left ex-
ecutor to an old lady friend OF his who had
been in the habit of keeping every scrap of
paper that fell in her way, regardless Of its
Importance or otherwise, and 1t had in
volved him (Mr. Green) in so much trouble,
going through the accumulations of half a
century, that he had determined never to
keep a scrap of writing unless it manifestly
bore on the interests OF himself or his fam
lily. As the letter announcing that Mr.. Os-
borne had vacated Rose Cottage had not
fallen under this category it had been de-
stroyed.
After much trouble Doggett was able at
last to strike trail.
The driver of fly at Twyford was found
who remembered driving the party from
Rose Cottage to the station at Twyford. He
stated that he had been engaged by
"youngish man" to drive himself and three
other persons, who turned opt to be very
old gentleman, who seemed half-witted,
little child, and a very handsome lady.
His account was that he was engaged
early in the morning-it was his first fare,
and he remembered the incident very well;
for, in addition to the luggage, which con-
sisted of two heavy boxes, he had a small
portmanteau with him on the box-seat,
bearing the label of hotel in Charges
street, London. He could remember it, he
explained, because of little joke he had
about the name of the street with pal of
his; and, besides that, he added, that he
was particularly struck with the appearance
OF the lady, who was "a sumner and no
mistake" Finally, the jarvey had seen
the entire party leave by the London train.
Asked to describe the lady and the ''young-
ish gentleman I" who accompanied her, Dog
gett had no difficulty in recognizing the
verbal picture which he drew with that fur
nished him few evenings back by John
Loyatt of Mr.. and Mrs. Leyton.
Only in one particular did the information
communicated by the driver of the hy at
Twyford prove misleading. Doggett could
find no trace of Mr.. Osborne having STAYED
at hotel IN Charges street. But further in
quiry in that neighborhood brought 70 light
a high-class boarding house situated in that
street, and patience was at last rewarded by
the discovery that the proprietress Of this
establishment had had the honor of receiving
into her house Mr.. and Mrs. Engle6eld, Miss
Robson and Mr.. Leyton, whom she was
given to understand was Mrs. Englefeld's
brother, though she for her part could see no
likeness between them, fMrs Englefeld be-
ing dark and Mr.. Leyton being quite fair
young man."
Then came the crowning fact, which went
far to establish the theory that Doggett had
formed after his conversation with the sex
ton at Chelderton. The lady explained that
her guests remained with her a little more
than month, all except Mr.. Leyton, who
only remained on the night when the party
arrived. They took the old gentleman away
at last on the representations of the propri-
etress of the boarding house, who saw that
the old gentleman was failing very fast, and
objected to having death in her house.
Now, Mr.. Englefeld had lived exactly one
month after his return home, and on refer
ence to dates furnished by the establish
ment they were found exactly to correspond
1t came to this. then, that Mr. Osborne
had been removed from Scanning, with
health rapidly failing, and had been carried
off by Leyton and Mrs. Englefeld (to speak
of her by the name she bore them, and
passed of as Mrs. Englefeld's husband, and
off to Chelderton to die in the Manor House
and be laid to rest in the vaults beneath the
church at Chelderton Magma, in order to
allow the youthful Mrs. Englefeld to take
a mate more nearly to her mind than the
feeble and decrepit old man who had been
suddenly smitten down with paralysis.
What then had been done with the real
Mr.. Englefeld? Was he alive still? And
if so, where was he to be found?
The second and longer part of Doggett's
quest was devoted to finding a solution to
these questions. 1t was long and difficult
task and well nigh hopeless one, for the
detective had no clew to go upon. Every
effort to trace the movements of Mrs. Engle-
field from the time that she set out from
Chelderton with her husband for change of
scene to the time she assisted in the re-
moval of old Mr.. Osborne from Sonning ON
the day when she presented him as Mr..
Englefeld at the boarding house in Charges
street, resulted in failure.
Doggett had discovered, indeed, that Mr..
and Mrs. Englefeld had spent the first |
night of their sojourn from home at hotel |
in London, but there the trail was lost. |
Mrs. Englekeld had not left her address be-
hind her, nor stated where she was going. |
She had employed two cabs off the ranks |
for the removal of her husband and their |
luggage, but to what station they had driven |
no information was to be obtained; nor, |
after the length of time that had elapsed, |
was it possible to discover who had driven
her. The scent was entirely lost.
But Doggett had formed his theory of the
crime at an early stage of his inquiries,
and as everything that had been brought to
light had tended to confirm the theory on
which he began to work after his interview
with the sexton at Chelderton, he deter
mined that he would not abandon his search
until he had put his theory to a final test by
long and exhaustive inquiries, and, if needs
be, by employing several agents whom he
could trust to act under his snperintendence
and assist him.
A reference to dates showed that Mr.. En-
glefield had been removed from his home
for change of scene in December, 1858.
Doggett accordingly determined that he
would obtain list of all the private lunatic
asylums within easy reach of the south
coast, arguing that Mrs. Engle6eld must
have taken her husband in the first place to
one of the popular winter resorts on that
coast, possibly selecting some place that
could boast of having a private asylum
within easy reach. From this list he select
ed four, and proceeded to lay siege to each
in turn.
By this time the Universal had become
no less interested than DR.. George Osborne
himself in the inquiries Doggett was insti-
tuting, and money was freely spent in eluei-
iating the mystery which surrounded Ley
'on and his wife. By judicious use of
bribery and treating in the village aIehouse,
Doggett contrived to get at the keepers OF
'hese four asylums. But nothing came of
his attempts. There were old paralytic men
n plenty, but none known by the names of
Osborne or Englefeld.
Disappointed with the failure of his plan,
Doggett made a second selection, and this
line committed the business to the hands of
lgents. Matters were in this state, and the
health of DR.. Osborne was breaking down
more and more under the tension Of hope
90 long deferred, when suddenly new idea
iashed across the detectives mind, as he sat
" his chimney corner smoking his evening
,ipe and revolving the affair in his mind
hat had already occasioned him so much
7exation and disappointment.
What Doggett's new scheme was will be