Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-05-17

OF the JOD.
"Why-equally SO with the Others"
"Listen to me moment. In this pa.
per, Pierson is at pains to state that Par.
ker had no knowledge of his previous
life-that he never knew that he bore
another name previous to that of Pier.
son."
Eyes, remember; / see what your
line of reasoning will be-"
"Well. Now he did know about the
Fountain and Simpson marriages. In
my interview with him he was only dis
turbed when talked of Fountain. He
was lawyer enough to know that if there
was no pricr marriage, the Fountain
ceremony, whether mock or not, would
be binding if the supposed Fountain
could be identified with the dead Pier.
son. Hence his disturbance at my
knowledge Of the matter-a knowledge
which at that time did not have, but
most recklessly assumed to have"
"Well, but you forget Preston, the
drunkard."
mo, don't. This paper is dated 1874,
ten years ago, and in it is distinctly stated
that old Preston. the drunkard, turned
up five years previously. The old sot,
you will remember, wanted to argue
with Parker that he certainly was a
brother, because for fifteen years Pierson
had paid him money, and you must give
full weight to the answer of Parker, that
it made little difference whether money
was paid him because he was brother
rxr-ha hpr hn nnSgacCnd a
secret which induced old Pierson to give
hush money-he was brother enough for
their purposes. Now this argues that
Parker was not fully acquainted with
this relation, and that be really enter
tanned doubts Of the verify of the
brothership between the two-that the
relation. if not the acquaintanceship, be-
tween Preston and Parker had sprung
up since Persons death"
Il see. l see. Yes. your reasoning is
close"
Now" continued Tom, whatever
else we may think of Parker, it won't do
to take him for fool. And fool he
would have been to open up this prop
ertyship question, by his own motion
right on the heels of the murder, if he
had been guilty of it. or implicated in it.
The fact that he and his client would
have been benefited by it would have
been too patent, and if he knew the rela-
ton Templeton bore to the property, he
had every reason to believe others would
know it: and with guilty conscience
would think that that fact would be the
first to be pitched on"
IL am disposed to believe with you
Tom"
"You will, the more you turn over in
your mind that scene in Varick street
and my conversation with Parker. I'll
send for the Shadow, and together we'll
go over the conversation again, and I'll
write down both for you to study at your
leisure. 1t is quite as important to get
those out of the case who did not do it,
as to get those in who possibly could
have done it,"
THAT is shrewdly put, Tom." replied
Holbrook. But you do not forget Park
er's call on pe1"
"No, do not. That call. in my judg-
ment, was to find if possible whether or
not Pierson had been engaged in mock
matrimonial scrapes prior to the Foun-
tain episode, and Of which he had no
knowledge. Now. take fast hold of this
fact: Fountain could only be disturb
Ing claimant in the event of there hav-
ing been no previous marriage. Ii Parker
had known Of the marriage of Carroll
Preston. the issue of which was Mrs
Templeton. he would not have been at
all disturbed by my precipitation of the
Fountain name. He was visibly dis
turbed when falsely assumed to know
what | didn't then know. that Pierson
had once passed as Fountain. AS for
the driveling old idiot of brother, he is
too far gone in rum to have ever con-
ceived or executed the murder"
81 think you have made out case,
Tom. At all events, if the other lines OF
inquiry fail. we have the precious pair
to fall back on.
Nov, if you agree with me, as you
seem 10, then it follows that there are
only two left-the Simpson woman and
Wessing."
"Well, then. let's consider these two.
I ADOut VIC INV" nv AANAS eANA'
this document tells us.
"As to that. I'll have to send the
Shadow to New Rochelle to make in.
uuiries. But ! want to note fact.
There are only left now under our
process Simpson and Wessing"-
And Wessing was at the place, OF
murder when the deed was done. y <
Precisely. There's our first iResof
work. "a ID, Atss
Holbrook Gid not reply. Hefway tr
tent on his thoughts, and was nefSdqsty
tearing paper into long shreds. a habit
when he was Y.foundly thinking Fl
nally he said:
tom. somsvst3shg hgular things in the
way of omissions ,prsrent themselves.
You never told me ofj jHA4} Varick street
interview, snff ts orHRat Mrs
Templeton's family naple was yfreston