The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-01-04

lice. From down belo other policemen
threatened to shoot him where he was I'm.
less he came down.
-Is that your mani" asked the Chief of
me. hurriedly. Can you see him! Are
you quite sure!
I had not the slightest doubt il was
Cornelis Jansen, and l said so posi-
lively.
will you come down? 1t is your last
chance. One-two-three." the Chief
shouted to him SLOWLY, revolver in hand.
Still the miscreant would not surren-
der himself. With a new and more fran
tic effort he tried to climb round the
chimney-s ack, but his foot slipped, lie
lost hold, and next instant he had
fallen down-tEere was no telling how
far-down in the ourt-yard on the other
side.
They took him up for dead, but, though
fearfully mangled, he still breaihed. He
fingered in the hospital, to which he
was removed on stretcher, and l had
several interviews with him before he
died.
With the fear of death upon him he
confessed to his crime, justifying fully
the conclusions at which l had arrived.
He had overheard the quarrel between
Sarsfeld and Yriarte, and knew sufficient
Spanish to understand it. Then he re-
solved to make the Spaniards secret his
at any price, and Utilize for his OWE ad-
vantage the power of eytortion thus OBJ
tanned.
The murder had been simple affair.
He had hidden himself in No. 80 before
Yriarte retired for the night, but on the
Spaniard's appearance, after the victim
had emptied his pockets on the dressing
table, he, Cornelis had seized the knife,
- hah I Ia, ,,l h
at one stroke. He had taken his own
knife with him. but hal been suddenly
inspired to use Yriarte's as less compro-
missing, throwing it from him on leaving
No. SO by the window of the fire. escape.
After the deed he had spent an hour
searching the portmanteau, but with
little result. All be found were few
memoranda and the Cadiz address of
Yriartes mother. These he utilized III
the manner the reader knows, and thus
obtained the proofs he needed for the
effectual intimidation of Mr.. Sarsfeld.
The whole of these papers, with many
| articles of compromising character.
were found in Cornelis' bedroom. /
handed them all over to Mr.. Sarsiiell
without examining them The value he
set ON them was my Justification for this
Whom, n few months later, / made Miss
Bertram my wife. / restored to her the
hairpin on which had laid hands. ex-
planning why had secured it. At the
same time l cleared up the few points
that had remained obscure in this ex-
traordinary case.
Mrs Sarsfield knew from the hrst OF
the mold Ilia,te had over her husband
1t was to implore the man to hold his
tongue that she had yentured TO Ne. 80
When she discovered the murder she
almost believed in her husbands guilt
She had confided her fears to Fawcett ut
the end of the interview of which
heard the commencement, who had be-
gun by suspectins her His action at
first had been to shield Mrs. Sarsfield
and then Mr.. Sarstield.
AS for my dear wife, her whole idea
was to screen her sister, even at the sac
riice OF herself. Deep, unhesitating de-
votion to those whom she loves is an
abiding principle with her, as l have
found. after many years of the closest
intimacy with this noble. unselfsh nature
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