The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-08-09
CHAPTER NIX.

GILES ELLIS MISCALCULATIONs.
When the strange story Indian Joe re-
lated came to GILES Ell $ ears, that indi-
yldual gave it immediate credence. 1t WAS
polite to do so. lie foresaw the effect it
would have uron his statements concern
ing the crime charged to Martin Lee. He
was DESTROYS of meeting his tool. If 1t
had been IN his power to overtake him
and silence him for a time, he would have
done it: but he dtd Lot deem it polite to
be seen III Joe's company.
To countelart the ridicule Joe $ tory
excited. GILES Ellis artfuily manufacture
ed lie out of whole cloth. The manner
III which this was done. though iugen-
ious, was as old as human craft and cum
ming. He himself directed the couversa-
ton 10 the story Joe had related, then
proceeded i'll this wise:
1t seems incredlb BILE, beyond belief,
neighl ors. but | have heard of things as
strange, ana not from the Indian, but
from others responsible men"
\ remark like this in those days was
sufficient to inti-me listeners with curl
o,lty. Then Giles fenced skillfulty.
%, do not quote me in the matter. |
only repeat what | heard. Did You not
hear anything about the finding OF Martin
. Lees BODY
OF course, the listeners knew nothing,
whereupon Giles proceeded i'll this wise;
Well lis said mind m only telling
what was told me It's said Martin Lee 5
body was found. That somebody dug it
up and moved it away to a FIR place,
where II will never be given up till the
sea gives up its dead"
When the curious naturally ked who
eNhumed the remains, and when aud
where they were observed, Giles was not
t..1 l.,
manner of man who had already old
too much.
So now the 6ossips. forgetting the rid!-
Guile they had heapcd upon Indian Joe,
coolly repeated the story of the exhuming
of Martin Lees body, and related how
they had been spirited away. Indian Joe
! had witnessed their actions, but he could
/ not tell how many were there, or then
names. And then. too. be was black and
blue with the beating he had received
/ when discovered by those who had car
ried away all that was left of Martin Lee
1t will not surprise the reader when ht
Is told that the last person 10 hear this
story was the one most interested IN it
John Lee was profoundly ignorant of In
dian Joes extraordinary story. and knew
nothing OF the version Giles Ellis i'm
proved appendix furnished. Once more
the public sentiment TUNED, and nov
s numbers believed that Martin Lees re.
mains had been eXhumed and secreted IL
some out of-the-way place by somebody
But now the question arose - who
helped John Lee? If there were four il
the business, then john Lee had three
good friends. Who were the friends
Immediately public opinion fixed on Az.
thur Proctor aS one o. the persons
John Lee was the moving spirit. Of
course. Possibly the other two wer,
familiars of the witches,
1t was such wretched suggestions a:
these the people offered to support thei
opinion when tangible evidence was de.
manded. At time when the chance
remarks of mere children were twisted in.
to proof deemed sufficient to hang womer
who, until the people became crazed Will
the fear of witchcraft, were consideret
respectable and worthy, II Is not difficult
to imagine the form the story took insid,
i of twenty-f four hour. when the alsha
/ of Salem encountered Giles Ellis
Know We aught of the story ] hear O.
John Lee and Young PROCTOR"
L can answer both if You viii tell N:
what you have heard.
We'll. | have heard that John Lee
Arthur Proctor, and two others" til,
Marshal emphasized the words, have dug
up Martin Lee and thrown his tody intt
the sea
All, | did not hear what disposition
they made OF the body l heard tht
same.
-'lis said you know more thanyou ear'
to telii'