Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-18

leIt tTe mouse III . CLOCK last night
Exactly at 3 | took the train for Provi
dence. reached there at 1890 went
to the - hotel. was assigned to room
81. After registering went to 240 Blank
street to see a girl named Matte Davis
She was not at home | returned to the
hotel, played two games of billiards, and
went to bed. went up stairs with John
Carew. Boston drummer. ! slept until
in the morning. Had breakfast, stroll
ed about, had dinner, and left for home at
As"
All this seemed straight and reasonable,
and took care to hide my suspicious.
went to Providence and verified his state
| ments up to certain point. de did call
at 240 Blank street and asked to see Matte
Davis, but when told that she was out and
would return within ten minutes he would
not wait Why? That was his object in
going to Providence, as he admitted. and
he had plenty of time. He did go up
stairs with John Carew. but ten minutes
after entering his room he came out again.
A chambermaid saw him. She saw that
he wore a different hat, or, rather had ex
changed his hat for a sap. When ne went
down stairs he went out by the ladies
door. In every corridor Of every large
hotel the help are sentinels. 1t is a part
of their duties to watch the guests. This
woman suspected and watched young
Brush. When the night watch came on,
he was told to look out and see at what
hour the young u IN returned.
A train left Providence at midnight.
hunted up the conductor who had the run
that night. and he remembered taking up
the ticket of a young man who wore a cap
and sat in the smoker. The passenger
had his nose in newspaper and seemed
deeply interested although the light was
very poor it was strange hour to be read
ing the news of the day. He was sure this
passenger got off at the town where TIE
murder was committed. train left here
again for Providence at three o'clock in
the morning. | found the conductor of
that. and he remembered taking cash
fare of young man wearing a cap, who
had got on at that place; remembered it
more distinctly because the young man
was curled up in his seat as if asleep, or
as if anxious to beat his way. returned
to Providence and interviewed the night
watch at the hotel and he said the young
man assigned to room No. 81 came softly
in at about 3: 80 and staggered along as II
drunk. He figured lit out that the young
man had come into town for lark, and
had had it.
1t took me ten days to study this all out,
and meantime the murdered woman had
been buried, the coroner's jury had re.
turned verdict, and public opinion lad
settled down to the conviction that the
crime was the work of tramp, who had
got safely away. | must be sure of my
case before moving against young Brush,
as | would stand entirely alone. When
had the evidence as above given, began
to hunt for the back door key. In a search
of half an hour ! found it in the garden,
where it had been thrown after locking
the door. 1t had fallen IN the snow, but
the snow had melted Then | got the
chambermaid and night watch down for
a quiet look at James, and both identified
him As the train from Providence en-
tered the depot, it stopped for moment
at street crossing. This street crossing
was quarter of mile nearer the Brush
house than the depot. concluded that
Brush got on and off here. The nearest
building was an Office of coal yard,
which had a man on watch AL night
When came to interview him he remem-
bered seeing man alight from the train
and walk rapidly up the street. The
night and the hour conceded with my
figuring.
The Brush house had been practically
shut up since the murder, though James
had visited it several times in the com
panv of relatives. | was allowed to go
and come at will and on the next day,
after interviewing the Waterman at the
coal yard, | went to the house about the
the middle of the forenoon TO take a last
look before bringing my accusations.
While was inside heard some one enter.
Off the upstairs hall was ii closet, into
which stepped and held the door tightly
aiar. My idea was that it was young
Brush, and chat he had come alone for a
purpose. He could not have known of my
presence, but he came in very quietly, and
as he got to the head of the stairs where
could see him. | saw that he was pale
and nervous. He acted like one who had
dreaded to come, but had still been forced
to. | had overhauled his clothing in his
room, and had searched high and low in
hopes to find the knife with which the
stabbing had been done. | was certain
that he could not have escaped blood
stains. and chat he had changed at least a
DDEllOU VI HIS dluVl Npiiihlittihe
the murder ! was there for a last search,
and it WASH FIVE minutes before mad the
proofs that had been blind.
Young Bush dared not enter his moth
er's room He started to, but backed out
He walked up and down the hall two or
three times, evidently trying to get his
courage up, and then entered his own
room | gave him couple of minutes to
work, aud then left my place of conceal
ment and tip-toed to his door. A chimney
ran up through his room and was fitted
for stovepipe, but the hole was stopped
up by ALI ordinary tin stopper. He had re-
moved this and was standing on chair
and had bis arm in the hole as | entered
the room. For half a minute he looked
down into my eyes with frightened, de-
sparing expression. Then he made a
spring for me, and as we both crashed to
the floor he grabbed for my throat. He
was desperate, and desperation gave him
false strength, but, after a struggle of
three or four minutes J had him hand
cuffed and helpless Then ! investigated
The chimney. There was a fireplace down
stairs, but it had been stopped up. open
ed it and found the entire suit he had on
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