Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-18
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And these weird and terrible words
awoke for the first time. q suspicion IL
the mothers mind that dark and
haunting shadow had fallen on hel
daughters heart. That Nancy's mar
ried life had been an unhappy one, and
that her husband had forsaken her, Mrs.
LOTUS already knew. But as she list
ened TO Nanoy's feeble murmurings, she
began to understand that some tragic
underourrent must also be expressing bel
mind, and her extraordinary agitation a
the news of her brother law 8 death
naturally turned Mrs. LOTUS thoughts
in that direction.
But she said nothing and asked no
questions, but nursed poor Nancy with
the greatest tenderness and care. And
Nancy Was i'll many days after this; i'll
when the coroner's inquest was held on
the body of the unfortunate young man
who had been lured to his doom. AT
this inquest Maj. Erne was called upon
to give evidence, and the unhappy young
widow also had to tell the same sad story
that we already know; how Gerard !,
the 29th of April, with the avowed in
tention of starting for town by the 8
O'Clock train, and how she never saw
him again in life.
Then the station-master gave his evil
dence and positively swore that he saw
and spoke to Lord Gilmore at five or
seven minutes TO II o CLOCK on the same
night, stating that he could not be mis-
taken on account of the popularity of
Lord Gilmore's figure; and also added
that he appeared to have been drinking
heavily, and spoke very indistinotly.
John Summers identified the body as
that of his son-in law, who had formerly
borne the name of Gerard Brewster; and
Maj. Erne also identified the hapless
young man who had died so drear q
death. The policemen gave evidence as
to the finding of the body buried close to
the wall of the riverside villa, last in
habited by her at the time of the disap-
pearance of Lord Gilmore; and Mr.. Glib
son the builder, stated the facts regard
ing the letting of the house, and the
return of the keys to the house-agent
after brief tenancy on the part of that
lady. But the medical evidence was the
most important; the two doctors who
had made the post-mortem examination
proving Gerard, Lord Gilmore, had come
to his death by poisoning, no wound
whatever or injury being found on his
person.
The only reasonable conclusion TO be
drawn from the evidence, therefore, was
provided that the station master was
correct IN his statement-that the unfor-
tunate young lord had while in drunk
en- condition on the train. been induced
to leave it at the next station, and that
he had been lured back to the villa and
there poisoned, and that Madame de
Costa must have been cognisant of these
facts, II not the actual perpetrator of the
crime, and warrant was issued for her
apprehension.
She had stated in letter to the house
agent that she was leaving the villa on
account of the illness of relative in the
south OF France, and this was about the
only clue she had left behind her. But
verdict of "willful MURDER was re-
turned by the jury against her, and also
against her two Spanish servants, names
unknown.
Erne remained to hear the verdict land
then returned to town; and later in the
day the enoofined form of the murdered
man was carried back to the house he
had left with so light heart, and the
young wife he had ceased to love walled
and wept by it in bitterest grief.
And other tears were she'd bitter
bitter tears-over the young lord 3
tragic fate. Mrs. Brewster, no had re-
manned at Wrothsley after her return
there, had from this first news of his dis
appearance felt the deepest anxiety re-
garding him, and had eagerly sought for
every scrap of information concerning
him. And then the terrible
tidings reached Wrothsley that his
dead body had been discovered in the
garden of the riverside villa, Mrs. Brew
ster gave way to the most passionate
grief. She had truly loved the adopted
son. whom she had tended and reared as
her own, and, TO do Gerard justice, he
had always been most kind and consid-
crate to her, and even after he had as
sumed the title continued to treat her
with affection. and used to write to her
occasionally and send her presents; and
Mrs. Brewster was never weary of prais- |
ing him. The news of his death was
therefore terrible blow to her, and she |
completely broke down under it., crying
out that they had killed her boy by TAX |
ing him away from her; that had he |
been with her he would have been living.
Father Hayward had given positive /
orders to every servant in the castle that |
no newspaper was to be allowed to fall |
into Lady Gilmore's hands that con-
tanned any illusions to her eldest son 3 |
but when the actual ac- |
count OF the murder appeared the good |
man scarcely knew how to act. He tele- /
graphed to Nancy TO come to Wrothsley, |
but received reply from Mrs. LOTUS in
forming him that her daughter, Mrs. |
was too Ill TO leave her bed, and |
quite incapable of travelling. Then he |
bethought him of Miss Clifford, but the
grim old lady at Manor house positively |
refused to go near wrothslsy under the
'.It's all her own doing, not mlne,'
che said tartly. "'Sbe untitled this Door
lad for his station, and then to punish
Hugh Clifford for marrying girl that is
q deal too good Tor him she told the
trnth about her own sin aud folly and
this is the end of it, The lad e head WIS
turned naturally enough. and he was
vain as peacock. and some artful jade
of foreign woman has got hold of him
no doutf, aud BATTERED him up and made
a fool of him, and then murdered him
for the sake of his money, and his dia-
mond rings and his studs that he was go
fond of Displaying.
q. He did not turn out certainly az