Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-18

Il was but the statement Of what the
reader must have already suspected. He
had not been shot by Atlee that morning
when he was making his way to the sea,
but by quickly diving had concealed him
self for a moment and hoated downward
with the current, which was strong at
that place. The leaves and fallen tree
had aided him in his concealment when
he was obliged to rise to the surface for
air. When he was. once free from all
pursuit, he followed out his first inten-
ton and Joined friendly Indian tribe.
When 80 much of his story had been told
the rest was plain to those present, and
even the most bitter of Dorothea's perse-
cutors felt that they had done wrong and
regretted it. If it had not been for that
tragedy only a little over week before,
they would have borne her from the
courtroom In triumph.
Hillary went on. 1t had never been his
intention, he said, to desert his little
girl, and so frequently he made trips to
Sagnauck and waited about the PLACE
until he CHANGED to- meet ''his baby" as
he called her. Once being unable to see
her, he wrote a note and left it in
his cabin, knowing that she
frequented the old hut. This note was
the one the minister found, and sub
sequently Hillary learned that Dorothea
never received it. The night upon
which Mr.. Granville had opened the note
and read it, Hillary was waiting In hopes
Of seeing his daughter. With bitter
feeling In his heart he walked by the
minister's house, and, glancing In at the
window, saw, the latter open his note
Burning with rage, he waited until the
piece Of birch bark had been laid upon
the desk near the window, and then,
breaking a pane of glass, he seized 1t
and departed. When Dorothea told him
OF her approaching marriage he began
securing furs, and followed by six In
dams, bore her marriage portion to her.
This simple explanation Of all the
mysteries surrounding Dorothea turned
the tide of popular feeling against Mr..
Granville, and all at once the tickle null
titude remembered that he alone had
fostered and brought the charges against
the poor girl
AS Hillary was about to leave the
stand one Of the magistrates bade him
stop and asked Of him why he had COM
PEELED his daughter to keep silent con-
corning him, especially when that silence
had been the cause of bringing upon her
the public ignominy, which had resulted
in her insanity and the murder OF her
babe? Hillary anwered;
"I wished to be considered dead by
every white man, for I was Disguised
with their canting hypocrisy? But
never suspected that my visits would
bring so much cruelty to such sweet
girl as Dorothea. 1 did not know Of the
whipping until it was over, for yonder
reverend gentleman took great pains to
announce the trial but one day before it
occurred, and to follow the sentence
with its execution before an hour had
passed. When the deed was once done
might have led the Indians to burn the
town, but that would have been my only
way of revenge, and did not care to do
that"
Dorothea was then announced to be
clear from the charge Of witchcratt, and
was led back to prison to await the sit
| ting Of the magistrates next day, when
she would be put on trial for her life for
| the murder of her babe.