The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-30

bered M tho roof u Tho omnibus together
l was determined not IN lpae sight " him
All my future hung oR the llps Of that man,
NWhat DO ynu know NJ the Rlfuirf ! asked
eurinuslYi as va wenl along,
"Neym mind ho rspIlal, with eKaggerat
Cd caution, 'ypu'll know soon euoughN
Arrived az tha station my iilst care was 10
enllghlen tho Inspector as 70 tho WHe had
praotnad nn nay companion,
This douei Joseph Williams, platelayei',
toll What he knew,
u b not necessary 10 quote him exactly
his mode Of telling a story Was a slow aud
beWilderIng ono Suffice II 10 say that he he'd
travelled Ia the compartment adjoining that
IN which were Andrews ana myself lie
heard our raifod yones, he heard a souhie,
and he opeHed hs carriage door and oFapl
along ihe lO0ih0ard tIIl he could look iu al
our window There hs faW mo 0n tha door
and Andrews with Tho pistol pointed NJ hh
head, Ito heard Che report aa Androw
fired, and fnw him fnlI dead,
Just then q train was rapidly approaching
on tho W. line Williams saw his danger aud
returned aa quickly al he could W his own
carriage Here hH thought over tho tragedy
he had just witnessed Clearly 10 was hls
duty " give information at tho neHt stop
ping place hut bis inclination ran iu an Op
plsite direction. ilii plN WI not blame
lees one hnd hn slUnnl from entering tho
witness box ana running the rifi NJ having
that little e7rupada OF years ago dragged into
tho light Of day he loa.oned thus here am
l. respectable hard working man have
awlfe and children Hll of whom me iguor
ant Of this dark chapter IN my lis, My
mates, too would look as,anca ~ mo II they
know bad aeu tho iualo of one OF her ma.
ieaty'a prisons
Finally he eomrrom Hl With hIa conscience,
II, az tle oud Of the Journey, or nv any time,
] was arrested, hH would come forward. II
not, he hold 10 tho pruyerbl "a still tongue
makoth O wIfo hodh
DO was proved innocent, ana, tho ngcas
eary iorUnlliIm over, wus free man.
Aud tho lntuae mgdoof my bllGv Waf
to call ~ ihorcd brick l,ensnglon houss to
300 Betty
What happy evening wo fputl Ny
sweetheart rusts were coming back, her
bluo oye spapk'ad, her lace gown suited her
to perfection But with strange feminine
ptryenty fip declined % cypress much
gratitude toward Joseph Williams, plate
layer
"lie should have como forward at once,n
aho cried patulautly "lust fancy Horaoel
Al the tima you we're hiding Az that dread
ful Porter street, all the time my heart wai
nearly hreHkug, that man could have ended
u ail and y6t ho wouldn't
"iut, my darling why thrust all the
blame on hint ne did not know that I wus
In Porter street. or that had tondcr hoart'
ed little awoothourt, aud tho poor follow had
his own secret 10 protect
But she sho0l, her brown head, and 10 this
day keopH her own opinion,
Ono more scrap OF evidence came later on
In confirmation Of Williams story, though
none u needed, a friend ot the dead mans
said Androwa had told him his difficulties
were m great that suicide appeared 10 bo The
only way out Of them, Tho words hc uzd
wvroi III | had pistol | would blow my
brains outN
SO the matter ended and was soon forgot
ton, and Betty and 0ro married now aud
very happy-MrH, Henry 10, Dudoney IN
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