San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-03
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met anything exactly like that.
And then, again, both the hospital
steward and the keeper of the dead
house knew of the striking resemblance
between Richard Melville and Maurice
Green. 1t was so great that it deceived
the mother and the family physician,
still they refer to it very lightly.
Then why should Mrs. Caroline Green
gloss over her husbands evil temper:
Perhaps she realizes that she is under
obligations to that same hasty temper,
for only for the faint of bad blood in the
Green family, and that cheap back
woods passion of Maurice Green, the new
Richard Melville would have walked
through the world as the old Richard
Melville until the end of his days, and
there would never have been Maurice
Green again. Only for that murder in
the coachman's room no one would have
ever known that Richard Melville was
buried in Virginia in place Of Maurice
Green, ,and that Maurice Green picked
up the life of Richard Melville where he
laid it down.
And don't understand why Mrs.
Green does not explain her motive for
inducing her husband-at that time
Richard Melville-to aid her in escaping
from the asylum. Well, she can do as
she pleases, but l shall always believe
that she would have been murdered that
night if the carriage had not met with an
accident on Twenty-third street, for he
knew that she was acquainted with all
the facts of her brothers death. The
foolish woman had used that to him as
an argument why he should accept her
as his wife, and in doing so had imper-
lied her own life.
That would have made two murders
for Mr.. Maurice Green, alias Richard
Melville-one committed to protect his
position in the Melville family, and the
other committed TO conceal the first.
Now. | have consulted the prosecuting
officers of the county and half a dozen
medical experts, and without exception
all express the opinion that it would be
useless to put Maurice Green on trial for
the murder committed in the name of
Richard Melville. 1t would be, they say,
like trying a man for an offense commit
ted in his sleep or during the frenzy of a
brain fever. All accept the conclusion
arrived at; all have pledged themselves
to secrecy for Mrs. Clark Melville's sake,
and Mrs. Caroline Green has already
been released from custody. lam told that
she went straight to her husband at the
Brooklyn hotel and that he recognized
her in spite of her faded and changed ap-
pearance. 1t is with him as the surgeon
predicted. His New York life is as much
of a blank to him now as his life in Maine
was before. Mrs. Clark Melville is still
in ignorance of the true state of affairs.
She will know that the man she has cared
for 50 unselGshly is not her son for the
first time when she reads the history of
my investigation in the manuscripts |
have had prepared for her
don't like the looks of the thing! /
believe from the bottom of my heart
that Maurice Green is responsible for
the murder he has committed | have
no doubt that Maurice Green believed
himself to be Isichard Melville. Such
cases are, | am told, not rare in the
books. 1t IS certain, too, that ne was
honest in rejecting the claims of his
wife.
Now to arrange the manuscripts and
deliver them to Mrs. Melville. Perhaps
| shall see Mrs. Caroline Green there. If
I do shall ask her to explain her motive
in leaving the asylum. | already know
what her companions motive was in
taking her away.
What will Mrs. Clark Melville say?
There, | have seen Mrs. Clark Mel
vile, and she has read the manuscripts.
She now knows the truth.
How did she receive it? Let me write
down what took place
When | rang the bell l was told that
Mrs Melville had been expecting me all
day, and was shown into her private sit
ting room, where found her alone.
laid my manuscript on the table.
You have brought your report in
writing she said, turning p&ler than
usual with excitement. Come back in
two hours and you shall know what to
do next. Stop" she added as | turned
toward the door. Have you heard from
Richard this morning.
Il am happy to report that he is in his
right mind and on the high road to re-
cOvery."
"Then why am not permitted to see
him?"
| pointed silently to the manuscript
aud left the room. | returned in five
hours instead of two.
a bright coal fire was burning in the
CRATE, although the weather was warm,
and Mrs. Melville sat in front of it with
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