The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17


to Keppel himself.
he now left the track and turned of
to the eastward. The rain gradually
cleared and the stars came Out. Guid-
ing himself by them, Keppel walked on
and on, now clambering over steep &C.
clivities, now plunging into holiows,
now toiling over plowed meadows, fore.
ing his way through bits Of woodland,
stealing past farm houses, where dogs
barked and cocks crowed, but occasion
ally coming upon . stretch Of road that
went his way. Presently the short night
wore away and dawn began to appear.
Keppel halted and spent half an hour in
removing tho stains of mud from his
clothing and making himself look as pre-
sentable as possible. His left arm panied
him severely, but he thought himself
lucky in having no bones broken. IN
one Of his new pockets he found PEN
knife, and with this, as well as he could,
he cut his hair short. In couple Of
weeks his beard would have begun to
grow, and he would be tolerably dis
guised.
He now proceeded slowly, for he was
very tired, and also sleepy and hungry.
He had walked more than twenty miles.
At length, as the sun rose, he saw, half
a mile off, railway cutting extending
toward a small town. Thither he
directed his steps, but fingered on the
outskirts for an hour or two until the
townspeople should be awake. Finally
he heard train coming, and managed
to reach the station at the same time
that the engine drew up at the platform.
Then, as it steamed away again, he
walked into the town, as if just arrived
from New York, and seeing plain but
comfortable looking inn near at hand,
he entered and asked for a room and
some breakfast.
While his eggs and coffee were being
boiled he locked himself into his room
to think over his situation. But the
future was SO vague that he was able to
come to no conclusion. AS soon as Ids
money should be gone he would be at
the mercy of circumstances. He ex-
amined again the contents of his :kets
There were eight dollars in money, two
or three letters addressed to Burton
Fairfax, Esq, of Poughkeepsie, couple
of receipted bills, and nothing else-ex
cept cutting from a newspaper, headed
"Some Developments Of the Trent Muir
der" which Kcppel proceeded to read
with interest. Its date was apparently
of the day previous:
1.-The will of the late Harry Trent was
discovered yesterday in a package Of
documents left by him in a bureau
drawer at the Bellevue hotel, in Phila-
delphia. He spent the night of February
twenty-second last at this place, and
seems to have forgotten to take the docu-
ments away with him. The will is dated
February twenty, eighteen hundred and
seventy, and is very short, devising all
his property, real and personal, to my
wife, Sarah Althea Trent 1t is proper
ly signed and attested. This will be of
interest to those who ventured to express
doubts rs to the genuineness of the mar
rage announced in court last Tuesday
by Mrs. Trent-until then known as
Mrs. Sallie Matchin. Mr.. Trent at all
events appears to have shared her opin-
ion regarding its validity. The other
documents in the package were not of
an important character.
ut will be noticed that no provision is
made in the will for Mrs. Raven and her
daughter Olympia, who are understood
to have been distantly related to the de-
ceased, and to have been receiving from
him an annual stipend Of some eight
thousand dollars. This fact will proba-
bly, occasion some comment, as it was
intimated at the late trial that Mr.. Trent
had proposed to make Miss Raven his
wife. Possibly the desire that he should
make such a proposal was father to the
statement that he had done so. His will
seems to show not only the baselessness
of the assertion, but that for some rea-
son or other Mr.. Trent intended in the
future to let these two ladies take care
of themselves. 1t is to be hoped that
they possess independent resources.
"ln Mr.. Trent's breast pocket at the
time of his death was found letter
written in cipher, the purport of which
was not made out. 1t was not produced
at the trial, as the prosecution was not
of the opinion that it could throw any
light on the case. 1t is now published,
however, in the hope that some cipher
expert may be able to elucidate it, and
thus, perhaps, furnish an explanation of
some of the mysterious circumstances
that yet surround Mr. Trent's tragic end.
The letter is as follows:
"'Simpi F, npi. c gnl F. pill pink
oghi mlhg npi. E. mkpi c, Klmh F, pion
qolg G. qkin F, hqon qolg B qkng F.
olmh qolg c mhgq omgk qlin B hkq F.
hnpq ngmo mioq S lmpi. F, dig qolg
nlqg kgli kgli G lnho. F, Mogl. c okiq
phno s. lmni c. omgk. F Hmm F. mlgi
c hqgi B. hiq S. pkol. c q knp olmp F,
hlkp hnio B. Mo. F, dim c ngil nixon s,
lmpi c ngil F. hqon MISC F, qopS q. go
G ike F. OPT C. pghq nixon B qglp C
nixon F. ongl opkn G hqpm F, oinq E
lnig F, hkom B imq C. ngoi. F. mpqn.
knli. OH hgo F. imqg E hpg F. hnoi E
mkpi F, high ikmn.'
The paper on which this curious ef-
fusion is written appears to be of French
manufacture"
Such was the newspaper article, some
passages of which moved Keppel pain
fully. Olympia, it seemed, would be re-
duced to want just at the time when he