Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-31
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NOW left the track and turned of
.ts eastward. The rain gradually
g, ga and the sta came out Unlo-
...~,,elf by them, keppel walked on
A- now clambering over steep ac-
anu now plunging into hollowS,
Sling over piowed meadows, fore
1." NV through bits of woodland,
,,1sr farm houses, where dogs
md cocks crOwed, but occasion
o-' .s,, upon stretch OF road that
-.l his wav. Presently the short night
-..y,av aud dawn began TO appear
er aerted and spent half an hour In
N.. the stains of mud from his
'....- ana making himself look as
--.eb'e rs possible. His left arm
l.t tim severely, but he thought
.--f lrrkv i'm having no bones
Iuone of his pockets he found
..rifs. and with this, as well rs he
be cut his hair short. In a
-." NJ weeks his beard would nave
guy. -, crow. and he would be toler-
a' .,, proceeded slowly, for he was
.-.i aud also sleepy and hungry.
,e Ie.ked more than twenty miles.
A. src,h. as the sun rose, he saw half
AZ ...7F railway cutting extending
- small town. Thither be d.
""ltis steps, but fingered on the
..--. for an hour or two until the
v-.....sorle should be awake. Finally
t.-rf q train coming, and managed
-..rh the station at the same time
t..-ba engine drew up at the plat
f--~. Then, as ii steamed away again,
t..,r,rsel into the town, as If Just ar
-,sf from New York, and seeing 4
.,.,- Inn comfortable looking inn near
p h.~5 se entered and asked for a
--,r, ana some breakfast.
While his eggs and coffee were being
,.r,9 he locked himself into his room
". -bink over his situation. But the
f..rrs was so vague that he was able TO
.,.,. Pm mo- conclusion. As soon aS his
,,rav should be gone he would be al
IN. mercy OF circumstances. lie eX-
.,,irad again the contents of his pockets.
rrs-e were eight dollars in money. two
-- -hree letters addressed 10 Burton
rrfsx. ESQ, OF PoughkeepSie, couple
y raceipted bills, and nothing else
.y.ent cutting from newspaper,
beaded Some Developments OF the
iron, Murder" which Keppel proceed
ID 90 read with interest. Its date was
snaarently of the day previous:
.Tbo will of the late Harry Trent was
discovered Yesterday in package of
documents left by him in bureau
drawer NJ the Bellevue hotel, in Phila-
js'oha. He spent the night Of Febru-
arv twen.y-second lastat this place, and
seems 90 have forgotten.to take the docu-
merts away with him. The will is dated
February twenty, eighteen hundred and
seventy. and is very short. deviSing all
hi, property, real aud personal, TO my
wife. sarah Althea Trent. 1t is prop
lv signed aud attested. This will be OF
interest othoSe who ventured 20 express
doubtsas Co the genuineneSS of the mar
riare announced in court last Tuesday
bv Mrs Trcnt-until then known as
Mrs. >a'He Matchin. Mr.. Trent atall
events appears 90 have shared her Opin-
i0g regarding It's validity. The other
documents ir the package We're not OF
aa Important character.
.'lt will be- noticed that no provision IS
made 'n the will for Mrs Raven AMI her
daughter Olympia, who are understood
Oh have been Instantly related 10 the de-
ceased. and 20 have been receiving from
him an annual stipend OF some eight
thousand dollars. This fact will prOba-
biz OCCASION some comment. Is II was
minated at the late trial that Mr..
Trent had proposed 10 make Miss Raven
his wife. Possibly the desire that he
should make such "a proposal was father
% the statement that he had done so
His will seems 10 show not only the
baselessness of the assertion, but thai
sor some reason or other Mr.. Trent in
tended Ia the future 10 let these two la
dies take care Of themselves. 1t Is to b'
hoped that they possess independent re
sources.
In Mr.. Trent's breast pocket ut th'
time Of his death was found a lette
written in cipher, the pUrpOrt of which
was not made out. 1t was not produced
at the trial. Is the prosecution was mo-
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 oil
some Of the mysterious circumstances
that vet surround Mr.. Trent'S tragic
,ud The letter is as follows;
~'Slmpi F, npi. c gnl F. pill pink OCH
Mig mi. e. mkpi G, Klmh r, piOn qOlg C.
edlF. hqon qOlg B qkng +. olmh qolg {
mlgo omgk qlin B hkq f. hnpq ngmO mioq
$ .mQ +, dig qOlg nlqg kgli kgli G lnho
3. N0gl & okiQ phno =. lmni G. Omgk. +
Hmm r. mlgi q hqgi b hiq :. pkol. G g
Sup o.mp r. hlkp hnio B. Mo f, Dim z
lgl nixon =. lmpi G ngil +. hqOn MISC +
q0pg o. go G i6O +. OPT G. pghq mDqn B
qgp G nixon r Ongl opkn G hqpm f, DING
E mig +, hkom B imq C. ngoi. f. mpqn
kuli OH hgO r. imqg + lipg f. hnoi f mkpi
r. high ikmn.
"The paper On which this curious
efu>ion is written appears to be OF
French manufacture.
Sucn was the newspaper article, some
passages Of which moved keppel pain
fully Olympia, IL seemed would be
reduced TO want just at the time when
be was powerleSS TO render her any as
SiStance The situation greatly per-
picked him; for Harry Trent had told
him with his own lips that he intended
reSerying Olympia for himself, and
be- had given it out publicly that Mrs.
and Miss Raven were TO live with him
10 his new house, yet he was married
TO Sallie Matchin at that very
time, and 1--WE days before had executed
will cutting of Olympia without even
the proverbial shilling. There was
something odd about this; it de-
handed investigation. The first thing
90 be done was To find out the real MUIR
derer of Harry Trent; the remainder of
the mystery would probably resolve
itself But who would find the murder
er out? Obviously, no one would con-
Germ himself about the matter unless
Heppel himself did, and certainly he