The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-27

man came to him promptly, and single
glance Sufficed to show the old detective
that the minister was much sgitated.
Sir" he said, eff your business can be
delayed would like it. 1 have but this
moment learned that one Of my parishion-
ers has been foully murdered. 1t is my
duty to at once visit the daughter and offer
her such consolation as l can"
ut is about that murder / have called"
replied Catchcat. Permit me to urge you
you to prepare yourself against another
shock"
The minister, impressed by the manner
OF the old detective, did as he was re-
ouested.
Now that you are seated" continued
Cathcart, ''let me tell you that your visit
can be OF no use. There is no daughter to
console"
II do not understand you," wonderingly
replied MIR. Carman.
This is the shock you must brace up
against. In another part of the city last
night the daughter was also murdered"
''Oh, my merciful Fatnerl" cried the
minister. "Who are you that brings such
dreadful tidingsl"
al am detective seeking the cause and
the perpetrator of the double murder. The
case is shrouded in darkness and no reason
as yet appears for these deeds. But there
was one, and in an inquiry into the lives
and antecedents of these women we hope
to discover it."
But the good old minister was more
anxious 10 ask than to answer questions,
ana ne poured forth torrent Of them.
When his curiosity was satisfied the detec-
tive began:
How long have you known these
womenY"
"Since have been pastor of this church,
now some twelve years. Both mother and
daughter were enrolled members of the
congregation when | came to it.n
did you know anything Of their sHr-
roudingsp
mo. knew her as a widow, of small
property amply sufficient for their modest
lie. They were much respected in the
church."
did you learn anything of their antece-
dents2"
"Why, no; when 1 assumed charge their
places in the congregation were fixed. and
L accepted them at the valuation placed
upon them by the other members. They
were unobtrusive people, reserved, not
seeking society, talking not at all of them
selves. l made regular pastoral calls upon
them. They took little part in the social
side OF the church, but were not remiss in
their dutiesn
did they have any intimacies with any.
one in the church"
II can recall none that were noticeable "
did not the young lady mingle with the
young peoplel"
"She did when l first came, but when she
was about twenty, say six years ago, she
abruptly withdrew herself"
Can you recall anything within your
knowledge which at any time seemed un :
common, or out OF the way-my sterious, 80
to speak2n asked Cathcart.
The minister Thought few moments.
well, sir" he said at length, II have
often said to my wife that Mrs. Parish
gave me the impression OF a woman with
history. Under sweet, equable temper
there were to me signs of latent grief
settled to be sure, but the cause of constant
sorrow. Shortly after 1 came here l re-
marked this to her. She did not seem well
pleased. but answered that In her young
days she had passed through a period OF
deep sorrow, and she supposed it had left
It's impression upon her. On another oc
casion, when Mrs. Parish was calling at the
parsonage, my wife, referring to case
Just then occupying great deal of space il
the public press, bore down heavily on the
woman involved, when Mrs. Parish much
agltated and evincing an impotence foreign
TO her, cried out to my wife to be merciful
There are lives she said, that God alone
can see the innocence of, but which a cen
serious world would pronounce evil Their
she added these singlar words, addressing
my wife: Judge not, lest We be judged.
our condemnation of this poor woman
rings In my ears as condemnation of my
self'n
my wife and 1 often talked Of this Incl
dent, but could make nothing of it. Again
eight years ago, called at her house anC
found her in great Distress and though ]
endeavored to console her she would say
nothing as to its cause. At that time she
put on mourning, which she wore ever after
and 1t was at that time that the daughter
withdrew from association with the young
people. This ID all can recollect think
Stop, there Is one more incident, trivial per
haps, but 1 will tell it. One day about
three years ago had been from home il
attendance upon funeral, and, returning
was told that Mrs. Parish had been await
ing me in the study long time. Going t
her, found her in great trouble. She said
however, that though she had come fol
| advise upon matter giving her great pain
she had reflected while waiting and haC
reached the conclusion that it were better
for all concerned to say nothing; that she
would bear this new trouble as she haC
borne other troubles all her life, alone, anC
she went away"
The old detective had listened most in.
intently, never interposing word, gesture
or expression, though his keen, bright
eyes gave heed to everything.
B "Of what did her family consist eli those
years?" be asked.
Herself and daughter. once heard her
refer to the boyhood Of son, but from
her speech presumed he had died young
Cathcart asked and received the names
and addresses Of some of the older mem
bers Of the church, whom he next sough,
in inquiry. One old lady recollected that
when Mrs. Parish first came among them
she had SOC, but that he disappeared when
about eighteen, her understanding being
that he had gone to the care Of relative
in another city. The daughter of another
old member contributed the fact that dur
ing the past three years she had seen Anne
Parish walking, on three different occa-
sions, in Union square with young man
the same young man. She had noted and
remembered IL, since it was the only time
Anne had been known to be in the society
of one Of the other sex, and also from the
fact that she seemed to be greatly troubled
on each occasion, and further that the
young man was most fashionably clad and
had the air of being fast.
The day was we'll spent when Cathcart
finished these inquiries, and he now recol-
lected he had neither lunched nor dined.
He hurried to the Grand Central hotel.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Mr.. ]. R. Sheppard, manager OF the
Paris Cooperative Mercantile Institution.