Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-03-17

w, HN authorities hat
-N'-~S,N not SEEN that th.
e obvious thing Il
do was H. discover at once where th'
clothes w0u 10y the murderer scrc pur
chass,l
II was true. be admitted. that be had
hal an advantage In determining whC
the purrha-r was. through iolbrook'
acquainiancs With Flora Ashgrove, bu,
why hail MT the detective. ~ the rcgu
lar forve found out. a. hc hai done,
shcrc the ciDthes hal brcn bought
lie Was In high glccov,r hi. discovery
AMI much l.ly,-',i with himself The
fact. wrr i1ii.puiablc. and Ncts Ia h
pCIsnifr,i At q glance
Tl,crc was the o'nyersaiiOn bstSccu
Flora and Fountain on the vennda n
New Isrt. ani there was the hlentihca
tlon ~ fountain with the mAn Who had
purha-,i ll'c one sulI which had MOI
6yn t.rusht by thr 4 : T. While
tho w,fc ula conclusive. still thcy Wcf,
sl.!ici,ui g. luiif, the immediate arrest
- r"unu,,n. when the facts n-c-ssary
for pi,,ii. l-forv the jury c,,uli H. easily
bfuughi uiit ly judiciuu. inquiry
To construct the chain of esid.ncs
which w1ulI cinvi,t Fountain In cUur,
was sofk fof the authonti-s not for
Lim ilc htI Jstcct',i thc criminal. and
that sls hll up,i cIull o. demanded 81
him ai.i all that hc i,ai ~ uut to do
liWas ihu. hll.I Siih triumph that
be- s,uthi llulhf,.,k o. ouu.ult With him
~ tn tle nest step the plscing u All
th. farts h. -fofc thr di.lfict attorney To
hl, .uu,risr 60 l-,s than to his indigna'
tiun h.. fuuai ihr hSycr hath Ia ~
iufthti in thr matter
=, iDng 10. then. Shs question II
dDub, involved IN tie Investigation. llol-
brUok ini lsen oausst ami .nsfgvtic.
but nuS vl.rn alipu-.iion - ipula had
Vanished eheu ihs idruiifcAiiun "a.
cuml,l,t- b- h-,ltai~i 'laulk~i ~
rum aid u..bt al ibr iiUi.h
Tltc fari that tlun NshgrNv wuuld lc
lnc,iiabl, imsn intc il,r matter dc
mTl--i llui',r.,k greatly While ail tho
tsn,i,tn,-.. ~ilb slt,cl, iiy h.d fumeriy
Regarded irt Wa vhpil, di.sipii',l siill
Il --uil,i a h'fnblr thipg o. him that
,llc slra.ii D.. dusgyi to ths eitncs,
sianI ,u.i u.sui-ll'l Ia gi,, th, evidence
~hrh vuili ..r,,i O. ii.r g,llus. tic man
..,r hsi shawn .hr 80 i-I, and even
vill., p,uJ TO- shrnk irru tlir idca
tirt b,.h lli TO- Instrumental in puiiing
h'f ~ su.ii q I'eiiiun
With ili,-- ..ntn,uts Tow ruuli not.
20 10 lrls vuu.1 n,a. s,uiaihii. IL
might h. harl fus bet. but II wa. hard
al, Zoe Nnui. rrmpl-ton that ir't hfutber
.boaL b. -tfu,k down auii LiIi,,i u,J u
49, ou. "f the Inevitable ,iurnCcs
~ rfiu- that the innu-,ut .ufirt,i no
h-s. ti,an tlir ruilt, and Wilde u Was an.
f1riunsts tiai N,ss A,hgro,r ~as IN the
p,>itiun 90 shich she "a. 81 justice
mu., IL. duur
To- all 30, Ties Argument iiolntyok had
uo r,p.y AMI Ice r,aliErI l,r could make
n0n, In ll- end luSrvcf h- gave u
plu,iant vai-rni thai everything shoIld
o. hiI i-furr tl- district attorney bui
be- I-s.iti,riy rfu-,i to ~ ith Tom To
that oficiai u he APPEARED al all IN the
matter u .l,slli uuly h. a. az unwilling
witness to tel hus his suspicious oi
iOuntaiu hal i--n aroused And be sin.
c,fcly iiDI-,i tlAt even that much would
not h. required of him - Tom vas
comp-llsd Ia gu alone On his way be
dismissed llolhruoks -crupies as fanciful
b. tiIe iast dcgr,c. and busted himself
with thc or,isT - the narrative which hs
~as Ia subniit o. the pfo-~cutins officer.
On entering the Office he sas th. door
Of the pu,at" rSom was CLOSED. and he
~as abuul "a -'ni In hi. card when q
,Oic. called oui from an al joining room
Halo. Toml Come tn Where have
you b-rn this month Of sundaysy
Tom Ias--d into the room and saw an
assistant 81 the district attorney. In the
center ~ a group Of his fellow depu,iss.- :
is the chief engaged asked Tom
after situations
"ies vas the reply. but only for .
short time Come in. was jus, telling
the boys some u my adventures while
yachting We were out In Teddy Bra.
hams ,acht-oil, ANAL party. Jack
ua..shA~, frod Coz. Harry Fountain
and my IL.
"whos Fountain
"Ies, Harry Fountain. Do you know
himi 4 tine fellow"
"Whai Fountain askei Tom, some-
what interested: Fountain Of the Union
and the lamls-athletey'
The same. Why
"oh. nothing particular. When ~as
thisy
"Oh. let me 49,. We were out the
18th. 10th. 18th and 18th % last month.
We went on bard the 18th at night, and
saile'i early the next morning"
"of August" said Tom. with sudden
alarm Hold on; where were you on
the i.,hy'
Eve ran into Grcenport hay. about .
O'Clock at night. under the brightest
mOon"--
"YOu are .ure of that datey' queried
Tom earnestly.
"why. ~. Certainly. What's the
matter with youy'
This Is important. You've made no
misiakeE'
Mistake. no. Heres my diary with
the entry. S.e.- and he held IL up for
Tom a. rad
"For heavens .aker cried Tom. let
u get th,s straight. When did that
murder In Uniun square occurr
Ask jun therc; it, his case.
You mean Templeion'sy' asked the
One rrferrg,i II. "on tie morning Of the
eighteenth. an hrur after midnight"
"Grcai heavens" eried Tom.
They all stared at hin.
IL toDs the photographs cat Of his
pocket and handed them 10 the firs,
speaker.
"Was this the man--ths Fountain who
was with youy"
The very same. These are good pict-
ures Of himF
"was be never away from you during
the trip
"Never. from the time he joined us on
the fourteenth.
Tom stool like one rooted To the spot.
In the meaniime the others looked
upon him amazed. Finally Tom said:
II do not think ! want to see the die
trict attorney after all.
lie turned on his heel without word
and walked out, leaving them wonder