Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-03-10
AARON CORES STATEMENT.

has been at the bottom of all my
misery. Ifhe were to show himself in
this room do not know that 1 dare tell |
you what has happened" ..... ....- e., -.. !
"Well, he is not here and should not
harm you if he were. Speak out, man."
Arthur said, impatiently. r-.
Eyes, must be quick" the man
groaned. 81 feel already weaker"
then, evidently nerving himself for the
supreme effort he poured forth his
story of crime in hurried words, some
times unintelligible, but conveying to
his breathless listener its full meaning.
II must write this down, if can only
find means to do so, and you must sign
it, Arthur said, when he had finished.
Aaron Cores reply was to the point:
You will find several lead pencils
with the package of papers under my
pillow, SIR -
"Ah, yes, here they are. Now you
lie back and rest, whilst 1 write your
deposition"
And this Is what .Arther Dunbar
wrote, casting every now and then an
anxious glance at the sick man, who
lay watching his pencil as it moved
rapidly over the paper: ,.-.. &.
81, Aaron Gore, believing myself ON
the point of death, do make the follow
ing statement, which 1 solemnly de-
clare to be trues That twas in the serv-
ice of Sir Harry Grahame as valet when
that gentleman was taken sick of the
fever at Kistmun, in India, during tho
early part of January OF last year; that
there was also in ATTENDANCE on the
sick baronet his friend, Capt. Frank
Archer; that Sir, Harry GrahaIne had
prepared a will leaving the greater
part of his fortune to Miss Kate Gra-
hame, his adopted daughter; that
entered into conspiracy with Capt.
Frank Archer to prevent the accom-
plishment of this act; that Capt. Archer
induced me to aid, him in this fraud by
bride, Of yene hundred pounds And a
promise. Of . thousand pounds If our
1 scheme proved \succcssfuls| tlfat,- in
pursuance of this plan, a groom in
Sir Harry's service who lay on tho
point of death stricken With a. fever
contracted at the same time as his
master, on hunting expedition in the
jungles, was palmed or on the doctor
of the Forty -seventh regiment as the
baronet; that this doctor gave the GER
tifloate of cause Of death and burial per-
NIT, fully believing that the dead man
was Sir Harry Grahame; that the sick
bAfonet-was carried by us to the FsAs
coast and shipped In charge of Capt.
Archer to Colombo, whence he was TO.
moved to the ihterior Of Cetton; tha4 {
acting under orders of Capt. Archer, re-
manned at Kistmun in charge. Of the
supposed deceased .baroHet'S eaRGetA
that received telegram from Johr
Colbprn, an attorney in, London, FhC
was also In the 'consp iracy, ordering me
TO proceed at once to Colombo, where
should find instructions how TO reael
Capt. Archer in his retreat; that wal
to make my way to him and warn bin
that two men had left England with Tn
purpose Of discovering the whereabcut
Of the baronet, whom they believed Il
be still alive; that! sailed Tor 6plombo
found sealed packet Of instruction
there, prepared for such an emergency
that started on my journey Ia ca1aFE'
Of Ashnu GhooN, son Of the chief Of
village under whose protection Archie
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