Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-03-12

speaking the truth, yet he could hardly
tell why.
Don't know; | might be some relative
Of yours, but I've hearn tell of other
Riggsbys-some of 'em lived up in Ten
nessee," replied the landlord after
pause.
''Of course it was only supposition
on my part" said the other hastily, as if
not caring to discuss the subject further
There are others of the same name, as
you say, and only spoke out of curios-
ity."
Here the bell for breakfast suddenly
rung, which put an end to the conver-
sation,
Mortimer Dill and Aaron Suggs-for
such were the two strangers names
were pair Of the most unprincipled and
cunning rascals in the state, yet the sud-
den discovery they had made threw
them completely off their guard. and for
moment it seemed to them that they
had committed a fatal blunder. But
like all those who live 10y their wits and
make crime profession. they were quick
to recover their composure.
81 came near making deuced awk-
ward blunder," thought the willy Dill.
"but it don't matter much, as the fellows
an old backwoodsman with not enough
wit to trap a ground hog"
However, the designing lawyer was
far from feeling easy in his mind, and the
fact that those whom he had laid such
deep scheme to defraud were so near the
place of operation filled him with a
vague sense of anxiety.
Mortimer Dill and Aaron Suggs had
been friends and companions in the city
Of Cleveland several years before, and
their sudden departure for the west was
the result of swindling scheme they
had conducted together
Dill had come to Kansas and engaged
in the practice of law Baxter Springs.
where ms evident shrewdness had en-
abled him to gain the confidence of an
old and respected attorney by the name
of Jacob Barnaby. which finally resulted
in the two becoming partners in the
profession.
Among the most valued clients of Mr..
Barnaby was an elderly man by the
name of James Fl. Mansfield, an old
bachelor who had lived in Fort Scott,
but now made his home in Baxter
Springs hoping his failing health might
be benefited by the use of the water at
the springs there.
Shortly after the formation of the
partnership of Barnaby & Dill. Mansfield
was taken with fever, and after
short illness he died, leaving will be-
queathing his valuable property in Fort
Scott and other effects to his niece, Mrs
Sally Ann Riggsby, wife of Simon
Riggsby, of Ringgold, Georgia, and her
son, Daniel Hartford Riggsby.
The will was given into the charge of
Barnaby & Dill. but a short time after
the death of James Mansfield Mr. Barn.
ably died suddenly of heart disease, leav-
ing the firms business entirely in the
hands of its junior member.
About this time Aaron Suggs, who
had been sojourning in Colorado, sud-
denly made his appearance upon the
scene, and between the two a scheme
was concocted whereby the heirs of
James Mansfield were to be defrauded
out of their rights But it SO happened
that Jacob Barnaby had written letter
to Mrs. Riggsby at Ringgold, Georgia,
notifying her of the death of her kins-
man and of the will which he had left,
the contents of which is already familiar
to the reader.
But the letter had been written and
mailed only few hours before Barn.
aby's death, and so it happened that
Mortimer Dill knew nothing of the ex-
istence of the letter
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