St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-27

delirium, and atintervals he would nut
Ter snatcheS of the terrible experiences
he had but recently gone through.
At this time TON OCOnnOr" was
considered a remarkable clever detective
in this city, and Peardsall's case was
placed in his hands. lie had absolutely
No Clue TO Work On.
And for a time he knew not how to turn
At last. after frequent visits 10 tav-
ern in the vicinity of the Mcfarland
inn, O'COnnOr learned of the antece-
dents of the McFarlandS. their recent
sudden disappearance from the locality,
and on one occasion he met Joe Sparks,
a worthless fellow and the reputed
lover of Kitty Mcfarland. The detec-
tive decided 10 watch Sparks, and one
6ay he was rewarded by being led 10
the new home of the McFarlandS,
which he found in place ABOUT where
Fordham Heights are now situated.
In the meantime PeaTSall was recov-
ing, and one day he told his startling
adventures TO the detective and the new
friend ut whose house he was stopping.
He was finally able to visit the ever-to-
be-Temeu. bered. inn, and one day. III
company with the detective, the Squire
and three or four citizens and some Con-
stables, he again found himself at the
deserted inn.
In the house all was as silent as the
dead, but as the party went around 10
the stable they heard noise. The door
was suddenly pulled open and the vlsl-
tors found within Mcfarland and his
son James digging up the earth. The
first figure that met their eyes was that
of PearSall.
The effect of this on their guilty souls
was too much to be borne. They Shrlekeu
and threw themselves on the ground,
and. though they heard themselves de-
nOunced as murderers, it was some mill
utes before they could believe that the
figure of Pearsall was there, either In
the flesh or the spirit.
1t was the harder villain, the father.
who, on PearsalfS still continuing III
conversation with the detective, first
gained sufficient command over HIM
self 10 raise his face from the earth. He
saw PearSail, pale and haggard. but
evidently unhurt The murderer's head
spun round cOnfuSedly, but, at length
rising, he said to those holding him:
"It is truly the horse dealerfrom Port
chester"
While the constables took charge of
the murdererS. others removed the eartn
from the spot where father and son had
already begun. Presently the ghaStly
face and bloody throat Of young man
were revealed. AT the sight the younger
OF the murderers turned
His Head and SWOOned
INTO silence, but the father uttered
shrek, so loud, so awful, that one or
the eternally damned alone might equal
its effect, and. throwing himself on the
bloody body. yelled: Yes. l killed my
own son." Then he found temporary
relief in insenSibility.
The next move was to secure the rest
of the McFarandS- and her
mother. This was easily accomplished,
though twenty-fOur hours later the
whole crew might have been beyond
the reach Of justice.
The two murderers were forthwith
bound and carried to the lookup, where,
on examination made the next morning,
it appeared from evidence that the per
son murdered was John Mcfarland, the
Younger son of Landlord Mcfarland;
that instead of being in bed as his
father and mother believed, he had
started out of the house and joined a
party of carOuserS at a neighbOrlng
house. OF these boon companions all
appeared in evidence; two of them
stated that the deceased, being exceed
ingly intoxicated. and dreading his
fathers wrath should he arouse the
house in that state and at that late
hour. had said to them that he would
get through the window into the de-
tached apartment, and sleep there as he
had often done before, and that they
had accompanied him to help him to
climb to the window.
The deceased had reached the window
once, and, as they thought, would have
got safely through it; but. drunk and
unsteady as he was, he slipped back.
They had then some difficulty in Undue
ing him TO climb again, for, in the
caprice of intoXicati0n. he said he would
rather 90 and sleep with one of his COM
rades. However, he had at last effected
his entrance, and his companions went
to their respective homes. ----i
As to whom the woman was who
felled Pearsall as he ran along the lane
after his escape from the inn on the
night of the murder it was never posi-
lively settled. There is no doubt but
that Kitty Mcfarland dealt
The EurderOus Blow.
She knew what was going to happen
at the inn, and was returning from a
rendezvous with Sparks when she saw
Pearsall running for his life down the
lane.
When she felled him she ran to the
house. only to find the terrible crime
that had been committed. Though
quick search was made for PearSall. he
happily eluded his would-be assassins.
That night the body of the murdered
boy was buried in the stable, and the
next morning the entire family took
their departure and located in FOrdham
Heights. The rest has been told.
The murderers were finally executed,
they having confessed everything, and
restored the greater portion OF Pear
sall's money to him, which morey led
him to do deed SO much more atrocious
than even they had contemplated.
Kitty and her mother and Sparks dis
appeared shortly after the execution,
and were never afterward heard from.