Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
A CRIME in A CAMERA.
A Photographer,s story.

a Photographers Story.
Little Archie was our only child,
and very precious to us. Tho graft
tude of both myself and my wife can
well be imagined when | tell that our
boy was once c~ourageorsly snatched
from death by n stranger. My photo
graphic establishment was in the
High Street of a London suburb.
One day, whilst engaged in tying up a
small parcel OF cabinets" for n Gus
toner, | vas startled by a scream
from the street, followed by shouts
from the passers-by. | rushed to the
window Just in time to see a pair of
carriage horses about to trample my
boy under their feet, when a man flew
from the PAVEMENT and caught Archie
in his arms. r.-
Another instant and the little fellow
must have been either killed or severe
ly injured. Archie, save for the fright,
vas unhurt. Tran out of the shop,
took the lad from thestranser's arms,
md grasped the mans hand. / beg
ceS OF him to accompany me into the
shop-to see my wife-to le5 me try
and thank him: but he would not
hear OF any such thing. Could | see
him again2s Would he leave his adj
dress? But no, he would hear of moth
ing, and lie almost pulled his hand
out OF mine and hurried away.
1t was a great worry to us to think
we could not in some way prove how
grateful We We're to him. | described
Him to my wife, and we both kept
"a sharp lookout in hopes of seeing
the plueky stranger who had kept our
Archie safe for us once again. Some
months passed by and we neither saw
him nor heard anything of him.
l., 1t was towards the end OF August,
and trade was getting slack. l vas
terminating in my shop one day, when
my old friend William Glover came in.
WilIiam was ~ butler in a large West
end mansion owned by q wealthy
bachelor, and had acquired a liking
Tor photography.
"Ah, Bradbury" he said cheerily,
you're looking rs dull! as some OF
your plates. What's the matter?
Trade bad?"
Couldn't be worse" | said.
Swell, f" he replied, ~ can relieve you
Of a spare camera if you like to lend
me one for a few weeks. I'll pay you
Of course. The fact is, the governors
going to Scotland, and as he dispenses
with all Formally when in the High
lands, he has decided to leave me to
bask in what little London sunshine
is to be found in the early days OF
September. /. shall have plenty of
spare time, so / thought I'd borrow
acamera from you and try my hand;
You might develope the plates for
meP"
with pleasure" Unanswered. "Why,
I've got the very thing, one i use for
out-of-door and instantaneous work,
as handy and portable little camera
as | know Of"
Well, we soon fixed up matters. The
camera ] lent to Glover was one
holding a dozen plates. As one plate
was exposed to take a picture, by a
mechanical arrangement it could be
taken out and placed at the back
| WIuSU dIOIlItI was oIipDSt UP III Z
place, and so OIL until the whole were
used. They could then rest in the
camera until wanted for development.
Glover put the Gamers under his arm
and thankingme, went happily away.
/ never saw poor Glover alive again.
I learnt the story OF his death from
the evidence at the inquest, at which
/ had to attend as a witness to
testify as to how he came in pos
session OF the camera found on him at
his death. He was murdered. His
master-Mr. Hugh Franklin-being
away.in Scotland. and his house be-
tng desertedsavefor the presence ofthe
housekeepeE, md butler, the OPP
1 pontunity was seized upon as o
favorable -one for committing n
robbery. Poor Glover's body was
toundin the garden, and the portable
camera Ihad lent. him was lying OH
tbe.top of the glass, conservatory.
1t vas presumed-and q very posi-.
Bile pffesumption-that be had climbed
tothe, top OF the framework OF the
conservatory for the purpose ofsecutr-
! Ing a better view of the grounds about
the house, when the housebreaker or
housebreakers had caught sight ofhim
and had fred. The whole robbery
was one'o OF considerable daring, car
ried out in broad daylight, and the
| thief, or. thieves, havingprobably been
frightened by the presence OF what
might have appeared to them to be
somebody watching their actions, lett
withouttakingasingle article. Ihe shot
aroused the neighbors, and Glover eN-
pired ina few moments without haY.
i~nr,given utterance to n single word.
AsTerdict OF "Wilful murder against
some person or. persons unknown"
Nas returned, and Mr.. Hugh Frank
lin,- by Mhom Glover was much re
speeted, offered u reward OF 1900 Tor
1 the discovery OF the perpetrators OF
i the deed.
Il leftsthe room in which the inquest
was held, carrying the camera back
1home with me.
II there was one MAJ / respected
more than another it was Glover. l
would therefore have liked to have
been the one to have discovered the
man responsible for his death. Week
alter week passed by and November
came-a particularly bad period OF
the wear for our business. The reward
~ 1000 too would have been very
Welcome just now, but ] thought that
it would. never fall to my lot to me
who murdered poor Glover. "a ME
sor 4 LIEU said to myself, land |
would like to see the man hung who
Onemorning l was in mydark room
finishing a small order, when sudden |,
ly / caught sight OF the camera I ha ad
lent to Glover lying on a she'll. mo
never touched it since ! had brought It
back again from the inquest, and it
was now bestrewn with dust. stood
for a moment with the box in my
hand looking at it curiously. u won.
der il Glover didsucceed in taking any
pictures" | said to myself.
BY this time had removed the
back OF the box out OF which
the plates were taken; There were
lust a dozen, and there position
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