The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-11-19

murdered in her brougham. She hat
driven home with gentleman from tn,
Alhambra on the previous evening
He had left the brougham halfway
When the carriage stopped al the doc
Belle Fullerton was dead.
/. When poor May Summers read tn.
account the paper fell from her hands
She nearly tainted in the street.
But she summoned up all her strength
and went back home. She remembered
the conversation she had heard, anc
che felt convinced that Belle Fullerton
had been got lid Of by her husband a
the instigation of Redmond. Belle
Fullerton was the woman whose letters
Mrs. Redmond had discovered in hel
husbands room.
From that hour May Summers never
heard again of the man she married
At the inquest il was proved that the
woman, who had a weak heart, had
died under the influence of chloroform
Mr.. Redmond WAS called, for his knoHl
edge of Robert Howell was soon made
known to the police. He stated tha
Howell was TO have sailed for Australia
the day following the murder-that he
had hidden him good-by and taken his
luggage with him. He WAS absolutely
unaware OF any reason why Howell
should have murdered the woman. He
admitted his own acquaintance with
the lady, but it tad been broken of
long ago.
Inquiries made at the docks had
failed to prove that any person answer
ing the description of Bobert Howell
had taken passage. The inquest was
adjourned and finally closed without
any clue to the whereabouts of the
rupposed murderer, or the discovery oil
the motive of the crime. Mrs. Fuller
ton had valuable diamond bracelet
and diamond earrings on, and these
were untouched. The motive could not
have been robbery. 1t was therefore
probably revenge or jealousy. The
Coroner's jury found q verdict of willtul
murder against Robert Howell, and
the matter gradually dropped out oil
general conversation and was for.
gotten.
The position of the young wife was
terrible. What could she do? Ii she
lett the Redmonds she would be unable
to get another situation. She felt tina,
ii would be an infamv 10 enter family
under false name, and who would
take her if they knew she was the wife
of an uncapturcd crlmlGnl-an assassin
at large
So she stayed on, end suffered, and
endured, avoiding Mr.. Redmond as
much as she possibly could, finding her
only comfort in the child.
But although no word ever passed
between them on the subject of Robert
Howell, Miss Summers FOUND that Red
mond WAS suspicious ofher. He thought
she knew more than she ought 10 have
done. The poor girl tortured herseil
over and over again with the thought
that she ought to have made public
what che did know. But she would
prove her husbands guilt. That no one
could expect her 10 do.
One day a climax came. Redmond,
instead OF avoiding her, took 10 counting
her society. lie tried 10 be friendly
with her-to enlist her sympathy for
his miserable position with Il drunken
wife. At last she could no longer be
Mind TO the fact that every feeling OF
honor and selt-respect demanded she
should quit his roof. 1t broke her
heart 10 leave the wife, to part with the
child: but Redmond had made it i'm
possible for her to stay.
Misfortune seemed re dog her foot
steps. All the money she had in the
wortd-the twenty pounds she had
managed TO save from her paItry salary
ives stolen from her the day she Dire v
il out in order TO go down into q country
town where she had been sent 10y an
agency. She had conquered her
scruples rs TO conceaHng her name. She
had one more chance from an agency
she could have secured the place
to whom could she refer? TO the
drunken. almost imbecile wife, or the
husb8nd-the man she loathed and de-
tested-the man to speak whose very
name aloud now brought the burning
blood to her cheek.
She hesitated-the lady to whom she
WAS 10 be governess noticed 1.-THE girl
burst into tears-that was enough. The
lady feared Miss Summers would not
suit Der.
\ month of hopeless despair. month
of agony Of mind, and then slow starya-
ton of body-eVerything parted wi Ii to
raise the rent of one room, and then,
the story is as old as tie hills, and vet
told again day after day in the great
cities, the choice OF three things. the
workhouse, the street, or the river.
The first day she was homeless she
hardly realized the situation. She
knew that she WAS hungry, and her
limbs ached, and her brain reeIed. Size
knew that when night came on, terrified
nj the fog, weak, helpless, and hopeless,
she tainted and fell. And Capt Cariyon
knew ali the rest. Such WAS the story
which, little by little, CariyOn and the
solicitor gathered and pieced together
from May Summers own lips.
That night when they were alone
IN the smoking-room, the Captain and
the solicitor decided on their line o:
action.
The first thing the solicitor did was
10 advertise that q letter addressed to
Miss May Summers had been lost,
probably in Hyde Park, and offered a
reward TO anyone restoring it. Three
days after working man called at the
office. Going 10 his work through the
park on the morning Of the 10Th OF
November the 18th WAS the foggv night
lie had picked Up letter lying on the
ground with poCket-book and some
loose papers.
lie had put them all together and
had taken them TO the only address he
could discover, that on the letter. A
gentleman had taken the letter and said
I was all right. He could identify the
gentleman, for he had given him )
shilhngs for his trouble.
Capt. Carlyon remembered that after
calling at Pembroke Square the first
ilme he had placed the pocket-book
which lie had III his hand, having taken
the letter from il, in the outside breast
pocket OF his overcoat. This would ac-
count for its having fallen out when he
nearly measured his length on the
ground, after his violent collision with
another belated Wayiarer.
The workingman's address was taken,
and the next day Mr. Bates went 10
kensington. MIR. Redmond was COM
ing out of the door as they arrived.
That's the gentleman | gave the
letter and the pocket-r5ok to :" ex-
claimed the man. AMI Redmond Jump
ing at once to the situation, turned
deadly pale
The man was dismissed, and Mr. Red
mond Instantly conducted the solicitor
to his room.
"Mr. Redmond" said Mr.. Bates, q
am Miss Summers solicitor. Unless
you Instantly hand over the letter and
pockeI-book You received, shall apply
for summons against Won, and the
whole story OF the man " no wrote that
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