The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-03-19

IN ana nifty thousand collars, winch ne
invested for her, suppose.
1.-The low spirits your father showed
at that time were not due to his having
retired from business, but to this unfor-
tunate complication. The children grew.
and the boy early went wrong. Between
the years he was sixteen and nineteen he
committed defalcations and fOrgeries. the
latter principally Of your fathers name.
which indicates that he knew of his re-
lation to your father. and which were
paid by his father and yours. and as
well much more money to save him
from punishment-foolishl to be sure,
but compelled to it to save the good
name of the woman, the mother, II for
no other reason. This used up the prop
erty. When he died he was appealing
to Mr.. Eustace for assistance. When he
died the scamp Harold disappeared.
Three years ago he reappeared again and
ruined his mother by his Unsuitable de-
mands and
And" interrupted Dorison excitedly,
he is Harry Langlon. and murdered
his mother and sister"
"Such would seem to be the logical
conclusions" said the detective calmly
A thousand questions crowded tn
multuously upon the brain Of Dorison.
He did not know which to ask frst-he
wanted to ask them all at once. Finally.
he said:
But do you know all this to be true?"
mo, not in its entirety" replied Cath
cart. "Some of it do know to be true
the rest | sincerely believe. It is now.
however. a mere work of time to verify
everything. The mystery is solved. The
ungrateful son is Harold Parish. alias
Harry l.angdon."
But what was the cause of the muir
der-that was horrible thing to do.
asked Dorison.
There have proof. think, of the &C.
curacy of my theory in the beginning.
| said the object Of the murders was not
robbery, but the possession of docu-
ments OF value to somebody. assume
they were proofs of crimes committed.
forgeries and the like. which so long as
they We're held by the mother and sis
ter We're protection to certain extent
perhaps-and we will not quite know
until we force the rascal to confession
some one pursuing him was on track of
them and he was determined to secure
and destroy them, and perhaps. which |
think even more probable, one other
reason, to obtain an order for large
sum, possession of which would secure
possession OF the sum. which he thought
they held. Of this. however, will not
speak at present for reasons Of my own"
'Do you then think the murders were
deliberately plannedy
mo The first. that Of the daughter,
was unprecedented, but was done in a
moment Of evaporation. The second
OF the mother-was II consequence of the
first as II matter Of self preservation.
Horritied and much excited. Dorison
was silent. His head was in whirl
and every moment fresh thoughts, each
one coming to him az shock. occurred
The murderer was his half brother; the
beast. Harry Langdon. was his half
brother. The same blood coursed in
their veins The passions and emotions
which possessed him he could not stop
to analyze. they succeeded each other 30
rapidly-indeed. became 80 entangled
and exhausted him 80 with their violence
that he became confused and sick, in
capable OF thinking clearly; but over all,
as lambert light. was the thought that
his own name was clear and he could
walk erect among other men in his own
own person.
Cathcart was the first to break the 81
lence
Your friend. young Eustace. is out OF
it, he said.
Dorison reused up with something like
start.
1--WE have had him under examina-
ton, continued Cathcart. land he told
clear tale. Say nothing to him about
it. and il he speaks of it to you do not
admit any knowledge of it. do not
want him to know that you ever sus-
pected or watched him."
He will never know from me. am
far more anxious than you. cannot
look upon that part of the search with
anything but self contempt"
But ! never believed he was in it."
said Cathcart.
why, then" asked Dorison hotlv.
did you force me to an intimacy with
that idea in view?'
Because the glove business must be
explained. but principally because early
IN my search into your part of the affair
had come upon the intimate relation of
the ehier Eustace to the elder Dorison.
through Cousin Nettleman. and fore
saw then an intimacy with the family
"ouid be necessary thing, and that !