Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-02

,,y, ncor Inv and ran at oncc ia thn bouec
,,Lrre ho found Mrs. Grccorv's maid on the
stnrs crving Historically and vrippiny her
hands ltclnlpe.lv. while two or three other
scryorts who had been reused bv nor ontcry
were just coming to the door to learn what tho
matter was
Nv a,,"'T i,, A., i ','J
;n ronlv to the officers questions She could cnlv
env. My mistress is dcad.'' She led the
way to the drawing ROOM where Mrs Gregory
, ,s VI She n,5itc dead as thc of.
fccr 6isroyrrcd pt once, lie returned TO the
front door and raped for assistance, and OF
hccr Cathc"rt came up Immediately. The iat-
YER ,,o ''Io aT' ot tba sce"o Of ,hn tro~rdv
,llewine none Of the servants TO leave tho
room and making hasty search for some trace
OF the assassin n-,,.- --.,., .,
o4p,,',m l'y s ~" n no snot and hcoon
careful search Of the house, which was not
completed at the time of going to press. No
one but me ponce WAS ailoWt" 70 cnoV[ ,io
u r9ro' r T,' under arrest captain Taylor
absolutely refused to allow any of them to he
interviewed uhill AFTER ne sn",i nave ln,rs,I-
taed tnG cse e WE M%5 sT'1 Wy in tho hnuse
and declared mat the case was not in his
judgment, a suicide, as no weapon had been
found whI[h couIu ha.9 perm aSr" ~ diad
tnG t,,, tt{s no refused 70 make uny state
ment whatever, excepting to admit that he had
DO cew at present on which to work
After had read TINS opened the note'
which was also brief 1t read:
NY DEAR SArNnERs-l want to see you at
once. NI"N'i w ,''on,
"Ihere Is no news II, ,n'9 no'e' WI
Ferguson SAID nat !" IL 70" "@"V
me 10 Wrl'e! l,...
Write all you can about Mrs Gregory
and about the house, sad the 1lght
editor. lie was busiiy at WORK writing
the headlines 1or the story oi 'Iie n'uI"or,
THAT | shall have to refuse to DO l
said slowly
"Refuso. shouted the night edltor'
He is hasty man. You mustn't re-
fuse. You are the only man here VINO
knows her OF who has been IN the house.
Nevertheless" l SAID, 81 must refuse
to write anything about her or her
house for personal reasons. II can do
anything else -
Your personal reasons will prevent
you from doing anything at all tor The
Daily Item If you don't do that, shouted
Mr. Ferguson passlonatelN, TOR VIII
see that you are discharged at once,
you may save yourself the trouble,
said quietly. II will leave now" and
started for the door.
There, don't be fool, said Fergu-
son, seeing that was in earnest ~ on
know we must have the story, and you
know we will have it."
Il know that, but | can't write 1t for
you," said |.
Then you have to go, SAID fergu-
son, with an oath, ana went. III was
serious step, but telt that there was no
alternative.
Hair an honr later l. was seated Ill IN
spector W ilSoh pilNa'o oAlco aV PONCE
heauquarler9'
SEM lor Sou' saiu the ihSl'eNtoI'
Tor TWO reaso'ia--nEs'' BECAUSE l WANT
your help IN TINS Gregory case ana sec
ona, because Ialher nave you mere III
TINS way thAh 10 De ooiigeu 10 arTeSC
YOU we nave peeh lIdehus LOO io'S loF
me TO want 10 90 tna''
ms was Staggering Arrest me LOT
WHAT l exclaimed
case, saia he'
had been thlhklnG as rapidly and
as closely as possibly couiu before ne
SAID TINS put when heard mat wlthln
TWO hours Oh the lhurder suspicion mad
attached ltseii 10 me III some mysterious
/ way entirely beyond my comprehension,
/ u became necessary ior me 10 lhlnk sui
harder and still more rapidly. 1t was
evident that there was to be a battle of
wits between the inspector and me at
/ once, and the question of advantage de-
/ pended largely on his sincerity in pro-
Tossing friendship for me: had known
him for several years and had always
! been on good terms with HIM. More
over, had been OF great service to him
more than once, as newspaper man
/ may easily be to police officer, SO that
/ there was nothing very surprising in his
declaring himself my friend. Neverthe-
! less he had never done so before in so
many words, and ! was suspicious.
! Nothing WAS more probable than that