Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-13

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grssfiy excis~t and sid soin<shfng
laboot Forgetting % rims for him % eozns
zap u the 9th story. he aiso remsEn
h<rc1 thst IL wss raining furloosly a
the tins. and that the thntisier was 20
ioud aud constant that pistol shot
might have been hred almost II any
moment during tho stornx nnnotoed ~
persons In an adjoining ROOM II sise
sppsared that there Was an oIsn window
ca the stairs ca the foarfh a Try. Which
window locked out into the court where
The pistol was found
One other fact remained to be learn
ed and that was - what time the old
man was killed. The nephew had left
the house > few minutes before
o'clock. The elevator boy knew Il BE-
cause he bad only oeen Hono very Mt
Ito while when the 5anitor came 70 re-
lieve him for supper hour. Deceaged
was accustomed to take his dinner At .
restaurant in the lower story Of the
building where ne resided ~ siS and
was the soul Of punctuaiity. III he had
been alive at 6io, he would have bsen
down TO dinner. was the verdict OF
every attschs and regular customer OF
the restaurant. No one had entered the
building between sns ume ms nephew
went out and e:is. and though several
people had come down stairs and gone
into the restaurant they were all ladies'
and regular inmates OF me house
All these facts were pronent 20 nsnt
during the morning after the body was
found, with the additional tact that John
Hartlepool, Jr.. had disappeared. Tho
popular verdict WA wiiifui murder
against John Hartlepooi, Jr., and all
tbs papers commenting ON the case said
that IL was perfectly warranted and ex-
pressed hope that the wretched youth
would speedily be brought TO justice:
At this stage OF the case Nellie FL
than came To me.
had Just opened an once as detecf-
i've. and the seven sio paiis ana the one
70 bill, which she iaid upon my oesk
and said were her whole savings were
my hrst professional zee. one soon .oid
me her st. ~. which was hardly neces-
sary, Tor ! had already read X In the
papers. When we had gone over the
story, asked her what ene knew ABOUT
the case beyond what tne newspapers
had told.
81 know that Jack didnt DO 1t, was
the answer. why, ne would not do
such thing. Why. only yesterday ne
said and she stopped suddenly In
her rapid speech.
suspected that she was keeping
something back that ought 10 KNOW
80 impressed her with the importance
OK telling me everything reupon
she repeated the pififui story s.out tine
dancing and said very reluctantly that
Jack had sworn that II the old man re-
peated the remark to him ne would re-
greet 1t. She confirmed the report tnat
the uncle and nephew were 20 meet ana
discuss the viii and the marriage.
When 1 told her tnaf sne would ne
most damaging witness II called upon
at the young mans trial, as she was
likely to be, she reeied as II enc was go
ing to faint, but recovered herself ana
said that no matter what might happen
she would never repeat what sne haa
just told me. wall uie IN prison
hrst, she said In = iow' hteady VOICE.
When | asked her where Jack was, she
replied that she had not the least idea.
told her that there ala nov seem 70
be anything could 90 Tor her ana tna'
would only retain x<o OF nef honey 70
pay me Tor ATTENDING tne inquest. u
seemed like robbery 10 take tnat' ior
was sure thar arr iofer was snIsy,
She said che wouih go 10 her ~ork az
usual as she must save every doiiaf %
prove Jacks innocence. That night
went to the opera and saw her as she
stood before the footlights IN nj her ran.
ant beauty and grace. 1t happened thai
at the climax OF sne opera tne prime
donna proclaimed the innocence OF ths
stage hero, and rs inc WORDS, ne - in'
nocent, rang out. the look Of triumph
in Nellie's face spoke SO much OF faitn'
courage and hope, that 1 ionnd myself
much against my viii. beginning 10 be
lieve that Jack was Innocent AFTER AL
But ] could do nothing TO heip ner'
The inquest was short, ana nothing new
was developed anu 'hc 'elu,Ss WIS one
of willful murder against John Hartie
pool, the younger.
Three days bad passed since the IN,
quest and nothing had been heard OF
the accused. although the officers wer'
, securing the country Tor him, wher
Nellie came 70 me and In her quick
curt way said;
at was hot suicide. Jack did no
kill him. No one else could. 1t mus
have been an accident"
Accident. /" exclaimed.