Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-14
NY FIRST CASE


otd JohB HartIepool was dead
That as1eh &as esTt2ka- IL ~as ssF
dat that he had died tron pistol
shot for tAers was . oziIet Nound ~
Ms teEapie snd tie doetsFs foand ne
hnlist II ia brain- A rssoissF vita
one eEapty chamber. Whleh The Ballet
we.sid have etfssi before lts snaps had
be<n rAttened - eontaet ~Ith the ed
mans skull. was pieked ap IN the eoart
directly under sin@o~ ~ The roola
where ths ehArn berIaaid had toand the
oil aeetieman iyisg dead. when she en-
tered ths s.as51n sith a pass key at esz1
n the morning she also foand that
tha win.so~ was closed and fastened
ant thfs sfessually disposed Of the
~agrsstls.n tat the cid man had sAot
himself and thro~ a the pistol cot Of
ths ~sndow. for ~hii- Tiers Vas en- In
anitesinai cbancs that nc niRht have
thrown the pistol out after drinx the
shot into his brain. II was absolutely
isapo@sibis that he eoaid then have
el.sed TIE window and fastened IT,
Moreover The position OF The body aud
the pod Of blood beside II showed that
he had fallen when shot aud never
moved again The most careful search
81 The room disclosed no weapon OF
any kind Suicide was therefore clear
~ oat OF the question IL WA . case
Of murder. 50 az least the police
argued and IL must De admitted with
a good deal II reason
No one could suggest that the old
man had any enemies Ills habit OF
life was exceedingly simple. Ths
worst that could be said Of him was
that tbuegh very rich DO was very
peDuriouN lie was not a hard cred
itor. but On the contrary was inclined
% b. lenient 10 his collections tie
WA somewhat proud % the fact that
has mother wAs the daughter OF al
eari's daughter. but the only one who
used 20 consider himself Aggricved By
this was his handsome and high-spir~
tied nephew and namesake. SO mar
der Cor revenge seemed out OF the
question
Had anyone an interest In his death?
ON This point there was no doubt. for
John Hartiepool. Jr.. was known 10 all
the community a. his sole hetr-at-law.
IL was afso soon learned that on the
very morning before bis death the old
man had instructed his solicitor 20
make . viii cutting of his nephew
with q pit;ance. which was 20 be exc
cuted the next day. II that young gem
tleman would not in the meantime re-
noanee bis intention Of marrying =
young LADY. who was . member Of
popular opera troupe and took role
which was more conspicuous because
Of he elegance Of her squire than Of
she quality OF her vocal powers or the
degree OF her histrionic ability.
Not cent Of my money shall go 10
brat Of = girl who makes living by
showing her legs to TIE public" said
the Old man 10 more than a score OF
people. for his nephew's infatuation for
the pretty chorus girl was the one sore
spot in his life.
II wss know that uncle and NEPHEW
had had an interview between five aud
SIX o'clock. during which time . ter
rifle thunderstorm was raging. The
elevator boy remembered that when
the Young man left the house he took
the elevator ~ the third story, that he
was greatly excited and said some
thing about forgetting % ring for him
10 come up 20 the 9Th story. He also
remembered that IL was raining furi-
cGsly At the time and that the thunder
vas - loud aud constant that pistol
shot might have been f.red almost AZ any
moment during the storm unnoticed by
persoas IN an adjoining room ls also
appeared that there was an open win
dow on the stairs on the fourth story,
which window looked out into the
court where the pistol was found.
All these facts were brought 70 light
during the morning after the body was
found. with the additional fact that
John Hartlepool. Jr.. bad disappeared.
The popular verdict WIS willfA muir
der against john Hartiepool. Jr.. and