New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-19

thc most of tho time, while my appearance, II
Srb,ader affair l. put myself entirely at the
DISPOSAL of the Old man. , ;oo
Kitcr early rclre,hment of hot coffee nnn rice
cot,rs ,vc started on / could not understand
should be crow bars: but ! soon kn""
We reached the plot and Swarris went 10 one
md and to the ot.fr we Of D ,5c morning. op not
a sound was heard save the duls thud oi the
crowhars. r ,,1
10 satisfy ourselves that no hole OF even hioue-
rate dimcnsions had been dug. ,,
IL was cXhau~ting labor. For the sou was
hard clay. and IL required Il Nlgorou, Strof" oi
tho ctovnar 10 pierce 10 reasonable d"rth.
,os bonlrning 10 Get very tired and dlslcartcHou'
When Swarris suddenly said it was getting iatc.
and we must depart. though We might CONC o'cH
tomorrow. A., no
I did so | WELDED IL" crowbar with az my
strength. 10. The heavy dump was io,.o"" ,,
hv Il Great crack ard | found inys'ii Oh ny
knees. my hands touching th" soil-lof me crow
lar had almost disappeared into the earth
| called Swarris and We both eagerly SCI ap 0
throwing up the earth around the spot we
came upon !, board This we removed ana pc-
hold Their. was the hcadcss body OF old Schfdn"s
ly noon the whole city was aware OF ',' US
coLrrv But the person VINO could not b. lolnu
vr,s tho vcrv orc 10 whom every body desired To
convey the information-thc dead misers nephew
Reeves.
In a state of abiect terror at tho find on ms
former domoin the dustman lest he should be
arrns,d of tho whole, confessed his share in the
crime According to him. on the morning oil
the murder Reeves had called at his nous, am
requested his aid III secretly removing som" i4rni
turc from old Schrdcr's. There was nothing
remarkable in this trarsacton-it hai often pceil
done before. Bctolc he did this however, he haI
met Irnrcus and been induced 10y MN 10 sN"
him thc TEMPORARY charge of the cart on his return
iournry The ,lu>tman had then gon" on To
Schradcr's house. where he saw Reeves ana TWO
women Reeves had volunteered 10 load the cart
himself and had snHt tn" dustinan away. " len
thn du,,man returned, l." hai noticrI the cart
contained Garden rubbish, and he Thought
Reeves must have disposed of the furniture III
tho interval Reeves came out AMI talked 10
him. and said that il he would take the cart
on It's usual round Reeves himself would meet
the cart at the dus,holc aud let tine dustman
away for holiday h"src nS h wished to
transact privately. Then he suddenly rrmrm-
hcrcd the arrangement no had male WIN MI
IIcnrcus When he explained TINS 70 heSvTs
Reeves was at first very angry, but pres~,tiy
he calmod down. on the woncn's suggestion thit
if he disguised himself carefully II" could tikc
GE%r ts Sa aG T's srcy hc too much occupied
an unknown dnstman The dustmar had ac-
cordngly delivered over his cart 10 ii"nrlcuS ava
thC;r gore straight homo and stayed therc Next
morninp before he had even heard oe IN" mlr
der one of the women called ut ms place ana
gave him n large sum of money. telling him h"
would soon know what il WAS for and there
would be plenty more If he showed hns'i
sensible man. When he heard of III" m n,, hr
he l,rcw what all Of th" myst"rv was 'ut II"
WAS deep in RrcvcS's debt. Reeves had never
since pressed for his money. hut. on IN" CON
trarv had regularly sent him a monthly present 4,
The two women confessed to hlyins nr'pru nm
in .hc disposal OF the body Notwithstanding
their GOOD looks ard stylish dresses they were
two miserable creatures: mere tools oil IN" wee,
and viocncc of thr Niiiam Kcy r t III" nT
was dcad-at least so they declared. IL was they
who originated the idea OF removing tn" hrai
in u jar. as they thought that would lessen IN"
chances Of Identification. Their plan had been to
take il To W. aud get rid of il on the sen
shore They had got into m empty caragc
little dreaming that another jar almost lden,i-
cal in appearance was already under one of IN"
scots IicnricusS coollv taking possession OF Thar
which they knew held 81 terrible secret hld
mys'iicd them, shaken their nerves ana scattered
Reeves was never seen aGrin alive. A week
after the discovery of old Schradcr's BODY oid
Manika. the wife Of tho tolllic"pcr at IN" bridge
Of boats fnding her stock of fuel running short
went one morning 10 collect some of the wood
which constantly floats down tn" river. and Ii
arrrsted by the boats which support IN" bridge
Fntanglcd among Tho wood she found tho nan
qlcd and unrccocnizahc body of n MAJ. linr-
rf"l whispers reported that this explained thr
c:nd Of III" murderer. VINO would hIv" n lot Tn"
The two women ernnt the greater portion or
their remaining days in making cor rope IN ore
OF the local prisons. IT." dmstcart man. as a
breal,watrr which cncoscs the grand harbor OF
Colombo. .
II was months aftcrwarl when an oh native
woman, leading n little boy by the hand. pre-
scented herself nj III" honse Of worthy Mrs.
Jonklcss The child few into the open arms of
the old ncighbor. who had always been kind 10
him II was the orphan who had 50 mvstlionslv
disappeared from tho .,chrador household. Within
an hour or two OF the murder Reeves had en-
pcditiously and secretly dispatched him 10 q re-
mote village whose inhabitants little likely
TO hear 81 Anything going on in or near the
capital For long time the old woman who
took charge of the boy had received sums of
money, from whom she knew not. With tho
death Of Reeves and the imprisonment OF his
confederatcs. these. ~ course. hal ceased. and
then. acting on information received from the
little lad himself IN" oil dame brought him back
To The fccnos Of his miserable early lie.
II trarayirnd that he was the orph,n grand
child Of m old friend Of S'hradrrs This friend
hal lived in the ur-Iiil conntr', and had known
ro,hirr pf the had character or the arc't wealth
which ,hr ma'r hal Graduo lv-and simfltano-
omslv-nrGuircd Following Schradcr 10 I've ~
honest. Woodworking man. this fric~.l h,' modc
him Guardian Of ~" orrhan child and admins
traitor Of his own fortune
80 tho poor nitric waif became IN af'lnort
lad. passing THROUGH IN" "forms'' of tho Po~, |
Ccllrrc. and sr""drr his HOLIDAYS with Mrs
.Tonkless and Mrs. JAM A for the latter
lady, wc may safely say she lived "happy ever