The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-01-27


#H M> ed through Che Fnrlen.
AL 'Nell that they had bcc1
W NJ. becanec Ia places
W cen entirely oblitcr,
r comi-s ucqn Tie
M IA this WHY ny ecuaA
Nt# which told ine that
M flsitors were tv0 ia
W ~skabie for his height
from the lcngsh Of his
w She o.her f1shiOlgbly
H. Elvc from the small mad
ASTON loft by his to9ts.
M Flflng the horsc this last ia.
continued, Ny wcll-bnote1
Ifore rae. The tall one, then,
1he murder, n murder there
Sore was no wound upon the
San's person. but the egitated
ksian upon his faee assured nc
lac had foresccn bis fate before IL
upon him Men who die froin
I disease or auy suddon natural
ppver D. npy chance exhibit a2i
spon fntr Tee ,Wres Having
~ tlic dead. mans lips. detected
thily snnl snell. and came TO the
6+r huston that BE- had had poison
fofI " upon HIM Again ! argued
that II had been forced upon him,
frtm the hatred and fear ex-
pressed spon his face By the
method Of exclusion had arrived at
this result, FOR no other hypothesis
would meet the facts Douot imagine
that it was a very unhcnri-of idea.
The forcible administration Of poison
Is by no means new thing IN criminal
annals The eases of DolslSy, Ia Odcs-
sa, and Of Leturier, in Montpelier,
will occur al once 10 any toxicoiogist.
And now came the great question
as 20 the reason why Robbery had
not been the object Of the murder, for
nothing was taken Was il politics
then. or was Il a woman? That was
the question which confronted me-
was Inclined from The FIRST 20 tho lat
ter superstition Political assassins
are only toe glad 70 do their work and
20 hy. This murder had. on the coa-
trgry, been done most deliberately
and the pcrpctratOr hnd left his tracks
all over the room, showing that he
had been there all the time. II must
have been private wrong and not q
political one. which called for such
mcthodical revenge Whom the I'M
scription was discovered upon the wall
was more inclined than ever 60 my
opinion. The thing was too evidently
a blind When the ring was found
however, il settled the question
Clearly the murderer had used it 20
remind his victim OF some dead or abb
sent woman. II was az this point that
asked Grcgson whether he had Inc
quired in his telegram 10 Cleveland na
TO any particular point IN Mr. nrcbbcr'a
former career. lie answered, You re-
member, IN the negative
~ then proceeded t3 make 4 careful
examination Of the room which con
iirmed me IN my opinion as Cd the ru-
derer's height, and furnished me with
the additional detail as % the Trichi-
nopoly cigar and the lcngth ~ hi9
nails. ! had already come y the con-
clusion. since there wore no signs ol
struggle. that Tho blood wbiehcogcrcd
the floor had bur 80 from the murdcrcrs
nose in his excitement ! coald per-
ceivc that the track Of blood conceded
with the track OF his feet II r. sole
dom that my man. unless lie isyery
full-bloodcd, breaks ont "a this way
through emotion, So hazarled the
opinion that the criminalwa probably
arobusi and ruddy-fIecd nam. Events
proved that had judged correctly,
Having left the house, ! proceeded
TO do what Gregson hal neglected. /
tclegraphed 10 the head Of the police
at Cleveland, limiting my inquiry 20
the circumstances connected with the
marriage OF Enoch Drcbber The am
swer was conclusive. IL told me that
Drebber had already applied FOR The