Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-06

case for you exclaimed. argr;:;. As
for the reports IN the evening papers.
you can fake better story than they
had.'
He sat down. in apparent despair at
MS desk Then / relented and cajoIed
MIN a1ittle, begging him not to spoil
MS great record by falling down on
such an assignment There's a start
er for YOU said 1. throwing him the
article / had commenced. Now go
ahead and ill that ont with a column
description Of the scene
~ haven't even visited H. he re-
piled Nevertheless. he picked up the
pages and read them as if impeIled by
some hateful fascination. Then he
took up his pen to make a few minor
corrections Then, as if totally obliv-
lous OF my presence. he began 70 write.
LAS sheet after sheet fell from under
his fingers. l snatched them up. read
them hurriedly, and shot them down
the copy tube TO the composing-room-
/ read rapidly. as an editor will, taking
but small account OF the matter 50
long as it ran smoothly. while ! had
too much confidence in him TO ques-
ton the accuracy of his statements
only realized that he was writing a
great story-the greatest he had ever
done He seemed inspired with the
very innermost thoughts of the muir
derer, and under his touch every triv-
lal incident came OUT with 6istinctness
and coherency that made the cause
and method of the crime perfectly
plain.
L.
accuracy OF detail that would have
been impossible for one who had not
studied it closely. The selection of the
spot he explained By the fact that the
bright electric light streaming
through the windows of the power
house made it impossible for the
passer-by to see into the shadows
Thus while impeDetrab bic darkness
screened the assassin, ample light
guided his blow. and. moreover, the
rattle and roar of the machinery near
by drowned all sound of the struggle
or the falling body.
The blow on the head, ne dem.
onstrated. must have been from
sandbag. while the wound through the
heart could only have been made by
one of those long. hne-bladed stilet-
tos of Italian make Furthermore.
the fact that this particular weapon
was driven home with firm hand,
after the victim had been stunned by
blow on the head. indicated premedi-
tated and deliberate murder. while the
theory of robbery was disproved by
the fact that the mans valuables had
been untouched The only tenable
fhoorv thor.fora ho
of the murder was revenge
"A more mastery analysis OF case
l never read, but here he branched of
into what l at first supposed 20 be
purely imaginary speculations as to
the wrong which had led the murderer
to seek the life of an unknown man.
These seemed purposely vague at first.
but gathered in strength and GER
tainty, until I concluded that he must
have some good foundation for them.
Starting with hypothesis, he soon
began to state them as facts. He de-
scribed how the dead man, a once
trusted friend. had entered the home
Of another; how. by subtle wiles and
deceit, he had stolen the love of the
wife; then followed an elopement and
the breaking up of that once happy
home.
He told with the bitterness Of truth
how the scoundrel had deserted the
weak and erring woman and left her
to perish alone: how the idea OF re-
venge had filed the mind Of the
wronged husband; how, himself I'M
seen, he had followed every movement
Of the intended victim for months and