Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-17

my house. lie never left IL alive. II was
in the evening whrn .,c called on me. My
wife had gone to visit her people ON the
farm, taking the children with her. was
alone with my Nemesis.
- For Gods sake. pleaded, think OF
my poor wife and children
1 shall do justice. he answered, with
a face of iron, and then, with a brute in
stinct OF self preservation. lcapctl at his
throat and bore him to the floor with the
strength of despair. The next thing
found myself standing looking down upon
n dead man, and again self preservation
sharpcncd my wits. l managed To get
him out TO the wood shed, where locked
him in till midnight Then hitchcd ur
my democrat, lifted the body into it. drove
it down the beach and got it into tho boat
and bound n bag OF stones tn it securely.
Lest these might not bc enough, took the
horse weight and wound the strap around
the neck to make SURF Then tied my
horse to a willow mp ON the bank. and in
the silence and the darkness l rowCd out
and sank him about Il quarter Of mile
from the shurr. The night was dark and
rainy, and no one saw me, no eye but one;
no mortal car heard NY mufllcd oars.
when the man waSfnisscd, pretended
to be surprised and disappointed that he
had not come tn buy my lots. as he had
BEblOsCu ~ tlt IIbttI anu lipIllN
for me he had said he intended to call ON
me the next day. Instead lie must have
changed his mind and called that evening.
So men drift, each to his own destiny.
Il had had double escape, but once
more the old misery rcturned-thc old fear
Of dctection-but il abated when the ice
grew over the bay. l tried to reason my
self into quictudc of spirit. l said to my
self over and over again that l was nc
murderer; that was irresponsible, mad.
mad with despair. Why could not the
man let Inc live in peace; Why would he
not give me a chance to redeem my soul
when begged him for il upon my knees!
But all my self cxpOstulating was of nc
use. l had done what no hand, not even
the hand of the Omnipotent, could undo,
and the memory of il abode with me, and
my wife began to look askancc, frightened
at what raved about in my sleep. At first
she asked me what was dreaming about.
Then she grew silent, glancing at me
across the breakfast table with horror
she could not conceal. have been afraid
to go to sleep lest she should discover all
What l have suffered since the break
ing up of the ice upon the bay, when the
very waters refused to conceal my crime:
how have watched that spot accursed by
sunlight and moonlight, expecting every
moment to see the dead man, with that
! iron face of his, rise to demand Justice
life for lifc-God alone knows. know
now that cannot fee from his presence
no, not II take the wings of the morning
and flee to the uttermoss parts of the
earth. May he forgive me when 1 make
this atonement, for he alone knows what
was the proyocation, what my tempta
ton, the sincerity of my purpose of rcsti.
tuition. Think rs leniently of me as YOU
can. As for my wife and cl ildrcn, this i.
the last thing 1 can do for them. know
what the diver will find below there, and
| / forestall the sentence of the law
albert FULLAR"
Uncle Noah sat up in his chair and
; drew n long breath in the silence that en-
sued
well, now, poor devil, who's goin t.
| jedge him: Upon my soul, don't know
| but I've more respect for him now he's
squared things than ever I had for him
Twin. But 1 say, curncr, did ye ever
know such n thing to happen before? That
water, mean"
The coroner here explained that while
he certainly never knew such n thing Il
| have happened in his own experience hi
had an old college friend, a scientist, who
was at present visiting him, and no hn6
furnished him with an explanation of th'
sluggish stiffness of the water Immediately
above the body.
1t was n fact we'll known to scientists
that the flesh of n human body held under
water for a time will, under certain con
ditions, become converted Into adipocea
or pure fat. This had been proved bcyons
o doubt. This scientist himself had ex
amined tho body Of a man found In
swamp, whsFs ~ had lain all vintsn ans