The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-26

The place will always have a horror

CALDW ELL LIZA
The place will always have a horror
for mel
Mrs. Gloystein expressed fear thai
her husband would disapprOve bel
action in leaving the place and dispos'
ing of some of the effects. Her fears In
this respect, the disorder attendant
upon moving into new house. the
fretting baby In her arms. and the
general air of fatherless household
impaired q pathetic coloring to the
scene. "But he ought not complain"
she went on to say. II had to get rid
of his things because they were an ex.
pense upon ne"
"Have you sold your place at Mica?'
mo. I want the mar we bought 1t
from to take it off our hands. but be
declines to do that. I am Informed
that ! can not make BIN take 1t back,
and he can not make US keep 1t, and
that's the way the matter stands at
present"
''This must be great relief to your
mind, Mrs. GloysteinW
"lndeed it IL. Many and many
night have lain awake hour after
hour, thinking and thinking, and
wondering and wondering, until ! did
not know what to think"
Mr. Pugh declared, as he and the re-
porter drove back to the city, that he
had never questioned Mrs. Gloystein's
truthfulness or sincerity. and now her
statements are confirmed by the con.
fession of her husband.
II am doing we'll enough here" said
Mrs. Gloystein In conclusion. my
brother-in-law, John E. Whitfield,
who is 10 business here, came out to
see me today. We have often talked
over this affair, and Mr.. Whitfield said
that Charles always put great deal of
confidence In him, and he could not
understand why he did not write to
him if he were alive"
Mrs. Gloystein Is q slight little
woman. She can not weigh more than
100 pounds. Her face Is bright and in
telligent. She speaks fluently and
correctly, and her candid manner car
ries conviction. She has never had
word from her husband since he left
her so baseIy with her little brood of
sick children around her.
JUST EIGHT WEEKS AGO TO-DAY
1t Was Monday Morning, July 80. That
Gloystein DISAPPEARED.
The GIoystein 'mystery'-now q
mystery no longer-is just eight weeks
old todoy. 1t was early Monday morn.
ing, July 80. that Gloystein, without
o word to his wife that could
aftsrward throw light on the
occurrence disappeared into the
darkness. That forenoon Sheriff Pugh
was notified and he proceeded at
once to the scene of the strange occur.
renee. The theory of foul play imme-
diately found favor In the neighbor
hood, and for more than a week friends
aud neighbors beat the bush, raked the
grain and penetrated every
cave and granny In the neighborhood
for miles around. Excitement became
intense. Work was abandoned and
fields Of grain that needed cutting
badly were neglected, while speoula-
ion and discussion Of the all-absorbing |
.opic Of the hour ruled instead.
The character of Gloystein was fully |
discussed at that time. He lived among |
political antagonists and was himself |
! stronR-willed, perverse, self.centered |
nan. His popuiist neighbors twitteu
him with their opinions and wild ar
and he replied with invec-
ives. They hanged him In eftigy In
eturn, and wrote educational inscrip-
ions about him for their children to
cad on the blackboards in the Mica
The defeat of Pennoyer-
breast, and he hung out
he inscription, where all might read:
"Have you heard the news from Ore.
onP'
The shotgun league became proml.
tent in the region Of Mica then. and
4loysteip was invited to join. He
tarted, but at the. point where he
oupd out the true character of the or
.aniz alton he turned back and left the
odgeroom WITHOUT having completed
he obligation. That was but q few
weeks before he disappeared,
Mrs. Gloystein said when the she riff
her at that time that she
leard knock on the door and called
Ter husband, who was asleep upstairs.
he responded and stood some time on
he porch. Returning he dressed and
vent out aud down the road. He left
behind him. The bloody
lat was found next day, and the day
ftsr cushion button from buggy
vas picked up near the hat. Nearly
very one in the neighborhood for
niles around came in with conflicting
tories of hurrying wagons going by in
be night, and my sterious strangers Of
oubtful aspect, and suspicious tracks
q obscure localities. Out of all those
lind, confusing and Use clews the
rue one was finally selected and the
IAN was found.
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