The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-05-11

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Late last evening, rs | was leaving
a friends house, | was arrested. The
last train to London was gone. ] was
taken to an inn and confined there
This morning the policeman put those
things on my wrists, and led me to the
railway station, In the carriage whore
you found me the policeman fell asleep
when we stopped at that station | saw
my chance to escape, and thanks to
your help am here"
"But why were you arrested?" asked
Hinton.
ooh, l cannot tell you that, she
replied, covering her face with her
hands, 'not yet-later on, if / may
hope to gain your friendship and con
fidence, l may unburden my heart of
its secret. But look in my face"-she
uncovered it, and laying down her
hand on Hinton's arm, offered her
charming face to his examination.
'Look and tell me if You can find
there the sign of crime that should
be punished with this shame"
My gushing young friend had got as
far as this in his narrative, when the
hall porter ushered into our sanctum
our old friend Kennel, clear headed
lawyer.
"Now, you young fellows, ne ne
gan brusquely, "Ive come to get you
out of mess, if / can. must know
all about the affair this morning"
told him my story as l have writ
ten it here. His first question sur
prised me.
"Can you bring anyone forward to
prove that you got into that train at
Chorley, and not at Stevenham?"
After taxing our recollection to the
full, Hinton and ! came to the conclu-
sion that we could not find a witness
to prove this. The station master
had closed the ticket box the moment
after giving Hinton his change. The
door leading onto the platform was
locked when We reached it. At Choir
ley we had not gone through the
booking Office. The guards van was
in the front of the train; the porters
were on the platform, and we were
not seen till the moment when we
were helping the lady to descend.
KenSet looked grave.
"Now, give me your account, Mr..
! Hinton, said he.
Hinton went over the facts again.
"Do you know where the young
lady is now?'
eyes, but | must decline to tell you
until know your reason for asking. s"
"My reason for asking! That's sim
pie enough: | wish to save you from
criminal prosecution.
We gasped: "What crime has been
committed?"
Murder
"Murder' we echoed aghast.
"The handkerchief that lay beside
the dead man is found to have been
saturated with chloroform.
Good heavens, Kennel, do you
think we carry chloroform about with
us"
"You are medical students.
Hinton and | stared in blank be-
wilderment,
"Of course you don't believe the
young lady committed the murder, :"
Kennel said, addressing Hinton:
'How on earth is such thing pos
sible? She had her wrists handcui1ed,
and muf on her hands"
go much the worse for you. The
man is murdered, and the respon-
sibility lies upon you two young men
and that young woman. OF course,
| believe in your innocence, but that
counts for nothing. Your fate will be
decided by jury, and not by me.
Now what is the evidence that will be
laid before them? One Of you Is found
in third-class carriage with the dead
man, and gives up frst-class ticket
from Slovenian, the station at which
the policeman got into the train with
his prisoner. The other young man
gets the young woman out ofthe train
at Chorley, pays her fare, and whisks
her out of the way in fly. A hand
kerchief saturated with chloroform is
found beside the dead man, and you
two are medical students. What is the
presumption? That you, seeing this
attractive young woman put into a
third-class carriage by a policeman at
Slovenian, get into the same carriage
with her The young woman fascin-
ates you and excites your sympathy.
On nearing Chorley the policeman
dozes, and one of you, intending,
possibly, only to prolong his sleep,
applies chloroform. The effect is more
eerious than you expected, and while
one saves the young lady, the other
remains with the policeman to use
such means of restoring him to life as
your experience suggests. However,
you had better let me see this young
woman at once. If we can prove her