The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-01

tended to be asleep IN q chair there nao
I been seen, but no n found me out
She came to him, and he talked like an
innocent man.
THE O old woman has done me
another injury by getting herself muir
dered, he said. 'Ibelieve I'm suspected,
because / shall profit by her death.
Why, what do they take me for? AVON
der who killed her? They say nothing
was gone
Whoever 1t was, you ought to be
thankful that the Grabbed creature Is
dead. she said. Some common burglar,
of course. She'd scream and shrek if
abe saw one at her :,
herself killed
Well, poor CID Y
been his death if l haa = i.i-t.-. -,
fries said. She wasn't l;.lf bad. She
never made a will and lett things ava,
from me, as she might, after l told her
! I'd never cringe to her for her favor.
Hang it, I wish I wasn't her heir! Peo-
pie will suspect me secretly perhaps. l
can prove I wasn't inside the house
that night, but you know how the pa
pers talked. Poor Bitzner, the roofer,
came to me and cried over what they
said about him. Kill Aunt Jessy! Why,
good Lord!-
lyon used to call her Aunt Jeze-
bel, said the widow. Mrs. Null is her
name.
Eyes, I'm sorry l did, but she had
q temper, said Mr.. Jeffries. I've a
mind not to take the money
Then l shan't take you, said Mrs.
Null. Such an idiot! l should be
ashamed of you
'See here!'' Kitty handed me an ad-
dress on a piece of paper. 1t was Mrs.
Preston Null, at a certain number,
Chestnut street. 1T is her mother-in-
law. Can you send our Mrs. Mull-Eli-
"a Mull-a telegram saying, Come at
once to this address, she asked.
II can," said I.
do it," said she. "No, don't ask
me. 1 am helping you. I have my
thoughts. Now take me home
took her home and telegraphed to a
brother detective to telegraph to the
widow, and I waited and watched. |
saw her get into q carriage and go
away. I followed and saw her take the
train. If Kitty wanted her out of the
way, she was safe.
A few hours afterward I received q
note:
disguise yourself as an old woman
and come here at once. Come in a cab.
Wear a thick black veil. Send up word
that you are my Aunt Agnes. Lose nc
time"
l lost none. AS I went slowly up the
stairs, with my black veil down, l coule
hear my heart beat. Kitty opened the
door, called out, why, aunty, dear!'
B and shut it.
81 have opened the door between m.
{ room and Mrs. Mull's," she said. g
have found something. I can't appea
, in this matter. You must see for your
self"
She led me into the handsome room
{ and went to q wardrobe. There, from
3 beneath other dresses, she drew a plainl.
cut coat, or redingote, Of thin blacl
g cloth, with many buttons down tn
front, and spread it IN a chair. Abou
4 the height of the knees q piece was tori
away and a button gone.
"Hush!'' she said. ave don't know
who may be listening. Make no sound.
= Then she took the bit Of cloth fror
her pocket, fitted it to the rent and lai
e the button on it.
1.-THE piece Of cloth found in dea
{ Mrs. Jeffries' hand came from this gal
e ment," was her remark
YES" I said, "she must have dis
e guised him in it. But-why"-
"Gooseyr' said Kitty. Mr.. Jefrie
could not get into this Mrs. Null wo1
it herself. Mrs. Null killed old Mrs
Jefries. The nephew knows nothin
about it-guesses nothing. This Wicke
oma wanted to marry him when b
had inherited the estate. She has dor
it. I watched her through the peephol
g I had made. I saw her writhe in agony
E and, without speaking a word, wrin
her hands and tear her hair. It was a
awful sight, but l knew it was a guilt
d conscience that moved her. There-yo
have it all in your OWE hands now. L
60 and tell Mrs. c. that I have new
d which must take me away, pay her II
board and go with you i'll the cab"
l left her at her w door. Mr.
Null was arrested at the station on h,
v return, and it was all as Kitty sail
She made full confession. She had COZ
ceived the idea Of numbering the Of
. woman that her nephew might get Il
money, and she had hoped the poor ro
IL member would be charged with tt
crime.
/: She was a fiend in female form, b