St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-09

his horse he was further cleared Of sus-
picon; for II the opinion of the medical
experts was correct Henry must have
returned to the livery stable too soon to
have committed the murder
He was discharged, al any rate, al
though suspicion still clung to him. Many
people believe now in his guilt-those
who do not believe in mine; and some
believe we were accomplics.
After llenry's discharge was arrest
ed. There was no one else left to accuse.
There must be a motive for the murder;
| was the only person left with mo-
tive. Unlike the others, who were dis
charged after preliminary examination,
| was held to the Grand Jury and taken
to Dedham, where | spent four weeks in
Jail awaiting the meeting of the Grand
Jury.
Neither at the preliminary examination
nor before the Grand Jury was | allowed
to make the full and frank statement that
| am making here. was told simply TO
answer the questions that were put TO
me, and to volunteer nothing, and
obeyed
know nothing about law. | wished to
do the best | coud--tO act in the wiscst
manner, for Henry's sake and my own.
! said nothing about the green silk dress.
They searched the house for all manner
of things, at the time of my arrest, but
the dress was not there-it was in Phoebe
Dole's dye-kettle. She had come over
after it herself one day when | was pick
ing beans in the garden, and had taken
1t out of the closet She brought it back
herself, and told me this, after | had re-
turned from Dedham.
81 thought Id get it and surprise YOU
said she. ITS taken beautiful black"
She gave me strange look, half rs il
she would see into my very soul, in spite
of me, half as if she were in terror of
what she would see there, as she spoke
| do not know just what Phoebe DOle's
look meant. There may have been n stain
left on that dress after all. and she may
| have seen il.
| suppose if it had not been for that
hOur.past which had learned to make,
] should have been hung for the murder
of my own father. AS it was, the Grand
Jury found no bill against me, because
there was absolutely no evidence to con-
| NlCl NE, anu Cdllt ubuIt IL llct NOlldll'
And if people were condemned for their
motives, would there be enough hangmen
in the worldi
They found no weapon with which |
could have done the deed They found
no blood stains on my clothes. The one
thing which told against me, aside from
my eyer-present motive, was the fact
that on that morning after the murder
the doors and windows were fastened.
My volunteering that information had, Of
course, weakened its force as against
myself.
Then. too, some held that | might have
been mistaken in my terror and excite
ment, and there was a theory, advanced
by few, that the murderer had mcdi-
tated making me also II victim, and had
locked the doors that he might not be
frustrated in his designs, but had lost
heart at the last and allowed me to es-
cape, and then fled himself. Some held
that he had intended to force me to re-
veal the whereabouts of fathers money
but his courage ha failed him.
Father had quite IL sum in hiding
place which only le and | knew But
no search for money had been made, 81
far as any one could see-not a bureau
drawer had been disturbed, and father,
gold watch was ticking peacefully undel
his pillow; even his wallet in his vest peck
ct had not been opened. There was ;