The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-20

log, ItopRd Tin the eseFstoIFe."
Utterly pstoniIhsd at this nov dOYel.
opmenI, / took the envelope from him
and mechanically opened It.
pardon me-" l said. Then | read as
iolloWsI
"DRAR slR;-RcalISIug that my lilo
must terminate very shortly, | take oc.
casion TO commit to writing a brief
summary Otlthe discovery OF facts as to
your brothers murder.
al was killed by q Rnlfe thrust In.
iiCted from behind over the right
shoulder. This happened in his own
room or, at least, Ia the house, and tho
murderer wa q man admitted by mp
pointment Thu charrod ieltor in tho
CRATE wal doubtless tho Communication
asking for the appointment aud must
have advanced strong T0aaona to obtain
ono at such an hour, Lot us SuppoIe
that II same ostensibly from one OF the
railroad gang aRd offered 30 disclose,
for a consideration and under condi'
tons insuring secrecy, the directions
given by some officer Of the company to
his %subordinatss to delay tho work and
TO hRrAss Mr.. smith as much ~ posi-.
Bile in retaliation for his persistent hos
tility. Your brother, feeling ~ no did,
would have been only too glad to got
such information On any terms, so ho
destroyed tho lottor, R' a doubles,
stipulated for. rose, dressed. admitted
his alleged Informant secretly, took
him in his room, was stabbed, partly
undTessed and dressed again. car.
ried out while ii was yet dark and
placed or thrown into the cut, caro- DO.
ing taken that mis- skull should be frac.,
tured az to apparently account for
death. Then tho murderer, having
wrapped up the garments through
which tho knife passed., took them away
with him. Much ~ this Is Ia the nature
OF n recapitulation OF facts you already
know. II is tho simplest thing 10 tho
world To see that murder was not COM
mltted by your niece, your servant or
by MIR. Ralph. The first could not have
carried the body TO tho railroad cut,
aud neither OF tho OthCrG could have
obtained ar appointment at such an
hour. Ralph, moreover, would never
have used u knife, though | admit that,
assuming the local theory Of 4 morning
walk, a quarrel aud s,blow on tho head,
things would look very black Tor him,
On the other hand, AndarSOn'a clumsy
lie was merely 40 ignorant mans way
Of trying to bring TO justice n whom
he believed mad murdered his master
and whom you aud Miss Smith were
shielding.
let Inc now 90 a step further than
VIC haYo gone together and add that It
Is p~aTfec,iy clear that Mr.. Robert
Smith was killed by an agent Of the
Malta, in revenge Tor tho insults no Of.
iorsd that society. This theory not
only supplies an ample motive. but 1t
also RCcords fully with tho method Of
killing aud the Whelming evidence
pointing 10 q deliberately planned as
sassination. Moreovar, every tirst class
detective must be familiar with the fun
dameutal principles Of the great secret
organization, aud those Of tho Maia
make II certain that language such as
your brother used would have ipialli.
bly, marked HIN as q victim. The work
was not done, however, by any man
with whom Mr.. Smith had ever been in
communication, much loss had trouble.
The rule IL that, after death had been
decreed by the branch before which the
case is tried, notice is Sont to some
branch located at u distance, II Of
whose insmbsrs-an entitS stranger TO
the maiter-is then selected by lot to
act rs exoCutlonOr. Some member, then,
Of the Malta, was doubtless In the gang
that heard your brothers TRADE, made
report Of his words, and tho result FOL.
lowed.
"Now let mo inform you Of a conclu.
Iive piece OF evidence which one Of
those chances against which no crimi.
nal can guard has placed in my hand.
oIhorWiIO the task Of detection would