The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-05-18

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task that had DO time to read even
E the newspapers and was quite ignoran,
OF what was going on in the world.
The only relaxation 1 allowed myself
was good brisk walk into the country
every afternoon. With this exception
had hardly stirred from my house,
except to run up to London once or
twice for the purpose of visiting the
docks and making certain technical
Investigations concerning them. This
did, as good portion of the novel 1
was working at was about the life of
dock surroundings.
1t was little after eight o'clock one
evening in April that finished the sec
ond volume of my work. I put on nv
hat and coat and started off for an
evening stroll. had no sooner stepped
into the street than boy accosted me
with bundle Of papers under his arm
with the request: Buy an evening pa
per, sir?" bought one, put it in nv
pocket and resumed my walk.
1t was fine night and 1 went some
little distance, reaching home a little
after half-past nine.
had laid down the newspaper on
the table when entering the room, in
tending to read it during supper. but
my appetite had got the better of my
craving for intelligence, so 1t was not
until had lit pipe and subsidized into
a coy arm chair by the fire that un-
folded the sheet of printed matter.
Now, reader, dare say you know
the sensation of reading a paper for the
nrst time after having neglected doing
SO for some weeks. You are very
chary of beginning, because such
thoughts come into your head as 81 |
don't expect I shall enjoy the leaders
because don't know what has led I'M |
to them" .Sure to be sometbino
about big trial of which I haven't |
heard the beginning. Forgotten en-
tireiy all about our foreign policy,
Let me see, is the same ministry in ?"
Therefore l opened my paper leisure
ly-nay, lazily. looked at the lead |
er Something about a new Greek
loan." That didn't interest me. ri
skipped through the little items Of
news and hurried jottings and sunama-
ries peculiar to our evening papers.
PRESENTLY my eve was caught with the
following paragraph heading:
''1MpENDrNa ExEcUrIoS."
There is morbid fascination for
most people in an execution, and SO.
FIELDING to this feeling, proceeded to
cad the paragraph.
The murderer Of the unfortunate Iayne.j
fenfrew win BE- hanged to-morrow mornino
y O'Clock. The wretched man. whose
'ame-Cbarles Fenthurst-fs now In eyerv-
'ouy mouth sun insists tn his plea OF limo
Here / became deeply interested The |
lame OF fenthurstwas most familiar to
ne. had formed deep friendship
With a man of that name. He was a
GOD fifteen years my senior and had
led about two years previously. I
new he had a son named Charles a
oung fellow, who had emigrated to
outh Africa early in life and who was
supposed to be working at
ne diamond mines. Could this be the I
anne man? read on: IL
1T will be remembered that n, N. 1890. !
lrongest circumstantiale evidence was bropobt | ,
, bear upon Fenthurst. The murder sea,.
lace In house on the outskirts of the small I
'wn OF Clinfold It was proved that Fen- r
hurst was IN the habit OF frequenting Rem q
ews premises, and that apparently he was
Spected there on the evening In question. He
as seen near the place soon after the crime =
as committed. and several other proofs Of a o
rongiy condemnatory character were also t
Ia against him. He has persisted from the n
ST however. In maintaining that he was ab- .
Mt from Clinfold ut the very time the murder
ok place. This was about seven O'Clock In n
9 evening. AT that hour. he says, he was j,
turning from London. where he had been d
ending part OF the day Only one witness
says. could prove this, and that is an maj
aaal who travelled with him as far as P.---- q
q entered into conversation with him. Adj b
easements have been inserted IN Al The D,
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