The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10
RACE FOR ALlFE.


had run across tvlhue the ship was
7o-t-, from /. f..rud1. 10 my home near
...- ..--..- r.-.,- before
DoA-a1-ei 10 sec ''
Icr marria4c She was eIsa-t- 70 Cd
,-5rlr.r Ifa-ltsranr named Rupert Row
..r--. ..r Hafr of old iona
ms tls -ei-." f. $500
than kowins, "a "e-l-.i+' es-'--'i o.
r7- scufre is Yorkshire. and 81 was nor
--r,- : -r match for her but Rupert.
OIL! a. sooA i-''-- --- - -
whom i had kr1tl from eii'i.---Nl--
were al school toEcther--Was one u me
1-.s.- ..,.r --.-- Genuine fellows YOU.
-1.- $3.50 --'
ma IN q -as VAIN -
When I arrived al Doncasief "o7
SURPRISED 10 aU- things all Do a- Afil a--
Olu Rowling had. BE- seemed laA5H 9--l--
o-rar-e al a1 innocent but uiia4hlei-
stood remark az Rupert s, ana na- now ID
ilt0 q terrible passion, s"t--t-s
would diSuaert rlln- hulcfH VIZ "9
a hi-h-spllle- yuua5 chap sa'e vs.
man ult ~ DIS iA-AAs @.i- VIZ 80,
violent quarrel. which ended ODD A-r. no"
ling turning bis nephew out ol tl-e N.--S
ana ilTul4ull- iiiu ever 10 H-.gM
there again. That was on l-'-' --''-'
fortnight before my i@-.- . r,......,..
ON the evening OF ta~ 4-a-I -' -.--i,,
called on my sister ana t1i1 A-' - 81.
had taken place, aA1 t"e1 --..lr
postpone The WetN-rS -'i US ,r.1or
where be was due 60 join nus regimen
o. the 1oAuWlns 0atA Gay. ..--t.-.l,-
The next morning "a ily"l Nfs--..-,
Rowling had been found dead in q p--s,-
tutiou ON his estate. he W. y lH7 49,
downward, ana had eN l-e!5--* lI.+ ~
in the back By some one, the u-lte -.t, d..
ing penetrated go lhc heart anu hi--.-
him Instantly, and, on lnedlla4 tAe.'i...,
tiOn IL was asceri'llhel ihat tilt Nlni wv
Tor such 10 doubtless NsS-llu7, nay
committed Oh the previous hisA' -ol ~, 81.
had taken place many hours peLoi1 'l'
body was found.
The fact Of the quarrel oglWeSh VIC
81 "a
10 Rupert as The probable culprit. The
police soon ascertained Rupert move
ments. which showed that he had called
ON Patty. as / have STATED ana That ne
caught The next express for London, Jne
time between his leayins Patty ana lne
Of opportunity TO COMMIT the crime, had
he been So minded, ANA, moreover, ms ROAD
alonesiie the plantation in which his UNI
cle's body was found
The I.ondon detectives were put TO work
and thew ascertaiued that Rupert mad
Tf,,olvar' of me same. calher as the shot
fofud i'm ala Fl0v-ling's corpse and the up
shot was chad b. was arrested and brought
before Inc magistrates of Doncaster.
-~he as-iz4s tfe-. lust auuroaching. and
when / arrived On The scene Rupert stood
committed for trial on the charge of muir
CIsrifle- ms rntIe
7 could do nothing to help him. but 1
- 80 10 tbe atSils Town and saw him i'm
,'rison ~ denied All l,nowledge oil the
I'm ..I1Sal-ne ID mo ..aI ~ was au-
soIutelv innocent / believed him, bat
lie evidence was overwhelming. The
sl ',l llas'eI -
freat 4urry and looxiua very unset: and
lie revolver. which he admitted lac had
- ma for some davs had one cbam-
ber en1nt,, MANY other things trivial in
fhemseives but awfully black when put
fopefher were brought ont at the trial
ana before / left / had heard him found
guilty by the jury and sentenced 10 death
IN lie Judge. Ii all seemed like ghast-
Nv dream
was due to return to my ship. the
AIonico. and / babe Rupert goodby. 1
don't mind telling YOU that j sObbed like
> child / Shouldn't have felt ii so If /
could have done anything even 10 try
and help him. but i was perfectly power
less.
NV sister of course, was in a terrible
way. and / hardly liked leaving her but
my whole future depended on my keeping
my position in the Red Wing line, so 1
Wrenched myself away and was on board
the Monico the next morning
We sailed the following day, which was
"a ednesuaY an0 tne itst tuinr nestu
before leaving Liverpool was that poor
Rupert's execution had been fixed for
Thursday in the next week
We had a heavy cargo of goods and a
lot of passengers, but, 1 tell you, my
heart seemed heavier when we started
on that voyage than the ship, cargo pas
sengers and all.
sue Mouco was considered o. fast vos-
sci at that time, She generally took
and we were due in New York on the
N ednesday evening before kuperts exc
CutOn,
Everything went well till the Monday
afternoon, when one of the steerage pas
sengers, a man of the name of Charles
Cappermole fell down a hatchway.
breaking his back and receiving internal
injuries from which the doctor said he
was bound 10 die within four or five
hours. Ii was very sad, of course, but
couldn't be helped, and although any
thing of this sort puts a gloom over the
ship, / was too much engrossed in my
own trouble to think much about 1t. But
just after one bell $3.50 o'clock the cap
tain said to me;
"Sparton" he said you were telling
me about the trouble your sisters hance
had got into. It's a most extraordinary
thing, but this man, Cappermole, has
been telling the doctor tale about his
having shot his fathers landlord in
Yorkshire and that he believes this ac-
cident is a Judgment on him. / have
seen him and he says the name of the
man he murdered was Rowling which is
the name you mentioned, I think and If
you will come with me to the hospital
where the poor wretch is lying you can
hear his yarn for yourself"
/ was thunder-struck. 1 got the third
officer to take my place for a short time
and hurried off to the side of the in