Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
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because have immediate use for it, as
you will learn directly. Now must
tell you the true story Of the other rob-
berry,"
At this all were very much astonish-
ed. Mr.. Thauret appeared triae nerv-
ous. he placed one hand over the top
Of his claret glass, and let it rest there
q moment, after first having taken sip
from it.
"You all recall the fact that / was
sick in Philadelphia, continued Mr..
Mitchell, "at the time Of the Ali Baba
festival. fatter myself that that was
the most artistic thing that have done
throughout this whole affair. Any one
seeing me would have been satisfied
that was truly i'll, yet, in point of
fact. my cough was brought on by drugs
Administered to me by my physician at
my express desire, and for purposes
which had explained to him. / guess
ed that had been followed to Philadel-
phia and took care that I should not be
too closely watched, as Mr.. Barnes
knows. Yet / expected that after the
affair Mr.. Barnes himself would come
to Philadelphia to see me, and my arti-
fcially produced illness was to battle
him. But I am anticipating eventa
After the train robbery the woman was
laurdered By what seemed an odd
chance che was In the same house where
my wife then lived knew that I had
been followed from the theater to that
house on the night Of the murder. l
knew that other circumstances pointed
strongly to my guilt. Bat i had the ad-
vantage over the detective, for / knew
that the man who had stolen the Jew.
els from the woman, not finding them
when he returned to New Haven, must
have been furious Judging the woman
by himself, be wotfd suppose that at
least it was possible that she had taken
them from the satchel herself. Then on
that slim chance might he not have re-
turned to the woman, and, admitting
the theft of the satchel. have endeavor-
ed to make her confess that she still
had the jewelsi Failing in this, might
he not either in a f1t Of anger or to pre-.
vent her from 'peaching,' as they call
it, have cut her throat"
"You are wrong there, Mr.. Mitchell"
laid the detective. "Th woman was
killed while she slept TIere was no
struggle.
" "Even so, we can imagine the sneak
going into the house and killing her
that be might search for the gems un-
disturbed, and also to rid himself OF
companion for whom he no longer had
any need. At least, that was the view
that l took Of it. and, more than that, l
felt convinced that I knew the man. "
At this moment Mr.. Thauret nervous
ly reached forth his hand toward his
glass Of wine, but before he could get
it Mr.. Barnes had taken it up and
drained it to the bottom. Mr.. Thauret
seemed livid with wrath, and dramat-
ic incident occurred, unobserved by the
rest of the company. Mr.. Thauret turn
ed toward Mr.. Barnes and seemed on
the point Of making a demonstration,
when that gentleman just tipped back
his chair slightly, and meaningly ex-
posed to the view Of his neighbor the
cleaning barrel of a revolver, which he
held in his hand below the table. This
only occupied moment, and lmmedl-
ately afterward both men seemed, like
the others, simply interested listeners
to the narrative. -.
when I say that l thought that l
knew the man." continued MIR. Mitch
ell, II make a statement which it may
interest you to have me explain. In the
first place, I saw the fellow who hid the
satchel at the New Haven depot Still
obtained but momentary glimpse OF
his face and would not have been sure
of identifying him. Twill call your at
tention now to the fact that very slight
incidents sometimes lead the mind into
a suspicion, which, followed up, may
elucidate mystery. Prior to the train
robbery had met man at my club one
night, or rather had seen him playing
a card game, and I conceived the notion
that the fellow was cheating
within few days Of the robbery l
met this man again, on which occasion
Mr. Barnes was present, and an inter-
esting conversation occurred. was
standing aside, pretending to be other
wise engaged, but really puzzling over
the face of this man, which now seemed
to me strikingly familiar. OF course
had seen him at the club, yet despite
me there was an intuitive feeling that l
had seen him elsewhere also. In mo.
ment heard him admit that he had
been aboard Of the train on the night OF
the robbery, and that he had been the
first one searched. Awhile later he Of
fered to wager Mr.. Barnes that various
theories which had been advanced as to
the thief's method of secreting the jew
els were all erroneous This one remark
satisfied me that the thief stood before
me. had not then heard of the muir
der. Now it must be remembered that
I was insnared in the meshes of circum-
stantial evidence myself, so that, be-
sides any duty that I might owe to So
ciety, it became of vital Importance to
my own safety that should be in po-
sition to prove this man guilty. L form
ed rather bold plan. I made friend
Of the fellow. invited him to my room
AVN r;,,h+ on5 tbop onnnsed him Of hay-