The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

try doctor arrived the coldnoaa Of the
body aud tho rigor mortis we're symp-
toms quite compatible with death Ia
the manner tho tall passenger related.
The bitter GOODNESS Of the night, said
Dr. Truo6b would have led him 10
expect similar Appearances about the
corpse even had he arrived considora-
bly, earlier Nor did the doctors in-
speetion Of tho scono where tho mutt
lated body had been found suggest to
him any want Of reconciliation be-
tween that which no saw, aud that
which he had been told by Dr. Gress.
we'll. He saw no occasion, he said, 10
conduct any necropsy before the coro.
ner's inquest was held
Mr.. Yorke rapidly wrote out a
guarded report Of the incidents Of the
night, scrubbed letter Of instruc-
tons TO a colleague ia London, and
prepared the packet containing these
two manuscripts for carriage by tho
next train. His next step Was to tele-
graph to Superintendent James, the
head Of the railway oompany's police,
to send down his smartest detective
Upon the arrival of Inspector Waring
events began to move rapidly. Gress-
we'll, truculent and abusive, was ar
rested; tho Coroner was communi-
Gated with, and q post-mortem exami-
ton was ordered The inspector,
like tho journalist, felt confident that
he was upon the trail OF a diabolical
murder.
But both, as events proved, we're
wrong. They had discovered a crime,
but it was not murder, as the post
norton examinat ton subsequently
proved by showing that death had
been due to natural causes. The
whole story came out when the guard
was arrested.
Murder l"he repeated, wildly, when
the charge was made in the station
masters Office at the terminus. No,
before God, it wasn't murder. I'll
make a clean breast OF it Listen
Gresswell has been the curse Of my
existence. 1 once placed myself il
his power by foolish act, which
committed at his instigahon. I gave
him the slip in Brisbane, came tC
England and had worked faithfully
for the company aud forgotten hi
evil face almost until one day me
him near the Elephant and Castle.
haven't known happy moment since
Jail would be a relief, so long as
helps me to keep out of his way. HI
was at me for weeks before he coulC
get me to consent to go in for thi
thing with him. He lent me a bool
Il forget the title, but I've got it a
home with his name in it to prov
what 1 say. 1t was about a murder
and the agony of the murderer whel
he came to dispose of the body.
"Gresswell used to discuss thi
story with me. He brought ever
conversation around to the one topic
the stupidity of the murderer in no
seeing that the corpse, so far fror
being in the way, was really valua
BILE possession. He illustrated thi
by saying that his wife was dying RAP
idly; that he expected to make thor
sands out of her body. 'How?'
asked, and then he went on to explai
that if he threw the body ont of til
train and proved that she fell OF
through the oompany's .negligenc,
bu6IS HOuAu VIC SLhuN AuuA AOE OOu
l pensation. I resented being asked {
join in this scheme. told him
1 filled me with horror. But he talke
Q me down. 1t was not so much IL
share of the gain he promised me. o
r my oath it wasn't. But he seems
=. have a control over me. can't e.
e plain it, but if he wanted to make n
+" put my arm on the line in front of
i goods train, I believe he could do it. I
said there was nothing horrible in IL
" affair; that was as sentimental as
IS school girl, and that, as far as mutil
n ton OF the body was concerned, h
It wife had always intended for leave h
o corpse to some hospital to the dissec