The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-22

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guarded report of the incidents of the
night, scribbled letter of instruc-
tions to n colleague in London, and
prepared the packet containing these
two manuscripts for carriage by the
next train. His next step was to tele-
graph to Superintendent James, the
head of the railway company'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 a post mortem exami-
tion was ordered. The inspector,
like the journalist, felt confident that
he was upon the trail of diabolical
murder.
But both, as events proved, were
WRONG. They had discovered a crime,
but it was not murder, as the post
mortem examina tion subsequently
proved by showing that death had
been due to natural causes. The
whole story came out when the guard
was arrested.
"Mur der r!''he repeated, wildly, when
the charge was made in the station
masters Office at the terminus. No,
before God, it wasn't murder. Eli
make clean breast of it. Listen
Gresswell has been the curse of my
existence. l once placed myself in
his power by foolish act, which 1
committed at his instigation. 1 gave
him the slip in Brisbane, came to
England and had worked faithfully
for the company and forgotten his
evil face almost until one day I met
him near the Elephant and Castle. I
haven't known happy moment since.
Jail would be relief, so long as it
helps me to keep out of his way. He
was at me for weeks before he could
get me to consent to go in for this
thing with him. He lent me book
I forget the title, but I've got it at
home with his name in it to prove
what 1 say. 1t was about a murder
and the agony of the murderer when
he game to dispose of the body.
"Gresswell used to discuss this
story with me. He brought every
conversation around to the one topic,
the stupidity of the murderer in not
seeing that the corpse, so far from
being in the way, was really valua-
bic possession. He illustrated this
by saying that his wife was dying rap
idly; that he expected to make thou
sands out OF her body. 'How?'
asked, and then he went on to explain
that if he threw the body out of the
train and proved that she fell out
through the company's negligence,
there would be grand haul for COM
pensation. 1 resented being asked to
join in this scheme. 1 told him it
filled me with horror. But he talked
me down. 1t was not so much the
share of the gain he promised me. On
my oath it wasn't But he seems to
have n control over me. 1 can't ex-
plain it, but if he wanted to make me
put my arm on the line in front of
goods train, 1 believe he could do it. He
said there was nothing horrible in the
affair; that was as sentimental as a
school girl, and that, as far as mu,ila-
ton of the body was concerned, his
wife had always intended for leave her
corpse to some hospital to the dissect.
ing room. In short, the william! he
got me to agree to be party to mis-
scheme, and then he hurried me along
so fast that never could put the
brake on. He got me to explain spots
where there were no dwellings, and,
therefore, no doctors; he got me to
lock the carriage for him. and to give
him the signal, when the express was
approaching, and he got me to prove
that the carriage door was not secured
through negligence on the part of the
company's servants. He drilled me
thoroughly, and-well, you know
what's happened l"-Black and White.
Three Years In q Trance.