Evening star., 1896-08-04

he entered the house afterward. While some
few were of the former opinion. most of
them thought he entered afterward. 1t de-
veloped that there had been some one in
the pea patch in the garden, where there
were tobacco sticks stuck in the ground,
and one of these sticks had been removed.
the rear Of the house. The other part of
the stick had been used to keep the rear
| window hoisted. Footprints were searched
for, but there had been many people
in the garden that 1t was impossible to
learn anything in this direction which
would assist in the investigation. Then the
house was searched for weapons. and an
old revolver. with two bullets In it, and
three empty shells, was found. This weapon
had not been discharged in many months.
for the barrel was literally filed with cob
webs. Besides this the empty shells had
COrrOded.
The Prisoner.
The next thing to be Investigated was
the movements Of the prisoner Matthews
on Sunday. No one saw him at Aliens
Fresh. and IL he Is the man who committed
the deed it was thought he must have
| come from Rock Point to Aliens Fresh in
sailboat after dark. Had he done this
1t was thought likely that there would be
footprints on the shore. but the tide was
high and the shore had washed SO much
that footprints made on Sunday night
would have been obliterated.
HIS InOTHlHS at . o CLOCK relatives ana
parents of the dead man assembled at the
house to participate in the funeral serv-
ices. Almost every resident Of the village
turred out. as did people for miles around
for the deceased was well known and was
a popular young man of good family.
rather Wade Of the Newport Catholic
Church. Of which deceased was an active
member. offciated, and the body was taken
to the church cemetery at Newport dis
tance Of about seven miles. for burial
1t developed this morning that Mrs. Irwin
had number Of letters in the house, and
these were turned over to States Attorney
Posey. They are also Of the same charac-
ter and some Of them are signed George
About five years ago Mrs. Irwin eloped
from here with peddler, and was in Vlr-
Ginfa five weeks. This peddler's picture is
low hanging on the wall in the parlor Of
the Irwin house. Jim married Emma Jack
son against the protest Of his parents and
only last week his brother John advised
him to leave her. telling him he would not
live long unless he did. But Jim said he
was not afraid of his wife and refused to
leave her. All last night Mrs. Irwin was
Ill Most OF the night she was unconscious,
and this morning 1t was feared she would
die. States Attorney Posey consulted the
physicians and decided that it would be
unsafe to move her to Cox station to be
present at the inquest. The prisoner was
W u,
when asked what he knew Of the tragedy
he replied Nothing at all'
Matthews' story.
He admitted that he had seen Mrs. Irwin
on Friday last in the road near Harris lot.
and the meeting was the result Of an en-
gagement made in a letter he received
from Mrs. Irwin. He frankly admitted
that they had been corresponding for a
long time and said he had MT seep har
husband since last winter, when he was
oystering. States Attorney Posey cross
examined him at great length as to his
whereabouts on the night Of the murder,
when this report closed. 1t is likely that
the inquest will not be finished today,
owing to Mrs. Irwin's Illness and the YER
dict may be delayed several days.
Against Violence.
Father Wade, III preaching the funeral
sermon. advised his hearers that death is a
time for warning to the living and not a
time for sounding the praises OF the dead
He urged his hearers that they should
remember that there is a God in heaven
who Furnishes evil-doers, and said he hoped
no matter what were the feelings Of the
people they would let the law take its
course The crime was a shocking one.
but as God Is first in all things let us not
go to excess. Do not be indiscreet and
imprudent. There are times on such oc-
casions as this when men feel Obliged to
go to excesses in regard to the observ.
ance Of the law, but in this case 1 hope the
people of the county will have due regard
for the observance Of the law, for we
know not what God thinks Following
OF unhappy marriages and domestic trou-
bles. which, he said, resulted from mar
riages resulting from engagements not
sanctioned by God.