The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
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the prosecution. [ listened. but SO
agitated and dazed with emotion was
|, that [ hardly took in what was said
until suddenly, above the roaring in
my ears. [ caught the words:
NO, sir; no tracks The rain might
have washed them out. Nothing but
a broken flower pot that had been
blown off the window above that of
the sitting ROOM
Tho last words struck upon me with
the shock of a sudden revelation. A
broken flower pot? Had | not in the
| vivid CLEAN of that tell-tale lightning
flash seen it fall? And did not now
recall what had hitherto utterly es.
capped my memory that it had struck
down the murderer as he stood be-
meath the window, doubtless about to
remove the ladder after consummat-
ing the bloody deed.
| half started up; could hardly re-
press the exclamation upon my lips.
Sudden and distinct as the lightning
CLEAN itself had flashed upon my
mind this thought: Whoever this
man with the ladder may have been,
he would probably bear about his
head some marks of the blow which
had prostrated him.
L looked eagerly at young Arnold.
There he sat, bareheaded, no sign of
a cut or bruise on his face. nor amid
his light curling locks.
The old gardener. concerning whose
innocence of the murder many had
now begun to express a doubt stood
up unehrinkingly on the witness
stand, his face unscarre1, his bald
head shining without mark, IN view
of the crowd.
lnstinctively my eyes wandered
around to face which [ had noticed
amid the crowd-noticed from It's in
tense eagerness, as it was thrust
little forward from the dense mass
ranged against the wall of tie court
room towards the left.
] had noticed only for an instant.
yet now, at this moment of excitement.
it occurred to me that this face had
appeared in some way marked or
SCARED. Yes; the man, tall, dark
complexioned fellow, with something
OF sinister alertness and cunning in
his black eyes. wore plaster or band
age on one side of his forehead, Just
visible beneath the close cloth cap
which he had not removed from his
head His attention had been caught
by my involuntary motion and ex-
! clamation, and, as | turned, orr eyes
met. What mine expressed | know
not, but into his came sudden look
of keen and defiant scrutiny, and then
he drew back INTO the crowd. The
next moment [ perceived that he was
slowly and very quietly working his
way to the door of the court room.
'Stop that manw ! whispered to
the gentleman, lawyer seated III
front of me. Stop him: / am snre
that he is the murdererw
The lawyer looked at me question
ingly.
stop him. the man with the capr'
| cried. arrest the murdererr'
Then overcome with the mental
shock and excitement, added to the
close atmosphere of the crowded
court room, / for the first time in my
life tainted.
| My reasoning. or intuition, or by
what name it may be called, proved
to be correct. This man was the mur
derer, though there was actually no
evidence against him until Madame
| Castne's money and diamonds were
found secreted in his room in an old
cash box. Afterwards friend of his
with whom he had quarreIed. betray
ed him. and he himself made a final
confession.
In his trial for the murder of Ma
dame Castine it was proved that this
last crime was the elimination of a
vicious life. A vivid picture was
drawn by the counsel for the prosecu-
ton IN depicting the career of the
mar who had started out on an evil
course as card sharper, and had
passed through successive stages of
guilt, until his last foul crime was
brought home to him through a light
ming flash at the very moment when
he felt secure in his escape from de
lection.
No clue was wanting in establishing
his guiit. He had lived in a back
street not far from Madame Castlne's
and one evening being employed IN
cleaning out stable yard next to
Madame's, he had. in looking over the
wall, seen her holding in her hands
and showing to young man what he
was certain was casket of iewelry-
probably diamonds Next day he
ascertained that only the old lady and
two servants occupied the house: he
then proceeded to examine the premi
ses, and on the following night, with
the assistance Of his false friend"
with whom he afterward refused to
share the plumber, he climbed the
high garden wall and so committed
the burglary. He would not have
meddled with the old lady. he said.
had she not awakened and persistent
ly attempted to make an QUERY.
so ended n trial which attracted
more than usual attention. As Ma
dame Castine had not DESTROYED the
Will made IN her nephew's favor, he
inherited her fortune, and soon after
the trial married the girl who had
been true to him through ell his trou
bles. They were very grateful to me.
and to their generosity and kindness
L owe much of the comfort in which |
now live
But to higher source than mortal
effort we all three attribute Eugene
Arnoid's escape from the terrible fate
that threatened him. and which was
proyidentially averted by bolt from
the blue.
Extravagant Son: ''Of course, /
keep a running account at my tailor's
Practical Father: Running ac-