Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-06-26

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shield rather than denounce the man
who had been impelled by necessity to
such a deed he even forced himself to
say pretty naturally:
"Oh, that's all right! The thing Is
mine, but he knew he had authority to
use it if he needed it"
"'To use it, " echoed the shrewd IN.
spector, quick to note the verbal dis
elimination. eyes, but did you author.
lie him to take it from your room In
your absence and pawn it?"
John hesitated and almost choked with
the answer, but by superhuman effort
compelled himself to reply:
eyes"
He had achie' ed the lie, but could not
prevent telltale flush Of color rushing
over his face.
"Mr. Latham" said the inspector III
tone Of sincere respect and sympathy,
"you are too good man to be deceived
BY a fellow like Chester Sewau and
made to sacrifice your self respect even
for a moment to shield him. He does
not deserve it. What would you say If
were to tell you that at the very mo-
ment when hs tried to beat that res
| taurant keeper out Of couple Of shll-
lings he had So, 900 in his pocket3"
In hearing that question John thought
only of the amount named as large
sum of money without noticing its par
ticularized quantity, and responded in a
tone Of simple surprise:
"Why, I should think it Of all things
the most improbable. ;"
"But he had $s, 0O0," repeated the
inspector.
That time the figures leaped i16o ter
rible distinctness in the young mans
mental vision. Three thousand dollars
Why, that was the sum he had been
told the murderer of Richard Willmarth
had gained by his crimel He held his
breath and listened in horror.
"Three thousand dollars" the in
spector reiterated in tone Of purpose
full insistence. "And by a singular CO.
incidence that was the exact amount
taken from the body Of Richard Will
marth by his assassin, and by another
singular coincidence the numbers on
the large bills found in Chester Sewall's
possession are those of which Richard
Willmarth' g cashier had a memorandum
as the numbers Of bills Of like denomi-
nation handed by him to his employer
on the afternoon preceding the murder,
and by third singular coincidence the
wallet inclosing those bills in Chester
Sewall's pocket has been identified as
Richard Willmarth's wallet -
"Then, you deem him.
1.-THE murderer Of Richard Will
marth."
John Latham felt as if this fearful
thing must be unreal, nightmare OF
madness. Instinctively he strove to
combat it, to wake himself from it by
reason.
"But no, mol It is impossiblep' he
argued in a low intense voice. HE
could never have done it. Hell Why, he
was a visitor at Willmarth's house;
had taken him by the hand; was en-.
gagged in marriage to his daughter. "
The big gray eyes Of the inspecto,
flashed with sudden light His awful
triumph as man hunter was complete.
That chance utterance had forged the
last link in the chain to hold the un'
happy wretch, knotted the moose await
ing his neck. Seldom indeed could the
probable generalization Of crime be sc
clearly established as in Chester Sew
all's case, under this new light, for o'
course in such social intimacy he had
found it easy to know when it would
pay to murder his prospective father-in
law, and had upon that knowledge de
liberately planned the deed.
How John Latham got away from the
web of that terrible spider without him
self being in some incomprehensiblt
way involved in its meshes, and how HI
reached his home after the awful revela
tion that had been made to him. he new