Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-18

fenced to the full penalty of the law, he
started up and uttered the most horrible
invectives against my sister. Then,
turning to me, he said:
GAS for you, who have bounded me
down, I warn you that when / get out
of this trouble, wherever you may hide
away, will find you, and l will kill
you, so help me Godl 1t was terrible
to hear him, and as he spoke I knew
that if ever he should have the chance
be would execute his threat.
"1t was the certainty Of this which
instigated me in my subsequent course.
I concluded that when we should meet
one of US must die, and I felt that COM
mon Justice made it but right that be
should be the one. Not satisfied with
fastening the death Of my father and
my sister, he must also threaten my
life. So made my plans. If he should
come with murderous intent, I would
be ready, and if he did not no harm
could accrue.
IT foresaw that some shrewd detect.
i've would discover that this man had
crossed the ocean to commit crime,
and 1 determined to let it appear that
he had succeeded. would kill him,
dress him in my clothing and let it
seem that I was the murdered man.
But as I must further be able to account
for my own presence plotted to reap
pear as nv own son. To this end Wis
tied an academy on Washington Heights
and spoke of placing my son there,
though I afterward informed the school
master that had sent him elsewhere.
However, interested myself in his insti.
tuition and offered to make some needed
repairs. Then spent some time at the
school, and while there l wrote to par
ties out of town, inelosing self address
ed envelopes for their replies These
were in due time returned to me prop
erly postmarked, and it was an easy
matter for me to write fictitious letters,
az though to my SOD, and place them in
these covers. These, when the time
should come, would be proof enough Of
my identity, and as I knew that years
would pass before I could use them l
concluded that no one would doubt that
they were genuine.
"Next I allowed my beard to grow
to its full length, that being the style
in which Marvel always wore his. 1
knew that his would be shaved as long
as he remained in prison, but / thought
that he would allow his beard to grow
again as soon as he should regain his
liberty, as it hid a scar from wound
that would otherwise greatly disfgure
him. Then I dyed my whiskers, eye
brows and hair black, in imitation Of
his, my own being quite red. I had no
relatives, and absolutely no friends or
acuuaintances in the north, and I deter
mined not to revisit Richmond. Conse-
quently had all my southern property
converted into cash and forwarded to
me. then looked about for suitable
place to live and selected Lee.
81 did nothing more in furtherance Of
my plans except to speak to all Of my
new friends of the son who had left me
and had run away. l was quite young
at this time, but 10 in fact, although I
was fully matured and looked much
older.
"The years rolled by and nothing oc-
Cured to disturb the serenity Of our
home in this little New England town
except that the Marvel family came here
to reside. This I considered another IA
tality, and for that reason I did not move
away.
"At last came the birthday which
would make it necessary for me to e1-
plain more to Virgie than had ever
yet DONE After dinner was listening
to Squire Olney, but at the same time l
was moodily thinking over the past,
with its terrible memories, when young
Marvel asked to speak to me. Twas then
startled to hear him, another Walter
Marvel, declare that be had won the
heart of my little girl. Was it surpris-
ing that should act as did and deny
his suit or that in my anger should
blurt out part Of the truth? The events
which followed are too we'll known to
need iteration here. So will come at
once to the night Of the murder.
II was sitting in the parlor, ponder
ing bitterly over my position. I had be-
gun to realize the fact that if I should
pursue the course which I had begun
and should prosecute Marvel it must be
at the cost to myself of Virgie's love. I
was debating as to the most sensible
course to adopt when, suddenly, I heard
q pistol shot and bullet broke through
the pane. jumped up, hurried to the
window and distinctly saw man grap-
pling with my dog. The snow had
ceased to fall, and there was light from
the moon, which was visible through
the clouds as they broke away. I thought
this was young Marvel and that he had
deliberately fired through my window,
in pursuance of the threat made on the
day of the party. I had seen Virgie pass
through the parlor and leave her pistol
on the mantel; SO quickly possessing my
self of it / fred at the retreating figure.
At the same moment a second shot was
fired, this time at Inc, for it struck me
on the head, though it inflicted but
slight wound.
II learned al the inquest that these
shots were fired respectively by Lucas
and Miss Marvel-the first accidentally
and the second deliberately, though at
the time l did not see whence the latter
came and supposed that it was from the
mans weapon.
"a very few minutes after this I
heard the knocker at my front door.
Thinking that it might be young Mar
vel still desirous of injuring me, Tcon-