The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-07
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in spite of his wild habits, ana more
probably ON account of them, he was a
general favotite. The Irish heart lnstlnc-
lively sympathizes, in and out Of season,
with scapegrace; especially II he is
ousted from possession or an lnherl-
tance, and the young man was lawful
heir, from the popular point of view, OF
Craig Castle and the contingent estates.
But the arrest having been made, the
authorities we've sill placed between the
horns of "a dilemma. There was no abso-
lutte proof that serious crime had been
committed; no absolute proof that Miss
Power was either living or dead. 10 es-
tablish charge of murder, it was abso-
lutely necessary to show that some one
had been murdered; and how was it pos :.
sible to do that, under the circumsta noes?
Brought up before the magistrates at
Newport, Patrick Blake was charged "on
suspicion" of having abducted and made
away with Miss Catherine Power of
Craig Castle, and with having on forrE-
er occasion offered her personal violence.
Peter Linnie, who appeared for the
prisoner, laughed the charge to scorn. 1t
was absurd, he said, to connect his client
with the crime, which had never in all
probability been committed, and of
which, at any rate, there was no proof
whatever AS to the second count, 1t
was even more ridiculous, seeing that
Blake and his cousin, ltly after he
was supposed to have offered her person
al violence, were ON excellent terms.
Captain Kennedy proved, however.
that the missing lady had gone about in
bodily fear of her cousin, and had asked
for police protection. He also produced
the cloak and od-stained handkerchief
which had been found near the spot of
the assault, and they were identified as
the property of Miss Power.
| The car-driver, Feeney, testified to the
| a Ilt itself the auQnjno
but cross-examined by Linnie, he was I'M
able to swear positively as to the number
OF appearance of the asailants. Immedi-
ately on their appearance he had been
knocked down and rendered insensible
on his recovery he had distinctly heard
some distance away; and, instead of has
tening to her assistance he had driven off
to give the alarm to the police.
| Among the witnesses called was Mr..
Langford, who seemed greatly annoyed
and grieved at being questioned at all.
| Asked if Miss Power had ever expressed
fear of her cousin, or had identified him
swered with some reluctance in the
affirmative. His evidence, however,
| seemed Of very little Importance until
Peter Linnie rose to cross examine him.
Come, now, MIR. Langfori, speak the
| truth like an honest man, and remember
If you please, that you are on your oath. -
81 am not likely TO forget it, answered
Langford, sadly.
II hope not, sir You say you were an
intimate acquaintance of Miss Power?"
81 was
"You knew she was fairly wealthy
LADY,"
Certainly.
and you yourself were very poor
mani"
mot rich man. at any rate
''Not a rich man. at any rate. So it
came into our head, maybe, that ii. might
be good thing if you could persuade
her to share her wealth with ou?''
| Langford's eyes flashed angrily.
81 certainly did ask her to become my
wife. he replied.
'Did she consent?"
"No, she refused"
'tOnce or more than once?"
| More than once"
"And you were aware at that time that
there was another Richmond in the field 2
That her cousin, Mr.. Blake had proposed
to hers''
"No.'
fit9''
81 thought it was possible, but had
no actual knowledge of the faot.''
! THAT will do for me. You knew then
that you had a rival, and that the more
| you COulu QlSCr6OlI MN bn0 DOOt0E your
own chance might be-
II never gave him the slightest thought
| or consideration. -
| "But after Miss Power disappeared,
you went to the police barracks and gave
certain informationF'
II went there merely to make in
quiries, for l was very anxious.
| ''Ahai but you suggested or Infatuated
that your rival Mr. Blake, might be the
! guilty personP"
Nothing of tho kind. 1t was sug-
gested to me that be might be guilty, but
l could not believe it.
''But you believe it now?"
| The reply was remarkable:
"Noi / DO not believe it
Even Peter Linnie was astonished. He
sat down triumphant, and then rose to
call mis- own witnesses.
John Carey and Michael Connolly swore
positively that on the afternoon and
evening of the 7th January the prisoner
was in their company, and that he could
not possibly have been concerned in an
attack which took place many miles
away Then Mary Carey entered the box
and gave evidence to the GaJne effect
Cross examined a little injudiciously, as
to her own personal relations with the
prisoner she admitted that she was deep
ly attached to him, and that he was GER
tainly in her society
DIu you eNeF near Eliu spcssh oOouo
his cousiDg'
~ did then, often"
"Did he ever threaten to do her an in
juryY"
''Not he. sir. But be often said that
she'd done him the biggest injury, of all
by robbing him of his inheritance.
81 see. And he was very bitter in con-
sequence?"
~ don't know about that
"Were you aware that he had offered to
marry her and had been shown the door?"
II wasn't
Didn't he tell you as much?''
'Sorra word All ne said once was that
there was gentleman after her named
Langford, and that Langford hated him,
ana meant to do him bad turn
Everyone looked at Langford, who was
white as death.
"Do you know-remember you are on
your solemn oath--did you know any
thing either from first knowledge or
hearsay, Of what has become Of the young
Iady?'
mo"
"Did you not on recent occasion, in
form the inspector of constabulary that if
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