The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-16

'b III my sleenina
room to give colorto the theory that Ihass
retired. The dead man s effects nao naa
in a satchel, except his overcoat ~L;'s
l slipped ON over the sailors suit yh; oa
/ had adopted. Ieasily caught the tra;.l
which passes Lee Depot at 1O.9a
thus it will be seen that the crime "uu
CURED while virgie and young Marv w,
were together across the river. | left ~
train at Epping. Here fate favored s"o
for hotel man gave me a lift in ~:
wagon and claimed that he recogn;a ns
me as young Marvel So Iadmitted 80
he had guessed my name. Ioor;"
him, l went 20 tho old house belono;aes
to Marvel, and here 1 burned the e,g
Giles that had in the satchel. Anu
which there must have been some MS
which Burrows afterward, to strengtLo,'
his theory, enormously claimed was
part OF set Of false whiskers. No.
hid the pistol and the piece Of NJ
which had my name engraved ON If amS
which l broke from the satchel. In roo" "
ranging the stones did so in spcb
clumsy way that any one would discor
er what was hidden beneath.
at was now but half past II md
thinking there was sufficient time be
fore me, i threw myself on the bed ana
tried to sleep. l had not been there
more than two or three hours. boyevo,
when l heard some one enter the bonso
[ started up and sprang to the window
The boughs of huge elm We're onita
near, and | easily stepped into the free
Here remained hidden by the densa
foliage, for, despite the danger. cond
not resist the curiosity to know who !,
was that was i'll the house. In verv
few moments light appeared. and 7
clearly saw that it was young Walton
Marvel himself. Everything seemed to
favor my plot. Waiting until his lipbt
was eXtinguished again and until
could slip ont of the tree without At
tracing his attention / stole silently
away. walked to New Market limo.
tion, where boarded the early morn.
ing train for New Market, for, tbongb
| could easily have continued on to that
place on foot, wished to give color n
the story which l intended to tell of
having come from Portsmouth. by helms
seen TO leave the proper train. Daring
this short ride the conductor pointed
ont 10 no two men and told me that
they were detectives 1t was these same
two that l afterward recognized al
the saloon, when the squire Informed
me that he was taking detectives to nv
house. | was startled, not unnaturally.
to learn that experienced men would be
on the scene of the crime so early, and
in my agitation | almost BETRAYED nv.
self, as l know, because Burrows cues.
toned me aeterward.
Another unexpected event was when
my dog recognized me at the house and
plainly showed his friendship. Strange
as it may seem, this possibility, obvious
as it should have been, had not even &C.
CURED to me. A man who Commits
crime always overlooks something.
was so taken by surprise that l scarcely
knew what to do, for the animal is so
savage that it would, of course, look
strange to the squire to see him fawn
upon stranger. However, made a
lame attempt at explanation, but poor
as it was it served to lull suspicion.
"That night, as fate would have it, |
was assigned to my own room, and,
thinking over the whole affair, it sud.
denly occurred 70 me that post NOR
tenn would reveal the fact that one
wound had caused instantaneous death,
and, for all that could tell at that time,
the other might be of the same charaC-
ter. However, saw at a glance that
the only way to explain the presence Of
the paper which | had written would
be by supposing one wound to have been
made by either of the shots which had
been fired from the lawn. In that event
the position of the wound on the body
would lead the detectives to search for
the corresponding hole through my
clothing. / therefore determined to Sc
crete these garments in this apartment,
and TO let their disappearance be part
of the mystery.
Everything went as l had planned,
except that the paper fell into the hands
of Virgie, and led her to believe in
young Marvel's guilt. Thus, in her ef.
forts to save him, she herself became
entangled in the affair and even accused
herself of the crime. To prevent the con-
sequences Of this, led Mr.. Barnes to
where he would find the evidence which
/ had manufactured against young Mar
vel. l wished to remain behind TO
search for the bundle which he claimed
to have thrown into the river, and which
l would have destroyed if had found IT.
But Observation-Disclosures would notallow
me to leave him. When we reached Ep'
ping, we found Burrows ahead OF u.s.
He had ferreted out all that wished 70
be discovered. l congratulated myself
that all would yet be well, when MT.
Barnes at once demonstrated the fac'
that Marvel could prove an alibi, or else
that Virgie must be considered an &C.
THUS l have no recourse but TO dle'
The truth must tee known that The III
nocent may not suffer. II IL hard thM
what l have so lCGg aud earnestly
guarded should at IL q lie revealed
have becu "A victim az circumstances