Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-11-10
A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE.
BY RODRIGUEs OTTOLENGUI.
Author of IAN Artist In Crime"

New Englander has just arranged one of
those typical Yankee bargains" in
which each man swaps what he does not
want for what he does want and
chuckles because he has cheated the 9th.
er man. Mr.. Skene thought moment,
as though deciding where to begin.
Then ne resumed, "You noticed that 1
said could tell you who killed Lewis?"
IT did," said Burrows, land VOL
dered whether you had seen the crime
committed.
"Seen it?' cried Mr.. Skene. 'Why,
man alive, d'you s'pose I'd have let
the murderer escape? No, didn't 'spect
him last night, but seen him, I seen
him twice."
"Whom did you see twice?"
"Why, amt tellin you? The muir
dererl I seen the murderer twice. The
fust time wuz when the up train come
along. When she stopped, he got off. 1
didn't pay no speshal 'tention to him till
the train wuz gone, when he came up
an spoke to ME. He asked ME how to
git to the Lewis farm"
"This is important. You say man
came up ON train last night and asked
to be directed to the Lewis farm?"
"That's jest what I said. 1 tol him,
an then he asked for time table an
wanted to know if he could 60 back
las night. I give him time slip, an
off he went. never tho't no more of
him till l seen him ag'in pacin up an
down jest before the down train come in.
I tagged the train to stop, an he board
ed her."
"Did you recognize him? That is,
had you ever seen him before'!'
GAS fur's l know, never sot eyes on
him till las night, though once I tho't as
how his voice wuz kinder familiar. But
don't lay no stress on that cause ain t
no good rememb rim sounds. Amt got no
ear for music. All I can tell you is he
wuz medium size man with full
beard"
"Did he have any baggage?"
II wuz jest comm to that, cause it
is kinder queer. He didn't have none
when he come, less it wuz on the plat
form an l didn't see it. which amt like
ly. But when he como back from Lew
is he had satchel." "
"Where did he 90 from here? That is,
for what point did be buy ticket?"
"He didn't buy none from me. That
wuz one thing made me sort of 'spi-
cious. Then when hearn Of the muir
der, why, it all come to ME as plain as
a pikestaff. That mysterious visitor
come up expressly to kill Lewis. That's
why he wuz so darned anxious to git
outer town ag in las night. Under them
circumstances it AIM likely as how he'd
buy ticket from me.
"At what time did he arrive and at
what time did he leave!"
"He come in at 0:07, an he ketched
the 10:S9 down"
(Which way do you mean by DOWN."
"Why, man alive, don'S you know
that much? Down is down. Down to-
'ards Nashuway, Wooster an that ERE
way"
"You must excuse my ignorance,
said Burrows humbly. "Idon't pretend
to know everything, you see. Now, one
thing more-I must tell you, though I
presume you know it already, that it is
of the utmost importance when de-
tective is trying to catch criminal that
he should keep close mouth. AS you
and I are working together, as it were,
I must ask you to speak to no one but
myself" "
This speech was adroitly worded.
Burrows was anxious that Mr.. Barnes
should not hear of this new clew, in
tending if possible to work it out alone.
In order, therefore, to close the mouth
of this egotistical countryman he in
geniously included him in his work,
having disccrned that the fellow was
anxious to have tale to tell to the fire.
quenters of the saloon of how "me an
the detective from Borstou worked up
the case" Mr. Skene, however, made
one feeble protest.
"Well, us to that" said he, II tho't
as how I'd have to 90 on tho stand at
the inquest an tell what know. He
evidently counted upon the notoriety to
be gained by such procedure.
"Oh, of course!' said Burrows, has
tily endeavoring to satisfy him upon
this point. II will tell the squire, and