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The squire addressed the jury in a
few we'll chosen words, especially warn
ing them to think we'll over their YER
dict and bidding them to be most care
full in charging the commission of so
foul a deed to any one without thor
oughly weighing all the evidence that
had been brought before them, much Of
which, indeed, he declared, was Of
most conflicting nature. Finally he sent
them into All adjoining apartment for
deliberation. In about an hours time
word was brought in that q conclusion
had been reached, and. the jury having
returned, the foreman announced the
following verdict:
"We find that the deceased, John
Lewis, came to his death from q gun
shot wound at the hands Of his niece,
Virginia Lewis, the latter having OPEN
ly confessed the commission Of the
crime"
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~ amt man to git another into trou-

~ amt " ma" to GgI ,t e"o''e' into 'T0~'
mis-? Didn' tell you who killed Lewis?
Didn't l tell you seen him with my
own eyes? Didn't tell you l seen him
twice? Didn't tell you what train he
come on all what train he went away
Oh! How much more do You want, you
blunderin lune2 Mus leave my sta
ton al ketch the man myself? reckon
that'swhat you re waitin Oh. You want
me to ketch him an put him in your
hans all tied, so ho couldn't hurt you,
hay2" Mr.. Skcne stopped to breathe.
1t Is doubtful whether he would have
ceased talking except from this necessi-
ty. Burrows saw his esance and tried
to speak before tho irate old man could
resume. But he was not allowed to say
much.
1T is all right, Mr.. skene," he be-
gan. ."Ihere is time enough.
Thine enough?" interrupted Mr..
Skene. "Why, darn your hide, amt the
hull thing ended2 Amt you been an
lowed them lunatics to tack the crime
on 10 Cn6 lilies WOInuu AL Wild oeoVo'
Amt Virgie brought in guilty of KILN
her uncle?"
Certainly not" said Burrows. hop
ing at length to have an opportunity to
speak, but again he was interrupted.
"D'you mean to tell me they amt
brought her in guilty? Amt JEFF Harrison
Jest druv by all tole me the verdio'?'
But Mr.. Skene, that is only the
verdict Of the coroner's jury. This is
not regular trial.
Don't you s'pose know that?
mint gol darned fool eff amt never
been to Borston. But what's the diff
ence, I'd like to know She's disgraced,
an the hull county'll be talkin bout
her. You can't hender folks from talk
in, kin you? WE'LL then" This last
ejaculation presumably meant that an
unassailable argument had been
launched, and he could afford to let his
antagonist speak.
"Of course you believe her innccent"
ventured Burrows, and in moment
MIR. Skene was as excited as ever.
To "a: CONTINUED.
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THURMONT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday November IS, 1897
|R9DR!G!yES o11eLEN!dUI|
Aif,4op az Gam ARTIST IN CRIME Ere, 4
eoera,on,. ,esx By G. purAAxs sons.
3 AUIHVR " AN HNITST ~ lh1Mt, {
6-o-o-o-o-oooooooo-oo-o

II 10 decidedly"
"Will you tell me your reasons?"
This was exactly what Mr.. Barnes
most desired; that some one should de-
fend this girl to him. Therefore if in
the subsequent conversation he seemed
to be accusing her it was no evidence
that he himself thought her guilty, but
only that such course was the one
best calculated to draw out the stron-
gest arguments in her favor which might
occur to Lewis. Mr.. Barnes was wise
enough not to underestimate the abil-
ity of any man. Very often In his ex-
perience most valuable hints had been
given to him by persons from whom he
had least expected assistance.
II will try" said Lewis in reply to
Mr.. Barnes "Of course was present
at the entire inquiry. was not needed
on the witness stand, as all that I could
have testified to would have been the
discovery Of the body, and that was not
deemed Of sufficient Importance by the
squire. AS the deceased was my own
father, it is but natural that should
Jake u kIcut Ill ntCluE tAC
avenged. l therefore listened most at
tentively to all that was brought out in
the examination of the several witness
es. And it is just this that makes me
feel so sure that Miss Lewis is actuated
more by desire to shield some one else
than by any other motive"
'Ah, but who is she shielding?
You must remember that she is doing a
very dangerous thing when sho accuses
herself"
"Miss Lewis is o much cleverer wo-
man than you may believe her to be,
and she knows we'll enough that she is
in no real danger. She has confessed.
What of that: When she is made to up.
pear in court, she will retract this con-
fession. Then how will you convict
her? What evidence is there against her
besides her own words? She will tell
you that she was excited, that she did
not realize what she was saying What
will you be able to do? She is woman,
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rows examining pistol which be held
In his hand.
CHAPTER XIII.

THE STATION AGENTS cLEw.
Tom Burrows had naturally taken no
active part in the ooroner's inquest. He
was but an assistant to Mr.. Barnes, and
consequently bound to remain quiet,
lest, by intruding, be should interfere
with the older detectives plans, for,
while the district attorney ostensibly
conducted the examination Of tho wit
nesses, Burrows very we'll understood
that he was but following the sugges-
tons Of Mr.. Barnes " $50
When Marvel was testifying, however,
he could not resist the desire to have
him Intercepted as to whether he had
worn disguise, and 10 had sent up his
written suggestion. When Mr. Upper
brought out the admission that dis
guise practically similar to the one de-
scribed by the station agent had been
used by Marvel, Burrows decided that
there was no doubt as to the identity of
his man. He more than ever determined
to follow up this clew alone.
To do this he knew that he must be
cautious He was too we'll acquainted
with the sagacity Of Mr. Barnes not to
realize the fact that he must have
aroused suspicion by his action in send
ing his question to the district attorney,
He consequently decided to avoid Mr..
Barnes at the conclusion of the inquest,
and SO escape oateohising. In this the
sensational close Of the proceedings as
sisted him, 80 that it was not difficult
to slip away unobserved Thus, when
Mr.. Barnes looked for him, he was al
ready OH his way to Lee Depot, bent
upon taking the same train which had
carried the mysterious stranger away
from Lee on the night of the murder.
Reaching the station, he found Mr..
Skene, and without preamble he APP
preached his subject.
do you remember, Mr.. Skene,"
said he, that you gave me hint as to
the identity of the man who killed Mr..
Lewis?"
"Do I remember?" calculated Mr..
Skeno In an angry tone, do remem-
ber2 Well, darn me eff you amt the
checklist critter I've seen meanderin
down that road. "
''Why, what Is the matter2' asked
Burrows, taken aback.
Matter? Matter enough. Look
a-here, you gol darned eejiot. Why amt
you done nothin? Why didn't you call
me on the stan? Why didn't you stop
'em?" Burrows endeavored to answer,
but Mr.. Skene waved his hand as q
sign to him to be silent and continued
more excitedly: Didn't you git the
straight tip from mo IN this here bis
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No ; |
How to Cure Bilious Collie.

suffered for weeks with, collie and pains
in my stomach caused by biliousness and
had to take medicine all the while until I
used Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
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have since recommended it to a good many
people. Mrs. F. BUTLER, Falrhavcn, Conn.
Persons who are subject to Bilious Collie can
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soon as the first symptoms appear. Sold by
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Leave Rocky Ridge tor Emmi'sburg III
SEQ and 10 40 m, and 8 81 and 80 p m.
Leave Elgemoo, for Waynesb,1o, Cha1..
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.ioEsSt Z o. and II d II N cnd 35 p N.
E.esye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at SOC
ssn end rs aud s 10 pm,
Leave Bruceville tor Frederick at 8 80, 9 30
aud 10 40 a N and 50 anu 6 rs p III, and for
Iitt!estowo, Tnueytown, Wrigh,sviile and
Columbia at AZ IN md 3 5pm
Daily--all other daily except Sunday.
.Stops to lsnd Passengers from Baltimore
n EDnu. 3 II GRIswnLO.
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Tale Of Suffering and
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ALL over tbs world, the women 81
the Women's Christian temperance
union, or the white. ribboners, as they
are better known, will, to- morrow,
observe their annual temperance Sum
day. The international programme
includes temperance Sermon IN
churches, special temperance work in
the Sunday.schoois, union temperans Q
prayer-meetings by the young peoples
societies, union church services in the
evening, and Christian citizenship
meetings, addressed by ministers and
laymen. Ia this country, the young
peoples unions and guilds OF the
Unitarian denomination have fallen
IN line, and decided to devote to-
morrow to swelling the rising tide Of
temperance snd purity
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A MEMORABLE MASSACRE.

II will be half a century on Monday
since the massacre on the plains which
are now the site Of Walla Walla,
Washington, OF DIR. Marcus Whitman
and the company OF immigrants that
he had guided scross the plains.
The story Of the trip Of the pioneers,
who under the auspices Of the Ameri-
can board OF missions. scaled the
Rocky mountains, raised the Amerl-
can flag upon their western slope, and
then returned to Washington to stand
before President Tyler and Secretary
Webster and disclose to them the fact
that Oregon, 90 far from being a desert
waste, was 3 land loving with milk
and honey, is q part Of the history OF
the country. 1t was in 1886 that DR..
Whitman fret penetrated the far west.
Ten years later, he guided q company
Of hmm grants, men, women and
children, with great herds OF stock and
OF husbandry. across the
and Oregon was At once or
az a Territory.
The Introduction Of 50 many immi-
grants. however, aroused the enmity
of the foreign element that had ruled
for half q century, and il is
now accepted as a fact that il ives the
influence OF these elements that aroused
he red men and brought about the
massacre OF Or. Whitman, bis wife
ind twelve others at their mission sta.
ion near Walla Walla, on November
10Th, 1s47.
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tive evidence; but such facts must be so
connected that they allow no rational
the Dry that the accused is Innocent, or
that another may have committed the
crime with which he Is charged.
The Jury must be satisfied to a moral
certsinty. from tho facts and cIrcum-
stances proven before them; and, II such
facts aud circumstances do not dispel
doubt from their reason, they cannot reaci
a conclusion TO justify conviction; but, II
the facts and circumstances convinc them
TO tho extent of excluding every reason
sble theory from their minds Of the limo
cence Of the accused, then they are With
out reasonable doubt that the accused
killed the d~eceased, aud they would be
justified In returning a verdict that the
accused did murder the said Hilarie
Martinez.
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WHEN you are convinced that q
paper is dishonest and deceitful, stop
it. says the Springfield Republican
When convinced that it is unclean.
stop 1t. When It lacks enterprise and
fails to give you the news, stop it.
But don't stop a paper that you be-
lievs to be honest. courageous, enter
prising and clean, SIMPLY because its
editor has written his own sincere
views instead OF yours or somebody
%else's; for II you d., you are putting
q premium on i~nsincere aurnalism
and serving notice on an editor that
the way to succeed is to write what he
thinks will best please bis readers In
stead of what he no testify believes to
be the truth.
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sas,., "a spoILsmEN,s ATTACK.

, Judicial sPOILsMEN's ATTACK.
premeAnuouncement that the West
4 Pginia delegation in congress,
headed by Senator stephen B = kins,
Is opposed to the civil service law, as
interpreted by Judge Jackson, and
that IL will unite In pressing to passage
a.bil!--sathered BY one Of Us members
--to repeal the civil service laws. isthe
opening Of the campaign for restoration
OF thu spells system. But 1t does not
follow that this rea~ctionary campaign
will be any more effective than it's
predecessors.
TIE civil service laws have been
subject to some abuses-all Of polit.
ical nature and inspired by the spills
s%pirit-but they have. on the whole,
resulted In an improvement OF the
public service. There is every reason
to believe that their continued opera
ton will better the servica more than
their first application, the most marked
benefit being now apparent in that
branch Of the postal service which has
been longest uuder the merit system.
The abuse of witch the West Virginia
congressman complain is a temporary
one, incident to an improper extension
Of the classified list, by no means 40
excuse for a return to the greater
abuses OF the anne nature which are
inseparable from the spoils system.
The congressman from West Virginia.
will have nm opportunity to urge the
during the coming session. l.
is their choice to take advantage OF it.
But il they have an opportunity to urge
the same measure before tha next
congress, much OF the blame will attach
to their constituents. Meantime, the
people OF West Virginia will be neglect
ing a duty II they do not make 1t plain
to their representatives in congress
that their attitude upon this subject is
misrepresentation OF the intelligence Of
their commonwealth.
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CIRCUMsTANTiAL EVIDENCE.

In his Instructions to the jury in the
Scipio ARuiIar case, found guilty Of
murder In the first degree, Judge
Thomas Smith said. among other
things:
An accused may be convicted Of q crime
charged upon evidence consisting Of facts
and circumstances, though no eye other
than that Of the perpetrator may have
seen the deed, but such facts and circum-
must be conclusive IN the opinion
Of the jury, 10 the extent Of excluding
from their minds all reasonable doubt that
the accused did take the life OF the de-
ceased. a. alleged in the indictment.
Circumstantial evidence. composed OF a
series Of facts enthusiastically established IN
the judgment Of the jury, may demon.
syrsEs guilt ~ e~bsOlutsly q algscsl Pvss,
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TIMELY TOPICS.
Interview With Senator Fairbanks by
the "Citizen Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, November 20. "A
the earliest opportunity, the CORES
Pondsnt of the Citizen hunted VI
Senator Fairbanks, OF indiana, VIII,
had Judge Crumpacker appolnte'
associate justice for Nav Mexico
Senator Fairbanks is tall and slender
shout six feet two inches, with a firm
piercing eye and q fog horn yoic
almost equal 10 that of Senator Thurs
ton, Of Nebraska.
Upon approaching, be held out bill
hand, saying "Why, how do you do
| remember you, as you were assistant
sergaaut-at-asms Of tho St. Louis re.
publican convention, over. which | hac
the honor TO preside. Well, what car
| do for you today"
sob! Want to know something
about Judge Crumpacker.n
"Well. / was informed that tht
people In New Mexico were 10 o
wrangle, and could not agree as to
the persons they desired for judges,
and that the president Intended to 20
outside Of the Territory for some OF
them. Judge Crumpacker IS an able,
conscientious lawyer, Of La Porte,
Indians, and was appointed upon my
endorsement. He has served as onA
of she bard-working members of the
state senate of Indiana, for four years,
and is connected with one Of the old,
prominent families OF the state"
ssNo. he Is not the member Of con.
kress by that name, but Is a cousin OF
his, and is considered n OF the rising
men OF Indiana"
ssYes, he returned home yesterday,
and will go to Albuquerque, New
Mexico, rs soon as he can get there.
Glad to see you any time"
Now that the Toe is broken, and upon
the arrival OF Gov. Otero here rex,
Wednesday most, il not all, the judges
and many other appointments will be
made for Now Mexico, to,the goJd OF
the service and to the satisfaction OF
the best people OF the Territory.
If no citizen of New Mexico Ia ap
judge it will be due to the
lights among themselves. Judge Sterr,
worked. hard for Ksrl A. Snyder, while
MIR. Field, when here. fought Snyder
ind worked for Mr.. Morris, Of New
York i is an open question il Mr..
Field did not iuiure his candidate By
lighting another, and il Judge Sterry |
lid not hurt bis candidate by making
t appear that a great corporation
him 70 bad, the candidate
been tho corp rasion's attorney
post IL his years Of practice. Aud i,
vas. about the sams in most of th.
'ther districts. The president wa,ches
hesc fgh's and then acts as he thinks
'cst.
Quite a humber IF charges in post.
q sisters VIII be made as 8 n as CIV.
)tero arrives with his prepared list.
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A little child of J. r. Hays, living near
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water, scalding 1t elf SO severely that the
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The last issue Of the Rocky Noun
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F. W. Hmm has commenced a suit
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for $4,000 damages, which bis repu,
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Sy Hss arrest ard Incarceration lasr
summer on ths charge ct pmbezz'ine
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WALTER j. DAVIS, d former resi-
dent OF Santa Fe, where he was known
MS the Bill Nye OF New Mexico, IS now
connected with the Durango. Colo,
Democrat.