The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-19
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~ >~-'AN NONii w ilpltN lllC-Uul vi SIC
ond thought concluded that some bust
ness OF importance i'll connection with
certain Interests which were still mutual
required that he should see me. and that
perhaps he WAS unable from illness or
some other cause to leave his home.
This brief explanation of the cause Of
my visit to Ilopcvillc was only II small
part of the thoughts which crowded my
brain when | WAS safely seated i'll the
train a!!d whirling toward Jersey CITY.
AS have said, Randolph Cutting and
L were bitter enemies, and the evidence
which pointed to my having committed
the Grim" seemed 80 blackly conclusive
that | could almost feel the rope tighten
about my neck. When the train stopped
ut the next station, | trc,nblcd III every
nnih, July expecting TO see some one
come INTO the car 10 arrest me. Nothing
OF the sort happened, however, and |
passed several moro stations III safety.
However, / did not allow myself much
hope, for | felt sure I would be upprc-
hcndcd at jersey City. After some
thought | concluded that it would he
the best plan to go right III rather than
get oil ut any of the out of town sta
tons, as there would be much less risl,
of being noticed i'll the crowd which
would get of the train there
When the train pulled into the Jersey
City depot l made my way with all
possible haste toward the waiting room.
and greatly to my surprise, l was not
molcStcd. Suddenly l heard the train
man call out IL train for PHILADELPHIA,
and acting upon impulse, hastily Sc
cured ticket and was soon comfortably
enSconccd i'll IL parlor car on the WAY TO
the Quaker City.
can never describe that night of hOr-
ror (which Ispcnt i'll Philadelphia. Some
idea of my feelings may he imagined
when saw III an evening paper IL dis
patch telling Of the murder of Randolph
Cutting, IL we'll known New Yorker,
near his country place, at Hopcvillc, n.
j. The account i'll the paper said that
detectives from New York We're mt work
upon the case and that, although they
refused to give out amy of the facts, they
We're i'll possession of clcw which they
felt sure would enable them to capture
the murderer within few hours.
sought quiet hotel upon side
street, registering under an assumed
name, and then cnGcavorcd to compose
myself to await results. | hardly think
slept IL wink that night, but tossed fc-
vcrishly upon my bed, wondering wheth-
er had not acted very foolishly i'll thus
running away when | was perfectly i'll
nocent. Undoubtedly by so doing l had
strengthened the chain of evidence
against me, but, under the circum-
stances, did not see what else l could
do. There was still II chance for NE,
thought. Cutting groom was, no doubt
Il new one, as his face was not familiar
TO me, and he probably did not know
who l was. No one else III bonneville
knew me. / had not mentioned my III
tention of going down there to any one
Ill New York. My only hope lay III
keeping perfectly secluded until tie
thing had blown over, and this thought
L could do rs well in my hotel i'll Phila-
dclphia us anywhere else.
Then when l would arrive at this
point i'll my reasoning the thought of
that clcw that the detectives were work
ing on would come to me- and would
break intoa cold pcrspiration from merry
BUSINESS and anxiety. How | ever cot
through the night | cannot tell As soon
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shortly after roon, having been tulc-
graphcd for hy Mr.. Cuttings family.
They at once SIT To work upon It clcw
furnished them 10y Davis, the groom,