The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-08

spoken. no seemed 10 Know i--T--IEC--
IN a very distant sort of way. ard
turned the conversation on the man
wanted.
''Ah, I've just seen him. -aid t3.,
fellow. About an hour 400, or I.Ia-hap
e little nore. lie was going 10 Nlas.cIt -
iield. he sad. to catch the cai IL train in
the morning into StafTordshire. whosc
he's got another job. He SEEMED in q
mighty hurry. too
Il had reason afterwar,l to think that
this man was the one who had given
Iamprey warning. but. whether that
WAS 80 or not his information tha,
right appeared to bc correct. for m,.t
several people who had seen Jack 90
ing across the fields toward Narpr,..
which was lis best way Of ecttfnr -
Nacclcsicld from the place H. lived
IA; but when arrived at Marble station
was at fault again. for no train had
seen out for quite two hours. and al
though l waited till the last train L,
MaccIesfield had left. I.amprey did not
show mp.
Tired, and veXed beyond description.
tramped hack and got what rest
could. hoping that something NIGH.
turn up in the morning to assist ln,. "a
Iccovcrin~ the ground had lot. bu,
afraid that for once had let my quarry
slip. and that l might never catch him.
now that he was aware he WAS bein-
tracked.
Sure enough. the something did tu5u
up in the morning.an some thing y,.hi-,,
confirmed my fears. though 1 f,II tna1
| had got my r.lan dead. if had IuiSy.d
him alive The postman came round
loon after seven. before il waz qu.r
light. and l had only just got up y hen
a 10y came running with Letter.
which had been delivered al the police.
station. Ii lore the MarpIe postmaIb.
and was addressed TO The Detective
from London
Tearing il open, 1 read something
like this:
- Prom Holm Lamprey- I kn-r :, yUn
are after nlc, and l know wha1 for.
man;-s--d - keep out of your WAY To-
night aI.L meant To try and get down
south. hut lou are sure to have me.
sooner or later. so I've determined to
make an end of ii. Look at the church
steePle when you get this tomorrow
morning
The church stceple was a tall ant
prominent feature whichever wav vau
=
| of the street to- get a full view OF 81
When l got there and looked up | S.syy
something that gave me start. In
the uncertaim light of the early morning
J could discern against the gray sky.
hanging by the neck 10 one of the iron
loops which serve for a ladder N tie.
side of the spire. the figure OF man
80 much for Jack Lamprcy! ! said
To myself, as | hurried to the police sta
| fion. He has saved NE any more
| trUuble,'
by the time / had been to the sta
tinn and buck 10 the church it Was
broad daylight. and. of course. the Iyody
hanging ;lloft had been seen. and a
crowd had already collected. every one
recognized il as Jack Lamprcy-
"A strange freak l remarked 10
the sergeant who was with me.
There was no one round Stockport
who would venture up the spire. and q
telegram had To be sent 10 Sialybridge
| for Il man TO come and get the body
down 1t WAS past midday before the
rteepleja jack arrived. and by that time
half Stockport had heard of the affair.
| Work was discarded. and an immense
| crowd collected to witness the sight.
Every foot of the mans way up to the
stceple was watched by thousands If
| eyes. and when at last he approached
the swayiHg body of Jack LampTey. tie
tongues which had been loudly waggiIsg
were huShod rs by common consent
Il shall never forget the few minutes
that followed while the steeplc- Jack
| (now looking the size of a little ch :Id)
made his way very cautiously close up
to the body. and fixing rope u it. made
his preparations for lowering il tn Iiis
assistant. who was waiting ON the Top
of the square tower to receive il. There
was something awfully sad and solemn
about it all!
I'm due course the assistant received
he corpse, which lac let down to the
| ground. and everyone around me re-
marked that he swung 1t roughly to ne
earth. without showing the respect
| which might have been looked for In
fact, solne actually called out: 'ShIInci'
But all al once the hush which had
| fallen upon the crowd was broken bv
a storm of jeers and laughter, The
thing which had given US all this
trouble WAS nothing but guy, And |
never fcl; such fool in all my life
so that he might get nearly Il day :
start. LamPrey had cleverly missed me
the night before. While had been was
ing my lime at Marple he had been en-
ploycd i'm stufiing the suit of CIut lies
which he had taken from his lodgings
with straw. making 4 very pasSable rep
resentation of himself; and in th, mid
die of the night he had climbed the
steeplc (which was child's play to him)
and left his efligy there to deceive me
and iull me into inaction.
Il need not dwell upon the chaff I re-
ceived. Il is too painful, even now. for
me to recall without annoyance. but
YOU may he sure that 1 quickly made
myself scarce"
Did the fellow get clear away? ~
asked some one
Yes lie took the train TO the east
coast and succeeded in getting TO Hol-
land unnoticed.- - replied Inspector FIool-
Yer. "But he hanged himself in real
earnest some considerable time after
ward. leaving n letter behind admittinC
his guilt. and stating that his CON
science troubled him so that he could
not bear to Iive''.Tit-Bits
seIf-Respect-
Many people are accused of thinking
too highly of themselves, but the fact is
that the majority DO not respect and
reverence themselves enough Even in
the most secret place we should seorn IN
do anything that would make Us less