Arizona republican., 1898-11-11

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 sideration of her long and faithful services; whereas, you k-low, in this other N-ill''-shc spoke these words shrinl1ingly and with averted glance this legacy vas doubled, was it not?''
 Yes yes Ill you are right" wa6 Norths abscnt-mindcd rcspon5c, while his cycs,as he kept them rcsolutcly upon his notebook. sparklcd in triumph. II merely wish to get every little thread striiiEhtenCd out. just for my own bene- lit. Of course we maintain in public that you knew nothing abotat Mrs. Dun- kirl4's will, never dreamed of the possi- biIity of its c,zistcncc-no, no, that's a
 ittlc too radical, in view of this letter, well, then, that you lad TO dclHit> knowledge of it's existence until this contest came mp in court
 He paused here and idly skctched Squares and angles and perfectly mean inglcss characters ia his notebook While his thoughts ran on rapidly:
 ''At last I have found the missing 
 fast welded together. Jc.rner-surely there can be TO mistake about it: these three are tlc nspirators-Jcnncr, -sirs Maynard an1 Non. Why, it just occurs to me Jcrccr iS that miseing witness T9!!.,.sc mysterious discppcaraooa occ;- sloilru SO much delay and speculation. as well ;;s rcerimination, czech side nc- cusInF thc other Of having spirited her nj ,l,at. from beng taken. In view of her con tidcntI2l relations to her mistress for SO many years it vas believed that she couid give important testimony in ref cr~ncc to Mrs. Dunl1irl13 will; but ,"-ll..r tlac papers were issued summon .e-s .;cr as witness it was asccrtaincd -+-:t -isr7 had suddenly disappeared from
 ---F. ri-, and no trace of her could be dir as,~cd. Now, to what conclusion ,sa,s .'-iF flight of hers point? Clearly .-lt indisputably to her conplicity ID t;2is forgery! She is beyond all doubt a5 deeply concerned in it as Mrs May nartl or NolI: indeed, without her aid they could not have carried out their scheme at all. presume it was a part of their plan for her to disappear in case the will were contested. Yes. yes, .herc can be no doubt now about this conspiracy. I comprehend it from be- Flnmng tO end. The evidence is accu- Ilulating, and each suspicious circu1n- stance fits perfectly into it3-appropriate place. The motive that actuGted Jcnncr isapparent enough; the generous lc@acy from her old mistress was the stake for which she played. n order to secure fcr herself these glittering thousands, after that genuine document had been do~truycI, it was necessary that q will in favor of some available and not i'm probable heir should be produced and probatcd. Annie Dupont, the sole heir at-law, was among tho missing; CT rather, she was in that still more hope less category of persons whose exist encc has never been satisfactorily estab- lshed. Clearly, then, Annie Dupont was not to be considered in this connec- tion. No more available person than Mrs, Maynard could be found; there fore she was the one selected. Now, this line of argument would lead to the cOncluS1On that the conspiracy Or1gIn- ated with Jenner; but on the other hand, with the same facts q little diff ferently confgured, it could be as clearly shown that Mrs. Maynard and Noll originated the scheme, selected Jenncr as an indispensable accomplice, and by allowing her legacy to be doubled drew her, willing instru- | ment, into the conspiracy. This is un- dOubtcdly the true state of the case. It was Jenner, beyond all question, who placed the will in Mrs. Dunkirk's desk and subsequently, led up to the dis covery of it by the lawyers. It was Jenncr alone who could have gained access to Mrs. DUnl1irl1s private seal It was Jenner who rccOllccted that Mir Herman drew that first will; Jenner who furnished the specimens of hand writing lay the aid of which the for 9 cry was Ctfcctcd; but they made their first fatal mistake in dating this forged will after NorristownG death and Kcrnan's departure for Europe Well, well, I an slowly solving all the of this case; and yet thus far, ;,ot1. io!lstG-ldi,lg my reckless attempts to do 50, have been unable to put my hand on 2 slnglc direct and indisput- able proof of Mrs. Maynartl's share ia the conspiracy. Can hope yet to ob- tain this cvidcnce?"
 He raised his eyes to hc~ as this Gues- ton entered his mind Sine was appar- ently lost in reveric as profound as his had been; she seemed ever to have lost Il consciousness of his presence, and Fhcn he spoke abruptly after long in -crvGl of silence she started as if the -kOle current of her thoughts had been ,hahged.
 ''JcnneT-Ias quite an old family servant, was sf7>not, Mrs. MaynaTd?'
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