Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31

and who would see that 1t was done
at once. -
Tha deteetiye was sitting alone,
when nm uncertain tap came TO MS
door. Come in!" he shouted; bnt u
only reply was another tap at the
door He rose, with an exclamation
Of annoyance. -. cooa
hcayensl Miss Annesley! What mas
haprened!' uou, T
MAY | come in, Mr.. Hurreil! !
didI.' t like to come into your rooms 'ih
| knew whether you were ATONE.
Il an; quite alone. 10 come III.
"Oh, Mr.. Hurrell. such a strange
thing has happened! 1 do Deiie'e 4
have found the man that ala the inur-
der poor Mr.. Lester is In prison Ior.
At least. he spoke Of something ureau-
ful he had done, and mentioned tne
inn-the sign of the Golden Horn. he
was asleep when ne spoke. thihK ne
is very i'll, and l came To you, because
| didn't know anyone else to come TO.
You will help me, won't you:
You may be quite sure that l WIZ
DO my best. Miss Annesley. VINO is
the a and where does he live!
III YOU come now, ] viii q you 10
him" said she. SO they went ~ 10
gether.
Hurrell was left alcne with the sick
man for some time. lie told nm
plainly that he knew he had commit
ted the murder ut the Golden Horn;
but the invalid stoutly denied 1t. 1t
was not until Hurrell told him that
there was an innocent man in prison
charged with the murder, that he gave
way. His face changed, and he
turned his back. Without turning
around again, he said:
You are right. ! feel am dying;
and | won't 90 with a fresh murder
on my soul. Send for a magistrate,
and L will tell all there is to tell"
A magistrate and Il constable were
procured. and the old mans statement
was taken down in writing. Ii ran MS
follows:
My name is James GARRISON. |
came TO England last year for the pur-
pose OF finding a man called Richard
Joyce. and of killing him when found.
He had left me to perish in a SNAIL
lugger OFF the coast of Africa, after
rubbing me OF all l possessed. | found
him by the help of a Ia n name
l do not know. He was a very gen.
tleInanly man, and looked like Il for
eigner. He took me up TO a country
inn hat had the sign of the Golden
Horn. Joyce did not come there
while | was staying there. Then this
Han. who would Tot tell me his name,
said 1 might 90, but he only took me
10 u village u short way OH, and the
very next night he took me back to
the Golden Horn. 1t was II very
stormy night.
We went in at "A window at the
back, and waited until long after ev-
eryone had gone TO bed. Then he
took me uD stairs to a large bedroom.
The man | wanted was asleep in a
bed. L put my hand on his throat, and
he awoke aud knew me. Yes, he
knew me, and knew that | had come
back. as it might be, from the depths
OF the sea. to do justice on him. |
killed him with 4 knife my friend gave
me. When he was dead. | took back
what belonged TO me, and came away.
My f~riend-but he was no friend OF
mine-the man | had hired TO deliver
Joyce into my hands-he helped ME TO
get back to the cottage where / had
taken lodgings, aud he stayed there
till the morning.
Then | came up to London. and l
have lived here ever sir &c. 1t was not
till yesterday that | knew that another
man had been charged with what /
did He had nothing to do with 1t. |
l.d it myself, unaided, for the reason L
have said. with no other help than l
have Mentioned
James GARRISON"
later In the day the dying man ex-
ecuted a will in favor of Blanche
the only human being who has ever
shown me kindness without hope or
expectation of any return" He left
all he possessed to her, and. at the
same time, he put into her hands a
canvas belt, in which were the dia-
monds Joyce had stolen from him. lie
was evident that Joyce, fearing that
the diamonds might not be safe in the
house. had returned to the old Rectory
after reaching the railway station ON
the day he lett home, and had taken
away the diamonds. afterwards going
on to Carlisle by a later train. This
was known from the fact that Clark
ehV 0CAt Will Nnt DIeGIOuS
stones from Joyce's dead body.
Garrison had not dared to offer any of
the stones for sale in London, for he
was under the impression that the DO
lice We're in search OF him. that the
loss of the diamonds must be known.
and that If he were caught trying TO
dispose OF them he would be accused
OF cruising the death of Joyce. Thus
1t was that, while possessed of enor-
nous wealth. he lived the life of an
Cutcast.
AS the Doctor was able { o certify that
Cla 'kson was too i'll to be moved. n
constable was stationed In an adjoin-
ing room, so that he might be technic-
ally under arrest; but he never knew
II. Being a Roman Catholic a priest
was sent for, who heard his last con.
lession; and abo1t a week afterwards
he breathed his last.
CHAPTER xxvI.
Under the Greenwood Tree
AS o o as Clarkson's confession was
signed n witnessed, HurreIl applied
Tor and ObtainQd n copu %