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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-29
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flicker of movement. but instead 1 found
something else. 1t cut me like glass. 1t
was glass. stopped down and saw the
glimmer Of ii with my eyes. and then
with q start / recalled what George
Fenton was clutching in his band when
he ran away from me. 1t was the metal
hilt Of Venetian dagger, with the
blade half broken off. The rest of that
missing white glass blade was sheathed
in the life center Of the unhappy woman
who lay at my feet. knew the dagger
well. 1t was rare ourio which had
hung on the wall of Fenton's room.
stopped down and again passed my
hand over the place of that CHASTITY
death thrust. The falling rain was be-
but round tho projecting end of the dag
ger all was dry. Not drop of the poor
creatures lifeblood had oozed from the
wound. She had been stabbed with a
single blow, and the hilt had been bro.
ken off with a snap. The Venetian dag
ger had done its work
was 30 utterly overcome by the hor-
ror of my discovery that for some mo-
ments / knelt there absolutely dazed.
staring at the murdered woman, whose
face was surely not winter than my
own. So dazed was | that did not hear
footsteps approaching me down tho
pavement and did not know that any
one had come along this secluded back
street until l heard "A voice speaking be-
hind my elbow. looked up and saw a
long, lean, tissipated looking individual
clad from head 70 foot IN seedy black.
He held an umbrella over his head.
which let the lampight through many
of its seams, and a bunch of dirty gray
cotton showed through the toe of one OF
his boots. He spoke in jerks.
Lady fsintedY' / heard him say.
Bless 'em, they will do these things !
Intense heat, intense cold moderate
temperature-equal result all avound.
Sometimes other things - excessive
moisture this time / should think, sir.
A most interesting case. Allow me,
Mr.. -, forget your name, though l
can see you are pentleman-presont
myself, a medical man, sir. DIR. Fitz-
gerald Of Z. g.. ID. and County Water
ford. Although I say it, sir, well
known practitioner in London, although
I've given up my practice in Harley
street"
BY this time he had doubled up bis
great length beside me like some IN
couth six foot rule Of humanity and was
passing his long. lean fingers rapidly
over the woman body. / saw tho fin
gers closing over her watch and chain.
"Own ticker loft nj home on grand
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moment. lne foremost members OF IT,
with whom the pair of us were engaged,
were getting furious under the pain G.
our blows and naddoned with the lest
Of battle. IL either of as bad gone down,
he would not have risen again. In saw
age rage the mob would have trcdden
and torn him out Of all sembiance to
humanity. But relief was at hand. Ny
captcr' { whistle had been heard. Ii mad
been repeated down the beats, and half
a dozen strrdy police nero Glowing
their way through iho crowd Their APP
proach was heraldgd by the queruloIs
complaints Of those whose feet were
trodden on and those vhose ibis were
crushed. But the warcry II tho mob
was silenced. Until then The frantic
yells Of Lynch him-lynch him!'
were echoing high between tho wet
walls of the houses,
Come Row, get back. the lot Of
you,' said The foremost of che uswcom.
ors, and the crowd surged back invcl-
unfairly. Hello! What 5 this? \ WON
an down and you've been ;rampling on
her? You brutes"
The crowd surged hack father, bet it
DID not stand away from as long. New
comors sept pouring in by regiments
from hohind, and the news spread e.
them, aud once moro Tie cry arose oi
Lynch himV fhe police dragged the
womau's body u MY feet and formed
round manlully. 1baugh they were
strong men, yot they were q mere hand
ful compared with Inc tceming atties OF
the mob. inch by inch ihey ,7,ro beaten
back. Gtrupgling and gasping. aud for
myself ieath had never loomed 80 near.
But was not frightened then. | was
cool and collected. aud, ii the truth be
told, not half avcrso TO death. What 1
rad seen during the last few minutes hao
dealt me shock which seemed % have
soured my life. George Fenton had leen
90 mo As brother, and now | knew him
TO be "a brutal murderer.
But, as it happened. was not dies.
tined to como 10y my end in that Oh
soure street m Mayfair fho police
showed more powers of strGtcgy than
gave them credit for. one Of them
forced open tho door nc oar backs aud
hastily Tagged me in tho passage be-
yond. Two OF them drew in the dead
body Of the woman aud closed the docf.
The Others remained outside. The house.
holder came TO Us out a. side room
half alarmed and very angty.
"What the devil do you mean by
bringing your riot in hure!' said me.
ITO prevent another murder being
done, retortod the policeman. 81
should think" be added, THAT one
murder is enough to bring this street all
the notoriety IL has got any use for.
"Ok :" said tho man. "What do you
expect me TO do nowg Give you lodging
for the night"
"I'll trouble you," said the police
man, TO try no jokes ON me- am rep
resenting the law here, aud want you
TO show me across TO your front door
and hail four wheeler as quick as il
can be dops. The sooner you are shut
of us, he added significantly, "ths
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for this ere job, so you had best come
quietly and make no bones about it. -
On the natural impulse Of the mo-
ment, / started away from him. His
hand shot out with more quickness than
j sh7uld have given him credit for, and
dropped upon my sleeve with tight
professional grip.
cts no use your trying that move,
said he 20 me, "and let rae tell you the
more you struggles the wuss it looks,
The station is quite respectable place
or | shuuld not bs there myself. and If
you are innocent IL won't burt you 10
come along with ne. If you ain { inno-
cent, you are making yourself look all
the blackor by resisting.
! saw there was reason in what the
man saiu, and agreed 10 90 with him
quietly Is soon as the woman's body
was taken care OF, but before this could
be Gore a new aspuct was put upon tina
face OF matters. The crowd which had
been rapidly collecting now surged
round Us thickly. had 30 idea hat
such ravenoas horde existed within
miles. They all seemed wet, squalid
and hungry. Their clothes were all
black, and above the solid barrier of
clothes was an array Of white, sickly
faces. ! had never seen such a crowd |
confess the aspect of 1t frightened me.
Then shout arose, and | thought ]
recognized the thin, cracked tones ~
the individual who called himself DR..
Fitzgerald.
Hes been numbering "A woman,
boys! Let's lynch him.
The crowd sent up yell OF cruel ap-
proval and surged forward. saw the
white, haggard faces lie up with hate
and the lust OF revenge. The policeman,
without leaving 60 Of my arm, drew
out truucbcon with his spare hand
aud backed up against the wall di the
houses. ! went with him willingly
enough, for felt that in another mo-
ipont might have TO fght for my life
with n crew of wild human beasts.
As regards the policeman, the crowd
was not Ill natured The innate respect
which every Briton has for the law
showed itself even at this moment.
They jostled him certainly and tried u
separate him from his capture, bat they
did not strike him aud confined their
efforts 20 aiming blows at myself.
Weapons seemed 10 come into their
hands es if by magic-sticks, umbrella
handles and missiles of all descriptions.
They even picked up garbage from the
road and throw that. The policeman.
with wooden courage, defended the
pair Of Us manfully. He was perfectly
cool aud hit out with his trunoheon IN
all directions. aud from the remarks
with which his blows were received
gathered he did not bit lightly. Foi
myself I remained FOR some time on the
defensive only, bat the shower of blows
thickened, and the pain of them mad
doned me. AT last ! snatched a bludgeor
from the hands Of great ruflian, WHIT
was most inccssant in his attacks, aud
set myself 90 work 10 hack and tbrus
with all the frenzy Of a man who fell
that he was fighting for his life. How
it would have ended had we been lei
there 10 fight IL ont there could bc M
doubt Tho crowd was overwhelming
iu its numbers aud was increasing evcrl
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CHAPTER I.

THE SOUTH AUDIEy STREET MURDER.
i, Duncan Brett, commander X. NJ,
unwillingly confess that the complica-
tions which arose out Of the Mayfair
murder were all caused in the first in
stance by my pitiable lack of nerve. /
believe / am fairly plucky under or
dinary circumstances. Once they gave
mo the V. O., and though should not
have mentioned this except as last
resort, think it is due To myself here
to bring forward some sort of a certiti-
cate Of character TO you who are stran-
gers to me. II was, say, in large meas
ure my fault, because il / had not lost
my head the greater part Of the trouble
need never have happened, but my
nerves were upset by seeing the wretch.
led woman as she lay huddled dead
upon the pavement, and the sight OF
Fenton standing crouched, like . man
horror struck, above her, made mp a
shock under which i think few would
have remained unmoyed.
For full minute j stood there
watching him IN CLIENT horror, he the
while ewing mo with frightened side
long glances, but without speech. Then
words came from me like torrent.
go Godv | blurted out. lyon
have murdered her You devil you
have killed the woman What have you
done it for:'
George Fenton rose from the body,
facing me.
Great beayensr he cried. lyon
here, Duncan? You saw nle?'
"How could help il? What unlucky
fate brought me here TO look at your
CHASTITY work / do not know, hut here
| am. and there is no getting over it. Z"
Fcuton stared at me heavily without
speaking. and then his eyes wandered
off my faco 90 something he held in his
hard--a something Of metal with the
glitter of glass at the end OF IL. In q
dim way I seemed to remember having
seen the thing before myself, but could
not recollect when or where. Twill own
that was too confused to think clearly,
and while my mind was still hunt
ing duly for some memory of the object
in Georges hand he Strengthened him
self with sohbing gasp. and then. cry.
ing like q frightened child, he ran away
into the night
watched him ~ along the wet mir
TOR Of the pavement under the yellow
glow u the gas lamps until he doubled
round the dbrner, and then l turned to
the woman who was lying huddled un
the ground and lifted her hand. There
was no trace ~ - pulsc. placed my
lpgsrs over hcg heart There was not q
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You ScOvndrCl" said J.
body, said, "and | took IL from him.
Here, ," / added, "take il yourself. I
suppose you are the proper person TO
have it.
The policeman lifted the skirt of his
heavy coat and deposited the watch In
his trousers pocket.
"And Robert" cut in the shabby
man, "ia addition 60 the charge Of mur-
der against this fellow, shall bring AN
action for defamation of character. You
will kindly take note Cf his language.
As professional man of nigh standing
ii is more than cau pnt up with. AS
| told you, my name Is DR.. Fitzgerald,
r. G. D., and County Waterford"
Look here" said the policeman,
'you DIR. Fitzgerald. or whatever your
name is. If you don't mind what you
are mp TO, I'll run you in too. y
The SOUND of footsteps drawing rapid
ly near made themselves heard from the
direction OF South Audley street. Tho
policeman fumbled for his whistle, put
IL up 20 his lips and blow shrilly.
NOW, look hcrcr said he 10 me.
"Of course I've go; to take you in charge
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piano. he said in an explanatory jerk.
"Lady's ticker no doubt i'll perfect con-
dition. No use feeling pulse without
technical appliance.
He was proceeding to put the watch
in his pocket when Igripped him by the
wrist aud wTenched it from his hand.
The coarse kuayishness Of the man acted
upon me like drink Of spirits My
furry and excitement passed away like
flash. and saw the facts of the case
clearly and dispasslonately. hit Ia
fellow an upward blow in the chest THAI
sent him staggering and gasping against
the wall
"You sooundrelP' said l. "Get out
of this or I'll break your thievish neck !"
"Hor' said the man, glowering at
me. "Open for more business: One
murder per noctem not enough for You:
"I'll give you in charge To the first
policeman that comes, as thief, F." l
said to him.
"And ], Mr.. Thingumbob, will de-
nounce you TO the first guardian OF the
public morals l can come across as q
murderer--a red handed murderer.
caught in the very act. Yes, sir, I'll
stake my medical reputation on that. I"
And off he ran in the direction Of South
Audley street, bowling Murder" at
the top of his thin cracked voice.
I stood still beside the wumaftis body.
] didn't know what on earth TO do
whether to fly or whether TO stay be-
side her. 4 hundred thoughts flashed
across my mind, but chiefly | cursed
myself for being there at all. 1t was
all the fault, suppose. of being in
love. On the strength of new promotion
j had gone that night To the girl whom
/ had loved long before she had left the
schoolroom, and had become formally
engaged TO her. | left the house in a
maze Of joy, her kisses fresh upon my
lips
was staying at tho First Avenue
hotel. in Holborn, and my most natural
route was along Piccadilly and Shaftes-
bury avenue; but, lost as was in hap
piest thought, from old associations
turned down Park lane and was some
distance up before / discovered my
whereabouts. 1 had sense enough left
to remember that two sides OF triangle
are greater than the third, and hastened
To retrace my steps, intending Co cut of
corner by taking down Curzon street
and ono of the many branches into Pic
cadilly. AS my i'll luck would have II
/ chose Back Saville street, and there,
half way down that deserted way,
came across George Fenton and his deed
Of darkness. And now, az stood there
hesitatine. thinking 1 ought 90 stay.
much more than half inclined to take
to my heels heard footsteps approach.
Ing. and before | knew who had come
policeman was standing at my side.
Behind him WAS the tall, lean man OF
the seedy black suit ana the brokon um'
brelia. ----4 ---.---.-
"There you are, Robert, " said the
latter. Caught in the very act. Rob
berry and murder. He's got the watch IN
his hand this minute, jeweled in IL
holes, and please to remember that II
was me that gave the information, aud
I'm the man that wants the reward.
Dr. Fitzgcrald's my name of 7. g. ID.
and County Waterford haven't got a
card on me NJ present. but don't forget
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the name"
The policeman stolidly waved the
shabby man aside.
81 hereby warn you" said he to me,
with massive slowness, that anything
you may say now is liable to be used
against you afterwsrd
'Why, you confounded ass, +" rap.
ped out. you don't mean to say you
are fool enough to believe what that
loafer tells you. | had nothing TO do
with killing this woman simply
found her"
lyon hear, Robert" said the shabby
man. He simply found her,"
"Where did you get that watch and
chain from" asked the policeman, ig-
noring the last remark.
"That blackguard who brought you
here attempted to rob the poor woman's
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CHAPTER II.

had now time 20 collect my thoughts
and most tewildcring set they We're.
Here was /. Duncan Brett, commander
# her majesty navy, man of regular
and llw respecting habits, quietly walk
inc O. the Fir.t Avcnue hotel III ilol.
torn. Absolutely ~ peace with tue
whole worth titttll itttl tti4.zAi tt4ti4.zAi Sth happiness.
aud within half an hour of leaving the
hoG.e ~ which | had spcut tho moss
evcnttul evening n my life bad con'
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Another src1L "r0lri totcci.d u sec w
uiighi
trived 10 get arrested by the police and
almost lyncbcd b. furious mob. was
suspected of murrlcr Of the foulcst kind.
aud the oaly WAY Of clearing myself
was by duplicating George Fenion, the
man whom az all others IA the world
had reason % wish well By. The per-
spiraticu stood thick upon my brow.
The whole chain of circumstances seem
ell too horrible 10 te real. could have
ihunrht myself the viciit1 of scnie AK
traordinary halluoinstioD bad aot the
presence of the policemen With me In
the cab been targihle evidence Of the
stern reality of my position.
was still hrcoling over ih.s terrible
position when We drew up ~ tie police
station. Annther great crowd coliectsd
- SEQ rs aiiehi London seemed full of
crov l' tew iniiAs
tContirucd ou Page Theeb =
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All who try 81. like g. CRAfNo has that rich
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from uurc grains. and tho most delicate
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sold b1 al gfvccre.
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ADVERTISE

INTmE DAILY rEovpENcE NEWS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-04

personated by young ladies'. The tahleau
on the float viii show Columbia striking
the shackles off the sister countries. It is
the idea to have Battery A and COMPANIES
III, and D. Of the fifty
eighth Regiment, act as an escort for the
float. Many of the officers and men have
said that they would be glad to take part
in the parade. if 1t can be arranged and
Captain Bieler is to be informed definitely
with regard to this feature tomorrow
night. The line of march will be west on
Washington street from Maennerchor Hall
to Capitol avenue, north on Capitol avenue
to Ohio street east to Meridian street and
south around Monument place to the Union
Station. Here train will be in waiting to
carry the marchers to the park. AT Q
o'clock a second train will take friends and
families. Those who wish to drive are di-
rected to cross the canal at old Seventh
street and follow the roadway past Bright
on. Beach. Those who go on the street cars
leave the North indianapolis line at North
western avenue and the workhouse No We
hicles will be permitted in the park, but
arrangements will be made for caring for
them outside. Refreshments will be sold in
the grounds All proceeds of donations and
from the refreshment stands above the ex-
penses incurred, will be turned over TO some
charitable organization. During the after
noon an oak tree is to be planted as a
memorial to the victorious American army
and navy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-04
PRESS FEEDERS STRIKE.
A Union That Does Not Seem to Know
What 1t Wants.

About sixty-f1ve members of the Press
feeders and Assistants Union quit work
yesterday morning, declaring that they
would not return until their employers
paid them wages according to a scale pre-
sented and also recognize their union. The
scale demands a minimum salary of So a
week. The presses in the larger printing
establishments were idle during the day,
but the proprietors were easy as to the
outcome. w. B. Burford and G. E. Hollen-
beck say that while they do not object to
paying the wages asked, they want to deal
with older heads than the boys who COM
pose the feeders union These two en-
ployers, together with Levey Brothers, the
Sentinel Printing Company and the Hassel-
man Printing Company, agree to pay the
advance in wages asked. but under protest
Some of the feeders returned to work for
time yesterday, but every little while they
would quit, and little was accomplished
The feeders insisted that they were in
dependent of the Pressmen's Union, and
would not deal with the employers through
It, 1t seemed to be the sentiment of the
employers that the boys did not know ex
actly what they wanted. The State Labor
Commissioners were called on to aid in adj
justing the matter, and J. f. Bowman, of
Chicago, president of the Assistants Ma
tional Union, was telegrarhed to come to
this city and add his efforts to ending the
strike. The employers are confident that
the trouble will be patched UP in day or
two, and attach little Importance to the
an advance of $1.25 on the week. The en-
ployers say they could fill all the strikers
places with new boys If they wished and
they hardly look seriously on their union
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-04
LUSK HANGED HIMSELF.
Deed of Clark County Patient at the
Insane Hospital.

Lindell J. Lusk, aged twenty-three of
Marshall, Clark county. an inmate of the
hospital ward at the Insane Hospital, COM
mitted suicide yesterday by hanging him
self to hook in clothes room of the in
stitution. Lusk, who came to the asylum in
February. 1896, was afflicted with a
form of insanity known as epileptic
mania, and though harmless had a
weakness for self-destruction. There
is a rule in the asylum that all
patients shall take off all their clothes be-
fore being put in their rooms for the night.
The garments are taken in charge by an
attendant who puts them away in a room
kept for that purpose.
In the corridor however, is closet where
the aprons worn by the men in the work.
shop are kept over night and here Lusk
secreted himself last evening before he was
noticed by the guard. Seeing his opportun-
eide he tied one of the shoulder bands of
an apron around his neck and slowly
strangled to death. The peg in the wall
from which the apron was suspended was
not more than five feet from the floor and
the string from which the man was dangling
let him down so low as to allow his hips
to almost drag on the floor. Lusks absence
was discovered by his guard within a few
minutes and a search was made for him.
When he was finally located and cut down II
was seen that he had been dead fifteen
minutes 1t is probable that had not his
guard had occasion TO visit him TO admins
ter medicine he would have hung in the
clothes closet for at least an hour. Lusk
was unmarried.