The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-01-21

you are trying to practice upon mci 1 vow
it's clever, but it isn't fair to wake tired
man out of his first sleep for the sake of
joke"
He was assured that it was no joke, and,
being kindly advised by the squire to 20
quietly with the constable, he did so.
Next morning the body of murdered
man was discovered on the other side of
the stream about quarter of mile below
the bridge. 1t was removed to the village
lookup, and there NJ 2arbot identified it
as Wray's. Tho ski. vas fractured and
the right arm brok- = 1t was supposed
that tho arm was br1:en when raised to
protect the head frOrS bludgcon, which
was found near the body.
But this was not all. The ovCrscer OF
the poor had in his charge in an clubhouse
of the village inn a man who had been
found early that morning on the bank of
the stream with dislucated arm and some
broken ribs.
Here was nice complication of things,
such, in fact, us had never before come
under the notice of Squire Norman or his
son-in-law, Tarbot. The man with the
dislocated arm was soaked and mud stained
and had evidently been carried away by
the OVERLOOKING stream. TarbOt naturally
associated him with the person who had
given the package of money to the droyer
for safe keeping. This turned out to be
right, for the drover, being quietly intro
duced to the place where the man was, said:
"Well neighbor, do you want your pack
age?"
The man, who had been lying for some
time apparently unconscious, now bestir-
red himself and, looking around and Sec
ing that only tho drovcr was there, ex-
claimed:
What! Are you the man threw it
TOT"
"Ayo, it is safe " was the reply. "When
will you be ready to divide?"
"Don't say n word y said the man in
low tone stay around until am able
to get away and then I'll make it all right
with you"
After this all suspicion was removed
from the drovcr, and he was taken into the
counscis Of the squire and Tarbot. In a
few days the man was well enough to talk,
and he was encouraged to do so by the
drover, who assumed the character of a
free rover looking around for what lie
could pick up or knock down. The man
admitted that he had taken the package
from stranger whom he met on the high
way. He was confronted with the club
and Wray's corpse, but put on bold front
and denied all knowledge of them. Final
II, however, he confessed to the drover
that he had Drained Wray and stolen the
package from him, afterward taking ref
ugo in q roadside inn, where he found an
opportunity to examine and learn the ma
ture of the plumber. Their he grew restless
and yentured out in the storm, and in an
attempt to cross the stream missed his
ford and thus came to meet the drovcr.
There was nothing left 10 explain the
abstraction from the custody of Tarhot OF
the genuine package and the substitution
of the counterfeit except that Wray him
self had designed the scheme and carried
1t out as he pushed Mr.. Tarbot toward the
bell pull, ard that in making his way not
toward home, for that was i'll contrary
direction, but to some place where he in
tended TO conceal the money, he was met
by the ruffian who murdered and robbed
him. This wretch gave the name of George
Rainton, and under that he was convicted
of the murder of Wray. 1t was afterward
commonly asserted that his real name was
that of distinguished Northumberland
family, and that through their influence
the sentence was committed to transporta
ton, and that he was allowed to escape
punishment altogether on condition Of his
quitting the country.-A. Bcckwith in
Brooklyn Citizen.