Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-08-25

three names;
Then have no delay, but make heiress
your wife
AS soon as you can after ones lost his life,
Since n direct blow made you a rich
man,
You must not forget the villain who ran,
For the letters that bind US r ronge
than steel,
And danger has fed il your lips you will
seal.
Two nights in a garrett and one on the
road,
With shot bag behind, vas a very big
load.
guided the blade Of the sheath knife,
you see,
And now there's a fortune for both you
and me.
You jingled that bell at an opportune
time,
And can clasp in your arms an hciress
divine.
N'old satisfies me, you know very well,
For sending the soul of a banker to hi.
l.. S.-The bag Of coin was a rich find.
anu one that came unexpectedly. That
poor devil, r. c., made a fatal error TN
tering the bankers residence that night.
It will COST him his life, but it is better so.
feared to leave the house with the coin,
ana mad every opportunity during the rom
motion below to place it where you will
lind it. Send its equivalent-quick! Ad-
dress as before, Stephen Abbott, Balti.
more, Md"
That concludes the letter." said the
clerk.
Explanations of horror arose from all
parts of the court room, but they were
soon checked by the voice Of the judge
himself: Order in court! Mr.. Sheriff.
You will preserve order."
How came that letter in your posses.
sion, MIR. Scllars!" asked the judge. And
to whom is it addrcssedy"
"That letter, your honor, arrived at the
postoftice in Wilmington, on the morning
of the twenty-fourth OF September. The
envelope bears the address Herman era.
ven, Wilmington. n. c. On the left.
hand corner appears the word, Person
al"
IL never saw it! 1 know nothing
about it," gasped Herman. "There is a
foul plot here"
'oNSSu, WI. CcIluISt sulu Iue JuuSS.
II had for some time suspected that
Banker DeIloscttc was murdered by one
U. \. Stephens, and that Herman Craven
was an accomplice. L had requested Post
master Grady to hold any mail that might
arrive addressed to Herman Craven,
marked Personal or out of the ordinary
line that the bank usually received, for
my inspection.
"On the night of the twenty-third l re.
turned from a trip South. l had visited
New Orleans, and had ascertained the
fact that Herman Craven had lied to his
uncle when he had stated that his father
fell a victim to yellow fever two years pre-
vious to his NIerman's) arrival in Viii.
mington. The yellow fever had claimed
no such victim in New Orleans as Ste.
phen Craven.
II at once came to the conclusion that
Stephen Craven and G. A. Stephens were
one and the same man, and before l left
New Orleans l had formed the opinion
that Stephen Abbott was the same indi.
vidual.
ION the morning Of the twenty-fourth
MIR. Grady handed me this letter. After
reading it 1 fixed up n dummy express
package in his private Office and consigned
it by express to Stephen Abbott, taking
myself the same train for Baltimore that
bore the package. 1 was accompanied by
Adam, the colored coachman of the late
banker, who on the night Of the seven
teenth of August had seen G. A. Stephens
and Herman Craven conversing together.
In fact, who had driven them twice past
the bankers residence in the DeRosette
carriage o II that evening"
I'll never saw that man before! There
is a conspiracy here to blast my charac-
teri" cried Herman.
Proceed, Mr.. Scllars," said the Judge.
ARRIVED in Baltimore, l took up my sta
ton in the express Office with Adam near
me, and at il a. m. on the t%wenty-sixth,
when this man entered the express Office,
called for and obtained the package I ap-
pretended him. He fought desperately
for his life. as you can see from this rent
in my coat sleeve, caused by a thrust of
his dirk, but l easily disarmed him, and
he stands before you. On his person
found these letters. They were purloined
from a package taken from a trunk In the
attic of the late bankers residence, where
the assassin had secreted himself, and
where he remained for two days and
nights after the murder.
II had no trouble in obtaining a reaui-
sition from Gov. Elliott Of Maryland to
convey my prisoner from the State. We
arrived here at 0:15 this morning. 1 found
the bag of coin beneath the brick hearth
before the fireplace in Miss DeRosette's
room at her residence. Adam, Of course,
recognized this mar as q. A. Stephens, the
man he had driven out in company with
Herman Craven, and although Testimony
Of his would not be admissible, it will not
be needed. I think l have stated enough
to convince the court that Robert Camp.
bell is an innocent man, and that the muir.
derer Of Alvin DeRosette stands beside
me-"
"Marvelous" CALCULATED the judge.
81 will say further said the detective,
that ever the sea has given up it's dead,
to show q motive on the part Of Herman
Craven for the foul crime, in which he
was an accessory. Indeed, without his
aid it could not have been committed.
II encountered on the steamer, cominc
down the Chesapeake bay, one long since
mourned as dead-a man who, though one
of tho survivors Of the Inflated GosSn,o,o