Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-10-11

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Herman had cashed thousands Of checks
for him, which checks he had accepted In
payment of taxes. 1t was plain to Sher
iff Cobb that Robert Campbell had sought
that night to gain the bankers consent to
his marriage to his daughter.
The banker had utterly refused his sane.
ton. and forbidden him to pay his ad'
lresses to the girl. The girl loved, or fan.
led she loved, him, but would not be-
-Ome his wife without her fathers con
sent. Perhaps he had ordered Robert
from the house. Anyway, the banker re-
moved. the young man hoped TO make
Hattie his wife and obtain the fortune she
would inherit.
Nothing could be palmer" thought
sher.I Cobb. HE was prepared for
such an emergency. he had the sheath
knife with him. 1t may have been in an
unguarded moment and in fit Of passion
that he thrust its blade to the bankers
heart, or the deed may have been coolly
and deliberately executed. One thing sure,
the blow fell quick and sudden. but in his
Anxiety to make certain that his victim
was dead the young man tarried too long.
The cries Of the banker reached the earl
Of his nephew and those Of his daughter.
who sped down the stairs and confronted
him with the evidence Of his damnable
crime clutched in his hand
"A moment more and he would have
eeen gone, the sheath knife with him. In
he morning the bankers body would have
been found stiff and cold. Who murdered
him? Robert Campbell would have un-
dertaken to fasten suspicion on the young
cashier, as he does now. and perhaps with
4 greater prospect Of success. But the
bag of coin? He did not have It with him
when he entered the house. But how did
he obtain that note? He may have had
t and secreted 1t somewhere after he
struck the blow, and before he withdrew
he knife blade from the bankers breast.
It may be discovered in the house. Again,
he may have had an accessory, who fed
with the coin. At all events, I have the
start Of Lang Sellars on this case. l have
the man who struck the fatal blow. He
belongs to one of the first families in the
State. but there Is no wrong man this
time. All I will require will be a little
time to find the gold. Robert Campbell
is a candidate for the gallowsr'
| Thus thought Sheriff Cobb as he made
his way home after seeing his prisoner in
carcerated in Jail.
| The cries of the widowed mother and
sister Of the prisoner yet rang in his ears;
but there was only one path for him to
sollow-the path Of duty.
At eight o'clock on the morning Of the
nineteenth Jennie Campbell entered the
,fice Of the county Jail and made known
her desire to see her brother.
Follow me. Miss Campbell" said Jailer
Eilyaw, an undersized, corpulent little
| nan. There are no orders not to admit
'ou, and il there were you should see your
,rother, even IL he is in Jail on the charge
| # murder. l am sorry for you, miss, in
Iced / am. Who would have believed
tY
Don't speak Of 1t. Mr.. Filyaw, II you
please" said Jennie. I'VE have every
confidence that my brother will be able
20 establish his innocence"
nope he may. But what have you thereT'
"Merely my brothers breakfast in this
basket" said Jennie. He Ii not used
to prison fare. My mother being some
what prostrated, did not accompany me
and did not bring my maid to-day"
| BLESS you," said Filyaw, II should not
feed Robert Campbell on prison fare. The
best my own table affords should be HIS"
"Oh, thank you. sir, but either my maid
,r will come every day while my brother
is here In jail"
They passed from the ONCE through the
ball into the corridor Of the prison. Fill
7aw blew q sharp note on his whistle and
turnkey came forward and unlocked and
swung open the heavy iron door Of the
structure, handing the jailer bunch of
seys as he did so.
They passed within and the heavy door
.losed with a clang that grated on poor
| !cnnie's nerves.
Two rows Of cells confronted them
ne to the right, the other Opposite-witb
passage between them and an iron stair
yay at the further end Of the passage
Hey, you jailer! Does my case cam
IF at September courtr was the So
Erecting that reached their ears as they
| ldvanced.
~ think not. Wortell." was the reply:
but don't worry about 1t. 1t will come
IF soon enough"
..Got any 'baccer, Mars Jailer|' were
he words that greeted them from another
ell.
Here, Pompyv' and Filyaw passed half
n n Mug through the iron bars Of his cell.
"Tapk you, Massa," and the negro grin
,ed as though he was happy.
..Why do you keep negroes here. Mr..
Filyaw?"
"All. Miss Campbell. who violate the
aw. free born or slave. white or black,
,re Gable to Imprisonment in Jail. Pompy
low is a free negro. His ofense is not
-ery grave. He merely stole hog. II his
,ccusers tell the truth.
"Da lies, Mars Jailer; da lies. neb-
,er stold dat hog. He coined to my tater
,atch. an was rOotin' dem up. You reck-
m ewine let someone else's hog waller
N INV taters, an den low him to go free
,ides dat. I only got seben dollars fer de
log. an I offer de owner half Of 1t.
.Don't worry, Pompy: have engaged
good lawyer to defend you.
..Tank you. Mars Jailer."
They passed on to the stairway and as
ended it. 1t was much lighter on this
Ioor. and the air seemed more wholesome.
There were two rows OF cells as oeiow' Du'
,ot extending the full length of the build
r Two debtors rooms occupied cOp
.iderable space at the rear.
!" ..id J.iler Filyaw. II did not like
the idea Of confning him IN . CELL Nc
debtors room Is bad enough
"Oh, thank you"
In . moment more the jailer had singled
cut Q key from his buncn ana ""'o'>e0
and opened the door. ,-,,
A recumbent figure. lying on . low ,1 MOE
bedstead, sprans to Its feet ana JENNIE
was clasped In her brothers arms.
II will return In fifteen mlnntes' Ely S
the taller, as he hurriedly witnore" A"o
locked the door behind him.
F;lyav had been Wilmingtons 1anel
, o.. +w.nty wears: but tears stood In MI
80. .. he trudRed back to his once.
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