The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-11
Copyright, 1899, by S. S. Mcclure Co..
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.

SfNOPSlS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.
Just after a ball at the Sutherland
mansion, Agatha Webb and her servant
are found dead. and Philemon Webb. Aga
ina husband, who for years has been
growing demented, is discovered asleep
az the dinner table. a trace of blood on
MS nus sleeve, indicates him as the muir
Sutherland's housekeeper. persists in re-
naming about the Webb premises and
discovers blood on the grass. The money
4rdWer is found to be empty ard robbery
IS added to the mystery. Frederick Suth-
eIidno, a hayward youth, calls his father
70 witness his determination to be bet
ID man ana promises not to marry MISS
1,Gse' py whom he has been fasclnated.
MISS Page tells Frederick that she fol-
lowed MIN the night of the murder and
Knew where he had secreted thousand
collars. She gives him a week TO decide
Wnetner TO marry her or be proclaimed
90 tne murderer of Agatha Webb. II Is
learned that the money was IN new bills,
Sno me Keeper OF small store produces
one that a strange man gave him late the
nlsnt OF the murder. A detective arrives
from Boston and reports: Simple case.
Murdered for money Find the man with
moving beard" Suspicion falls upon
one of the label brothers. Frederick
gone Wattles, Boston gambler, arrives
and demands $3.50 OF Frederick in pay
ment of gambling debt. Frederick Sc
cures check for the amount from MS
OF starvation, one of them clutchlng tne
teil-taie loaf, the other a bloOd-stained
khl1e The Boston detective declares the
mystery solved, but young Sweetwater
astonishes the company by new chain
OF evidence pointing 10 another perpetra-
tor of the terrible crime. This time Anna
Del Page is suspected. SweeJwater finds
lne hidden money where he has seen Miss
Page hide il. Miss Page is confronted by
the detectives and officers and tells what
she saw the night of the murder. Fred
erick overhears the talking and joins
the group and Miss Page tells just
enough SO that later confession will
linpncate frederick if he refuses 10 marry
her. On the following day occurs the
FUNERAL of Agatha Webb and late that
night Mr. Sutherland discovers Freder-
lex weeping over her grave. On the way
nome he learns of the death of Philemon,
Agatha's husband. Sweetwater suspects
ana follows Frederick and is thus dis
places package of old letters into Agnes
HaIIiday.s hands and his father seeks an
explanation. Agatha Webb's, will Is
opened and by its terms Mr.. Sutherland is
made executor and Frederick sole heir Of
a $4,000 estate. Sweetwater reasons that
fredsr1ek is the murderer. but because
water Is unwilling to give evidence
In order to keep his secret. he
plans to leave home, and, in suspicious
haste, pretending TO be in search of an
important witness, boards an outgoing
steamer bound for Brazil. He is thrown
overheard that night and picked up at
10 Now Bedford. Food and clothing are
given him and he earns s. by delivering
a suspicious box. An accidental chance
takes him on a mission to Boston. The
man he finds is Wattles, the gambler,
who wishes Sweetwater to carry a mes
sage TO none other than Frederick Suth-
erland at Sutherlandtown. Sweetwater
learns the message, refuses to take il.
ana then makes his way home. arriving on
me last day of the inquest. To the sur
prise of all. Freedrick takes the stand
declares that he is the son of Agatha
webb and that she died by her own hand
and offers TO produce the proof of his
remarkable statement. The letters in
Agnes Halliday's possession are brought
10 the court room and read. They dis
close the courtship of Agatha Webb