Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-07-14
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- ~ N'l'dituIc lEOItI tue utItctlNe s Of
nee Sellars entered the door of the Caro-
lima Hotel.
1t was nearing eleven o'clock. and hc
lo''ild but two men present in the Office
Acl.ain. the night clerk of the ho.cl, and
Dolby Browning. one of the conductors
OF the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
The detective passed through the office
INTO the barroom, where he purchased a
rigar, lighted it and sauntcrcd back into
the Office.
Good evening. gcn.lcmcn," he remark
ed. as he strobe forward To the counter ON
which the register was lying.
"Gocd evening, MIR. Scllars," RESPONDED
the two men.
Not iauch transient custom nowadays,
suppose. Mack:"
Very little" replied the clerk, .'nor do
suppose we can look for more before
fall"
Il should judge not" said Scllars, as he
bent over the open register.
one, two. five. seven. nine. WHY. Won
had fifteen arrivals to-day"
Yes but half of them are drummcrs,"
said the clerk; they get half rates, Won
Know. There is not much money in
them"
Well. they will bring you other custom
later"
True enough, Mr.. Scllars: that is the
ihillccncnt for giving them half rates"
Yesterday YOU had even II greater num-
her. twenty-four. declare, see few
names here that l have not some linowl.
edge of the parties"
Here the detective turned back n lcnf
of the Register.
IN 18th, twcnty-cnc guests. .Ah, here
Is the name of my old friend. 10 Arson of
Iarhoro. Why. here's Normcnt of Lum-
horton and Caldwell of Duplin. Yes, and
sam Grady and Col. Hoyt of Charleston.
Next comes Stcphcns-C. \. Stephens of
Baltimore. Its time for mo to stop now.
Tor l have no recollection of that name.
10 he sure, there are plenty of Stcpllcnscs
" irgllla, for instance. is full of them:
Then there are the Stephenses of Cumhcr.
land. the S%tcphenscs of Wake and Ora.
ven. ] wonder if c. y. Stephens is ono
of thosc!"
II think not" said the clerk. 81 have
no recollection of having seen this Ste
phcii> before. He was only hero n short
time. Arrived on the morning of the nth
and left on the night of the 18th. He NAV
have been Il drummer. but l think not. as
he did not ask for drummcr's rates and
had no baggage with him"
He WAS not IL drummer Them said
Scllars. with Il laugh. but he may have
been an employer of drummcrs."
"ie made IL trip down with me-" OBJ
served Browning. II have no recollection
of having seen him before. He is not Il
drummer. and ii lie left on the night of
the 18th he must have gone out with Bor-
den. He had the night run that trip"
"Ile looked rather like Il sporting char
actcr,' observed the clerk. but l presume
he was IL Baltimore business man. Graz
ven. the cashier of the Cape Fear Bank
seemed to know him: at least l noticed
them talking earnestly together on the
night of the 18th. BY the way. that was
u sad affair of Mr.. DeItosctte's taking
eff"
Terrible. Mack. Terrible. 1t was a
shock to the entire community"
And to think that Robert Campbell
should nave committed the murder. Why,
he is the last man | would llave suspected.
and ! heard Sheriff Cobb say there was
no doubt of his guilt"
sheriff Cobb is Il very sllrewi mana
very shrcwd man. said the detective.
II understand that the prisoner had the
au,lacity To call You into the case. 1t re-
minded me of your call i'll the Mulberry
case.
Very like. Very like said Lang
Cobb got the start of me this time"
II am sorry for Campbcll's mother and
sister, observed the night clerk.
..Ycs, aud L." said Lang. We'll, good
night" he added, II mus, be going"
Good night. Mr.. Seilars."
$ much for Mr.. c. y. Stephens
thought Lang as he left the office. "IIe
,;,..l 81 \tiln,;nr.,,, np il,n ,,,,n;,. ..
the 18th. Mack observed him in clos,
conversation with Herman Craven tina,
night, and the same night Adam drive.
the two past the bankers house. You
may be straightcr than Il string. C. "A
Stephens. but l must know more abou,
you. You left the hotel on the night OF
the murdcr-prcsumably left the city the
same night. The nortll-bound train left
for Baltimore at ten O'clock. AT that houl
the banker was Il living man. l must in
terview Borden when he comes down IL,
road. Poor Campbell. l believe ever,
word of his statement. 1t is late, bu,
the mother and daughter are looking fol
Inc. l must drop in and give them IL wore
Of cheer. l can't be going there much il
the light of day"
This the detective did. and when he Ell
tered his own home the clock was strikin:
the hour OF twelve.
=, CHAPTER MI.
At the appointed time on the night %
, the Goth Uncle Duke was admitted to TIN
! presence of the detective. But the oil
\ man could give no information that Sci
$ lars deemed material. 1t was evident tina
t he knew less of the cashiers life. associa
. tons and career after banking hours thar
did Adam.
He occupied a room on the lower Goo
of h house back of the bath room. n
: usually was SOUND asleep by nine o'clocl