Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-06

very WetL7 captain Brett. / think
We have nothing more to say to oneisan-
other. but2if ! WereIsyou I would write
to some friends to appear here tomorrow
to give evidence both as to your move
ments this evening and to bear testi-
mony to your reputation. Your solicitor
would probably be very useful to you.
l m afraid l shall only be able to give
you poor accommodation for the night, I
bnt you must blame our regulations for
II and not me.''
thanked the worthy official for his |
courtesy, aid: acting Oh his. advice,
wrote to BEre stap my legal man, and !
to half dozen friends knew | could |
rely upon if they were in town. was
then conducted to cheerless cell. On
my way thither passed the body of the
murdered woman. now lying upon
stretoher and covered with sheet. This
sight completed the unstringjng of my
nerves, and passed the night feverish- !
~ pacing my rocm, never even irving !!
to court sleep.
AS walked to and fro between the
cold, bleak walls on that horrible night
my feelings might indeed be better i'm
aglned than described. Event had fol !
lowed event w!y!l sickening rapiaity
and now, to crown all, I was the neigh.
Dor OF thieves and rogues, under lock
and key at police station The u;,:u..s
OF the morning would tell the whole
world OF my arrest The news would
carry Consideration to the hearts of my
relatives, and ny f1it::.,s would be
a;shast at the tidilgs Scnae there were
, who woui(! lie ready to believe the
! W2T;t, bCs WIRE we're others | knew
Who could not doubt my innocence One
, Gear heart would bleed for me. That
such an event should happen at all was
DAD enough, but that it should occur on
i the night when a world of bliss had
/ seemingly opened for US both was hor-
r1ble indeed And the awfulness lay in
the fact that my innocence could alone
! he proved by evidence of George Fen
! tons guilt
: george Fenton murderer. The
thought was terrible. What in heaven:
| name could have lmpelled him to such
deed OF blackness? And who was the
woman? Stop! OF course it must lie
! Why had not guessed it before? She
/ was IN all probability tie enc who !,~<;
: caused 30 much htaTt!urHing il IL ~.
! ton family. The unfortunate f4!!n~. !:ai
! fallen IN love with 1Ir! much Ly.jv
MN IN starlon-Ollo who was. III f;ct, in
i domestic service His iufatcatiun has;
! been discovered at home, but all ,hi
; protests and entreAties Of his family had
/ failed to INDUCE him to take il sane view
OF matters. He loved her and woult! no,
give her up. Then why had ne ,Ecrc.yr-
| Ell her: Indeed what grounds Ia, IT,:
, thinking this Was the woman: NV
thoughts were III a hopeless jur,slc
They crowded one Oh the other in des.
perate confusion, and l felt as if I were
! going mad. At last, and not too SOON
+ relief came. AS the dawn was breaking
nature could no longer hold out under
the strain, and sank on the coarse mat.
trc~::-:::: :: :: ! dtful sleep.
| The first to greet me in the morning
was Butterton. He had hurried to me
directly he had read the news in the
papers, and before my letter had reached
! hlm few words were enough to ex-
plain my position to him, and he left
me to do what he could to procure my
release
The police had been active overnight.
The result Of their inquiries at De We're
Gardens bore out my statement; but.
above all, traces of the murderer were
not wanting. 1t appears that the un-
happy man only left me to be pursued.
He tried to get rid Of the broken hilt,
but it was picked up On the pavement.
tie managed to outdi>tance his pursuers;
he was heard Of afterward in Oxford
street, and there, for the nonce, the
trace was lost. These incidents were
clrcumstantial evidence of my inno-
cence. Indeed all against me was the
word OF a questionable character who
bad disappeared. The testimony Of my
old chief, Admiral Yeo and the other
influential friends who hurried to NV
call was hardly necessary to com plete
the evidence III my favor.
So before noon left the station a free
man, but l returned to my hotel with
the terrible consciousness that the muir
derer of this as yet unknown woman
was George Fenton, the brother of tho
girl who. only q few hours before, had
promised to be my wife
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