Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-07-07
CHAPTER IN.

h''s ~ was necessary W HE wiz wv sN-
dress HIM twice before lc answered her.
".rhc jury of inquest. Lang. Why don't
so,i answer me-! Did they hold Robert
Campbell. for trial!"
"Ics: ! will he ready i'm II moment. Mar
Cha III Il moncn Has Calhan returned?
] gave linn IL commission"
Tie decision of the jury of inquest.
Lang: Did they hold Robert Campbell
for trial: You are dreaming again."
ooh, Yes, certainly, wife; they held him
for 'rMii.
Poor Mrs. Campbell. Poor daughter.
and poor Robert. don't believe he is
guilty. Lang"
Tin" will tell. Wife"
=! know you dom think so. You are
MOI satisfied. You have another mystery
81 ynur aands. I can tell when you are
.nuzzlcd
"Wlorc is Willie. wifc?'
'Thcro he comes in . the gate now.
Sine / uut trousers ON Inn l can't keep
him in he house,
como here. you rascal cried Lang.
rs he threw open the door, and in Il mo-
mon; more he WAS tossing the urchin up
10 tho ceiling.
II =cin' do that. papa" he said. when
his father placed him On the floor.
II what. SOM"
''ross up the kids when l yet to be IL
srca; IN. detective"
Kids: Wha, arc kids. Willie?"
~'Wi.y, The b"ys-I'm Il kid"
"Ecttc- put the dress back on him
again. wife. We don't want any kids i'll
ON family"
"Ti.cn | won't hc Il kid. papa"
That : right. son-nrvcr he IA kid. But
Ealha.. wife: has he rc'urncd!'
III" Was in the Kitchen securing mp your
reviewers II few minutc> ago. He had
quite an arsenal there. But come let Cal
ban 90 until after dinner. 1t is on the
:nhl, nav"
".A~ yoa say. wife. You are the ruler
of this .lumain."
After dinner was over. lang returned
10 h.> r,iicc. filled his l"ng-strmmri pipe.
lighted il and seated himself at his desk.
"Lct's >rc." he muttrrcl. To-day is
,im n.it :c"nth of August. Court convcnrs
1hr fifteenth of Srptcmlrr-lrss than Il;
mouth. Well. there is plenty of time. or
should he. aud then. the case is not apt
4" u" called nj once. Caihaa. Cnibnn.."
Here l is. Mars Lang" exclaimed the
negro. us he entered the room. Il bundle
undo, MS aym.
'!it t''t ahaN shi wv ~
through tine barn while the inquest was
going un:"
Adam was at DC house watchin' DC
Jury, aud Ben. dc stable hoy. was in de-
kitchen. | reckon | went frou' dat barn.
tr"m he siils ny. Mars Lang. What you
tink | :inl?'
II can't tell. Calbnn: hut if there was
anything there of Il suspicious nature, You
would be- sure to find it, I know"
"Go!ly. Mars Lang, lis got n clue! Look
we're"
With :; quick movement Calban tore
away the paper covering from the package
he had held under his arm.
~ bloody shut" he exclaimed. as III.
held the garment up before the detective.
And "a hickory shirt. ut that" said
.Scllnrs. taking the garment from his
hands and spreading it ont on the nat tog,
OF his desk. Yes he continued. blood.
Blood. surely. both OH the right sleeve and
the >lir, bosom. That IN the bosom the
wearpr tried 10 wipe off. aud as IL result
spread j, over II greater surface. A bloody
shirt, You found it in the harn?'
"IrS. Mars I.ang-in Il barrel in dc har-
NESS onm.'
IA suspicious circumstance at this time.
Why. 'ltcre are spots all over the bosom.
as If ley had s~luirtcd there from some
jet nj niood suddenly turned loose. In IL
harrci in the harness room. YOU say? Was
the barrel covered, the shirt sccrcted?"
N 50, .t harness was hangin. over dc
lmrrri. Mars. and some empty grain sacks
and fora dis shut on top of a lot of ole
and kiycrcd up dc barred. l spec it's
Adams shut"
Or Ren's." observed the detective.
r'G"iiy. faint Brn's. Mars Lang. Dat
Slu, too big fer Ben"
True. bat ii is not one of Adams driv-
in= shirts. The banker would not have
allowed HIM to mount the box of his car
ria.c with thai shirt on"
Il a!luw. Mars. dat dat shut is one of
his wok.n' shuts. what lie wears bout dc
barn da!'S what ! caiccrlate."
MOO may he right. Calban. AT any
rate. chie blood, in places. is hardly dry.
III has not been many hours since it came
from the veins OF diving man or beast. You
have found "A clue, Callun! A clue. Had
You talked with Adam before the INQUEST
coinmeic"l!'
Yes Mars Lang. and Adam worried
nightly. He say he los de hes master a
Niger cher had. and he test hisself
nightly ,iisnant. dat anybody kill him.
Ibid you learn where he claimed to be
ri the time the murder must have been
,cnn,mitteJ:"
adam c%onrtin' n Niger gal what be-
long I" Ibr. Freeman. on Front street: she
his cook. l spec OATS why Adam court.
in hcr-nisser mighty fond suthin' good
to cat. Well. Adam clar' he dar. in DIR.
iTrceman's kitchen till ten O'Clock. Den
lie lows he went home. and went to sleep
In Dc barn. and de frst ting he knowed mex
was when he year Unc' Duke CALM of
him. OATS what he claim
did ysu ever hear Adam make any
. remark atou Herman CravenY"
..Dun know nntti,in' bout de Niger.
Mars Lang. He say dis mornin' Mars
Herman mighty obcrbearin', and he 'spect
he done eat he sweet bread. now he ole
master dead. Niger mighty 'ceitful some
times"
White men as we'll. Calban."
HE NAV have been n nliant tool in the