Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-11

AUTHOR
OF
1.-THE
leaVenWOrth
Case"
synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

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sion Agatha Webb and her servant are
found dead, and Philemon Webb, Agatha's
husband. who for years has been. growing
demented is discovered asleep at the dinner
table. a trace OF blood on his sleeve indl-
safes Sat hin as the Wenrdsrer. Miss d PqsT,
persists in remaining about the Webp
premises and discovers blood on the grass:
robbery is added to the mystery, Frederick
Sutherland, a Maynard youth, calls his
father to witness his determination TO be a
better man and promises not to. marry MSS
Page. by whom he has been fascinated Miss
Page tells Frederick that she followed MIN
the night of the murder and knew where he
had secreted $1,000. She gives him a week
to decide whether to marry her or be pro
claimed as the murderer of Agatha Webb.
bills and the keeper of a small store pro
duces one that a strange man gave him late
the night of the murder for a loaf of bread.
A detective arrives from Boston and re-
ports Simple case. Murdered for money.
Find the man with the flowing beard"
Suspicion falls upon one of the label broth
ers. Frederick visits the hollow tree. .Ihe
money is gone. Wattles, a Boston gambler,
arrives and demands $3.50 OF Frederick in
payment Of a gambling debt. Frederick
father. The label brothers are found dead
OF starvation. one of them clutching the
knife. The Boston detective declares the
mystery solved, but young Swectwater as
tonishes the company by a new cham OF
Of the terrible crime. This time Amabel
Page Is suspected. sweetwater finds the
Miss Page is confronted by the detectives
and officers and tells what she saw the
night Of the murder. Frederick ovsrhears
the talking and joins the group and Miss
Page tells just enough so that a later con-
@fession will implicate Frederick " he re-
occurs the funeral of Agatha webb and
late that night Mr.. Sutherland discovers
Frederick weeping over her grave; OF the
Philemon, Agatha's husband. sweetwater
suspects and follows Frederick and is thus
discovered by Mr.. Sutherland. Frederick
Halliday's hands and his father seeks an
explanation. Agatha Webb's will is opened
and by its terms Mr., Sutherland is made
900 estate. Sweetwater reasons that Fred
erick is the murderer, but because Mr.. Suth-
eT n1s1l,r once . ss NV n ms . nie sMeetw9tef t iS
keep his secret he plans to leave home,
and, in suspicious haste, pretending to be
an outgoing steamer bound for Brazil. He
Is thrown overheard that night and picked
up at dawn by a fishing crew, which takes
are given him and he earns IS by delivering
a suspicious box. An accidental chance
takes him on q mission to Boston; The man
wishes Sweetwater to carry II message to
none other than Frederick sutherland at
his way home. arriving on the last day OF
the inquest. To the surprise of all, Fred
the son of Agatha Webb and that she died
by her own hand. and offers to produce the
proofs of his remarkable statement. The
letters in Agnes Halliday's possession are
brought to the court room and read. They
disclose the courtship of Agatha Webb, the
deception Of her father which led to her
she pronounced on her offspring. The
jury brings in its verdict.