The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
Copyright, 1899, by S. S. Mcclure Coz
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS

copyright, 1899, by S. S. Mcclure Coz
SYNOPSIS 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
MS sleeve indicates him as the muir
Serer. Miss Page, the niece OF
outherland,s housekeeper. persists IN re,
naming about the Webb premises and
discovers blood on the grass. The money
drawer is found TO be empty ard ROBBERY
u AIDED to the mystery. Frederick Sutn-
Grand, a hayward youth, calls his 1ather
70 witness his determination to be a bet
Ier man and promises not to marry MISS
rage, by whom he has been fascinated
MISS Page tells Frederick that she fol-
lowed him the night of the murder ana
Knew where he had secreted q thouSand
oollars- She gives him a week TO decide
Mhetner 10 marry her OF be proclalineo
as the murderer of Agatha Webb II Is
learned that the money was in new bills,
ana the keeper of a small store produces
one that strange man gave him late the
nlght Of the murder. a detective arrives
from Boston and reports: Simple case.
"g ao Tor money Find the ma man NIL, Watn
one Of het label brothers. Frederick
visits the hollow tree. The money Is
gone. Wattles, Boston gambler, arrives
and demands $3.50 of Frederick in pay
cures check for the amount from MS
rather. The label brothers. are found dead
or starvation. one of them clutching the
tell-tale loaf; the other bio od-stained
knife. The Boston detective declares the
mystery solved, but young Sweetwater
aStonishes the company by a new chain
OF evidence pointing to another perpetra-
tor OF the terrible crime. This time Anna
pei Page is suspected. Sweetwater finds
me hldden money where he has seen Miss
rage hide it. Miss Page is confronted by
the detectives and officers and tells what
she saw the night of the murder Fred
eTlck overhears the talking and joins
enough so that a later confession Will
duplicate Frederick if he refuses. TO 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
home he learns of the death of Philemon.
and follows Frederick and is thus dis
covered by Mr.. Sutherland. Frederick
places package of old letters into Agnes
HALLIDAY s hands and his father seeks an
explanation. Agatha Webbs will Is
opened and by its terms Mr.. Sutherland is
made executor and Frederick sole heir of
a SltoO00 estate. Sweetwater reasons that
Frederick is the murderer. but because
Mr. Sutherland once saved his life, Sweet
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
overheard that night and picked up at
dawn by fishing crew which takes him
TO New Bedford Food and clothing are
given him and he earns s. by delivering
n suspicious box. An accidental chance
takes him on mission to Boston. The
man he finds is Wattles. the gambler.
who wishes Sweetwater to carry 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
'ha last dav sc the inquest To the sur
prise of all, Friedrich takes the stand.
l---ares tnsI he Is the son of Agatha
Webb and that she died by her own hand
and offers to produce the proofs of his
remarkable statement