The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-07-06

beautiful theories about young Mora =
said Mr.. Mitchell.
Not Mt all. I only say that this las
theory Is possible. think It highl,
improbable. Yet we must not over
look the fact that this man had the op
portunity to commit the crime"
"EIow SOP
"one theory. advanced, think. by
preacher Jim to you. was that tho
murderer may have been any regular
criminal, who first stole the will to be
used as an instrument Of blacImoil
and then killed old Mora to make tbe
will operative"
Yes; that was one theory. Go on"
men we know that the murderer
wore Il certain suit of clothes, whicl,
was possibly taken from the Essex
street house and subsequently re-
turned"
81 follow you. Proceed"
well. slippery Sam. according TO
PREACHER Jim and by his own admis.
slon, lived In that Essex street house
Therefore say he had the opportu.
nifty"
VERY well argued. Mr.. Barnes. It
is worth looking into when we hovc
more limr. But our first duty Is to
get 'his corpse out OF my house. |
wish you would relieve me by notify
ing the authorities. VIII your
certainly. I am Mt your service aad
VIII go Mt once. But before 90 let
me tell you something. 1t was a most
fortunate impulse which led me to.
ward your house tonight"
undoubtedly, since you may be of
great assistance to me. But why did
you Gomez"
You LEFT my place this afternoon In
company with Preacher Jim. Since
then | have heard that his old mother
has mot with an accident, breaking a
r,h III, an! an1 was taken to n hospital"
Eyes"
''She died an hour ago"
i;se the old, woman Is dead. Does the
son know"
'IIe was with her, but as soon as she
had ceased to breathe he hprriedly LETT
Tho building, anparpntly In g great
stnte Of excitement. Whom tho ncws
n feeling Of anxiety for YOU. I believe
the fellow is half mad, IL not entirely
so, and thought it would be best for
you to know what had happened"
Il am much indebted to you for
your thoughtfulness. But tell me what
you meant by saying that it was fortu.
nate that you came here tonight"
'Well. you will admit that it was n
strange scene which I witnessed. Yo,,
were standing over n dying man, hold.
Ing blood stained knife in your
hands,"
"A most compromising situation tru.
ly. The heroes of meIodrama bay.
been condemned on similar circum.
stantial evidence"
"frue, aud when l went out for the
doctor l passed the spot again, and
then found this"
He handed n small article to Mr.
Mitchell, who examined 1t and then re.
marked:
My match box, bearing my mono.
gram. You are my good angel truly.
You remove all evidence against me.
lSlit- 5assis>-> --i+s-- S."u ~ ruNr
this. 1t might have been difficult to
make others believe that had drop
ped It,"
$50 l thought, yet see how unre-
liable Is circumstantial evidence at
times!'
"You are quite right, yet the mis-
takes arise not from the evidence It.
self, but from the misinterpretation
thereof, one Of your own nxioms. l be-
lieve. Now, let me thank you once
more. And will you hurry about the
removal Of this body"
Mr.. Barnes fastened to comply with
this request, and Mr.. Mitchell, left
alone with the corpse, Immediately be.
gan to search 1t. A moment later he
drew forth from the pocket Of the
trousers long. folded envelope. which
he eagerly carried to the light that lie
might examine 1t. Taking ont the pa
per which the envelope inclosed. he ut
tered an ejaculation Of pleasure. He
held In his haud the will Of Matthew
Mora.
"Let me see." thought Mr.. Mitchell
eve found the pocket Of the trousers
of the plaid suit stained with blood
only on one side, from which we
argued that the murderer might have
thrust the will into that pocket when
leaving the house. think Mr.. Barnes
advanced the theory that in such an
event the will would be blood stained
on one side. Nothing could be more
complete. Here Is Matthew Mora's
will, with one side. as 1t is folded, quite
considerably stained with blood"
CHAPTER XIII.
"THE LILY OF THE VALLEY"