The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-11

'eelihs hinseli TO be unvotihy of ,h
sood fortune that bad come to him. b
ieli hoand 10 unbafdsa himself,
lie sceordinsl, ven, 10 The proprielo
ola local paper. intending 10 arrange 10
! the printing OF = confession: That senll,
mao, sstoarded u the others ssomin,
msdnc's 10 unneessssrily brsaaiag hiu
seli, reinsed 10 print The matter. Bul
The mao ~ss net 10 be ihwarted. III,
called meeting together aud there calm
ly announced ihs, be had originally stsrl
ed in business With capital that had been
stolen. Nstnrslly he tins did himself i'm
uense harm. bui be had tho satisfaction
Of beius at peace With his conscience.
Ia bis London establishment .
strange scene vas recently epscted, A
lady aud gentleman alishtsd from . car
risee snd, entering, inquired iors certain
department Seated at the counter, the
pair were inspecting tome goods when.
looking around, the lady turned pale,
Have have you made any alterations
n your premises since q few years ssof
she asked Of the assistant.
Yes, madam, answered he. This need
10 be the book department.
The lady seemed about 10 faint Her
husband was greatly alarmed,
Don't stop me. Send Tor the mansger,
directed The distressed woman,
When that surprised individual appear
Cd, The lady told him how sometime be
fore she bad on three seperstr occasions
stolen books from the counters there.
She eslmed down when permitted TO pay |
for the volumes aud to contribute double
their value to tho providcnt iund OF the
arm.
One OF the most dramatic confessions
ever made occurred In Australia In q
church drriog the services on New Years
eve. Some yesrs previously on old farmer
known 10 carry much money on his per
son bad been murdered on that very day
snd . certain minister, who had been =
liielosg friend OF bis, always on the an
biverssry OF the dark deed made some
public slluslon TO the happening. On
this occasion 10 the horror OF the consre
CATION. when the death OF the old man
was referred to an individual sitting 10
the midst Of the people gave q sndden
cry and, rising to his feet. said solemnly
aud distinctly, Il killed him.
On the matter being investigated this
turned out TO be true. The man was one =,
Of number who had been employed In
searching for the missing farmer. He
Iound him partially stunned by fall and
was tempted 10 rob him. knowing that
he deed would be attributed to others.
The old man however regained bis senses /,
! fierce struggle ensued, and the farmer
vas slain. The murderer had never h
roubled himself about the sffsir. But :.
be young woman 10 whom be was en- /;
sged persuaded him to 60 to church !,
q this night and 1t was there that his A
onscience got the better OF him. !,
People come 10 here aud confess to oil
orts OF things, explsined q police station Al
flicisl Many OF those confessions are "
,lse, more particularly those made under
be influence OF drink. / knew Of one ',
oman who whenever she had INDUCED "a
20 freely In drink would come in shed tb
ing copious tears and accuse herself OF VI
aving thrown Q neighbours child into o WI
anal, le
One man confessed first and committed
,e deed sfterward, Very steadily he
slked in and said he gave himself up
r smashing big plate glass window.
he ohsrge proved false one, but the
ut day be was brought in sober. having III
zen caught in the act Of breaking . big "
indow Of drsper's shop. On her ~
gbt ont young servant girl once came 70
mildly just side the door and asked '"
be taken up for poisoning a cat. ~
The missppropriston by certain 80 -
'itor Of the trust money OF his clients :"
Is brought to light in q most extrsordi ~ ~
~ manner. The man had very clever ~
stolen thousands OF pounds. and only ~
his death would the fact have become Wv
own, He entertained very extensively "a
d was usually q lighthesrted host, One
en!ng. however, be had 9 strange de ~
ession Of spirits, He told bis wife be ".
let 20 to his room or be should be
npelled to say something that wonld 'u'
q him, He departed and bis wife was
ing her best 10 make mp for his absence wv
ep, pale and shsking. the unfortunste 'pf
IN stslked into the room. ".
Addressing bis wondering guests. he
d.: ! can keep it to myself no longer, 'os
is bouse. my horses and carriages, the
le you have been drinking, everything Wv
been bought With money tbst bsye -,
len from those who put their trust 10 -"
His conscience had blnrted out the =
4 L.