Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-08
CHAPTER XIII.
Found Guilty.

wSuIu be snperfiuous to recapitu-
J the evidence given at Bow Street,
1 which resulted In the committal
trial upon the capital charge OF
lip Blake and James Blogg. Tom
BIB was ultimately remanded, sine
, for a medical report as TO his ment-
condition; while SPIRIT WIS commit
as an accessory after the fact.
| cover, the serious nature of Blogg's
nries made 1t necessary to allow a
isonable limit of time to elapse be-
e he could possibly be brought into
court of Justice; and, in this de-
two months passed away.
fad Blogg died during this interval
,hout r~egainlng consciousness, and
| Spratt been possessed of SUI. -
at common to keep his mouth
1t, 1t Is quite possible Philip Blake
uld have been acquitted, because
direct evidence against him was,
err all, by no means conclusive. But,
fortunately for him, Blogg eventual
regained his reasoning faculties,
[ SUI. GENTLY to realize that he was
ng, and made a full confession be-
o he actually died. Hearing this,
raft, In a panic of terror, offered
nself as Queens evidence" and
IS accepted by the Crown. These
D events sealed Blake's fate.
slogg's death-bed confession was In
hd alone su. .cient-if ~belieyed-to
we hanged him, especially as II was
,lflrmed by Spratt and Billy in many
-tlculars. He stated how, acting on
rats suggestion. he had determined
shadow" the passenger known as
!. Arnewood, and how he had traced
d brougham and dog-cart to the
use In Rodney Avenue. S~uspecting
y short, stout mar (whom he after
ards knew as Walsh) OF designs up
he newly-landed PASSENGERS money,
which he was quite resolved to Sc
re n good share himself. he kept a
reful watch upon the house. Late in
evening, a tall gentleman in even
: dress arrived, entered the house,
a apparently dismissed the stout
nm, who wen taway. Feeling more
nvinced than ever that foul play had
en- or was going on, he contriyed TO
lin admission through a scullery
indow and, following the sound. of
ices I'm angry alteration, found
mself outside the 'parlor door. The
amistakable noise of n scufie pres
thy followed, and he boldly entered
ie ROOM.
The Wairora passenger had pinned
e gentleman In evenin gdress by the
roat. and was apparently choking
m. Blogg, himself a very powerful
an, at once interfered by throttlina
rnewood. The visitor lnone other
AN Philip Blake) projected by this
version to regain his feet. and, in q
envy of rage, offered Blogg f1.000 10
rangle his late adversary. Whether
@ offer of this large bride really
yayed him, or whether he merely
essed too hard and.too long, through
adyertence, even at the point OF
oath he seemed unable to declare
,sitively. But the certain thing was
aat, when he did relax. his grasp
rnewood had ceased to breathe.
Murder Quickly ensenders friend,
aip. Within five minutes Blake and
logg were debating how they might
est dispose Of the body, al though
hey had known each other for years
lake insisted upon removing II to as
reat a distance as possible, upon the
cry reasonable grounds that, II Blogg
ould trace the dead man to Rodney
venue. other might do so, too. The
lea OF Che hanson cab was Blogg's
te went to a distant cab-rank, and
lyored by the thick mist, drove bold
J off In a hanson while its owner
Tas In a shelter. Into this vehicle ht
arried the corpse, and, having ex
hanged overcoats and hats with
Blake, the latter took the reins and
rove westward, shortly after mid
light. The horse proved to be an un
good one, and Blake ayoweC
is intention OF putting ut least ter
niles between them and Rodney Ave
sue before getting rid of the body
quincy seemed to be the spot he had
lecided upon. But the mist presently
hickened into a fog, which grew
lenser every minute, and their prog
ess became slower, until they could
see their way even at walk.
ng pace.
Just past Long Acre. Blake had to