The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-09-08

murder was done for the purpose OF
robbery by Chester Sewa1l. How this
htdeous revelation of her lovers guilt
affected Irma no person but herself
was privileged to know. She was a.
young person OF more than ordinary
s~elf-control, and not even Mr.. Cyrus
Pratt, who, with delicate but pcrvns-
i've assiduity, assumed the position OF
chief consider to her, could have seen
that she demonstrated more than a
conventionaliy proper amount OF
grief, all of which was exclusively on:
her fathers account.
The two inqucsts, upon the mur
derer and his victim were held on the
same day. Publication of their results.
told the last ohtainable news in the
Willmarth affair and put an end to
the sensation so far as the newspa-
| pers were concerned. So it was quick
" forgotten by the public. A few
months later there was n little revi-
val of interest in 1t on the occasion
of the wedding of "the charming
daughter of the eminent financier, the
late Richard Willmarth," with "the
able political leader, Mr.. Cyrus Pratt"
when the old story was retold.
But not even at that late date had
M mixing leaked out concerning
what would have been, as a piece Of
truly sensational news. hardly second
to the murder itself--viz., the making
of atonement for the long bygone.
wrong done to Abner G. Hall by
Irma's father. The production of the
original agreement between those two
men and its corroboration by the con-
fession of Michael McCnffrey readily
satisfied Irma Willmarth of the JUS
tice and validity of Mrs. Halls claim
to restitution of her husbands estate.
Being SO convinced, she was quite
4 willing, even anxious indeed, to make
amends for her fathers bad conduct,
which she said was lust like pa, he
was SO sharp about money matters"
il 1t could be done without publicity.
And Mr.. Pratt, who even before he be-
came her husband, had much to do
with the management OF her affairs,
was very clearly in favor of a satisfac.
tory and quiet settlement of the
claim. He saw the d~esirability of 81
lencing at once what might other
wise become an ugly scandal, contain
ing unknown potentialities of social
damage. The original snm and added
Interest claimed by Mrs. Hall was only
a little over 100000, II trivial amount
or at least not at NIL q serious one
in comparison with the great estate
left by the late banker to his only
child. But the one essential condition
to a settlement, which was insisted
upon ~strenuously, was that 1t must be
made privately, without the knowl-
euge OF any other person than those
interested in the transaction.
Fortunately Adde'S happiness in
her love and q distinct appreciation of
John Latham's merit seemed to have
had , modifying influence upon the
widows yindictiye spirit. The time
was, not long since, when she was
willing to abandon the claim for
financial repatriation if by so doing she
could vindicate her husbands good
name and destroy Richard Will
martins. But Willmarth was dead.
which made an enormous deal OF diff
ference to her, and she very philo-
sophically concluded that she had no
just ground for quarrel with his child.
So she eventually gave her consent to
making the settlement a private af-
fair, and it was therenpon affected
promptly, gracefully and permanent
The only person not a patty thereto
who even suspected 1t was the shrewd
old knaye, Michael McCaffrey, who,
seeing no public use made of the i'm
portant document he had given up,
quite correctly surmised what had
taken place. And he could not bear tic
be left out in the cold" The happy
thought occurred to him when he
heard of the marriage of Miss Will
marth to Mr.. Pratt that he might
'shake a stake out of them" and he
discussed with his son-in-law the
feasibility of so doing.
Its the boss himself you'd have tc
be dalin wild" said Dennis nstutely
of We wor to try that on, an IL he WINS
the kind of a man you'd shake dol.
lars out of as you'd shake nuts off q
tree, sure he wouldn't be boss. YOU'D
better paint yourself red an 20 plavi,
wild n bull nor try games wild him
The best you'd do wud be to get mt
fred out Of the public works an your
self locked IN maybe for all Won,
ltfe.n
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