The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-12-21

death of Rea's father had taken Re
as his adopted son.
After supper returned to my ruo,
10 examine the results of my day
picture taking, which consisted of
oozen or more views of the town take
at various attitudes with my fyin
parachute camera. After looking owe
TWO or three of the plates, grey
tired of the work and put the Job OF
uhtii the following day, when woul
nave more time. | then sauntere,
Iorth for a quiet stroll and a smok
before turning in for the night.
MY walk led me in the direction O
the county jail, on reaching which
was surprised to see the place sur
rounded by large crowd of people
Upon inquiry learned that murder
had been committed and that the vic.
tim was Mr.. Warren, Ren's adopted
rather One of the jail officers told me
that Rem, after leaving me, proceeded
directly to his home and finding Mr..
Warren absent from bis room, went to
the roof. thinking that the old man
might have gone there, as the night
was warm. He was Mortified to find
the lifeless body of his foster father,
who had been strangled to death.
Rushing to the street, he Immediate
~ gave the alarm, but the assassin
had left no clew to his identity, and
must have had ample time to escape
between the time the murder was done
and the finding of the body by Rem.
The theory that seemed most plausi-
bic was that the murderer had en-
tered for the purpose of robbing the
place, knowing that Rem was absent
and that the old man kept no servants,
hut upon being surprised by Mr.. War
rem in his work of plumber, he had
strangled the old man to death and
then carried him to the roof intending
TO throw him to the street below. and
thus give color to the opinion that the
old man had come to his death by ac-
cident. But evidently fearing that he
would be discovered in the act, he
abandoned the scheme, left the body on
the roof and made good his escape.
| had but five days more to stay in
this town, so | set about packing my
trunk In order to be in time for the
express which would leave on the COM
ing Thursday. Before taking my de-
parture invited Rem to my rooms to
spend an evening, which perhaps
would be the last in his company. Rem
accepted my invitation and promised |
% be on hand early. On Wednesday |
evening. ,-e evening designated, | was |
'usy working on the photographs |
which l intended to turn over to Mrs.
iood ana had completed my task with
ne exception of one plate, which I was
working on.
produced clear picture on the
tate, and no sooner had | gazed on
. contents lhan feeling came over
'e that will retain in my memory
the longest day of my life.
everything was too clear to me now.
n the afternoon that Mr. Warren was
urdered. | Was up in the mountains
10 had sent my parachute camera fly
e through the air In the direction
MI Warren's house. 1t happened
ons just at the time when the unfor-
mate man was going to his death at
e hands of a murderer whom I had
autographed with his face upturned
the eye of the camera. which was
lssing directly above Mr.. Warren's
OF. The murderer in the picture was
st IN the act of throwing the old
ntleman to the street below, but, his
tention being attracted at seeing my
mera flying in the air, his curiosity
reased and by gazing at 1t steadily
was photographed in his murderous
t evidently could not have taken
n long to come to the conclusion
t he had foolishly trapped himself.
;, leaving the body of the old gen.
man on the roof, he had escaped
vas very much excited by the i'm :.
'tant discovery l had made, but de-
ed to wait until Rem shouIu call be-
e had made the affair public. A or
lden knock at the door brought me II,
my senses and | fastened to open It, n.
hing that it would be Rem. To nv v,
prise. a tall stranger confronted me. or
described himself as Thomas Car IN
OF New York City, a PHOTOGRAPHER IN
profession. and said that he came kr
his town on some business and had IN
aged rooms in this house and on
same floor with me- He added th
while In conversation with Mrs. IN
ID he had learned that | was an in
Iteur photographer. and said II h,e
no objection he would like to as. no
me in putting my plates and maya an,
5. into shape. frc
second look at the mans face con- srs
ed me he was the very person his
m | had photographed in the act In
MIR. Warren. 1t no long tic,
vas a mystery. The murderer :
wing that he had been photo an
he'd in the act of leaving the old of
on the roof, hurried to the street arm
traced the course of my camera it.
he mountains where / was STA its
ID. His next move was to follow no
% the boarolng house, where he gri,
ged rooms from my landlady and dig,
ed that by describing himself as 7 h,
OCCASIONAL photographer in ap- So /,
hing an ambitious amateur. il Int
d be easy for him to gain admis- bacI
to my apartment on the strength the
S bluff" Then he would carry ing
he very photograph that would bru,
convicted him as a murderer. will
my senses, and drawing In ,
stol pointed 1t at the mans head, wan
same time telling INN that IL he gror
one step would fire. Seeing that
recognized him. Carter was con- In O
that | must have produced the ava
e that stamped him as murder bach
e grew frantic. The whole coun- | half
n miles around would know of | fouu
cody deed in few hours. Sud-