Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
socket of the overcoat where hat

pocket Of the overcoat where I hat
put 1t.
THE other man when questioned
made plausible story. saying that We
both were admirers of the unfortu
nate girl. but pledging faith to me. for
the purpose of extordng money from
the rich foreigner, her affections were
really his. A connection OF the GUS
todian Of the palace, she succeeded in
obtaining entrance and made an ap
pointment to meet him, he having
formerly been an employee. That had
| obtained knowledge of the proposed
interview, purchased a stiletto the
shopman was produced, who swore to
having sold the dagger and followed.
Further, that on some false pretext l
also had obtained admission, and, COM
ing behind them as they were pass
Ing through the hall, had fatally in
jured my victim. Corroborated in one
or two points by other witnesses. the
story seemed credible the case looked
Ill for me. and repeated assurances
that l had never seen either of the
parties before were not understood or
credited. The purchase Of the stiletto
l could not deny, and that seemed the
clearest circumstantial evidence.
"a night spent in confinement did
not seem to raise my spirits. every
thing looked very black to me, and I
was almost in despair, when, sudden
ly, a ray of light broke in on my dark
ness, and for the first time since the
trouble began I bethought me Of my
camera. II only it had not been stolen
and l could again secure it possibly it
might bear silent testimony in my
favor.
by entreaties and brides. / sue
ceeded in getting hold of someone who
spoke English and in interesting him
sufficiently to make diligent search for
my apparatus, which was secured and
brought to me. With trembling fingers
I went through the necessary pro-
cesses of developing my picture, and
there, ghostly. but still visible. was
the evidence l sought.
I'm the center of the stairway
through which it could be plainly seen
was a mere film of a group which the
sensitive plate had caught-the girl
as she ran, the man behind her with
the uplifted stiletto in his hand-un-
mistakable, damnatory! It has faded
now and you are near-sighted, but it
was clear enough then to be recog
nized and to save me.
THE girl had made an appointment
with her lover, whose jealousy had
been wildly, and it seemed not I'M
foundedly, excited by her acceptance
of the attentions of another man.
Coming to meet her, the first lover
had CHANGED to pass where my coat
was lying, and, finding the stiletto, had
possessed himself of it. His intention
had not been to murder her, as was
evident from his not bringing his own
weapon, but talk with her had excited
| his passions, and with a dangerous
| instrument in hand when angry he had
used it with only too fatal effect.
The consul to whom appealed and
my new English-speaking friend
united their efforts in my behalf, and
1 was soon released, very thankful to
be free once more. 1 have never gone
back to Genoa; the memory Is toe
vivid and painful"
| and the other mani" I asked.
| "They don't hang or electrocute in
Italy, you know, and / suppose he is
passing his life in solitary confine
hand over his eyes; how fresh it all
seems!" and he thrust the photograph
into an empty drawer.