Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-30

| information reached the Central News
and Press Association, therefore. re-
porters crowded upon US. Representa-
tives, not only of the Metropolitan Press.
but those of the local newspaper the
Richmond and Twickenham Times. the
independent" over at Brentford; the
"Middlesex Chronicle at Hounslow; 5nd
even the ''MiddleseN Mercury, of Isle
worth. al. WED with each other in OBJ
tanning the most accurate information.
Say nothing Jevons urged. Be
civil. but keep your mouth closed tight.
There arc one or two friends of mine
among the crowd I'll see them and give
them something that viii carry the story
further Remember, you mustn't make
any statement whatsoever"
/ obeyed him. and although the re-
porters followed me about all the morn
ing and outside the house the police had
difficulty in preventing a crowd assem-
bling ] refused to express any opinion
or describe anything ] had witnessed.
At eleven o'clock I received wire
! from Sir Bernard at Hove as follows:
Much shocked at news. Unfortunate
ly very unwell but shall endeavor to be
With you later N the day.
At midday I call at the neishbor S
house close to Kew Gardens Sta ton,
where the widow and her sister had
taken refuge Mrs. .Courtenay was ut
terly broken down, for EthelWynn hao
told her the terrible truth that her nus
band had been murdered. and both. wo-
men bounced upon me eagerly TO ascer-
tain what theory the police now held.
1 looked at the woman who had held
me so long beneath her SPELL Was it
possible that one so open-faced and pure
could be the author of SO daStardly and
cowardly a crime? Her face was white
and anxious but the countenance mad no"
re-assumed its normal innocence OF eX-
preston. and in her eyes I saw the gem
l1ine love-IooE of old. She had arranged
her hair and dress. and no longer wore
the shawl.
ITS terrible-terriblc. Ralph" she
cried Poor Mary. The blow has ut
teriy crushed her
Il am to blare-it is my own fault"
exclaimed the young widow hoarseiy.
But had no idea that his end was SO
near / tried to be dutiful wife, but
oh-only Ethelwynn knows how. hard
it was. and how l suffered. His malady
made him unbearable, and instead of
quarrelling l thought the better plan was
to so out and leave him with the nurse.
What people have always said. was.
alas. too true. Owing to the difference
of our age our marriage was CHASTITY
failure And now it has enued:Ein
tragedy
7 responded in words as sympathetic
as could find tongue to utter Her eyes
were red with crying. and her pretty
face was swollen and ugly. l knew that
she now felt a genuine regret at the loss
of her husband. EVEN though her lie
had been SO dull and unhappy.
While she sat in a big armchair bowed
in silence, I turned to Ethelwynn and
discussed the situation with her. Their
friends were most kind. she said. The
husband was churchwarden at Kew
church. and his wife was an ardent church
worker, hence they had long ago become
excellent friends.
You have your friend, Mr.. Jevons, with
YOU, I hear Nurse has just returned
and told me So.
Yes I responded. "he is making an
independent inquiry.
AND what has he found?" she inquired,
breathessly.
Then. as watched her closely. saw
that she breathed again more freely. BY
the manner in which she uttered Ambler's
name. l detected that she was not at all
well disposed towards him. Indeed. she
spoke as though she feared that he might
discover the truth.
puzzled than ever. returned to the house
Il Richmond road. Sometimes I felt en-
-irely convinced that my love was au-
thoress of the foul deed; but at others
here seemed something wanting in the
confirmation of my suspicious. Regarding
The latter, / could not overlook the fact
that Short had told a story which was
false on the face Of it. while the utter
absence of any motive on my loves part
1 numbering the old gentleman seemed
20 point in an entirely opposite direction.
DR.. Diplock, the coroner, had fixed the
inquest Cor II o'clock on the morrow;
therefore, I assisted DR.. Farmer, of Kew,
~ ,ol;a no METZ NJ
TEN.
We made the examination in the after
noon, before the light faded, and if the
circumstances of the crime were mysteri-
GUS the means by which the unfortunate
man was murdered were. we found, doub-
ly SO.
Outwardly, the wound was an ordinary
one one inch in breadth, inflicted by a
blow delivered from left to right. The
weapon Lad entered between the fourth
and fifth ribs, and the heart had been
completely transfxed by some sharp cut
ting instrument. The injuries we discov-
cred within however increased the mys-
terry ten-fold, for we found two extraor-
binary lateral, incisions which almost
completely divided the heart from side
10 side. the only remaining attachment
Of the upper portion to the lower being
small portion of the interior wall Of the
heart behind the sternum.
SuCN d WOullO was 'dOSOluLSlS OCSoiio
explanation.
The instrument with which the crime
had been committed, by; striking between
the ribs had penetrated to the heart with
unerring precision. making terrible
wound eight times the size within. as COM
pared with the exterior puncture. And
yet the weapon had been withdrawn
and was missing.
For fully an hour we measured and dis
cussed the strange discovery, hoping all
the time that Sir Bernard would arrive.
The knife which the man Short had con-
fessed he had taken down in self-defence
we compared with the exterior wound,
and found. as we anticipated that just
such wound could be caused by 1t. But
the fact that the exterior cut was Clearly
done while the internal edges were
jagged. and the tissues torn in most
terrible manner, caused a doubt to arise
whether the Indian knife, which was
double-edged, had actually been used. To
be absolutely clear upon this point it
would be necessary to examine it micro
scopically. for the corpuscles of human