The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-08

was wearing his gold chain. One Of
the brothers, it was discovered, had
been seen late at night in the neigh
borhoOd Of the house which had been
entered. Very little which was re-
liable could be CLEANED from the old
colored man, for the reason that he
was still in a daZed condition. Never
theless, the fact was indisputable that
when found lying on the floor ne held
IN his hand the portion Of a gold chain
such as the twins were in the habit OF
wearing.
Asked TO produce their chains, A.
showed the one he wore, but B. did not
do so at first. Closely pressed, he fin-
ally cid exhibit the fragment of the
chain, and his watch was still pendant
10 it. The story he told was that on
the night Of the robbery he had been
assaulted and robbed of a portion of
his chain by man. 1t could not but
be remarked that B. was singularly
reticent On being closely Intercepted
as 10 the appearance of his assailant
MS replies were vague. 1t was "a dark
night so he testified, and it was diff
hcult FOR me to make out who was my
assailant, the attack was so sudden.
The other brother was by no means
VOluble witness. Somehow the impress
sion grew that they knew more than
they wanted to tell The lawyer, who
had been at once retained by the ia
Their of the young men, was a close
friend Of mine, for I had studied in his
office. Everything Bas done on his part
to have matters go slowly, and in that
he showed his wisdom.
Some months elapsed. Then the news
came that a piece of jewelry, a cameo
} head, set in pearls. had been found in
a paWnbroker's shop in Baltimore. It
was known to have belonged 10 the
/ things taken from the house. The in
cident ended week later BY the arrest
of man in Richmond. There was no
question now as to the identity of the
robber. Finally he made a full confess
sion. He was a smart ne'er-do-well,
and had been under. arrest before for a
robbery, though he had escaped con-
yiction.
Nov comes in the curious part of
the story. The offender was a second
cousin Of A. and 3. As the rulprit
stood up before the bar we were struck
( with the strong resemblance he bore to
the twins Finally A. when pressed,
/ his innocence having been confirmed,
/ testified that he had thought. but was
not positive, that il had been this man,
q relative Of his, who had snatched the
chain from him. So, to save the family
/ pride, A. had impaired his suspicious
to his brother, B., but they had both
sworn that only in the last emergency
would they divulge what they sus-
/ pected.
There as another minor incident
! connected with the case, and it was
/ porter at the railroad station who said
/ that a man resembling one of the twin
! brothers had taken the night train go
/ ing out of town. 1t was a rather stormy
! night, the porter testified, but as the
! travellers coat was blown open he
swore he had seen that the man wore
gold chain.
Il have always been Of the opinion
/ that the rascal tried his best to pass
/ off for one Of the twins, and had with
| a purpose made a snatch at A. chain,
so as TO add to his makeup.
The conclusion of this story is some
what distressing. Very soon afterward
A. and B. and their father left the
! city. The mill had been sold. They all
/ went to California. The affection be-
/ tween the two brothers never suffered
/ change, but the twins no longer dress
! alike, and leave rings and gold chains
I OF the same pattern entirely alone"