The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-03-14
APEcEN'T
RIME.
T1STI<H1|-

the queerest 1 ever
Forked on was a justifi.
apie md there are such things
-auu tneflty man was forced no
only TO mgr but to confession of thu
deed by n !es that none Of US coulI
be asham& II.
1T mus i've been about . o'c,oc,;
IN the MI that Grinnel street sta.
'lon was d up by telephone and q
man s voiH Hnnounced that there were
burglars house at No. 763 I was
finishing port abort an incend;ary
nfe, put Pc available men at that
hour wer&arce, l jumped into tho
patrol W4 with the others, and
Went to house mentioned. The
1amlly w4all in the hallway, or in
the front lor. waiting for us. and
they said i the burglar or burglars
mad been fked in the middle bed
room on 4 second floor.
The d4hter Of the house-their
name wa4ulby, and the girls name
was JaniHhad found a man under
her bed, awithout making any COM
motion t1he was in the hall, had
locked tblloor on the outside and
awakene0er mother and brother,
who slepn the front and back rooms
respectivNon the same floor. That's
as far a re got before running up
stairs anopening the door. There
We're thrS of us policemen, besides
the driveand Toole held the light,
Griffin tldoor, and l, always fool
hardy, W.T. in with my gun ready. I
had a pDl in my right hand ready
for busiss, but as there was not a
sound nea stir when l entered the
half lighd room, made bold to strike
a match ith my left hand and lighted
the gas. The drawers of the dresser
wore oned and tossed, the closet
door waDpen and the contents were
there was no sound nor
sign Of II.
II looM under the bed, Toole turr-
ng on Ic lantern, and saw a man
ying atm length. l ordered him to
'ome ouand Griffin began to pull off
he matess and bedding for safer
omma4 ofsthe situation. The intru-
Ter nef s1irred. We .ook off the
nattred lifted out the wire spring |
rame, I'D saw that the robbers eyes
7ere sit and his face CHASTITY. The
iinuteI touched him I knew he was |
cad. ge dragged him out then and |
Aw TIT his skull was dented as by
he mihty stroke OF a narrow, dull
iged ,eapon. We called the Coro-
er, al he said 1t was a murder, or
lat fh robber had been caught in the
It ofsearcling the room and had
cen Med by one of the inmates OF
le hdse. As the latter supposition
emei prposterous, searched the
lildig fSr an open window, a door
at hd Heen left open, or any kind of
'ertfe that might have given egress
thu dead mans confederate and
lye1 There was none. The win
ws hnd doors were all locked or
tch4 on the inside. In the yard I
unda Blackjack. or "billy." which 4
amf to give color to the Coroner's 4
eort but only added, to the mystery.
Ms Tanlby, the mother, was a
dot, gentle. aristocratic, wealthy u
d fordinately fond of her two chill
70. Miss Janice. + soon discovered, I
8 he flower Of all girlish tenderness
] firtue. She hadn't even a sweet "A
lrt to whom q thread Of investiga- .
might be reasonably attached. f
ndal Taulby, the son, was, I discov-
d. a lawyer BY profession, but. not s
Factice. In fact, he was only re-
ttefrom college. and was living in /
'ietty well-sown field of wild cats, Is
afe and even atmenace to his moth j
Submissive only4to his sister Janice. i
in he loved, and-very much in
Z Upon the Slim prospect Of con- |,
Ding him with the killing had the {
re to search his room, his clothing
lail, his belongings before lett the
se that night. ! found nothing in
linAting. 80 -. :....5
liss Janice explained that she hal3
] awakened by q scream, shell
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