Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-24

bottles of his medicine and was cured had
torpid liver which was troubling me instead Of
cramps las thoughtl, so DIR. Pierce told me.
have pleasure in living now have gained in
weight IS pounds since then"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
stipation. They do not beget the pill
habit.
was giving testimony to the detrl-.
ment of her brother in some way
which was inscrutable to her. Crop
ing thus in the dark, she was growing
more and more agitated, and her self
possession was near to breaking down
completely. Fortunately she was not
subjected to any further inquisitorial
process, and, half dazed with fear
and uncertainty, she left the stand
and quilted the room, casting as she
did so glance full of questioning de-
spair upon her brother.
The full significance of this testi-
mony was now brought out by plac-
ing on the stand Detective Fenton.
He told very plain and damaging
story.
Yesterday afternoon" he said,
Herbert Wright was arrested on
suspicion, and, as is customary, he
was taken to the police station and
searched. All the papers and articles
found on him were taken charge of.
Among these were two pawn tickets.
These tickets did not arouse the
slightest suspicion in my mind, for
there are hundreds of poor people in
the city who have such tickets in
their possession. 1t has, however, al
ways been custom of mine to take
the pawn tickets found on all pris-
oners and ascertain what articles
have been pawned. This has in
good many instances enabled me to
bag some very important criminals
More from force of habit than any,
thing else went to Rosenthal's and
Neckar's pawnshops. At the first !
found that the ticket called for
watch, pair of sleeve buttons, a
diamond pin and knife. The clerk
who took in these articles remem-
bered that they had been brought in
by seedy looking young man named
Abraham Jowatt about six o'clock on
the day the murder was committed.
The clerk was just getting ready to
close up shop when Jowatt came in,
and the transaction was therefore
made about six o'clock, as that was
the closing time. The description
given by the clerk tallies with young,
Wright's appearance, and the giving
in of fictitious name aroused my
suspicious. A visit to Neckar's pawn
shop revealed the fact that under
like mysterious circumstances Wright
had pawned another. watch under the
| name of Jowatt, and it was done!
shortly after six o'clock. obtained,
from the pawnbrokers the various ar
ticles and turned them over to the
| chief" +
The witness then identified the ar
ticles already offered in evidence as
those which he had obtained from
the pawnbrokers.
Neckar and the clerk from Rosen-
that's were then, introduced, and they
identified Wright as the young man
who under the name Of Jewatt had
pawned the watches and other arti-
cles. = ,.s So;
| The testimony was completed with
the evidence of thes sheriff and the
chief of police. The material point
in their testimony was that they,
with the permission of Mrs. Wright,
and in her presence, had gone
through all the private papers of her
husband and had found no will. The
significance of this fact was, Of
course, brought to the attention Of
the jury by the coroner, who stated
that in the absence of will Mr..
Wright's property would be divided
without prejudice between his chill
dren, and consequently Herbert
Wright was direct beneficiary by his
fathers death.
The testimony given by the Off
GERS produced a profound impression
not only on the jury, but on the
crowd assembled there. Even Warde,
who had been inclined to entertain
belief in Wright's innocence, was
staggered for moment. It was not
an easy matter to conceive an ex.
PLANTATION of the damning facts that
had been brought to light. AS fol
Herbert Wright himself, he seemed
to be dazed by the chain of circum
,stantial evidence which had been
wrought around him. His face was
u strong psychological study, and
upon it a growing horror depitced it
; self. Was it the despair of Innocence
surrounded by network of appar.
emily unanswerable accusations
Every bit of testimony seemed to EN-.
body a charge. Or was it the stupo1
, of guilt detected that appeared in his
, face?
The coroner's jury made no at
!, tempt to construct any theory of in
nocence, but brought in verdic'
, that the deceased had come to hi
: death from blows and wounds in
dicted by his son.
ITO be continued